Friday, November 8, 2013

BBC: ‘The real dead zone’ at Fukushima — Monitor went off scale, over 180,000 CPM

www.enenews.com/bbc-the-real-dead-zone-at-fukushima-experts-just-shook-their-heads-when-asked-where-melted-fuel-is-new-rad-monitor-went-off-scale-at-plant-over-180000-cpm-tepco-please-dont-ask-what
"Suddenly the needle started to spike – 1,000 counts per second, then 2,000, 3,000, finally it went off the scale. There, outside the bus, just a few dozen meters away is the real dead zone, a place where it is still far too dangerous for anyone to go. No human has been inside reactor three since the disaster. To do so would be suicide. No-one knows when it will be possible to go in. When I asked the same experts how long it would be until reactors one, two and three could be dismantled, they shook their heads. When I asked them where they thought the melted reactor cores were, they shook their heads again. [Tepco] was happy to show us reactor four, but please do not ask what they intend to do with reactors one, two and three."