: skip to main skip to sidebar The Science of Conundrums THE IMPACT OF MEGASCIENCE Friday , December 30, 2011 Fukushima In 40 Year Cold Shutdown Alan Gillis Reports Nine months after the 8.9 earthquake and tsunami , the Japanese Government claims that the 3 damaged nuclear reactors at Fukushima Daiichi are in cold shutdown conditions . Yes , if you add conditions which they did . At best with all the jerry-rigging to cool down the melted reactor cores and melted spent fuel pond at Reactor 4, using a mile of rubber hose to patch in new pumps , also add Temporary to cold shutdown conditions and 40 years to dismantle the industrial carnage in the Japanese government's new plan . That is if all goes well and new technologies are developed to safely remove melted cores and rods and dispose of