Sea water being pumped into the damaged reactor building at the Fukushima Daiichi plant in an attempt to cool the molten cores. Contaminated water escaped into the Pacific Ocean.
Credit: peaceandjustice.org.uk/Twitter
Claims by vested interests, that no-one died as a result of the Fukushima melt down1,2 were given a new perspective with the discovery of radiation levels of at least 370 sieverts3 per hour.
To put that in perspective, 1 minute of exposure to such radiation would kill over 50 percent of the population. Even a radiation-hardened robot would have a projected operational lifetime of around 2 hours.
Science Alert – “Radiation levels in the Fukushima reactor are soaring unexpectedly”
https://sciencealert.com/radiation-levels-in-the-fukushima-reactor-have-started-unexpectedly-climbing
Japan Times – “Highest radiation reading since 3/11 detected at Fukushima No. 1 reactor”
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/02/03/national/fukushima-radiation-level-highest-since-march-11/#.WJcv7rZ95E5
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1 Conveniently ignoring contamination of the land & the Pacific Ocean, the on going exclusion zone, & the elevated levels of cancers in survivors.
2 The Ecologist: “‘No one died, no one's health was damaged’ - Fukushima's big lie”,
http://www.theecologist.org/News/news_analysis/2306129/no_one_died_no_ones_health_was_damaged_fukushimas_big_lie.html
3 Encyclopædia Britannica: “Sievert (Sv)”, https://www.britannica.com/technology/sievert / image analysis two-meter hole metal grate under pressure vessel reactor No. 2 containment vessels Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant highest radiation reading since 3/11 detected Fukushima No. 1 reactor radiation level containment vessel reactor 2 crippled Fukushima No. 1 power plant reached maximum 530 sieverts per hour highest since the triple core meltdown March 2011 Tokyo Electric Power Co. Holdings Inc. blazing radiation reading taken near entrance space just below pressure vessel reactor core high figure indicates melted fuel escaped the pressure vessel 530 sieverts person could die from even brief exposure difficulties ahead government and Tepco grope dismantling all three reactors crippled March 2011 disaster Tepco analysis of images taken remote-controlled camera2-meter hole metal grating under pressure vessel reactor’s primary containment vessel grating is warped hole caused when the fuel escaped pressure vessel mega-quake massive tsunami triggered station blackout crippled plant’s ability cool the reactors searing radiation level described experts unimaginable far exceeds previous high 73 sieverts per hour reactor Tepco calculated figure analyzing electronic noise camera images caused by radiation estimation method margin of error plus or minus 30 percent official National Institute of Radiological Sciences medical professionals never considered dealing with this level of radiation 4 sieverts radiation exposure kill 1 in 2 people 1,000 millisieverts 1 sievert infertility loss of hair cataracts exposure doses above 100 millisieverts increases risk of cancer Tepco surface radiation inside normally operating pressure vessel several thousands sieverts per hour discovery difficulty removing fuel debris decommission plant government Tepco locate fuel start removing 2021 utility deploy remote-controlled robot check conditions inside containment vessel utility change its plan reconsider route robot takes into interior hole in the grating extraordinary level of radiation robot operate for less than two hours destroyed designed withstand exposure up to 1,000 sieverts calculation 73 sieverts per hour robot run for more than 10 hours 530 sieverts per hour rendered inoperable less than two hours /
