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State of Nuclear Power Plants.
(you may need to click on ' View - Full Screen ' in order to read it.)
More comments from the NRC chair, says spent fuel pool at Reactor 4 has no water, radiation levels are "extremely high"
More comments from the NRC Chairman, who says high radiation levels at reactor 4 may affect the ability to "take corrective measures"
The AP news agency is quoting Tepco as saying a new power line is almost ready which could end the crisis. The disruption of power to the pumps which send coolant through the reactors is what led to their overheating.
Path of radiation across Pacific to North America (Apparently)
(Animation takes a while to download)
Experts at the Harvard School of Public Health are urging people to pay less attention to current low levels of radiation measured away from the plant itself and worry more/prepare for the potential that a large radiation release could occur. "At far distances radiation from this event has led to quite small increases in naturally occurring exposures," said Gordon Thompson, a plasma physicist and executive director of the Institute for Resource and Security Studies. "We really should be focused on very large and potentially fatal doses that could occur if there is a significant release."
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haxor5354 wrote ...
how many reactors have been melted down so far?
The authorities have now admitted that reactors 1, 2 and 3 are in meltdown. It has now emerged that the spent fuel pond at reactor 4 is in danger of (or already is) going 'critical'. They are most concerned with reactor 3, which is a MOX reactor, and contains plutonium, which is an alpha emitter, and can stay in the blood for years. (Which means even a low dose can be fatal, if inhaled or ingested)
IAEA post on facebook regarding the spent fuel pond at reactor 4:
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Martin King wrote ...
Money and politics seem to be the normal reasons.
Martin.
True. Shame is that nuclear power and nuclear engineers will take the brunt of the public's ire, and not those who traded safety for profit/convenience.
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Chris Russell wrote ...
Martin King wrote ...
Money and politics seem to be the normal reasons.
Martin.
True. Shame is that nuclear power and nuclear engineers will take the brunt of the public's ire, and not those who traded safety for profit/convenience.
It's the power companies that lobbied the IAEA to change the rules, Chris.
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Ash Small wrote ...
It's the power companies that lobbied the IAEA to change the rules, Chris.
Of course, which means the power companies and the IAEA deserve the blame, not nuclear power. I'd be willing to bet that public outrage will instead be directed at the abstract concept of nuclear power, labeling it inherently unsafe.
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Nuclear events taking place in Japan.
