Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Fission Products in Seattle Reveal Clues about Japan Nuclear Disaster  - Technology Review

Fission Products in Seattle Reveal Clues about Japan Nuclear Disaster - Technology Review

Very interesting, and for the moment positive, information gathered by Seattle physicists about the reactor disaster in Japan.

In short, they found that it seems that only contaminated steam is being released, since the only radioactive elements that have made it to Seattle are water soluble. This is good news. Chernobyl, in contrast, spread lots of different radioactive elements as the fuel itself was exposed to the atmosphere. So, for now, things are not Chernobyl bad. I hope they stay that way.

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