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Starting about midnight, March 17th
Today’s chopper missions over Daiichi have been canceled.
The IAEA has asked Japan to cooperate with the international community. Kan says he will do the utmost to overcome the crisis – vows to disclose more info to the int’l community. -kyodo news
The new electrical cables are on site, but radiation may prevent the workers from connecting them. Readings of 20mSv/hr. are regular. – NHK
2 more fire trucks and 1 borrowed US pump truck have cycled through . -NHK
4AM March 18th
“High radiation detected 30km from nuke plant” – NHK
“Japan has raised the accident level at a stricken nuclear plant from four to five on a seven-point international danger scale for atomic accidents.” -BBC
รข??”renewed nuclear chain reaction feared”
5PM March 18th
TEPCO is very sorry about this disaster of mother nature.
The situation at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear powerplant in Japan, badly damaged during the extremely severe earthquake and tsunami there a week ago, continues to stabilise. It is becoming more probable by the day that public health consequences will be zero and radiation health effects among workers at the site will be so minor as to be hard to measure. Nuclear experts are beginning to condemn the international hysteria which has followed the incident in increasingly blunt terms.
GE defends reactors in Japan nuclear crisis
‘Minuscule’ Amounts of Radiation From Japan Detected by California Station
Japan still ‘racing against the clock’ to prevent nuclear meltdown at Fukushima
L.A. says it’s prepared for radiation from Japan, though no problems are expected
Rand Paul’s budget eliminates agency that regulates nuclear safety
Union of Concerned Scientists Releases Report on the NRC and Nuclear Plant Safety in 2010
Japan’s death toll climbs to nearly 7,000
Current Status of the Nine Nuclear Reactors Damaged in Japan’s Earthquake and Tsunami
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Don’t know how many of your readers play video games, but a PS3 theme was just made available today on the PlayStation Network for a donation of $2 – $50. All proceeds go to the American Red Cross. See here for details.
Sorry. Meant to link to the original post at the PlayStation blog, not whore my own post. :
Whoring your own post is totally acceptable for normal site. Not good for denialists or alcai berries, though.
*looks up alcai berries*
DON”T LOOK THEM UP!!!! It’s a Turkish Spam Trick! Your computer will become infected.
OMG it’s probably too late.
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