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 Catastrophic Nuclear Crisis Looming in Japan
stele, Monday, Apr 11 2011, 11:23pm
Japanese authorities today announced they have raised the nuclear crisis level at the devastated Fukushima nuclear plant to the highest on the scale, 7; only Chernobyl reached this catastrophic level previously. Nevertheless, we should not confuse the two incidents, as Fukushima has SIX powerful reactors in varying degrees of crisis whereas Chernobyl was a single reactor. Fukushima threatens to DWARF the Chernobyl catastrophe. (story and 2 comments and 3 images)
Last Commented Tuesday, Apr 12 2011, 9:38am
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Humble Honey Bee Makes a Comeback
Fiona Harvey via treat, Wednesday, Apr 6 2011, 9:28am
Nature always reigns supreme regardless of whether an arrogant species irradiates the entire planet and exterminates itself; the planet/nature always bounces back with new life or with adjustments to ensure the continuity of an existing species. (story and 2 images)
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 Radioactivity in sea up 7.5 million times
Kanako Takahara via stan, Wednesday, Apr 6 2011, 4:59am
Radioactive iodine-131 readings taken from seawater near the water intake of the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant's No. 2 reactor reached 7.5 million times the legal limit, Tokyo Electric Power Co. admitted Tuesday. (story and 1 comment)
Last Commented Friday, Apr 8 2011, 11:34am
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The Carbon Tax Ruse
ash, Monday, Mar 28 2011, 10:17am
A little research goes a long way, especially when dealing with a Goldman Sachs designed ETS con. (story and 1 image)
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Radiation levels skyrocket at Fukushima plant
judd, Sunday, Mar 27 2011, 12:59pm
Tokyo Electric directors admitted today that the company had NO idea how long it would be before nuclear reactors at the Fukushima plant could be stabilised and how much damage they were likely to cause. For once they told the ugly truth and revealed their CRIMINAL negligence in the process. (story and 1 image)
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Earthquake: 10 kilometre crack in a road in Northern Thailand
Zoe Daniel via thriff, Friday, Mar 25 2011, 9:10pm
Yet another tectonic shift and earthquake this time around the Thai-Burma border. Had this quake hit in a heavily populated area it would have been devastating. But NOTE how the mass media is playing down these related events with brief reports lacking detail and without making obvious connections to recent tectonic activity on the Pacific Rim. (story and 2 comments and 1 image)
Last Commented Friday, Mar 25 2011, 9:32pm
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Critics of Japanese Storage System See a Worse-Than-Chernobyl Scenario Ahead
Faye Flam via stele, Saturday, Mar 19 2011, 8:51pm
With attention focused on tons of radioactive spent fuel that may have ignited, some experts say the Japanese will be lucky if the stricken Fukushima plant creates a disaster only the size of Chernobyl in 1986. (story and 1 comment)
Last Commented Saturday, Mar 19 2011, 9:24pm
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Criminally negligent TEPCO Execs not the Exception in Japan but the Rule
quin, Wednesday, Mar 16 2011, 10:24am
A little familiarity with Japanese history reveals a tradition of criminal corruption and deception from the highest echelons of society to the lowest – it’s a way of life! The deceptive and criminal behaviour of directors at Tokyo Electric, which included falsifying safety records and hiding rather than correcting problems at nuclear power plants, stems from a certain privileged class consciousness that considers itself above the law and regards the masses as nothing better than (expendable) serfs. (story and 1 image)
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Dai-ichi Reactor #4 in flames as Personnel Evacuated due to Dangerous levels of Radiation
stew, Tuesday, Mar 15 2011, 10:16pm
Fires in reactor #4 at the Fukushima nuclear power plant were most likely caused by hydrogen build-up or heat generated from spent fuel rods exposed to the atmosphere, or both. However, the later seems to be the case as fires were accompanied by very high levels of radiation issuing from the reactor -- the result of spent fuel rods breaking down and releasing poisonous radioactive particles into the environment due to loss of cooling. (story and 1 image)
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Japan braces for potential radiation catastrophe
Shinichi Saoshiro, Chisa Fujioka via gan, Tuesday, Mar 15 2011, 8:50am
(Reuters) - Japan faced a potential catastrophe Tuesday after a quake-crippled nuclear power plant exploded and sent low levels of radiation floating toward Tokyo, prompting some people to flee the capital and others to stock up on essential supplies. (story and 1 comment)
Last Commented Tuesday, Mar 15 2011, 9:03am
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Are the Earths Continental Plates on the Move …?
dasha, Tuesday, Mar 15 2011, 7:24am
Australia is reputed to be one of the oldest and most stable land masses on the planet, so when it experiences a magnitude 4 earthquake following the devastating Pacific Rim quakes from NZ, Japan and that mysterious earth rupture in Peru, it’s time to ask geophysicists and other specialists what the fuck is going on? (story and 1 image)
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The Idiocy and Hubris of GE Engineers
Dave Lindorff via stan, Tuesday, Mar 15 2011, 5:38am
GE, the CORPORATIST that boasts that it “brings good things to life,” was the designer of the nuclear plants that are blowing up like hot popcorn kernels at the Fukushima Dai-ichi generating plant north of Tokyo that was hit by the double-whammy of an 9.1 earthquake and a huge tsunami. (story and 2 images)
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Fukushima Dai-ichi #2 Reactor Explodes releasing radioactive material
staff report via stele, Monday, Mar 14 2011, 7:33pm
Dai-ichi nuclear reactor #2 has exploded today at the Fukushima power plant followed by the largest release of radioactive material into the environment to date. Engineers believe the core has been exposed and a partial meltdown has occurred but they say containment vessels seem to be intact.
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Fukushima #3 nuclear reactor Explodes, situation under control, Really?
staff report via gan, Sunday, Mar 13 2011, 11:17pm
I'm no double-talking politician or conservative scientist under political pressure, ALL I KNOW is WHAT I SEE and explosions do not indicate a situation 'under control!' Furthermore, the presence of poisonous radioactive Cesium in the atmosphere after the first explosion is a clear indication -- I have recently learned -- of a CORE MELTDOWN, but that was under-emphasised/reported at the time as is this latest 'trivial' explosion at Dai-ichi reactor #3, in one of the World's LARGEST nuclear power plants! (story and 1 comment and 1 image)
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Japanese officials say THREE reactors have cooling problems
staff report via fleet, Saturday, Mar 12 2011, 6:50pm
Japan (AP) — Cooling systems have failed in three nuclear reactors at the same plant along Japan's northeast coast, following Friday's powerful earthquake and tsunami. (story and 2 comments and 1 image)
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Japan mega-quake shifts Earth’s axis and threatens Chernobyl-type Catastrophe
staff report via gan, Saturday, Mar 12 2011, 6:50am
After yesterday’s catastrophic earthquake, Japan continues to experience tremors (aftershocks) of 5-6.8 magnitude. The consequences of the quake could be very serious for the entire world. (story and 1 comment)
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Japan Mega-Quake WARNING for USA
Harvey Wasserman via stan, Friday, Mar 11 2011, 8:42pm
Had the massive 8.9 Richter-scale earthquake that has just savaged Japan hit off the California coast, it could have ripped apart at least four coastal reactors and sent a lethal cloud of radiation across the entire United States. (story and 1 comment and 2 images)
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Another Strong Earthquake Hits Japan
Editor, Thursday, Mar 10 2011, 10:38pm
Another powerful earthquake measuring 8.9 on the scale, just struck off Japan's main island of Honshu. Tokyo was shaken violently for several minutes and a tsunami warning has been issued -- the wave could measure up to 7 metres, 10 metres in some coastal areas, according to Japan's tsunami watch and the Tsunami Warning Center, Hawaii! (story and 1 comment and 1 image)
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 7.2 Magnitude Huge Earthquake Rocks Japan
Glenda Kwek via reed, Tuesday, Mar 8 2011, 8:57pm
A 7.2-magnitude earthquake that struck off the coast of Japan this afternoon has triggered a small tsunami, but with no reports of damage. The quake hit at 1.54pm about 169 kilometres off the city of Sendai in northern Japan at a depth of 14 kilometres. (story and 2 comments and 1 image and 1 audio file)
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 Eco-farming can double food output -- UN
Alister Doyle via stele, Tuesday, Mar 8 2011, 9:46am
OSLO, March 8 (Reuters) - Many farmers in developing nations can double food production within a decade by shifting to ecological agriculture from use of chemical fertilisers and pesticides, a U.N. report showed on Tuesday. (story and 1 image and 1 attached file)
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