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caraher

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Wed Mar-16-11 02:46 PM
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5. This could be worse than the reactor problems

The spent fuel isn't as hot, but there's more of it and it's not so well-contained.

Last night I read a 1983 NRC assessment of the risks of spent fuel pools and some simulations they did then of a spent fuel pool loss of cooling water resulted in truly frightening radiation dose estimates to the general population. Assuming a certain local population density typical of the US Midwest their exposure estimates for such an accident ranged from 1-10 million person-rem, which would results in several thousand cancer deaths.

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