Typhoon on course for Japan- Nuclear reactors not ready

Typhoon Chedeng Heads to Japan

Will this typhoon damage the already damaged nuclear plant?

The people of Japan are suffering, and their suffering is far from over as a typhoon heads in their direction.  One has to wonder what the Japanese did to deserve such treatment from Mother Nature.  They do slaughter whales, dolphins, and etc., to feed their food fetishes, but even that is not enough to merit the hammering they have received since the first earthquake struck.

Here is the Raw Story:

Officials from the Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) are apologizing in advance for the fact that the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant is not ready for the high winds and heavy rain of Typhoon Chedeng, a massive storm that could make landfall in Japan as early as Monday.

The BBC quotes a TEPCO official as saying, “We have made utmost efforts, but we have not completed covering the damaged reactor buildings. We apologize for the lack of significant measures against wind and rain.”

Buildings housing the plant’s nuclear reactors are still standing open in the wake of crippling hydrogen explosions that followed Japan’s March 11 earthquake and tsunami. The approaching storm could scatter highly radioactive materials into the air and sea. Plant operators are currently spreading “anti-scattering agents” around the buildings housing reactors one and four.

An adviser to Japan’s Prime Minister Naoto Kan has criticized TEPCO officials, saying that the current safety measures “cannot be said to be appropriate”. TEPCO and the Japanese government have faced condemnation of their handling of the crisis, which some see as inept and lacking in transparency.

It is unclear whether the Fukushima plant will be in the direct path of the typhoon.

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