Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Government takeover of Tepco in Fukushima likely

Tepco ‘Whack-a-Mole’ Means Government Takeover in Fukushima (1)
Japan’s government will lead “emergency measures” to tackle radioactive water spills at the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant, wresting control of the disaster recovery from the plant’s heavily criticized operator, Tokyo Electric Power Co.

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Recently it became obvious that there likely is no long term solution for Fukushima. I'm not sure even if the government gets involved that there would be a useful solution to this problem. A meltdown usually means just that "the rods melt through containment down into the earth. The fact that Tepco hasn't been able to contain the radiation means the world's worst fears are true. Once rods get deep enough they cannot be retrieved from the earth and from the water tables. Also, because radiation is so high, metals likely are giving out on radiation tanks full of highly radiated water because they are not designed for this high a level of radiation. No one was prepared for a disaster like this. There might not ever be a solution. The world has to realize this that this "long term" is much much worse than Chernobyl because the ocean will continue to be radiated for thousands of years like this through the water table very likely now.

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