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Old 05-22-2012, 04:25 PM   #1
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reator numbers 4 and 3 could cause a Nuclear firestorm if the pool is factured

http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/TopStories...ctor-4-120519/

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The 1,535 spent fuel rods would become exposed to the air and would likely catch fire, with the most-recently added fuel rods igniting first.
The incredible heat generated from that blaze, Gundersen said, could then ignite the older fuel in the cooling pool, causing a massive oxygen-eating radiological fire that could not be extinguished with water.
I'll be in my bomb shelter eating cold ravioli
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