(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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