RE: [cdn-nucl-l] NRU reactor: Never a real nuclear danger

["Jaro" <jaro-10kbq@sympatico.ca>]

-----Original Message-----
From: Jerry Cuttler
Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2008 12:40 AM

 

John Waddington . Never a real nuclear danger

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And what would happen if, despite all these studies, the cooling systems all failed, along with everything else? AECL is required to analyze this event as part of the safety case that it must submit to the CNSC before it can get a licence to operate. The analysis predicts that, in the case where every back-up cooling system fails, the steel pipes fail, the confinement building fails, and the NRU operators do nothing at all to remediate any failures, the maximum dose that might be received by the most exposed member of the public would be 2.4 millisieverts (mSv).  <SNIP>

Thanks Jerry,

 

I notice that this letter was also added under "More info" on the Canadian Nuclear FAQ, at

http://www.nuclearfaq.ca/ottawacitizen_NRU_Feb2008.htm 

 

Would anyone happen to know how a dried-out core full of very hot fuel manages to emit so little radiation ? ...thnx.

 Jaro
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