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+-   Suppresed video of Japanese reactor sodium leak-> on Sunday January 27 2008, @09:32AM James Hardine

Submitted by James Hardine on Sunday January 27 2008, @09:32AM
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James Hardine writes "Following an announcement this week that the infamous Japanese Monju fast-breeder nuclear reactor would be re-opened with a new plutonium core, Wikileaks have released suppressed video footage of the disaster that lead to its closure in 1995. The video shows men in silver "space suits" exploring the reactor in which sodium compounds hang from the air ducts like icicles. Unlike conventional reactors, fast-breeder reactors, which "breed" plutonium, use sodium rather than water as a coolant. This type of coolant creates a potentially hazardous situation as sodium is highly corrosive and reacts violently with both water and air. Government officials at first played down the extent of damage at the reactor and denied the existence of a videotape showing the sodium spill. The deputy general manager, Shigeo Nishimura, 49, jumped to his death the day after a news conference where he and other officials revealed the extent of the cover-up. His family is currently suing the government at Japan's High Court."
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