Dr. Kaku appeared on "In the Arena" with Elliot Spitzer on Friday to bring to light the reality of the Fukushima Nuclear Plant. All they have done is bought themselves time with all the effort that has been put into slowing down the procession of the disaster. He stated "the situation is a ticking time bomb" and that one strong earthquake could push the whole operation over the edge. In fact on Friday, a 6.2 quake struck just of the Fukushima region coast.
Apparently, the release of lower level stored radiated water into the Pacific will only buy time. At the least, there are massive leaks in the #1 reactor facility, not even bringing up the other reactors. There is a tremendous amount of highly radiated water being moved into the available storage areas and there is much concern of what happens when the availability is used up.
The problem with the containment vessel of #1, if not #2 and #3 also, is that water still is not submerging the fuel rods. At this point they would be heavily damaged and emitting gamma rays at a very extreme level. The situation has been played down at every opportunity by the Japanese government and TEPCO. Only U.S. officials have brought to light the extreme danger still being faced in this, now international, disaster. Please visit an ad :-)
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