Status of quake-stricken reactors at Fukushima nuclear power plants TOKYO, March 17, Kyodo The following is the known status as of Thursday evening of each of the six reactors at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant and the four reactors at the Fukushima No. 2 plant, both in Fukushima Prefecture, which were crippled by Friday's magnitude 9.0 earthquake and the ensuing tsunami. Fukushima No. 1 plant -- Reactor No. 1 - Suspended after quake, cooling failure, partial melting of core, vapor vented, building damaged Saturday by hydrogen explosion, seawater being pumped in. -- Reactor No. 2 - Suspended after quake, cooling failure, seawater being pumped in, fuel rods fully exposed temporarily, vapor vented, building housing reactor damaged Monday by blast at reactor No. 3, damage to containment vessel on Tuesday, potential meltdown feared. -- Reactor No. 3 - Suspended after quake, cooling failure, partial melting of core feared, vapor vented, seawater being pumped in, building housing reactor damaged Monday by hydrogen explosion, high-level radiation measured nearby on Tuesday, plume of smoke observed Wednesday and presumed to have come from spent-fuel storage pool, severe damage to containment vessel unlikely, seawater dumped over pool by helicopter on Thursday, spraying water at it begun from ground. -- Reactor No. 4 - Under maintenance when quake struck, fire Tuesday possibly caused by hydrogen explosion at pool holding spent fuel rods, abnormal temperature rise in spent-fuel storage pool, fire observed Wednesday at building housing reactor, pool water level feared receding, renewed nuclear chain reaction feared. -- Reactors Nos. 5, 6 - Under maintenance when quake struck, temperatures slightly rising in spent-fuel storage pools. -- Spent-fuel storage pools at all reactors -- Cooling functions lost, water temperature or level unobservable at reactors No. 1 to 4. Fukushima No. 2 plant -- Reactors No. 1, No. 2, No. 4 - Suspended after quake, cooling failure, then cold shutdown. -- Reactor No. 3 - Suspended after quake, cold shutdown. ==Kyodo
But the Welsh (human) population today is bigger than ever. Wales is nearer to Chernobl than California is to to Japan yet nobody died In Wales nor in Eastern Europe apart from very near the reactor. Folks, to think the USA is in danger is a complete joke but then we humans love to hear and lap up stories about our potential demise.
The contamination from nuclear reactors explosions start appearing after sometime. It is not visible immediately. But I am not a nuclear expert.
It seems the total water fired today by the helicopters and trucks at the reactors was 40 tonnes. The pool itself holds 2000 tonnes.
It is said that when there is a nuclear bomb explosion, human beings and animals will die/killed but cockroaches will survive. Cockroaches can survive nuclear explosion. Start killing cockroaches or else cockroaches will rule this world.
Fungi at Chernobyl Recent monitoring work on the devasted ruin of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant has noted significant fungal growth on the walls of inner sanctum of the ruin of the power plant. Over 37 species have been recorded mainly of deuteromycetes. Some species like Alternaria alternata, Cladosporium sphaerospermum and Penicillum hirsutum were found more typically in the severely contaminated areas and it is suggested in the research that they may be active biodestructors of extremely radioactive substrates. The radiation levels there are about 10000 times that that would be fatal in humans! For full details of this research, see Zhdanova, N., Zakonechnaya, V.A., Vember, V.V. & Nakonechnaya, L.T.: Fungi from Chernobyl. Mycological Research 104 (2000), p.1421-1426.
Why did they try to drizzle some water over it? These guys flew right in and point blank dropped it. Didn't work. <iframe title="YouTube video player" width="480" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/QS-HngPwYYU" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
Water bears are more powerful. They can even survive in vacuum of space and 1000x radiation. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tardigrades (commonly known as water bears or moss piglets) are microscopic, water-dwelling, segmented animals with eight legs. Tardigrades are able to survive in extreme environments that would kill almost any other animal. Some can survive temperatures of −273 °C (−459 °F), close to absolute zero, temperatures as high as 151 °C (304 °F), 1,000 times more radiation than other animals, and almost a decade without water. In September 2007, tardigrades were taken into low Earth orbit on the FOTON-M3 mission and for 10 days were exposed to the vacuum of space. After they were returned to Earth, it was discovered that many of them survived and laid eggs that hatched normally. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tardigrade
Apparently whilst the world melts down Obama is going to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil this weekend. After his basketball practice. Not the time to take a break.