Massive quake hits Japan; Tsunami in Pacific, nations on alert

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Originally Posted by CRedskinsRule

Nuclear Fission by definition is superheated. It is not fusion like a sun but you are cracking neutrons together to in order to break the bonds of atoms. This material is not just a car engine, or solar panel. from wiki:

A kilogram of uranium-235 (U-235) converted via nuclear processes contains approximately three million times the energy of a kilogram of coal burned conventionally (7.2 × 1013 joules per kilogram of uranium-235 versus 2.4 × 107 joules per kilogram of coal).[3][4]

That's really hot.

It makes sense now. It keeps generating heat and thats why they have to keep up the cooling system. I was think after they shut down the reactor the heat would drop like a car or oven and that is not the case.