and also asked arnold gundersen about the possible risks from natural disasters that are frequent in this part of the world and he said that even a slight earthquake could cause another catastrophe. they have a thousand tanks and they're all held together with plastic almost like you put on the swimming pool so if there's a moderate earthquake the plastic pipes will fail and all that material will run across the ground surface into the ocean and the facilities themselves the four reactors that are most damaged are you know they had serious explosions internally so you wouldn't take an earthquake as big as the one they had. two and a half years ago potentially really do a lot of serious damage there. and you can head to our website for the latest on dates and more analysis on the fukushima crisis we've been closely following about and says they disaster struck extensive reports opinions and eyewitness accounts all that online as on c dot com. and of course more news ahead including why i counter lazing the actual death toll of the war in iraq has proved less than simple a new study su

well sounding the alarm that it may have already leaked into the pacific nuclear power expert arnold gundersen says toxics that escape from the plant could cause deadly diseases. you know that this leech had something called strontium ninety in a. ninety is a bone seeker and it causes leukemia and in in huge quantities so now when it gets to the pacific ocean it minutely it gets diluted in an even bigger pond of water but it's truly frightening that we're releasing strontium ninety into the pacific ocean. fukushima's problems started back in march of two thousand and eleven when a huge earthquake led to a tsunami that hit the northeastern coast of japan and led to a meltdown at the plant only after a year of the japanese authorities concede that the real cause of the nuclear disaster was the improper handling of the situation by plant operator tepco who admitted that the crisis could have been avoided if they had done a better job more than two years after the disaster struck a leak was discovered at a storage tank for contaminated water when tepco finally admitted to the spill it revealed tha

full of follow those flowing i should say into the ocean every day and nuclear power acts that arnold gundersen says this site is a serious health risk you know that this leech had something called strong chimney ninety in it as john should ninety is a bone shooter and it causes leukemia in huge quantities so now in the pacific ocean it merely it gets diluted in an even bigger under water but it's truly frightening that we're releasing structure ninety into the pacific ocean. and we also got well soft on old guns on what could happen at for another earthquake which is trying to assess some of the razor acts of material days barely contained and the number of child disaster will settle among late cutouts. and they're all held together with plastic almost like you put on the swimming pool so if there's a moderate earthquake the plastic pipes will fail and all that material will run across the ground surface into the ocean the facilities themselves the four reactors that are most damaged are you know they had serious explosions internally so you wouldn't take an earthquake as big as the one they h

well sounding the alarm that it may have already leaked into the pacific nuclear power expert arnold gundersen says toxics that as scape from the plant could lead to deadly diseases you know that this leak had something called strontium ninety in it ninety is a bone seeker and it causes leukemia and in in huge quantities so now when it gets to the pacific ocean admitted lee it gets diluted in an even bigger pond of water but it's truly frightening that we're releasing strontium ninety into the pacific ocean. through she was worried started started back in march of two thousand and eleven that was when he huge tsunami and earthquake struck the north eastern coast of japan knocking the plans cooling systems offline and leading to a meltdown there only a year later did japanese authorities can see that the real cause of the disaster was improper handling of the situation plant operator tepco a bit of the crisis could have been avoided if only they'd done their job better more than two years after the disaster a leak was found at a storage tank for contaminated water when tepco finally admitted th

well sounding the alarm that it may have already leaked into the pacific nuclear power expert arnold gundersen the says that toxics that escape from the plant could cause deadly diseases you know that this leak had something called strontium ninety in it strontium ninety is a bone seeker and it causes leukemia in huge quantities so now when it gets in the pacific ocean it minutely it gets diluted in an even bigger pond of water but it's truly frightening that we're releasing strontium ninety into the pacific ocean. fukushima's problems started back in march of two thousand and eleven when a devastating earthquake and tsunami struck the northeastern coast of japan leading to a cooling failure at the plant and there to a meltdown there only after a year of the japanese authorities finally concede that the real cause of the nuclear disaster was improper handling of the situation plant operator tepco admitted that the crisis could have been avoided if it had only done a better job more than two years after the disaster struck a leak was found at a storage tank for contaminated water when tepco fin