RE: Dateline NBC TMI story - A different evaluation

["Ted Rockwell" <tedrock@cpcug.org>]

> I believe that the China Syndrome was an accepted theory by the engineers

at the time.



John, et al:



I don't know any serious engineer who believed it.  In fact, it was never

really defined in technical terms.  It just meant that the molten core might

penetrate the vessel and find itself facing several feet of concrete.  One

could postulate (guess) that this might lead to a crack in the containment

and some minor amount of fps could get into the ground (which is a pretty

good filter--see Oklo).



I don't think anyone was seriously concerned over the impact on Beijing.



Ted Rockwell