Princeton Physcist , Frank von Hippel," Its way past Three Mile Island.

snagglepuss

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Mon Mar-14-11 10:31 PM
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Princeton Physcist , Frank von Hippel," Its way past Three Mile Island.

Edited on Mon Mar-14-11 10:36 PM by snagglepuss

“The biggest risk now is that the core really melts down and you have a steam explosion.

Source NYT

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/15/world/asia/15nuclear.html

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Hawkowl

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Mon Mar-14-11 10:34 PM
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1. Aerosol

It sounds like the cores are already partially melted. A steam explosion simply turns the power plant into a gamma radiation aerosol spray. If there is a steam explosion, it will be Chernobyl all over again.

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Mon Mar-14-11 10:54 PM
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2. This goes in the "NO SHIT SHERLOCK" catagory

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