: Top of MOX fuel rods 3 meters above water at Fukushima plant: TEPCO
Ok from the research i just did nuclear fuel rods are 12-14 feet long....if the above is true then 9 feet of the rods, most of them, were exposed
I still can’t find out what reactor uses MOX
I think only one does (#3)
ok I can confirm what I posted about earlier. one of the reactors does indeed have MOX rods and it is indeed number 3...and 9 feet of them were exposed(a rod is 12-14 feet)
But the BBC’s Chris Hogg in Tokyo says the second reactor is a different type which uses MOX (plutonium plus uranium) fuel and the consequences of a problem there are potentially more severe.
Quoted by Kyodo, Tepco said the tops of the MOX fuel rods were 3m above water.
http://www.bbc.co.uk...acific-12724953
on a side noye why would Japan have MOX rods in the first place? They are used to make nuclear weapons