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Fukushima apocalypse: Years of ‘duct tape fixes’ could result in ‘millions of deaths’

Even the tiniest mistake during an operation to extract over 1,300 fuel rods at the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan could lead to a series of cascading failures with an apocalyptic outcome, fallout researcher Christina Consolo told RT.

Fukushima operator TEPCO wants to extract 400 tons worth of spent fuel rods stored in a pool at the plant’s damaged Reactor No. 4. The removal would have to be done manually from the top store of the damaged building in the radiation-contaminated environment. 

In the worst-case scenario, a mishandled rod may go critical, resulting in an above-ground meltdown releasing radioactive fallout with no way to stop it, said Consolo, who is the founder and host of Nuked Radio. But leaving the things as they are is not an option, because statistical risk of a similarly bad outcome increases every day, she said. .....

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- The racks inside the pool that contain this fuel were damaged by the explosion in the early days of the accident. 

- Zirconium cladding which encased the rods burned when water levels dropped, but to what extent the rods have been damaged is not known, and probably won't be until removal is attempted. 

- Saltwater cooling has caused corrosion of the pool walls, and probably the fuel rods and racks. 

- The building is sinking. 

- The cranes that normally lift the fuel were destroyed. 

- Computer-guided removal will not be possible; everything will have to be done manually. 

- TEPCO cannot attempt this process without humans, which will manage this enormous task while being bombarded with radiation during the extraction and casking. 

- The process of removing each rod will have to be repeated over 1,300 times without incident. 

- Moving damaged nuclear fuel under such complex conditions could result in a criticality if the rods come into close proximity to one another, which would then set off a chain reaction that cannot be stopped......

........'If and when the corium reaches the Tokyo aquifer, serious and expedient discussions will have to take place about evacuating 40 million people'....

......At least the northern half of Japan would be uninhabitable, and some researchers have argued that it already is'....

.......'The mainstream media, world governments, nuclear agencies, health organizations, weather reporters, and the health care industry has completely ignored three ongoing triple meltdowns that have never been contained'.....

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There's hardly any news about this terrible event these days. It's been 2 years already since the Earthquake and tsunami struck Fukushima. Looks like things are not getting any better. Many people do not realise the magnitude of this disaster and it's consequences. Radioactive water from the nuclear plant has been leaking into the ocean for 2 years already. And there is nothing we can do about it.

Until today, no one seems to be able to come up with a solution. Perhaps it's because there is none.

Actually, from the info I found online, it seems that Japan is already contaminated, including Tokyo. I'm not sure how safe are Japanese food nowadays because the Japanese government will knows there is no point in checking for radiation contamination. What are they going to tell the people? That they can't consume their own food and water?

I suppose it would be a matter of time before something worse happens at the reactor and the whole northern hemisphere would be contaminated.

The worrying thing is that the effects takes years to surface, when we see a rise in cancer & birth defects.

Here in Malaysia, we are planning to build 2 nuclear reactors. We had our first dose of radiation contamination in Bukit Merah, Perak, in the 80s. Now, 30 years later, we have Lynas in Kuantan. No matter how they justify these things, I still think it is a bad idea.

Why do humans like to muck around with things we can't control? All because of economics. Since the day it was discovered, nuclear technology has caused more destruction than benefits. It is pure evil.