Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Status of Radiation Leaks

For an overview, see Washington's Blog
http://georgewashington2.blogspot.com/

Here is an excerpt from an article by Stratfor
www.stratfor.com
Red Alert: Radiation Rising and Heading South in Japan
March 15, 2011

The nuclear reactor situation in Japan has deteriorated significantly. Two more explosions occurred at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant on March 15.

The first occurred at 6:10 a.m. local time at reactor No. 2, which had seen nuclear fuel rods exposed for several hours after dropping water levels due to mishaps in the emergency cooling efforts. Within three hours the amount of radiation at the plant rose to 163 times the previously recorded level, according to Japan’s Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency...


Stratfor also reports a fire at reactor #4, which may or may not have burnt used fuel rods, is now reportedly out. Radiation was raised significantly by these events, up to 400 times

HERE IS A LINK TO SKYNEWS' LATEST ANALYSIS
http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/VIDEO-Nuclear-Incident-Increases-Radiation-Has-Leaked-From-Fukushima-Plant/Article/201103315952404?lpos=World_News_Carousel_Region_0&lid=ARTICLE_15952404_VIDEO%3A_Nuclear_Incident_Increases_Radiation_Has_Leaked_From_Fukushima_Plant

WHAT DO WE KNOW?
1. The situation is out of control

2. Radiation has been leaked/ing but it is not clear whether the containment vessels are cracked, though there is growing concern that at least one of them is indeed cracked.

3. Radiation levels are growing in Japan.

4. No evidence that radiation is in jet stream

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