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Reno Deano said:Prof. Kaku's argument is sound on the premise of preparing for a worst case situation. Since Chernobyl was a remote site, entombment was an easy option. I think Japan will wait to see if restored power will let them get a better hand on the situation. If the seawater injection has worked and re-flooding the spent fuel pools is carried out, then only a lengthy core stabilization, facility clean up and decommissioning is left. Oh, and the compilation of a lessons learned report that will fill a Harvard size library.
"If this spirals out of control we could use a good chunk of northern Japan", Michio Kaku
I assume this is hyperbole. I can't see it being worse than a long-term 30 km (or so) exclusion zone.
On the other hand I think his comments about the Japanese leadership loosing touch with reality are accurate.
I was disappointed about what he didn't say. There is an urgent need for much better assessment of the true state of the reactors and SFPs. I read http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA335076&Location=U2&doc=GetTRDoc.pdf" and it was clear that for some time the operators were working on the false assumption that the reactor was still intact. Too often I hear from Japan, "we think this", "we think that", "this glint of light means the SFP has water in it", etc.
TEPCO & the Japanese government seem to be flying blind and their actions on the ground reinforce this impression.
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