NRC afraid bottom of Reactor No. 3 will break out and dump everything — First time it’s mentioned problem « Energy News

NRC afraid bottom of Reactor No. 3 will break out and dump everything — First time it’s mentioned problem « Energy News: "NRC afraid bottom of Reactor No. 3 will break out and dump everything — First time it’s mentioned problem
June 4th, 2011 at 10:05 AM

Transcript for Exclusive Arnie Gundersen Interview: The Dangers of Fukushima Are Worse and Longer-lived Than We Think, Chris Martenson, June 3, 2011:

[...] Now, Unit 3 has another problem and the NRC mentioned it yesterday for the first time and it gets back to that saltwater and the effect on iron. They are afraid that the reactor bottom will break, literally just break right out and dump everything. Because it’s now hot and it’s got salt on it and it’s got the ideal conditions for corrosion. So the big fear on Unit 3 is that it will break at the bottom and whatever else remains in it, which could be the entire core, could fall out suddenly. [...]"

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