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You Can STOP WORRYING ABOUT A RADIATION DISASTER IN JAPAN -- Here's Why
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| March 13, 2011
| Dr. Josef Oehmen,
Posted on 03/14/2011 7:11:48 PM PDT by TennTuxedo
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To: Georgia Girl 2
Friendly wager? Over under on deaths in Japan due to radiation at 1.
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posted on
03/14/2011 7:59:46 PM PDT
by
BenKenobi
(Don't expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong. - Silent Cal)
To: DB
Supposedly ...
Sorry, I thought I was being clear. Unit #3 was loaded with MOX fuel. The non-zero amount of Pu that MOX fuel starts with is either from retired weapons, or Pu extracted from spent fuel at the Japanese reprocessing facility. In any event, it is typical and normal for light-water-reactors to burn Pu during a fuel cycle. It is easier to fission Pu than U235 in the context of it takes less mass of Pu to create a critical (self-sustaining fission reaction) as compared to a self-sustaining Uranium process. In both cases, control rods with boron in them stop the fission reaction. The decay heat production rate is nearly the same with MOX fuel bundles and their Uranium cousins -- which is why they can be used in a commercial reactor without having to modify the reactor system.
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posted on
03/14/2011 8:00:29 PM PDT
by
sefarkas
(Why vote Democrat Lite?)
To: Jeff Winston
Show of hands...how many of us know what the hell we’re talking about, as in we are actual nuclear scientists, and how many are at the mercy of the chicken-little press?
I’m in the latter camp. :-D
To: okie01
“Nor does nuclear power suffer natural gas explosions or coal mine disasters.”
What has that got to do with the power plants? Answer: Nothing.
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posted on
03/14/2011 8:04:15 PM PDT
by
Georgia Girl 2
(The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
To: DB
I for one don’t give a crap about the communist state of California. Or their wine... If they dropped into the sea it would be sad, but it would be better for the rest of America.
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posted on
03/14/2011 8:05:42 PM PDT
by
babygene
(Figures don't lie, but liars can figure...)
To: CaptSkip
BenKenobi is now stuck in the position that the Japanese PM is just trying to scare people... He/She is so deeply dug in that no matter what happens now he/she can’t change course and admit perhaps he/she was wrong...
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posted on
03/14/2011 8:06:52 PM PDT
by
DB
To: BenKenobi
“Friendly wager? Over under on deaths in Japan due to radiation at 1.”
You don’t have to die next week to get a lethal dose of radiation and die a sucky death in 10 - 15 years. They were still dying in 1980 from Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
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posted on
03/14/2011 8:07:02 PM PDT
by
Georgia Girl 2
(The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
To: TennTuxedo
This guy knows nothing - nada - about nuclear reactors, power, engineering, nada.
MIT is having to disavow this guy in a sense. This stupid and meaningless article is all over the internet. Do a search on his publications (I did) and you’ll see why this article is absolutely useless and meaningless. Someone is paying him to write soothing pablum.
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posted on
03/14/2011 8:07:57 PM PDT
by
little jeremiah
(Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point. CSLewis)
To: CaptSkip
So YOU say everything is going to be OK?! Why then this??
Next week you will be posting about how the TSA is crap. You ought to recognize the government "doing something" to make it look like they are "doing something" even though the action is ineffective -- to be polite. The safest thing to do during a radiation release is to stay indoors and minimize the air exchange with the outside. Contamination (dust) includes radioactive material -- fleeing the area in your car, etc. will expose you to that dust more than staying inside. Radioactive gas dissipates quickly. The most common contaminants will decay to undetectable level in a few hours/days. The yellow clothes you see nuke plant workers wear is to keep the dust off their bodies (and to let them see large patches of dust if they bump into something). Minimizing their time covered with dust or in a contaminated environment will minimize the dosage -- but dosage will be non-zero in that sorta work.
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posted on
03/14/2011 8:08:00 PM PDT
by
sefarkas
(Why vote Democrat Lite?)
To: BenKenobi
High radiation levels is incredibly vague...
Vague enough that if you could 'transport' over there via Star Trek technology, you would 'beam me down Scotty' into the hot zone to offer your advice?
Hummmmmm??
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posted on
03/14/2011 8:08:08 PM PDT
by
CaptSkip
To: babygene
Well the server you’re posting on would go with it...
And I have news for you, if what just happened to Japan were to happen in California, you’ll end up caring a whole lot...
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posted on
03/14/2011 8:09:34 PM PDT
by
DB
To: Georgia Girl 2
What has that got to do with the power plants? You don't recall the explosion at the natural gas-fired power plant in Connecticut a few months ago?
Connecticut Power Plant Blast
And, if you want coal-fired power plants, somebody has to mine the coal. And there will be fatal accidents.
52
posted on
03/14/2011 8:10:29 PM PDT
by
okie01
(THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA: Ignorance On Parade)
To: okie01
The biggest problem that I see with nuclear power generation is what to do with the spent fuel rods. They stay highly radioactive for a very long time. Nobody wants repositories in their back yard, even though safe storage facilities can be built.
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posted on
03/14/2011 8:11:39 PM PDT
by
physcitech
(God only knows)
To: Palladin
I’ll stop drinking milk when my cow and its milk glows.
Don’t you know that milk is good for you?
Didn’t you ever see the ad for milk featuring Monica Lewinsky with a milk ring around her lips. Oops.
Never mind!
To: CaptSkip
If someone were to pay for the flight and I were able to get the OK from my current boss, yeah, I’d go there and report. :)
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posted on
03/14/2011 8:12:29 PM PDT
by
BenKenobi
(Don't expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong. - Silent Cal)
To: Georgia Girl 2
So I take it you don’t believe that there will be any imminent danger to any Japanese?
Thanks.
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posted on
03/14/2011 8:13:42 PM PDT
by
BenKenobi
(Don't expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong. - Silent Cal)
To: DB
One, I’m a he.
Two, if you’ve got something to say to me, you should ping me.
Three, I don’t believe that the Japanese premier is lying, I also don’t believe that what he’s said is the same as what you are claiming it means.
Four, I’m perfectly willing to admit that I’m wrong, when the facts show that I’m wrong.
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posted on
03/14/2011 8:15:54 PM PDT
by
BenKenobi
(Don't expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong. - Silent Cal)
To: BenKenobi
“So I take it you dont believe that there will be any imminent danger to any Japanese?”
Instead of having the last word on me why not keep up with the news flashes. The PM of Japan has just come on TV and told everyone there is significant radiation leaking from the Fukishimo reactor and everyone within 30 KM should stay inside so I would say that is probably iminent danger.
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posted on
03/14/2011 8:18:12 PM PDT
by
Georgia Girl 2
(The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
To: BenKenobi
“Three, I dont believe that the Japanese premier is lying, I also dont believe that what hes said is the same as what you are claiming it means.”
Really.
Tell me, what did I claim it meant?
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posted on
03/14/2011 8:19:42 PM PDT
by
DB
To: Georgia Girl 2
How is that any different from my statement that anyone outside of a 50 mile radius of the plant is in no danger whatsoever?
30 kms is quite a bit less than 50 miles.
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posted on
03/14/2011 8:19:44 PM PDT
by
BenKenobi
(Don't expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong. - Silent Cal)
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