Japan's Damaged Reactor Has High Radiation, No Water

mdsolar passes along this quote from an Associated Press report: "One of Japan's crippled nuclear reactors still has fatally high radiation levels and hardly any water to cool it, according to an internal examination Tuesday that renews doubts about the plant's stability. A tool equipped with a tiny video camera, a thermometer, a dosimeter and a water gauge was used to assess damage inside the No. 2 reactor's containment chamber for the second time since the tsunami swept into the Fukushima Dai-ichi plant a year ago. The probe done in January failed to find the water surface and provided only images showing steam, unidentified parts and rusty metal surfaces scarred by exposure to radiation, heat and humidity. The data collected from the probes showed the damage from the disaster was so severe, the plant operator will have to develop special equipment and technology to tolerate the harsh environment and decommission the plant, a process expected to last decades."

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INSIDE THE CONTAINMENT CHAMBER

[RanBato]

Pure fear mongering. Another black eye for /.

Re:INSIDE THE CONTAINMENT CHAMBER

[Anonymous Coward]

With the radioactive materials melting their way through the bottom of the vessel, just a matter of time before they hit the water table and blow sky high. Their data was bad regarding the water levels, what makes you think that any of their data is to be trusted? Here's to hoping people like you continue to post about how awesome nuke power is while you're busy shitting out your insides from exposure. :-D

How's that

[mdsolar]

Kool-aid taste? You sure have gulped it.

Nuclear Free

[MrKaos]

I won't matter if I present a rational argument here I'll still be modded a troll because Slashdot is where the Nuklear Cowboys riiide. People who want to be Nuclear Free are derided as 'Anti'. Facts are dealt with ad-hominem attacks and evidence based arguments are dealt with ignorance. The Nuclear Cowboys don't have the mental capacity to asses the facts rationally and instead rely on dogmatic skepticism and the assurance that they a mentally superior because they rely on the social proof of being modded up to re-assure their own internal belief systems. Bring on the AC losers.

Reality is irrelevant, these Nuklear Cowboys have a reality distortion field that comes from years subjected to professional propaganda and spin doctoring. Fukushima proves every day what a industry full of cowboys can achieve. Want a reliable nuclear industry fanbois then take responsibility for the failures instead of making excuses for them. Even presented with this sobering situation the bullshit flows as freely as the kool aid.

The wonderful, amazing and ultimately pointless technology of the Nuclear Industry is the most massive failure modern man has produced, that's reality!