Radiation still leaks at nuclear plant, source unclear

[spanone]

Rising temperatures around the core of one reactor could delay work


FUKUSHIMA, Japan— Japan's earthquake-hit
nuclear complex is still emitting radiation but
the source is unclear, a senior U.N. atomic
agency official said, as workers faced another
day of struggle on Wednesday to cool
damaged reactor cores.

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
also raised concerns about a lack of
information from Japanese authorities, as
rising temperatures around the core of one
reactor threatened to delay work.

"We continue to see radiation coming from the
site ... and the question is where exactly is that
coming from?" James Lyons, a senior official of
the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA),
told a news conference in Vienna on Tuesday.

Despite hopes of progress in the world's
worst nuclear crisis in a quarter of a century,
triggered by an earthquake and tsunami that
left at least 21,000 people dead or missing,
plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co
(TEPCO) said it needed more time before it
could say the reactors were stabilized.

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[Raschel]

1. So they finally raised concerns about lack of information, and now we're back to not stabilized

after hearing all day yesterday that the situation was stabilized.

This is so unacceptable for the Japanese people and for the world.

[Cronus Protagonist]

2. A top theoretical physicist was on tv a few nights ago recommending concreting the whole thing

I think he knows that of which he speaks. All this stalling is just going to allow more and more contamination. The locations will never be in use again, and they should just bite the bullet and concrete them over sooner than later. Every day that radiation is uncapped is the potential for another few thousand deaths over the years.

CAP IT.

[yodermon]

3. Can't cap it from underneath.

Ground water.

[Cronus Protagonist]

4. Yeah, that's already gone.

Who would drink that? And capping it involves a mixture with Boric Acid that inhibits the radiation and the heating and prevents a full meltdown. Right now they're dealing with the meltdown possibility in play.