Reactor 3 has been sprayed for several hours, before spraying switched to reactor 4. Holes had been drilled into the outer walls of reactor 4. Water sprayed into holes for about an hour.
Radiation levels lower (officials saying it is not a “dramatic” reduction). Water spraying throughout the night.
Spraying operations include one truck from the […] Continue Reading…
Since the turn of the 20th Century there have been only 5 monster quakes registering 9.0 or higher.
1952 Soviet Kamchatka 9.0
1960 Chile 9.5
1964 Alaska 9.4
2004 Sumatra/Indonesia 9.1
2011 Japan 9.0
They are all related; they are all on, or connected to, the Pacific Ring of Fire.
The time between each quake is not equally spaced so it’s […] Continue Reading…
Doctors working at overwhelmed hospitals in the tsunami hit areas of Honshu were surprised to see so many hypothermia cases.
This is because most of the medical personnel were in “earthquake survivor” mode, meaning they were expecting conditions related only to the earthquake. They did not think about “tsunami survivors”. It is now clear that, […] Continue Reading…
In a press conference Japanese Fire Fighting officials have expressed sorrow for the literal sacrifice that fire crews, at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, are making.
They stated that many of the fire fighters insisted they were willing to endure high levels of radiation if it would help solve the crisis. One official said his […] Continue Reading…
War monger Sarkozy said “If there is not an immediate cease-fire and withdrawal of the forces that have been attacking civilian populations in the last few weeks, our countries will have recourse to military means.”
French President Sarkozy made the statement around 17:30 (5:30pm) Libyan time, yet, while he was demanding a ceasefire French aircraft […] Continue Reading…
Alexei Arbatov, the head of the International Security Center of the Institute of World Economy and International Relations of the Russian Academy of Sciences, said attacking Libya will prove that obtaining WMDs is necessary to keep from being attacked by the West.
“An attack against Libya would be a gift for all violators of the […] Continue Reading…
Technically a no fly zone simply means that no aircraft can fly in a specific area. At the most this should mean that if an aircraft is found flying in such area it will be shot down. But the current United Nations resolution against Libya is NOT a no fly zone.
The resolution allows any […] Continue Reading…
Russia’s Ambassador to the UN, Vitaly Churkin, warned that any “humanitarian consequences” following any military action to enforce a no fly zone, will be on those enforcing the no fly zone: “Responsibility for inevitable humanitarian consequences caused by excessive use of outside force in the Libyan situation would be fully born by […] Continue Reading…
France will host a summit meeting later on Saturday. Rumors are that air strikes by U.K. and French forces could start air strikes within hours of the meeting’s end.
Saturday’s meeting will be between the European Union, Arab League and African Union. UN chief Ban Ki-moon will attend as well.
Japan’s Nuclear Safety Commission recommended that people near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant should take iodide. That recommendation was made to local officials on 16 March 2011.