Appears meltdown has happen at ***ushima

[YosemiteSam]

It appears there is no saving the ***ushima reactor that was in trouble of a possible meltdown. They are saying they believe it has melted through the bottom of its containment vessel and on to a concrete floor below. If this in fact happen, then saving the reactor itself is no longer a possibility.

While a Chernobyl type disaster isn't likely (ie, no large explosion blowing massive amounts of radiation into the sky) this isn't a good sign for the environment as radiation levels will increase substantially. They said the drywell has been flooded so that when it does start coming out, it will help limit how much radioactive gases get released into the atmosphere. The drywell is surrounded by a secondary steel-and-concrete structure although it is possible that it was damaged by an earlier hydrogen explosion. Hopefully that isn't the case.

To clarify, while there hasn't been *direct evidence* that it has melted through the containment vessel, it is what the current evidence is pointing towards. Radiation levels inside reactor two spiked to 1,000 millisieverts per hour. Which amounts to people can't spend more than 15 minutes in the area.

 

[Cowboy Brian]

Scary news, any updates?

 

[YosemiteSam]

Scary news, any updates?

Scary? Not really, just not what you would hope would be the current status. As long as it doesn't explode to the point that it exposes the melted core to open air; it will be bad, just not that bad.

 

[burmafrd]

Had a radiation expert here look at that. 15 minutes you probably will not be permanently affected. Any more than that and you COULD be in trouble. It will very person to person.

He has been watching this and feels that containment is not lost YET. But it could be getting close to that meltdown.

 

[TwoCentPlain]

Where are all the so-called resident nuclear experts who said "why you can stop worrying about the Japan nuclear reactors?"

Yeah, right, no worry there

 

[SaltwaterServr]

Where are all the so-called resident nuclear experts who said "why you can stop worrying about the Japan nuclear reactors?"

Yeah, right, no worry there

You seem to be working overtime to suckle at the teet of irrational fear mongering.

In other news, and more relevant, is that the radiation in the water was from the cooling pond for the spent fuel rods, and NOT from a meltdown through the containment vessel.

Death toll from tsunami, nearing 8000.

Death/serious injury toll from the radiation threat at Daiichi, 0.

Death toll from coal mine incident in Pakistan a few days ago, 52.

Deaths from cancer attributed to radon gas, approximately 21,000 per year.

 

[burmafrd]

what do you expect from that broken down chop sockey?