JAPAN -SELF THREAT YEAR PLACE SEEPING NOW PERSON 200 NIGHTMARE EXPLOSION COVER STRUCTURE LETHAL
The recent nuclear disaster ___ the Fukushima plant in ___ has been described as ___ ‘next Chernobyl’ – but Chernobyl ___ poses an even greater ___, according to campaigners. Twenty-five ___ on from the accident, ___ sarcophagus hastily put in ___ to prevent further poisons ___ into the atmosphere is ___ crumbling. And this poses ___ great danger to the ___ of the region, according ___ Adi Roche, Chief Executive ___ Chernobyl Children International (CCI).
___ quarter of the region ___ now unoccupiable and already ___,000 people have been displaced ___ their homes, but the ___ may not be over ___ the people of Belarus.
___ the aftermath of the ___ in 1986, emergency teams ___ the stricken reactor with ___ massive steel and concrete ___ to seal in the ___ mix of radioactive fuel ___ materials like concrete and sand that fused together in the 1986 blast. That has come to the end of its lifespan and must be replaced but, to date, nothing has been done.
“It is a crumbling sarcophagus”, and “The next Chernobyl could be Chernobyl”, said Ms Roche of the structure of nearly 700,000 tons of steel and 400,000 tons of concrete. She estimates that just three per cent of the radiation escaped in the original explosion –leaving 97% of the material “still rumbling away”. She was “heartbroken” when the catastrophe struck at the Fukushima plant in Japan. She also pointed out immediately after the Japanese disaster, experts had said: “This is not Chernobyl”. But now, weeks later:”It is Chernobyl”.
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Have fun....and take care! 254 JUN-A-2011
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Have fun....and take care! 254 JUN-A-2011
