Activists Warn Plan to Move Fukushima Fuel Rods Could Spark Massive Disaster Facebook_20 Twitter_20 Reddit_20 Email_20 Addthis_20 Regulators in Japan have given final approval to a plan for removing more than 1,500 fuel rods from a cooling pool at the embattled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. The process is set to begin next month. But Japan’s nuclear regulatory chair has warned of a potential disaster if the fuel rods are damaged or break during the removal process. Writing for the website Common Dreams, anti-nuclear activist Harvey Wasserman said the plan marks humankind’s most dangerous moment since the Cuban Missile Crisis. He said the fuel, currently perched on top of a damaged reactor unit, could release more than 15,000 times as much radiation as the nuclear bomb dropped by the United States on Hiroshima.
Posted on: Mon, 04 Nov 2013 06:22:58 +0000
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