Could
Fukushima Ice Wall Melt while More Highly Radioactive Water Leaks?
In the program, Arjun Makhijani, an engineer specializing in nuclear fusion and president of the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research, called the proposed ice wall scheme "a risky experiment."
Makhijani explained that the Japanese "hope to freeze the soil, basically, with a giant freezing machine, just like your freezer at home, [to] put cooling coils in the soil, lots and lots of them." He pointed out that this scheme "takes an enormous amount of electricity." That is just what the Fujushima nuclear plant can't do.
The biggest worry is potential power failures. Makhijani said:...if the power fails, you know, just like if your — when the power goes out with your refrigerator, everything will de-freeze in — defrost in the freezer. Even though ice wall technology had been used frequently to stabilize the ground in big construction projects, like the Big Dig highway project in Boston, The New York Times pointed out that some critics are dubious.
They argue that it's a costly technology "that would be vulnerable at the blackout-prone plant because it relies on electricity the way a freezer does, and even more so because it has never been tried on the vast scale that Japan is envisioning and was always considered a temporary measure, while at Fukushima it would have to endure possibly for decades."
Fukushima Petitions ☢ Please Sign and Share! Japan needs Worldwide Help NOW!
http://tinyurl.com/lhem3rg
Mobilize the U.N. Security Council to declare Fukushima a global emergency;
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1800
millisieverts/hr = Lethal dose in matter of a few hours near ANOTHER
LEAKING TANK. Subcontractors leaking info that the tanks put together
in haste with bolts and Not Welded... hence springing leaks.
The Ice Wall mess. http://tinyurl.com/l8m6u2v What are the OPTIONS?
'Risky experiment' Aired Sept. 6, 2013
The Ice Wall mess. http://tinyurl.com/l8m6u2v What are the OPTIONS?
'Risky experiment' Aired Sept. 6, 2013
In the program, Arjun Makhijani, an engineer specializing in nuclear fusion and president of the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research, called the proposed ice wall scheme "a risky experiment."
Makhijani explained that the Japanese "hope to freeze the soil, basically, with a giant freezing machine, just like your freezer at home, [to] put cooling coils in the soil, lots and lots of them." He pointed out that this scheme "takes an enormous amount of electricity." That is just what the Fujushima nuclear plant can't do.
The biggest worry is potential power failures. Makhijani said:...if the power fails, you know, just like if your — when the power goes out with your refrigerator, everything will de-freeze in — defrost in the freezer. Even though ice wall technology had been used frequently to stabilize the ground in big construction projects, like the Big Dig highway project in Boston, The New York Times pointed out that some critics are dubious.
They argue that it's a costly technology "that would be vulnerable at the blackout-prone plant because it relies on electricity the way a freezer does, and even more so because it has never been tried on the vast scale that Japan is envisioning and was always considered a temporary measure, while at Fukushima it would have to endure possibly for decades."
Fukushima Petitions ☢ Please Sign and Share! Japan needs Worldwide Help NOW!
http://tinyurl.com/lhem3rg
Mobilize the U.N. Security Council to declare Fukushima a global emergency;
http://tinyurl.com/l3hwuwh
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