Yeah, right. So, how much were the legal settlements for all these deaths?
***I don't know. But we are getting sidetracked from the main discussion, so I'm dropping this rabbit trail.
Wow, 12 people are going to die? When? Today? How about when they're 80? 90?
***Ooooh, sarcasm. Keep in mind that it's 12 people under normal operating conditions and there's an admitted radiation leak at TMI, generating additional (NRC undisclosed number of) deaths.
How many people die from coal mining accidents? How much radiation is released by burning coal?
***Irrelevant. Another rabbit trail.
So this Chinese missile strike is going to destroy/remove all the control rods?
***Enough damage to cause trouble. That's the danger.
As far as Chernobyl, why don't you tell me how much fuel was in their reactor versus how much fuel is in a carrier reactor.
***I don't know, but you could be onto something here. The reactor for a nuclear aircraft carrier has got to be considerably smaller than a typical commercial reactor, reducing the potential for open-ended disaster.
Well, first, I don't believe your supposed source. Second, people die everyday. It's not that 12 people will supposedly die (I don't believe it) but how much sooner would they die than without the reactor? Will they die at the age of 10? That would be serious. Will they die at the age of 80, after a lifetime of excess radiation exposure, that would be less serious.
***I don't know, but you could be onto something here. The reactor for a nuclear aircraft carrier has got to be considerably smaller than a typical commercial reactor, reducing the potential for open-ended disaster.
Finally, the light goes off. Ever hear the dose makes the poison? Like I've said before, I suspect you'd be lucky to detect any radiation from such a sunken carrier, never mind dying from that undetectable radiation.