Japan's destroyed Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant continues releasing radiation twenty-four hours a day in a situation worsening according to nuclear experts who concur that it is the worst nuclear disaster in human history. Although Japanese children are suffering with signs of Radiation Sickness, when a pricey solution to the ongoing catastrophe was recently nixed, Sunday, a major Japanese newspaper lashed out at government and TEPCO for not providing information and protection for the people, including those far from the plant. TEPCO workers at the plant say they are on a suicide mission.
"Workers who had internal exposure to high levels of radiation were recently revealed, but it was months after their exposure," reported Mainichi Daily News on Sunday.
"The government and TEPCO need to speed up full measurements of workers' exposures to radiation and efforts to minimize their exposure."
People are still working at the plant daily and many feel betrayed where a very real danger remains according to an AlJazeera report Sunday. At least eight workers exposed to high levels of radiation were removed from duty but others have not been deterred. (See embedded Youtube video at page left)
"TEPCO announced they had a melt through. A melt down is when the fuel collapses to the bottom of the reactor, and a melt through means it has melted through some layers. That blob is incredibly radioactive, and now you have water on top of it. The water picks up enormous amounts of radiation, so you add more water and you are generating hundreds of thousands of tons of highly radioactive water."
"(TEPCO), the nuclear fuel that has melted down inside reactors at the Fukushima nuclear plant has gone through the bottom of the containers, which are like pressure cookers, and is lying on the concrete foundations, sinking into the ground below," Koide stated.
"We have to install a barrier deep in the soil and build a subterranean dam as soon as possible to prevent groundwater contaminated with radioactive materials from leaking into the ocean."
Prime Minister Naoto Kan's aide, Suio Mabuchi, who is managing the nuclear power plant issues, holds the same concerns as those expressed by Koide and has sought an announcement on construction of an underground dam, but TEPCO has resisted such a move, reportedly due to funds required to implement the plan.
Takao Yamada, Expert Senior Writer for the Mainichi Daily News reports that meanwhile, the Fukushima nuclear power plant "continues to deteriorate and radioactive materials are eerily spreading and contaminating the area around the plant."
Yamada begs the question, "Which is more important: upholding share prices or stopping pollution?"
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