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You can't even imagine. My wife and kids are in Gunma prefecture (188 km from Fukushima).

:( :( :( :( :(

Edit: I'm not going to lie. I'm on the verge of tears right now. I'm so scared for them, but I'm trying to be strong.

I was so relieved to find out they're safe and now I don't even know if the worst is over. I'm praying so hard that nothing else happens.

Glad to hear your wife and kids are okay. Hoping for the best for them and everyone else there.

I know someone over there and he hasn't been able to be reached yet.

Just to let everyone know:

@ShawInfo UPDATE: We have now made long distance calling free to Japan, in addition to free access to TV Japan (ch 514) on #Shaw

https://twitter.com/#!/ShawInfo/status/46349481968541696

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUkHvWMmh6Y

Japan declares emergency at quake-hit reactor

Japan has declared a “nuclear emergency” at an atomic plant north of Tokyo after cooling systems failed following the country’s 8.9 magnitude earthquake.

Naoto Kan, prime minister, stressed that no radiation had leaked from the Fukushima Daiichi facility’s six reactors. But residents living within 3km of the plant were being evacuated by the military, and those within 10km being told to stay in their homes.

The International Atomic Energy Agency, the world’s nuclear watchdog, expressed concern, saying it was “seeking further details on the situation at Fukushima and other nuclear power plants and research reactors, including information on off-site and on-site electrical power supplies, cooling systems and the condition of the reactor buildings”.

Japanese government officials and Tokyo Electric Power, the plant’s operator, said all Fukushimi Daiichi’s reactors had shut down automatically as designed during the quake. But coolant water for one reactor was running low after its water pump’s diesel generator failed.

“All efforts are being taken to secure an alternative electricity source,” Yukio Edano, chief cabinet secretary in Mr Kan’s government, said. He called the evacuation a “precaution”.

An IAEA official said: “All nuclear power plants need to keep fuel cool after the reactor is shut down and not producing energy. This is because after the shutdown the fuel elements are physically hot and radioactively hot, and there is therefore a safety risk.”

The expert added: “In a situation like this, you would also worry about physical degradation to the containment of the nuclear facility, which might end up with radiation being released.”

The US said it had delivered coolant to the plant. “We just had our Air Force assets in Japan transport some really important coolant to one of the nuclear plants,” secretary of state Hillary Clinton said.

With total generation capacity of about 4,500 megawatts from six reactors, Fukushima Daiichi is one of Japan’s largest nuclear plants. The nearby Fukushima Daini plant has capacity of about 4,300MW from four reactors.

There are two other plants in the region: Onagawa, with 1,300MW of capacity from three reactors, and Tokai, with 1,000MW from one reactor. Fukushima Daini, Onagawa and Tokai are all reported to have been shut down.

Altogether, about a quarter of Japan’s nuclear generation capacity, which provides 30 per cent of the country’s electricity, is out of service. Analysts cautioned it could take time before the facilities were declared operational again.

Nuclear plants in Japan have suffered earthquake damage before. Parts of the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa facility, the world’s largest nuclear power plant with seven reactors on the north-western coast os the Sea of Japan, remain closed after a 6.8-magnitude quake in 2007. A small amount of radioactive water was leaked in that incident.

Analysts said the closure of the reactors was likely to lead to an increase in demand for liquefied natural gas, an alternative source of energy, from the country.

“Such a reduction in nuclear generation is likely to increase the demand for spot LNG cargos by Japan, allowing further utilisation to gas-fired power station provided there has been no damage to LNG re-gasification terminals, or gas-fired generation facilities in Japan,” said James Crandell and Kerry Maddock at Barclays Capital.

UK wholesale gas prices for April delivery jumped more than 5 per cent on Friday to 60.55 pence per therm, amid concerns the quake would increase demand for liquefied natural gas from Japan and attract cargos destined for the UK.

The declaration of a nuclear emergency was the first under an 11-year-old law that requires utilities to notify the public and the government immediately of potentially dangerous situations at atomic plants. The law was prompted in part by previous cover-ups of safety problems at nuclear facilities.

Friday’s earthquake also damaged another plant further north on the Japanese Pacific coast. Tohoku Electric said a turbine at its Onagawa facility had caught fire, but that the blaze had been extinguished and no radiation had leaked. However, Kashiwazaki-Kariwa, Japan’s largest nuclear plant, is still in operation.

Japan is also required under a series of nuclear safety conventions to notify the IAEA of early nuclear incidents. IAEA officials presume they are receiving little information at present because Japanese are busy responding to the incident.

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4758904e-4be5-11e0-9705-00144feab49a.html#ixzz1GKqWAXA1

Tepco: Temperatures Rising At Fukushima Daini No.1, No.2 Reactors

TOKYO (Dow Jones)--Tokyo Electric Power Co. (9501.TO) said Saturday that the temperatures of its No.1 and No.2 reactors at its Fukushima Daini nuclear power station are rising, and it has lost control over pressure in the reactors.

Fukushima Daini station is the second nuclear power plant the company has in Fukushima prefecture in northeastern Japan, where the troubled Fukushima Daiichi plant is located.

By Mari Iwata, Dow Jones Newswires; 813-6269-2798; mari.iwata@dowjones.com

http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20110311-715299.html

Risk of Nuclear Catastrophe Escalates in Japan – ‘Worse than Chernobyl’

The Institute for Public Accuracy issued the following statement by nuclear expert, Kevin Kamp, about the risk of nuclear disaster in post-Earthquake Japan: “The electrical grid is down. The emergency diesel generators have been damaged. The multi-reactor Fukushima atomic power plant is now relying on battery power, which will only last around eight hours. The danger is, the very thermally hot reactor cores at the plant must be continuously cooled for 24 to 48 hours. Without any electricity, the pumps won’t be able to pump water through the hot reactor cores to cool them. Once electricity is lost, the irradiated nuclear fuel could begin to melt down. If the containment systems fail, a catastrophic radioactivity release to the environment could occur.”

“In addition to the reactor cores, the storage pool for highly radioactive irradiated nuclear fuel is also at risk. The pool cooling water must be continuously circulated. Without circulation, the still thermally hot irradiated nuclear fuel in the storage pools will begin to boil off the cooling water. Within a day or two, the pool’s water could completely boil away. Without cooling water, the irradiated nuclear fuel could spontaneously combust in an exothermic reaction. Since the storage pools are not located within containment, a catastrophic radioactivity release to the environment could occur. Up to 100 percent of the volatile radioactive Cesium-137 content of the pools could go up in flames and smoke, to blow downwind over large distances. Given the large quantity of irradiated nuclear fuel in the pool, the radioactivity release could be worse than the Chernobyl nuclear reactor catastrophe of 25 years ago.”

Kamps is a specialist in nuclear waste at Beyond Nuclear and conducted research last year assessing the state of nuclear facilities in Japan.

Meabwhile, Japan has ordered thousands of residents near a northeastern nuclear power plant to evacuate today following a massive earthquake that caused a problem in the plant’s cooling system, according to the Associated Press.

http://blogs.forbes.com/williampentland/2011/03/11/risk-of-nuclear-catastrophe-escalates-in-japan-worse-than-chernobyl/

Radiation levels at damaged Fukushima-Daiichi nuke plant are continuing to rise... Radiation 1,000 times higher than normal detected. Ministry official: 'Possibility of radioactive leak'...

http://www.drudgereport.com/

U.S. did not deliver coolant to Japan nuclear reactor

(Reuters) - The U.S. military did not provide any coolant for a Japanese nuclear plant affected by a massive earthquake on Friday, U.S. officials said.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton earlier had said that U.S. Air Force "assets" had delivered "some really important coolant" to a Japanese nuclear power plant.

One U.S. official said he believed Clinton was told Japan had requested the material, that the United States had agreed to provide it, and that an operation to do so was under way.

Ultimately, however, Japan did not need assistance from the United States but Clinton did not appear to have been updated before she made her public remarks.

"We understand that ultimately the Japanese government handled the situation on its own," said another U.S. official, who spoke on condition of anonymity.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/11/us-japan-quake-nuclear-coolant-idUSTRE72A8AM20110311

Japan orders evacuation around nuclear plant

Radiation levels at reactor rise after earthquake

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The Japanese government declared its first-ever state of emergency at a nuclear power plant after Friday's 8.9-magnitude earthquake caused a problem in a cooling system, causing radiation levels in a reactor to rise to 1,000 times normal.

Japan's nuclear safety agency said some radiation escaped from the plant.

The government ordered 3,000 residents to leave the area.

Power cut

The quake cut off power to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, which is in Onahama city, about 270 kilometres northeast of Tokyo. A backup generator failed and the primary cooling system was not able to supply water to the plant's 460-megawatt No. 1 reactor.

Japanese nuclear safety official Yuji Kakizaki said plant workers were cooling the reactor with a less-effective secondary cooling system. Kakizaki said an emergency cooling system remains intact and ready to kick in if required to prevent a reactor meltdown.

Japan's nuclear safety agency said pressure inside the Fukushima No. 1 reactor has risen to 1.5 times the level considered normal. To reduce the pressure, slightly radioactive vapour will be released.

Yukio Edano, the chief cabinet secretary, said the amount of radioactive element in the vapor would be "very small."

"With evacuation in place and the ocean-bound wind, we can ensure the safety," Edano said early Saturday in a news conference.

Japan's nuclear safety agency said the radioactive vapour would not affect the environment or human health.

Plant workers were scrambling to restore the cooling water supply at the plant but there was no prospect of immediate success, The Associated Press reported. The U.S. offered to rush coolant to Japan, but a U.S. official later said the Japanese handled it themselves.

Builders plan for quakes

Kaoru Ishikawa, the Japanese ambassador to Canada, said all the nuclear power plants in Japan were built "bearing in mind the possibility of big earthquakes."

He said all the plants in the affected area were shut down automatically after the quake, but he noted the coolant problem at the Fukushima plant continued.

The International Atomic Energy Agency said Japanese authorities also reported a fire at the Onagawa nuclear plant. The fire has been extinguished.

"They say Onagawa, Fukushima-Daini and Tokai nuclear power plants were also shut down automatically, and no radiation release has been detected," the IAEA said in a statement posted online.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2011/03/11/earthquake-japan-nuclear-reactor.html

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Thank you guys for your support. I count myself lucky that they are safe at this moment.

There were many families who were not so lucky. They are the ones who really need support.

On a side note, the Japanese government needs to stop trying to downplay and cover up the severity and risks. It's not about looking incompetent, it's about protecting your citizens. People need to be informed. They need to know the dangers and the risks.

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Agreed!

I hate that part of the Japanese mentality. Saving face is one of their primary tenets.

I lived there for years and I learned to accept that there were always 2 truths: what you see and hear and what is real. But in a situation where people's lives are in danger, that is unacceptable on any level.

I love Japan and I love the Japanese people. Living there were some of my best memories of my life. But the bureaucracy and the lack of essential communication were frustrating even when there were no emergencies.

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yet there are tards typing dumb stuff in the comments dismissing her video

At one point in the video she scrolls through that thingie of the universe and how the planets line up. She stopped at the 10th for a couple seconds then moved to the 11th and said "See here, it's lines up perfectly to last years Chili earthquake". That part gave me the creeps.

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btw it was 3 days ago, not 3 years ago :)

At one point in the video she scrolls through that thingie of the universe and how the planets line up. She stopped at the 10th for a couple seconds then moved to the 11th and said "See here, it's lines up perfectly to last years Chili earthquake". That part gave me the creeps.

video she uploaded 2 days ago...creepy :blink:

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i'm amazed at how many religious freaks there are posting dumb comments on cnn reports

..talking about having a thick skull

And for all the religious people on this blog: get over it. It's just a natural phenomena. There is no mistery in earthquaqes and tsunamies. You need to stop sending your kids to Sunday school and teach them more about science. If you do that, in time, the number of stupid opinions on blogs like this one will decrease.
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I was so over conspiracy theories, but right now, I observe myself to be quite unstable in that category. I mean, she predicted the exact date. blink.gif But I don't want to believe that stuff anymore. I'm too old for that.

She somehow managed to link the potential earthquake to two movies.

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