Japan: 9.0 Earthquake-Tsunami-Nuclear Reactor Status #5

[mommy23]

Poor Japan, I hope no one was injured!!!!

And Mexico too? Yikes!!!

 

[Quiche]

Interesting that the worries about the extra pressure of all the water combined with an earthquake were just being discussed in the news.

 

[Noddy]

Oh wow. The epicenter is just 12 miles from Cat Island. So sad.

 

[Quiche]

WRAPUP 1-Strong earthquake shakes Japan's ruined northeast coast

Quote: No damage from Thursday's quake was detected at the plant and NHK said workers had been evacuated without reports of any injuries.

There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage elsewhere but people in areas covered by the tsunami warning should evacuate to higher ground, Japan's NHK public television said.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/04/07/japan-idUSL3E7F72Y220110407

 

[Quiche]

Japan Tsunami: Debris From Disaster Heading to U.S. West Coast
Floating Rubble of 200,000 Buildings Becomes Threat to Shipping Traffic

Quote: After the tsunami and 9.0 earthquake that hit Japan in March, enormous chunks of entire towns were washed away and are now being found floating in open waters.

Members of the US Navy's 7th fleet, near the coast of Japan, say they've never seen anything like it

http://abcnews.go.com/International...aster-heading-us-west-coast/story?id=13315991

 

[Kat]

http://abcnews.go.com/International...kes-damaged-northeast-japan/story?id=13318962

They are talking about this on local news. No tsunami warning for HI or USA.

 

[Dr. Know?]

From twitter:

tokyoreporter Tokyo Reporter
NHK's report on Onagawa nuclear plant: two power sources out, one on　女川原発 外部電源一部喪失 http://nhk.jp/N3v66Mfs

(we can't read it but the tweet was important)

 

[Quiche]

New Japan Quake Cuts Power To Nuclear Plants

Quote: ...NHK says power cuts are occurring at the Onagawa nuclear power plant in Miyagi Pref., although radiation levels around the plant remain unchanged so far.

At 12:23 a.m. the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency, an arm of the Japanese government, began holding an emergency press conference. An official said external sources of electricity have been cut to both the Higashi-Dori nuclear power plant in Aomori Pref., in northern Japan and the Rokkasho nuclear recycling plant, which I wrote in the latest issue of Forbes magazine . Both plants are reportedly operating normally via on-site emergency generators.

http://blogs.forbes.com/yasidei/2011/04/07/new-japan-quake-cuts-power-to-nuclear-plants/

 

[dsntslp]

Tsunami warning lifted after large Japan quake

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42473172/ns/world_news-asiapacific/

 

[Quiche]

Okay, so this place was effected in early March too--

Rokkasho Reprocessing Plant

Excerpt: 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami

After the Tōhoku earthquake in March 2011, the plant ran on emergency power provided by backup diesel generators.[10] The emergency generators were not intended for long-term use.[11] Reportedly there are about 3,000 tons of highly radioactive used nuclear fuel stored in Rokkasho at current, that could overheat and catch fire if the cooling systems fail.

Japanese radio reported on March 13 that 600 liters of water leaked at the Rokkasho spent fuel pool.[12]

According to The New York Times, grid power was restored on March 14, 2011.[13]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rokkasho_Reprocessing_Plant

This place is owned by Japan Nuclear Fuel Limited, there is a link within the article.

 

[Daisyjane]

from the breaking news ticker:

NHK: NISA says Onagawa nuclear plant in Miyagi loses 2 of 3 external power systems following M7.4 quake. Checking with Tohoku Electric.

 

[Quiche]

This is a good link just in case the Rokkasho Reprocessing Plant becomes a concern-- it gives links to articles about the plant.

http://www.cnic.jp/english/topics/cycle/rokkasho/index.html

 

[ThoughtFox]

omg!!! I was afraid of this - there have been some really big aftershocks up to the 5 range.

 

[Quiche]

Okay, pray for the generators at Rokkasho to keep it going!

Quote: Takashi Hirose, a well-noted Japanese writer on nuclear problems, has pointed out there are about 3,000 tons of highly radioactive used nuclear fuel stored in Rokkasho that could overheat and catch fire if the cooling systems fail. This amount could spread nuclear fallout or "ashes of death" to the whole world, he said.

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Japan/MD05Dh01.html

 

[Daisyjane]

According to some on ATS, Fox is broadcasting a huge explosion that occurred at Daiichi. I am not near a tv, so cannot confirm. Can't find any such video on Fox.com. Can anyone else confirm?

Any info available on this explosion, please?

 

[Quiche]

I don't believe there's been another explosion--

Nitrogen, coolant water injection unaffected by Miyagi quake

Quote: A quake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.4 caused engineers engaged in recovery work at the Fukushima Daiichi station to temporarily evacuate, but no one was injured and no abnormalities have so far been detected in radiation levels near the plant, they said.

http://english.kyodonews.jp/news/2011/04/83903.html

 

[Daisyjane]

http://english.kyodonews.jp/news/2011/04/83917.html


VIENNA, April 7, KyodoThe International Atomic Energy Agency has noticed ''early signs of recovery'' at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in Japan despite the serious overall situation, a senior IAEA official said Thursday.

''There are early signs of recovery in some functions such as electrical power and instrumentation,'' Denis Flory, IAEA deputy director general and head of the department of nuclear safety and security, said at a press conference. Nevertheless the situation at the plant ''remains very serious,'' he added. According to Flory, two IAEA reactor experts visited the troubled Fukushima plant and exchanged views with Japanese officials concerned.==Kyodo

 

[Quiche]

Video of Aftershock Shaking Japan

http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/20...hock-shaking-japan/?smid=tw-thelede&seid=auto

Notice the power goes out rather quickly...

 

[essies]

"Blinding" Blue Light/Flash Seen During 7.4 Earthquake In Japan
[video=youtube;WFe1QwvxHQg]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFe1QwvxHQg[/video]

Not sure what that is-but it doesn't look good!!:waitasec:

 

[essies]

[video=youtube;7P_uWj2zQuw]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7P_uWj2zQuw[/video]