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Re: [Phys-l] Nuclear Reactors (was: Global Temperatures)



The real irony of Chernobyl is that the biggest part of the accident was a graphite (CARBON!!) fire in which the resulting smoke particles carried radioactive atoms far and wide....see, it's a carbon problem, not a nuclear problem. ;)

Bill N

<Spinozalens@aol.com> 4/9/2009 8:24 am >>>
[snip]
The accident in the former Soviet Union is an altogether different case,
here the health effects are not in question, that accident released a very large
amount of fission products and transuranic isotopes to the environment. This
did not happen at TMI.

Bob Zannelli
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