"Something that has not gotten much mention yet are the pools of high-level radioactive waste at these very same reactors, which also need cooling... ...if the

"Something that has not gotten much mention yet are the pools of high-level radioactive waste at these very same reactors, which also need cooling... ...if the fuel pools are not cooled, they will melt down, in which case we’re going to have Chernobyl on steroids." http://www.democracynow.org/2011/3/14/japan_facing_biggest_catastrophe_since_dawn http://www.democracynow.org/2011/3/14/japan_facing_biggest_c...