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The reactor was empty at the time of the earthquake, but the fuel was in a spent fuel pool that may have been uncovered, causing a partial meltdown and the release of radioactive materials. An explosion and fire have damaged the building.
Last updates are from April 2001:
APRIL 27, 12:18 PMWater is sprayed on the spent fuel pool until 3:15 PM.
APRIL 26, 4:50 PMWater is sprayed on the spent fuel pool until 8:35 PM.
APRIL 25, 6:15 PMWater is sprayed on the spent fuel pool for more than six hours.
APRIL 24, 12:25 PMWater is sprayed on the spent fuel pool. The spraying ends at 5:07 PM.
APRIL 23, 12:30 PMWater is sprayed on the spent fuel pool. The spraying ends at 4:44 PM.
APRIL 21, 5:14 PMWater is sprayed on the spent fuel pool. The spraying ends at 9:20 PM.
Source:http://www.nytimes.com/
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Concerns center on the fuel rods with remaining active life, being stored in a spent-fuel pool. Power remains out to the control room. Cooling of the spent fuel-storage pool was switched March 27 to seawater injection from water spraying by trucks, and the cooling system still wasn't functional. On April 12, a small fire was extinguished at a battery unit outside the reactor. The basement of the reactor building was found flooded with five meters of water April 18. The water is likely radioactive but the degree isn't clear.
Reactor vesselPressure boiler where nuclear reaction creates steam. At the time of the earthquake, it was inactive. Fuel was in the storage pool.
Military helicopters added seawater to the spent fuel pool March 17.
Source:http://online.wsj.com/article/
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Sunday, May 06, 2012
by Mike Adams
Kyoto, Japan -- On 30 April, seventy-two Japanese NGO organizations lead by Shut Tomari and Green Action send an urgent request to the UN and Japanese government urging immediate action to stabilize the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Unit 4 spent nuclear fuel. The letter was endorsed by experts from Japan and abroad.
The letter warned that the seriously damaged Unit 4 spent nuclear fuel pool contains Cesium-137 (Cs-137) that is equivalent to 10 times the amount released at the time of the Chernobyl nuclear accident. If an earthquake or other event were to cause this pool to drain, this could result in a catastrophic radiological fire.
The letter urged the United Nations to organize a Nuclear Safety Summit to take up the crucial problem of the Fukushima Daiichi Unit 4 spent nuclear fuel pool. The letter stated that the United Nations should establish an independent assessment team on Fukushima Daiichi Unit 4 and coordinate international assistance in order to stabilize the unit's spent nuclear fuel and prevent radiological consequences with potentially catastrophic consequences.
Letters were sent to both UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, the latter asking that Japan ask immediately for the UN's help.
Learn more: http://www.naturalnews.com/
Fukushima reactor No. 4 vulnerable to catastrophic collapse; could unleash 85 times Cesium-137 radiation of Chernobyl; human civilization on the brink
Sunday, May 06, 2012by Mike Adams
The news you are about to read puts everything else in the category of "insignificant" by comparison. Concerned about the 2012 U.S. presidential election? Worried about GMOs? Fluoride? Vaccines? Secret prisons? None of that even matters if we don't solve the problem of Fukushima reactor No. 4, which is on the verge of a catastrophic failure that could unleash enough radiation to end human civilization on our planet.
Learn more: http://www.naturalnews.com/
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Fukushima Reactor 4 Release Would Doom Western USA
Author: Stephen AlexanderPublished: May 07, 2012 at 8:58 am
If Reactor 4 at Fukushima becomes unstable and releases 10 times the amount of Cesium-137 (CS-137) released at the time of the Chernobyl nuclear accident, then the prevailing winds could carry it all the way to the Western USA – that means California.
On April 30, 2012, 72 NGO organizations sent a request to the United Nations and the Japanese government urging fast-action to stabilize the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant Unit 4 spent nuclear fuel. Experts in the nuclear field from both Japan and the world endorsed the letter.
The letter contained warnings that the damaged Unit 4 spent nuclear fuel pool contains Cesium-137. If that pool were exposed to an earthquake or other event that drained that pool, then the result could be a catastrophic radiological fire. The letter urged the United Nations to create a Nuclear Safety Summit to find a solution to the problem of the Fukushima Daiichi Unit 4 spent nuclear fuel pool. The proposal stated that the United Nations should create an independent assessment team on Fukushima Daiichi Unit 4 and organize international assistance to stabilize the unit's spent nuclear fuel and prevent the impending catastrophe. The letters were delivered to both the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda. The second letter asked that Japan officially ask for the United Nations' help.
Numbering in excess of 10,000, the spent fuel assemblies at the Fukushima Daiichi plant lie in pools vulnerable to future earthquakes. The radioactivity is around 85-times more long-lived than the radioactivity released at Chernobyl.
Learn more: http://www.naturalnews.com/
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