Posted on 10/17/2011 3:30:00 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
Photos released by TEPCO show huge piles of used radioactive gear
Photos released by the Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) show huge piles of plastic bags containing used radioactive gear and other radioactively contaminated waste at a facility near the Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant.
The photos show a vast number of bags piled about five meters tall. According to TEPCO, there are currently around 4,000 cubic meters of the waste piled up.
The photos are two of 32 released by TEPCO on Oct. 15 and were taken at J-Village, a sports facility serving as a base of operations for workers trying to control the nuclear plant. Other released photos show medical rooms and shops set up in the facility.
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The reactors are “probably” getting cooler?!? Probably?!? It’s still too hot for people to go there but hey, all’s good because they aren’t seeing vapors. Nope, sorry, I’m not going to make any vacations plans to Japan for at least... well, never.
Why do they remind me so much of Hefty garbage bags? Oh, yeah, because they’re merely tied at the tops. Even Hefty has to keep coming out with new and improved bags because they get holes and nasty stuff falls out. Yep, that’ll keep the radiation contained just as much as that netted fence.
It is a huge country. I would go back and visit in a heartbeat. Just don’t go in that one relatively tiny area and you will be fine.
wow...!!!
good post....omg...
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