Toyota will now cut production in China by 70%, the cut back will last until June 5.
A few days ago they originally planned for 50% cuts, until June 3. The problem is lack of parts from disaster stricken Japan.
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Radiation Evacuation Zone expanded!
Not only has the Japanese government made it a legal offense to enter the evacuation zone around Fukushima Daiichi, they have expanded the zone as well.
Because of high radiation build up, towns outside the original 20km (12.4miles) zone will be evacuated. The towns are Katsurao, Namie, Iitate and some areas of Kawamata and Minamisoma. Residents have until the end of May to leave.
Fukushima says No to TEPCo!
The prefectural government of Fukushima said no to allowing Tokyo Electric Power Company to resume any nuke plant operations. ”A resumption of plant operations must be impossible.”-Sato Yuhei, Fukushima Governor
Governor Sato made the statement after a 15 minute meeting with TEPCo president Shimizu Masataka. TEPCo had tried to meet with the state government of Fukushima twice before, and was unofficially told to take a hike both times. This time Fukushima officials made it official. They told TEPCo there is no way they will allow them to resume any nuclear power functions at the damaged Fukusima Daiichi plant.
TEPCo lays off employees inorder to pay for Nuke plant damages
Tokyo Electric Power Company says it must cut wages and salaries in order to meet expected compensation payments due to the Fukushima Daiichi disaster.
Wages would be cut by 5%, with bonuses cut in half. Salaries will be cut by 20%. TEPCo will also reduce the number of employees by 100 each year, for the next five years.
Radiation into Pacific Ocean 20,000 times safe limits
Tokyo Electric Power Company has given an estimate on the amount of radiation spilled into the Pacific Ocean, during the first week of April: 4,700 terabecquerels, 20,000 times the safe limits for an entire year! Contaminated water is still getting into the ocean.
Radioactive iodine levels on 02 April 2011, were 7.5 million times safe limits. As of 19 April, iodine levels had dropped to 1,700 times the safe limits.
4,330 students leave Japan, blame nuke disaster
According to a Yomiuri Shimbun survey at least 4,330 foreign students have left Japan. The survey covers only those students actually enrolled in a Japanese school, not those that were planning on attending but hadn’t enrolled.
Most of the students were concerned with the nuclear disaster, and more aftershocks. The schools are worried their budgets will be adversely affected. Japan was hoping to attract 300,000 foreign students.
Food Crisis: Half million livestock starving to death in Japan!
In another blow to world food supply issues, the nuclear disaster in Japan is making things worse.
Officials say that many livestock left behind in the 20km (12.4 miles) evacuation zone, have starved to death! There were about 30,000 pigs, about 600,000 chickens and about 3,000 cattle the evacuation zone, but the Fukushima Prefectural government believes most have died.
Farmers are demanding that someone go in and humanely put down the remaining livestock, rather than have them starve to death. YouTube video shows many cows starving to death. The farmers fear that their animals are too contaminated with radiation, to try saving.
JAPANESE BREAK INTO 20KM EVACUATION ZONE TO BRING YOU VIDEO OF LIVESTOCK & PETS LEFT TO FEND FOR THEMSELVES!
Women’s breast milk contaminated with Iodine-131
Radioactive iodine has been found in the breast milk of four women living in Japan.
One woman, living in Kashiwa, Chiba Prefecture, contained 36.3 becquerels of radioactive iodine per kilogram. Milk from two women in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, contained 8.7 and 6.4 becquerels.
A citizens group paid for the analysts of the breast milk. Currently there is no official limits for radiation levels in breast milk, in Japan.
Idaho robots reveal radiation levels too high for humans
Robots from the Idaho National Laboratory have been searching through the damaged reactor buildings at Fukushima Daiichi.
They have discovered temperature and radiation levels too high for humans. Tokyo Electric Power Company officials say they will have to use air conditioners, and filtration systems, to bring heat and radiation levels down enough for workers to operate inside the buildings. Latest NHK video
Planned Texas Nuke Plant, Abandoned
A company that was going to build two reactors in Texas, abandoned the plan.
NRG Energy, in cooperation with Toshiba, was planning on building two reactors in Texas. The company now says the investment environment has become too risky to continue with the plans. They will now write off U.S.$ 481 million on their taxes, for the canceled project.