Reactor 1, at the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, will be filled with water, in an attempt to create a temporary water tomb.
Tokyo Electric Power Company has decided it is the best way to bring the reactor under control. Robots will be used to check for possible leaks inside the building. TEPCo wants to […] Continue Reading…
Ford is temporarily closing plants in Taiwan, China, and South Africa. The Taiwan plant will be closed for about two weeks. The plants in China and south Africa will be closed for one week.
Ford did not say whether the lost production would be made up later, or if it would adjust its global output […] Continue Reading…
Toyota has already lost its number 1 ranking, no thanks to the March 11 disasters in Japan. Now its heading down to number 3.
General Motors is now the number 1 world producer of cars, not just because of what happened in Japan, but because GM’s sales are taking off in China. Who’s about to […] Continue Reading…
Iranian media continues to release confusing reports on Iran’s military hardware. Recently they reported on a “sokho-24 missile”. The article jumps back and forth from calling the “sokho-24” a missile, and an aircraft.
In researching this I realized that what happened is the Iranian journalists confused a military press statement. The Iranian military had announced […] Continue Reading…
Iran will be hosting its second classic car show. The show will open April 28, in Tehran.
It’s not that big, only about 80 classic cars, but for the second effort by Iranian car collectors, it’s good enough. “Most of the cars are being displayed for the first time. Some have never even been used […] Continue Reading…
“However, certain characteristics about the Stars worm have been identified, including that it is compatible with the (targeted) system and that the damage is very slight in the initial stage, and it is likely to be mistaken for executable files of the government.”-Gholam-Reza Jalali, Iran’s Passive Defense Organization
No other details […] Continue Reading…
More than 8.1 million tons of goods was transported through Iran the past Iranian year (which ended on March 20). That’s a 42% increase.
86% of the goods were shipped over roads and rail networks. Bandar Abbas and Sarakhs border crossings, in south (Gulf coast) and northeast (Turkmenistan) of Iran, were the busiest.
Toyota will halt production at two South American plants, in May.
They will suspended production in Brazil for two days, and in Argentina for three days.
Honda is considering reducing production in South America as well.
Several European scientists are saying there is evidence that a nuclear reaction explosion did indeed take place at Fukushima Daiichi. They are even saying that Chernobyl was better controlled than what is happening at Fukushima Daiichi.
Professor Tom Burke, founder of E3G, says Fukushima Daiichi is still ongoing, after five weeks, while Chernobyl was “over […] Continue Reading…
Officials from the health ministry say Japan needs a better way to predict radiation contamination, especially in tap water.
One example is that experts failed to take into account wind, and rainfall, coming from the direction of the Fukushima Daiichi nuke plant. The officials think their discussion, to find ways to improve their system, will […] Continue Reading…