
Having plutonium in the soil around the reactor core is not very good news at all. This means that the main core has been breached and there is significant cause to be alarmed. Just how much of a melt down has or is currently occurring? I hope that if this meltdown hits the ground water table that the explosion does not crack the other main reactor cores around it. I think we have a serious problem here.
'Suicide squads' paid huge sums amid fresh fears for nuclear site:
The radioactive core in one reactor at Fukushima's beleaguered nuclear power plant appeared to have melted through the bottom of its containment vessel, an expert warned yesterday, sparking fears that workers would not be able to save the reactor and that radioactive gases could soon be released into the atmosphere. Ref. Source 3
JAPAN: Japan looks at nationalising nuclear plant at centre of crisis
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TEPCO, the Japanese power company at the centre of the countrys worst ever nuclear emergency, could be subject of a government takeover. Elsewhere, the embattled firms president was hospitalised Wednesday due to high blood pressure. Source: Business news, technology, media and finance reports
Japan to dump 11,500 tons of radioactive water at sea:
Japan plans to dump 11,500 tons of radioactive water at sea to free up storage space at its crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant for more highly contaminated water, the plant's operator said on Monday. Ref. Source 9