Tokyo Electric Power Company officials say they have found the bodies of two Fukushima Daiichi workers missing since the 11 March tsunami.
They had to remove radioactive debris in order to recover the bodies. The two men bled to death, from injuries caused by the tsunami.
U.S. military forces in Japan has warned of cesium contamination on helicopters.
Yesterday, the Japanese Self Defense Forces announced that some of their helicopters are contaminated with high levels of radiation, even after going through a decontamination process.
U.S. Navy personnel trying to decontaminate the deck of the USS Ronald Reagan
NHK reported that the U.S. military has told the JSDF that the contamination is probably cesium. Cesium sticks to paint, and is not easily removed.
The JSDF says they will try vacuuming the contamination off their helicopters.
This is something for everyone to think about regarding personal vehicles, homes, even your vegetable gardens. Cover everything outside with thick tarps (or several layers of tarps) in a nuclear disaster. Those tarps will become radioactive waste, which will present another problem, but better the tarps than anything you value. Just another reason why nuclear power is so dangerous.
Once again, Tokyo Electric Power Company downplayed how bad the situation is. A crack in a large pit, at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, is much worse than first reported. TEPCo said they could stop leaking radioactive water by using concrete on the crack.
The crack is very large, and the water isn’t just ‘leaking’, it’s pouring into the Pacific Ocean. The concrete is not solidifying because of the huge amount of water flowing into the pit. Remember, each reactor holds hundreds of tons of water.
The pit is connected to Reactor 2 turbine room via a trench. It has become clear that most of the water that’s been pumped, and sprayed, into the reactors over the last few weeks, is just running out the bottom of the structures, into their basements and into their turbine/cooling buildings. Now, it’s known that the highly contaminated water is pouring into the Pacific Ocean.
TEPCo officials say they will try using a polymer to seal the large crack in reactor 2’s pit.
The president of Suzuki announced that if parts supply problems persist, they too will close plants.
Suzuki is working to find other sources of parts, outside of Japan.
Suzuki has operations all over the world, including Canada and the United States. They are partners with General Motors.
The Japanese government is thinking about using ships from the U.S., and giant floating platforms, to store the deadly water.
Efforts to bring the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant under control are being held up because of highly radioactive water, that is now leaking in the reactors.
The water can not be flushed away, it is nuclear waste. Several Japanese deep sea fishing companies have offered their ‘mega-floats’, used as deep seas fishing ‘parks’, to be filled with the contaminated water. The mega floats are 136 meters (446 feet) long and 46 meters (150 feet) wide.
Also, U.S. military barges might be used to store the deadly water, after they unload their cargo of fresh water.
Ford has finally joined the ranks of auto makers in closing plants. The reason, the same as the others, no parts.
Ford will close a factory in Kentucky for at least one week.
Japanese Self Defense Forces report that several of their helicopters are testing positive for radiation contamination. Even after decontamination procedures.
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How bad is the nuclear disaster in Japan? If you consider that ‘avoidance strategy’ (lying) is standard practice in Japan, then we should all be very concerned.
Remember the three monkeys? Hear No Evil, See No Evil and Speak No Evil, they come from Japan.
Many foreign organizations in Japan, are saying the current situation is much worse than what Japanese officials are saying. Even Japanese suffering within the disaster zones are saying their government is lying.
To understand Japanese ‘avoidance strategy’ read “The Japanese Negotiator: Subtlety and Strategy Beyond Western Logic”.
I’ve been following the 11 March disasters from day one, and I can tell you that from the start the Japanese government/corporations downplay everything. Also, serious questions from the Japanese media have been blown off, only to be confirmed a day or two later. Then, on top of that, the Japanese government has even accused Tokyo Electric of faulty radiation data (“faulty” to say the least, they won’t accuse them of lying because that doesn’t happen in Japan, only avoidance strategy happens).
With the fact that, by Western standards, it is common practice for Japanese leaders to lie, then I have no choice but to believe that the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster will end up being worse than Chernobyl.
Claimed to be the largest concrete spraying trucks in the world, they will be on their way to Japan, after upgrades in California and South Carolina.
The two trucks are made in Germany, for spraying concrete for skyscrapers.
Kelly Blickle, a spokeswoman at Putzmeister America Inc., says similar types of trucks were also used on Chernobyl in 1986.
Officially the trucks will be spraying water, but if necessary, can spray concrete to entomb the reactors.
“TEPCo faces a grave situation as it is failing to live up to the expectations of people who are very worried by the company.”-Nishiyama Hidehiko, NISA
The Japanese government is upset, after finding that radiation readings from TEPCo, proved to be faulty.
The Japanese Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency (NISA) said Tokyo Electric Power Company presented faulty numbers on readings from contaminated ground water, around Reactor 1, at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.
This is the second time TEPCo screwed up (maybe lied about?) its data. The first time was about contamination coming from Reactor 2, last week.