Aela Callan, reporting from Japan’s Ibaraki prefecture, said the level recorded was “fatal to humans” but that it was contained just to the plant’s site. However, scientists are planning to carry out more tests on Tuesday.
Read MoreWith a meltdown at Unit 1, Unit 4 leaning and facing possible collapse, several units contaminating ground water, and area school children outside the exclusion zone receiving adult occupational radiation doses, the situation continues to worsen. TEPCO needs a cohesive plan and international support to protect against world-wide contamination
Read MoreThe NY Times has revealed information from the French firm AREVA and industry insiders make a blunt assessment. “Clearly we are witnessing one of the greatest disasters of modern time”.
Read MoreThe Japanese people are now held hostage to business model that only serves utility company shareholders and leaves ratepayers dependent upon power generated hundreds of miles from the point of use.
Read MoreBeyond the warning, neither the US nor the Japanese government undertook any steps to correct the situation and we are now witnessing a desperate adaptive emergency response that relies upon the efforts of a handful of workers knowingly sacrificing their lives to avert a meltdown.
Read MoreChilling reports from experts in the field indicate that official statements about the amount of radiation leaked are probably severely understated. “The Japanese industry assured the Japanese public that these reactors could withstand exactly these kinds of events. This is not a surprise, what’s happened at Fukushima. This was predicted.
Read MoreUS military have flown in coolant to help keep the fuel rods covered but it is now a race against time before the core overheats. Reuters reports that radiation levels 8 times normal levels near main gate of Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in Japan – Kyodo
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