Showing posts with label spent fuel pools. Show all posts
Showing posts with label spent fuel pools. Show all posts

Friday, April 1, 2011

"Skyshine" over Fukushima

Sounds nice, huh? It isn't.
According to this latest video from nuke expert Arnie Gundersen, the nuclear fuel racks in Fukushima reactor #4 are exposed to air instead of being immersed in water, and that's not good.

"The fact that the nuclear fuel pool does not have water in it, to me, indicates that it might be a clean path for those heavy elements to be escaping from the building and being discovered off site."
-Arnie Gundersen

Untitled from Fairewinds Associates on Vimeo.

Monday, March 28, 2011

Spent nuclear fuel pools aren't sustainable

"I don’t think anyone is even thinking about the issue of loss of availability of electrical generation and its impact on our ability to maintain spent nuclear fuel pools. Everyone assumes that we will continue to have our current system forever. We know that this cannot be true, but I doubt that anyone is willing to face this issue and plan for it."
-Gail Tverberg