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RE: So, is reprocessing in America's future?
Ted,
You are correct in your assumption. There were DOE and NRC efforts to define the
hazard of a terroist explosive attack on shipping casks and storage basins. The result
was it would take a lot of explosives for very little dispersion. See Sandia Report
SAND82-2365.TTC-0398, An Assessment of the Safety of Spent Fuel Transportation
in Urban Environs, Sandoval, et al.
Joe
7/8/01 3:20:23 PM, "Ted Rockwell" <tedrock@CPCUG.ORG> wrote:
>Ray:
>
>I don't think any amount of explosives would do a good job of dispersing
>fission products from spent fuel. Think about it. Sure, you could damage
>the cask and blow some large pieces of fuel around. So you pick those up
>and get on with your life. Remaining contamination of the site would be
>minimal, and it would all be inside a controlled area anyway. I can't see
>particles contaminating public air, land or water to any great degree.
>
>Yes, it would be a nuisance, but hardly a holocaust. And it's so easy to do
>countless other ways, why would you choose the hard way to do so little?
>
>Ted Rockwell
>
>
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