Question:
Having watched the news for the past couple of days, I still have not heard anything about fixing the back up generator, so the Japanese have electricity to pump fresh water into the reactor. What is the deal with this? Is it too late to pump fresh water in because of the damage of the entire plant? If they can't fix it, the plant is just a time bomb.
Answer:
Currently most of the plant was heavily damaged by the tsunami on Friday afternoon (March 11th). They are currently pumping sea water using other methods (via helicopter, etc) to make up for the fact that they cannot use the original pumps for the reactor. It is possible that they are trying to get these pumps working again, but my guess is that there is too much damage to get them up and running so quickly.
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