The president of Suzuki announced that if parts supply problems persist, they too will close plants.
Suzuki is working to find other sources of parts, outside of Japan.
Suzuki has operations all over the world, including Canada and the United States. They are partners with General Motors.
The Japanese government is thinking about using ships from the U.S., and giant floating platforms, to store the deadly water.
Efforts to bring the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant under control are being held up because of highly radioactive water, that is now leaking in the reactors.
The water can not be flushed away, it is nuclear waste. Several Japanese deep sea fishing companies have offered their ‘mega-floats’, used as deep seas fishing ‘parks’, to be filled with the contaminated water. The mega floats are 136 meters (446 feet) long and 46 meters (150 feet) wide.
Also, U.S. military barges might be used to store the deadly water, after they unload their cargo of fresh water.
Ford has finally joined the ranks of auto makers in closing plants. The reason, the same as the others, no parts.
Ford will close a factory in Kentucky for at least one week.
Japanese Self Defense Forces report that several of their helicopters are testing positive for radiation contamination. Even after decontamination procedures.
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How bad is the nuclear disaster in Japan? If you consider that ‘avoidance strategy’ (lying) is standard practice in Japan, then we should all be very concerned.
Remember the three monkeys? Hear No Evil, See No Evil and Speak No Evil, they come from Japan.
Many foreign organizations in Japan, are saying the current situation is much worse than what Japanese officials are saying. Even Japanese suffering within the disaster zones are saying their government is lying.
To understand Japanese ‘avoidance strategy’ read “The Japanese Negotiator: Subtlety and Strategy Beyond Western Logic”.
I’ve been following the 11 March disasters from day one, and I can tell you that from the start the Japanese government/corporations downplay everything. Also, serious questions from the Japanese media have been blown off, only to be confirmed a day or two later. Then, on top of that, the Japanese government has even accused Tokyo Electric of faulty radiation data (“faulty” to say the least, they won’t accuse them of lying because that doesn’t happen in Japan, only avoidance strategy happens).
With the fact that, by Western standards, it is common practice for Japanese leaders to lie, then I have no choice but to believe that the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster will end up being worse than Chernobyl.
Sweden announced they will be sending aircraft to enforce a no fly zone over Libya. The Swedish parliament voted 240-18 in favor of the plan.
They will send up to eight warplanes, including their JAS 39 Gripen, and a transport plane to join the NATO-led coalition.
This is almost getting to be like World War One, where countries jump in on the fight one after another, until the whole world is at war.
Ali Tarhouni, who claims to be in charge of the Libyan rebels’ finances, announced that Qatar will give rebels money for weapons and other items in exchange for Libya’s oil.
No wonder Qatar got involved with the military action against the Libyan government.
Claimed to be the largest concrete spraying trucks in the world, they will be on their way to Japan, after upgrades in California and South Carolina.
The two trucks are made in Germany, for spraying concrete for skyscrapers.
Kelly Blickle, a spokeswoman at Putzmeister America Inc., says similar types of trucks were also used on Chernobyl in 1986.
Officially the trucks will be spraying water, but if necessary, can spray concrete to entomb the reactors.
“TEPCo faces a grave situation as it is failing to live up to the expectations of people who are very worried by the company.”-Nishiyama Hidehiko, NISA
The Japanese government is upset, after finding that radiation readings from TEPCo, proved to be faulty.
The Japanese Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency (NISA) said Tokyo Electric Power Company presented faulty numbers on readings from contaminated ground water, around Reactor 1, at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.
This is the second time TEPCo screwed up (maybe lied about?) its data. The first time was about contamination coming from Reactor 2, last week.
The United States has continued to increase military help to Japan (Operation Tomodachi), to help deal with the disasters of 11 March.
Recently the USMC said it was sending a team specially trained in nuclear emergencies, and, the U.S. military is conducting a massive three day search for missing people in Japan, along with Japanese Self Defense Forces.
On top of that there are reports that the U.S. military is going to pull out most forces in Japan in mid-April. The source of this info was not named. It is thought some U.S. personnel will remain to help deal with the nuclear disaster.
It’s not just military personnel that the U.S. has sent, but personnel from other government agencies, as well as tons of equipment including radiation protected robots from the INL in Idaho. All this at taxpayer expense.
I know many experts, at the beginning of this Fukushima Daiichi disaster, said it wasn’t that bad, and rated it on par with Three Mile Island. Those experts who called it another Chernobyl were dismissed by officials. If that’s so, then why so much personnel and equipment from the United States? And why, apparently, a pull out by mid-April?
Is there a reason 18,000 Japanese, and 7,000 U.S., troops will under take a massive, intensive search for missing people this weekend, then call it good after three days? The official reason is that it will coincide with low tide along the coastline. The search will not take place in the radiation danger zone.
There’s a lot of evidence that the nuclear disaster is much worse than is being officially reported. For one, TEPCo has been caught lying about it’s radiation readings, twice now. Also, the IAEA, along with Greenpeace, has given their radiation readings which are much higher than what the government is issuing. The International Atomic Energy Agency has even asked for expanded mandatory evacuations, which the Japanese government said no to.
The problem for the United States is that the prevailing winds from Japan bring the radiation contamination right to it. The winds blow towards the U.S. from Japan.
So it is very likely that this nuclear disaster is worse than what is publicly stated, and, the United States is right in the path of any toxic wind from Japan. Is this why the U.S. is sending so much help to Japan?
Why would U.S. forces begin ending their Operation Tomodachi in mid-April? Is it because only so much can be done to suppress a major disaster (like full melt down), and after that you need to get the hell outa Dodge? There is a time factor when dealing with nuclear disasters, and several experts stated it was time to start dumping concrete last week!