Jack-

Not a bad idea assuming the workers are appropriately shielded and exposed for an appropriate period of time. That kind of plan would clean up the various "hot spots" in the plant compound.

Unfortunately the fuel rods that have melted and breached the reactor vessel and containment are under the reactor buildings, somewhere, and there is no way that I can think of to get at this high level contamination. Plant officials waited about ten years before they dared to tackled the melted fuel rods at Three Mile Island, and only about 1% (if that) of the public is aware that there was a meltdown of two thirds of the fuel there.

Charley Noble