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Thursday, March 21, 2013

Fukushima Spews More Radiation … Due to Tepco’s Carelessness

Fukushima Spews More Radiation … Due to Tepco’s Carelessness

Fukushima Still Pumping Out Massive Amounts of Radiation

Power was lost to the cooling systems to virtually all of the spent fuel pools at Fukushima for more than a day.
Some of these fuel pools have lost containment, and are arguably the top short-term threat to humanity … and America’s national security.
The loss of cooling increased the radiation output from the pools.  And the loss of power was due to carelessness by the operator of the Fukushima reactors.  As nuclear expert Arnie Gundersen notes:
Is TEPCO doing an adequate job of keeping the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power site safe?
We don’t think so.http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2013/03/fukushima-spews-more-radiation-due-to-tepcos-carelessness.html

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