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

Fri Mar 11 15:37:46 CST 2011

Michio Kaku is a good quantum physicist and cosmologist and professor at
NYU. His other specialty is explaining physics on TV to the general public
with excessive graphics and glitzy showmanship. However, he is unusually
anti-nuclear. Not surprisingly, he seems to know nothing about quantitative
risk assessment. I would sooner ask my cat for an opinion on the risk from
the Japanese reactor than Michio Kaku.

Wes 

Best regards,  Wes
Wesley R. Van Pelt, PhD, CIH, CHP 
Wesley R. Van Pelt Associates, Inc.  

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"Physicist" Michio Kaku has issued a statement likening the Fukushima
Plant to a speeding car without brakes and cautioning that a secondary
quake might tip the plant into that scenario.

Kaku gained notoriety for his protests of the RTG fuel on Cassini
mission and the Glowbaal devastation that would be caused by a launch
incident.  Cassini may be one of the most successful spacecraft/missions.

On 3/11/2011 11:33, Jeff Terry wrote:
> 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+deli
vers+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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>>> Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] Thoughts about Emergency procedures involving
>>> Japan's tsunami & reactor emergency (UNCLASSIFIED)
>>>
> 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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>>>>> Aberdeen-Edgewood
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>>>>>
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>>>>>
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>>>>> Personal cell (302) 893-1274
>>>>>
>>>>> Lloyd.james.wallace at us.army.mil
>>>>>
>>>>> lloyd.james.wallace at conus.army.mil
>>>>>
>>>>> "Be pro-active, not re-active"
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
>>>>> Caveats: NONE
>>>>>
>>>>>
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