The Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) organization estimates that the front of radioactive emanations from the damaged reactor at the Fukushima 1 plant will cross the Pacific Ocean on Thursday, reach the Aleutian Islands and, starting on Friday evening will cover southern California and southwestern United States, including Nevada, Utah and Arizona, according to Reuters, referring a New York Times article.
The concentration of radiation in air will be low, however, say experts of CTBT (an organization affiliated to the); according to CTBT, in the worst case scenario this would have little impact on the health of U.S. residents.
In the last 48 hours, the U.S. Department of Energy has sent to Japan eight tons of equipment and dozens of experts in nuclear energy, but Washington however, as American media reveals, has very little accurate information about developments at the Fukushima-1 power plant.