# Japan hit by massive 8.8 magnitude earthquake

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**Created:** [March 10, 2011, 11:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/japan-hit-by-massive-8-8-magnitude-earthquake/257296 "2011-03-10T23:16:59Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 16, 2011, 7:47am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/japan-hit-by-massive-8-8-magnitude-earthquake/257296/242 "2011-03-16T07:47:17Z")

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> [@Newman's 1986 BMW 326rb build thread.](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-1986-bmw-326rb-build-thread/22123/1204):
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> It sounds like these reactors are at the point of no return, they are fucked and they need to be contained before the damage gets any worse.
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> My question is, if they already are saying these reactors are a complete loss why are they not dumping boron and trying to isolate the reactors?

BORON isn’t going to do SHIT except prevent a reaction from going critical. In order to even get the boron where it needs to go, you’d have to open the containment vessels thus releaseing radiation… i suppose you could technically stuff boron in the spent fuel pool… but fucking how? how are you going to fill that pool up with boron? the heat is still the main problem, boron won’t fix that. Boron will only prevent the reaction from going critical (self sustaining). The immediate concern is the heat, they need to deal with the heat in order to keep everything contained.

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