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In reply to the discussion: The Mystery Plume Rising Over Fukushima’s Reactor 3 [View all]longship
(40,416 posts)For instance, that Fukushima is many times -- I forget how many he said exactly -- worse than Chernobyl. Well, that not only isn't true, it is not even credible. There is no evidence I've seen that the Fukushima reactor vessels have been breached. Not saying they haven't, just that I've seen no credible source or data say they are. In the lack of such data, it is irresponsible to make that claim. Fukushima cannot be worse than Chernobyl because there is no evidence that the cores have been exposed (another Gundersen claim with no data), something that did happen at Chernobyl.
Science proceeds step by step, drawing conclusions based on verifiable facts, not on wild speculations.
It looks like the spent fuel pool is being slowly but safely emptied, as far as reported. It will take years. Water levels in the reactors are reported to be sufficient. They are not bloody likely to let that go bad. And if it did there would be clear and unmistakeable evidence that it happened, evidence not able to be hid by TEPCO or anybody else. We'd all know, and not just from Arnie Gundersen and Energy News. Radioactivity has unique signatures. One can identify the type of source with certain measurements. If containment were breached they certainly wouldn't be emptying the spent fuel pools. I guarantee that. And they are making those measurements. Just wish that they would publish them.
I appreciate your polite responses. I hope I have helped you understand my position.