In the last few days the problem has gotten worse than described below with 4 reactors now on fire in Japan and in the throws of total core melt down.
Chernobyl was just one single reactor, as was 3 mile Island - yet the fall out was catastrophic.
Here we have 4 reactors going off at once not far from the worlds 3rd largest city Tokyo. Japan is also one of the major financial economies of the world banking system.
I don't agree with Patrick Geryl on many things, but I do agree with the reactor shut down in the possible event of something catastrophic happening. Forwarned is forearmed ! The following article is part of a full post on Gerard Le Flamand's 2012 site.
//Nuclear Catastrophe in Japan ‘Could be Worse than Chernobyl’
Total Nuclear Meltdown
The latest tragic developments in the early post-earthquake and tsunami catastrophe in Japan jeopardizing the health and lives of millions, is an expected but unfortunate event which was announced by Patrick Geryl who has been warning for years that all nuclear reactors and stored nuclear fuel will melt down in 2012 due to the earthquakes or the electromagnetic pulse that destroys the electric grid system. The lead up to December 21, 2012 started years ago and with events like the one in Japan, demonstrating the intensifying nature of what is to follow and what we can likely expect but then in a magnitude of intensity. Geryl demands a worldwide shutdown from all nuclear reactors before 2012…or the world faces a total Armageddon…
Nuclear Catastrophe in Japan ‘Could be Worse than Chernobyl’
Kamps is a specialist in nuclear waste at Beyond Nuclear. Last year he was in Japan assessing the state of nuclear facilities there. He said today: “The electrical grid is down. The emergency diesel generators have been damaged. The multi-reactor Fukushima atomic power plant is now relying on battery power, which will only last around eight hours. The danger is, the very thermally hot reactor cores at the plant must be continuously cooled for 24 to 48 hours. Without any electricity, the pumps won’t be able to pump water through the hot reactor cores to cool them. Once electricity is lost, the irradiated nuclear fuel could begin to melt down. If the containment systems fail, a catastrophic radioactivity release to the environment could occur.”
“In addition to the reactor cores, the storage pool for highly radioactive irradiated nuclear fuel is also at risk. The pool cooling water must be continuously circulated. Without circulation, the still thermally hot irradiated nuclear fuel in the storage pools will begin to boil off the cooling water. Within a day or two, the pool’s water could completely boil away. Without cooling water, the irradiated nuclear fuel could spontaneously combust in an exothermic reaction. Since the storage pools are not located within containment, a catastrophic radioactivity release to the environment could occur. Up to 100 percent of the volatile radioactive Cesium-137 content of the pools could go up in flames and smoke, to blow downwind over large distances. Given the large quantity of irradiated nuclear fuel in the pool, the radioactivity release could be worse than the Chernobyl nuclear reactor catastrophe of 25 years ago.”//
Full article can be located at > http://blog.2012pro.com/2012/nuclear-catastrophe-in-japan-could-be-worse-than-chernobyl#more-1433