Comments on: Is Nuclear Power Really Such A Good Idea? http://dissociatedpress.com/2011/03/is-nuclear-power-really-such-a-good-idea/ Fri, 04 Jul 2014 04:16:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: admin http://dissociatedpress.com/2011/03/is-nuclear-power-really-such-a-good-idea/#comment-3691 admin Tue, 15 Mar 2011 13:15:21 +0000 http://dissociatedpress.com/?p=3089#comment-3691 Thanks for the updates John. As this unfolds it's clear that this could get much uglier than first suggested. [Note: Took the liberty of moving your second comment to this thread. Was posted on a Wikileaks article, presumably in error.] Thanks for the updates John. As this unfolds it’s clear that this could get much uglier than first suggested.

[Note: Took the liberty of moving your second comment to this thread. Was posted on a Wikileaks article, presumably in error.]

]]> By: john minock http://dissociatedpress.com/2011/03/is-nuclear-power-really-such-a-good-idea/#comment-3690 john minock Tue, 15 Mar 2011 13:11:46 +0000 http://dissociatedpress.com/?p=3089#comment-3690 Actually, potentially worse than Chernobyl. http://www.beyondnuclear.org/home/2011/3/14/america-on-nuclear-alert-could-fallout-from-japan-explosion.html Actually, potentially worse than Chernobyl.

http://www.beyondnuclear.org/home/2011/3/14/america-on-nuclear-alert-could-fallout-from-japan-explosion.html

]]> By: john minock http://dissociatedpress.com/2011/03/is-nuclear-power-really-such-a-good-idea/#comment-3688 john minock Tue, 15 Mar 2011 12:14:27 +0000 http://dissociatedpress.com/?p=3089#comment-3688 In case of a meltdown, especially at #3 where the spent fuel rods contain plutonium (modified oxide fuel, or MOX), the fallout would cross the Pacific in 4 days. MOX produces more dangerous and longer lasting radioactive elements. See this 3/15 article from the Daily Mail: America on radiation alert: "Japan faces world's worst nuclear accident since Chernobyl as experts warn fallout may reach U.S." California and the Great Plains are in the path. A bit of our food comes from there. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1366341/Japan-tsumani-earthquake-America-nuclear-accident-radiation-alert.html See also this from the BBC from 3/13: The BBC's Chris Hogg in Tokyo says a meltdown at reactor 3 would be potentially more serious than at the other reactors, because it is fueled by plutonium and uranium, unlike the other units which carry only uranium. In case of a meltdown, especially at #3 where the spent fuel rods contain plutonium (modified oxide fuel, or MOX), the fallout would cross the Pacific in 4 days. MOX produces more dangerous and longer lasting radioactive elements.

See this 3/15 article from the Daily Mail: America on radiation alert: “Japan faces world’s worst nuclear accident since Chernobyl as experts warn fallout may reach U.S.” California and the Great Plains are in the path. A bit of our food comes from there.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1366341/Japan-tsumani-earthquake-America-nuclear-accident-radiation-alert.html

See also this from the BBC from 3/13:

The BBC’s Chris Hogg in Tokyo says a meltdown at reactor 3 would be potentially more serious than at the other reactors, because it is fueled by plutonium and uranium, unlike the other units which carry only uranium.

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