How are you guys and girls doing?

American friend of mine, Victor says,

I have some training in nuclear power. When I got my Aerospace
Engineering degree, my professor at Syracuse University was one of the
american experts that was able to go to Chernobyl when that reactor
blew up. I can tell you 2 things for sure.

1. The reactors north of you are not as dangerous as the ones at
Chernobyl. Even if the very worst thing that could happens goes wrong
you should still be safe in Tokyo as long as you take reasonable
precautions like clean drinking water and breathing mask. The Japanese
reactors are much much better designed and much safer than the russian
ones.

2. I've looked at the designs of the reactors very carefully. I
believe that they will be kept under control and that they will be
completely shut down and cold within 10 days. It won't be safe near
the reactors for a few weeks and the reactors won't make electricity
again for at least 2 years but it will be safe and cold soon.

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media and confused people are making it worse;
If you need vacation, that is your choice too. it's nice to visit other city than sitting around the house all day in Tokyo.

here is another info from Victor,
Please feel free to post whatever you want. I'm happy to help and my
words are open for public reading.

The nuclear problem is all going to be OK if people keep calm and focus.

The essence to the emergency is make sure people treat this problem
like they would if something extremely dirty was in the air. Not
deadly, just bad.

Clean water and breathing masks are all that is needed right now and
people should be fine. If things get really bad later people should
wash their clothes and shoes when they come in from outside. It is not
that bad yet. Just take simple precautions the same as you would for
flu or bad dirt.

People should remember, these reactors are not made like the Soviet
ones. Soviet reactors were full of LOTS of radioactive materials that
could catch fire and did not keep them in a steel reactor. When
Chernobyl blew up and the building broke open, there was no reactor
container. The building was the whole thing so when it cracked open,
everything was exposed and the fire was RADIOACTIVE fire. Japanese
reactors are not made this way.

Japanese reactors are much better designed. They have the entire
reactor system enclosed inside a steel chamber like a BIG bank vault
for money. They have very little inside them to burn and they are
extremely strong. The buildings that go around a Japanese reactor are
just to keep the rain and wind out. but are not special and make no
difference to the radiation. Even with the buildings gone, the reactor
is closed and strong.

If they can get some water to keep the reactors cool, it will keep
things safer. Even if they can not get the cooling water flowing, it
will still be OK but will take a lot longer to fix and clean up. If
there is a fire there may be some radiation but not like Chernobyl.

The word Melt Down is being used incorrectly by the news media. What
can happen is if it gets hot inside the reactor the frame inside the
reactor that holds the fuel rods can get weak and pieces of it can
break apart and fall to the bottom of the reactor. This won't melt,
instead it just sits there and makes a HUGE mess and problem. The
reason it's a problem is that the robot crane that takes old fuel rods
out of the reactor can not reach the bottom so anything that falls
down has to be cleaned up some other way. They might need to build a
whole new robot crane to reach inside and pick up the broken pieces
later if this happens.

This has not happened yet. This may still be completely OK. People
just need to take care of themselves for now.

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We have Hanami season coming up soon!
Hopefully, We get all together and enjoy sushi and sake under sakura trees then ;)