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U.S. storage sites overfilled with spent nuclear fuel
MSNBC ^ | 3/22/11 | JONATHAN FAHEY, RAY HENRY

Posted on 03/22/2011 3:36:06 PM PDT by EBH

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To: EBH

Yep, MSM will keep rolling out these types of reports til all our nuclear plants are shut down, government better start erecting windmills & FAST!


21 posted on 03/22/2011 3:56:29 PM PDT by blondee123 (Japan in MAJOR CRISIS & ZERO PARTIES ON! IMPEACH HIM!)
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To: worst-case scenario
Then why were there over 11,500 spent fuel rods at the Fukushima plant? Is the cost prohibitive?

Do you have a source for that information? That's allot for even 6 units. And the Japanese do reprocess fuel. The reason unit 4 had so many problems is because it's entire core was off loaded at the time of the accident so much of the fuel stored there was relatively new fuel.

22 posted on 03/22/2011 3:56:53 PM PDT by WHBates
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To: EBH

They have been screwing around with Yucca Mt for decades. Nobody can make a decision. I have encountered this indecision mentality for years with high ranking people, military and civilian alike.


23 posted on 03/22/2011 3:58:59 PM PDT by Roklok
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he Fukushima Dai-ichi site has a considerable number of fuel rods on hand, according to information provided Thursday by Toyko Electric Power Co., which owns the atomic complex: There are 3,400 tons of fuel in seven spent fuel pools within the six-reactor plant, including one joint pool storing very old fuel from units 3 and 4. There are 877 tons in five of the reactor cores. Officials have said that the fuel in Unit 4’s reactor vessel was transferred to its spent fuel pool when the unit was temporarily shut in November.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_japan_earthquake_plutonium


24 posted on 03/22/2011 4:00:00 PM PDT by EBH ( Whether you eat your bread or see it vanish into a looter's stomach, is an absolute.)
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Seems to me they are making plenty of room in the middle of Detroit to accommodate a storage facility.


25 posted on 03/22/2011 4:02:42 PM PDT by Sawdring
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To: EBH

harry reid’s fault.

LLS


26 posted on 03/22/2011 4:05:02 PM PDT by LibLieSlayer (WOLVERINES!!!)
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To: backwoods-engineer

Almost every county in the country has a statue on the Courthouse lawn. Encapsulate an amount of the ‘’spent’’ fuel in lead, glass and ? then bury it deep beneath these statues never to be disturbed, for that matter you could put it under the Courthouse.


27 posted on 03/22/2011 4:07:44 PM PDT by Waco (From Seward to Sara)
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To: EBH

www.yuccamountainexpose.com

This site covers the watermelon greens who set back Yucca Mountain. The book is being reprinted.


28 posted on 03/22/2011 4:14:25 PM PDT by DaxtonBrown (HARRY: Money Mob & Influence (See my Expose on Reid on amazon.com written by me!))
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To: EBH

Encase them in blocks of glass and drop them into the Marianas trench. They will be safe for eons.


29 posted on 03/22/2011 4:49:39 PM PDT by Don Corleone ("Oil the gun..eat the cannolis. Take it to the Mattress.")
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Thanks for the link. I was a bit skeptical when they quoted somebody from the Union of Concerned Scientist, They are very anti nuke and often make things up to push their point of view.

In the post that you responded to I was questioning the 11500 fuel bundles (rods) of the original post, and this article talks about 3400 tons and that would be a little over 3400 fuel bundles (rods). Most of these units are pretty old and apparently the Japanese haven't got the fuel reprocessing plant up and running. 3400 + 877 is about 24 to 30 complete fuel loads which sound about right for 6 units when at least 2 of the units are over 30 years old and all but 2 I believe are greater than 22 years old.

30 posted on 03/22/2011 6:06:19 PM PDT by WHBates
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I was wrong. It’s not 11,500, but 11,195. Here’s the citation:
http://nuclear-news.net/2011/03/19/fukushimas-spent-nuclear-fuel-rods-are-critically-dangerous/


31 posted on 03/22/2011 6:43:07 PM PDT by worst-case scenario (Striving to reach the light)
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To: Don Corleone
Encase them in blocks of glass and drop them into the Marianas trench. They will be safe for eons.

One of the best ideas I've heard. However, I also read that the Japanese had trouble trying to use electronic robots and cameras because the radiation and heat destroyed glass and rubber in them. Is there a glass that will safely contain radiation without breaking down?

32 posted on 03/22/2011 7:12:27 PM PDT by roadcat
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