Fission Gases

Here is an astonishing report about a nuclear power plant in China:

https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/558253-company-warns-of-imminent-radiological-threat-from-leak-at-chinese

The most revealing part is this:

"... Chinese authorities had raised radiation limits outside of the plants to avoid a potential shutdown."

That is one of the DUMBEST actions I've ever heard of. An increase in fission gases is an indication of fuel cladding failure. Continued operation will cause more cladding to fail and at a minimum seriously contaminate the primary loop(s). The only SMART thing to do is shut down the plant and fix the problem.

I really thought the Chinese were smarter than this. I guess I was wrong.

By the way, if they could do something as dumb as this it's VERY easy to believe they might have created SARS-CoV-2 in a lab, allowed it to escape, and then have covered up what they had done.

Stupid is as stupid does.