”…not yet a situation to be optimistic about…”-Nishiyama Hidehiko, Nuclear Safety Agency
The Japanese media reports a magnitude 7.0 quake (US Geological Survey calling 6.6), it’s the second ‘big’ aftershock in the past 4 days.
The latest aftershock halted work on the damaged nuclear plant in Fukushima Prefecture. TEPCo is not sure how soon they […] Continue Reading…
Egyptians want the Military leaders out of government. The military took over after weeks of protest forced long time President Hosni Mubarak to leave.
It just so happened that Egyptian military leaders were in Washington D.C. at the time the protests started. They helped convince Mubarak to leave, and quickly took over.
Many protesters say that […] Continue Reading…
Texas is dealing with unusually dry and windy weather for this time of year, and several fires. One fire has already burned 71,000 acres, and is out of control.
Up north, North Dakota and Minnesota are dealing with a flooding Red River, thanks to wet weather. “This is a ferocious river. We have to continue […] Continue Reading…
A second massive search by 22,000 U.S. military, and Japanese military and police, has turned up 103 bodies.
There are still more than 14,000 people missing. That number will be higher, because several cities have not reported missing people because they have lost most, or all, documentation on their residents.
Tokyo Electric Power Company is using remote controlled heavy equipment to remove large radioactive debris from the compound of the Fukushima Daiichi plant.
For areas that radio signals can’t work, they are using heavy equipment that has lead lined cabs on the vehicles.
The debris is so radioactive that it will be sealed in containers, and […] Continue Reading…
NATO admits they shot down a Libyan rebel MiG 23. This is causing more problems between rebels and NATO. NATO has bombed rebel ground troops several times now.
NATO says the downing of the rebel aircraft shows that they are enforcing the UN “no-fly zone”. NATO says the no-fly zone applies to any Libyan aircraft.
The […] Continue Reading…
“We have completed our mission with the brother leader, and the brother leader’s delegation has accepted the road map as presented by us.”-South African President Jacob Zuma
African Union officials say Moammar Gadhafi accepted their “road map” for a cease-fire with rebels, and will meet with rebel leaders on Monday, April 11.
South African President […] Continue Reading…
For the second time Fukushima Governor Sato Yuhei refused to meet with Tokyo Electric Power Company’s President Shimizu Masataka.
Shimizu went to the governor’s office to apologize for the nuclear disaster that’s contaminating the land. He did the same last month, and just like today, Governor Sato refused to meet Shimizu.
TEPCo President Shimizu is set […] Continue Reading…
A Bloomberg article shows that some contracted employees, at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, were paid the same as part time workers in Tokyo’s McDonald’s restaurants; about U.S.$11.00 per hour.
The article suggests that the reason the Fukushima Daiichi was built in that area, was to improve the local economy. Now, the nuclear disaster has […] Continue Reading…
A Kyodo News/Associated Press report, says contracted employees are refusing to work in the higher radiation limits recently set by the government. This is another reason work is going slow.
Prior to the nuclear disaster at Fukushima Daiichi, the legal limits for employee safety at nuclear plants was set at 100 millisieverts per hour. After […] Continue Reading…