Kitty Litter used to soak up Radioactive Water, more low tech coming to the rescue?

Another case of relatively low tech coming to the rescue.  Tokyo Electric Power Company now using a type of polymeric powder to soak up contaminated water at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.

The poly kitty litter, which is used in disposable diapers, can soak up to 50 times its weight.

Workers are using it in the cracked […] Continue Reading…

Mexican Drug War front for War on Human Rights Activists

According to Human Rights groups, and the United Nations, thousands of people in Mexico have been disappeared since the Drug War began, and the Mexican government is one of the suspects.

Those people being disappeared are not drug dealers, or drug runners, but human rights activists, oil workers, journalists and even migrant workers.  The traditional […] Continue Reading…

Mexican Nuke Plant could be leaking Radiation

A nuclear plant in Mexico, with a bad history might be leaking radiation, including cesium-137. Laguna Verde nuclear power plant is 290 kilometers southeast of Mexico City, and residents in a near by town have been dying of cancers and tumors since the plant became operational.

Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE) runs the plant, and […] Continue Reading…

Lack of power in Japan will continue due to Nuke Plants delaying restart

The lack of electricity in Japan is due to several nuclear power plants being shut down since the 11 March disasters.  They were planning on restarting this month, but, because of the ongoing disaster at Fukushima Daiichi, they will delay longer.

Hamaoka nuclear plant in Shizuoka Prefecture, Shika nuclear power plant in  Ishikawa Prefecture, and, […] Continue Reading…

More Proof we’re NOT protecting civilians, not even the REBELS, in Libya. Obama either a Fool or a bold faced lier

UN Security Council Resolution 1973, supposedly is about protecting Libyan civilians, yet there are many claims that civilians have been attacked by the UN mandated NATO led coalition forces. Even the Christian Vatican says civilians are being bombed.

Now the Libyan rebels say coalition aircraft have bombed them!

Rebels are reporting several different attacks on their […] Continue Reading…

U.S. Military warns Japanese Military of Cesium contamination, a lesson for everyone

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 […] Continue Reading…

Radioactive Pit in worse condition than first reported, concrete not working!

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’, […] Continue Reading…

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