Today in the Wall Street Journal of May 16, 2011, there were two articles relating to nuclear plant safety. The fiirst titled "Safety Gaps found at Nuclear Plants" I quote as saying "Federal Inspections ordered after the earthquake and tsunami in Japan found many U.S. commercial nuclear reactors vulnerable to severe earthquakes, floods or fires, particularly in combination." Yes I agree. But what is going to be done about it? That is the important question. As long as nuclear engineers keep thinking about "containment", they will not solve the problem. They should be thinking DISPERSEMENT of core materials before a full scale melt- down develops. Once a melt- down starts there is no stopping the radiation and the problems that follow. To back up my assertion, I cite another article in the same WSJ edition of the same date on the present situation of the heavily damaged reactors in Japan from the article titled "Cores Damaged At Three Reactors." I need only to quote a small portion of this article: "...containment vessel is damaged and leaking highly radioactive water." This statement was relative to reactor no. 1. What is the solution? Just read my previous article in this blog, and then if you are concerned, do something about it and call/write your Congressmen.
