NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS JAPANESE

Iwaki, Japan – There are few man-made dangers that hold the kind of fear potential that nuclear power possesses. While generally safe and clean, the potential side effects of nuclear power can be devastating and so any potential for exposure to such

materials inevitably creates a great deal of panic. That is exactly what is happening in Japan right now as crews struggle to contain a cascade of failures at multiple nuclear facilities across the country following Friday’s awesome 8.9 magnitude earthquake.

An explosion at one of the facilities early Saturday amped up that panic, in a country already struggling with nearly immeasurable levels of destruction, though early reports indicate that event released no radiation. Still, the facilities are under threat and at least one is apparently close to a meltdown prompting a plan to flood the radioactive core with sea water, a procedure which would destroy the reactor for good. Much like past nuclear disasters at Chernobyl and Three Mile Island, the ongoing crisis in Japan has raised concerns about the safety of nuclear power, particularly in regions prone to natural disasters. Now while workers struggle to avoid further catastrophe nuclear experts are weighing in, trying to identify what exactly went wrong and how such events may be prevented in the future, putting a whole lot of heat on the industry.

“This is a disaster unlike anything we have seen ever. Every single safety protocol appears to have failed at these facilities and it is entirely possible that we are going to experience another nuclear event. Obviously the people of Japan have some experience with this type of thing, but that doesn’t make it okay and it highlights the fact that a lot of work still needs to be done to secure these facilities,” said an IAEA insider. “Nobody likes this kind of heat on the industry. We have for years promoted nuclear tech as a safe and clean alternative to other forms of energy and these events kind of throw all that to the winds, threatening to poison the entire industry.”

At least one facility vented radioactive gas into the atmosphere in an attempt to reduce pressure inside the core.

“No one likes to see entire towns evacuated, to see people afflicted with radiation, that does no one any good least of all the nuclear industry itself. There is no vested interest by us to see this kind of event occur at anytime and we want to make that very clear, that we do not like these kinds of events,” continued the insider. “This is heat we simply don’t need and because it is such a frightening event to so many people it will have this chain reaction effect that will cause all kinds of problems for nuclear programs all across the world and that is totally unfair especially considering all the good nuclear power does for the world.”

Japan has fifty-three nuclear sites and is the most earthquake prone country in the world.

“This event is of course an ongoing thing and it will serve to potentially change the nuclear industry forever. As bad as the situations are right now, what would have happened if the epicentre had been underneath a facility? That will be the question many people are going to be asking over the next few weeks,” said Scrape TV Disaster analyst Walter Lim. “One thing for sure is that the nuclear industry is going to be under a lot of pressure, going to be getting a lot of heat, and there are going to be a lot of people venting about the dangers of nuclear power, fairly or unfairly.”

Residents in and around the cities near the facilities have reportedly been so scared they are jumping at their own shadows.