Swiss Think Tank:Dire situation for global environment if #4 fuel pool releases radioactive material

[flamingdem]

http://www.bellona.org/articles/articles_2012/poo_collapse_report?printerfriendly=yes%27

A collapse of the already tilting reactor No 4 building at the stricken Fukushima Daiichi plant [...] would lead to a “significant global impact”

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...even a 10 percent release of the storage pool’s inventory of radioactive cesium and strontium would “represent 3 to 10 times the March 11, 2011 release amounts, substantially increasing risk levels in Japan and marine life.”

“This is an acute example that we will have to live with the threats emanating from Fukushima for years to come,” said Nils Bøhmer, Bellona’s nuclear physicist and general manager.

According to the report [released by Holpchi CH, a Swiss-based industrial analytics think-tank], radiological fires would lead to some 30 to 100 percent of the cesium and strontium being released from the pool.

“If a radiological fire occurs and further cooling is impossible, more than 10 percent of the radioactive material of the [spent fuel pond] cold be released,” read the report. “Release of 100 percent of the cesium, strontium and other isotopes would scale the base case results by a factor of 10 and would clearly present a dire situation for areas of Japan, marine life in the Pacific and the global environment.”

The report acknowledges that it is not fully comprehensive, saying that many modeling structures about what could happen should the spent fuel pool fail “have been developed by government, but appear to be classified.”

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[limpyhobbler]

1. We are all doomed. nt

[flamingdem]

2. If the Fuku doesn't get you the Climate Change will!

[flamingdem]

3. Where to go if Fukushima blows article

http://www.thedailysheeple.com/where-do-i-go-if-fukushima-blows-northern-hemisphere-nuclear-fallout-map_052012

** I know this is a woo site but it has maps

Too funny: from the Woo web site:
This may explain why elite members of society, most notably George Soros and the Bush family, have purchased thousands of acres of land in South America, directly above a major aquifer.

Ha ha ha what if the Bush family gets stuck with Soros as a neighbor

*Fallout would be everywhere during a nuclear disaster, but this map provides for some some safe zones that may have lowered radiation levels.



Article recommends South America naturally

[Mnemosyne]

4. Don't forget Moon bought over the aquifer there also. On the Beach comes to reality...

Thanks for the map!

[flamingdem]

5. LOL and Moon as well, maybe they can all play poker

Well, Chile is looking good right now. Paraguay sounds shakey with the right wing coup of late.