[ RadSafe ] Thoughts about Emergencyprocedures involving Japan's tsunami & reactor emergency(UNCLASSIFIED)

[Irwin, William]

To what kind of reactor coolant are they referring? Boric acid?

Obviously, most coolant is water, and large volumes. An aircraft would
not be useful for that.



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-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu] On Behalf Of Jeff Terry
Sent: Friday, March 11, 2011 12:34 PM
To: The International Radiation Protection (Health Physics) Mailing List
Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] Thoughts about Emergencyprocedures involving
Japan's tsunami & reactor emergency(UNCLASSIFIED)

U. S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton reports that the US military is
transporting coolant to the Fukushima Nuclear Power Station.

http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/Japan+earthquake+update+military+
delivers+coolant+ailing+Fukushima/4424106/story.html


On Mar 11, 2011, at 7:40 AM, Jeff Terry wrote:

> Evacuations of 3 km region in progress. 
> 
> The agency said workers are currently scrambling to restore cooling
water supply at the facility, but that there was no prospect for an
immediate success.
> 
> http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42025882/ns/world_news-asiapacific/
> 
> 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> On Mar 11, 2011, at 6:48 AM, "Wallace, Lloyd J Mr CIV USA FORSCOM"
<lloyd.james.wallace at us.army.mil> wrote:
> 
>> Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
>> Caveats: NONE
>> 
>> Agreed, Japan is having issues with cooling a fire as a result of the
>> tsunami, only brainstorming- Thanks for your input
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
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>> [mailto:radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu] On Behalf Of Doug
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>> Sent: Friday, March 11, 2011 7:44 AM
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>> Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] Thoughts about Emergency procedures
involving
>> Japan's tsunami & reactor emergency (UNCLASSIFIED)
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>> TMI is an acronym for, among other things, Too Much Information.
>> 
>> Chernobyl was a design and operational disaster.
>> 
>> My most recent information is (BBC local radio) the most involved
plant
>> is on emergency cooling.
>> 
>> On 3/11/2011 06:30, Wallace, Lloyd J Mr CIV USA FORSCOM wrote:
>>> Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
>>> Caveats: NONE
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> General thoughts about this incident and could this be another TMI
or
>>> Chernobyl?
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> V/R
>>> 
>>> Lloyd Wallace
>>> 
>>> Battalion Safety Officer
>>> 
>>> 22nd Chemical Battalion (TE)
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>>> Lloyd.james.wallace at us.army.mil
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>>> "Be pro-active, not re-active"
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