New Update 9:05 pm PST: 5 Reactors in Danger: Fukushima Overheating, Venting,...
As a result of the catastrophic tsunami that just hit Japan, 5 nuclear power plants are now in emergency mode, and it's reported that US military have flown in to help. An Al Jazeera analyst says the...
View ArticleNew Spin: Fukushima Plant PROVES Nuclear Plant Safety
"We must remember that there are 55 reactors in Japan and this was a huge earthquake, and as a test of the resilience and robustness of nuclear plants it seems they have withstood the effects very...
View ArticleBreaking: nuclear meltdown underway
Cnn is reporting Daiichi Nuclear plant is failing and meltdown underway. Also, three randomly tested patients at hospital test positive for radioactive contamination. Sorry this is breaking so not a...
View ArticleLiveblog 2: Meltdown(s)?
Liveblog 3 is now up: Liveblog, v3.0 - Fukushima Nuclear Incident CNN is now reporting that a meltdown may have occurred at one or more reactors in Japan and the caption on their screen is: "meltdown...
View ArticleWhat, exactly, IS a nuclear meltdown?
Over the past couple of days I've read several news stories, diaries, and comments concerning the nuclear plant emergency in Japan. In responding to a comment recently it occurred to me that most...
View ArticleRadioactivity, part 1: Why Japan is giving iodine to its residents
As you may have read, the Japanese government plans to distribute tablets of potassium iodide to deal with potential exposure to radioactivity as a result of the radiation leaks at nuclear power...
View ArticleLiveblog, v3.0 - Fukushima Nuclear Incident
This is a clearinghouse diary for the ongoing disaster unfolding at the Fukushima nuclear power plants. Use it for commentary, or to provide and receive information as it develops. The previous two...
View Article"Cooling inoperative in six reactors"
This is an extended comment and current news item, intended to supplement the various diaries about the Fukushima atomic power plants in Japan. It's a partial translation of the front page article...
View ArticleThe Empire Strikes Again
Three years ago, when the financial meltdown occured, Iceland, and later Ireland, went into default. Every country on the planet was affected in one way or another, but the hardest hit were those who...
View ArticleRadioactivity, part 2: The bigger danger from nuclear fallout
Last night, I posted a diary explaining why Japan is planning to give iodine to its residents. As I pointed out in that diary, though, iodine is a limited remedy: there are multiple threats from...
View ArticleGodzilla!
That's all I can think of. Mostly because my son and grandson we raised have every single Godzilla movie ever made, and we had to watch them endlessly through the years. I even admit a certain...
View ArticleFukushima-2: It Just Got A Whole Lot Worse
Latest incoming news on @BBCWorld confirms the Fukushima #2 reactor, the one whose core was completely uncovered this morning, has exploded. The explosion is reported by TEPCO officials as having been...
View ArticleRadioactivity, part 3: rads, rems, etc.
Over the weekend, I wrote two diaries on the isotopes of concern to scientists and the public in the event of a possible release of radioactive material from a nuclear power plant (part 1, on...
View ArticleTwo 'Shimas
I keep wanting to weep for Japan. This tsunami is the most appalling natural horror I have ever witnessed, Banda Aceh and Haiti included, and that's saying a lot. But that's not what keeps me on the...
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NHK TV on Japan tsunami/nuclear crisis
Here are a couple of clips from the NHK TV ustream channel this evening (Japan time): This one starts with a translated interview of a mayor from a town inside the 30km area affected by the Fukushima...
View ArticleFukushima: Endangered Workers and What's To Come
I have been watching all the major news shows this morning reporting on the nuclear disaster at Fukushima plant and decided to stop and Tivo CNN. Every once-in-a- while CNN gives a pair of two-minute...
View ArticleExcuse Me, But That Nuclear Plant Has Its Hand On Your Wallet
(I put this diary up on Huff Post Feb 17th 2010 in response to Pres. Obama's enthusiasm re: new nuclear plants as part of our new energy independence plan. A lot of people thought I was exaggerating...
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Scramble to end Japanese reactor risk continues, media coverage muddled
Fukushima Dai Ichi Nuclear Plant/Image by www.digitalglobe.com For those confused, troubled, irritated and worried about the media reporting of what's happening with the Japanese...
View ArticleCool the Reactors with Cadmium!
As the Japanese Reactor Crisis continues I was recently struck with a radical thought. They've had several fires, especially with the stored pools of spent fuel which are kept in water to keep it...
View ArticleJapan's nuclear meltdown shows threat of government of, by, and for the rich
As if we hadn't seen enough of it in recent years with unnecessary wars that drained our treasury and killed our patriotic youth, massive oil spills that contaminate major supplies of seafood, trade...
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