Gundersen: Powdered nuclear fuel laying outside containment at Reactor No. 2 (VIDEO)

 

Published: July 30th, 2012 at 2:40 am ET
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Arnold Gundersen with the latest on Fukushima: its effects on Japan, and the global risks posed by the No. 4 reactor


Source: If You Love This Planet Radio
Author: Dr. Helen Caldicott
Date: July 27, 2012
 

This week, Dr. Caldicott has a new conversation with nuclear engineer Arnold Gundersen about the ongoing nuclear disaster at the Fukushima plant and its effects on Japan and the rest of the world. [...]

At ~12:00 in

 

Arnold Gundersen, Nuclear Engineer: At Reactor 2… the conclusion is that fine pieces of nuclear fuel have escaped the containment and are lying as a powder on the bottom of the torus room.

At ~14:00 in

 

Gundersen: The particles escaped the torus… that’s what’s fascinating… these are outside containment… it’s quite clear that the junction between the torus and the dry part of the containment failed.

Published: July 30th, 2012 at 2:40 am ET
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