A less serious core meltdown happened at the Three Mile Island nuclear plant in Pennsylvania in 1979. During that incident, engineers managed to cool the molten fuel before it penetrated the steel pressure vessel. The task is a race against time, because as the fuel melts it forms a blob that becomes increasingly difficult to cool.
In the light of the Fukushima crisis, Richard Lahey, who was head of safety research for boiling-water reactors at General Electric when the company installed the units at Fukushima, said all countries with nuclear power stations should have "Swat teams" of nuclear reactor safety experts on standby to give swift advice to the authorities in times of emergency, with international groups co-ordinated by the International Atomic Energy Authority.
Concerns are rising about the effects of radiation here in the states. Disclaimer: The following is for Informational Purposes ONLY and not to take the place of your physician or primary care giver. I stress this strongly. Should you have any doubt about your health and possible radio-active contact, CONSULT your doctor as soon as possible!
These are recommendations that I have researched that MAY help in an emergency situation and, it appears, were used during the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
And these things are:
• Kelp
• Seaweed
• Spirulina
• Chlorella, etc.
(Basically, various foods that comes out of the ocean.)
At the time of the atomic bombing, Tatsuichiro Akizuki, M.D. was Director of the Department of Internal Medicine at St. Francis’s Hospital in Nagasaki and he fed his staff and patients a strict diet of brown rice, miso and tamari soy soup, wakame, kombu and other seaweed, Hokkaido pumpkin, and sea salt. He, also, prohibited the consumption of sugar and sweets since they suppress the immune system. By imposing this diet on his staff and patients, no one succumbed to radiation poisoning whereas the occupants of other hospitals located much further away from the blast incident suffered severe radiation fatalities.
Much of this positive result has to do with the fact that it appears that sea vegetables contain substances that bind radioactive particles and escort them out of the body. This is why seaweed sales usually skyrocket after radiation disasters as it has in recent weeks, and why various seaweeds and algae are typically used to treat radiation victims.
Consuming Reishi mushrooms is another proven way to bolster your immune system after radiation exposure and helps reduce the damage from radiation. It’s been used to decrease radiation sickness in animals and help them recover faster after potentially deadly exposure.
More can be read Here along with a basic, anti-radiation diet. Take precautions. People are worried about the radiation from Japan affecting the rest of the world. And, many of us live within 150 miles of nuclear power plants. Anything can happen. So, have some of these natural remedies and foods on hand.
Have a good day-Stephen
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