Nuclear fuel casks, safe and sturdy?This is in response to a comment from a reader assuring us of the safety of nuclear fuel casks. Sorry the video is a little soft and fuzzy, but you'll get the drift.
Cheers to the Alliance for Nuclear Responsibility for providing the clip.
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Comments (2)
So if terrorists use strong explosives they could potentially make a one inch hole in a nuclear fuel transportation cask, and almost nothing would get out. That would kill a lot fewer people than if they attacked a set of chlorine tank cars, which carry the chemical we use to make safe drinking water. Once again, nuclear looks safer than what we do with chemicals.
Posted by skeptical | January 4, 2008 09:23 PM
Seriously, the SFBG is digging this hole deeper? What do you think would happen if they fired that missile into the open-air water pools where the fuel rods are currently residing? Do you think the fuel rods should be in open air pools forever, or in this cask for a few days and then buried?
You can't just carp about the safety of the cask without considering the alternatives. The only alternatives are 1) leaving the fuel where it is, which is unacceptable, or 2) an even better cask. Luckily the technology improves all the time.
Lastly, you might consider that nuclear waste has been transported in this country by rail and by truck for more than 30 years. So far the number of deaths caused is zero.
Posted by Jeffrey W. Baker | January 7, 2008 01:33 PM