Nuclear Crisis: Rising Radiation Levels Halt Work at ***ushima Plant
Experts Say Nuclear Emergency Nearing 'Point of no Return'
..."We're very close now to the point of no return," Dr. Michio Kaku, a theoretical physicist, said. "It's gotten worse. We're talking about workers coming into the reactor perhaps as a suicide mission and we may have to abandon ship."
A group of 180 workers rotate shifts working at the plant in teams of 50 men. The men have been nicknamed the "***ushima Fifty." ...
..."In another sign of escalating nuclear danger, Cabinet Secretary Edano acknowledged that the containment vessels of some of the reactors are likely damaged. The Japan Atomic Industrial Forum confirmed damage to Units 2 and 3.
The last step in a nuclear meltdown is the breaching of the containment vessels. The fact that at least two containment vessels are damaged makes nuclear experts nervous.
"We have cracks now, cracks in the containment vessels...and if those cracks grow or if there's an explosion, we're talking a full blown Chernobyl, something beyond Chernobyl," Kaku said."...
..."I think the last ace in the hole is the Japanese Air Force, the military at some point may have to take over, may have to bury these reactors in concrete just like we did at Chernobyl, sandbagging the reactor with 5,000 tons of concrete, boric acid and sand," Kaku said."...
http://abcnews.go.com/International...ation-levels-halt-***ushima/story?id=13146516
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It's looking very grim.
