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Seriously, in the eventual

cmaukonen — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 16:23:30 +0000

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Seriously, in the eventual clean-up phase, what do they do with all the contaminated material?

This is my main argument against nuclear power.

This says NPR reported its

we are stardust — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 15:34:26 +0000

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This says NPR reported its half-life as 24,000 years; good god all-friday; let's hope that's contained.

Reactor 3 has the dangerous

NCD — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 15:20:57 +0000

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Reactor 3 has the dangerous MOX fuel in the reactor and the cooling ponds. MOX contains a grab bag of deadly plutonium isotopes, one of which, PL238, has a half life of over 14,000 years. Hopefully the plutonium is contained.

It's hard to know how

we are stardust — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 15:10:18 +0000

In reply to I read this earlier today.

It's hard to know how straight the owner/operators of the utility, or the government have been, though it seems that they are perhaps forced into more honesty now. I don't know how much access the IAEA has, either. And I really didn't know the reactor ponds for the spent rods were on top of the reactors. 10,000 times the radioactive levels as the rest of the water sounds ominous.

Seriously, in the eventual clean-up phase, what do they do with all the contaminated material?

I read this earlier today.

cmaukonen — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 15:00:28 +0000

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I read this earlier today. This is troubling and makes me wonder about the others as well. I have a suspicion that the people in charge were not entirely in reality about the situation at this nuclear plant.