The Largest Short-Term Threat to Humanity: The Fuel Pools of Fukushima

Zero Hedge ^ | April 7, 2012 | na

[Errant]

We noted days after the Japanese earthquake that the biggest threat was from the spent fuel rods in the fuel pool at Fukushima unit number 4, and not from the reactors themselves...

[bgill]

The moon was so bright two nights ago, it woke me up. Thought someone was shining a spot light it was so bright.

[ResponseAbility]

****I’m sticking a turtle in the microwave as we speak.****

LOL. Now that was just so wrong.

[cripplecreek]

I took this pic of the moon over the foggy lake this morning.

[cripplecreek]

Better safe than sorry.

[Errant]

Nice picture. You can almost see the cooling tower, just over the horizon.

[winoneforthegipper]

Yeah courtesy of a fresh high coming down from the north provided for some really crisp and clear nights for sure!

Venus has been stunning as well!

[Errant]

Lover’s lane again??? Bet you were scared for a moment or two! lol

[tanuki]

Thanks for sharing that. Very pretty.

[Errant]

I've lost count of the number of volcanoes with activity this year.

Unexplained Melting at Askja Crater Lake in Iceland

[winoneforthegipper]

Yeah certainly a mystery but it has to be the volcano in all honesty.

Some AGW’ers are claiming climate change but all that does is re-inforce the notion that they are just idiots....lol!

[beethovenfan]

Al Gore farted?

[Carry_Okie]

Nukes are such a hazard; I mean, look at what happened to Hiroshima and Nagasaki, 'wastelands for thousands of years...'

Hiroshima today.

Nagasaki today.

Such a terrible litany of cancer and birth defects! Not.

Arne Gunderson and his paralegal wife are professional scare mongers making big bucks suing power companies for protection money, er, consulting contracts for "safety studies" that he then uses to beat them over the heads for more.

[Revolting cat!]

Wow, it looks like Nagasaki got nuked again!

[Mr. K]

i think FR should make it mandatory $5 MONTH FOR POSTERS, $10 YEAR FOR READERS

JimRob should be rich from this site

TAKE ADVERTISING!!!

We like captalism around her, don’t we?

[winoneforthegipper]

Two totally different scenarios.

[Errant]

Based on the amount of materials, before it's over, it's likely Fukushima will be much worse than Chernobyl.

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=chernobyl&oq=chernobyl&aq=f&aqi=g4&aql=&gs_nf=1&gs_l=youtube-reduced.3..0l4.35234.37593.0.38797.9.6.0.2.2.0.281.1032.2-4.4.0.

Both Nagasaki and Hiroshima were air-burst weapons and the resulting explosion finely dispersed the relatively small amount of material contained in both bombs, carrying most of the remaining material into the upper atmosphere and away from both cities.

[Carry_Okie]

Based on the amount of materials, before it's over, it's likely Fukushima will be much worse than Chernobyl.

Just keep hogging on Gunderson's swill and I'm sure you'll be convinced.

[Errant]

This is actually what I was looking for when I sent you the other link.

I'm sure you'll learn a lot more about radiological contamination if you bother to take a look at some of her videos...

Kiddofspeed - GHOST TOWN - Chernobyl Pictures - Elena's Motorcyle Ride through Chernobyl

[bgill]

LOL

[andy58-in-nh]

The same thing happened to me about three nights ago: right through the window at about 3am - a brilliant full moon woke me up. I had to wake up my wife and share the moment... ;-)