Radiation Found In Food 65 Miles From Nuclear Power Plant In Japan

Worldwide Nuclear power Plant Guide

The real danger of an accident that causes a radiation leak has been realized in Japan. Radiation was discovered in spinach and milk 65 miles from the damaged Fukushima Dai-ic nuclear power plant. That is why you need to know where nuclear power plants are located wherever you live or travel around the world.

After an earthquake and tsunami caused the cooling system to shut down at a nuclear power plant in Japan several chain reaction events led to explosions and radiation leaks. Most people thin about the direct effects of exposure from radiation as the ultimate risk to their health, but the real long term risk is when the radioactive material enters the soil and plants. Once the soil and plants are contaminated, the next step is for the radioactive material to enter the human food chain. Vegetables, grass and milk can become contaminated. When humans eat and drink contaminated food products, the radioactive material enter human beings.

Once in the human body, radioactive elements like cesium and radioactive iodine can enter human organs. Once human organs absorb radioactive elements the risk of cancer, organ failure and birth defects increase. An article titled “Japan cites radiation in milk, spinach near plant” by the Associated Press March 19, 2011and published on the ABC Local WABC website details the amount of radiation discovered in the food products.

What this brings to top of mind is the wisdom of knowing where nuclear power plants are where you live, work or travel in the United States and around the world. One source of information pulled together in a convenient format is the World Wide Nuclear Power Plant Guide.

 . This guide lists nuclear power plants by country, number of reactors and location of over 440 nuclear power plant reactors worldwide. Knowing how close you will be to a nuclear power plant is one more piece of information to be aware of for your own piece of mind.

Find The Nuclear Power Plant Closest To You In The United States Of America

Locations Of Nuclear Power Plants In The United States

In light of the issues that took place in Japan after the massive earthquake and tsunami disabled the cooling capabilities of one of its nuclear power plants, it seems practical for people in the United States to know where their closest nuclear power plants are located.

There have been massive problems taking place in Japan with one of its nuclear power plants. The Fukushima Dai-ich nuclear power plant lost the ability to cool the fuel rods when the tsunami disabled the primary and backup power systems. The fuel rods began to heat up and possibly melt. The plant then suffered multiple hydrogen explosions and the threat of a nuclear meltdown of the core was a realistic possibility.

There were multiple unlikely occurrences that took place to cause the nuclear power plant in Japan to fail, but they did take place. We have over 100 nuclear power generators in the United States and except for the incident at Three Mile Island there has been a high degree of safe operation. It would seem that nuclear power in the United States has been fairly safe and effective over the years. If you compare deaths from nuclear power to those involved in the oil industry and coal mining, there is no comparison.

Even in the face of years of safe operation it is still prudent to be informed. The locations of United States nuclear power plants are included in the embedded video at the top of this article.