NHK reporting that officials said reactor 4 active rods had been temporarily stored with spent rods, while reactor 4 underwent maintenance, before the 9.0 quake. Earlier officials admitted reactor 4 exploded.
NHK reporting that officials said reactor 4 active rods had been temporarily stored with spent rods, while reactor 4 underwent maintenance, before the 9.0 quake. Earlier officials admitted reactor 4 exploded.
Japanese Self Defense Forces helicopters dropping water on reactor 3, Fukushima Daiichi.
Reactor 3 is the source of the white smoke that has been coming from the plant.
General Electric is sending gas turbine generators to help provide power to the Fukushima nuclear plants.
GE stands to lose $1 billion in sales, due to the fact that GE designed the Fukushima reactors. Three General Electric scientists resigned from their jobs, 35 years ago, because they realized the nuclear reactor design (used at Fukushima […] Continue Reading…
At latest press conference by plant officials, they said the JSDF are preparing helicopters to drop water on the reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi plant.
Reactor 1 core has been exposed. Sea water being pumped in.
Reactor 2 separation pool damaged. Spike in radiation levels likely came from reactor 2.
Reactors 5 & 6, spent fuel pools […] Continue Reading…
There are several stories on the internet which show that TEPCO, operator of the Fukushima nuclear plants, and business partner of General Electric (who built most of the plants), has a long history of covering up mismanagement, accidents, and disasters.
GE’s close relationship with TEPCO, and the fact that GE has been involved with many […] Continue Reading…
Russia Today reporting that people who can leave northern Japan, are doing so as fast as they can.
Emergency shelters are full, and people do not trust what their government, and nuclear power plant officials, are telling them. In fact TEPCO, the operator of the Fukushima nuclear plants, has a history of out right lying […] Continue Reading…
Radioactive particles spewing from Fukushima Daiichi will affect the food chain. Particles will collect on crops, and will end up in the ocean affecting sea life.
Taiwan has already started testing their own crops for signs of radiation contamination. Russia has increased radiation monitoring from weekly, to daily.
Cows will graze on grass that is contaminated […] Continue Reading…
Reuters reporting that several foreign companies, operating in Japan, have started evacuating employees to the southern part of Japan.
Companies with evacuations underway are; German technology companies SAP and Infineon, German tire and auto parts maker Continental, and French car maker Peugeot.
Boeing has suspended business travel in Japan.
Companies standing by with evacuation plans are; Volvo […] Continue Reading…
NHK reporting that reactors 5 & 6 overheating. Coolant levels dropped. Fukushima Daiichi workers trying to cool them down with sea water.
Reactors 5 & 6 were supposed to be shut down before the 9.0 quake hit.
Here is another perspective on radiation levels: 1,000 millisieverts will cause radiation sickness, a single dose of 10,000 millisieverts […] Continue Reading…
Three concepts to think about when protecting yourself from radiation: Time, distance and shielding.
The less time you spend in a radioactive environment the better. The further away you are from a radioactive event the better. If you can’t do those things then you need to be shielded, and the type of shielding depends on […] Continue Reading…