Nuclear expert Arnie Gundersen said today that the containment vessel at Fukushima reactor 2 has a large crack in it [3]. Reactors 1, 2 and 3 [4] all exploded. BBC reports today:
They know very little about what’s going on inside Reactors 1, 2, and 3 [...] They don’t really know what the state of the reactor core is.
Indeed, there is no containment at Fukushima [5].
Large quantities of radiation are still leaking into the Pacific Ocean [6]. And see this [7].
The operator of the Fukushima plants says it's "impossible" to keep storing radioactive water in tanks [8], and Tepco will need to intentionally dump it into the ocean.
The area around Fukushima has become so contaminated that even the trees are radioactive [9].
And Tokyo is almost as irradiated as Fukushima [10].
Agence France-Presse notes [11]:
Beach walkers are likely to encounter a disturbing but relentless flow of flotsam [from Japan] for years to come.
Indeed [12].
American sailors were exposed to massive doses of radiation [13]. Conditions were so bad that they considered suicide [14]. Many of these good men and women are now really sick. More here [15], here [16] and here [17]. (But both the Japanese and American governments have abandoned them [18].)
Tepco might not even meaningfully start working to decommission the plants until the radiation level drops ... decades from now [8] (Or until the technology exists [19] to clean it up.)
It has now been officially admitted [20] that the accident was caused by collusion between the government and nuclear industry [20].
A worker at the Fukushima nuclear plan succinctly notes [21]:
Even an elementary-school kid knows TEPCO always lies.
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We have been fooled by the government ...
We don't mean to pick on Japan. After all, the American government is dictating nuclear policy in Japan [22]. American reactors are even more dangerous than Fukushima [23]. And a secret report confirms that Southern California Edison knew of major problems at the San Onofre nuclear plant [24] ... but let the slipshod expansion and remodeling project continue anyway.