“TEPCo faces a grave situation as it is failing to live up to the expectations of people who are very worried by the company.”-Nishiyama Hidehiko, NISA
The Japanese government is upset, after finding that radiation readings from TEPCo, proved to be faulty.
The Japanese Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency (NISA) said Tokyo Electric Power Company presented […] Continue Reading…
The United States has continued to increase military help to Japan (Operation Tomodachi), to help deal with the disasters of 11 March.
Recently the USMC said it was sending a team specially trained in nuclear emergencies, and, the U.S. military is conducting a massive three day search for missing people in Japan, along with Japanese […] Continue Reading…
Not everyone who was living withing the 20-30km (12.4 to 18.6 miles) zone was told to evacuate. Thousands of people were ordered to stay indoors, not to leave their homes, or even their work places, because of radiation.
Well, it’s been a three weeks now and those people are still there, running out of food […] Continue Reading…
Tokyo Electric officials now admit that contaminated water is leaking into the ground under the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.
Earlier TEPCo dismissed concerns over radioactive water getting into the ground, after tunnels and trenches under the pant were found to be full of contaminated water.
This continues the trend of corporate officials to dismiss concerns […] Continue Reading…
Beef from Fukushima Prefecture has tested positive for cesium levels about legal limits. Officials say the contaminated beef was not shipped out.
Also, the number of prefectures with crops being hit by radiation continues to expand. Again, officials say the crops have not been shipped to market.
Swissnuclear, a pro nuclear power lobby group in Olten, Switzerland, was bombed on 31 March. Police suspect it was by anti-nuclear activists.
Two women were injured when the package they were opening exploded.
Swissnuclear works to promote the use of nuclear power.
Little Switzerland has five nuclear power plants. The government canceled plans to restart three old […] Continue Reading…
Tokyo Electric Power Company admitted that they did not provide radiation monitoring devices to sub-contractors. This is part of the reason three workers ended up in the hospital a little more than a week ago.
Japanese regulations requires all workers in nuclear power plants to have their own radiation monitor.
TEPCo officials said most of their […] Continue Reading…
In a move that smacks of guilt after passing the UNSCR 1973 against Libya, the UN has imposed sanctions against the Ivory Coast, and Laurent Gbagbo.
The civil war in Cote d’Ivore (Ivory Coast, a former French colony, or is it now?) has been raging on for much longer than in Libya, yet NOW the […] Continue Reading…
In a report issued by the Chinese Navy, it is clear they expect some kind of military confrontation in the future, with the United States.
The report was released March 31. It calls for increasing China’s ability to present a strategic deterrent and launch counterattacks at sea. The report is also clear about who they […] Continue Reading…
The current G20 meeting, in China, is discussing many issues, including the disasters in Japan. But, what seems to be the focus is how to bring China into the SDR, and, China’s desire to remove the U.S. dollar as the international reserve currency.
The G20 is made up of bankers and finance officials from 19 […] Continue Reading…