The situation in ,power reached a strange state of continuous deterioration of international security analyst Jim Walsh says. As it gets worse, "the good news is that the bad news is not as bad as it first looked," he says.
As an example, he points to a fire Tuesday at a spent fuel pond, which was successfully introduced, but not before releasing the plume of radioactive smoke into the atmosphere. Or fire at reactor 4, which prompted fears of breaking the vessel of containment, concerns that have since calmed down, Walsh said - for now.
"Things happen, and they look very bad in the beginning. Maybe not as bad as it first looked, but the situation is deteriorating."
As the situation develops day by day, a comparison was drawn to the 1986 Chernobyl explosion, as analysts look for ways to measure the potential size of damages.
"It will not Chernobyl" by William Tucker said. "The Soviets have no containment structure at the top of its reactor."
Daiichi makes - a massive structure of concrete and steel that sits on its reactors. When the reactor was closed, the alarm system is pumped into the water to cool the fuel rods at the facility. But the system eventually failed, and as a backup system when the tsunami, leading operators to use seawater for cooling the fuel rods.
That does not make it harder to determine the seriousness of the situation. Plant operator, Tokyo Electric Power Company, has been preaching peace, saying that the radioactive leaks can be prevented. But the record company makes it seem less than candid, critics say.
"History of Japan's nuclear industry and government, which is very closely linked with industry, is less glorious with regard to public information and full disclosure, and what is happening now is actually an illustration that," says Arjun Mahkhijani, President of the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research.
As an example, he points to a fire Tuesday at a spent fuel pond, which was successfully introduced, but not before releasing the plume of radioactive smoke into the atmosphere. Or fire at reactor 4, which prompted fears of breaking the vessel of containment, concerns that have since calmed down, Walsh said - for now.
"Things happen, and they look very bad in the beginning. Maybe not as bad as it first looked, but the situation is deteriorating."
As the situation develops day by day, a comparison was drawn to the 1986 Chernobyl explosion, as analysts look for ways to measure the potential size of damages.
"It will not Chernobyl" by William Tucker said. "The Soviets have no containment structure at the top of its reactor."
Daiichi makes - a massive structure of concrete and steel that sits on its reactors. When the reactor was closed, the alarm system is pumped into the water to cool the fuel rods at the facility. But the system eventually failed, and as a backup system when the tsunami, leading operators to use seawater for cooling the fuel rods.
That does not make it harder to determine the seriousness of the situation. Plant operator, Tokyo Electric Power Company, has been preaching peace, saying that the radioactive leaks can be prevented. But the record company makes it seem less than candid, critics say.
"History of Japan's nuclear industry and government, which is very closely linked with industry, is less glorious with regard to public information and full disclosure, and what is happening now is actually an illustration that," says Arjun Mahkhijani, President of the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research.
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