Rachel Maddow - Spent Nuclear Rods segment - Tuesday, March 15th

Run time: 15:14 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RiXIODVlfXk   Posted on YouTube: March 16, 2011 By YouTube Member: MOXNEWSd0tCOM Views on YouTube: 301   Posted on DU: March 16, 2011 By DU Member: Tx4obama Views on DU: 1498

 

And here is a link to Maddow's March 14th segment:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x563376

Having the spent rod pools located in the 'top' of the buildings is a disaster waiting to happen here in the USA !!!

Money corporations are not going to spend. It's far better to take the risk and let the public deal with the costs when everything goes to hell... at least from a capitalistic point of view where the most successful companies are those who can most efficiently externalize costs.

I think it's time for you to read "No Nukes" by Anna Gyorgy and Friends, or any number of well-researched anti-nuke books or articles. The nuclear power industry has been "storing" spent fuel rods at various nuclear reactors throughout the US (the WORLD), as a 'temporary' measure (which means--in actuality--for several years), since no long-term containment or storage has been created ("Yucca Mountain," notwithstanding). Long-term storage is now and will continue to be the most expensive aspect of nuclear energy, and one about which we seldom hear accurate information.

Furthermore, we are seldom told when nuclear waste is transported from place to place, and we're seldom made aware when accidents happen to vehicles transporting nuclear waste. The Corporate Megalomaniacs who've made vast fortunes on nuclear power want us to be good little mushrooms--in the dark and fed lots of bullshit.

fire engine pumps can cool down the six reactors. Ignore the lies, and prepare for total melt down.

They are the same thing. The layman's term "rust" refers to Fe²O³, which is what you get when you let iron (Fe) be exposed to air for any length of time.

I think "rust" per se is limited to when iron gets friendly with oxygen.

My father would use the term rust as a substitute for the verb "oxidation" if he was in a hurry. I heard other chemists use it too...but you're right, technically the term "rust" as a noun is reserved for ferric oxide.