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Fukushima Reactors a Raging Nuclear Inferno
Professor Christopher Busby, who sits on the European Committee on Radiation Risks, told RT yesterday that the reactors at Fukushima are a raging nuclear inferno and he believes at least one of the reactors is now outside its containment structure and emitting vast amounts of radiation into the atmosphere.
The Japanese newspaper Asahi reports today that data reveals meltdowns occurred at the No. 2 and No. 3 reactors. Goshi Hosono, special adviser to Prime Minister Naoto Kan, acknowledged the likelihood of meltdowns. “We have to assume that meltdowns have taken place,” Hosono said at a news conference May 16.
Infowars.com and other alternative news sources reported the probability of a nuclear meltdown at the plant, but this was virtually ignored by the corporate media.
Soon after an earthquake and tsunami crippled the plant, nuclear experts said meltdowns occurred at all three reactors. TEPCO and the corporate media downplayed the possibility of nuclear meltdown. On April 17, TEPCO released a schedule to reach a cold shutdown at the Fukushima plant within six to nine months, but eventually had to revise the schedule.
Nuclear experts indicate more than a decade will be required to remove the melted fuel, eliminate the contamination, and dismantle the reactors.
Public release of data on the situation at the plant, which had been kept at the central control room, was delayed because it took time to restore power and remove radioactive materials attached to the papers, according to TEPCO. According to the data, the pressure in the pressure vessel of the No. 2 reactor dropped at 6:43 p.m. on March 15. A similar drop in pressure also took place at the No. 3 reactor at 11:50 p.m. on March 16.
“We have yet to be able to grasp the entire situation at the plant,” a TEPCO official said on May 16.
Radioactive technetium was discovered in water in the No. 3 reactor building. The discovery raised speculation that the melted nuclear fuel has breached the pressure vessel and landed in the containment vessel. Technetium is produced when nuclear fuel rods are damaged.
4 Comments on "Fukushima Reactors a Raging Nuclear Inferno"
SilentRunning on Thu, 19th May 2011 12:50 pm
Look – the situation in Japan is certainly *very bad*, but the credibility of peakoil.com is not helped by posting hysterical ravings from infowars.com
Anyone with a smidgen of nuclear knowledge knew that at least some of the fuel melted – that much was pretty clear from the presence of cesium-137.
The data shown so far seems to point to about 0.5 kilograms of radioactive crap being spread into the enviroment. This is very serious – but is quite a bit less than Chernobyl.
Bernd1964 on Thu, 19th May 2011 3:21 pm
I highly appreciate that peakoil.com presents articles from infowars.com because mainstream-media have lost all credibility. We must end the dominance, distortions and lies of banker-owned media. Control of information is a very important part of the elitist agenda for global enslavement.
Kenz300 on Thu, 19th May 2011 8:59 pm
Quote — “We have yet to be able to grasp the entire situation at the plant,” a TEPCO official said on May 16.”
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This disaster is far from over. The air, water, land and food in the surrounding area is being poisoned. Nuclear power is too costly and too dangerous. What will be the cost to store the nuclear waste from this disaster FOREVER?
Edpeak on Sun, 22nd May 2011 8:21 am
“I highly appreciate that peakoil.com presents articles from infowars.com because mainstream-media have lost all credibility.”
This falsely assumes that infowars is the only or even a useful example of non-mainstream media. It is not, it is tabloid sensationalist and there are many, many better (far better) alternative media outlets.
For infowars to do what it dose, to peddle its snake oil alarmism here, while to ignore other very real dangers and to give us the same old lies about “carbon dioxide doesn’t affect the climate! No, honestly, really, folks. nothing to worry there, it’s all an, um, hoax. Nothing to worry here, move along” while our climate is being massively disrupted, is nothing short bozo ignorance at best, and criminal at worst.
Infowarz (IW)=tabloid, misinformation.
Try DemocracyNow.org, try alternet.org, even Al Jazeera is far better than IW