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Damn, I stand corrected.  That's what happens when you get incomplete information from Spiegel Online.

Indeed, a BWR is a easier to damage, but "core damage" aka "partial meltdown" is a far cry from Chernobyl... it's also a far cry from release of anything radioactive, and it's the latter that might happen after about three days, unless the containment is cooled.  (Assuming Forsmark has a typical containment, accurate technical information is hard to come by.)

by ustenzel on Thu Aug 17th, 2006 at 05:00:18 PM EST
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Forsmark is contained, concrete and and steel and that.
On top of this there is a weakened blast plate in the containment. If temperature and pressure become dangerously high in the containment and venting is needed, the (hopefully slightly) radioactive gas is channeled into a huge tower filled with crushed stone that absorb 99,9 % of the vented radioactivity. All Swedish nuke plants have these, I am not sure if that is usual abroad.

Peak oil is not an energy crisis. It is a liquid fuel crisis.
by Starvid (arvid.hallen at gmail.com) on Thu Aug 17th, 2006 at 05:16:16 PM EST
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