Recommended read on the situation at the stricken nuclear plants:
Recommended read on the situation at the stricken nuclear plants:
A section of insulation material fell from the ceiling of Nagoya Kinjo Futo Arena, the official venue for squash competition at September's Nagoya Asian Games. There were no injuries, but the city suspended use of the arena until its safety could be guaranteed, resulting in the cancelation of the Asian Games squash test event which was scheduled to have begun on May 14. It is not yet clear whether the arena will be usable for the Asian Games as planned. According to city officials, arena staff found that the insulation material had fallen onto a work walkway 13 m above the ground on the night of May 11. The fallen material was 3.6 m long, 50 cm wide and 2.5 km thick, and was found to be waterlogged. The cause of the accident is unknown, but it is possible that it was caused by rainwater leaking in from the roof. The same insulation material is installed across the entire ceiling, and the city plans to check for the extent of the possible flooding. Asked whether the arena will be re...
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Quite useful information is found in the blog of the Union of Concerned Scientists:
http://allthingsnuclear.org/
http://twitter.com/#!/arclight
Writer is a U.S. nuclear engineer being repeated interviewed on CNN, Fox etc. for his views on the situation. With regard to the "Why I'm not worried..." article he says:
RT @nasilva: @arclight Hi, what's your view on this article? http://t.co/cUjPpsV < THIS. Fantastic, clear summary!!! Please read!
I recommend you read his whole twitter feed going back to Friday. The Union of Concerned Scientists is an anti-nuclear group.