Why is Japan dumping radioactive water into the ocean? Found it on Rense.. Scary excerpt:
While pumping water out of the damaged reactor could help solve solve the problem, workers continue to try to identify the source of the leak. They have tried dumping a milky dye into the suspect pool to see if they can trace the water’s path. So far, that has not shown up in nearby ocean waters.
Japan seeks Russian help to end nuclear crisis Reuters, via Rense. Excerpts:
Japan has asked nuclear superpower Russia to send a special radiation treatment ship used to decommission nuclear submarines as it fights to contain the world's worst atomic crisis since Chernobyl, Japanese media said late on Monday.
Japanese Market Ends In Negative Territory On Nuke Concerns; TEPCO Plunges Excerpts:
The Japanese market ended Tuesday's trading session in the negative territory with moderate losses, on nuclear concerns after Tokyo Electric Power Co. or TEPCO has, as an emergency measure, dumped low-level radioactive water from its unstable nuclear power plant at Fukushima into the Pacific Ocean. Fresh concerns about the ill effect on fishery products by the low-level radioactive water negatively dented the traders' sentiment.
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Shares of Tokyo Electric Power plunged 17.91 percent on huge volumes. Among other major losers, Yokogawa Electric declined 2.69 percent, and Yaskawa Electric lost 2.30 percent.
Fukushima marks a 'nuclear ice age' From The Asia Times. Excerpts:
Japan is experiencing a big irony of history. The only country in the world that has suffered from atomic bombs is now fighting a nuclear disaster caused by nature. The situation at the nuclear plant remains precarious, as plant engineers, Self-Defense Forces (SDF) members, firefighters and the police continue desperate efforts to cool down the overheating reactors and spent fuel.
Even if the country gets the plant under control, an emotional public will be wary of nuclear power forever.
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Japanese people were already extremely sensitive about anything nuclear as the only country in human history to have ever been attacked with nuclear weapons. Older generations especially have a "nuclear allergy" over the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Their memories of the "A-bombs" are still raw.
Despite this resentment towards nuclear technology, Japan was forced to expand nuclear power generation after the two oil shocks in the 1970s, which exposed Japan's heavy reliance on the Middle East for energy resources.
Should rural towns in Japan be rebuilt? Excerpts:
..Like many rural communities in the USA, Rikuzentakata and countless towns and villages along Japan's ravaged coastline were home to largely elderly populations, left behind by younger people who moved inland and to the south for better jobs than the fishing and agricultural work this area could offer.
Now, the question of how — or whether — to rebuild such rural communities hangs over reconstruction efforts.
Aggreko powers up emergency supplies to Japan
British power firm Aggreko has signed a deal to help supply Japanese consumers and industry following the devastating earthquake and tsunami last month.
The company has already begun sending equipment to set up power plants in the Tokyo Bay area.
Under the minimum one-year contract with Tokyo Electric Power Company Incorporated (Tepco) – the operator of the damaged Fukushima nuclear plant - Aggreko will supply 200 megawatts of emergency power starting in June.
Another quandary in Japan: How should debris be handled?
In the best of times, one man's trash is another man's treasure. But in the wake of Japan's March 11 earthquake and tsunami, the nation is facing complex legal, financial, logistical, environmental and ethical questions over just how to deal with at least 80 million tons of debris -- from 300-ton ships and smashed cars to waterlogged heirlooms and soiled family photos.
The central government said today that it would foot the bill for the cleanup. The expense is only beginning to be tabulated, but it's expected to far exceed the $3.2 billion required to dispose of debris in Kobe after its 1995 earthquake.
While pumping water out of the damaged reactor could help solve solve the problem, workers continue to try to identify the source of the leak. They have tried dumping a milky dye into the suspect pool to see if they can trace the water’s path. So far, that has not shown up in nearby ocean waters.
Japan seeks Russian help to end nuclear crisis Reuters, via Rense. Excerpts:
Japan has asked nuclear superpower Russia to send a special radiation treatment ship used to decommission nuclear submarines as it fights to contain the world's worst atomic crisis since Chernobyl, Japanese media said late on Monday.
Japanese Market Ends In Negative Territory On Nuke Concerns; TEPCO Plunges Excerpts:
The Japanese market ended Tuesday's trading session in the negative territory with moderate losses, on nuclear concerns after Tokyo Electric Power Co. or TEPCO has, as an emergency measure, dumped low-level radioactive water from its unstable nuclear power plant at Fukushima into the Pacific Ocean. Fresh concerns about the ill effect on fishery products by the low-level radioactive water negatively dented the traders' sentiment.
..
Shares of Tokyo Electric Power plunged 17.91 percent on huge volumes. Among other major losers, Yokogawa Electric declined 2.69 percent, and Yaskawa Electric lost 2.30 percent.
Fukushima marks a 'nuclear ice age' From The Asia Times. Excerpts:
Japan is experiencing a big irony of history. The only country in the world that has suffered from atomic bombs is now fighting a nuclear disaster caused by nature. The situation at the nuclear plant remains precarious, as plant engineers, Self-Defense Forces (SDF) members, firefighters and the police continue desperate efforts to cool down the overheating reactors and spent fuel.
Even if the country gets the plant under control, an emotional public will be wary of nuclear power forever.
..
Japanese people were already extremely sensitive about anything nuclear as the only country in human history to have ever been attacked with nuclear weapons. Older generations especially have a "nuclear allergy" over the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Their memories of the "A-bombs" are still raw.
Despite this resentment towards nuclear technology, Japan was forced to expand nuclear power generation after the two oil shocks in the 1970s, which exposed Japan's heavy reliance on the Middle East for energy resources.
Should rural towns in Japan be rebuilt? Excerpts:
..Like many rural communities in the USA, Rikuzentakata and countless towns and villages along Japan's ravaged coastline were home to largely elderly populations, left behind by younger people who moved inland and to the south for better jobs than the fishing and agricultural work this area could offer.
Now, the question of how — or whether — to rebuild such rural communities hangs over reconstruction efforts.
Aggreko powers up emergency supplies to Japan
British power firm Aggreko has signed a deal to help supply Japanese consumers and industry following the devastating earthquake and tsunami last month.
The company has already begun sending equipment to set up power plants in the Tokyo Bay area.
Under the minimum one-year contract with Tokyo Electric Power Company Incorporated (Tepco) – the operator of the damaged Fukushima nuclear plant - Aggreko will supply 200 megawatts of emergency power starting in June.
Another quandary in Japan: How should debris be handled?
In the best of times, one man's trash is another man's treasure. But in the wake of Japan's March 11 earthquake and tsunami, the nation is facing complex legal, financial, logistical, environmental and ethical questions over just how to deal with at least 80 million tons of debris -- from 300-ton ships and smashed cars to waterlogged heirlooms and soiled family photos.
The central government said today that it would foot the bill for the cleanup. The expense is only beginning to be tabulated, but it's expected to far exceed the $3.2 billion required to dispose of debris in Kobe after its 1995 earthquake.
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