Thursday, June 9, 2011

Japan Update June 9, 2011

Japan Sinking ! Seabed Off Miyagi Sank Before March 11The actual report is less hysterical than this title suggests..  

Unemployed Japanese Get Work at Radiation Contaminated Fukushima!  Found these first two on Before It's News.

Laborers are traveling from all over Japan to rebuild the Tsunami devastated region of Fukushima. They are driven here by a poor economy, not national pride. Many workers accept low-paying jobs as general laborers because jobs in this devastated area are secure and abundant. Others join the cleanup because they lost everything in the tsunami and have nowhere else to go.

“Nuclear fuel has melted through base of Fukushima plant” -Telegraph  Found it at Godlike Productions.

The nuclear fuel in three of the reactors at the Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear plant has melted through the base of the pressure vessels and is pooling in the outer containment vessels, according to a report by the Japanese government.

Japan 'unprepared' for nuclear disaster  From Delmarva Now.  Without comment.

Japan admitted Tuesday it was unprepared for a severe nuclear accident like the tsunami-caused Fukushima disaster and said damage to the reactors and radiation leakage were worse than it previously thought.

In a report being submitted to the U.N. nuclear agency, the government also acknowledged reactor design inadequacies and a need for greater independence for the country's nuclear regulators.

The report said the nuclear fuel in three reactors likely melted through the inner containment vessels, not just the core, after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami knocked out the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant's power and cooling systems. Fuel in the Unit 1 reactor started melting hours earlier than previously estimated.

Wadioactive Wabbit.

Nuclear expert Arnie Gundersen talks to CNN's John King about the dangers of the radiation situation in Japan.




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