Once the fuel rods that contain radioactive Plutonium and Uranium begin to melt within the inner six-inch thick stainless steel vessel, tremendous amounts of nuclear material are released into the air surrounding the nuclear plant. This graph indicates that any air over Japan will come to the United States within days. It is for certain that nuclear monitoring stations on the west coast of the United States will be closely monitoring the atmosphere for any nuclear particles.
How safe are nuclear plants when they are built directly on fault lines. It is important for people and scientist to look at the land and what is hapening underneath it when deciding where to put nuclear and other dangerous structures.
Japan earthquake: Ian Sample on efforts to contain the nuclear accidentAfter three explosions and two fires at the Fukushima nuclear plant workers seem to be losing the battle to contain the radiation. Day by day Ian Sample will be talking us through all the developments, starting with 15 March. Click through to follow the latest events ...
This article is about the magnitude 9.0 earthquake that struck Japan last Friday was powerful enough to shorten Earth's day by 1.8 microseconds and throw an extra 17 cm into the planet's wobble.
Shows the effects that will take place in human body - also specifically described (organs) can pick which part that interests you. Formatted in a diagram of human body.
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the Japanese nuclear industry have agreed that Japan won't be experience a Chernobyl incident. The IAEA provided a scale for nuclear accidents and the Fukushima is at level 4 while Chernobyl was at level 7.