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LIVE thread & Breaking News ~ Japan
Various | 15 March 2011

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


TOPICS: Breaking News; Front Page News; Japan; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bwr; earthquake; fukushima; genpatsushinsai; iaea; japan; japanearthquake; japaneathquake; japannuclearplants; ki; nuclear; radiation; tsunami
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To: seeker41

Thanks, I was just yesterday thinking we needed a spreadsheet


201 posted on 03/15/2011 11:49:51 AM PDT by goodnesswins (Unlike the West, the Islamic world is serious.)
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To: Persevero
What’s TEPCO?

Tokyo Electric Power Co. They own the Nuclear plants and are responsible for running them.

202 posted on 03/15/2011 11:50:27 AM PDT by HeartlandOfAmerica (Insane, Corrupt Democrats or Stupid, Spinless Republicans - Pick America's poison.)
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To: kidd
Note that the spent fuel pool seems to be the most significant problem.

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.

203 posted on 03/15/2011 11:51:27 AM PDT by brityank (The more I learn about the Constitution, the more I realise this Government is UNconstitutional !!)
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To: All

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.”....


204 posted on 03/15/2011 11:51:27 AM PDT by SE Mom (Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
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To: Biggirl

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.”

http://www.fox40.com/news/headlines/ktxl-sacramento-stores-selling-out-of-radiation-supplement-20110314,0,623695.story


205 posted on 03/15/2011 11:52:02 AM PDT by Selene
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To: RetiredArmy

Ha...my son was working construction a couple floors up...in Seattle that day....quite a ride


206 posted on 03/15/2011 11:53:56 AM PDT by goodnesswins (Unlike the West, the Islamic world is serious.)
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To: WestCoastGal
Well Gal, we have to keep in mind that that stuff has to cross 3,000 miles to get here, all across the Pacific Ocean. What we're really talking about here is dust particles. As they cross the Pacific, they're going to disperse throughout the atmosphere.

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. :)

207 posted on 03/15/2011 11:54:47 AM PDT by HeartlandOfAmerica (Insane, Corrupt Democrats or Stupid, Spinless Republicans - Pick America's poison.)
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To: All

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


208 posted on 03/15/2011 11:55:10 AM PDT by SE Mom (Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
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To: HeartlandOfAmerica

Ah, so.

I hope they don’t take these failures personally.

There are some disasters you just can’t plan much for.


209 posted on 03/15/2011 11:56:13 AM PDT by Persevero (Homeschooling for Excellence since 1992)
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To: SeekAndFind

I heard that the plant was designed to withstand a 20 foot tsunami, they got a 21 footer.


210 posted on 03/15/2011 11:57:19 AM PDT by ichabod1 (Hail Mary Full of Grace, The Lord Is With Thee...)
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To: HeartlandOfAmerica
I know I'm second guessing here, but from day one I've wondered why they couldn't fly in generators to keep those pumps running.

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.

211 posted on 03/15/2011 11:58:42 AM PDT by brityank (The more I learn about the Constitution, the more I realise this Government is UNconstitutional !!)
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To: SE Mom

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.


212 posted on 03/15/2011 11:59:39 AM PDT by Eye of Unk ("These people are either at your neck or at your knees" A quote by Winston Churchill)
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To: brityank

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.


213 posted on 03/15/2011 12:03:04 PM PDT by Eye of Unk ("These people are either at your neck or at your knees" A quote by Winston Churchill)
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To: Persevero
Yah. I agree that this couldn't have been planned for. Just seems to me that their priorities were screwed up. Those nuke plants staying online and under control should have been priority #1, BAR NOTHING!

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.

214 posted on 03/15/2011 12:04:44 PM PDT by HeartlandOfAmerica (Insane, Corrupt Democrats or Stupid, Spinless Republicans - Pick America's poison.)
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To: Eye of Unk; All

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


215 posted on 03/15/2011 12:06:22 PM PDT by tcrlaf (Democrats Outforced America's Jobs for 40 Years. Now The Bill Is Due)
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To: ichabod1

If it was, then it did survive the tsunami, but the backup generators for water distribution, did not! Not good planning!


216 posted on 03/15/2011 12:08:05 PM PDT by blondee123 (Chaos in the Middle East, Chaos in streets of America & Zero Parties On!)
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To: chimera
It is a classic case of a common-mode failure and this will be the repercussion in the industry, try to enhance the availability of emergency power in cases where this kind of event can happen.

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 ...

217 posted on 03/15/2011 12:10:08 PM PDT by Errant
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To: mentor2k

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.


218 posted on 03/15/2011 12:10:16 PM PDT by WhistlingPastTheGraveyard (Some men just want to watch the world burn.)
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To: mentor2k

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?


219 posted on 03/15/2011 12:11:15 PM PDT by Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid! (Obama:If They Bring a Knife to the Fight, We Bring a Gun (the REAL Arizona instigator))
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To: brityank

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.


220 posted on 03/15/2011 12:11:43 PM PDT by Jake from AZ (THE TEA PARTY: Trying Desperately To Wake Up The American People)
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