Breaking News:Radioactive Water Leaks from Japan Nuclear Plant Into Pacific Ocean

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TOKYO -- A Japanese nuclear official says highly radioactive water is leaking from a damaged nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean. Nuclear safety spokesman Hidehiko Nishiyama says the air above the leak contains 1,000 millisiverts of radioactivity. Exposure to 500 millisiverts over a short period of time can increase the risk of cancer. The water was seeping Saturday from a crack in the containment for a maintenance pit on the edge of the nuclear site. The Fukushima Dai-ichi plant has been spewing radioactivity since it was hit by a tsunami three weeks ago. Damage to the reactor cores from overheating is thought to be extensive, ranging from about 25 to 70 percent, according to a TEPCO spokesman who declined to named because he was not authorized to speak to the media. The U.N. nuclear agency is sending two reactor specialists to Japan to get firsthand information. They will meet experts in Tokyo and may go to the Fukushima site.

Well this is fantastic, we all knew it was going to happen, but what did they think was going to happen when you start FLOODING an area with water to cool these cores?

Granted its been flooded by a tsunami already, but this was going to happen, I have no idea why they didnt have the foresight to see this coming.

Wow! I thought it was already doing this
Well aint that a pain in the a#$

Oh my. I have a very bad feeling about this.

Let me run a geiger check right now (from Central Tokyo): 0.11 uSv/h. Pretty consistent with the readings I've been getting for a while now. But for how much longer?
[Note: BIG aftershock just now as I type...]

These are the questions that come to mind: can anyone answer them?

-How bad is what-has-already spilled? Or can we even know this?
-How bad is what-is-likely-to-spill? And can we know this?
-How soon, where, and to what extent would effects be felt?
-To what extent can seawater damage like this be contained?

Any ideas? Thanks in advance...

Originally posted by ManBehindTheMask
Well this is fantastic, we all knew it was going to happen, but what did they think was going to happen when you start FLOODING an area with water to cool these cores?

The sea water contamination has been on going reported in the main thread

This was the first report on the 20th



On the 25th of March it jumped to 1250 times normal and on the 26th it increased to 1850 times



on the 28th of March reports had it at 3335 times and on the 31st it jumped to 4,385 times... But not only that, plant #5 and #6 which are supposed to be under control also 'leaked' out level at 1425 times



Main thread is here...
Japan declares 'nuclear emergency' after quake,
www.abovetopsecret.com...

Hard enough to keep up with that one

Originally posted by silent thunder
These are the questions that come to mind: can anyone answer them?

-How bad is what-has-already spilled? Or can we even know this?
-How bad is what-is-likely-to-spill? And can we know this?
-How soon, where, and to what extent would effects be felt?
-To what extent can seawater damage like this be contained?

1) very bad... those figures I showed are for Iodine and don't show the Cesium with the 30 year half life...
2) they keep pumping water in by the tons... their containers are FULL... it has no where else to go...

Sea outlet for #1 to #4



Sea outlet for #5 to #6


3) I wouldn't eat the fish from that coast for a long time... how far it will spread depends on how long before they contain it and it stops producing more. Kelp off California is already showing traces, but that is likely from rain water runoff to the sea

4) only way to contain it is to stop it leaking Redneck figures there is an Earthquake crack beneath the plant. In fact TEPCO today announced they also found a crack, but I don't think they are telling us about the real one. We found a paper that shows there was a crack and an explosion in #4 BEFORE the Tsunami hit... from the quake. They are bringing in barges to remove some water... not sure where that is going yet... it may be a different purpose

Hope that helps... Now back to the other thread and some sleep