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Radioactive Reality (02 May 2013) Fukushima plant could "break apart"

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10:49 AM EST on May 2nd, 2013 | Leave a comment
NBC News: Fears that Fukushima plant could "break apart" during cleanup process

07:40 PM EST on May 1st, 2013 | 23 comments

NHK: Black smoke at Japan nuclear plant — Fire alarm sounds after test

05:43 PM EST on May 1st, 2013 | 8 comments

Report: Residents near Arkansas oil spill with chemical burns, gastrointestinal problems, extreme fatigue — 30 toxic chemicals at high levels — 88,000 ppb of hydrocarbons in air

02:28 PM EST on May 1st, 2013 | 133 comments

Shooting nuclear waste into the sun? 'Space disposal' considered by Obama commission

11:54 AM EST on May 1st, 2013 | 22 comments

Time: Fukushima nuclear struggles "would be the stuff of comedy" — "It's not funny, not really" — "Not sure things could be much worse if Wile E. Coyote were Tepco's CEO

09:49 AM EST on May 1st, 2013 | 42 comments

Nuclear Safety Expert: "Many experts are extremely concerned we could have additional releases" at Fukushima plant — "Very, very unstable facility" (AUDIO)

07:43 PM EST on April 30th, 2013 | 29 comments

California nuclear plant may be permanently closed

02:59 PM EST on April 30th, 2013 | 23 comments

Radioactive material spikes in soil at Fukushima plant — 10 times higher than two days prior — Tepco: "We don't know the cause, we'll continue to watch carefully"

01:43 PM EST on April 30th, 2013 | 107 comments

CNN to air nuclear power propaganda: "Irrational fears" — "Systematically debunks the myths and misinformation"

11:43 AM EST on April 30th, 2013 | 23 comments
NRC: "Degraded condition" at Illinois nuclear plant — Leak inside primary containment — Days after emergency due to lightning strike

09:52 AM EST on April 30th, 2013 | 21 comments
Photo: Masking tape, plastic bags, broomsticks used on leak at U.S. nuclear plant — "We are dealing with unknown territory here which has never been explored before"

10:43 PM EST on April 29th, 2013 | 75 comments
NYTimes: Alarming reality at Fukushima Daiichi — Plant faced with new crisis — "Tepco is clearly just hanging on day by day"

06:48 PM EST on April 29th, 2013 | 23 comments
Japan Doctor: So enraged by response of gov't — Fukushima children's rashes, nosebleeds, diarrhea, fatigue blamed on radiation-phobia mothers
03:37 PM EST on April 29th, 2013 | 65 comments

NPR: There's been a melt-through, there's cracks... Fukushima reactors not likely to stop leaking into ocean anytime soon — Levels in fish still as high as 2 years ago (AUDIO)

12:11 PM EST on April 29th, 2013 | 29 comments
TV: Most hazardous material on planet leaking at U.S. nuclear site — Would contaminate our food chain for hundreds of years to come if it reaches Columbia River (VIDEO)

11:12 AM EST on April 29th, 2013 | 54 comments
Fox News: Humans to be affected by what's killing California sea lions? Would be sad if it's because of Fukushima disaster (VIDEO)

10:05 AM EST on April 29th, 2013 | 12 comments
U.S. nuclear worker brought to tears over leaking waste — "I was ready to sell everything and move to the woods" (VIDEO)http://enenews.com/

On 3/3/2013, Fukushima Diary reported about the strong connection between the potential eruption of Hakone and Mt. Fuji. (cf, Potential eruption of Hakone would trigger the eruption of Mt. Fuji [URL]) In this report, Fukushima Diary mentioned a professor emeritus Kimura from Ryukyu university. He commented, Low‐frequency earthquake occurs just before an eruptionhttp://fukushima-diary.com/category/d...

Early Easter Sunday morning, an industrial accident at the Arkansas Nuclear Power Plant killed one worker and injured 8 others and left the unit without offsite power.http://enformable.com/enformologue/

The Big Picture

Fukushima...a Dire SOS Message

Since the Fukushima nuclear disaster first began back in March of 2011, there have been near-daily updates on the condition of that stricken plant, updates which have been getting worse and worse, painting a very dire scene at the Dai-ichi nuclear power plant. From the moment the earthquake and tsunami devastated the plant, officials have been struggling to contain the leaks of radioactive waste, fuel, and cooling water. In February, for example, officials discovered a fish in a nearby water intake station for the plant that contained more than 7,400 times the recommended safe limit of radioactive cesium. And now, officials are concerned that, because of all of the leaks, power outages, and glitches that have occurred, the Dai-chi nuclear power plant could begin to break apart and cause an even worse nuclear disaster, when a decades-long clean-up process finally begins.