Crippled Fukushima Reactors Are Still a Danger, 5 Years after the Accident

On March 11, 2011, a giant tsunami from the Pacific Ocean swept over the 10-meter sea wall surrounding six reactors at the Fukushima power plant on Japan’s east coast. The crashing water caused reactor cores to overheatand melt, and subsequent hydrogen explosions damaged three reactor buildings. Radiation spewed in every direction. The country shut down all of its more than 40 reactors, and investigations began into radiation exposure to tens of thousands of nearby residents, as well as to wildlife on land and sea. But major questions still loom today, in part because the damaged reactors are too dangerous to enter, and in part because the plant's operator, the Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco), is reluctant to share information.

http://www.scientificamerican.com/a...e-still-a-danger-5-years-after-the-accident1/


If you have no idea why I am posting all this, because today marks the 5th anniversary of the Fukushima disaster.