Areva VP’s presentation says there’s been a release of fission products during meltdown — “One of the greatest disasters in modern time”

Published: April 2nd, 2011 at 10:25 pm ET
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From Far Labs, a Vivid Picture Emerges of Japan Crisis, New York Times, April 2, 2011:

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… On March 21, Stanford University presented an invitation-only panel discussion on the Japanese crisis that featured Alan Hansen, an executive vice president of Areva NC, a unit of the company focused on the nuclear fuel cycle.

Clearly,” he told the audience, “we’re witnessing one of the greatest disasters in modern time.” …

A slide with a cutaway illustration of a reactor featured a glowing hot mass of melted fuel rods in the middle of the core and noted “release of fission products” during meltdown. …

The posted document was later changed to remove all references to Areva

“We cannot comment on that,” Jarret Adams, a spokesman for Areva, said of the slide presentation.  …

Read the Times’ report here.

See the altered presentation here.

See the original presentation here (.zip).

Published: April 2nd, 2011 at 10:25 pm ET
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