“The immediate action was to get out of the area,” said USN Commander Jeff Davis. This was part of the explanation of why U.S. ships were moved away from Japan.
In just a few minutes 17 personnel were exposed to a months worth of radiation, even though the helicopters they were in were 60 miles […] Continue Reading…
Vladimir Zhirinovsky has offered an invitation to the People of Japan, to move to unpopulated areas of Russia.
He says they will never half to worry about living on an unstable island again.
His also let slip his real reason for wanting Japanese to move to Russia: “Russia will even benefit if such hardworking people join […] Continue Reading…
NHK confirmed that Japan has asked for international help in averting a major nuclear catastrophe. They need help cooling the reactors.
It’s interesting that most nuclear “experts” being interviewed around the world keep saying this could not turn into another Chernobyl. It sure looks like it’s possible to me.
Officials are reporting that a loud bang was heard from inside reactor 2, at Fukushima nuclear plant 1.
It is believed that it is the “Separation Chamber” cracking (some reports call it “Suppression Pool”, some called it the “Pressure Suppression Room”). Workers at the plant have been moved to “safer” positions, workers not directly involved […] Continue Reading…
NHK reporting that reactor 2, at Fukushima plant 1, is no longer venting and attempts at cooling have failed. The reactor’s vents closed automatically and can not be opened. Sprayers spraying water on the rods stopped working.
U.S. Navy says U.S. helicopters were hit by radioactive plume while flying over coast line of disaster area. […] Continue Reading…
France 24 reporters, in Japan, are reporting that tens of thousands of bodies have been found.
The reporters say at least 2000 bodies have been found on beaches and along the coast line.
Another reporter said that in one city local police are keeping people out of one part of the city. The reporter asked why […] Continue Reading…
Reuters is reporting that Angela Merkel, Germany’s Chancellor, has suspended an agreement that was meant to delay the closing of Germany’s older nuclear plants.
Merkel points to the nuclear disaster unfolding in Japan as the reason. She has decided that Germany’s old nuclear plants need to be shut down, by their originally planned closure dates. […] Continue Reading…
NHK is presenting an official ‘explainer’ of why the nuclear safety and backup systems failed. I’ll try to put it simply.
1: Earthquake triggered automatic shut down procedures, which involves raising/exposing fuel rods. This still requires cooling of the rods.
2: Cooling of raised rods failed because main power supply cut. Back up generators came on, […] Continue Reading…
200 plus aftershock/quakes greater than magnitude 5 have hit all over Japan (if I heard right, this was in a 24 hour period). These are not just in the area of the main quake, but all over Japan, another sign of a major geological event.
At least half a million people are in emergency shelters. […] Continue Reading…
I am looking into seismic events around the Pacific Ring of Fire. I was thinking of doing a review of the past 12 months, however, it has become clear by going back just to January of 2011, that the Ring of Fire is going non-stop with seismic events, so it might be a daunting […] Continue Reading…