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In reply to the discussion: Fukushima No. 1 can’t keep its head above tainted water [View all]AtheistCrusader
(33,982 posts)The Reactor Pressure Vessel (commonly referred to as the RPV) is not The Containment(TM). Period. That you seem to think so, is embarrassing. The CONTAINMENT is not just the steel RPV, it's steel and several feet of special concrete. That the containment is LEAKING WATER does not mean the cores have escaped it. That claim has special meaning. Don't pretend that venting gas, or leaking water is equal to 'escaped containment'.
Nor is the CORIUM still 'molten'. You are being silly.
"act like lava." More silliness. Lava will bore through concrete at a rate of about 1 foot per hour. Simply silly.
"We do not know the exact location of the cores and we may not know for years because they are not contained and are releasing radiation to the atmosphere." MORE silliness. The radiation of the corium itself can reveal its location via scattering radiography. Los Alamos provided the detectors in October of last year.
"Releasing radiation to the atmosphere means free. Means not contained."
Now you are backpedaling. Not contained != CORES ESCAPED CONTAINMENT. Recall your statement:
"What we do know is that 3 very large reactor cores have escaped containment."
That is simply not true. The cores are inside the containment. Leaking water from the containment in no way equals CORES HAVE ESCAPED CONTAINMENT.
Dude, you're talking to someone who no longer supports the continued operation of, or construction of new reactors. And I know your claims are wild and completely untrue. Just stop.