{"id":15275,"date":"2011-03-12T15:38:48","date_gmt":"2011-03-12T21:38:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/?p=15275"},"modified":"2011-03-12T15:38:48","modified_gmt":"2011-03-12T21:38:48","slug":"beyond-nuclear-monitoring-struggle-to-prevent-meltdown-in-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/?p=15275","title":{"rendered":"Beyond Nuclear monitoring struggle to prevent meltdown in Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"

Beyond Nuclear
\n12 March 2011<\/strong><\/p>\n

The staff at Beyond Nuclear continues to maintain its round-the-clock vigil, monitoring the situation at Japan\u2019s nuclear reactors after the giant earthquake, and providing the press with information and interviews. The past 24+ hours have witnessed the unfolding nightmare of a potential nuclear reactor meltdown after unit 1 at Fukushima Daiichi was crippled due to loss of power after the 8.9 magnitude earthquake.<\/p>\n

Workers are flooding the core with seawater and boric acid in an unprecedented attempt to\u00a0cool the reactor and thereby prevent a meltdown. Beyond Nuclear spokespeople, Paul Gunter and Kevin Kamps have been in constant touch with reporters and have made appearances on ABC News<\/a>, CNN<\/a>, RT<\/a>, FOX News and CBC (Canada) to date as well as in running stories in the Washington Post<\/a>, Los Angeles Times<\/a> and elsewhere.<\/p>\n

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Beyond Nuclear is providing constant updates on the home page<\/a> of its website.<\/a>The evacuation\u00a0boundary\u00a0continues to be extended, reaching 20 km (13 miles) at the time of this bulletin. Japanese officials have told the U.N.’s atomic watchdog they are making preparations to distribute iodine, which can be used to protect people from radioactive exposure to the thyroid. Iodine would not prevent other types of radiation exposure and damage, however.<\/p>\n

The Australian Radiation Service released a map<\/a> showing the potential radioactive plume pathway and fallout should the Fukushima reactor melt down. The map shows the plume affecting the western United States but Beyond Nuclear has not been able to verify the radiation levels given or to understand how they are derived. This map does not mean that a catastrophic radiation leak has occurred. It represents\u00a0 what would happen to a large radiation release if it were to occur.<\/p>\n

Joe Cirincione,<\/a> president of the Ploughshares Fund has already called the accident \u201cone of the three worst accidents we have ever had at a nuclear power plant in the history of nuclear power,\u201d recalling the 1979 Three Mile Island, PA meltdown and the 1986 Chernobyl reactor explosion in Ukraine.<\/p>\n

Commentator, Keith Olbermann<\/a> has called for a complete and permanent shutdown of U.S. reactors.<\/p>\n

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