Fukushima reactor has a hole, leading to leakage

note the line about "threatening the Pacific Ocean"


Fukushima reactor has a hole, leading to leakage

TOKYO/NEW YORK | Thu May 12, 2011 5:47pm EDT

TOKYO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - One of the reactors at Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant has a hole in its main vessel following a meltdown of fuel rods, leading to a leakage of radioactive water, its operator said on Thursday.

The disclosure by Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO) is the latest indication that the disaster was worse than previously disclosed, making it more difficult to stabilize the plant.

The discovery of the leak provides new insight into the sequence of events that triggered a partial meltdown of the uranium fuel in the No. 1 reactor at Fukushima after the plant was struck by a massive earthquake and tsunami on March 11, officials said.

The battle to bring Fukushima under control has been complicated by repeated leaks of radioactive water, threatening both the Pacific Ocean and nearby groundwater.

Workers at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant have been pumping water into at least three of the six reactors on the site to bring their nuclear fuel rods to a "cold shutdown" state by January.

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http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/12/us-japan-nuclear-reactor-idUSTRE74B1H520110512

One little mishap, and billions in new power plant contracts go down the drain.

Although it runs against the grain, I guess I ought to add this: :sarcasm:

You don't see BP (R) having problems with nuclear meltdown shit, do you?

And actually other far-flung reaches, previously unkown to us. No matter how you cut it, like steelhead that migrate to Japan every year and back to the west coast to spawn. Our world and oceans are very inter-connected. What happens off the coast of Japan is of concern to all countries.


PlanetArk 15 Dec 05
"Fish with Chips" Reveal Ocean Migration Routes
Story by Alister Doyle, Environment Correspondent

"..."Fish with chips" - hi-tech implants that enable either satellite or seabed tracking - were one of the breakthroughs to uncover ocean migration paths, scientists in the 73-nation Census of Marine Life (COML) said.

One bluefin tuna swam the Pacific three times in 600 days according to satellite records - an enormous 40,000 km (24,850 miles) or the distance around the world. That indicated that Japanese and American tuna stocks were one and the same.

"Our studies show that the oceans are a much more complex system than we thought," said Fred Grassle, chair of the COML steering committee.

The census aims to document the oceans as part of efforts to protect marine resources..."

http://www.wildsingapore.com/news/20051112/051214-3.htm


Deep Sea Fish 'Mystery Migration' Across Pacific Ocean
Posted by Kristin Mellon on Thursday, June 3rd, 2010 at 2:39 pm
Filed under: Discovery,News & Resources

Deep sea fish species found in the north Pacific Ocean have mysteriously been caught in the southwest Atlantic, on the other side of the world.

(From BBC News) -- It is unclear how the animals, a giant rattail grenadier, pelagic eelpout and deep sea squid, travelled so far.

"Their discovery 15,000km from their usual home raises the possibility that deep sea currents can transport animals from one polar region to another.

Details are published in the journal Deep Sea Research part I.

"These findings were completely unexpected," says Dr Alexander Arkhipkin of the Falkland Islands Fisheries Department, based in Stanley, on the Falkland Islands in the southwest Atlantic Ocean.

Since 1987, the Falkland Islands Fisheries Department has performed surveys of fish caught by commercial and research fishing trawlers travelling above the Patagonian Shelf and slope around the islands..."

http://www.oceanleadership.org/2010/deep-sea-fish-mystery-migration-across-pacific-ocean/



Air travels from Japan to the west coast, rain travels from Japan to the west coast and as above, fish and other species migrate all over the place, including the west coast.


TEPCO, FUCKING WEASELS

Thank you for this vital information.

on the west coast... wondering how much has REALLY been released...

will my strawberries be glowing this fall?
not a nice thought


and between the gulf oil spill and the radioactive shit in the pacific...i guess no fissh is going to be safe now...
ugh
soiling our own nests beyond repair

I have asked just such questions. I have an extensive garden in and I love milk and I love fish. At first I thought oh, well, it's Atlantic Salmon and other fish from the Atlantic, until I read the above info on the migrations and what the scientists are just now learning.

We are all connected. The systems of the earth are all inter-connected.

I hate to repeat myself about this but..



Dirty Fucking Hippies WERE RIGHT!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVoP5SvqJVo



When that expert gets back to me about my west coast radiation questions, I will relate any useful info I get to all here.


TEPCO = FUCKING WEASELS


rdb

"But Matsumoto said it was likely that the pressure vessels in the other two reactors could be leaking as well if fuel rods had collapsed and melted"

of course they did.. make that 3 reactors with holes