High radiation levels at Fukushima reactor is bad, bad news

[Pitt Gorilla]

https://www.cnet.com/news/deathly-hi...inkId=34120395

Time to reconsider that trip to the east coast of Japan.

A containment vessel at the destroyed Fukushima No. 1 power plant has reached off-the-chart radiation levels, reported the Japan Times.

The reading of 530 sieverts per hour represents the highest level of radiation the reactor site has seen since three nuclear meltdowns hit the power plant in March 2011 almost six years ago -- and also among the most deadly.

To put the danger to human life into perspective, the 530 sieverts reading is high enough to prove fatal during even brief exposure, compounding the problem of containment for the government and Tokyo Power Electric Company (TEPCO). 4 sieverts would kill one in two people, and 1 seivert could lead to hair loss and infertility, the Japan Times noted, citing the National Institute of Radiological Sciences.

Experts believe that escaped melted fuel can account for the spiked reading.

The Fukushima 1 Nuclear Power Plant suffered a series of meltdowns and explosions after Tsunami-triggered earthquakes crippled Japan's coast. The cleanup is expected to take decades.

[Rain Man]

So 1 is bad and 4 is fatal, and it's at 530? That does seem problematic.

[Spott]

Hard to believe it was almost 6 years ago that happened. Having something like that happen on the coast just intensifies the damage and amount of cleanup efforts that it will take to make that place inhabitable again. It may take a century to clean it up, but the good thing is the workers won't miss a Chiefs Super Bowl appearance during that time.

[bevischief]

This has been leaking into the ocean for the last 6 years. Think about that when you eat seafood again.

[cabletech94]

here comes godzilla!

[tmax63]

There's a helluva lot of dilution between Japan and the west coast although there are some that would argue that they have already mentally mutated.

[stumppy]

Originally Posted by tmax63

There's a helluva lot of dilution between Japan and the west coast although there are some that would argue that they have already mentally mutated.

The only problem is it's all headed this way while it's diluting.

[BucEyedPea]

Originally Posted by bevischief

This has been leaking into the ocean for the last 6 years. Think about that when you eat seafood again.

Exactly! I have stopped eating any seafood from the Pacific Ocean as I have watched this. There's been seals, starfish and other ocean critters washing a shore on our own west coast that have tumors, growths and other unhealthy symptoms.

I would expect this to eventually feed into other oceans.

This Fukushima reactor was a GE one.

[Bewbies]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

So 1 is bad and 4 is fatal, and it's at 530? That does seem problematic.

This reminds me of the pollen counts in Atlanta in late March. 75 is extreme and we roll north of 5000.

[loochy]

Thanks a lot TRUMP...freakin Jesuit Nazi.

[Rasputin]

Originally Posted by cabletech94

here comes godzilla!

[bevischief]

Don't forget all the missing oil and chemicals they dumped into the Gulf of Mexico...

[HemiEd]

Originally Posted by stumppy

The only problem is it's all headed this way while it's diluting.

I am somewhat prejudiced against that Island.

Car manufacturer Toyota has agreed to pay a staggering $1.2 billion to avoid prosecution for covering up severe safety problems with “unintended acceleration,” according to court documents, and continuing to make cars with parts the FBI said Toyota “knew were deadly.”

['Hamas' Jenkins]

If I'm reading it correctly, the spike is still inside the containment vessel. If that's the case, it poses no threat to the environment.

Moreover, even if some radiation were leaking into the ocean, it is not going to have much of any impact on the Pacific Coast. There are literally thousands upon thousands of TRILLIONS of gallons of water in the Pacific Ocean.

[BucEyedPea]

Originally Posted by bevischief

Don't forget all the missing oil and chemicals they dumped into the Gulf of Mexico...

No where near as bad. Besides oil is a product from Mother Nature and that spill was smashed to smithereens by a storm, as some predicted it would. IMO, there was no need to use chemical dispersants though they don't hold a candle to what radiation does. Per this the dispersants degrade over time.

http://cen.acs.org/articles/91/web/2...ring-Gulf.html