Surprise, Fukushima's radioactive fallout estimations have been doubled - but many of us knew, from past industrial cover-ups, that the original estimations and disclosures would prove to be low!

Oh, and apparently plutonium has now been found a mile away from the plant - but many of us suspected all along that there was a nuclear accident and not just a few hydrogen explosions at Fukushima...

One can only guess what additional under-estimates, misrepresentations and non-disclosures will come out over time - but we can be sure that this radioactive Fukushima monster is far bigger and more dangerous than those with vested interests wanted to let on...

Worse than meltdown, government report says devastating 'melt-through' has occurred at Fukushima; Official suggests Japan could become 'uninhabitable'

Recent reports confirming that Reactors 1, 2, and 3 of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear facility completely melted just hours after the devastating earthquake and tsunami hit the area on March 11 (http://www.naturalnews.com/032537_F...) have been trumped by even worse news that those same reactors have all likely "melted through," a situation that according to Japan's Daily Yomiuri DY is  "the worst possibility in a nuclear accident."

And senior political official Ichiro Ozawa suggested in an interview with The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) that the Fukushima situation could make the entire country of Japan "unlivable."

A nuclear core meltdown involves nuclear fuel exceeding its melting point to the point where it damages the core, leaks out, and threatens to potentially release high levels of radiation into the environment. However,

a nuclear melt-through is an even worse scenario, as nuclear fuel literally melts through the bottom of damaged reactor pressure vessels into out containment vessels -- and possibly even melts through those outer vessels directly into ground, air, and water.

The report suggesting that melt-throughs have already occurred, which is set to be submitted to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), is the "first official recognition" of this dire situation, according to DY. It also confirms early suspicions that such a scenario had been underway all along, as later reports confirmed that the epic disaster at the reactors had produced holes in come of the plant's core containment vessels, and that radioactive water, and possibly even fuel, were leaking into the lower vessels.

IAEA has already stated that the Fukushima disaster is at least as bad as the Chernobyl disaster (http://www.theatlanticwire.com/glob...), but this new information now suggests that it is probably even worse.
At this time, it is unknown whether the fuel that has accumulated in the outer containment vessels has seeped outside, where it has the potential to contaminate groundwater supplies and wreak widespread environmental damage.

In an interview conducted prior to the release of the new report, Ichiro Ozawa told the WSJ that areas around Fukushima were already becoming completely "uninhabitable." He also suggested that as it currently stands, much of the rest of the country, including Tokyo, could suffer the same fate if nothing is done to properly and effectively contain the situation.

Link -
http://www.naturalnews.com/032657_Fukushima_meltdown.html#ixzz1P2larCXs
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Oh happy days?

If it gets into the underground acquifiers, the Japanese will have a many headed Hydra type monster to deal with!  

Italians have voted down a plan to restart the country's nuclear industry, in a nationwide referendum.

Early results showed a large majority had voted to scrap prime minister Silvio Berlusconi's plans to restart the nuclear industry and privatise water.

They also voted against a measure granting top officials partial immunity from prosecution.

Around 57 per cent of Italians turned out to cast their ballots over two days, topping the quota required for a referendum for the first time in 16 years.

Mr Berlusconi conceded there was a "duty to uphold the verdict".

"The high turnout in the referendums shows a will on the part of citizens to participate in decisions about our future that cannot be ignored," he said.

"The will of Italians is clear on all the subjects of this consultation. The government and parliament must now respond fully."

The leader of the centre-left Democratic Party, Pierluigi Bersani, called for Mr Berlusconi to resign.

"This referendum was about the divorce between the government and the country," he said.

But the defence minister said the government would continue.

It was the embattled prime minister's second political blow in less than a month after his People of Freedom party lost critical mayoral votes in Milan and Naples.

Link -
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/06/14/3242923.htm?section=world
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The Japanese situation continues to roll on, with greater ramifications, both inside Japan & elsewhere.

Now the Italians have voted down Nuclear Energy, to join what may be a snowballing effect, with many countries going against Nuclear, at least for now!

The law of unintended consequences, has again come to play.

Btw, I see they also voted against "granting top officials partial immunity from prosecution", In other words Berlusconi may still be on the hook?

Congratulations, to the Italian Public!!!

The US Is Having A Catastrophic Nuclear Emergency In Nebraska And The Obama Administration Is Covering It Up -- Russia

Here's an interesting report from Pakistan's daily newspaper The Nation.

It cites a Russian regulatory agency as saying that the US is currently having a major nuclear emergency at the flooded plant in Nebraska and that the Obama Administration is trying to cover it up.

The Russian report describes the Nebraska situation as one of the worst nuclear accidents in the history of the United States.

Bear in mind that this report comes from Russia and Pakistan--two countries that aren't particularly happy with Obama right now.

But the FAA has enacted a no-fly zone over the Fort Calhoun nuke plant, which was damaged by a fire and flooding from the Missouri river.

Here's the report from The Nation:

A shocking report prepared by Russia’s Federal Atomic Energy Agency (FAAE) on information provided to them by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) states that the Obama regime has ordered a “total and complete” news blackout relating to any information regarding the near catastrophic meltdown of the Fort Calhoun Nuclear Power Plant located in Nebraska.

According to this report, the Fort Calhoun Nuclear Plant suffered a “catastrophic loss of cooling” to one of its idle spent fuel rod pools on 7 June after this plant was deluged with water caused by the historic flooding of the Missouri River which resulted in a fire causing the Federal Aviation Agency (FAA) to issue a “no-fly ban” over the area.

Located about 20 minutes outside downtown Omaha, the largest city in Nebraska, the Fort Calhoun Nuclear Plant is owned by Omaha Public Power District (OPPD) who on their website denies their plant is at a “Level 4” emergency by stating: “This terminology is not accurate, and is not how emergencies at nuclear power plants are classified.”

Russian atomic scientists in this FAAE report, however, say that this OPPD statement is an “outright falsehood” as all nuclear plants in the world operate under the guidelines of the International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale (INES) which clearly states the “events” occurring at the Fort Calhoun Nuclear Power Plant do, indeed, put it in the “Level 4” emergency category of an “accident with local consequences” thus making this one of the worst nuclear accidents in US history.

Though this report confirms independent readings in the United States of “negligible release of nuclear gasses” related to this accident it warns that by the Obama regimes censoring of this event for “political purposes” it risks a “serious blowback” from the American public should they gain knowledge of this being hidden from them.

Link -
http://www.businessinsider.com/nebraska-nuclear-meltdown-2011-6
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Well, being in mind the sources, but lets wait a see?

Wow, a one month+ bump...having a problem with the idea onuclear power, or what????

A little pathetic..

It's such an emotive issue that there is bound to be spin on both sides.

I can understand why politicians might want to regulate the information flow. Risk communication on this issue is almost impossible. Activists inflate the most minor of details without providing some perspective of contextual risk.

Some poorly communicated information in itself can kill people or have severe harm, by virtue of the actions that people take as a result of that information.

In some cases, you're damned if you do and damned if you don't.  Mass evacuation in itself is by no means harmless, and it's always a case of careful consideration of the risks involved.

That's why there will continue to be 'cover-ups'. It might sound insidious, but some cover-ups will save lives.  

I have attended many chemical emergencies.  If people smell something at the site, it will always have an effect - toxicological effects are usually rare, but almost always there is a psychological effect, and the magnitude of that psychological effect depends on how the situation is handled and communicated.  

You can accept this or reject this as you like. I don't have any interests involved in this tragedy. I'm just talking from my experience.  

gizmo_2655 wrote on Jul 26^th, 2011 at 11:17am:

I'm not quite sure, what you are getting at?

All of the usual Fossil Fuels (Oil, Coal, Nat Gas) are capable of 24/7 power production, in the context of our modern society and that has been pretty much what's been happening for quite some time, with the assistance of a small input from Nuclear & Renewables!

Until recently, those Fossil Fuels have come at a very cheap cost, but that is all changing, on the back of those Energy sources (Fossil Fuels), now reaching Peak Production and as a result Energy costs and all related Products (which is pretty much everything), have started to increase substantially, albeit with the pull/push of the markets.

In future, as Fossil Fuels get much more expensive (even without a Carbon Tax), there will come an inevitable push into Renewables and also Nuclear in some areas, although Australia may still be in doubt. Both Nuclear & Renewables will be a more expensive power generator model than the current Fossil Fuels, but the choice will be stark, as Fossil Fuels probably only have about 40-60 years left, until there is NONE LEFT!

That said, neither Nuclear or Renewable Energy is a likely replacement for Oil (& the other Fossil Fuels) in the transport sector OR for a number of Products where Oil provides a basis, such as Medicines, Fertilisers, Plastics, etc.

So, there is still a massive problem facing the Global Economy, even IF the production of Grid acceptable Power generation does make the transition away from Fossil Fuels.