Fukushima scientists brace for riskiest nuclear fuel clean up yet

Published on Aug 16, 2013

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Mission Impossible? Fukushima scientists brace for riskiest nuclear fuel clean-up yet
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"If you build a wall, of course the water is going to accumulate there. And there is no other way for the water to go but up or sideways and eventually lead to the ocean," Masashi Goto, a nuclear engineer who has worked at several TEPCO plants, told Reuters. "So now, the question is how long do we have?"
This situation is not made easier by the fact that Japan is a seismically active island. Earthquakes keep striking at random, and even a small tremor could set in motion a catastrophic chain of events.

Dangerous Operation at Fukushima's Reactor No. 4 Could Ignite "Atomic Chain Reaction"



Jacob Chamberlain
Common Dreams
August 15, 2013
Threatening to trigger a new—and possibly more devastating—nuclear disaster than the original or ongoing one at the Fukishima plant in Japan, a risky plan to remove fuel rods from a damaged reactor building could unleash an "unprecedented" level of radiation, according to experts, if things go wrong.

According to reporting by Reuters, the radioactive material within the fuel rods slated for removal are equivalent to 14,000 times the amount released in the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and the plan to move them "has never been attempted before on this scale."

The 400 tons of highly irradiated spent fuel and other nuclear materials will be taken from the crippled building and moved to a safer location, but the manner of the operation should be put in serious doubt, say the experts. http://tinyurl.com/n75afhr

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Fukushima scientists brace for riskiest nuclear fuel clean up yet
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