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thomhartmann

(3,979 posts) Mon Jul 8, 2019, 06:34 PM Jul 2019

A Floating Chernobyl - What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

Did we learn anything from Chernobyl nuclear power disaster?

Two nuclear power reactors being towed on a barge to a destination in the Arctic Ocean. If they break away from the towing craft, can you imagine what would happen?

Why have we only just learned heard about this this nuclear power accident waiting to happen?

Paul Gunter from Beyond Nuclear talks with Thom Hartmann about the consequences of an a nuclear accident at sea, the affects of nuclear materials on our wildlife and on ourselves and our planet.

You couldn’t make this stuff up – could you?

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A Floating Chernobyl - What Could Possibly Go Wrong? (Original Post) thomhartmann Jul 2019 OP

Alarmist crazytown Jul 2019 #1

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Tue Jul 9, 2019, 06:18 AM

Jul 2019

There is a real issue here, transporting nuclear materials of any kind by sea, particularly plutonium rich fuel rods for reprocessing. However, unless the fuel rods are in place (an obviously they are not), there is no risk of melt down-no way they can be thrown together. But he rods can be scattered, and that is the problem Talking up Chernobyl is click bait.

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