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"JoeSpareBedroom" wrote:

If, hypothetically, those rods could be ground into the finest powder
possible and dumped into a lake that serves as the water supply for 3
million people, what do you suppose would be the results, and I mean PLURAL
results? The next day, the next week, the next year. Tell me about the
results.

Very young children and the oldest adults would be hardest hit. (Women and
minorities, too, of course.) They would, however, have to consume large
quantities of seriously contaminated water.

For the bulk of the rest of the consumers, they would probably ingest
(probably) about the equivalent of a couple or three chest x-rays. Given that
the average adult is traditionally UNDER-hydrated, the effect would probably
be less.

It would take a *LOT* of ground-up, spent fuel rods to successfully (fatally)
contaminate an open reservoir serving 3-million consumers.

Such hypotheticals are wonderful entertainment for those that preoccupy
themselves with dead-end scenarios but of little concern to those with an
otherwise "normal" life.
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JR