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It's worth reading through that research dump... I spent a lot of time trying to find out what would happen if a pond was not cooled...

I have a cousin who is an engineer and head of safety at a nuclear installation in the Toronto area.

I saw him 4 or 5 years ago and asked him -- what would happen if the spent fuel ponds lost power permanently. He said - that cannot happen -- and since Fukushima we have added more safety measures to ensure they could continue to spray water onto the ponds in the event of a catatrophe.

I said yes of course -- but what if there was no diesel available to run the pumps... and the water boiled off...

He said - that could not happen.

I said sure -- but what if say civilization collapsed like in those TV shows... and it was not possible to cool the ponds...

He reiterated 'that cannot happen' ... I take that to mean - it's unthinkable.

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To be clear - it would not be like a nuclear bomb going off.. it would just burn and spew radiation and other toxins .. literally for centuries...

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