Re: [Vo]:It's Much Worse Than I Thought

2011-03-15 Thread Terry Blanton
On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 8:32 PM, Terry Blanton wrote: > This is far worse than what is happening in reactors 1, 2 and 3. > Except for three which has MOX fuel. Oh, and F2 which likely has a core breach. Still not as bad as F4. T

RE: [Vo]:It's Much Worse Than I Thought

2011-03-15 Thread Hoyt A. Stearns Jr.
Subject: Re: [Vo]:It's Much Worse Than I Thought At 06:11 PM 3/15/2011, Terry Blanton wrote: >I forgot to mention that the spent fuel pond is OUTSIDE THE >SECONDARY CONTAINMENT VESSEL. That's probably good news ... they could possibly pluck them out by helicopter.

Re: [Vo]:It's Much Worse Than I Thought

2011-03-15 Thread Terry Blanton
On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 9:20 PM, Alan J Fletcher wrote: > That's probably good news ... they could possibly pluck them out by > helicopter. The helico's have been recalled. It's not a viable solution. The volume requirement of too great. T

Re: [Vo]:It's Much Worse Than I Thought

2011-03-15 Thread Terry Blanton
On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 9:11 PM, Terry Blanton wrote: > As Jed says, nothing to see here, move along. F5 and F6 will have fires tomorrow. I hope I am wrong. T

Re: [Vo]:It's Much Worse Than I Thought

2011-03-15 Thread Alan J Fletcher
At 06:11 PM 3/15/2011, Terry Blanton wrote: I forgot to mention that the spent fuel pond is OUTSIDE THE SECONDARY CONTAINMENT VESSEL. That's probably good news ... they could possibly pluck them out by helicopter.

Re: [Vo]:It's Much Worse Than I Thought

2011-03-15 Thread Terry Blanton
On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 9:04 PM, Terry Blanton wrote: "Well, it's not good." I forgot to mention that the spent fuel pond is OUTSIDE THE SECONDARY CONTAINMENT VESSEL. As Jed says, nothing to see here, move along. T

Re: [Vo]:It's Much Worse Than I Thought

2011-03-15 Thread Terry Blanton
On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 8:57 PM, Charles Hope wrote: > So why is it bad to have spent fuel around active fuel rods? Sorta has something to do with neutron density. The water not only acts as a coolant but also as a neutron moderator. Place the active rods in proximity with the spent rods and ta

Re: [Vo]:It's Much Worse Than I Thought

2011-03-15 Thread Charles Hope
So why is it bad to have spent fuel around active fuel rods? Sent from my iPhone. On Mar 15, 2011, at 20:32, Terry Blanton wrote: > I was puzzled what was going on with F4. Now I understand. The spent > fuel ponds not only protect spent fuel; but, they temporarily store > active fuel rods wh

[Vo]:It's Much Worse Than I Thought

2011-03-15 Thread Terry Blanton
I was puzzled what was going on with F4. Now I understand. The spent fuel ponds not only protect spent fuel; but, they temporarily store active fuel rods while they are doing reactor maintenance inspections. The cores of 4, 5 and 6 have their fuel stored in the SPENT FUEL PONDS! Quadruple plus