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Japan reactors from Fukushima nuclear power Plant should be burried like Chernobyl??
Mar 18th
World is discussing Japan reactors from Fukushima nuclear power Plant. The cooling of fuel rods is in process. Yesterday authorities attempted to cool the reactors by dropping water from helicopters but unable to control the overheating reactors. Some 330 Fukushima emergency workers were trying to keep the nuclear power plant cooled with seawater, to keep fuel rods from overheating and releasing more radioactive material.
TEPCO has been forced to consider other options—including burying the plant just like Chernobyl. On Tuesday, exposure levels at the nuclear plant reached up to 400 millisieverts of radiation an hour before plunging to 0.6 millisievert an hour, according to the More >
Fukushima latest Update
Mar 16th
Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant: Fire had broken out Tuesday in the No. 4 reactor followed by hydrogen explosion Tuesday at the plant’s No. 2 reactor. Hydrogen explosions had previously occurred in the plant’s No. 1 and No. 3 reactors.
The radiation levels at the plant increased to about 167 times the average dose, the International Atomic Energy Agency said.
Between 50 and 70 employees in protective gear, were left at the plant to battle problems. Some are assessing the damage and radiation levels caused by the explosions, while others cool stricken reactors with seawater to try to avert a potentially catastrophic release of radiation. More >