Tepco's plan for Fukushima's spent fuel rods

[JimD]

An informative explanation from Arnie Gundersen on Tepco's plan to remove the spent fuel rods from damaged reactor 4 at Fukushima:

http://fairewinds.org/podcast/remove-tepco-removing-fuel?fb_action_ids=10200773388157671&fb_action_types=og.likes&fb_source=other_multiline&action_object_map=%7B%2210200773388157671%22%3A233546700142777%7D&action_type_map=%7B%2210200773388157671%22%3A%22og.likes%22%7D&action_ref_map=%5B%5D

[Gerarddm]

Re: Tepco's plan for Fukushima's spent fuel rods

A point I have been agreeing with for some time now.

Read an article the other day that notes one of the fuel rods is bent almost 90 degrees and is an unknown fragile state, and shockingly, this occurred long before the earthquake.

I sure hope this does not go badly...

This could dangerously effect all mankind. If ever there was an excuse for UN intervention, this is it.

[Full Tilt]

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I sure hope this does not go badly........This could dangerously effect all mankind.

Time to move Gerard.

[delecta]

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Move to Japan, all that stuff goes across the Pacific. Will take a long time to get back to your new home.

[Full Tilt]

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Boeing is getting out at a good time.

[JimD]

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Move to Japan, all that stuff goes across the Pacific. Will take a long time to get back to your new home.

I hear there's job openings at Tepco.

[Gerarddm]

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Time to move Gerard.

But, but, I'm building a boat...

[Full Tilt]

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How big?

[Gerarddm]

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15' Lincolnville Salmon Wherry.

[Full Tilt]

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Fits in the truck.

[Full Tilt]

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Seriously Gerard? I wouldn't bother if I was you. If it happens, or more likely, when it happens, I don't think it'll make much difference.

Now, if you've just finished building a Wharram 52', today might be a good day to head south.

[Flying Orca]

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Yeah, three fuel rods out of over 1500 are thought to be damaged enough to possibly present an extraction problem. Of course, three fuel rods will never in a million years amount to a pile that can sustain a fission reaction, so they don't present any meltdown danger whatsoever. Funny how the alarmists leave that part out.

(So, Mike - gonna lock this thread now, too?)

[Full Tilt]

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Umm.... Courtney, this isn't my thread. I won't be locking it.

Did you even watch the video?

I saw many twisted racks of fuel rods that will not be removable.

I saw concrete kibble sprinkled over the tops of the racks that will jam fuel rods in place or break them into pieces.

I saw a totally inept jury rig structure to replace the destroyed cranes.

I saw a building twisted by an earthquake and impacted by an explosion with nothing plumb or level.

The evidence is before you and yet you maintain the "only three rods damaged, no problem whatsoever" fiction.

Tell us again what your agenda is.

Mike

[Flying Orca]

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Umm.... Courtney, this isn't my thread. I won't be locking it.

Oh, good.

Did you even watch the video?

I think I have mentioned before that I don't watch videos and I don't consider them to be reliable documentation.

I saw many twisted racks of fuel rods that will not be removable.

I saw concrete kibble sprinkled over the tops of the racks that will jam fuel rods in place or break them into pieces.

I saw a totally inept jury rig structure to replace the destroyed cranes.

I saw a building twisted by an earthquake and impacted by an explosion with nothing plumb or level.

Well, you saw what you believed to be those things, anyway.

The evidence is before you and yet you maintain the "only three rods damaged, no problem whatsoever" fiction.

Tell us again what your agenda is.

You haven't presented any reliable evidence whatsoever. As for my "agenda", it's quite simple. I acknowledge the fact that nuclear power is relatively safe and probably necessary to our future, I acknowledge the fact that there is a huge amount of anti-nuclear propaganda and hysteria, and I try to counter that propaganda and hysteria when I encounter it.

[wardd]

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he sounds much too optimistic