I am chatting with a friend of mine in Japan, and found this
interesting article for her, as I unfortunately can't do more
from here: Fukushima Nuclear Accident - a simple and accurate
explanation. The article states that there will be no risk, as
the nuclear reactor is protected by three protective shells,
which are still intact. The inner most shell is designed to
contain the meltdown, if it should occurr. The building blasts
which occurred in reactor 1 and 3 is simply hydrogen leaking
from vents, and radiation is not a threat as it is easily
dispersed in the time you spell R-A-D-I-O-N-U-C-L-I-D-E. The
blasted building itself is just to protect the reactor from
weather. So, according to the article, there might be another
explosion in reactor 2 due to hydrogen, but without further
consequences. This because the control rods entered the core
when the earthquake occurred and stopped uranium decay, and now
it is a matter of removing the residual heat produced by
reaction collaterals, which is done with seawate