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Um, yes. Groundwater eventually goes to sea generally speaking, and all the more so when you are fifty yards away from the sea, so pumping the stuff back up is not really an option in the medium to long run. If there were corium leaks at some point, the material is going toward the ocean at a...

Hi Jim (#10333) (sorry to intrude on the other discussions taking place in between -maybe we should have a "corium" thread?) Anyway, thanks a million for the paper. I did maths in my youth, am still able to read the course on neutronics, I can't say I understand every equations but the simpler...

Hi all, Thanks for the answers. A few more info, so as to share the little information I could read, and check if I actually understood the even smaller amount I am under the maybe delusional impression I did understand. To Most Curious, #10285, re Chernobyl: again, if I have understood what I...

Hi all, I am a newbie and something of an intruder around here (non-engineer, mere economic historian, and French to boot), but for personal reasons (Japanese friends) I have been following closely semi-public discussions of the crisis within the French nuclear establishment. I have a question...

Hi, I have a hard time believing any advantage would accrue from staying put. While there is some risk of inhaling particles during the trip, I am sure this could be mitigated with the proper equipment. On the other hand, the dose rate from radioactivity on the premises is most certainly at...

I should have been more specific: contrary to popular wisdom, corporations can indeed be quite good at protecting their employees (no wonder, they control the work process, and should know how to go about things) -even though they don't always choose to do so. However, I was referring to a...

Addendum: you could reply that EDF will still be in charge within the plant, so a Tepco-like circus could take place, with EDF messing up inside and Prefects lollygagging outside. That is true, but I have a very hard time believing the French State apparatus would tolerate a performance like...

Hi, Keep in mind that I am no expert. However, I believe EDF would simply not be allowed to rule the show. Prefects would step in right away, and so would the Govt, and probably the Army as well. In fact a few weeks back AREVA and EDF put out an "emergency" plan of their own which was met...

Hi all, I am not a physicist, but an economic historian with some training in business history, and have been trying to get info on Fuku1 for personal reasons (Japanese friends). I stumbled on your thread in the process, and I was a bit surprised, reading the posts on this forum, at the...