I only recall the TMI-2 bacterial contamination post-meltdown, during the subsequent decontamination & decommissioning/defueling projects (I believe they ended up having to dump peroxide into the reactor vessel in order to kill them & clear up the water.....).
Don't remember what those tough little buggers were.... presumably not ordinary E-coli ?
Jaro
-----Original Message-----
From: Jacobus, John (OD/ORS) [mailto:jacobusj@ors.od.nih.gov]
Sent: Wednesday July 10, 2002 10:27 AM
To: 'Franta, Jaroslav'; Radsafe (E-mail)
Subject: RE: Water Irradiation?
Jaro,
I think I remember hearing that some spend fuel pools were contaminated with
bacteria. Does any one who works in nuclear power on this list recall this?
-- John
John Jacobus, MS
Certified Health Physicist
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-----Original Message-----
From: Franta, Jaroslav [mailto:frantaj@AECL.CA]
Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2002 8:52 AM
To: Radsafe (E-mail)
Subject: RE: Water Irradiation?
. . .
I've pondered before on this question - could we use spent fuel as a gamma
source for irradiating water? Piping networks that pass in between spent
bundles in the used fuel pool. The water would be at normal pumping
pressure (say 200 kPa) so any leaks would be out of the tubes and into the
fuel bay.
. . .