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magical thyme

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20. It can not be entombed until it is cooled enough.

Wed Apr 25, 2012, 11:08 AM

Apr 2012

If they entomb it in the current situation, it will reach criticality within the tomb and burn right through it.

It also is leaking out the bottom into the water table / seabed. It is a totally, totally different situation then Chernobyl.

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60 Minutes Report: Fukushima Now Radiating Everyone: Will Impact All Of Humanity [View all] kristopher Apr 2012 OP

Finally truth. I cannot watch yet. Thanks kristopher. nt Mnemosyne Apr 2012 #1

Never ending Gifts of Nuclear power ErikJ Apr 2012 #2

sitting here in california proud patriot Apr 2012 #3

Ca. missed the treatment in the 50's. Downwinder Apr 2012 #7

Remind me Coyote_Bandit Apr 2012 #4

I don't know which government did or didn't; but Michio Kaku called for it repeatedly on the news. freshwest Apr 2012 #8

As far as I know Coyote_Bandit Apr 2012 #16

Obama sent the US Chamber of Commerce to show support of the nuclear industry lutefisk Apr 2012 #17

So.................? Coyote_Bandit Apr 2012 #18

The reason is to continue fighting, even when all hope is lost. Moostache Apr 2012 #40

Thankfully Coyote_Bandit Apr 2012 #41

It can not be entombed until it is cooled enough. magical thyme Apr 2012 #20

TEPCO is planning to drill a large number of wells around the plant ... kristopher Apr 2012 #27

I see. It's just a matter of funds. That's what I suspected. saras Apr 2012 #39

There just aren't words for this davidthegnome Apr 2012 #5

You put into words how I've been feeling -- the genie is out of the bottle. gateley Apr 2012 #9

Shut down all nuclear power plants AnotherDreamWeaver Apr 2012 #6

OMG! chervilant Apr 2012 #10

Excellent piece, thank you for posting it, well worth watching. MADem Apr 2012 #11

How old is this video? SlipperySlope Apr 2012 #12

June 2011 onestepforward Apr 2012 #14

That explains it. It's from the Australian program titled "60 Minutes". KamaAina Apr 2012 #36

My wife is in Tokyo right now. Just a 150 miles or so from Fukushima. Kablooie Apr 2012 #13

chicken little marshall gaines Apr 2012 #15

Fairewinds’ Arnie Gundersen took soil samples in Tokyo parks, playgrounds, and a rooftop garden. PearliePoo2 Apr 2012 #19

The Lesson from Fukushima: bvar22 Apr 2012 #21

This makes me sick Meiko Apr 2012 #22

These things rarely happen. obxhead Apr 2012 #23

Rare, but devastating. SpankMe Apr 2012 #24

Yes, but even mbuch64 Apr 2012 #29

I live just a few miles from a nuke plant myself. obxhead Apr 2012 #30

And another (Three Mile Island) nearly so. KamaAina Apr 2012 #37

Right here on DU we were saying that it was ingestion that would be the killer. Not exposure. Gregorian Apr 2012 #25

Not only do we spend an ever incresing amount of money on "terror" truedelphi Apr 2012 #28

It was only a matter of time. KansDem Apr 2012 #26

And Michio's worried about a nuclear "accident" wiping out an economy! Dont call me Shirley Apr 2012 #31

Don't miss the comments at http://enenews.com/ on the 4/22/12 pro-nuke WaPo op-ed, here: proverbialwisdom Apr 2012 #32

Action alert and detailed rebuttal to WaPo editorial by http://www.beyondnuclear.org/ proverbialwisdom May 2012 #43

More here. proverbialwisdom Apr 2012 #33

it came close... way too close, frankroberts Apr 2012 #34

For about 2 years i studied the costs of nuclear power a long time ago .... Botany Apr 2012 #35

"And the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third part of the waters became wormwood;" KamaAina Apr 2012 #38

PSR Press Release: Upcoming Conference on Fukushima Daiichi Disaster NY, NY, 5/4. proverbialwisdom Apr 2012 #42