Posted on 03/12/2011 5:31:15 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Sunday another reactor of its quake-hit Fukushima nuclear power plants had lost its cooling functions, while at least 15 people at a nearby hospital were found to have been exposed to radioactivity.
The utility supplier notified the government early Sunday morning that the No. 3 reactor at the No. 1 Fukushima plant had lost the ability to cool the reactor core. The reactor is now in the process of releasing radioactive steam, according to top government spokesman Yukio Edano.
It was the sixth reactor overall at the Fukushima No. 1 and No. 2 plants to undergo cooling failure since the massive earthquake and ensuing tsunami struck Japan on Friday.
The disaster raised fears over radioactive leaks from the plants after cooling systems there were hampered, most seriously at the No. 1 reactor.
An explosion Saturday at the No. 1 plant blew away the roof and the walls of the building housing the No. 1 reactor's container.
The government and nuclear authorities said there was no damage to the steel container housing the troubled No. 1 reactor, noting that the blast occurred as vapor from the container turned into hydrogen and mixed with outside oxygen.
Tokyo Electric Power has begun new cooling operations to fill the reactor with sea water and pour in boric acid to prevent an occurrence of criticality. Chief Cabinet Secretary Edano said in a press conference Sunday morning that there had been no major changes in the results of monitoring radioactivity near the No. 1 reactor.
Following the explosion, the authorities expanded from 10 kilometers to 20 km the radius of the evacuation area for residents living in the vicinity of the Fukushima plants.
The Fukushima prefectural government said Saturday that three people had their clothes contaminated with radioactive substances while fleeing from the No. 1 nuclear plant.
The Fire and Disaster Management Agency said Sunday that 15 people were found to have been contaminated at a hospital located within 10 km from the No. 1 reactor. Edano said there was a possibility that nine people who fled on a bus had been exposed to radioactivity.
Bad news always does.
I get the impression officials from Japan are downplaying what is currently going on there. Many conflicting reports.
Yeah they were just talking about it on live Japanese TV but they just took a quick momentary break due to another big aftershock http://bit.ly/idutY6
Let’s not be like that. That was a different generation of Japanese, very few of which are still alive today. My late father fought them in the Pacific, including the invasion of Okinawa, and would never buy a Japanese car, but he didn’t hate the Japanese people.
IIRC, in their society, it is difficult to admit to failure, as it is shaming.
It is also likely that they don't have a clear and certain picture of just what exactly is happening minute to minute, and that in fact it is a changing situation. They've got their hands full. I'd be inclined to give them the benefit of the doubt until some evidence of a more questionable explanation is provided.
It is also likely that they don't have a clear and certain picture of just what exactly is happening minute to minute, and that in fact it is a changing situation. They've got their hands full. I'd be inclined to give them the benefit of the doubt until some evidence of a more questionable explanation is provided.
Well you can’t post responsible and reasonable...that’s verboten!!
You’re disgusting some poor little Japanese girl dying under rubble who had nothing to do with WW2 and you think she deserves it. I’m sure some distant ancestor of yours committed an atrocity. Should you die of bone cancer because of that?
So these were plant workers as well, right? No shock there. No mention of chemical composition or amount? I suppose one can only assume it's game over now, 2012 be damned.
Low quality reporting loses so much in translation... takes all the sport out of it.
That’s a crappy thing to say...
Back off, schmuck.
Maybe you can get together with these folks at the funeral for the 7 Mennonite children killed in the fire.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westboro_Baptist_Church
What a dick.
I suppose you feel the same about the Germans and Italians also?
The biggest ally we have in the region against the commie chinese and your dissing them?
The military type government that was in power during WW2 isnt even remotely like those in authority now.
Ha....just posted something similar!
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