Posted on 05/23/2012 2:05:27 PM PDT by JohnKinAK
Former Fukushima Daiichi Worker: ‘I believe the country will be evacuated if No. 4 fuel pool collapses’ — ‘Should be hundreds or thousands of people working furiously every day’ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Chris Canine has 15 years experience as a Health Physics Technician, Chemist and Radiation Safety Instructor. He has worked at over 20 plants throughout the United States, Japan and Mexico — including Fukushima #1 and #2 in the late 1970′s.
On May 15, 2012 he wrote:
There are several reasons why I believe the country will be evacuated if the #4 SFP collapses. The amount of radioactive material in the fuel pool dwarfs the total amount at Chernobyl by a factor of 5 to 10. Chernobyl’s core was still mostly contained in a building (although heavily damaged), and most of the radioactive material melted downward and became lava like. If #4 SFP collapses it will be lying on the completely open ground, probably going critical on and off in portions of the pile for years. The dose rate from this pile will make dropping sand or anything from the air much more lethal than anything at Chernobyl. And probably impossible. The entire site at Fukushima will be uninhabitable and unworkable because of the dose rate coming from this pile of fuel. That means there will be no control of the other fuel pools, and we could lose control of them.
Nuclear experts will soft sell the ramifications because that is how the industry works. When the experts “have concerns” about the situation at #4 that means they are pooping their pants. My experience at Fukushima was 30 years ago. I worked in the industry for about 15 years as a health physics technician. I was also referred to as a “nuclear gypsy” because I traveled from plant to plant working outages. That meant I was always in the middle of the hottest jobs in the heart of the plant. The engineers will talk about this part or that part of a plant, but I have been all those places wearing full gear. He later noted: “No reasonable person with my type experience would question my conclusion if any of the fuel pools collapse. There should be hundreds or thousands of people working furiously every day to get the buildings fortified and the fuel moved.”
Thank you for posting this. It is a VERY important piece of info that needs to get out and there is a huge media blackout on it.
Idea: How about us taking all the Japaneese?
To mass-balance the globe, we’ll naturally have to ship all of our Muslims and liberals to Japan.
We benefit.
The Japanese benefit.
The world benefits.
Deal?
Yikes, indeed.
Where would the Japanese go? China?
I hope the pool holds. Can anyone guess how long the period of extreme danger is?
Convenient that it is next to the open pristine ocean. [/s].
Oahu? Guam?
Both islands may tip over
Oahu? Guam?
Both islands may tip over
Prayers for Japan.
Nuke it from space....it’s the only way to be sure.............
Deal!
If the pool eats down to the waterlevel the water will come to the surface and Japan will tip over and sink.
Judging by the misrepresentation of this guy’s employment, I call BS.
Manchukuo.
Ah so.
No deal. The Japanese need to live (or try) in the bed they made. If reversed, do you think for a second they ‘accept’ any emigrees to Japan?
300 years or so
Our State Department needs you.
This report comes from what appears to be a rabidly anti-nuke site. How about finding something where it looks like grown-ups also contribute to the comments.
Is that heavy metal in your tuna mercury or something a bit denser and hotter?
The WHOLE country? Where on earth would they go and how?
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