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The main danger here is damage to the systems needed to keep the fuel in the reactor cool -- external power lines, emergency diesel generators, equipment to dissipate heat from the reactor core, in a war, repairing this equipment or implementing countermeasures could be impossible. In the worst case, the fuel could melt and spread large amounts of radioactivity into the environment. – James Acton	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Scientific advice should be sought when necessary for instance, if a soil sample needs to be checked for radioactivity, but one doesnt need to be a scientist, or even adopt a scientific methodology, to interview a witness, cross-check with information about flight paths and find out, say, that at the time and location of a particular UFO sighting, the Goodyear blimp was in the area. – Nick Pope	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
Radioactivity has a half-life, it does simply decay away in roughly a day or two. – David Brenner	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
A scenario which leads to water loss by damage to the pools could lead to a release of radioactivity of the same or higher order than a core meltdown. – Yves Marignac	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
While inspectors would likely be able to detect radioactive isotopes at a site after 24 days, that delay would enable Iran to escape detection of any illicit building and improving of possible military dimensions( PMD) - the tools that go into building a bomb but don't emit radioactivity. – Chuck Schumer	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
Even if some of the radioactive materials 'leaked' or still 'leak' from the ship, this radioactivity will be diluted very quickly in the water reducing the concentration substantially, in addition, the radiation emitted by the radioactive materials on the ship will not travel very far as the water is an excellent shield. – Kai Vetter	Found on FOX News 9 years ago

The main danger here is damage to the systems needed to keep the fuel in the reactor cool -- external power lines, emergency diesel generators, equipment to dissipate heat from the reactor core, in a war, repairing this equipment or implementing countermeasures could be impossible. In the worst case, the fuel could melt and spread large amounts of radioactivity into the environment.

– James Acton

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Scientific advice should be sought when necessary for instance, if a soil sample needs to be checked for radioactivity, but one doesnt need to be a scientist, or even adopt a scientific methodology, to interview a witness, cross-check with information about flight paths and find out, say, that at the time and location of a particular UFO sighting, the Goodyear blimp was in the area.

– Nick Pope

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

Radioactivity has a half-life, it does simply decay away in roughly a day or two.

– David Brenner

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

A scenario which leads to water loss by damage to the pools could lead to a release of radioactivity of the same or higher order than a core meltdown.

– Yves Marignac

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

While inspectors would likely be able to detect radioactive isotopes at a site after 24 days, that delay would enable Iran to escape detection of any illicit building and improving of possible military dimensions( PMD) - the tools that go into building a bomb but don't emit radioactivity.

– Chuck Schumer

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

Even if some of the radioactive materials 'leaked' or still 'leak' from the ship, this radioactivity will be diluted very quickly in the water reducing the concentration substantially, in addition, the radiation emitted by the radioactive materials on the ship will not travel very far as the water is an excellent shield.

– Kai Vetter

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

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