TEPCO (Tokyo Electric Power Company) officials say sea water entering the suppression chamber (containment vessel?) might be causing the pressure build up in reactor 3.
They noticed when spraying of sea water the pressure increased, also, when they stopped the pressure went down, but it is still higher than before the sea water was sprayed.
Honda is suspending May orders from U.S. Honda dealers.
Typically, dealers order cars six weeks in advance. Honda hopes to resume partial production in Japan by Wednesday, but doesn’t know when production will return to full capacity due to the developing nuclear disaster.
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In Midland, Texas, Liberty Tax Service was offering free tax preparations for anyone who contributed $50 of their return to The American Red Cross relief efforts in Japan.
Liberty Tax Service is a national sponsor of The American Red Cross.
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Japanes Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano, said milk & spinach from Fukushima & Ibaraki Prefectures.
Edano says they believe that none of the contaminated products made it into the supply chain, and down played any health risks.
Radioactive iodine and cesium have been detected in tap water, rain and air as far south as Tokyo. The announcement was made by scientists and the Ibaraki prefectural government, but down played any health risk.
Japanese officials have released figures of relief supplies from other countries.
The supplies include 25,000 blankets from Canada, 30,000 packets of boil-in-the-bag fried rice and 230,000 water bottles from South Korea, and 500 power generators from Taiwan.
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Kyodo News reporting that in Miyagi Prefecture alone there could be 15,000 dead. That’s according to local police.
National police say the number of dead and missing is around 20,000. That doesn’t add up when compared to what local officials are reporting, especially when Miyagi Prefecture is reporting 15,000 dead.
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Japanese officials say they support the U.S. & European attacks on Libya, and it shows in Japanese media reports.
National Japanese media has been toning down their coverage of the quake/tsunami/nuclear power plant disasters, and are shifting to reporting the attacks on Libyan government forces.
Earlier TEPCO officials were worried about pressure building in reactor 3 containment chamber.
There were concerns that they would have release radioactive air from the chamber.
Now they say simpler attempts to relieve pressure is working, and pressure has dropped.
Russia has fired its ambassador to Libya. No official reason given so far.
A Russian newspaper speculates the ambassador was fired for failing to understand Russia’s interests in Libya.
Russia is against the UNSCR 1973.