I may ask you about the spent fuel disposals that seem to be on fire.

Are they within the containment? This picture doesn't clear things up for me (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:BWR_Mark_I_Containment_ske...)? And if so and if they are on fire, does the containment still work?

And if they are not within the containment, aren't we f..ked? Isn't the greatest risk of nuclear plants not the reactor but the proper waste disposal? Storing it near a nuclear plant seems to be idiotic.

EDIT: Most news articles read like there was a waste disposal next to the plants and outside of the containment

EDIT 2: http://www.jaif.or.jp/english/news_images/pdf/ENGNEWS01_1300...