Post by cenydd on Sept 5, 2013 13:10:35 GMT
The flurry of announcements about the situation at the stricken Fukushima nuclear complex in Japan has come just ahead of the International Olympic Committee’s choice of venue for the 2020 games. Nearby Tokyo is in the running.
The announcements appear to have been designed to reassure the watching world that the crisis is being dealt with, but fresh reported leaks and even higher radiation levels paint a dismal picture.
Earlier this week radiation levels at one water storage tank were monitored at 1,800 millisieverts, deadly with just four hours exposure. The latest reading is 2,200.
Now it has been revealed 400 tonnes of contaminated groundwater is leaking into the underground reactor chambers every day. They are already flooded with tens of thousands of tons of radioactive water.
The announcements appear to have been designed to reassure the watching world that the crisis is being dealt with, but fresh reported leaks and even higher radiation levels paint a dismal picture.
Earlier this week radiation levels at one water storage tank were monitored at 1,800 millisieverts, deadly with just four hours exposure. The latest reading is 2,200.
Now it has been revealed 400 tonnes of contaminated groundwater is leaking into the underground reactor chambers every day. They are already flooded with tens of thousands of tons of radioactive water.
www.euronews.com/2013/09/05/fresh-leaks-and-higher-radiation-at-fukushima-point-to-disarray-in-japan-s-/
Are things much more serious there than we are being told? Has there been a meltdown of the crisis management system?