German radiation professor warns of possible nuclear explosion at Fukushima

Source: Bild.de

Translation by: Google

Date: Nov. 5, 2011

Headline: German radiation expert warns: “Fukushima nuclear bomb in the mini-scale”

Caption: Radiation expert: Fukushima is like mini atomic bomb — The German radiation expert Professor Edmund Lengfelder warns against further nuclear explosion in the nuclear horror. Fukushima was a “kind of atomic bomb in the mini-scale”

How dangerous are the horror Fukushima really is?

Edmund Lengfelder

Tokyo – After an uncontrolled nuclear fission a few days ago, warns the German radiation expert Professor Edmund Lengfelder from further nuclear explosion in Fukushima.

“There is a spontaneous fission – because anything can happen, even if one says, it is not likely. But what is to be kept of statements about probabilities, we have on 11 Seen in March, “said the founder of the Society for Radiological Protection. [...]

In plain language: [xenon] can not originate from the meltdown of the March. In Fukushima, it comes back to uncontrolled meltdowns.

Therefore Lengfelder compares the horror with a nuclear bomb in the mini-scale attacks and the operator: “Tepco is even further than previously claimed, away to get things under control.”

*UPDATE* translated DPA article via BreadAndButter:

In view of reports of an uncontrolled nuclear fission reactor accident in Japan’s Fukushima Munich Radiation expert warns of Prof. Edmund Lengfelder of the possibility of a nuclear explosion.

It would be “a kind of mini-nuclear bomb in the scale,” said Lengfelder the dpa news agency. “The probability, however I can not estimate at all,” said radiation expert. Because nobody knows how much enriched uranium as coalesced into how the derelict nuclear power plant units. It had been found, the radioisotopes 133 and 135 of the xenon gas.

Because these are products of nuclear fission, which have only a half-life of about five days and nine hours, they could not come from the time of the accident in March , “There is there a spontaneous fission – can happen because everything, even if they say, it is not likely. But what is to be kept of statements about probabilities, we have on 11 March seen, Lengfelder said.

At that time had seriously damaged a strength in this unexpected earthquake and a tsunami and the nuclear power plant caused the meltdown. In a functioning reactor is maintained in the words of experts, the chain reaction by control rods under control. “But it is this control in a meltdown so no longer.”

Lengfelder had after the meltdown at Chernobyl 25 years ago the Society for Radiological Protection and the Munich-based Otto Hug Radiation Institute. He cared for people with thyroid cancer today in the former Soviet disaster area. The radiation expert also criticized the crisis management in Japan. “For me, it is also inhumane, that in such a wealthy country like Japan, people still live in the gyms. That there was not even on the Soviets “The evacuation after Chernobyl have worked much better.”

Comment:

I am wondering why it was described as having the potential of being a “mini atom bomb”? Have any of the good folks here done the math with consideration given to the huge amount of fuel in Fukushima compared to that of Chernobyl? If the fears that Chernobyl could create a “huge” explosion that would’ve destroyed a city 320 km away-then why is the explosive potential of Fukushima which is so much closer to the water table considered “mini a-bomb potential”? From the calculations of anyone that has a rough estimate of the true worst-case scenario who has a good idea of the explosive potential-”what is your estimate in megatonnage for Fuku if the whole thing were to go up at one? While I’m grateful that experts are increasingly displaying concern,especially for the public health threat-I’m kind of irritated that they all seem to minimize the potential outcome before closing their statements as if they’re trying to express concern for the public AND minimize the backlash their analysis & statements will have on the filthy nuke industry at the same time. The ones finally saying anything at all seem to be playing both sides and saying what both sides want to hear & it winds up not having any real impact on the issue & “we”lose by default aside from minimal gains made with respect to any publicity at least finally being seen by those who’d never even heard about the event to date.Finally,in “mutton-head speak”,if Fuku goes “BOOM”-aside from the local devastation,would this create another relatively short period of higher fallout levels followed by a sharp decrease in radiation afterwards?Like a bomb of the same yield,or would the low-level stuff still continue douching everyone downwind continuously as it has been?Since the Spring I kept hearing “no,it cannot explode,no way”,now it’s “another” story?!!Please clarify this for me.THANX

Sorry, but the BILD newspaper is not a trustworthy source… They can’t even spell Mr Lengfelder’s name correctly throughout the article.
In the original German interview Prof. Lengfelder said that IF there would be another explosion at Fuku, this new explosion could be like a mini nuclear bomb.

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