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I would only say that it is risky due to the proliferation risk. And, some plant mods have to be done to allow its use (cost issue). Some countries like France and Russia are already using MOX fuel
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Ick. Good luck, fellas:
The beleaguered crew had to abandon the plant control room Tuesday night because of high radiation levels, Kyodo News reported, citing plant owner Tokyo Electric Power Company. "Their situation is not great," said David Brenner, director of the Center for Radiological Research at Columbia University. "It's pretty clear that they will be getting very high doses of radiation. There's certainly the potential for lethal doses of radiation. They know it, and I think you have to call these people heroes."
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http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/...72E0ZR20110315 (Reuters) - Scores of people fled Tokyo on Tuesday and residents stayed indoors over fears that radiation from an earthquake-stricken nuclear plant could waft over one of the world's biggest and most densely populated cities. Despite assurances from the city government that low levels of radioactivity detected in Tokyo were for now "not a problem," residents, expatriates and tourists decided staying in Japan's capital was simply too risky. Several companies evacuated staff. Visitors cut short vacations. Some airlines canceled flights and the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration said it was preparing to possibly reroute flights if the nuclear crisis worsened. Those who remained in Tokyo hoarded food and supplies, fearing the worst from the radiation threat that spread panic in this bustling, ultra-modern and hyper-efficient metropolis of 12 million people. At the city's main airports, hundreds of people lined up, many with children, boarding flights out.
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Heroes, indeed. It takes a brave soul to know that you are gonna get blasted by potentially lethal doses of radiation, in the attempt to save 1000s or millions of lives. The ultimate sacrifice. Kudos and Godspeed to them.
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Yep.
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So I'm still not clear. Did googlegoogle evacuate this thread on his own, or was he mandated to evacuate?
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What thread did that happen in? Couldn't happen to a bigger pinhead...
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We just cancelled our semi-annual W-W Service Meeting in Toyama city because of having to travel through Tokyo and the bad but real possibilities regarding radiation exposure of a one-night stay near Haneda airport. We were supposed to leave on April 4th. I am glad of course.
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You are in it. This thread.
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This has been an impressively epic thread (in the purest sense of the term). In the end, this result will be closer to what googlegoogle titled the thread than anyone expected at first, though that doesn't excuse the misrepresentation from the beginning.
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