Japan - Exploded Nuclear Plant Uses MOX Fuel - Not Uranium! What is that? Just 2 MILLION Times WORSE than Uranium or Chernobyl's Meltdown!

Update 4/16/11 - Fuel Rods melted in Reactors 1, 2 and 3 (Mox Fuel) and Plutonium now  being detected outside reactor area

3/28/11 - Mox Fuel Reactor 3 the Crane has fallen and damaged the Mox Fuel Rods - the Expert says there is NO deny that the Mox Fuel is leaking Radiation!  Video of him saying it!  


This is so sickening and yet NO government is talking about this the UN Nuclear Committee is not talking about this!  The Earth is being made toxic for 50000 years!  ALL nuclear energy plants should be SHUT DOWN!  It is not worth killing the people and Earth when there are other energy sources available!  Also all the brilliant governments have put nuclear power plants on Faults - there are 7 nuclear power plants along the New Madrid fault!  The Earth is now being destroyed due to corporate greed! 

3/28/11 - 2 Small Paragraphs say what is really happening without the authorities telling the truth!
Right here says Reactor 3 has melted down and is now in the soil! Will the govt and media now start talking about the MOX fuel meltdown and what the affect will be?  In other words 50000 years it will take for the land not to be toxic anymore.

URGENT: Plutonium detected in soil at Fukushima nuke plant: TEPCO

TOKYO, March 28, Kyodo

Plutonium has been detected in soil at five locations at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Monday.
The operator of the nuclear complex said that the plutonium is believed to have been discharged from nuclear fuel at the plant, which was damaged by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

THIS IS A PICTURE OF REACTOR 3(MOX FUEL) 3/18/11 

3/25/11 - KYODO NEWS - REACTOR 3 IS BREACHED - 

A high-level radiation leak detected Thursday at one of six troubled reactors at the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant indicates possible damage to the reactor's vessel, pipes or valves, the government's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency said Friday.

Three workers at the No. 3 reactor's turbine building, connected to the reactor building, were exposed Thursday to water containing radioactive materials 10,000 times the normal level, with two of them taken to hospital due to possible radiation burns to their feet, the plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. said.

3/21/11 - KYODO NEWS - HEADLINE THIS MORNING:  (this is the MOX Fuel)

URGENT: Grayish smoke seen billowing from Fukushima No. 3 reactor building

TOKYO, March 21, Kyodo

Grayish smoke was seen billowing from a building that houses the No. 3 reactor of the troubled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station on Monday, plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. said.
After the smoke was spotted at the southeast of the building around 3:55 p.m., TEPCO said it had temporarily evacuated its workers from the site as it assessed the situation.

That is radioactive particles of plutonium and uranium steaming out (MOX Fuel)

As of 3/16/11 9:20am est - I am completely Disgusted with the Governments and MSM for NOT talking about Reactor 3 and MOX Fuel!  They cut people off who start to mention it!  This is unacceptable!  They are committing  a crime against Humanity!     By not informing people they are not just dealing with a Uranium Fallout but a Plutonium Fallout which Potassium Iodide Pills do no good against!    I am IMPLORING the Media and the Governments of the World to Start informing all people about MOX Fuel Reactor 3!  If the media does not start providing information about MOX fuel Reactor 3 which has been compromised then the many who die from not taking precautions for a plutonium/uranium mix fallout will be on their hands!  

3/19/11 - The media is starting to talk about the MOX fuel but they are not going deeply into the subject only mentioning it briefly and saying plutonium is in it.

3/19/11 - A site to bookmark and keep up with "All things Nuclear"  about Japan - Scientist - full reports and explanation of the plants and what is occurring and the amount of nuclear material in each reactor.  

3/18/11 - Japan has now asked the U.S. for Help at the Nuclear Power Plant.   

3/18/11 - I have a post up about a comparison of Chernobyl two days after explosion to Japan's flyover yesterday.  

3/17/11 - 3:10pm est - CNN nuclear expert on right now.  MOX fuel was mentioned being in Reactor 3.  When the anchor asked him what would happen if the MOX fuel got out, he COMPLETELY AVOIDED ANSWERING THE QUESTION!  He began a description on how there are containment vessels and if the containment vessel stays in tact - no problems.  He NEVER Answered the question "What would happen if Reactor 3 completely melted down with MOX?"!   She let him get away with that too, instead of pressing him for an answer!




3/17/11 - It is claimed the U.S. government has seized all Potassium Iodide Pills from suppliers as the MSM is ridiculing people for purchasing them - full story is here. 

3/16/11 - 2:38pm est DEVELOPING - JAPANESE OFFICIAL - REACTOR 3 MAY BE RUPTURED NOW AND LEAKING RADIATION - THIS IS THE MOX FUEL REACTOR!  ALL MEDIA AND GOVERNMENTS NEED TO START EDUCATING PEOPLE AND INFORMING THEM THIS IS 2 MILLION TIMES WORSE THAN NORMAL FALLOUT!

VIDEO JUST RELEASED 3/17/11 - UP CLOSE FLY OVER OF NUCLEAR PLANT 
also click for this video and video of Commander of U.S. Military in Japan - Evacuating Bases there starting today.

Reactors 5 and 6 are now having problems.

  

3/16/11 4:54pm est - NRC - Nuclear Regulatory Commission says there is no more water in Reactor 4 and now nothing to stop a full meltdown!  This is the reactor with all the spent rods in it from all the other reactors.  So this is like all the other reactors rolled into one!  Japan officials are denying NRC's claim - but NRC is standing by their statement!  When this goes what will stop it from causing all the others to also go due to how big of a blast it will create.

3/16/11 - 7:11pm est - SCIENTIST HAVE SAID THEY ARE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT REACTOR 3 - DUE TO THE MOX FUEL

From article:

In addition, plutonium is a particularly long-lived and toxic material. The half-life of plutonium-239 is 24,000 years, so if it escaped in smoke from a burning reactor and contaminated soil downwind, it would remain hazardous for tens of thousands of years.

 3/16/11 - 5:10pm est - CNN has said there is NO Water in Reactor 3 (MOX fuel) - So that one is in total meltdown also.  At least he did say it has Plutonium in it.

UPDATE 3/16/11 6:52pm est - 77% of Fuel Rods in Reactor 1 damaged and 33% of Reactor 2 damaged both believed to have partially melted down now.

Developing - 3/16/11 - 12:pm est - EU Energy Chief Says within hours a Catastrophic event will happen in Japan plus Russian Diplomats are being evacuated from Japan 
What do they know that we do not?
***Update 3/16/11 12:45pm est - EU Chief now backtracking saying "He meant it is his fear, something Catastrophic will happen within hours in Japan"***


UPDATE 3/16/11 - 5:47pm est - UN Calls Emergency Meeting with 35 Members regarding Japan's Nuclear Problem.

THESE PICTURES ADDED 3/15/11 11:20pm est - I SCREEN CAPTURED THEM OFF THE LIVE JAPAN NEWS NETWORK

Click on pictures to view them larger

REACTOR 3 IN FRONT 4 BEHIND

Reactor 3 and 4

Up close Reactor 4 - Shows Large hole in vessel

BELOW PICTURES FROM THIS LINK

Added 3/15/11 - 9:46pm est -   Reactor 2 Officially Breached - Reactor 4 Official Breached

 http://www.ustream.tv/channel/nhk-world-tv
On right now 3/15/11 10:22pm est - Live News Conference about Reactors 

Workers of the Nuclear Plant have been evacuated (they say the workers are now back)

3/15/11 10:19 pm est - Reactor 3 is on Fire - that is the Mox Fuel Reactor!

Reactor 3 (Mox fuel) after explosion - Reactor 1 at bottom - Reactor 2 inbetween which is said to be in full melt down.  What happens if 2 explodes completely- containment vessel and all?  Will that rupture Reactor 1 and 3's (Mox fuel) containment vessels? (edit - it seems it may have done just as I wondered, when the containment vessel of 2 blew)

 ADDED 3/15/11 10:45am est - 

http://www.radiationnetwork.com/

ADDED 3/15/11 11:46am -Another Radiation Detection site 

http://www.blackcatsystems.com/RadMap/map.html

3/15/11 11:54am est Radiation is now being detected at U.S. Military Bases outside Tokyo - Military Personnel are being told to stay indoors with windows closed!  Another link Direct from Navy Command about radiation at U.S. Military Bases

ADDED 3/15/11 - Global Jet Stream from March 13th to 21st



- Video of EXPLOSION OF REACTOR 3 (Mox Fuel) that happened on 3/14/11 11am  Japanese time (Mox Fuel) * watch this video and the one at the bottom of this article of Reactor #1 exploding on Saturday - to me this explosion is much bigger and more powerful than the other and there was a large flash at the beginning!






http://www.marketwatch.com/story/tokyo-radiation-levels-23-times-normal-officials-2011-03-15-04540

Since Reactor 2s explosion on 3/15/11 6am Japan time radiation levels in Tokyo are 23 Times normal

Air China has canceled all Flights to Japan. 

Lufthansa has canceled all flights to Tokyo Japan

KLM has canceled all flights to Tokyo Japan 

UPS is not accepting packages to Japan 

3/17/11 US Diplomats and US citizens being evacuated from Japan 


3/15/11 - Reactor 4 containment vessel has been breached - it is damaged and leaking radioactive material!

High Radiation is now registered 200 miles away in Pacific by U.S. Navy

Added 3/16/11 2:25pm est - Video about Chernobyl at 4 min mark on Most Important!  At 5:30 mark - says if second explosion had happened then Europe would have been made Uninhabitable!  Japan's individual reactors are 100 x's more powerful than Chernobyl that is not even taking into account Reactor 3 (MOX fuel)

Added 3/16/11 7:08 pm est - A Reader sent me this information.
"The Case Against MOX fuel being used in Japanese Nuclear Plants"
From article:

If there is an accident at Fukushima I-3

Exposure doses for residents resulting from a diffusion of radioactivity caused by a severe accident at Fukushima I-3 were calculated by applying the same method used in the disaster assessment in 'WASH-1400', an accident analysis report produced by the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission.

The plan to burn MOX fuel in light water reactors is called the plu-thermal program in Japan. In the core of a pluthermal reactor, there are ten times more actinides such as plutonium, americium, and curium than the core of a uranium reactor. Actinides cause serious internal exposure in human bodies and thus pose a very serious threat to human health.

The main results from the calculations are shown in table 1. In short, exposure doses resulting from an accident at a pluthermal reactor would be twice those produced by an accident at a uranium reactor. A given exposure dose would be received by residents over twice the distance. The overall affected area would be four times larger. When fatalities by cancer from an accident at a pluthermal reactor is calculated with an assumption that Tokyo was downwind, the number of cancer fatalities would increase from 0.4 million in the case of an accident at a uranium reactor to 10.6 million (See table 2). In view of such risks, MOX utilization is simply too dangerous

3/17/11 - NyTimes released an interactive map of where the Radiation Plume will go.

Original post commences about MOX fuel

I am so Astounded that the Japanese have as many Nuclear Power Plants that they have on the most seismic place in the world!  How they did not have 100 different back up plans is beyond me!  Why didn't they have their generators 50 feet in the air in case of tsunamis?  I have thought of tons of questions regarding it all!


I am sadden by the tragedy in the first place, now the Man made tragedy is unfolding that is a million times worse than the natural tragedy!


We all know some of Japan's nuclear power plants are in trouble and one exploded.


What is NOT Being released is the FUEL used in that plant!  I read about it and decided to research it!  
I am SHOCKED at what I found!  This power plant meltdown can be 2 MILLION times Worse than Chernobyl!  This could make the whole country of Japan uninhabitable, besides being carried around the world!


This is truly Sickening!  In fact it really makes you wonder WHY they did not have 100 safety precautions in place!  How dare they use MOX in a nuclear power plant in a place that is known for the biggest quakes and tsunamis!  Besides Japan putting their plants right along side the ocean! 

Read this whole post to understand the FULL ramifications of this Nuclear Plant Meltdown!  There is a Power Point Presentation the UN put together for MOX fuel I downloaded it - but there is not a link to go to for it.  I can't insert power point presentations here either.

Here is what I have found:

http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20100823a7.html

FUKUSHIMA (Kyodo) Tokyo Electric Power Co. on Saturday loaded a nuclear reactor in Fukushima Prefecture with MOX, a controversial fuel made with reprocessed plutonium and uranium oxides, as it prepares to become the leading power utility's first facility to go pluthermal.

Mixing it up: A MOX fuel rod on Saturday is loaded into a nuclear reactor in Fukushima Prefecture. KYODO PHOTO

The No. 3 reactor at Tepco's Fukushima No. 1 plant will be the nation's third pluthermal facility, but only the first to be refurbished since the plant was built 34 years ago.

Tokyo Electric plans to activate the reactor on Sept. 18 and let it start generating electricity on Sept. 23.  (2010)

***Recognize that plant name?   Yeah, it is the one that blew up****

http://www.world-nuclear.org/info/inf29.html
about Mox use in nuclear plants

http://archive.greenpeace.org/nuclear/transport/plutoshipsumm.pdf
Green peace information about Mox going to Japan and their very strong concerns about it

http://brc.gov/Reactor_Fuel_Cycle_Technology_SC/docs/Oct_12_Mtg/Kazimi_BRCFuelCycleEvaluation.pdf
A Tepco - Japanese professor about Mox/uranium

http://www.inmm.org/scriptcontent/PNNL/2010/Session%2015%20-%20Safeguards%20by%20Design%20II/Yapunich%20-%20Commercial%20Viability%20of%20MOX%20Fuel%20Transport%20in%20the%20US/Yapuncich%20paper.pdf
DOE - info on Mox and transportation of it

ADDED - 3/14/11 11:25am est - Nuclear Regulatory Fact Sheet on MOX fuel.
http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/fact-sheets/mox.html

and Oak Ridge Labs getting the fuel rods to study - due to abnormal growth in fuel assemblies with them.

http://blogs.knoxnews.com/munger/2008/11/mox_fuel_coming_to_ornl.html

Japan's Mox Nuclear Plant Program
http://www.japannuclear.com/nuclearpower/moxprogram


ADDED 3/15/11 - MOX Fuel is used at 2 other Japanese Nuclear Plants.
http://nuclearstreet.com/nuclear_power_industry_news/b/nuclear_power_news/archive/2010/03/09/areva-mox-fuel-provides-electricity-for-the-second-time-in-japan-03092.aspx

http://www.ieer.org/ensec/no-3/main.html
The joint study cites a number of safety precautions necessary in the fabrication of MOX fuel relative to uranium fuel. MOX fuel emits higher gamma radiation and much higher neutron radiation than uranium fuel. Therefore, a separate fresh fuel storage facility designed for MOX only fuel containers for on-site use, and transport equipment for fresh fuel may be necessary. Dust resulting from MOX fabrication is also a concern for worker safety because of the dangers of inhaling plutonium (see article on health effects of plutonium). 

MOX Spent Fuel
 
Plutonium is both used up and produced when MOX fuel is used in reactors. MOX spent fuel contains more plutonium than conventional spent fuel (that is, spent fuel resulting from loading an LWR with low enriched uranium fuel). Conventional spent fuel from LWRs typically contains about one percent plutonium when it is withdrawn from the reactor. The amount of residual plutonium in MOX spent fuel would depend on the initial plutonium loading (percent of plutonium in the fuel), the burn-up of the fuel, and the configuration in which the fuel is used.
For light water reactors using MOX fuel, the NAS calculates that residual plutonium in the spent fuel would range from 1.6 percent (for a 33% MOX core with 4% plutonium loading) to 4.9 percent (for a 100% MOX core with 6.8% plutonium loading). Ranges of 2.5 percent to 6.8 percent plutonium loading have been suggested. In the case of a CANDU reactor using a 100% MOX core, the percentage of plutonium in MOX spent fuel would be between 0.8 and 1.4 percent for MOX fuel containing 1.2 percent and 2.1 percent plutonium, respectively.¹² 

Repository disposal of MOX spent fuel is complicated not only by the higher plutonium content in MOX, but by the larger quantities of transuranic elements in the spent fuel as well. This results in MOX spent fuel being thermally hotter than conventional spent fuel. The presence of greater amounts of transuranic radionuclides like americium-241 also cause persistent higher spent fuel temperatures, and cause the decay of thermal power level to be slower. MOX spent fuel use may therefore require that a host of issues be revisited, such as design of transportation and disposal canisters, and design of on-site spent fuel storage casks. For instance, the higher temperatures may cause storage problems at reactors that have limited storage room in their spent fuel pools. The higher temperature may also result in a need for more repository space, unless a repository is designed to take hotter fuel and withstand higher temperatures. Greater repository space would result in proportionally higher repository disposal costs. In addition, if the amount of residual gallium in MOX spent fuel is too high, it may result in deterioration of the spent fuel cladding, create new issues in evaluating the suitability of a repository, and pose greater risk of groundwater contamination. There are some uncertainties as to the concentration of gallium that might adversely affect spent fuel integrity. The differences between spent MOX fuel and spent uranium fuel pose many complications for reprocessing as well.

excerts from this linked article - this is much more serious than a normal nuclear plant meltdown! 

http://www.nirs.org/reactorwatch/mox/puupdat4.txt

#Danger of Losing Control of the Reactor Is Greater with MOX

Conventional LWRs are designed to decrease the reactivity when
the temperature rises. But when using Pu-239 as fuel, heating of
the core from an increase in reaction rate tends to increase the
reaction rate still further.  This is called the positive
temperature coefficient of reactivity, meaning there is a danger
of losing control of the reactor by accelerated chain reaction of
fissioning.(10)

MOX spent fuel contains more fission products than uranium spent
fuel.  The important factor in managing spent fuel is the heat
generation caused by the highly radioactive fission products.
Since spent MOX fuel contains much more fission products, the
heat generation from MOX spent fuel is twice as high as that of
spent uranium fuel after 10 years and three times as high after
100 years.(14)
Plutonium does not exist in the natural environment, and is only
produced in nuclear reactors.  It is known as one of the most
toxic elements.  It emits high energy alpha radiation, and has
harmful biological effects.
 
Alpha radiation has a very short range but very intense
ionization power.  If exposed on the surface of the skin, the
skin works as a shield and will prevent its penetration into the
body, but all of its ionizing power will be focused on the small
spot, causing burns and killing the skin tissue.  If inhaled
into the body, the alpha particle will go in through the
respiratory tract, and enter the lung.  Due to its long
half-life, it will stay in the body permanently, emitting alpha
radiation, and killing the surrounding tissues by strong
ionization.  If plutonium is taken into the body in soluble form
(e.g. plutonium nitrate) through food chain, it will enter the
blood stream, and into the bones, liver and genital organs where
it will be enriched.  Alpha radiation leads to reactions in the
cells of living things.  It can cause damage to the nucleus and
DNA of the cell, in effect causing genetic damage in descendants,
particularly if germ cells are affected.(15)  
#Dangers of Resuspension in the Environment 

In the event of a contamination of the environment with
plutonium, the whirling up and inhalation of plutonium particles,
known as resuspension, plays an important role.  If there is a
road traffic, building work or cleaning work at the plutonium
contaminated site, plutonium can enter the body through the
respiratory tract.  Generally, the more whirled up, the greater
the dose intake per quantity of plutonium on the ground.  If
there is fire, and plutonium becomes airborne into fine aerosol
particles, plutonium contamination of the environment will extend
to a far larger scale, landing on ground, contaminating a vast
wider area. Plutonium remains effective over very long periods
affecting the health of the people and the environment.(16)  
#Accident Scenario When Burning MOX

Accidents involving overheating and meltdown are possible in any
nuclear reactors.  In such accidents, not only would readily
volatile noble gases, like iodine and caesium be released
to the environment, but a small portion of the actinides,
including plutonium and neptunium would be released.  As the
activity of the actinides is substantially higher in the case of
MOX, the consequences of such severe accidents become more
serious.

When MOX fuels are used, the probability of having such serious
accidents or trouble would increase due to the high content of
plutonium in the fuel.  Even if an accident is not a serious one,
it could become serious since even a small portion of the
inventory of actinides released to the environment could cause
significant radiological consequences.
#Accidents at Fabrication Plants

Accidents at MOX fuel fabrication plants have occurred.  In June,
1991, the storage bunker of the MOX fuel fabrication plant in
Hanau, Germany was contaminated with MOX.  It occurred after the
rupture of a foil for container packaging in the course of an
in-plant transportation process.  Five workers were exposed to
plutonium.  This accident was the main reason the fabrication
plant at Hanau was shut down.(19)

In November, 1992, a rod was broken through a handling error and
MOX dust released during the mounting of MOX fuel rods to fuel
assemblies in the fuel fabrication facility adjoining the MOX
facility in Dessel, Belgium.(20)

In event of such accidents, if the International Commission on
Radiological Protection (ICRP) recommendations for general public
exposure were adhered to, only about 1 mg of plutonium may be
released from a MOX facility to the environment.  As a
comparison, in uranium fabrication facility, 2kg (2,000,000mg)of
uranium could be released in the same radiation exposure. A 1 mg
release of plutonium from a processing process can easily happen
from various smaller incidents.(21)  

Must Watch video - Information about Plutonium in Nuclear Plants.

3/18/11 - This Video is from Chernobyl a fly over 2 days after it exploded - it shows white smoke coming from it. Seems to me that is what we are already seeing in Japan - the white smoke.

VIDEO DONE WITH INFORMATION ABOUT MOX FUEL

Added 3/16/11 - Zerohedge has a very good article detailing the Nuclear Plant in meltdown and all the spent rods stored and how many.  Excellent information to understand how much radiation and rods that are involved and ultimately how much radiation may be involved. 

One other bit of information - KI pills do no good against MOX - it is only good for Uranium radiation. Plutonium is not affected by the pills!

EDIT TO ADD 3/13/11 8:54pm - Link to information about Plutonium Contamination of Large Land Areas.
It stays in the soil 100% for one inch.  Even rain does not wash it away.   This link also give diagrams of distance to amount of contamination of that distance.


I will say in my own opinion ALL Nuclear Power plants anywhere near fault lines need to be SHUT DOWN IMMEDIATELY! That includes those that are right on the fault in California (what brilliant idiots decided on that place?) and all that are near the New Madrid Fault! Nuclear power plants ARE NOT Clean Energy! In fact they contaminate the Earth on a level that takes thousands of years to eradicate.

3/18/11 - WHO says no need to ban travel to and from Japan - radiation levels aren't that bad from people coming from there.   WHO is the LAST organization I would personally  trust regarding in Health information.

EDIT to ADD - 3/14/11 - 8:55pm est - I will be doing lots of research on how people can protect themselves from contamination.  I will say, those on the West Coast should go and get tarps ASAP, before they are sold out to make a small decontamination type building outside your house.  I will be putting something together to help inform people what to do for uranium and plutonium contamination.

ADDITION - 3/14/11 - 10:34pm est - Good Article to read with Map of Jet Stream and where the radiation will travel to.  PNW is in the direct line of fire of the fallout from Japan.
http://www.zerohedge.com/article/are-we-danger-radioactive-exposure-japanese-nuclear-leaks

Updates that were at the top - are now here - they are situations and news as they happened.

on 3/15/11 6am Japan time- Reactor 2 exploded -http://www.livestation.com/channels/123-nhk-world-english


0n 3/14/ 11 Japan time- Video of EXPLOSION OF REACTOR 3 (Mox Fuel) that Just now happened on 3/14/11 at 11am  Japanese time (Mox Fuel) * watch this video and the one at the bottom of this article of Reactor #1 exploding on Saturday - to me this explosion is much bigger and more powerful than the other and there was a large flash at the beginning!

Question added 3/14/11 - They say they are pumping seawater into all the reactors to cool them.  The Japanese government nor MSM have mentioned where the seawater is being dumped afterward.  Is the toxic radiated water being circulated back into the ocean after going through all the reactors?

UPDATE - 3/14/11 12:12 AM - I was just listening to FOX news and they were talking to a Nuclear Expert as soon as he began saying Reactor 3 which had just exploded has different fuel and about to explain it, she totally cut him off and said there was no more time to talk to him.  Wow - they are trying to keep this information about MOX fuel from getting out! 

CONFIRMED - REACTOR 3 (Mox Fuel Reactor) Exploded 10:50pm est- On LIVE right now  - they are saying it is all still contained - possibly mass radiation from it though - (update) now they have changed that story and saying no radiation! Saying reactor is not damaged now and saying containment vessel still intact - same explosion as what happened with #1 - just the outer building!
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/nhk-world-tv

 UPDATE -3/13/11 10:38PM EST - CNN JUST NOW SAID THERE WAS A BLAST AT REACTOR NUMBER 3  (the mox fuel reactor) - They are not sure of the whole situation and all they know is there has been a blast from it.

 UPDATE 3/13/11 10PM est-  NUMBER 3 REACTOR - rods may have been damaged  (this is the one with the MOX fuel).  

The official also said that Tokyo Electric Power Co. (9501), the operator of the plant, has been able to release pressure in reactor No. 3 but that he's concerned that its fuel rods may be damaged.

Another UPDATE - Just out - From IAEA blog  about Reactor 3 (MOX fuel reactor) -

Unit 3 does not have off-site power supply nor backup diesel generators providing power to the plant. As the high pressure injection system and other attempts to cool the reactor core have failed, injection of water and boron into the reactor vessel has commenced. Water levels inside the reactor vessel increased steadily for a certain amount of time but readings indicating the water level inside the pressure vessel are no longer showing an increase. The reason behind this is unknown at this point in time. To relieve pressure, venting of the containment started on 13 March at 9:20AM local Japan time. Planning is underway to reduce the concentration of hydrogen inside the containment building. The containment building is intact at Unit 3.

Edit 3/14/11 9am est - I have a question.. they are saying there has not been radiation leaking and the containment vessels are intact with both reactors.  Then WHY   Those in a helicopter were contaminated found when they landed on the Ronald Reagan?   It is said the Ronald Reagan went through a radiation cloud also. Why isn't MSM asking that question?  How can the reactors be intact yet people are getting contaminated from radiation?  Can't they ask the most basic questions?  Don't they know people will on their own know someone is lying somewhere.  Lets see..... the Japanese about the reactors not melted down and no radiation leaking or the U.S. military and the soldiers who are now showing radiation contamination?  hhhmmm.... let me think about that.

another addition.. 9:26am est - I am flabbergasted CNN anchor says reactor exploded but NO Radiation Leaked!  How can they say that with a straight face?  When the U.S. military has been contaminated out in the ocean from radiation?  How can they easily lie like that, when it doesn't make sense? They are saying steam released had small amounts of radiation but they are not saying one word about MOX fuel in that steam.

Added - 3/14/11 12:20pm est - Link for Live Real Time Geiger Counter in Tokyo

Added 3/14/11 12:36am est - Kyodo news says partial melt down for Reactor 1 and 3 and now
Reactor 2  rods were fully exposed - there are fears of it exploding now.  This one may be a full meltdown.
Reactor 2 is not a MOX fuel reactor.

 This is what Japan's stores look like now. 3/15/11  Makes you think.... What would happen in the U.S. 

with a disaster?  Have you thought ahead? 

Trailer from The China Syndrome from 1979