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Japan raises warning on volcano 50 km from restarted nuke plant
Digital Journal ^ | 8/15/15 | Karen Graham

Posted on 08/15/2015 10:45:20 AM PDT by markomalley

Kagoshima - The Japanese Meteorological Agency said Saturday that Mount Sakurajima in Kagoshima Prefecture is showing signs of increased volcanic activity, and residents should be prepared to evacuate. The volcano is 31 miles from the restarted Sendai nuclear plant.

Mount Sakurajima, 990 kilometers south-west of Tokyo, is one of Japan's most active volcanoes, erupting almost constantly. Officials are saying a larger eruption than normal is expected, according to the Japan Times.

The warning alert was raised to its second highest level Saturday morning after meteorologists began picking up increasing seismic activity. The volcano sits just off the coast of Kagoshima, a city of more than 600,000 people.

“There is the danger that stones could rain down on areas near the mountain’s base, so we are warning residents of those areas to be ready to evacuate if needed,” the official added. The warning level has been set at "4." meaning "prepare to evacuate."

There is growing concern about the possible eruption of the volcano by nuclear power critics. The Sendai nuclear power plant's reactor No. 1 was restarted last week, the first reactor to go back online since the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster.

The Sendai power plant is only 31 miles away from 1,119 kilometers high Mount Sakurajima and is located very near five giant calderas, crater-like depressions left from long-ago past volcanic eruptions. Still, the Nuclear Regulation Authority is saying there is only a negligible chance of major volcanic activity around the Sendai plant.


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: japanvolcano; mountsakurajimap; nukeplant; sendai; sendainukeplant

1 posted on 08/15/2015 10:45:20 AM PDT by markomalley
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To: markomalley

dam that unclear power!


2 posted on 08/15/2015 10:47:57 AM PDT by brivette
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To: brivette

Not to worry, global climate change will blow it to North Korea.


3 posted on 08/15/2015 10:59:00 AM PDT by depressed in 06 (America conceived in liberty, dies in slavery.)
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To: depressed in 06

thank dog!


4 posted on 08/15/2015 11:00:24 AM PDT by brivette
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To: markomalley

Godzilla VS Rhodan?


5 posted on 08/15/2015 11:15:55 AM PDT by themidnightskulker (And then the thread dies... peacefully, in it's sleep....)
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To: depressed in 06

btw, I’m a former navy nuc submariner.


6 posted on 08/15/2015 11:18:29 AM PDT by brivette
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To: markomalley

How do the Japanese pick the locations for their nuclear plants, by throwing darts at a map?


7 posted on 08/15/2015 11:18:37 AM PDT by PLMerite ("The issue is never the issue. The issue is the Revolution.")
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To: themidnightskulker

HORY MORY! IT’S GODZIRRA!!! RUN FOR YOUR RIVES!!!


8 posted on 08/15/2015 11:30:04 AM PDT by Rodamala
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To: SevenofNine

9 posted on 08/15/2015 11:33:15 AM PDT by SandRat (Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
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To: markomalley

Too bad they don’t have an EPA like we do, they could ban volcanos because if carbon pollution.


10 posted on 08/15/2015 11:35:17 AM PDT by ThePatriotsFlag ( Anything FREELY-GIVEN by the government was TAKEN from someone else)
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To: SandRat

Funny I was thinking an apt comment for that cartoon would be “are nuclear plants okay to eat” or “what do nuclear plants taste like”


11 posted on 08/15/2015 12:46:42 PM PDT by PoloSec ( Believe the Gospel: how that Christ died for our sins, was buried and rose again)
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To: PoloSec; SevenofNine

12 posted on 08/15/2015 1:04:06 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
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To: markomalley

Japan is a dumb place to build nuclear power plants. I suspect more than a few people were saying the same thing back before the plants were built.

The whole world may pay a stiff price for this stupidity.


13 posted on 08/15/2015 3:01:57 PM PDT by Mister Da (The mark of a wise man is not what he knows, but what he knows he doesn't know!)
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To: SandRat

Did Godzilla need the restroom??


14 posted on 08/15/2015 5:16:21 PM PDT by SevenofNine (We are Freepers, all your media bases belong to us ,resistance is futile)
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To: PLMerite

This is why environmentalist shouldn’t be allowed to locate power plants, as they did in Japan.


15 posted on 08/15/2015 5:38:28 PM PDT by Balding_Eagle (The Great Wall of Trump ---- 100% sealing of the border. Coming soon.)
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To: SevenofNine

He;s fighting diarerrah.


16 posted on 08/15/2015 6:22:23 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
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To: SandRat

I hope he don’t stink the bathroom LOL!


17 posted on 08/15/2015 6:30:04 PM PDT by SevenofNine (We are Freepers, all your media bases belong to us ,resistance is futile)
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To: markomalley
31 miles away from 1,119 kilometers high Mount Sakurajima

That's a helluva tall volcano

18 posted on 08/15/2015 6:39:30 PM PDT by misanthrope (Liberalism; it is not unthinking ignorance, it is malignant evil.)
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To: markomalley

Sounds like a great place to build a nuke plant.


19 posted on 08/15/2015 6:40:20 PM PDT by xzins (Don't let others pay your share; reject Freep-a-Fare! Donate-https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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