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I don't know.
But reactors 4, 5, and 6 contain spent fuel rods with NO containment vessel.
They will release caesium-137 if they burn...just like Chernobyl.
Asked if fuel rods were partially melting in the No. 1 reactor, Edano said: "There is that possibility. We cannot confirm this because it is in the reactor. But we are dealing with it under that assumption."
He said fuel rods may have partially deformed at the No. 3 reactor but a meltdown was unlikely to have occurred.
"The use of seawater means they have run out of options," said David Lochbaum, director of the Union of Concerned Scientists Nuclear Safety Project, according to Reuters.
Radiation Levels Up, 'No Immediate Threat'
A Japanese official said there were 190 people within a 10-kilometer radius of the nuclear plant when radiation levels rose and 22 people have been confirmed to have suffered contamination. Workers in protective clothing were scanning people arriving at evacuation centers for radioactive exposure.
TEPCO said radiation levels around the Fukushima Daiichi plant had risen above the safety limit but that it did not mean an "immediate threat" to human health.
Edano said there was a risk of an explosion at the building housing the No. 3 reactor, but that it was unlikely to affect the reactor core container.
0.0401 (uSv/h)
at 40 000 feet (normal cruis altitude for airliners....:
6.78 (uSv/h)= ~ 170 times "Normal"
@ 50 000 feet=
9.71 (uSv/h) = ~ 240 times "Normal"
Latest Minute by minute update @ Reuter`s International News :
Asked if fuel rods were partially melting in the No. 1 reactor, Edano said: "There is that possibility. We cannot confirm this because it is in the reactor. But we are dealing with it under that assumption."
He said fuel rods may have partially deformed at the No. 3 reactor but a meltdown was unlikely to have occurred.
"The use of seawater means they have run out of options," said David Lochbaum, director of the Union of Concerned Scientists Nuclear Safety Project, according to Reuters.
Radiation Levels Up, 'No Immediate Threat'
A Japanese official said there were 190 people within a 10-kilometer radius of the nuclear plant when radiation levels rose and 22 people have been confirmed to have suffered contamination. Workers in protective clothing were scanning people arriving at evacuation centers for radioactive exposure.
TEPCO said radiation levels around the Fukushima Daiichi plant had risen above the safety limit but that it did not mean an "immediate threat" to human health.
Edano said there was a risk of an explosion at the building housing the No. 3 reactor, but that it was unlikely to affect the reactor core container.
And the "Radiation clouds that "threaten Tokyo", does not matter who You quote and where You look is 9 to 10 times "Higher than normal background radiation"
Radiation Hazard at Aircraft Altitudes
"Normal Background Radiation" @ sea level and Solar Max Sunspot activity=
0.0401 (uSv/h)
at 40 000 feet (normal cruis altitude for airliners....:
6.78 (uSv/h)= ~ 170 times "Normal"
@ 50 000 feet=
9.71 (uSv/h) = ~ 240 times "Normal"
So jump in Your nuclear shelter and stay down there
All workers were briefly evacuated from the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant
Twitter is now abuzz that the plant was NOT evacuated.....
I heard the guy say it in the press conference?!?
All of the MSM networks are reporting "operations suspended" and workers have left.
Smoke appears to be coming from #3 or #4, most are saying #3.
All workers were briefly evacuated from the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant
I briefly considered stuffing your gonads down your throat.
If a real evacuation of all 6 reactors occurs please post a thread about it.
Meanwhile stop being an alarmist pest.
All workers were briefly evacuated from the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant
I briefly considered stuffing your gonads down your throat.
If a real evacuation of all 6 reactors occurs please post a thread about it.
Meanwhile stop being an alarmist pest.
Where did you get that skeptic?
BBC saying it is empty, NYT saying it is not, ALL networks saying it is empty, Japanese official at press conference said "operation suspended."
WTF?!?!
I don't think anyone who isn't there knows for sure. This is ridiculous.
I got it from Chris's alarmist OP. I don't watch tv so I have no idea what you are seeing.
But there have been several serious radiation spikes since the first explosion and all of them were extremely short lived. Of course you have to pull your crew back when radiation exceeds deadly levels even momentarily. But you hasten them back in to continue cooling ops once the levels subside.