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To: Qbert
Very informative.

Can anyone verify there is, in fact, a 3rd containment at the reactor in question?

25 posted on 03/13/2011 10:37:36 AM PDT by Mariner (USS Tarawa, VQ3, USS Benjamin Stoddert, NAVCAMS WestPac, 7th Fleet, Navcommsta Puget Sound)
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To: Mariner; Qbert; All
OK, I just looked some things up and I have to call BS! on this "blog". No fault to Qbert, he's just passing it along.

First, the GE BWR-1 reactor in question has NO 3rd containment. If the "pressure cooker" is breached, the fuel is exposed to the environment.

Secondly, Cesium-137 has a 30yr half-life. If you were to get a big breath full of that steam, you would likely have health problems, if not serious health problems. That's not to say it was concentrated or didn't adequately disperse at sea.

32 posted on 03/13/2011 10:53:19 AM PDT by Mariner (USS Tarawa, VQ3, USS Benjamin Stoddert, NAVCAMS WestPac, 7th Fleet, Navcommsta Puget Sound)
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