Chris Hope, of Ririe, Idaho, is back home after escaping from the Fukushima Daiichi plant during the 9.0 earthquake.
He works for an East Idaho software company, and was in Japan upgrading software programs at the Fukushima plant. Hope said he had experienced smaller quakes in Japan, even found them exciting, but this quake caused […] Continue Reading…
NHK is reporting that Fukushima plant 1 (Daiichi), reactor 4, is on fire for a second time. NHK is also reporting that currently no flames are visible.
Late last night/early this morning officials said the fire burned itself out.
Plant officials are saying they can not fight the fire because of the high levels of radiation. […] Continue Reading…
Using Global Volcanism Program (GVP) website, monthly reports, I totaled the number of volcanic events, around the Pacific Ring of Fire, for the year 2010. Then I averaged the number of events over the whole year. The monthly average number of volcanic events, for 2010, came to 5.3. Keep in mind that at least […] Continue Reading…
Officials now saying that reactor 4 spent fuel rod fire, burned itself out. The temperatures had risen to twice the limit. This, along with possible hydrogen explosion, caused the 783 spent fuel rods to catch fire.
Officials admit the spent fuel rod storage areas are not equipped with any type of “back up” systems to […] Continue Reading…
A magnitude quake hit Tokai Region of Japan, in Shizuoka Prefecture, at 10:31pm Japan time. This area is further south from the area hit by the big quake/tsunami, it is southwest of Tokyo.
The quake was 10km below the surface. No concern over tsunami event. No damage reported at nuclear power plant in Shizuoka Prefecture.
The IAEA says spent fuel rod fire on reactor 4 was put out. Radiation levels have dropped.
Radiation levels had reached 400 millisievert per hour. The IAEA says “A person’s radiation exposure due to all natural sources amounts on average to about 2.4 millisievert (mSv) per year.” This clearly shows how bad the radiation levels […] Continue Reading…
Trading in Japan’s stock markets fell for a second day. This is due to announcements that not only are Japan’s industries going to be shut down for longer than thought, but that Japanese consumers are pulling back on spending big time (especially now that they can’t get out because of the radiation).
For those of […] Continue Reading…
The IAEA says they have been informed that the spent fuel rod fire is on Reactor 4, plant 1 (Fukushima Daiichi). Radiation levels of 400 millisieverts per hour being released!
Reuters is reporting that the IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) has been told that a spent fuel rod pound is on fire. Spent fuel rods are still highly radioactive, and the pools contain years worth of rods.
At the Fukushima plant 1, the spent fuel pools are on top of reactors. The problem is that […] Continue Reading…
Survivors in one city say all their years of emergency drills did not prepare them for what happened. Their city is totally wiped out.
The five story hospital is one of a handful of buildings that are still standing. It now has a fishing boat on its 2nd story. The hospital staff said they were […] Continue Reading…