Fukushima leak is 'much worse than we were led to believe'

A nuclear expert has told the BBC that he believes the current water leaks at Fukushima are much worse than the authorities have stated.

But some nuclear experts are concerned that the problem is a good deal worse than either Tepco or the Japanese government are willing to admit.

Some 1,000 tanks have been built to hold the water. But these are believed to be at around 85% of their capacity

"The quantities of water they are dealing with are absolutely gigantic," said Mycle Schneider,

"What is the worse is the water leakage everywhere else - not just from the tanks. It is leaking out from the basements, it is leaking out from the cracks all over the place. Nobody can measure that.

"It is much worse than we have been led to believe, much worse," said Mr Schneider, who is lead author for the World Nuclear Industry status reports.

The lack of clarity about the water situation and the continued attempts by Tepco to deny that water was leaking into the sea has irritated many researchers.

"They are entering the oceans at levels that then will accumulate in seafood and will cause new health concerns."

There are also worries about the spent nuclear fuel rods that are being cooled and stored in water pools on site. Mycle Schneider says these contain far more radioactive caesium than was emitted during the explosion at Chernobyl.

"There is absolutely no guarantee that there isn't a crack in the walls of the spent fuel pools. If salt water gets in, the steel bars would be corroded. It would basically explode the walls, and you cannot see that; you can't get close enough to the pools," he said.

Wake up, folks.
The information has been out there for anyone who could tear themselves away from ‘Idol” or “Dancing With...” - even for Freepers - ALWAYS been out there.

It seems even Freepers tend to sit back and wait for someone else to do something - FR has become largely just a place to enjoy the easy office chair and opine. The ‘active’ Freepers of ole that used to take action AND get things done - (remember the ‘fake but true” Dan RAther hub bub? Remember Terri Schiavo? And there were others.) Where now are the Freepers that will crash the emails of their reps to demand action on crucial issues? We've become a lazy citizenry, and Freepers - full of wind but no action. WE get the gov’t we deserve?

Very discouraging - ARe any of you "old" Fighting Freepers lurking?

If there IS any one of you that is interested on boninb up - see my next post for a start. This isn't just Japan's problem. It's the worlds.

per post above

and this is just thte tip...

“...happening since an earthquake and tsunami touched off the disaster in March 2011...”

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/energy/2013/08/130807-fukushima-radioactive-water-leak/

thefollowing is a post I put on Free Republic -

I has some of the pertinant infor on what the world is letting happen - most criminally, beside Japan, ithe the US.

It’s bad enough the Obama says no problem - quintensential obama - or that the MSM is obeying by spinking it and our poliricians are silent - but when even Freepers rely on being spoonfed too rather than do any independent research - it’s truly disheartening.

This first video is from 2011! and people haven’t been following up on it - Famed physicist Dr. Michio Kaku

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rrxmy6R3m90

Pacific Ocean contamination chart

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3l8TT1dv-PM

Are we killing ourselves? Why is the world doing NOTHING. Why is our government doing nothing? - except covering up the truth? Why is THIS not a scandel?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3l8TT1dv-PM

look, if you can spare the time from watching “Idol” and “DAncing” - look at some of the other videos in the sidebars? Or you can expend the least amount of your precious time and simply cache the links in this post - for future perusal - maybe you might even want to keep en eye on this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PrhG5gmVb8

last month - leaks have been continuos and now is speeding up

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7l6YFOwiXnM

Radiation in San Diago - just the beginning?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2Jqx2JVvjU

‘bama double tongue “I want to be very clear - “ speech - NO WORRY! He said he’d keep us updated too - doesn’t seem to be any updates...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=095dqQn_3H8

radiation had already started reaching both west and eat coast USA 2 1/2 years ago!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhA6uh5UyAQ

how high is it NOW?

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