Explosion at quake-damaged Japanese nuclear power station; 170.000 evacuated

Sunday, March 13th 2011 - 00:33 UTC

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An estimated 170,000 people have been evacuated from the area around a quake-damaged nuclear power station in north-east Japan that was hit by an explosion, the UN atomic watchdog says. Read full article

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GeoffWard
If the containment structure was breeched in the explosion, where are the hourly atmospheric maps of radioactive particulates?

A 20 mile exclusion zone that pays no attention to the dispersal of radiation is an 'administrative expedience', not a reflection of water-based (river/sea/groundwater) and atmosphere-based dispersion of radioactive material.

There will be much more to come as 'real' news of the nuclear release is allowed out.
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