In wake of Japan confirming a nuclear meltdown at the Fukushima nuclear reactor radiation levels have jumped to an all time high maxing out instruments with readings over 1,000,000 microsieverts per hour.

There is also news that Japan believes that reactor 2 and reactor 3 are in a state of meltdown and a pool of molten nuclear lava has formed at the bottom of the reactors and is burning through the reactor walls.

Obviously, the effect on the environment, not just in Japan but throughout the Northern Hemisphere is almost unimaginable. It is not surprising that it is getting more difficult to find atmospheric models that would give us some idea of the possible dangers that we confront. The last I saw were models indicating that the intensity of radiation exposure throughout North America was increasing dramatically. This article clearly makes the case that unfortunately, we're probably in for a lot worse coming our way. http://(nolink)/2011/05/14/fukushima-reactor-1-radiation-levels-max-instruments-hit-1000000-usv-hour-22742/

I've been following this Catastrophe too and news is very hard to come by - but one thing is for sure - This is a Ticking Clock.

Thanks for bring that blog or not - It's some news.

All these plants should be shutdown.

There needs for cooling water is a disaster recipe.

They are mostly near the sea, and rivers.

When they fail and meltdown, ala Japan, we will have contaminated oceans, rivers, ground water, and eventually rain water.

Greed: 1
Future: 0

I had a really bad feeling about this when it broke and I still fell the same today. They may eventually control this but I belevie they will never tell what radiation really got released. They should tell people whats really going on so we can take early treatments if needs be. If people get angry about it than good. The only was for the world to evolve propley is if we admit our mistakes and put it right.

I am *not* going to question that Japan is radiating the entire planet and giving us all cancer and also being big fat liars...

But these sources (in OP) are really, really BAD. (edit: I appreciate the later additions)

This has bothered me again & again with this whole Fukushima mess.

#1 - MSM is now ignoring it almost completely. If you DO find a story, you have to hunt for it, and it usually says nothing.

#2 - Blogs are going berserk with wild speculation and misinterpreted facts, and being quoted as gospel truth. I see this happening on news site blogs as well, where the author appears to be more credible & then tells wild lies.

I want to know the TRUTH. Which seems unknowable at this point. If anyone does know the TRUTH of this matter, they are being very, very quiet.

VERY IMPORTANT:
Not trusting MSM is a form of enlightenment. Believing every wild, sensationalized story you read on a blog, with no facts to back it up, makes you just a different type of sheeple. You're still being gullible.

(OP, I'm not targeting you specifically. I mean this to be a challenge to ATS in general to seek multiple sources that don't all quote each other, to truly seek the truth & deny ignorance, and not just jump on every passing bandwagon.)

Omg the radiation power level is over 9000!

I hope they find something to stop it....

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Our mainstream news should be investigating and finding out what the real radiation levels are and reporting it. The fact that this news is not longer reported at all is very alarming. I guess by not reporting anything, they believe no news is good news. However with increasing attention on conspiracy theories reaching the mainstream public, I wouldn't be surprised to hear about some feel good story coming out sometime about how the radiation levels are down and they expect everything to be contained within a few years. If they continue to not report anything, I'm going to start believing whatever I read on conspiracy blog posts as factual information. I can only hope the blog source had incorrect information. Our government constantly changing official statistics for reporting purposes is alarming. First they did it for reporting on inflation, then unemployment, now it's for safe radiation levels. Unfortunately, I expect a big cancer outbreak 20 or 30 years from now as the radiation has time to have effects.