MOX plutonium fuel used in Fukushima's Unit 3 reactor two million times more deadly than enriched uranium
Submitted by Bob-45 on Fri, 03/18/2011 - 06:44in
Largely absent from most mainstream media reports on the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster is the fact that a highly-dangerous "mixed-oxide" (MOX) fuel is present in six percent of the fuel rods at the plant's Unit 3 reactor. Why is MOX a big deal? According to the Nuclear Information Resource Center (NIRS), this plutonium-uranium fuel mixture is far more dangerous than typical enriched uranium -- a single milligram (mg) of MOX is as deadly as 2,000,000 mg of normal enriched uranium.
On March 14, Unit 3 of the Fukushima reactor exploded, sending a huge smoke plume into the air. This particular reactor, of course, contains the rods fueled with MOX.
more at http://www.sott.net/articles/show/226003-MOX-plutonium-fuel-...
Here's a report showing
the extent of the corruption and coverups that are so prevalent in this industry.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-03-17/japan-s-nuclear-dis...
Some acquaintances of mine confirmed in the past how things like this happen everywhere. One plant in the US even had the steel in the containment roof rust out, allowing some concrete to drop into the reactor and leave a hole to the rest of the building. Apparently, it never got inspected.
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MOX melts down at a lower temperature than uranium.
March 14, 2011 10:48 AM PDT
Plutonium threat at Japan reactor, expert warns
MOX fuel is a mixture of uranium and plutonium reprocessed from spent uranium, and is sometimes involved in the disposal of weapons-grade plutonium.
Goto added that the MOX also has a lower melting point than the other fuels. The Fukushima facility began using MOX fuel last September, becoming the third plant in Japan to do so.
Read more: http://news.cnet.com/8301-11386_3-20042852-76.html#ixzz1GxmW...
This is the original story about MOX in reactor #3.
Fukushima to Restart Using MOX Fuel for First Time
Fri, Sep 17 2010 7:45 AM
- Edited By Tom Lamar -
Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO) said it was preparing to restart the 784 megawatt No.3 reactor at its Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear plant on Friday, at which it is set to burn so-called mixed-oxide (MOX) fuel for the first time.Fukushima Nuclear Plant
Fukushima is a nuclear power plant located in the town of Okuma in the Futaba District of Fukushima Prefecture. With 6 operating units located on site, Fukushima is one of the largest nuclear plant sites in the world. Fukushima is the first nuclear plant to be constructed and run entirely by TEPCO.
Asia's biggest utility said if all goes as planned, the reactor will start generating power on Sept. 22 and begin commercial operations on Oct. 26.
It had shut the reactor at the northern Japan plant for planned maintenance on June 19.
During the shutdown, TEPCO prepared for uranium dioxide as well as MOX fuel to be burned at the reactor, making it the first time the company will use the recycled fuel.
Other power companies have started using the recycled fuel as part of Japan's goal to move towards a closed cycle where it recycles its own spent fuel and then burns recovered uranium and plutonium as MOX fuel.
http://nuclearstreet.com/nuclear_power_industry_news/b/nucle...
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"Starting in 2007, the Catawba plants plan to start using MOX (mixed-oxide fuel), which contains surplus weapons-grade plutonium. (Source: Charlotte News & Observer.)"
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