Arnie Gunderson, an expert on these matters, suggests smaller cranes be used to lower the fuel rods to the ground on an urgent basis.
Senator Wyden has urged our government to push hard for the Japanese to greatly accelerate the present, totally inadequate, effort. I've provided some additional information on the non-profit Aesop Institute website. Mark Mark Goldes Co-founder, Chava Energy CEO, Aesop Institute 301A North Main Street Sebastopol, CA 95472 www.chavaenergy.com www.aesopinstitute.org 707 861-9070 707 497-3551 fax ________________________________________ From: Alan J Fletcher [a...@well.com] Sent: Monday, April 23, 2012 12:14 PM To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [Vo]:Fukushima pool #4 presents a potential nightmare At 10:19 PM 4/6/2012, Mark Goldes wrote: >Former UN advisor: If No. 4 pool collapses I’ve >been told “during 50 years, you cannot contain” >Nuclear Expert: Fukushima spent fuel has 85 >times more cesium than released at Chernobyl — >“It would destroy the world environment and our civilization…" > >http://akiomatsumura.com/2012/04/682.html Japanese TV program (It says to Turn on English CC) and transcript Fukushima Dai-Ichi No. 4: An earthquake before spent fuel rods are moved to safe storage would be “the end” <http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2012/04/fukushima-dai-ichi-no-4-an-earthquake-before-spent-fuel-rods-are-moved-to-safe-storage-would-be-the-end.html> http://www.youtube.com/v/eJi-o4F8eOo?version=3&hl=en_US The reporter is Mr. Toru TAMAKAWA. The expert is Dr. Hiroaki KOIDE, Research Associate at the Research Reactor Institute of Kyoto University. eg ... I asked him “Why can’t we simply transfer them to another pool?” Now, let’s look at how the transfer is normally done. [3:20] As shown here, nuclear fuel rods are initially in the reactor. When they are spent, they are transferred to the spent fuel pool here.[3:28] What they do first is lower this giant container into the water. [3:34] Then the fuel rods are transferred into this container in the water. All of them. [3:42] Then they close the lid with water inside, and hoist the container outside. [3:48] But now, because of the earthquake, the crane to hoist them is not working any more. [3:53] Then, how are they going to transfer the fuel rods? ...
