[ RadSafe ] Fwd: [New post] Man made corium lava – from Fukushima, toxic for centuries

[Roger Helbig]

Now they are making claims about Corium Lava - and this is probably
spreading quickly through the anti-nuke propaganda world as the latest in
their doom and gloom scenarios.

Roger Helbig

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  Christina MacPherson posted: "Wired: ‘Healthy debate’ about location of
Fukushima corium — Lava can melt a foot of concrete per hour — Cooling with
water may not stop corium flow Title: The Most Dangerous (Man-Made) Lava
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<http://nuclear-news.net/author/christinamacpherson/>  Man made corium lava
– from Fukushima, toxic for
centuries<http://nuclear-news.net/2013/04/20/man-made-corium-lava-from-fukushima-toxic-for-centuries/>
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Christina MacPherson <http://nuclear-news.net/author/christinamacpherson/>

*[image: highly-recommended]<http://antinuclearinfo.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/highly-recommended.gif>Wired:
‘Healthy debate’ about location of Fukushima corium — Lava can melt a foot
of concrete per hour — Cooling with water may not stop corium flow Title:
The Most Dangerous (Man-Made) Lava Flow
http://enenews.com/wired-healthy-debate-about-where-fukushima-coriums-are-lava-can-melt-a-foot-of-concrete-per-hour-cooling-with-water-may-not-stop-corium-flow
*
*Source: Wired*
*Author: Erik Klemetti*
*Date: April 18, 2013 at 11:45a ET*
*h/t Room101*
Title: The Most Dangerous (Man-Made) Lava
Flow<http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2013/04/the-most-dangerous-manmade-lava-flow/>

[...] researchers at the Argonne National Lab have created corium in the
laboratory [...] They found that corium lava can melt upwards of 30 cm
(12″) of concrete in 1 hour! This is why it is so important to know if a
nuclear reactor accident has gone into true “meltdown” as the corium lava
will rapidly melt its way through the inner containment vessels (or more)
in a matter of hours unless it can be cooled again.

However, results from these CCI (core-concrete interaction) experiments,
suggest that cooling with water may not be sufficient to stop corium from
melting the concrete. One thing to remember — much of the melting of
concrete during a meltdown occurs within minutes to hours, so keeping the
core cool is vital for stopping the corium for breaching that containment
vessel.

[...] TEPCO, the Japanese energy company who ran Fukushima Dai’ichi, claims
that the corium didn’t breach the outer wall of the containment vessel
(although there is a healthy debate about this).  [...]

So, why is corium so dangerous? Well, even long after the flow has stopped,
that lava will be highly radioactive for decades to centuries (along with
the surrounding countryside if radioactive material made it out of the
containment vessel) as the various radioactive materials in the lava decay.
In fact, we don’t even have pictures of the corium lava from Fukushima
Dai’ichi due to the high levels of radioactivity near the reactor. [...]
**

*See also: Analysis: Melted fuel completely penetrated concrete in under 15
hours at GE Mark I -- Shows little decline in speed
(CHART)<http://enenews.com/analysis-melted-fuel-completely-penetrated-concrete-15-hours-ge-mark-shows-little-decline-speed-chart>
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  *Christina MacPherson<http://nuclear-news.net/author/christinamacpherson/>
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