Shielding Effect News Today

Rods cool, the water would also have a shielding effect on the radioactivity as well. but if the pools are destroyed or empty or leaking or if the water in them is heating up to the point where it may boil off, then the fuel rods in those pools will heat up and start to break down and they will release their radioactivity and it will go into the air. and that may be what has already happened. that may be the cause of the levels of radioactivity at daiichi now that are described as extremely high...

Theyre just up there on that fourth floor of those buildings. those buildings that are not in great shape, as can be seen in the first moving pictures released today of reactors 3 and 4. these images were filmed from one of the helicopters that was trying to drop water onto the reactors below. shredded buildings are what is supposed to contain any radioactivity leaking from spent fuel pools inside those buildings. now, that would not be a huge issue if the spent fuel pools were intact, if they w...

Radioactivity leaking from spent fuel pools inside those buildings. now, that would not be a huge issue if the spent fuel pools were intact, if they were full of water, if those fuel rods were under 20 or 30 feet of water in there, because the water would not only keep those rods cool, the water would also have a shielding effect on the radioactivity as well. but if the pools are destroyed or empty or leaking or if the water in them is heating up to the point where it may boil off, then the fuel...