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Friday, March 22, 2013

Hiroshima Syndrome/ Fukushima Commentary

Hiroshima Syndrome/ Fukushima Commentary
 
(1) Exaggeration and Fiction Dominate the Spent Fuel Pool Issue in Japan - The power loss to the F. Daiichi spent fuel pools (SFP) continues to dominate the Japanese Press. The power loss was caused by an invasive rat. The switchboards are dubbed makeshift, but they are far from as primitive as the Press implies. Worst-case embellishments proliferate and the re-criticality myth continues to be posted as fact. (March 21)
(2) Much Ado About Nearly Nothing: The Latest Fuel Pool Scare in Japan - An electrical malfunction in a switchboard for four spent fuel pools (SFP) at Fukushima Daiichi stopped cooling water flow. The Japanese press is filled with "what-if" scenarios of SFP doom. the worst-case scenario is so unlikely that it approaches the impossible…much ado about nearly nothing! (March 19)
 

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