Fukushima Reactor 4 & San Onofre Troubles: Arnie Gundersen (p4 of 4)
Channel: MsMilkytheclown
Date: 2012-06-30

Arnie Gundersen, Fairewinds Associates: Where that bulge [in Unit 4] is located indicates it's something called a first mode Euler strut buckle defect. That means it's likely a seismic problem that came with the initial earthquake or perhaps one of the ones after that.
When you see a building buckle like that, it's actually called a first mode Euler strut buckle. And it's caused by seismic induced stress. So of course the industry the has been saying all along, "Well these plants withstood the earthquake perfectly well." But buckling like we are seeing in unit 4 is an indication that perhaps they didn't ride out the earthquake anywhere near as well as we thought. 

Interview with Arnie Gundersen
EcoReview
June 26, 2012

Bonus audio interview here: http://www.radio4all.net/index.php/program/61062
GUNDERSEN ON FUKUSHIMA FISH SALES AND REACTOR'S BUCKLING BUILDING

In a startling mix of market forces and nuclear therapy, the Japanese government is now allowing the sale of seafood from Fukushima, where radioactivity continues to be released daily into the Pacific from the doomed Fukushima Daichi nuclear power stations. Officials and merchants insist that the locally sold octopus and snails are safe for consumption. But a new study shows alarming levels of hot cesium, strontium and plutonium in local anchovies, crabs, and other marine species. However, sea bass off the coast of Japan are being thrown back for exceeding radiation limits, and "hot" bluefin tuna have now traveled all the way to the U.S. west coast, Nuclear expert ARNIE GUNDERSEN of Fairewinds Associates [ fairewinds.com ] has the latest details;