Monday, September 12, 2011

Assistant professor at Kyoto University's Research Reactor Institute warns of more crisis ahead at Fukushima

"Without accurate information about what's happening inside the reactors, there's a need to consider various scenarios. At present, I believe that there is a possibility that massive amounts of radioactive materials will be released into the environment again.

At the No. 1 reactor, there's a chance that melted fuel has burned through the bottom of the pressure vessel, the containment vessel and the floor of the reactor building, and has sunk into the ground. From there, radioactive materials may be seeping into the ocean and groundwater"

Read the Mainichi Daily article here

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