On Wed, 16 Mar 2011 08:18:20 -0500, Ignoramus19837
wrote:
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The good news, is that most of the material will fall in the Pacific
ocean, where it will dissipate. However, if winds do not cooperate,
there is enough of material to render big parts of Japan unlivable for
a long time, due to long half life of most isotopes in said waste.

The other bad news is that the prevailing winds are towards the United
States, going straight to Larry Jacques' backyard. Hopefully, most
stuff will settle down in the ocean.

Yeah, I know. sigh Well, I didn't want to live forever anyway.
I just hope it's either clean enough to not cause any side effects at
all or dirty enough to be a quick, clean death.

And what doesn't drop on me will hit the rest of the USA.

Arrrrrrrrrrrgh!


If this bad scenario materializes, against my hope, then the solutions
will be dirty. One would be to drop large bombs on those buildings, in
order to spread the nuclear waste from the boiling white hot lakes,
over a large area. That would help with its cooling. Pellets spread
over several acres would cool down somewhat. Then, concrete could be
air dropped over the wide area just to encase everything. Concreting
the reactor buildings, pretty much, is impossible due to lack of
access to the inside, and due to the active lakes of spent fuel.

Nasty thought.

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Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.
-- Demosthenes