Fukushima Nuke Plant “May Have Achieved Re-Criticality” : IAEA
It’s not the China Syndrome any more, is it? How about the Kansas Syndrome, that has a nice ring to it. Relax, Kansastanians, the antipodes of Japan is really somewhere in Brazil.
via Time:
http://ecocentric.blogs.time.com/2011/03/30/has-fukushimas-reactor-no-1-gone-critical/
The IAEA has said that the Fukushima nuclear power plant may have achieved re-criticality. “There is no final assessment,” IAEA nuclear safety director Denis Flory said at a press conference on Wednesday, according to Bloomberg News. “This may happen locally and possibly increase the releases.”
UPDATE: Here is the original tweet by the Bloomberg International Editor Mosheh Oinounou:
