[LINK] Radiation

[Jan Whitaker]

At 09:56 AM 17/03/2011, Michael Skeggs mike at bystander.net wrote:
>In this thread the example of "not to worry, the fuel rods are under 16 feet
>of water" was trotted out, while I hear this morning on the ABC that these
>are, in fact, exposed.

Does anyone know why they haven't covered them with dirt at least, if 
not good ol' concrete? At Chernobyl, the mitigation was to encase the 
thing in concrete. If the exposure of these rods is so bad and the 
water evaporates when put on because of increased heat, why not cover 
with something that absorbs heat better and stops the atmospheric 
release of radiation?

Jan


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