Fukushima is falling apart: are you ready?

[rafter]

http://endthelie.com/2012/04/21/fuku...#axzz1shsxYFmW

Fukushima is falling apart: are you ready?

By Christina Consolo

Contributing writer for End the Lie and host of Nuked Radio


Investigators visiting the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in May 2011
Thirteen months have passed since the Fukushima reactors exploded, and a U.S. Senator finally got off his ass and went to Japan to see what is going on over there.

What he saw was horrific.

And now he is saying that we are in big trouble.



But what is so ironic about this is that we have been in this heap of trouble since March of 2011. March 17th, to be exact, when the plume of radioactive materials began bombarding the west coast of California.

And Oregon. And Washington. And British Columbia. And later Maine, Europe, and everywhere in between.

Independent researchers, nuke experts, and scientists, from oceanography to entomology and everywhere in between, having been trying to sound the alarm ever since.

The scientists most upset are those who have studied the effects of radiation on health. I’ll say it again, so its really clear: we are in big trouble.

The most preliminary reports of soil contamination are starting to come in from the USGS, who has seemed reluctant to share this information. Los Angeles, California, Portland, Oregon, and Boulder, Colorado, so far have the highest radioactive particle contamination out of the entire US.

That being said, every single city tested across the country showed contamination from Fukushima. What is even more alarming, however, about the numbers coming in, is that they are from samples taken April 5th, of last year.

The Tokyo Electric Power Company, or TEPCO, has only recently confirmed that there were three meltdowns, and they have been ongoing, unabated, for thirteen months, and no effort has been made to contain them.

Technology has to be developed/invented to deal with the melted out corium under the reactors. Until then, they will keep doing what they have been doing.

TEPCO just keeps dumping water on them, after which they let it pour into the ocean, and steam up through the ground, every second of every day. The jet stream, and a highly dynamic portion of our atmosphere called the troposphere, have been swirling around massive amounts of radioactive particles and settling them out, mostly in rain, over the entire northern hemisphere, especially the west coast of North America, from Alaska down to Baja and even further.

Iodine, cesium, strontium, plutonium, uranium, and a host of other fission products have been coming directly from Japan to the west coast for thirteen months.

Maybe you have heard about sick seals, polar bears, tainted fish, mutations in dandelions and fruits and vegetables, possibly even animals already, and seaweed. In fact the kelp from Corona del Mar contained 40,000,000 bcq/kg of radioactive iodine, as reported in Scientific American several weeks ago.

If you don’t know your becquerels, its a lot. That’s what your pacific fish feed on. And that was only ONE isotope reported. There were up to 1600 different isotopes that have been floating around in our air, pouring out of the reactors, and steaming out of the ground, every second of every day, for 13 months.

And there has been silence from our mainstream media, for which the depths of depravity are so severe I will devote an entire article just to the “why” at a future time.

But back to the research: reports in the past week indicate the pollen in southern California is radioactive now too, and it is flying around, and if you live there and go outside, you are breathing it in. And so are your children.

Along with fission products blowing over from Japan. And radiation in your drinking water. And in your rain. And in the fish you are eating. And your vegetables. And the milk supply. And its happening every second, of every day. For 13 months. Are you starting to see a problem here?

Problem is, that’s not even the biggest problem. The biggest problem is what Senator Wyden is all bent out of shape about, even though independent researchers and nuke experts have been warning about this for a year.

And that is that the Reactor #4 building is on the verge of collapsing. Seismicity standards rate the building at a zero, meaning even a small earthquake could send it into a heap of rubble. And sitting at the top of the building, in a pool that is cracked, leaking, and precarious even without an earthquake, are 1565 fuel rods (give or take a few), some of them “fresh fuel” that was ready to go into the reactor on the morning of March 11th when the earthquake and tsunami hit.

If they are MOX fuel, containing 6% plutonium, one fuel rod has the potential to kill 2.89 billion people. If this pool collapses, as Senator Wyden is now saying too, we would face a mass extinction event from the release of radiation in those rods.

That is, if we aren’t in one already. Nuke experts like Arnie Gundersen and Helen Caldicott are prepared to evacuate their families to the southern hemisphere if that happens. It is that serious.

So now you know, if you didn’t before. We are in big trouble.

Get informed. Start paying attention to this. Every single statement in this article is verifiable, and I will continue to verify and validate the seriousness of this situation at every opportunity I have.

This may be the most important thing you ever pay attention to, for the sake of your family, friends, your neighbors, every one you know and meet, all of humanity.

It’s been thirteen months, you have some catching up to do.

Please help Christina purchase a spectrometer in order to get the most accurate radiation readings and thus get you the most precise information possible by shopping through her Amazon link or donate directly via PayPal to fukushimafacts@gmail.com. Keep in mind, this is expensive equipment and it is the only way that specific isotope readings can be obtained from food items.

Minor editing by Madison Ruppert

Christina Consolo is a former clinical researcher supervisor with NIH credentialing; a former Member-at-Large for the Board of Directors, Ophthalmic Photographers’ Society; A peer reviewer for the Journal of Ophthalmic Photography; She has written, published, and contributed to numerous scientific research in retinal imaging and ophthalmogy for the past 24 years; She is also an award-winning biomedical photographer and maintains several websites to teach people about radiation, mitigation, and other nuclear issues. She is also the host of “Nuked Radio” Tuesdays & Thursdays from 12-1:00 pm EST on the Orion Talk Radio Network.

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[rafter]

http://www.wyden.senate.gov/imo/medi...r-Fujisaki.pdf

Read Senator Ron Wyden’s letter on his visit to the nuclear site.

[VesperSparrow]

Well...this explains why nobody up top seems to give a damned about anything anymore...iits basiically OVER..for a third of mankind anyway....

[Cheval]

This by no means has to be set in stone imho....it's the way they're dickin' around with this disaster that's going to screw us all over....

May as well put Mr Magoo in charge.

[energy_wave]

I meant to post this the other day. Read some of the comments below the article.

Senator Wyden: Fukushima Worse Than Reported

http://readersupportednews.org/news-...-than-reported

[jed turtle]

looks like divine intervention is called for.
the situation reminded me of this quote from Edgar Cayce ("the sleeping prophet"):

The first sign of this change in the Earth's core would be the "breaking up of some conditions" in the South Pacific and "sinking or rising" in the Mediterranean or Etna area. Cayce forecast that, by the end of the century, New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco would be destroyed. He said that "the greater portion of Japan must go into the sea" at this time, and that northern Europe would be "changed as in the twinkling of an eye."

http://www.dreamscape.com/morgana/phoebe.htm

it was how it was worded (must go) that made me think remember it.

[mzkitty]

looks like divine intervention is called for.
the situation reminded me of this quote from Edgar Cayce ("the sleeping prophet"):

The first sign of this change in the Earth's core would be the "breaking up of some conditions" in the South Pacific and "sinking or rising" in the Mediterranean or Etna area. Cayce forecast that, by the end of the century, New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco would be destroyed. He said that "the greater portion of Japan must go into the sea" at this time, and that northern Europe would be "changed as in the twinkling of an eye."

http://www.dreamscape.com/morgana/phoebe.htm

it was how it was worded (must go) that made me think remember it.

Like Cheval said -- it's not yet carved in stone. When Cayce went into his sleep trances, he said he went to where records were kept in files. I would imagine there being so many files he picked what he thought he should. However, there probably were many other files he could have chosen. He's been wrong before. I think unless he was looking into historical files that what he was looking at were possible and/or potential time line files.

It's time to clean up the Fuku mess -- somehow.

[naturallysweet]

I live in Oregon. So I'm in the direct path to what might be coming in the way of radiation.

But what will be, will be. Worrying about this is like worrying about an asteroid taking out my house as I sleep. There's really nothing I can do, so life goes on.

Besides, my instincts tell me that I'm in a safe place. So I'm not going to set my hair on fire and run around screaming just yet.

[Cag3db1rd]

as i have said in the past, I have in-laws in California, and I can't seem to convince them to leave there to save their lives. I just sent this article to my sister-in-law and I hope she cares enough about her little girl to make the move.

[Cabal]

So, I will ask this question again... what is the lesser of 2 evils... allowing Fukishima to spew radiation or nuke it?

[mzkitty]

So, I will ask this question again... what is the lesser of 2 evils... allowing Fukishima to spew radiation or nuke it?

Well, there is that old saying: fighting fire with fire.

Might be the only way, but I don't know either.

[skip8]

Are these reliable and reasonable people making these Fukushima EOTW predictions, or are these the 'Nuke Nuts' we have been warned about?

Just a few MOX fuel rods go critical in Japan and all people on the planet are dead!? A true Extinction Level Event??

[Kent]

Nuke it? That's crazy, you really would have a problem then.

The most preliminary reports of soil contamination are starting to come in from the USGS, who has seemed reluctant to share this information. Los Angeles, California, Portland, Oregon, and Boulder, Colorado, so far have the highest radioactive particle contamination out of the entire US.

and it is barely above background. Skip is right, the nuke nuts are yelling the sky is falling to get 15 min of fame.

Sleep trances, wrong before. If a prophet was wrong even one time in the OT it was proof he was false.

[Warthog]

Fukushima isn't falling apart now! It blew apart on day one!

[Be Well]

Thanks for posting the article and link to Wyden's letter.

Sigh...

[The Mountain]

Has anyone mapped out the spread of the plume from Fukushima yet? I'd be interested to see where it's going.

[Czechsix]

Not going to be in town for the next few days, but I'll break out the meters and see what the background is now. I'm in SoCal.

[RCSAR]

4/27/2012 -- Cloud of depleted URANIUM heading towards Hawaii and West Coast?!
full website post here plus links to monitor radiation detection at several world wide locations: http://sincedutch.wordpress.com/2012...leted-uranium-...

Just thought I would toss this video in the mix.

[Double_A]

as i have said in the past, I have in-laws in California, and I can't seem to convince them to leave there to save their lives. I just sent this article to my sister-in-law and I hope she cares enough about her little girl to make the move.

Where would you suggest they go?

The jet stream winds it's way around the planet, winds passing over Japan cover go on to the west coast and then across the USA. There is no fence that stops these winds at the California border.

[DannyBoy]

4/27/2012 -- Cloud of depleted URANIUM heading towards Hawaii and West Coast?!
full website post here plus links to monitor radiation detection at several world wide locations: http://sincedutch.wordpress.com/2012...leted-uranium-...

Just thought I would toss this video in the mix.

he doesn't "know" much though does he...

[FarOut]

Kent said:

and it is barely above background. Skip is right, the nuke nuts are yelling the sky is falling to get 15 min of fame.

Correct. The original article is BS. Do you remember Chernobyl? The radioactive plume spread from a fire at the reactor. It never reached the jet stream. At Fukushima they're pouring water on the damaged reactors to prevent the release of radioactivity into the atmosphere. They are poisoning the Pacific Ocean in the area around Japan by doing this but they're preventing anything like what the article describes.

[Hfcomms]

It's been said so many times before but for the sake of those who have missed it the past year I'll mention it once again. In order to get 'fall out' you have to get nuclear materials ejected high into the air. When materials get into the stratosphere they can then fall out or rain out hundreds or even thousands of miles away from the source. With Fukushima there was nothing to eject radiated materials high into the air. That is why the vast majority of contamination is local in nature. When Chernobyl the reactor was operating at full power when it blew up. This did put nuclear material high into the air and there was fall out over a swath of Europe and measurable amounts even in the U.S.

With Fukushima when the reactor buildings blew their top because of hydrogen buildup if you were watching the video debris was thrown a few hundred feet up into the air. There was no event which irradiated the soil and ejected thousands of tons of fine particulate matter high enough into the atmosphere to survive the trans pacific route across the ocean to be deposited in the US mainland. A minute amount was carried on low level prevailing westerly winds and did find it's way to the west coast but we are talking levels measured in the trillionths of a curie. You receive a hundred times as much radiation in a chest x-ray as there has been over here from the event in Fukushima. I have sensitive monitoring equipment and I detected a very slight rise in background radiation about day 11 post event from Fukushima. This is about what I was expecting and levels have been normal background from that point on.

Tis true that in the US we had real surface burst nuclear weapons that were tested many times in the late 1940's and into the 1950's. This resulted in real fall out in the US. And we saw a heck of a spike in various cancers in the downwind locations starting about 10 years after the testing stopped. The event in Fukushima although much more serious for Japan than the bursts in Hiroshima and Nagasaki don't even begin to rate with the amount of radiation dumped on the US mainland from nuclear testing. There are many more things to be concerned about in the US than the event in Japan. Yeah, a few people may end up with cancer in the US 20 years from now that might be connected to Fukushima. The more immediate concern for us and our children are actually being able to live through the next 5 to 15 years because of economic collapse and the disintegration of society.

[orion41]

Not to doomsay But I believe the "fallout" from fukushima is far from over. All it would take is another 7+ EQ to topple the spent fuel pool in building 4 and we all would get a nice big dose of gamma. I hope not, but I don't like the odds. Best to All:-)

[Troke]

Is there some good technical reason why they can't bury that sucker under concrete? Would it reach critical mass or something under there and really blow?

[Sebastian]

Is there some good technical reason why they can't bury that sucker under concrete? Would it reach critical mass or something under there and really blow?

A couple of guesses:

No way to dissipate decay heat, zirconium combustion, free O2 and H2, really big boom, stratosphere injection of fallout.

Its to hot to back up concrete trucks, to hot to drop from the air. Remember the copter crews from Chernobyl may those heros rest in peace.

By the by the Author of this article obviously has no idea what she is talking about.

Which does not mean that we should not be (very) concerned abut the problem.

Please remember If rad is not up close and personal it does not kill immediately, but over long periods of time. Rad can be detected and cleaned up, rad can be chelated out of the human body (in most cases). A lot of the immediately dangerous stuff goes away fairly quickly.

In other words go ahead and panic but panic slowly.

[Hfcomms]

And even IF things were as bad over here from Fukushima as the youtube experts and panic mongers grab ahold of there is nothing you could do about it unless you were to live in a cave or an abandoned mine for the rest of your life. Any takers? Since you can't you might as well focus on things that you can mitigate and do something about. It is prudent to know how to construct an expedient fall out shelter and how to limit your exposure to radiation if we had an event over here as well as have the equipment to tell you when it's safe to be outside but for most of us limiting or not consuming any produce from Japan or eating seafood from that area of the world is about the most that we can do. Many other things to focus on that would be a lot more deadly to us in the short term.

[Troke]

Its to hot to back up concrete trucks, to hot to drop from the air. Remember the copter crews from Chernobyl may those heros rest in peace.

Whatcha wanna bet that if they really wanted to do that, they could come up with a drone that would drop a ton of concrete at a time. There must be another reason.

[colonel holman]

It's been said so many times before but for the sake of those who have missed it the past year I'll mention it once again. In order to get 'fall out' you have to get nuclear materials ejected high into the air. When materials get into the stratosphere they can then fall out or rain out hundreds or even thousands of miles away from the source. With Fukushima there was nothing to eject radiated materials high into the air. That is why the vast majority of contamination is local in nature. When Chernobyl the reactor was operating at full power when it blew up. This did put nuclear material high into the air and there was fall out over a swath of Europe and measurable amounts even in the U.S.

With Fukushima when the reactor buildings blew their top because of hydrogen buildup if you were watching the video debris was thrown a few hundred feet up into the air. There was no event which irradiated the soil and ejected thousands of tons of fine particulate matter high enough into the atmosphere to survive the trans pacific route across the ocean to be deposited in the US mainland. A minute amount was carried on low level prevailing westerly winds and did find it's way to the west coast but we are talking levels measured in the trillionths of a curie. You receive a hundred times as much radiation in a chest x-ray as there has been over here from the event in Fukushima. I have sensitive monitoring equipment and I detected a very slight rise in background radiation about day 11 post event from Fukushima. This is about what I was expecting and levels have been normal background from that point on.

Tis true that in the US we had real surface burst nuclear weapons that were tested many times in the late 1940's and into the 1950's. This resulted in real fall out in the US. And we saw a heck of a spike in various cancers in the downwind locations starting about 10 years after the testing stopped. The event in Fukushima although much more serious for Japan than the bursts in Hiroshima and Nagasaki don't even begin to rate with the amount of radiation dumped on the US mainland from nuclear testing. There are many more things to be concerned about in the US than the event in Japan. Yeah, a few people may end up with cancer in the US 20 years from now that might be connected to Fukushima. The more immediate concern for us and our children are actually being able to live through the next 5 to 15 years because of economic collapse and the disintegration of society.

yes, that is my take. we here in the US popped many nuke blasts in the 40-50-60s, as did other nations including the mighty TZAR blast in USSR. Many ground and air bursts that injected tons of that stuff into high altitudes. surely not good for anyone but nothing like doom predicitons of Fuki lately. Evacuate northern hemisphere ???

[Bubble Head]

Just a thought to kill or lower the reaction. It is known that Thorium pellets dumped on spent fuel rods will eat the spent fuel down to about a 100 to 1. It causes a reaction and they would have to still pump water to cool but it might be a start at reducing the fuel load and bringing the whole temp and radiation count down. This type of reaction has been done in labs and is being considered to burn down excessive supplies of spent fuel. It still gives off enough heat to generate electricity but like I said reduces MOX 100 to 1. Not a complete solution but will reduce the effects over a 3 month period. Just my uneducated two cents.

[mzkitty]

Saw this elsewhere this morning:

Prof. Takeda “3/31/2015 is the last day of Japan”

Posted by Mochizuki on April 27th, 2012 · 7 Comments


Prof. Takeda Kunihiko from Chubu university roughly estimated anyone can no longer live in Japan after 3/31/2015.

According to his explanation, the yearly dose will reach 5mSv/y (External dose and the slight internal dose) in 3 years and 4 months from January of 2012.

He states, he receives radiation data from one of his readers. The person measures radiation three times a day, at work, doorway of house, and the living room in Mie prefecture (500km from Fukushima). Prof. Takeda admits the data is scientific enough.

From the radiation level has been in the increasing trend since last September. In linear equations (y=ax+b), the average from January to March (=b) is 0.10 μSv/h, a is +0.004 μSv/h. y reaches 5mSv/y in 3 years and 3 months, so yearly dose will be over 5mSv/y in 3 years and 4 months from January of 2012, when is 3/31/2015.

Prof. Takeda admits the data was collected by an individual and a and b are calculated by least squares but it’s rational enough.

The reason why radiation level is increasing is not explained.

http://fukushima-diary.com/2012/04/p...shima+Diary%29

[Dex]

I agree mostly with HFComms but I also think that the environmental impact could get much worse, the oceans have been taking major hits from man made disasters causing major die offs which causes a chain reaction throughout the ecological balance. Also, if this thing isn't contained, it will grow into a greater disaster for the planet. It can not be allowed to continue to fester as it has been, it's like an untreated bullet wound in the body of our world.

[Sebastian]

...... but for most of us limiting or not consuming any produce from Japan or eating seafood from that area of the world is about the most that we can do. Many other things to focus on that would be a lot more deadly to us in the short term.

Also one can buy milk and keep it in the freezer for seven half lives of I-131 (about 8 days) total of about two months. Rotating gallon jugs and marking the dates. Milk is a vector for I-131 to the thyroid gland, particularly important if like myself you have little children who drink lots of milk. Does not hurt to be prudent.

Seven 1/2 lives is a good rule of thumb for estimating when a radioactive substance has decayed away to near as nothing so that it does not matter.

The real problem on this side of the ditch will be economic.

[Kent]

he doesn't "know" much though does he...

No, and few people seem to know what depleted means.

[Cardinal]

The real problem on this side of the ditch will be economic.

Why, yes..yes it will. And who benefits the most from Japan's economy melting down? Historic enemy China maybe?

[mzkitty]

This is from today. Poster elsewhere said to start really watching it at 1:40 and that they don't think they'll be needing their stockpiled food.

Oops...... WTF?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-oEA...layer_embedded

[Scotto]

It's been said so many times before but for the sake of those who have missed it the past year I'll mention it once again. In order to get 'fall out' you have to get nuclear materials ejected high into the air. When materials get into the stratosphere they can then fall out or rain out hundreds or even thousands of miles away from the source. With Fukushima there was nothing to eject radiated materials high into the air. That is why the vast majority of contamination is local in nature. When Chernobyl the reactor was operating at full power when it blew up. This did put nuclear material high into the air and there was fall out over a swath of Europe and measurable amounts even in the U.S.

With Fukushima when the reactor buildings blew their top because of hydrogen buildup if you were watching the video debris was thrown a few hundred feet up into the air. There was no event which irradiated the soil and ejected thousands of tons of fine particulate matter high enough into the atmosphere to survive the trans pacific route across the ocean to be deposited in the US mainland. A minute amount was carried on low level prevailing westerly winds and did find it's way to the west coast but we are talking levels measured in the trillionths of a curie. You receive a hundred times as much radiation in a chest x-ray as there has been over here from the event in Fukushima. I have sensitive monitoring equipment and I detected a very slight rise in background radiation about day 11 post event from Fukushima. This is about what I was expecting and levels have been normal background from that point on.

Tis true that in the US we had real surface burst nuclear weapons that were tested many times in the late 1940's and into the 1950's. This resulted in real fall out in the US. And we saw a heck of a spike in various cancers in the downwind locations starting about 10 years after the testing stopped. The event in Fukushima although much more serious for Japan than the bursts in Hiroshima and Nagasaki don't even begin to rate with the amount of radiation dumped on the US mainland from nuclear testing. There are many more things to be concerned about in the US than the event in Japan. Yeah, a few people may end up with cancer in the US 20 years from now that might be connected to Fukushima. The more immediate concern for us and our children are actually being able to live through the next 5 to 15 years because of economic collapse and the disintegration of society.

Thanks you for being the voice of reason.

This Fukushima 'this and that' gets pretty old and over-hyped.

[mzkitty]

Published: May 5th, 2012 at 10:57 am ET
By ENENews

39 comments

The Worst Yet to Come? Why Nuclear Experts Are Calling Fukushima a Ticking Time-Bomb
Alternet
Brad Jacobson
May 4, 2012

[...]

The Threat Not Just to Japan But to the U.S. and the World

An even more catastrophic worst-case scenario follows that a fire in the pool at unit 4 could then spread, igniting the irradiated fuel throughout the nuclear site and releasing an amount of cesium-137 equaling a doomsday-like load, roughly 85 times more than the release at Chernobyl.

It’s a scenario that would literally threaten Japan’s annihilation and civilization at large, with widespread worldwide environmental radioactive contamination.

“Japan would suffer the worst, but it would be a global catastrophe,” said Kevin Kamps, nuclear waste expert at the watchdog group Beyond Nuclear. “It already is, it already has been, but it would dwarf what’s already happened.”

[...]

Read the in-depth report here:

http://enenews.com/doomsday-like-rad...r-waste-expert

A couple of the Comments under the article:

lam335
May 5, 2012 at 12:21 pm Log in to Reply

from the article:

So why isn't the NRC and the Obama administration doing more to shed light on the extreme vulnerability of these irradiated fuel pools… which threaten not only Japan but the U.S. and the world?

Nuclear waste experts say it would expose the fact that the same design flaw lies in wait… at dozens of U.S. nuclear facilities. And that's not something the NRC … nor the pro-nuclear Obama administration, want to broadcast to the American public.

"The U.S. government right now is engaged in its own kabuki theatre to protect the U.S. industry from the real costs of the lessons at Fukushima," Gunter said. "The NRC and its champions in the White House and on Capitol Hill are looking to obfuscate the real threats and the necessary policy changes to address the risk."
***

Can they not see that an even bigger disaster at Fukushima, resulting from a fire in or collapse of SFP #4 will TRULY be the death blow to the nuclear industry (among other things)? They only thought TMI set back the industry. A fuel pool fire so radioactive that no person (or machine) could even approach it to try to put it out, burning out of control, forcing the evacuation of the entire plant (thus leaving the rest of its fragile, makeshift cooling systems unattended and unfixable) …

Are they to so short-sighted that they can't imagine the impact that THIS scenario would have on their industry? …

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Whoopie Whoopie
May 5, 2012 at 12:28 pm Log in to Reply

The Conspiracy Theorist always comes up in me when I think of how SILENT they are about this. Could this be the NWOrder plan for the world in reducing the worlds population. GD it! They MAKE US CONSPIRACY-TYPE PEOPLE!!!

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[SSTemplar]

Sorry folks but it was nuked on day one and there is nothing you can do about it.Give it time

[ofuzzy1]

mz kitty post #35 video -- @1:40

It appears to be raining and the flashes are just lightning.

[LouKy]

Is there some good technical reason why they can't bury that sucker under concrete? Would it reach critical mass or something under there and really blow?

It takes 5- 20 years underwater to cool a rod down enough to consider putting it in a concrete cask and sending it away for burial.