The Oyster Creek (New Jersey) nuclear power plant is on “alert” due to dangerously high waters.  

According to Arne Gundersen,  this means that the waters, having already risen 6.5 meters, are coming close to (at seven meters) submerging and disabling the pumps necessary to maintain “ultimate heat sink” in the spent fuel pool.  “Ultimate heat sink” is the constant cooling that is essential to prevent melt down.

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A new podcast from Fairewinds Associates, and a new video featuring Arne Gundersen, raise some concerning questions about what might happen, in the wake of Sandy’s floodwaters, to the large number of nuclear reactors in her path.  

The podcast also considers the findings of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute that there has been no drop-off in the level of radiation in Japanese coastal waters.  This indicates that radioactive contaminated water continues to escape into the oceans from the devastated reactors at Fukushima, with no end to the flow in sight.