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Why I am not worried about Japan’s nuclear reactors
Morgsatlarge ^ | 3/13/2011 | Dr. Josef Oehmen (M.I.T.)

Posted on 03/13/2011 9:24:12 AM PDT by Qbert

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1 posted on 03/13/2011 9:24:19 AM PDT by Qbert
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2 posted on 03/13/2011 9:31:04 AM PDT by goodnesswins (Unlike the West, the Islamic world is serious.)
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3 posted on 03/13/2011 9:35:43 AM PDT by Charlespg
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bump!


4 posted on 03/13/2011 9:37:50 AM PDT by EBH ( Whether you eat your bread or see it vanish into a looter's stomach, is an absolute.)
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Thanks Qbert!


5 posted on 03/13/2011 9:39:06 AM PDT by SteamShovel ("Does the noise in my head bother you?")
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Very lucid explanation. This guy should be on TV every channel. Thanks for posting this.
6 posted on 03/13/2011 9:43:46 AM PDT by hinckley buzzard
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We have our hysteria, its ours, we worked for it, we earned it and nobody is going to take it away!


7 posted on 03/13/2011 9:43:59 AM PDT by count-your-change (You don't have be brilliant, not being stupid is enough.)
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Fascinating stuff - thanks for posting.


8 posted on 03/13/2011 9:46:49 AM PDT by andyk (Wealth != Income)
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” But you will know more about nuclear power plants after reading it “.
And I thank you for that Qbert,
Good job


9 posted on 03/13/2011 9:50:31 AM PDT by Joe Boucher ((FUBO))
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/2688107/posts


10 posted on 03/13/2011 9:54:38 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (The 2nd Amendment follows right behind the 1st because some people are hard of hearing.)
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Best... Analysis... Yet...

Bravo!


11 posted on 03/13/2011 9:57:27 AM PDT by HangnJudge
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Thank you. Very interesting.


12 posted on 03/13/2011 10:00:33 AM PDT by JimSEA
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Thanks for the post, but I’ll be damned before I hang out near that plant.


13 posted on 03/13/2011 10:05:12 AM PDT by eyedigress ((Old storm chaser from the west)?)
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Thanks for the information. I haven't had time to read the whole article and am wondering if their spent-fuel facilities are safe. They have over fifty nuclear plants so there must be a lot of waste somewhere.

Afterthought . . . maybe your knowledge could be used in a constructive way to clean up the mess (among others) left at Hanford, Washington.

14 posted on 03/13/2011 10:05:50 AM PDT by TiaS
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The Japanese BWRs do not have a core catcher. There is nothing like that incorporated in GE’s design unless it was some sort of add-on. At TMI the internals in the reactor including the fuel rods, control rods and the stainless steel rack support structures completely melted. All of that ended up in the bottom of the reactor looking like a pile of rubble. The reactor (4” thick steel) was never breached.


15 posted on 03/13/2011 10:10:59 AM PDT by meatloaf
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Excellent post. Thanks.


16 posted on 03/13/2011 10:17:19 AM PDT by all the best
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Fascinating stuff - thanks for posting.

I agree. Thanks Qbert and thank to Dr Josef Oehmen.

17 posted on 03/13/2011 10:23:19 AM PDT by PGalt
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Good post. Mostly accurate.


18 posted on 03/13/2011 10:23:31 AM PDT by Nuc 1.1 (Liberals aren't Patriots. Remember 1789!)
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Fascinating stuff - thanks for posting.

I agree. Thanks Qbert and thanks to Dr Josef Oehmen.

19 posted on 03/13/2011 10:23:41 AM PDT by PGalt
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I wish this could be posted on the Front Page, I am SO tired of the chicken Littles on every quake thread on FR....


20 posted on 03/13/2011 10:24:29 AM PDT by ScreamingFist (Quiet the Idiot)
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