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Title: More from Sen. Wyden: Fukushima spent fuel absolutely a national security issue — Radiation caused by pool failure “could reach the West Coast within days”
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URL Source: http://enenews.com/sen-wyden-fukush ... ach-the-west-coast-within-days
Published: May 5, 2012
Author: ene
Post Date: 2012-05-05 18:47:48 by tom007
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More from Sen. Wyden: Fukushima spent fuel absolutely a national security issue — Radiation caused by pool failure “could reach the West Coast within days”

Published: May 5th, 2012 at 9:33 am ET By ENENews Email Article Email Article 45 comments

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The Worst Yet to Come? Why Nuclear Experts Are Calling Fukushima a Ticking Time-Bomb Alternet Brad Jacobson May 4, 2012

[...] Alarmed by the precarious nature of spent fuel storage during his recent tour of the Fukushima Daiichi site, Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon subsequently fired off letters to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Secretary of Energy Steven Chu, NRC Chairman Gregory Jaczko and Japanese ambassador to the U.S. Ichiro Fujisaki. He implored all parties to work together and with the international community to address this situation as swiftly as possible.

A press release issued after his visit said that Wyden, a senior member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources who is highly experienced with nuclear waste storage issues, believes the situation is “worse than reported,” with “spent fuel rods currently being stored in unsound structures immediately adjacent to the ocean.” The press release also noted the structures’ high susceptibility to earthquakes and that “the only protection from a future tsunami, Wyden observed, is a small, makeshift sea wall erected out of bags of rock.” [...]

AlterNet asked Sen. Wyden if he considers the spent fuel at Fukushima Daiichi a national security threat.

In a statement released by his office, Wyden replied, “The radiation caused by the failure of the spent fuel pools in the event of another earthquake could reach the West Coast within days. That absolutely makes the safe containment and protection of this spent fuel a security issue for the United States.” [...]

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#1. To: tom007 (#0)

US shares culpability in this fiasco because it failed to take the spent fuel rods as it contracted to do (to avoid rods getting into hands of bomb makers).

Tatarewicz  posted on  2012-05-06   5:08:46 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

Sen Wyden should be commended for his honesty in this matter, but i have a question. WhyTF would wyden or anyone volunteer to go to Fukushima?! Yikes.

"Even to the death fight for truth, and the LORD your God will battle for you". Sirach 4:28

Artisan  posted on  2012-05-06   5:57:43 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

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