Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Explossion - Will Everything Be In Control?

After the earthquake and a subsequent devastating tsunami, now another
disaster lays looming. Experts are working against the racing clock to
prevent a "meltdown" at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. The
same problem is now said to be possibly underway, a meltdown. How
catastrophic will it be incase it happens? How safe is nuclear power?

8.9 JAPAN QUAKE AND TSUNAMI DEVASTATION

The scale of the quake that hit Japan on Friday March 11, 2011 is said to be one of the biggest after many decades. Warnings of increased seismic activity had been given but when the earthquake struck, it only took about 30 minutes before a devastating tsunami came sweeping everything along its way. People along the coastal areas affected had little time to escape and many lives than reported are feared to have been lost. The quake was almost violently shaking everything. Buildings were swaying like trees while people could not keep standing upright. Many witnessed the ground tearing apart before their eyes while roads and other infrastructures were seriously damaged.

A nuclear plant Fukushima Daiichi is now presenting potential problems as an aftermath of tsunami which cut power to its cooling system. Experts are working hard to restore power to the plant because the cooling system is said to be running on backup batteries that would only last a few hours. There are fears that radiation is leaking from the nuclear plant. It has been confirmed that radioactivity around the area is now a 1,000 times more, but experts say as of now it’s not dangerous.

Rescue operations have begun and several countries have responded with their help. United States is sending as team of rescuers to help in lifting the heavy concrete walls of destroyed buildings. Helicopters have been seen today morning carrying out rescue operations.

Japan is often struck by quakes but yesterday’s disaster was huge to beat her preparedness. The country spends a lot of money every year on disaster preparedness and management. Most of the buildings are constructed with materials that minimize the effects of quakes. These strategies have definitely helped to reduce the magnitude of devastations, but the earthquakes scale was still high. Aftershocks are currently being reported bu reducing in magnitude. We hope more help will go in the way of Japan to recover soon from the tsunami devastation and forge ahead to the future.