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Deadly plutonium is leaking uncontrollably from the Fukushima. Tests show that both the land and seawater around the reactor are contaminated, with no projected end in sight. Based on the readings and observation of damage, fuel rods may have experienced a 70-80% meltdown.
Diagram of Fukushima Projected Radioactive Leak Path at:
http://fairewinds.com/content/projected-radioactive-leak-path
Read how are high levels of radioactive water might be getting out of the Fukushima 1, 2, and 3 Containment Buildings. Fairewinds believes that even if the nuclear reactors have not melted down, radioactively contaminated water is leaking out of the reactors and containment buildings.
Boiling Water Reactors (BWR’s), like Fukushima, have dozens of holes in the bottom of the nuclear reactor because BWR control rods enter the reactor from the bottom, unlike Pressurized Water Reactors (PWR’s) where the control rods enter from the top.
* U.S. experts: significant water contamination in Japan *
Nuclear and environmental scientists in the United States darkened their assessment of the risks markedly on Monday after operators at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant said that highly radioactive water has entered underground concrete tunnels extending beyond the reactor.
Sea water and fresh water used to cool the reactors, critically damaged by Japan’s March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and spent fuel pools at the plant have been put in storage tanks there. But reports indicate these tanks are full or over-flowing with tainted water, experts said.
“It’s just hard to see how this won’t result in significant contamination of, certainly, sea water,” said Edwin Lyman, a physicist and expert on nuclear plant design at the U.S.-based Union of Concerned Scientists.
“There will be dilution, some of that will be reconcentrated, but I don’t think this can be sugar-coated at this point.”
Union of Concerned Scientists web site: http://www.ucsusa.org/
http://allthingsnuclear.org/tagged/Japan_nuclear?utm_source=SP&utm_medium=more&utm_campaign=sp-nuke-more-direct-3-24-2011
Fairewinds Associate’s chief nuclear power engineer, Arnie Gundersen updates events at Japan’s Fukushima Nuclear Plant on Tuesday March 29.
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Health officials say a radioactive form of hydrogen that leaked from a Vermont nuclear plant into soil and groundwater has reached the nearby Connecticut River. State Department of Health Commissioner Dr. Harry Chen said Wednesday water samples from the shoreline near the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant last month tested positive for small amounts of tritium, a radioactive isotope of hydrogen that’s been linked to cancer when ingested in large amounts. Gov. Peter Shumlin wants more wells to pull contaminated water from the ground on the Vermont Yankee site. He says he’s “very concerned.” Tritium has leaked from nuclear plants around the country. It’s particularly problematic for Vermont Yankee as it seeks to renew its license. New Orleans-based plant owner Entergy Corp. is suing Vermont in federal court over the state’s efforts to shut the plant down.
Controversial expert witness and former nuclear industry CEO Arnie Gundersen talks about current events as well as reflecting on his path from senior vice president of Nuclear Energy Services, with involvement with 70 nuclear power plants, to blacklisted whistleblower, sued for defamation and losing his home in the process.
08-10-11
As the debate over the safety of the Kudankulam nuclear plants continue, NDTV travels into the heart of the Russian reactors to check on safety measure.
Controversial expert witness and former nuclear industry CEO Arnie Gundersen talks about current events as well as reflecting on his path from senior vice president of Nuclear Energy Services, with involvement with 70 nuclear power plants, to blacklisted whistleblower, sued for defamation and losing his home in the process.
A new design upgrade for nuclear power plant to protect from triple hits by mother nature
NEI’s Everett Redmond, Director of Nonproliferation and Fuel Cycle Policy, discusses how a nuclear reactor safely generates energy
March 15, 2011 CNN