Since the massive quake hit in Japan, it became known rather quickly that Japan has an uncommon array of nuclear reactors in the northeast of the country. Uncommon because this is one of the only places on the planet with so many nuclear reactors right next to each other, unfortunately, on a fault line. If you remember Chernobyl, that was one reactor and that was landlocked with NO jetstream. The big advantage authorities had in dealing with Chernobyl is that they were able to immediately begin containing the meltdown since it was the single catastrophe they were dealing with and they had the man power and resources, including electricity, to run a containment operation.
Everyone needs to understand something right now and that is that the media is NOT in place to alert people of how bad the situation may or may not be. They are in place to keep people calm and to keep people orderly until the last possible moments. They WILL NOT disclose what is currently happening. So any "experts" or CNN, MSNBC, FOX, you name it program talking about this nuke reactor situation WILL NOT be telling you all the current facts due to national security.
Japan's resources, energy and man power is currently being used up in its largest disaster in history, they DO NOT and CAN NOT have the power to contain the reactors as they begin to fail.
So why are they failing and why does this matter? We had 2 different explosions since the quake at 2 different reactors that Japan failed to mention to the United States the reason for the failures. The United States found out within the last 24-48 hours that the reason these reactors exploded is because there is NO POWER in the north east part of the country and WILL NOT be any power for months to keep the cooling systems running. These reactors are running on limited backup power systems that are failing. As they fail, the reactor overheats and thats how you get the explosion.
Well today it was announced that a 3rd reactor's cooling systems are now shutting down. FYI, there are countless more reactors running on backup power.
Why is this being understated by the media? Because we literally DO NOT have generators or power systems in any arsenal anywhere on the planet to keep these cooling systems running, which means that YES, these reactors will all at some point fail. As they fail, a nuclear meltdown is EXTREMELY realistic. This is where the experts disagree. Some are saying that meltdown is next to impossible, others say that is bullsh*t and that it is damn near expected once the cooling systems fail.
The real facts here you won't hear from either side is that Japan is choosing to use Seawater as a cheap resort to try and cool the rods in the reactor. Problem with that scenario is that seawater WILL CORRODE the rods and we will have a MUCH LARGER environmental situation on our hands. Tons of radioactivity may or may not be currently leaking into the environment, both air and water. Tons of radioactivity may or may not be continuing to leak and tons more might be added as more reactors fail.
This is WAY BIGGER than Chernobyl ever was, if all else fails that is and these reactors begin to meltdown.
Remember, the media WILL NOT tell you whether or not these issues are a reality, they are in place to keep you calm.
No one should be alarmists here, however, with that said, you should probably be prepared to deal with nuclear fallout as a possibility due to the jetstreams and the leaking radioactivity here. Potassium Iodide is what you need in nuclear fallout.
It never hurts to be prepared for anything and everything, but people should not be alarmists.
You WILL NOT be told information you can trust at this time from ANY source you think may be "credible." PERIOD, due to national security.
If there is or is not a fallout, that radioactive cloud will literally turn one of the largest disasters of our time in to the largest disaster the planet may have to address because the whole far east region may need to be evacuated. We are talking shipments of food and supplies CEASE here, people. We are talking an economic situation, the whole world will have to be engaged in this. It affects our economy, it affects our environment and YES, the radioactive cloud CAN travel to the United States and although it may dissipate, it will not spread by much due to the extremely unique jetstream we have in the Atlantic during this time of year. The west coast is literally in the jetstream path.
This situation will MOST LIKELY be contained, HOWEVER, you should be prepared.
Like it or not, you should be prepared even if this disaster isn't imminent. You should have weeks of food and water in your house, water filters, survival gear, and the like.
There is NOT enough supplies in any arsenal by military or anyone else to provide for everyone for any extended period of time.
US NAVY'S website on Japan Quake:
http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=59065here is the Pacific Fleet's website on it:
http://www.cpf.navy.mil/media/news/articles/2011/mar/mar13_C7F_reposition.shtmlVideo of the jetstream:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLWlxg95sEE&feature=youtube_gdata_playerMore video of the jetstreams:
