8/9/2011 Fukushima Update–Information Suppressed, Health Unmonitored

Source: The Paltry Sapien
Date: August 9, 2011
by: Matthew Payne

A Child of Chernobyl'; Is the Japanese Government Ensuring the Same for Fukushima Kids?

First off, it should be noted the number of meltdowns at Fukushima may be four, not three.  It seems that Reactor Three experienced a second meltdown after TEPCo failed to keep the core covered ten days after the first meltdown.  This is hardly simply an academic argument since if the core did meltdown twice, it is quite likely TEPCo is measuring its temperature incorrectly and thus will be unable to reach “cold shutdown” quickly.
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6/12/2011 | Fukushima Update–Three Meltdowns and Cooling Pool #4 in Peril

Source: The Paltry Sapien
Date: June 12, 2011
by: Matthew Payne

This is an excellent summary of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear crisis by Matthew Payne in case you do not have the time to parse through a dozen or so articles:

 Fukushima Schematic; The Fuel Storage Pool is #5 (c/o Wikipedia)

Folks in the establishment media seem far more interested in congress-critters crotch shots or the violence in Syria (Yemen, not so much. . .), but some retrospectives at the three-month mark of the Fukushima FUBAR have been published and some clarity is possible on these events.

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