This video should be required viewing for anyone interested in what Japan is currently dealing with (at least the nuclear aspect... Japan is dealing with a LOT right now)
"I think it is, frankly, less upsetting to actually understand what is going on than it is to not understand." Rachel Maddow.
By the numbers: A single fuel rod weighs over 700 pounds! A single uranium fuel pellet the size of a fingertip contains as much energy as 17,000 cubic feet of natural gas, 1,780 pounds of coal or 149 gallons of oil.
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