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Typhoon and Earthquake Hit Japan, Fukushima Nuclear Plant Again
Another major storm and a 5.3 magnitude earthquake just hit Japan and Tepco's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant. Tepco's Junichi Matsumoto said that "the biggest element of concern is the rise of (radioactive) water levels in turbine buildings." ... Read More >>
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As Governments Underreport Severity of Fukushima, Massive New Radiation Releases Possible (Video)
By Washington's Blog
As a radiation meteorology and nuclear safety expert at Kyoto University’s Research Reactor Institute, Hiroaki Koide says: "I believe that there is a possibility that massive amounts of radioactive materials will be released into the environment again. At the No. 1 reactor, there’s a chance that melted fuel has burned through the bottom of the pressure vessel, the containment vessel and the floor of the reactor building, and has sunk into the ground. From there, radioactive materials may be seeping into the ocean and groundwater." ... Read More >> | - |
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