Topic: nuclear power - on March 15, 2011 at 8:28:00 AM CET
PM Kan urges those remaining near plants to leave
Prime Minister Naoto Kan has urged all residents to evacuate from within 20 kilometers of the disaster-stricken Fukushima No.1 nuclear power station. He told people living within 20 to 30 kilometers to stay indoors.
Kan issued a public appeal on Tuesday morning, saying 2 hydrogen explosions and a fire are raising the level of radioactivity released into the atmosphere. He said there's also an increased danger of more radioactive leaks.
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Topic: nuclear power - on March 15, 2011 at 8:27:00 AM CET
Edano: radiation high enough to affect health
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano says the level of radiation around the quake-damaged Fukushima No.1 nuclear power plant is high enough to affect human health.
Edano told reporters on Tuesday morning that 400 millisieverts of radiation per hour had been detected around the plant's No.3 reactor building at 10:22 AM.
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Topic: nuclear power - on March 15, 2011 at 8:23:00 AM CET
Japan - Vast Devastation
The vast devastation wrought by the earthquake and resulting tsunami that hit Japan on March 11, 2011, may only be matched by the destroyed lives left in their wake. Few survivors have been found, but families continue to search for their sons, daughters, wives, husbands and friends. Threats of a nuclear reactor meltdown and resulting disaster loom. -- Paula Nelson (51 photos total)
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Topic: nuclear power - on March 15, 2011 at 7:57:00 AM CET
Geiger counter reading in Hino City, Tokyo
Tokyo Geiger Counter- Link [Tokyo counter]
Chiba Geiger Counter- Link
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Topic: nuclear power - on March 15, 2011 at 6:41:00 AM CET
Radioaktive Wolke treibt auf Tokio zu - 400fach über Grenzwert - ~400 millisieverts/hr
Neue Hiobsbotschaften aus Japan: Eine weitere Explosion und ein neuer Brand im Krisen-Atomkraftwerk Fukushima machen die Lage immer gefährlicher. Angesichts widersprüchlicher Aussagen ist unklar, ob der Reaktor 2 selbst leck ist. Doch die radioaktive Strahlung in der Umgebung steigt dramatisch. Die Regierung spricht bereits von einem „für die Gesundheit gefährlichen“ Ausmaß. Und auch in Tokio breitet sich die Angst aus: Weil der Wind drehte, treibt die radioaktive Wolke nun auf die Hauptstadt zu. Dort wurden bereits leicht erhöhte Strahlenwerte gemessen.
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Topic: nuclear power - on March 14, 2011 at 5:15:00 PM CET
NHK: At reactor number 2, fuel rods have been fully exposed again.
Tokyo Electric Power Company is battling to cool a reactor to prevent another explosion at its nuclear power plant in quake-hit Fukushima Prefecture.
The utility firm said on Monday afternoon that fuel rods are exposed at the Number Two reactor of its Fukushima Number One plant after the level of coolant water dropped. At around 6:20pm, the power company began pumping in seawater.
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Topic: nuclear power - on March 14, 2011 at 4:48:00 PM CET
Shibuya
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 14, 2011 at 3:50:00 PM CET
Libya: Rebels say Brega retaken from Gaddafi troops
Rebel forces in Libya say they have retaken the eastern oil town of Brega, capturing a number of elite government troops and killing others.
The statement has not been independently confirmed.
It came hours after the rebels had themselves been driven from the town by air and ground attacks by forces loyal to Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi.
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Topic: nuclear power - on March 14, 2011 at 2:38:00 PM CET
Reactor reaction wipes $1.5bn from uranium holdings
MORE than $1.5 billion was wiped off the value of uranium stocks yesterday as the market reacted savagely to the nuclear crisis unfolding in Japan.
As explosions rocked Japan's ailing Fukushima nuclear plant, the market seemed convinced the incident would harm ambitions for uranium to play a bigger role in energy production around the world.
Diversified miners like BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto escaped the worst of the market punishment yesterday, despite being substantial uranium producers.
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 14, 2011 at 10:12:00 AM CET
At Crossroads, Libya Rebels Vow to Stand or Die
Military forces loyal to Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi sent warplanes on Monday to bomb this anxious town, a strategic linchpin on the doorstep of the opposition capital Benghazi and within grasp of a highway crucial to recapturing the eastern border and encircling the rebellion with heavy armor and artillery.
At least two explosions were heard but there was no immediate word on casualties among rebel fighters confronting the air supremacy which Colonel Qaddafi’s forces have used soften up resistance and intimidate their adversaries as they advance eastward to reverse the country’s bloody uprising.
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Topic: nuclear power - on March 14, 2011 at 9:10:00 AM CET
NISA officials also report that reactor no. 2 at Daiichi plant has lost its cooling ability and pressure is rising.
The news came as Japanese officials issued and then quickly canceled a tsunami warning, following aftershocks along the already earthquake-ravaged eastern coast of the nation.
Japanese authorities have been working frantically to prevent a meltdown at a series of nuclear reactors in Fukushima. The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has sent two of its officials with expertise in boiling water nuclear reactors.
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Topic: nuclear power - on March 14, 2011 at 9:07:00 AM CET
Kühlung auch in Reaktor 2 defekt
Die Katastrophe in Japan nimmt immer dramatischere Dimensionen an: Nach einem heftigen Nachbeben mit anschließender neuer Tsunami-Warnung erschütterte am Montag eine zweite Explosion in einem Atomreaktor das Unglückskraftwerk in Fukushima. Nach Angaben der Regierung soll die Stahlhülle des Reaktorblocks 3 aber standgehalten haben.
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