Would blowing up Fukushima help?

[singhr]

I am speaking from a position of ignorance here but given we've got all these fuel rods going into meltdown and spewing out radiation because they are all reacting with each other, why not drop a bomb on them and scatter the rods so they stop the chain reaction and can be dealt with seperately? Obviously, it's not a clean solution and will be a bugger to clean up but would it be the lesser of two evils?

[MarillionFan]

You are George Bush Jnr and I claim my £5

[cailin maith]

Singhr, I have a feeling that the idea is to stop an explosion not cause one.

[doodab]

would it be the lesser of two evils?

No, it would be more of a mess than the worst that can possibly happen if it all goes tits up.

[Board Game Geek]

I am speaking from a position of ignorance here but given we've got all these fuel rods going into meltdown and spewing out radiation because they are all reacting with each other, why not drop a bomb on them and scatter the rods so they stop the chain reaction and can be dealt with seperately? Obviously, it's not a clean solution and will be a bugger to clean up but would it be the lesser of two evils?

At singhr's house.

singhr's SO : "Darling, I hate to tell you, but you've left a floater in the upstairs WC"

singhr : "No worries. Right on it." <packs WC with 2 kilos of semtex>

[Mich the Tester]

Would blowing up Fukushima help?

No, but feel free to blow up Slough. Or Almere, Lelystad or Barendrecht.

[Board Game Geek]

Can we add Hull to that list ?

I've never been there, but I've not heard anyone have a good word to say about the place, and it just kind of feels "dirty" having a city lingering above the nice home counties that is a bit redundant.

[norrahe]

Can we add Hull to that list ?

I've never been there, but I've not heard anyone have a good word to say about the place, and it just kind of feels "dirty" having a city lingering above the nice home counties that is a bit redundant.

Northampton and Luton

[d000hg]

I am speaking from a position of ignorance here but given we've got all these fuel rods going into meltdown and spewing out radiation because they are all reacting with each other, why not drop a bomb on them and scatter the rods so they stop the chain reaction and can be dealt with seperately? Obviously, it's not a clean solution and will be a bugger to clean up but would it be the lesser of two evils?

If it's a serious question, the answer is this is a bad idea because it will release a LOT of radioactive material into the outside world. This is precisely what they're trying to stop, NOT a nuclear explosion. The melting rods are a problem because they make it harder to contain the nasty stuff, you end up having to encase it in concrete and just leave it a million years rather than dismantle in a proper way.

[TimberWolf]

When the Amercians were called in to Fukushima, the first thing they wanted to do is to bomb it, or anything. But they were only allowed to use water filled with acid and so have lost interest in that idea.