"In February, nuclear plants produced just 3 percent of the total power generated in Japan. By next month, when the sole remaining reactor, on the northern island of Hokkaido, is due to shut down, Japan will be nuclear-free just as temperatures begin to climb."
Are we idiots here in Miami? In Japan, meanwhile, the No. 2 reactor's containment chamber is at over 10 times a fatal dose of radiation:
"The plant operator will have to develop special equipment and technology to tolerate the harsh environment and decommission the plant, a process expected to last decades. The other two reactors that had meltdowns could be in even worse shape. The No 2 reactor is the only one plant workers have been able to closely examine so far" according to the Sydney Morning Herald. And, the plant workers got the data on reactor 2 with a probe.
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They have dangerous radiation levels 100 miles from the reactors in Japan. 100 miles from Turkey Point puts us North of West Palm Beach! We are ALL paying for the Turkey Point expansion. Stupid us.
Also read this "Threat to Humanity" warning from the Washington Blog's on the dangers of Japan's Fuel Pool. They say:
The storage pool in the No. 4 reactor building has a total of 1,535 fuel rods, or 460 tons of nuclear fuel, in it. The 7-story building itself has suffered great damage, with the storage pool barely intact on the building’s third and fourth floors. The roof has been blown away. If the storage pool breaks and runs dry, the nuclear fuel inside will overheat and explode, causing a massive amount of radioactive substances to spread over a wide area. Both the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and French nuclear energy company Areva have warned about this risk.
Kevin Kamps said last month:
Unit 4 storage pool… The entire building is listing including the pool. What they have is steel jacks underneath the pool to try to keep the floor from falling out or the pool from flipping over.
If that cooling water supply is lost, it will be just a few hours at most before that waste is on fire. 135 tons outside of any radioactive containment. They would be direct releases into the environment. 100% of cesium-137 could be released to the environment.
And lastly:
Asahi noted last month that - if Unit 4 pool gets a crack from an earthquake and leaks, it would be the end for Tokyo.
8 comments:
Alarmist prostheletizing makes for good blogging, but adds little to the debate on nuclear power. You are not qualified to speak on nuclear issues except to say you ate afraid, but you don't know why.
To David who crawls out of the woodwork everytime I write about Nukes: Blah Blah...127,450,459 people in Japan are turned off to nukes (the shutting of the 50+ plants proves that. Why is it surprising I am too? I was around for 3 mile Island and Chernobyl. Now I am here for
a disaster that will be going on for decades. You are the one looking bad as a nuke advocate.
David, where do you live? I'll buy you a cheap foreclosure house within 10 miles of Turkey Point, or actually, within a few miles since you're so secure about the safety of these soon to be below sea level nukes! But, you actually have to live there full time!
http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2012/04/the-largest-short-term-threat-to-humanity-the-fuel-pools-of-fukushima.html
The Top Short-Term Threat to Humanity: The Fuel Pools of Fukushima
Threat to humanity is not from The Washington post but from a blogger washingtonsblog
What would I do without my readers? Thank you for the correction.
Chicken little couldn't squawk any louder. I lived within 15 miles of that plant while I worked there for over 18 years. Does anyone remember Hirricane Andrew? Direct hit at Turkey Point. Any discussion on the exemplary way the plant and plant staff handled that event? With the stunning 0.4 degree rise in the earth's mean temperature this century, look out for the rising tides! The most respected and prestigious climatologists in the world were caught cooking the books to make the numbers reach their predetermined conclusions, rendering any talk of global warming laughable. While so-called environmentalists rail against technology and the corporations that provide it, they bask in the comparative luxury all of the technology provides. You have no idea the technology and effort that goes into the two most important things at Turkey Point or any nuclear plant- precise and positively control of reactor reactivity and protection of all safety related systems (to ensure core cooling). This is not the Soviet Union. This is not Japan. TMI was a worst case accident scenario possible in a US reactor. Number of people hurt-zero. Number of members of the public exposed to radiation doses above the legal limit- zero. This is US technology used by US companies under US government regulation. Is it perfect...no. Is the gap de minimums? Yes. This is not US technology exported to countries that are not quite as circumspect about the rigor that goes into building, operating, and maintaining a commercial nuclear plant. Your alarmist prognosticating serves to disparage the very technology that allows you to live a lifestyle that gives you the time and freedom to bitch about every little thing. As Jack Nicholson said in A Few Good Men, I'd just as soon you said thank you.
Hey David read this:
Turkey Point nuclear power plant fined $140,000 for violations
By John Dorschner The Miami Herald
Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/04/10/2740867/turkey-point-fined-140000.html#storylink=cpy
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