Monday, March 14, 2011

Explosion at Fukushima Called Significant Nuclear Event

THE STORY BELOW WAS PUBLISHED MARCH 13 AND REFERS TO THE EXPLOSION AT REACTOR #1.

REACTOR #3 ALSO HAS HAD AN EXPLOSION (in the article they say Japanese authorities were tyring to prevent that)

REACTION#2 IS CURRENTLY IN MELTDOWN today march 14 (march 15 in Japan now)

Although radiation has been detected, it is not clear that the radiation indicates a rupture of the containment vessel. The plants have been "venting" radiated steam and so the radiation being detected could be from that rather than from a rupture in the containment vessel.

http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/76297,news-comment,news-politics,japan-nuclear-accident-could-be-second-chernobyl-fukushima
Explosion at Fukushima signals ‘significant’ nuclear event, says expert
By David Cairns
LAST UPDATED 1:33 PM, MARCH 13, 2011
ShareA British nuclear expert has told The First Post that the explosion at the Fukushima I nuclear plant looks likely to be a "significant nuclear event" with a bigger impact on public health than the 1979 meltdown at Three Mile Island.

John Large, who has been a nuclear analyst since the mid-1960s and is a Fellow of the Royal Society, says the Japanese government may be significantly downplaying the seriousness of the accident – and he believes it could have far-reaching consequences for the nuclear industry worldwide.

Fukushima I is just 40 miles from the epicentre of the closest of 248 separate seismic shocks which have taken place in the past week off the coast of Japan. A 'boiling water' plant, it has six reactors.

Dramatic footage of an explosion at the plant's No 1 reactor on Saturday has commanded global attention. Now the Japanese government says it is fighting to prevent a second meltdown at No 3 reactor.

Read more: http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/76297,news-comment,news-politics,japan-nuclear-accident-could-be-second-chernobyl-fukushima#ixzz1GbKx0NAe

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