Japan Earthquake

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@Edano Audi Tek posted an article - NISA says TEPCO didn't do any of the actual needed upgrades to the reactors to be seismic safe.
by lillymunster 10/15/2011 7:00:19 PM

you don't have to be a prophet to predict more riots globally.
by Edano 10/15/2011 7:00:37 PM

@Edano Most of the ones today have been trying to be peaceful. I don't know if it is one group acting out or if the frustration is different various places.
by lillymunster 10/15/2011 7:06:22 PM

@lillimunster, they call themselves “black bloc” and they are essentially leftist-anarchists. They have been around for years. They like going to demonstrations and turn violent. Throw rocks, break store windows and stuff like that. Bad news.
by Liz 10/15/2011 7:11:54 PM

Person who found stronium in yokohama threatened ex-skf.blogspot.com
by lillymunster 10/15/2011 7:14:50 PM

They are finding more and more animals with the same symthoms. I cant help but think that the fallout has something to do with it. "Unknown Disease Killing Ringed Seals in Alaska"
The disease may not stop at ringed seals. Dead walruses and several bearded seals in the area were found with these symptoms as well, though it's unclear if the cases are all linked by the same ailment. Wildlife officials in Russia and Canada have also reported similarly afflicted animals. newsfeed.time.com
by Liz 10/15/2011 7:27:48 PM

Pictures: Rare "Cyclops" Shark Found
The 22-inch-long (56-centimeter-long) fetus has a single, functioning eye at the front of its head—the hallmark of a congenital condition called cyclopia, which occurs in several animal species, including humans.
news.nationalgeographic.com
by Liz 10/15/2011 7:34:52 PM

@Liz disease would be difficult to transmit that far that fast from Russia to Alaska unless the areas were extremely close. Someone needs to start testing those animals for radiation.
by lillymunster 10/15/2011 7:36:48 PM

Julian Assange: "This movement is not about the destruction of law, but the construction of law." #OccupyLSX #OWS
by lillymunster 10/15/2011 7:37:46 PM

Fukushima Disaster TEPCO Video Emergency Reactor Cooling Exercise 15 Oct. 2011
www.youtube.com
by Liz 10/15/2011 7:47:48 PM

maybe just uk that would be typical oo look the minionss doth protest lets pull the plug
by elainekirk 10/15/2011 7:55:08 PM

Re all the 'Occupation' posts, seems like the Arab Spring has become the Western Fall, lol
by Ian 10/15/2011 8:11:16 PM

@Ian I am really curious what will happen November 5th.
by lillymunster 10/15/2011 8:14:13 PM

@lillymunster, this is what we should have seen happen re Fukushima. I attended the huge protest in D.C. right after Three Mile Island. Over a relatively minor nuclear incident the people rose up en mass. By contrast, these days almost nobody cares.
I think part of it was that young people at that time had lived under the nuclear threat of the Cold War and were thereby somewhat informed of the dangers of radiation. The new generations are primed with the necessary background ignorance for the new 'science' of radiation safety.
by Ian 10/15/2011 8:28:40 PM

@Ian yup Ian people have mutated and are now sheeple very sad - but hope is in all the marchers out there
by elainekirk 10/15/2011 8:38:21 PM

@Ian Cold war has everything to do with it. People younger than I am are oblivious to nuclear power or nuclear warfare. Being told all the time growing up that any day we are all going to get nuked into oblivion tends to stick in your mind. Even those friends of mine that are not super interested in what is going on in Japan seem to be retaining what I am telling them. Friends that live closer to Omaha are now fully aware of Ft. Calhoun and very concerned about it. People seem to be remembering things I have told them as I hear them repeat it here and there. But the larger mindset knows little about nuclear. I think that was on purpose the industry sort of went into hiding thinking they were going to come out with this new generation of reactor designs and pull one over on the public.
by lillymunster 10/15/2011 8:56:13 PM

@elainekirk People stop becoming sheeple very quickly when they lose their home, get bankrupted by medical bills, or can't find a job for years at a time. Until it actually happens to them, many are content to be in their own bubble.
by lillymunster 10/15/2011 9:06:30 PM

video only japan version but from about 2min 39 you get some views of plant but only the seaward side www.tepco.co.jp
by elainekirk 10/15/2011 9:09:26 PM

@elainekirk Some outside images of what I think is the cask storage building.
by lillymunster 10/15/2011 9:26:20 PM

NISA secretly calculated China syndrome meltdowns www.yomiuri.co.jp
by lillymunster 10/15/2011 9:40:39 PM

:) the video of the PR drill (dean will like to see it)
by Edano 10/15/2011 9:50:56 PM

@lillymunster if i understand the article correctly, ines (nisa?) stopped the china syndrome calculations, when tepco said that the fuel wasn't badly damaged. but they did not continue (or did they?) after tepco (and the "agency"?) admitted the meltdown. once again, a very confusing article. i can't make any sense of it.
by Edano 10/15/2011 9:57:18 PM

twitpic.com
eruptionsblog Erik K / Eruptions
Take a look at the steaming scoria (like reticulite if its floating, right?) from the eruption off of El Hierro:
by elainekirk via Twitpic 10/15/2011 9:58:14 PM

Nukes of hazard
The fallout from nuclear power
www.economist.com
by elainekirk via Media.economist 10/15/2011 9:58:52 PM

@Ian last week he was bleating that he wasnt involved in the sale of supplement that had his name splattered on them
by elainekirk 10/15/2011 10:51:53 PM

kevinmeyerson
AP: #US #nuclear regulators weaken safety rules - *must* read piece from June t.co #SafeEnergy please.
by elainekirk 10/15/2011 11:45:54 PM

But the report noted that a lack of available disposal sites for radioactive waste will "unduly limit and hamper successful remediation activities, thus potentially jeopardizing public health and safety." The IAEA mission urged Japan to set more realistic goals and adopt decontamination methods that are easier to implement, such as burying contaminated top soil underground rather than removing it altogether. online.wsj.com from @audi-tek
by elainekirk 10/15/2011 11:50:29 PM