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How a nuclear reactor shuts down and what happens in a Meltdown The operating reactors at Fukushima Daiichi power station automatically shut down during the earthquake. But after subsequent cooling failures, two of them went into partial meltdown. The New york times made a great looking info-graphic about these occurrences.  Read more

How a nuclear reactor shuts down and what happens in a Meltdown The operating reactors at Fukushima Daiichi power station automatically shut down during the earthquake. But after subsequent cooling failures, two of them went into partial meltdown. The New york times made a great looking info-graphic about these occurrences.  Read more