Jun 25
The Fukushima accident hasn’t ended yet- in fact, it may have only just begun. The melt-through of the nuclear reactors is only a small part of the challenge. More importantly, there are used fuel storage pools at the power plant- and one of them is precariously close to collapsing.
May 13
[vimeo 41633459 w=500 h=281] Here’s Arnie Gundersen’s most recent video where he discusses the dangers of the fuel pools at Fukushima. Basically, if there is an earthquake as low as a magnitude 5, there is a good chance that the structure of the Fukushima pools could collapse…
May 12
I’ve been following Fukushima since I heard about the disaster, very shortly after it was announced. Having lived in the former Soviet Union, and seeing the damage caused by Chernobyl, I knew immediately this would be a significant issue…
Apr 26
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqjGQcum4hk?rel=0 This story came from a website named Fukushima Diary– a useful source of information on the nuclear situation in Japan. Apparently this TV announcer has found ‘many’ fasciated dandelions around Tokyo- a very rare mutation where the stem becomes flattened and elongated…