How is the radioation leaking from the nuclear reactors in japan?

Oak Hill

what is the reason of the radio ation being leaked in japan? what is wrong with the reactors?



Houston Lake

What's radio ation?



Dike

What is wrong with the power plants is that they were in an earthquake five times as strong as the level they were designed for and then got hit by a giant tsunami. Actually, they've stood up really well considering what happened. Here is an informative article describing the situation:http://bravenewclimate. com/2011/03/13/fu…And here is where you find current, factual status information:http://www. iaea. org/newscenter/news/tsun…And here is a chart that helps make sense of the numbers:http://www. xkcd. com/radiation/



Mapleton

In short: Cooling got shut off to places like the containment and spent fuel rod pool. This caused heat to build up which eventually damaged the structure exposing radioactive material to the outside air.



Dooling

We are not scientists - we only see what you see on the news