Fukusima wrap-up, die-off report (thanks ENEnews): The Ground is Mud, and so are we.... Japan Times: Land under Fukushima reactor buildings at risk of turning into liquid — Area near sea could become like mud The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear] plant, part of which was built on filled-in land, also faces the risk of liquefaction if another big temblor hits. [...] The large volume of groundwater flowing under the plant is creating [...] the possibility that the land it stands on will liquefy if another major earthquake hits. enenews/japan-times-land-supporting-fukushima-reactor-buildings-at-risk-of-liquefying-area-near-sea-in-danger-of-turning-to-mud "Expert commentary, including from the METI Nuclear Accident Response Director, has warned that the constant flow of water may lead to further structural instability of the buildings. Keep in mind that the risky fuel-rod removal is likely to take a good deal longer than the year projected [...] 1000 tonnes of water per day runs down from the surrounding hills, further softening the ground under the facilities (which sits over an aquifer)" enenews/japan-professor-ground-beneath-fukushima-reactors-becoming-increasingly-unstable-potential-catastrophe-unfolding-in-plain-sight "Study shows Fukushima nuclear pollution becoming more concentrated as it approaches U.S. West Coast — Plume crosses ocean in a nearly straight line toward N. America — Appears to stay together with little dispersion (MODEL) On March 30, 2011, the Japan Central News Agency reported the monitored radioactive pollutions that were 4000 times higher than the standard level. Whether or not these nuclear pollutants will be transported to the Pacific-neighboring countries through oceanic circulations becomes a world-wide concern. The time scale of the nuclear pollutants reaching the west coast of America is 3.2 years if it is estimated using the surface drifting buoys and 3.9 years if it is estimated using the nuclear pollutant particulate tracers. The half life of cesium-137 is so long that it produces more damage to human. Figure 4 gives the examples of the distribution of the impact strength of Cesium-137 at year 1.5 (panel (a)), year 3.5 (panel (b)), and year 4 (panel (c)). It is worth noting that due to the current near the shore cannot be well reconstructed by the global ocean reanalysis, some nuclear pollutant particulate tracers may come to rest in near shore area, which may result in additional uncertainty in the estimation of the impact strength. Since the major transport mechanism of nuclear pollutants for the west coast of America is the Kuroshio-extension currents, after four years, the impact strength of Cesium-137 in the west coast area of America is as high as 4%." enenews/study-shows-fukushima-nuclear-pollution-becoming-more-concentrated-in-pacific-as-it-nears-u-s-west-coast-plume-travels-a-nearly-straight-line-to-america-appears-to-stay-together-with-little-dis
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