posted on Apr, 2 2011 @ 09:39 PM
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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 products are radioactive fragments of split atoms that can result in cancer and other serious illnesses.
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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. The reason, he added, was “because it was not
an officially released document.” …