Gundersen: Move South Of Equator If Unit 4 Fuel Rods Go Dry

[Cheryl Nelson]

http://enenews.com/gundersen-move-south-equator-unit-4-fuel-pool-dry-lesson-like-cesium-all-800-nuclear-bombs-dropped-earth-except-all-video



Gundersen at ~25:00 in

There’s more cesium in that [Unit 4] fuel pool than in all 800 nuclear bombs exploded above ground…

But of course it would happen all at once.

It would certainly destroy Japan as a functioning country…

Move south of the equator if that ever happened, I think that’s probably the lesson there.





Follow-up to:  
Caldicott: If Spent Fuel Pool No. 4 collapses I am evacuating my family from Boston


[Alex Cortes]

Jim,

 

That portion I understand, what I am having issues with is how would the cesium be dispersed because it would take a very large explosion to accomplish adequate dispersal into the atmosphere to allow for the cesium to travel far enough to enshroud the northern hemisphere.  Think of the power that is generated by a volcano when it erupts, the particulates that it shoots into the atmosphere circle the globe only because they were sent high enough into the atmosphere.  Hope I explained what my reasoning is a little better. 

[Jim Balister]

Alex, a big cloud of radiation will circle the earth.  It is like flying over head with a big salt shaker and shaking all the salt on the ground.  Each time it circles the salt builds up and this salt is radioactive! 

[Alex Cortes]

I absolutely understand the dangers but what I cant grasp is how would it be sufficiently dispersed to impact the northern hemisphere.  I guess my issue is one of scope.  The size of the explosion would have to be massive to be able to disperse enough cesium into the high atmosphere for it to travel long distances, I don't believe that an explosion like we saw with the other reactors would even come close to dispersing enough but not an expert, if anyone happens to understand the dynamics of dispersion please help clarify this matter for me......just my thoughts.

[Jim Balister]

That was a very short interview!  If memory serves me Cesium 137 has a half life of only 30 years.  That means that after 30 years things would return back to normal.  If Japan handels the rods the same way as they have handled the rest of the problem we are all in deep dudu!