Crack In Fukushima Structure May Be Leaking Radiation

Posted by timothy on Sunday April 3, 2011 @02:37AM from the don't-keep-that-all-bottled-up dept.

SillySnake writes with this excerpt from Reuters: "Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO) said it had found a crack in the pit at its No.2 reactor in Fukushima, generating readings 1,000 millisieverts of radiation per hour in the air inside the pit. 'With radiation levels rising in the seawater near the plant, we have been trying to confirm the reason why, and in that context, this could be one source,' said Hidehiko Nishiyama, deputy head of the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency (NISA), said on Saturday." Also of interest: Cryptome is featuring high-res photos of the reactor site, taken by UAV.

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Re:This discussion maybe ? by unity100 · 2011-04-03 03:54 · Score: 4, Interesting

2. Chernobyl. Despite being the worst nuclear plant disaster, finding cancer after the original accident has been difficult. It's been mostly estimation using statistical analysis.
maybe it has been difficult for private think-thanks in usa, but it hasnt been difficult here around the black sea. the cancer rate around black sea among youth has skyrocketed and still much higher than normal.

i dont know why you people pull that 'chernobyl didnt cause much problem' bullshit from. people are dying here for decades.

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