Thousands evacuate as Fukishima nuclear emergency is declared

[Peter Lemkin]

And where are the Tepco shareholders? Are they suiting up to mop up the radioactive mess of their nuclear plant? They managed to suit up and go to the bank to cash the dividend checks.

Actually, there are rumors that TEPCO is about to declare bankruptcy......I don't know how that works in Japan, but I'd guess everyone will loose but a few big cigar smokers. The poor emergency workers who have been trying to find and fix the leaks - they were working under the assumption of one dangerous level of radiation - only to find out it was more than 20-30x stronger, and they'd been out much too long and too often.

The latest 'smart idea' to stop the radioactive water from leaking into the ocean sounds both difficult and insecure to me. They plan to build a wall of frozen earth in a deep trench surrounding the facility. The earth used will be kept frozen by very cold liquids in pipes [like in very cold refrigeration systems]. Even if that would work [which to me is questionable], it would only take an earthquake or tsunami to destroy it, it seems. Maybe they should hire a good magician to make it all just disappear......It will really take the best engineering minds in the World to minimize the damage - which under the 'best' scenarios will be immense!...under the worst scenarios.....well.....I'd rather not even go there.....:nosmilie: And don't forget, the exact same types of reactors are all over America - some near large cities [like New York] and some on earthquake prone areas. All are potential targets for real terrorists or false-flag ones. Even without an earthquake or crash/explosive event, they are getting brittle and eventually will fail. [radiation causes all metals to become brittle in a few years]. Remember 'GE brings good things to life!' The most radiation resistant metals are VERY expensive, so the designs were usually for moderately resistant metal parts that needed replacement from time to time. But, when the bottom line is the bottom line, they often wait until a part fails.