By E. E. Escultura
Research Professor
Prof. Lakshmikantham – GVP Institute for Advanced Studies
GVP College of Engineering, Madurawfada, JNT University
Madurawada, Visakhapatnam, AP, India
Several countries along the Northwestern Pacific Rim have expressed concern over the possibility of contamination by airborne radioactive materials coming from the partial meltdown of the nuclear reactors in Fukushima, Japan. I offer some insights based on references [1], [2], [3], [4], [5] below.
There is an elliptical wind cycle called the Northern Pacific Wind Cycle [4] that starts with the Trade Winds originating off the Coast of Ecuador [1], [2] and going west along the Pacific edge of the Southern Hemisphere to the Southern Seaboard of the Philippines. It sweeps across the Philippines and curves North then Northeastward and grates Vietnam, the Southeast Coastal Region of China and Korea. It crosses Japan and joins the jet stream south of the Siberian Coast and crosses the Bearing Sea. Then it crosses the Alaskan Coast, curves southward and crosses Canada and the Tornado Belt of the US from the Midwest to Texas. Then it curves west southwest across Mexico and eastward to join the Trade Winds off the Coast of Ecuador and complete the Northern Pacific Wind Cycle. (For full explanation of this phenomenon see [4])
Airborne radioactive materials ride in and follow the course of this cycle. By the time they reach the Northern American Continent considerable amount of it would have dissipated downwards into the Sea and upwards into the Stratosphere (for light radioactive materials) rendering the radiation considerably weakened there. By the time the radioactive materials reach the Philippines, if any, radiation will be minimal and harmless.
Can a nuclear disaster be avoided? Yes, but it will require rectification of present defect in design of nuclear reactor. There should be no power shut off for a reactor to keep the water cooling system running. Installation of appropriate UPS (uninterrupted power service) will insure it. Moreover, there should be an automatic nuclear reaction shut off to stop more heat generation and prevent meltdown in case the UPS fails. This can be accomplished by installing neutron absorbers such as cadmium or graphite rods that can be inserted suitably into the uranium core to choke off the reactor. (For the underlying theory, see [3], [5])
References
[1] Escultura, E. E. Turbulence: theory, verification and applications, J. Nonlinear Analysis, A-Series: Theory, Methods and Applications, 2001, 47, 8, pp. 5955 – 5966.
[2] Escultura, E. E. The Pillars of the new physics and some updates, J. Nonlinear Studies, 2007, 14, 3, pp. 241 – 260.
[3] Escultura, E. E. The grand unified theory, contribution to the Felicitation Volume on the occasion of the 85th birth anniversary of Prof. V. Lakshmikantham, J. Nonlinear Analysis, A-Series: Theory: Method and Applications, 2008, 69, 3, pp. 823 – 831.
[4] Scientific natural Philosophy, an ebook in Press, Bentham Science Publishers.
[5] Escultura, E. E. The mathematics of the grand unified theory, Proc. 5th World Congress of Nonlinear Analysts, J. Nonlinear Analysis, A-Series: Theory: Method and Applications, 2009, 71, pp. e420 – e431.