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The nuclear industry never envisioned an accident this large! 200 tons of radioactive water is being released into sea, ground and air each day. Ocean radiation reading is 4,385 times higher than regulated safety limit. A larger evacuation area is needed in Japan, Gundersen comments.
Arnie Gundersen of Fairewinds Associates is a nuclear engineer, and was the vice president of the Three Mile Island nuclear plant during the clean up after it's meltdown.
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Confidence Slips Away as Japan Battles Nuclear Peril
A deluge of contaminated water, plutonium traces in the soil and an increasingly hazardous environment for workers at the plant have forced government officials to confront the reality that the emergency measures they have taken to keep nuclear fuel cool are producing increasingly dangerous side effects. And the prospect of restoring automatic cooling systems anytime soon is fading.
nytimes.com/2011/03/30/world/asia/30japan.html
Tepco Workers Threatened by Heat Bursts; Sea Radiation Rises
March 31 (Bloomberg) -- Japan's damaged nuclear plant may be in danger of emitting sudden bursts of heat and radiation, undermining efforts to cool the reactors and contain fallout.
The potential for limited, uncontrolled chain reactions, voiced yesterday by the International Atomic Energy Agency, is among the phenomena that might occur, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano told reporters in Tokyo today. The IAEA "emphasized that the nuclear reactors won't explode," he said.
Radioactive chlorine found March 25 in the No. 1 turbine building suggests chain reactions continued after the reactor shut down.
Contamination of seawater found near the 40-year-old plant has increased. Radioactive iodine rose to 4,385 times the regulated safety limit yesterday from 2,572 times on Tuesday, Nishiyama said. No fishing is occurring nearby and the sea is dispersing the iodine so there is no health threat, he said.
Dismantling the plant and decontaminating the site may take 30 years and cost Tokyo Electric more than 1 trillion yen ($12 billion), engineers and analysts said. The government hasn't ruled out pouring concrete over the whole facility as one way to shut it down, Edano said. Tokyo is 135 miles (220 kilometers) south of the Dai-Ichi power plant.
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businessweek.com/news/2011-03-31/tepco-workers-threatened-by-heat-bursts-sea-radiation-rises.html
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The nuclear industry never envisioned an accident this large! 200 tons of radioactive water is being released into sea, ground and air each day. Ocean radiation reading is 4,385 times higher than regulated safety limit. A larger evacuation area is needed in Japan, Gundersen comments.
Arnie Gundersen of Fairewinds Associates is a nuclear engineer, and was the vice president of the Three Mile Island nuclear plant during the clean up after it's meltdown.
Video from: fairewinds.com/multimedia
Confidence Slips Away as Japan Battles Nuclear Peril
A deluge of contaminated water, plutonium traces in the soil and an increasingly hazardous environment for workers at the plant have forced government officials to confront the reality that the emergency measures they have taken to keep nuclear fuel cool are producing increasingly dangerous side effects. And the prospect of restoring automatic cooling systems anytime soon is fading.
nytimes.com/2011/03/30/world/asia/30japan.html
Tepco Workers Threatened by Heat Bursts; Sea Radiation Rises
March 31 (Bloomberg) -- Japan's damaged nuclear plant may be in danger of emitting sudden bursts of heat and radiation, undermining efforts to cool the reactors and contain fallout.
The potential for limited, uncontrolled chain reactions, voiced yesterday by the International Atomic Energy Agency, is among the phenomena that might occur, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano told reporters in Tokyo today. The IAEA "emphasized that the nuclear reactors won't explode," he said.
Radioactive chlorine found March 25 in the No. 1 turbine building suggests chain reactions continued after the reactor shut down.
Contamination of seawater found near the 40-year-old plant has increased. Radioactive iodine rose to 4,385 times the regulated safety limit yesterday from 2,572 times on Tuesday, Nishiyama said. No fishing is occurring nearby and the sea is dispersing the iodine so there is no health threat, he said.
Dismantling the plant and decontaminating the site may take 30 years and cost Tokyo Electric more than 1 trillion yen ($12 billion), engineers and analysts said. The government hasn't ruled out pouring concrete over the whole facility as one way to shut it down, Edano said. Tokyo is 135 miles (220 kilometers) south of the Dai-Ichi power plant.
READ MORE AT:
businessweek.com/news/2011-03-31/tepco-workers-threatened-by-heat-bursts-sea-radiation-rises.html
*FAIR USE STATEMENT* For non-commercial, educational purposes only. Permission for upload granted by Fairewinds Associates.
youtube channel : fairewindsenengy
