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Fukushima status on Wednesday March 16 and what it means
Here’s my estimate of the situation. I’m no nuclear engineer but I know something… We use data from JAIF: And an annotated picture of a GE boiling water reactor from UCS: Now, using the above: At least half of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Containment, Exposed, Fuel, Fukushima, GE BWR, Japan, Mark 1, Meltdown, nuclear
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Fukushima, Japan, Information
Status of the reactors: JAIF, Japanese Atomic Industrial Forum: http://www.jaif.or.jp/english/ Radiation status in Japan: http://www.bousai.ne.jp/eng/speedi/pref.php?id=08 Radiation status in Finland: http://www.yle.fi/tekstitv/images/P867_02.gif Radiation units: Becquerel is counts per second (particles/photons) A 1 GW coal plant releases radioactive stuff in a year that produce … Continue reading