I watched an economic forum on what will happen to the Asian region, economically, on NHK. During the introductions, one of the representatives talked about how well behaved the Japanese are after their March 11 disasters. She used an example of “no looting going on” as proof.
Well, guess what, looting is taking place. Hiroshi […] Continue Reading…
‘‘Although it is not the duty of the central government to decide how to distribute the funds, we would like to devise some sort of guidelines to enable speedy distribution.”-Yoshihiro Katayama, Internal Affairs and Communications Minister
In another example that shows Japan is not prepared for disasters, billions of donated money is sitting […] Continue Reading…
First the concrete failed, now the disposable diaper absorbent fails.
Workers combined 8 kilograms (17.6 pounds) of polymeric absorbent with 60 kilograms of sawdust and three bags of shredded newspaper into pipes leading to a pit connected to Reactor 2, at the Fukushima Daiichi plant. It failed.
Highly contaminated water continues to pour into the Pacific […] Continue Reading…
Hosono Goshi, special adviser to Japanese Prime Minister Kan Naoto, said attempts to control Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant will take “several months”. Hosono also said that the plant is still “critical”.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Edano Yukio, admitted that the government, and Tokyo Electric, have not been forthright with the public about how bad the situation […] Continue Reading…
Text: AAron Hutchins
Photos by: Alex Hutchins (click on the pics to make them bigger. More pics, including plaques that explain HTRE, in the Galleries section, click on the INL Nuclear Power Site)
Barely noticeable from the two lane highway, sitting literally in the middle of nowhere, a brick building with some strange caged objects next […] Continue Reading…
“Notwithstanding the tragic loss of life in the Gulf of Mexico, we achieved an exemplary statistical safety record as measured by our total recordable incident rate and total potential severity rate.”-Transocean, LTD
Transocean, one of the companies involved with the BP (British Petroleum) oil rig disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, gave it’s executives pay […] Continue Reading…
Jeffrey Immelt, CEO of General Electric, met with Tokyo Electric chairman Katsumata Tsunehisa on Sunday.
TEPCo officials said GE’s Immelt offered ‘maximum’ support for dealing with the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, which GE designed.
According to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, there are 23 nuclear plants in the United States that are similar in design […] Continue Reading…
After three days of intense searching by about 20,000 U.S. and Japanese military personnel, only 78 bodies were found.
It was hoped the low tide would reveal more of the missing.
At this point, Japanese national police say there is more than 15,000 people missing. And that is based on reports from living relatives. Police say […] Continue Reading…
‘‘Can’t you increase the number of examiners? The lives of farmers are at stake! It’s a matter of whether they can live tomorrow!’’-Sato Yuhei, Governor of Fukushima
The governor of Fukushima Prefecture is blasting the government for dragging its feet with the ongoing nuclear crisis. Especially when it comes to the safety of farm goods.
In […] Continue Reading…
Coco Ichibanya, in Japan, had to shut down its curry plant for a week, because of the disasters.
The plant has restarted, but only for pork curry, beef curry production is still halted.