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Indian Point Report Preview

Over at Energy Pulse, Herschel Specter is providing a preview of the upcoming report to improve emergency planning at Indian Point:
This new study will show that the health consequences of a major release of radioactive material can be made to be very limited, even at this most challenging of sites. Unlike other risk analyses, which are based on unintended accidents, a willful act of terrorism was assumed as the cause of a large release of radioactive material. It was assumed that terrorists successfully breached one of the massive containment buildings and then caused reactor meltdown. A successful terrorist attack is highly unlikely.
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Anonymous said…
I wonder if the plate-out of iodine is modeled. All the evidence that I have seen indicates that the terrorist threat is seriously overblown. The actual result might be an overall improvement in health of individuals in the surrounding area.