Posted on 03/15/2011 8:13:35 AM PDT by SE Mom
Latest news from Japan:
From the BBC-
1456: Tepco says it may start pouring water from a helicopter over Fukushima Daiichi's reactor four in the next few days, to cool the spent-fuel pool.
1439: A 30km (18 mile) no-fly zone is in place around Fukushima, says the IAEA.
1436: The IAEA says Monday's blast at Fukushima may have affected the integrity of the containment vessel - there are fears of more serious radioactive leaks if happen.
1435: Following earlier reports, it appears there has been more than one strong aftershock in Japan - AP reports two tremors measuring over 6.0 within three minutes of each other.
Twitter-
-US Geological Survey counts 451 aftershocks since the initial earthquake struck Japan Friday. 238 of them registered magnitude 5.0 or more.
-Despite situations in Japan & Libya, spksmn Jay Carney says Pres Obama's 5-day trip to Brazil, Chile & El Salvador starting Fri night is on.
-FLASH: More U.S. military personnel in Japan testing positive for low-levels of radiation, relief missions to continue - Navy 18 minutes ago via web
Thanks, I was just yesterday thinking we needed a spreadsheet
Tokyo Electric Power Co. They own the Nuclear plants and are responsible for running them.
Fully agree with that!
We need to get the USG to comply with its own mandate, and screw Dingy Harry and his NIMBY ilk. Complete Yucca Mountain as soon as possible, so we don't encounter a similar situation with any of our coastal units.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2689154/posts
(Cross-posted)
Japan’s nuclear emergency prompts panic buying in Tokyo
Guardian.co.uk ^ | 03/15/11 | Justin McCurry
Posted on Tuesday, March 15, 2011 12:37:52 PM by OB1kNOb
News of a serious radiation leak at the Fukushima nuclear plant has sparked panic buying in Tokyo, as some residents started to leave the capital to escape potential contamination....
People in the capital, home to 12 million, snapped up radios, torches, candles, fuel containers and sleeping bags, while for the fourth day there was a run on bread, canned goods, instant noodles, bottled water and other foodstuffs at supermarkets......
Fears are rising that if the hoarding frenzy continues it will affect the ability to deliver emergency supplies to the disaster zone. “The situation is hysterical,” said Tomonao Matsuo, a spokesman for the instant noodle maker Nissin Foods. “People feel safer just by buying Cup Noodles.”....
West Coast Stores Selling out of “Radiation Supplement”
SACRAMENTO
Concern, if not fear, is sweeping the West Coast in the wake of that nuclear disaster in Japan. The Sacramento Food Co-op on Alhambra could be just one of many stores that sold out of so-called “Radiation” supplements.
New stocks are on backorder. But as one woman told FOX40’s John Lobertini, “I’ve looked all over Sacramento and I can’t find the stuff anywhere.”
Ha...my son was working construction a couple floors up...in Seattle that day....quite a ride
I can't see that a whole lot is going to get this far.
But as a standard disclaimer, I'm a computer guy not a nuclear scientist. :)
HUMOR BREAK -
http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/262172/deep-background-mark-steyn
Deep Background
March 15, 2011 12:25 P.M. By Mark Steyn
From Politico:
President Obama Staying In Background On Deficits
Fancy that! Part of a continuing series:
President Obama Staying In Background On Middle East
President Obama Staying In Background On Nuclear Reactor
But:
President Obama Staying In Foreground On ESPN
Ah, so.
I hope they don’t take these failures personally.
There are some disasters you just can’t plan much for.
I heard that the plant was designed to withstand a 20 foot tsunami, they got a 21 footer.
I heard that they did, but the connector plugs from the units didn't fit the old-style connectors from when the plants were built. They needed to 'hot-wire' the leads in place, and that takes time they had not enough of.
I was reading a thread in a Disney forum that the German embassy is mandating all germans staying at the Disney theme parks to return to Germany immediately.
And that Tokyo Disney may be shut down through April, the park itself suffered minimal damage, some window breakage, a lot of ground buckling and a section of a car park liquified.
All the stores and restaurants are out of food though.
And it is actually being discussed about what effects radiation will have upon the parks, but its from American posters. The MSM is still trying to drum up a “nucular mob” (yes thats my spelling)and its disgusting what its doing, for now I’m neutral on that subject, it could be bad, it could blow away.
What most people don’t realize is that the worlds powers systems are not all alike. I’m not sure what Japans current is but in the UK its 50hz 220v, and the 3 phase is even different. I actually have a 25kw military powerplant that was made for either European 50 cycle or US 60hz cycle.
This wasn't a sudden problem with the nukes. The first day, a small problem with pumps were reported at one of the reactors. Then 2 days later, another problem, then another and another, just strung out, but all rooted into the basic problem of not having water pumping into the containment structures/fuel pools.
Just don't see why this was allowed to mushroom into a disaster on top of the other disasters that have hit the Japanese.
From the Reuters Live Blog:
Developments from Japan
* 140,000 affected by call to stay indoors
* “What the hell is going on?” - Kan to nuclear plant operator
* More than 10,000 feared killed by quake, tsunami
* Japan stocks end down more than 10 percent
* $620 billion wiped off stock market in 2 days
If it was, then it did survive the tsunami, but the backup generators for water distribution, did not! Not good planning!
These plants need the ability to shut down on their own, to continue the process for days without human intervention until any residual heat or water loss is no longer a problem and the sucker is stone cold dead ...
There's some other issues that need addressing as well ...
Alex Jones is much worse than just a quack. He exists to marginalize and fragment opposition to our would-be rulers. He’s an incredibly destructive propagandist.
Basically, he is to patriots what Fred Phelps (D, Kansas) is to Christians.
Would you same the same for newsmax and WND? Yahoo news and the blonde airhead on CNN/MSM are quacks so where is it we should get reliable news?
The irony is that the plant that was hit hardest was on schedule to be decommissioned at the end of the month. Now instead of being shut down, it’s BREAKING down.
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