http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/17/science/17plume.html?_r=1
It could hit the Aleutian Islands today and Southern California late Friday. The UN says most radiation will have dispersed over the ocean. However, this is just the beginning as the situation continues to deteriorate in Japan.
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Fukushima: Mark 1 Nuclear Reactor Design Caused GE Scientist To Quit In Protest
Damaged Japanese Nuclear Plant Has Five Mark 1 Reactors
Thirty-five years ago, Dale G. Bridenbaugh and two of his colleagues at General Electric resigned from their jobs after becoming increasingly convinced that the nuclear reactor design they were reviewing -- the Mark 1 -- was so flawed it could lead to a devastating accident.
Questions persisted for decades about the ability of the Mark 1 to handle the immense pressures that would result if the reactor lost cooling power, and today that design is being put to the ultimate test in Japan. Five of the six reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi plant, which has been wracked since Friday's earthquake with explosions and radiation leaks, are Mark 1s.
"The problems we identified in 1975 were that, in doing the design of the containment, they did not take into account the dynamic loads that could be experienced with a loss of coolant," Bridenbaugh told ABC News in an interview. "The impact loads the containment would receive by this very rapid release of energy could tear the containment apart and create an uncontrolled release."
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That's what I would call it. So if this is true then all of that radiation is simply wafting off into the air unabated. Now there are some reports that Japan has restricted access to youtube not sure if the internet as well. They are not informing the public.
This was the last video that was sent from Japan........
YouTube Has Been Restricted In Japan. A Last Message Sent Out From Man In Japan. (repost)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mfjQo_JczUNuclear Thriller： What if Fukushima meltdown not stopped on time？
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWlDtqTU-tE