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Post by Ex_Nuke_Troop on Apr 11, 2014 15:34:11 GMT
NRC : FUKUSHIMA-Nuclear Regulatory Commission FOIA ML12068A097www.docstoc.com/docs/155122051/FUKUSHIMA-Nuclear-Regulatory-Commission-FOIA-ML12068A097From Enenews <<< Nuclear Regulatory Commission FOIA ML12068A097: Kevin D. Crowley, Ph.D. Director Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board The National Academies, April 14, 2011: Mark Thiemens (UC San Diego) has detected excess sulfur-35 (in S02 and S04) that he believes was produced by the CI-35 (n,p) reaction at Fukushima after seawater cooling was initiated. This suggests that there was a source of neutrons (perhaps from a criticality event) at Fukushima after the reactors were shut down. [...] Crowley, April 14, 2011: [...] there was a media report that a high neutron flux had been detected at the site, presumably from a criticality event [...] That report was later dismissed for lack of corroborating evidence. Your [Mark H Thiemens] data might be useful for proving that such an event did in fact occur [...] John E. Kelly, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Reactor Technologies in the Office of Nuclear Energy, April 17, 2011: [...] My guess is that the MOX fuel will have significant Pu-238 and this could create a very active source for neutron production (alpha-n). This would give a constant source (as opposed to a brief burst from criticality event). [...] enenews.com/experts-nuclear-chain-reactions-may-have-gone-on-7-months-at-fukushima-neutron-leakage-from-active-molten-fuel-core-producing-radioactive-sulfur-top-govt-official-mox-fuel-could-b?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ENENews+%28Energy+News%29
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