Originally Posted by orange: Mr. Lochbaum, who formerly taught reactor operation for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, said the pools measured about 40 feet long, 40 feet wide and 45 feet deep. The spent fuel, he added, rested at the pool’s bottom and rose no higher than 15 feet from the bottom.
That means that in normal operations, the spent fuel is covered by about 30 feet of cooling water.
Depending on the freshness of the spent fuel, Mr. Lochbaum said, the water in an uncooled pool would start to boil in anywhere from days to a week. The water would boil off to a dangerous level in another week or two.
Originally Posted by MOhillbilly:
**** ya i think he just took the bait!
sec-got it:"Can you tell me the mod that banned me from starting threads. How long will this last and why was it done? thanks." what you want me to tell him?
ive got sofa king in on it, maybe. asked if he was in to play the evil mod. lets run him in circles and see what happens. :-) ]]> [Reply]
Originally Posted by Amnorix:
Why weeks to boil off? Assuming that it's boiling very steadily at a pretty high temp, I'd assume it would boil off pretty fast.
Why in the hell can't they get a hose in there? If they can get a hose to put out the fires they've had, why can't they put some water into what is nothing more than an oversized swimming pool?
The area is probably too radioactive to approach. They were talking about using helicopters and water cannons, so that tells me they've passed the "lug a hose in" point. [Reply]
