'Unexpected truth' about nuclear crisis in Japan

A British newspaper has just announced "unexpected facts" about the nuclear crisis in Japan, according to the March 11 earthquake that the culprit caused the crisis and not the tsunami.

The Independent said that the earthquake on March 11 damaged reactor cooling systems, leading to melting of fuel rods in the Fukushima nuclear power plant. Workers evacuated shortly after the battle. Earthquake occurred at 14h52 on March 11. While evacuating some people saw the water pipes of the reactor cooling system burst. More than 40 minutes after the new tsunami hit the factory.

An expert of the International Atomic Energy Agency oversees the Fukushima I plant on May 11. (Photo: AP)

Engineers working in the factory also said that the cooling system may have been paralyzed right after the earthquake."The cooling system suffers from the great impact of the earthquake, so its paralysis is inevitable ," commented Mitsuhiko Tanaka, a former nuclear power plant engineer.

Tanaka has access to documents published by TEPCO. He said that, according to the contents of the document, the emergency water system automatically activated immediately after the earthquake. ' It only happened when the cooling system stopped working , ' Tanaka said.

Similarly, during the hours between 04.04 and 3:11 on March 11, the sprinklers in the youth tank of the No.1 reactor were activated. Tanaka said it only happened when all cooling systems stopped working.'So when the tsunami spilled at 15:37, nuclear fuel rods were about to melt , ' Tanaka said.

The author also said nine days before the disaster, experts from the Japan Atomic and Industrial Safety Agency (NISA) visited the Fukushima I factory. They concluded TEPCO did not check the machines. Important hook of the factory, including rotary pumps. Rotary pumps are important devices in the reactor cooling system.

However, NISA objected to the judgment of The Independent . 'That statement is incorrect. Before the tsunami came, the cooling system was powered by diesel generators, ' a NISA spokesman said. He added that backup generators were started immediately after the earthquake struck to compensate for the lack of electricity due to the earthquake.

Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), the owner of the Fukushima I plant, once announced that the reactor cooling system was not damaged by the earthquake on March 11. But the tsunami then damaged the standby generators causing the system to cool down. If the earthquake is the culprit causing the nuclear crisis in Japan, public opinion will question the earthquake resistance of other nuclear power plants.