There are more than 1,000 spent fuel rods at Fukushima Daiichi plant. So far attempts to cool the rods down with water is failing.
To show how hard it is to cool down spent fuel rods: It takes 3 to 4 years under normal conditions.
The large amount of spent fuel rods, at the plant, means […] Continue Reading…
The United States military is issuing Potassium Iodide pills to helicopter crews flying operations in Japan. The crews take the pills before their missions.
U.S. nuclear experts now in Japan will start taking their own radiation readings. Officially this is to “help” Japan with the Fukushima nuclear disaster, but I think it’s because U.S. officials […] Continue Reading…
An NHK interview has revealed failures in Japan’s emergency plans. Possibly lack of planning, or implementation.
Survivors are being stressed by confusing reports, lack of reliable information, and due to being forced to move from one shelter to another.
Many survivors from smaller cities and towns say no emergency drills were ever practiced where they lived. […] Continue Reading…
In an NHK interview, an official said that using water on the Fukushima fuel rods is meant to buy time, until other alternatives to cooling the rods could be figured out.
Plant officials say they’re going to attempt to use boric acid. They’ve received a sample from Korea. If the test is successful South Korean […] Continue Reading…
Officials with TEPCO, said radiation levels from Fukushima Daiichi plant are down. This is contradictory because they also say that they can not put out the spent fuel rod fires.
I noticed that they continue to give radiation levels from specific points around the plant, like the “main gate” to the factory. I believe the […] Continue Reading…
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Toyota announced that not only is it halting operations in Japan (due to the Fukushima disaster), but in the United States as well.
This is because most of the parts used in U.S. factories come from Japan, and parts production has come to a halt.
A volunteer fire chief in one of the towns hit by the tsunami, says he regrets doing his job. He and others had gone to re-enforce a sea wall, which proved futile.
When he returned home he found that his wife and children had been swept away by the tsunami.
South Korea is willing to send Japan 53 tons of Boric Acid to Japan, to help fight the nuclear disaster.
That amount of boric acid is almost all that South Korea has.
Boric acid is an antiseptic, insecticide, flame retardant, and it’s used in nuclear power plants to control the fission rate of uranium.
TEPCO officials want […] Continue Reading…
Airlines from around the world are adjusting to the situation in Japan.
Many airlines are shifting to airports that are further away from Tokyo.
A photographer who flew to Tokyo from London said “I’ve never been on such an empty flight. It was a (300-seat Boeing) 777 with barely 20 people on board.”
Flights out of Japan […] Continue Reading…