More problems for Tokyo Electric Power Company. Another one of their nuke plants, in Niigata Prefecture, started smoking. The smoke came from a control panel.
The Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear plant is located on the west side of Honshu, opposite where the 11 March 2011, 9.0 quake hit.
TEPCo officials say the control panel started smoking when they […] Continue Reading…
The K-Max has been offered to help remove spent fuel rods from damaged fuel pools at the Fukushima Daiichi plant. The helicopter is remote controlled.
The helicopter will help set up large cranes, that will be used to remove the fuel rods.
The offer was made by Admiral Robert Willard, commander of the U.S. Pacific Command, […] Continue Reading…
The Japanese government announced that in order to build enough temp homes, fast enough, they will have to use foreign contractors.
The temporary homes are needed for survivors of the March 11 disasters, and people who have, and others who still might have to, evacuate from radiation danger zones.
The Land and Infrastructure Ministry said foreign […] Continue Reading…
The United States has been hit with 185 tornadoes, in the past three days. 18 people have been killed.
Seven people died in Alabama. Four people died in North Carolina. Another seven died in Arkansas. Officials say the death toll could go higher. Many people were killed by falling debris.
As of Saturday, more than 700,000 acres (283,279 hectares) of land has burned, more than 30 homes destroyed, and now a volunteer firefighter was killed by the Texas sized wildfires.
Many fires combined and are continuing their rage across the state. One fire was started, accidentally, by a welder’s torch.
Gregory Simmons was killed fighting the […] Continue Reading…
“We are doing every effort possible to expedite this in a safe manner. It is a rescue mission.”-Melanie Hennessey, Hecla Mining Compnay
The Lucky Friday Mine, in northern Idaho, collapsed Friday afternoon, trapping one employee. News of the collapse didn’t hit the media until Saturday.
There were two miners in the area when the tunnel […] Continue Reading…
PJ Production has released three new figure kits. Two in 1/72 scale, and one in 1/48 scale. The kits are polyurethane resin, so you’ll have to use cyanoacrylate (super type) glue.
F-16/F-18 Pilots Sitting F-16/F-18 Pilots Standing
Philippe Jacques (PJ) has issued two 1/72 scale “F-16/F-18” pilots, one set […] Continue Reading…
It might be soon that the people of Turkey, Syria, Iraq and Iran will have a common visa, that will allow unhindered travel between the countries.
The visa (international travel document) is being called Shamgen, similar to the European Union’s Schengen visa. Sham is the ancient name for Syria.
Shahbaz Yazdani, Deputy Head of Iran’s Cultural […] Continue Reading…
Iran is building a fence along its Pakistani border. They say since the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan drug trafficking has increased, along with anti-Iranian terrorists.
Iran has spent U.S.$700 million, in the last two years, fighting drug trafficking and U.S. supported terrorist. They also claim that a Pakistani based group known as Jundollah, has been […] Continue Reading…
In a confusing report, Iranian media says the Iranian navy has just upgraded their missiles with laser guidance.
The reports call the missiles “hawk” or “cruse missiles” which is incorrect. Iran does still use the old U.S. designed Hawk anti-aircraft missile, with upgraded tracking systems, but it is not a cruse missile (they actually make […] Continue Reading…