Lump it all in a pile and there will be what 5 RADs ... 10 RADs?
Spread it all along the western shoreline and it is dilutes to tenths or hundredths of a millirem.
OMG ... really?
Got any old style Coleman lantern wicks? How about kiln dried ceramic plates? Or fly over the Rockies? or stay in Denver for a week?
You will get more exposure from that than debris from Fukishima, especially 4 years later and after spending 4 years being washed by sea water.
Quick .. everyone ... start stocking up on KI!!!!!!!
The volumes of misinformation, out of context quotes, half-truths and just blatant lies fuels the hysteria.
Nuke power is a complicated subject when attempting to explain just how "harmless" it is. When the word "nuclear" shows up, the first image in the brain is this ...
It's sad really ...
Want some hard facts?
~30% of Texas' power now comes from wind generation.
~20% comes from nuclear.
Now if I were a terrorist and wanted to take out the grid, what part of the infrastructure would I attack?
Heavily armed and walled nuke or a group of whirly birds sitting in a field in BFE?
Waterford is about 20 miles north of New Orleans. It was shut down because of Katrina, but was restarted a week later when power lines OUT were repaired.
Wolf Creek was flooded last year by torrential rains in Kansas.
It was up and running a few weeks later.
I could go on, but here is a listing over the last decade of how US nukes have faired in bad weather ...
Nuclear Energy Institute - Through The Decades History Of Us Nuclear Energy Facilities Responding To Extreme Natural Challenge
So please ... everyone ... don't get caught up in the hype and hysteria because there's a "nuke" in the neighborhood.
If the opportunity arises, please watch "Pandora's Promise".
https://www.youtube.com/movie?v=EdjvSmgzRKU
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