was Mobile Chernobyl

["Westerdale, Bob" <bwesterdale@edax.com>]

Perhaps the answer to this is obvious to most of you,  but I am wondering

why 

all the fuss is being made over spent fuel, as opposed to 'brand new fresh 

from the manufacturer' fuel rods?  I understand that the spent ones will

contain some nasty fission byproducts,  but is there actually a significant

difference in chances of a release

from a new fuel shipment as opposed to a spent fuel shipment?  I've not

heard a single

comparison of these two shipment events....

Any thoughts?

Bob Westerdale

EDAX, Inc.







Ted Wrote----

The fact is that a spent fuel cask being shipped has already been cooled for

several years and is virtually incapable of creating any public hazard.  The

cask itself is nearly indestructible and requires special military ordnance

to penetrate it.  Even if that were to happen, a few fuel pellets on the

ground nearby poses no serious public hazard IF PEOPLE HAVE NOT BEEN

PREVIOUSLY TRAUMATIZED BY BEING TOLD REPEATEDLY THAT SUCH AN EVENT WILL KILL

"TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE."  There is no mechanism to disperse

significant quantities of ingestible or respirable fps.

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