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snagglepuss

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6. Despite my ignorance about nuclear disasters, it was abundently clear from numerous

Reply to MindMover (Original post)

Fri May 4, 2012, 01:07 AM

May 2012

sources that the spent fuel tanks were a massive issue. Why senators and experts are now voicing alarm as if the problem has just been discovered is baffling.

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Why Fukushima Is a Greater Disaster than Chernobyl and a Warning Sign for the US [View all] MindMover May 2012 OP

There was a time... RegieRocker May 2012 #1

Gotta get some real on when one natural disaster led to another man made disaster.... MindMover May 2012 #2

So they really have thrown in the towel? I thought they were here, but on my Ignore list. freshwest May 2012 #3

Simple answer - hundreds of times more radioactive material and it's not done yet... saras May 2012 #4

I do not want to alarm anyone but it already has..... MindMover May 2012 #5

Despite my ignorance about nuclear disasters, it was abundently clear from numerous snagglepuss May 2012 #6

From all I have read, experts and senators were not quite enough.... MindMover May 2012 #7

We have to decommission our nuclear plants felix_numinous May 2012 #8