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It has to do with the amount of radioactive material and half-life. From wikipedia: The Fukushima plants have tons of nuclear fuel, thousands of Fuel Assembli
by velodrome 13y ago
It has to do with the amount of radioactive material and half-life.
From wikipedia:
The Fukushima plants have tons of nuclear fuel, thousands of Fuel Assemblies, more than 6,000 fuel rods in Spent fuel pools.
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Fukushima: 1500-2000 tons of spent fuel rods
Little Boy: 0.07 tons (140 lbs)
Fat Man: .0068 tons (13.6 lbs)
http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2011/03/how-much-fuel-is-at-risk-at-fukushima.html http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2011/03/how-much-f...