I think the official said at the beginning of the briefing that they believe the surge in radiation was due to steam (the white smoke) being released with high levels, but now the radiation is down again.
Eh this is not that big of a deal. The experts have REPEATEDLY said that even if it totally melted down it wouldn’t be “that big of a deal” - this is NOT the same as what happened in the Soviet Union.
Sure there will be some radiation - but not that much and not that far away.
It could totally melt down - all of them and it would still be mostly contained.
Everyone is making much ado about nothing.
It’s not that big of a deal. What more do the experts need to tell us to get us to believe that?
This is not the same as what happened in the Soviet Union.
The focus of the media should be on the earthquake and the need of the people in Japan - NOT this story.
But - nobody seems to want to believe that.
The smoke and radiation is coming from plant 2 it is now thought and that makes sense.
The containment vessel was damaged yesterday and as explained yesterday, it would take roughly 24 hours for a core meltdown lava pool to eat through the steel encasement.
Sorry to say this is a very logical explanation given the fact it happened almost 24 hours to the minute.