Fukushima nuclear reactor DID eject fuel materials outside.

Well, contrary to all the BS you've been hearing from nuclear apologists, the NYT is reporting that during those hydrogen explosions, nuclear fuel was ejected:

"Fragments or particles of nuclear fuel from spent fuel pools above the reactors were blown “up to one mile from the units,” and that pieces of highly radioactive material fell between two units and had to be “bulldozed over,” presumably to protect workers at the site."

 Call me crazy, but I can't imagine how an explosion could direct material upward a mile / 1.6km then have it come back down, just a few meters away.  There is so much obfuscation and intentional confusion, that the only thing we can say for certain is: this is not going to over in a matter of days, weeks, months of even a year.  Consider: TEPCO plans to test their shielding idea in September, and true to form, their current stop-gap measure, in light of the fact that as I suggested two weeks ago that the heat would have damaged the pumps and electrical systems inside, is to continue to use water and firemen to keep the heat down.  As Michio Kaku noted:

"Although electricity was been brought onto the site, a great disappointment is that the pumps cannot be turned on, because they are broken, or there is too much hydrogen gas, or it is too radioactive to make repairs. Until the pumps are turned on, workers have to use the Stone Age method of using firemen to shoot hose water into the reactor."

But wait, if you read that NYT article, you'll note that the big concern of tons of water being shot into the containment buildings, is the mass of that water making the structure even more susceptible to the slightest damage in an aftershock.

As I've posted elsewhere:

If you spray reactors with water, but the fuel remains exposed, where does it go?


a. Leaks out from cracks that were expected because of the design of the reactor's shell dating 40 years.
b. Radioactive steam.
c. Magically and spontaneously disappears.


I'm guessing TEPCO and some Japanese officials must have thought 'c' was the right answer.


Of course now, they've plugged the main leak, so I'll have to alter the question:

If you spray reactors with water, where does it go?


a. Radioactive steam.
b. The path of least resistance.
c. Magically and spontaneously disappears.


I'm guessing TEPCO and some Japanese officials must have thought 'c' was the right answer.