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In reply to the discussion: Fukushima - Unit 4 spent fuel removal >99% complete [View all]FBaggins
(26,745 posts)42. Correction
But this is off topic. I thought this thread was about the highly enriched uranium rods stockpiled at Fukushima.
There is no highly enriched uranium at Fukushima (or any other nuclear power plant). Reactor-grade enrichment is much lower than that.
We should all heave a large sigh of relief they have been removed.
To be fair... it was always supreme hyperbole to try to sell people on a threat from Unit 4's spent fuel pool (that is... after it was clear in 2011 that the pool wasn't leaking badly). This was just the standard Wasserman schtick caused by a need to sensationalize.
In reality, the efforts to remove similar spent fuel from pool #3 will be much more challenging (1&2 should be a bit easier)... then, of course, removal of the damaged fuel within reactors 1/2/3 will be far more challenging. But that's years down the road and Wasserman couldn't wait to predict impending doom.
Actually there has been a new study
And it's every bit as faulty. Just take a look at some of the posts in the link you provided.
There is no highly enriched uranium at Fukushima (or any other nuclear power plant). Reactor-grade enrichment is much lower than that.
We should all heave a large sigh of relief they have been removed.
To be fair... it was always supreme hyperbole to try to sell people on a threat from Unit 4's spent fuel pool (that is... after it was clear in 2011 that the pool wasn't leaking badly). This was just the standard Wasserman schtick caused by a need to sensationalize.
In reality, the efforts to remove similar spent fuel from pool #3 will be much more challenging (1&2 should be a bit easier)... then, of course, removal of the damaged fuel within reactors 1/2/3 will be far more challenging. But that's years down the road and Wasserman couldn't wait to predict impending doom.
Actually there has been a new study
And it's every bit as faulty. Just take a look at some of the posts in the link you provided.
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Yes, the time traveling radiation has wiped out all life in the northern hemisphere
jeff47
Oct 2014
#81
So, your information is outdated or bad, but my reading comprehension is poor?
gratuitous
Oct 2014
#12
How do you explain how the entire pacific coast has been radiated and even dolphins in the Atlantic
zappaman
Oct 2014
#29
Well, my friend. Sometimes the only appropriate response to ideology is ridicule.
longship
Oct 2014
#33
Because it was written before and ENENews just decided to rerun it again for the gullible.
zappaman
Oct 2014
#26