Localized Criticalities at Fukushima?

Localized Criticalities at Fukushima?

By Jeffrey | 29 March 2011 | 38 Comments
My colleague at MIIS, Ferenc Dalnoki-Veress has written a paper, What Was The Cause Of The High Cl-38 Radioactivity In The
Fukushima Daiichi Reactor #1.  Ferenc  concludes that we cannot exclude the possibility that little pockets of melted fuel have gone critical, even if for a short period of time.  The possibilty of localized criticalities could severely hamper on-site operations.
Comments are welcome.

Related articles

• Has Fukushima's Reactor No. 1 Gone Critical? (ecocentric.blogs.time.com)
• Are nuclear reactions restarting at Fukushima? (newscientist.com)
• What Caused the High Cl-38 Radioactivity in the Fukushima Daiichi Reactor #1 (genomega1.wordpress.com)
• Fukushima's Leaked Plutonium: Not the Biggest Problem (ecocentric.blogs.time.com)
• New Threat: Radioactive Spent Fuel (ecocentric.blogs.time.com)
• Fukushima Workers Threatened by Heat Bursts; Sea Radiation Rises (businessweek.com)