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In reply to the discussion: TEPCO Rose [View all]Octafish
(55,745 posts)32. There are TONS of spent MOX (PLUTONIUM and URANIUM!!!) outside that core in the spent fuel pools.
MOX Battle: Mixed Oxide Nuclear Fuel Raises Safety Questions
Who knows where all that is today? There are reports of plutonium at various places in Fukushima, as well as aerosilized plutonium over Europe.

[font size="1"]Helicopter view of Fukushima Daiichi NPP Reactor 3, March 17, 2011.[/font size]
One thing is for certain: No one in authority has made a public accounting of it all, making clear the undemocratic and unscientific nature of nuclear power. So, we're left to guess or rely on TEPCO.
Who knows where all that is today? There are reports of plutonium at various places in Fukushima, as well as aerosilized plutonium over Europe.

[font size="1"]Helicopter view of Fukushima Daiichi NPP Reactor 3, March 17, 2011.[/font size]
One thing is for certain: No one in authority has made a public accounting of it all, making clear the undemocratic and unscientific nature of nuclear power. So, we're left to guess or rely on TEPCO.
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Lady Barbara Judge is the subject of the post. Do you have anything to add about her?
Octafish
Feb 2013
#13
She's not suggesting they are thinking about re-starting parts of the Dai-ichi plant is she?
AtheistCrusader
Feb 2013
#5
Her hiring may be a PR move of the first stank rather than as a professional fixer-upper.
Octafish
Feb 2013
#6
That paper was published in 2002. It's a good bet there's a lot more plutonium now.
Octafish
Feb 2013
#14