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Fukushima Still Spewing
Massive Radiation Plumes; America in 'Huge Trouble,' Says
Nuclear Expert
Fukushima Nuclear Crisis
Magnetic Field Detector
May 01, 2012
by: Ethan A. Huff
(NaturalNews) During a recent Congressional delegation trip
to Japan, Oregon Senator Ron Wyden witnessed with his own
eyes the horrific aftermath of the
Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, which we have heard
very little about from the media in recent months. The
damage situation was apparently so severe, according to his
account, that he has now written a letter to Ichiro
Fujisaki, Ambassador of Japan, petitioning for more to be
done, and offering any additional support and assistance
that might help contain and resolve the situation as quickly
as possible.
The letter, which many experts see as the ominous writing on
the wall for the grave severity of the circumstances, offers
a disturbing glimpse into what is really going on across the
Pacific Ocean that the mainstream media is apparently
ignoring. While referencing the fact that all four of the
affected reactors are still "badly damaged," Sen. Wyden
seems to hint in his letter that Reactor 4, which has
reportedly been on the verge of collapse for many months
now, could be nearing catastrophic implosion.
Imminent
collapse of Reactor 4 could create a mass extinction event
of both humans and animals
According to Christina Consolo, an award-winning biomedical
photographer and host of Nuked Radio, Reactor 4 has remained
in such bad shape that even a very small earthquake could
quickly level the building, sending the fuel from more than
1,500 unused fuel rods into the environment. And with
Reactor 4 still filled with the highest levels of
radioactive MOX and other fuels, the consequences of this
potential collapse could be far worse than anything that has
happened thus far as a result of the earthquake and tsunami.
"[S]itting at the top of [Reactor 4], in a pool that is
cracked, leaking, and precarious even without an earthquake,
are 1,565 fuel rods (give or take a few), some of them
'fresh fuel' that was ready to go into the reactor on the
morning of March 11 when the earthquake and tsunami hit,"
writes Consolo. "If they are MOX fuel, containing six
percent plutonium, one fuel rod has the potential to kill
2.89 billion people."
Sen. Wyden is also asking U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven
Chu, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and Chairman of the
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Gregory Jaczko to assess
how much additional assistance their agencies might be
willing to provide to help Japan, and the entire world,
avoid a nuclear catastrophe of Biblical proportions.
"The scope of damage to the plants and to the surrounding
area was far beyond what I expected and the scope of the
challenges to the utility owner, the government of Japan,
and to the people of the region are daunting," wrote Sen.
Wyden in his letter, dated April 16, 2012. "The precarious
status of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear units and the risk
presented by the enormous inventory of radioactive materials
and spent fuel in the event of further earthquake threats
should be of concern to all and a focus of greater
international support and assistance."
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