Meltdown Confirmed at Fukushima Nuke Power Reactors
Posted by feww on March 12, 2011
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BREAKING NEWS
Massive Explosion at Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant, Core Meltdown Occurring: Scientists
The explosion tore down the walls of a unit within the Fukushima power plant Saturday as a large plume of smoke poured out. Several workers were reported injured, and Japanese officials said a reactor core meltdown was likely to occur.
Independent scientists have since confirmed that, based on the available evidence, reactor core meltdown must be occurring.
The pressure in the reactor had built up to more than twice the normal level, after the shutdown of cooling systems caused by the Sendai Mega Quake and its ensuing Tsunami. The Plant is now venting “radioactive vapors,” Japan’s Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency said in a statement. Radioactive iodine and caesium has been detected outside the No. 1 one reactor of the Fukushima Dai-Ichi No. 1 plant, the agency said, adding that the uranium fuel rods inside the reactor may have begun melting.
Radioactive steam has been allowed to escape from a number of the reactors at the two Fukushima plants in order to relieve the huge pressure that has built up inside the cores.
Tens of thousands of people living within the 20-km radius of the No. 1 plant and 10-km radius of No.2 plant have now been evacuated.
Meanwhile, Japan’s Prime Minister has declared a state of emergency at the two Fukushima nuclear power plants.
As many as 300 people have received varying degrees of radiation, including 60 students at high school in Fukushima located about 3.5km from Plant No. 1, who were waiting to be evacuated.
The reactor core meltdown is feared to be “much worse” than the Three-Mile Island incident.
Background
- Radiation Leak at Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant Posted by feww on March 12, 2011
- Threat of Nuclear Leak at Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant Posted by feww on March 11, 2011
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