BREAKING NEWS: Japan Nuclear Crisis

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media friend has confirm the planet has issues, however, he is hearing not as bad as being reported.

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Naoto Kan: Safety of people around the Fukushima nuclear plant is our number one priority - first we need to save lives, then we need to make it easier for people in shelters, based on experience from Kobe, he says. After that, reconstruction efforts.

Damian Grammaticus has just arrived in Sendai. He says there are truly astonishing scenes of devastation at the harbour there, there are shipping containers that have been swept inland and smashed against buildings and trees and rubble strewn across the streets.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12307698

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More from Damian Grammaticas in Sendai. "The streets are covered in mud that was swept inland. There are dozens and dozens of cars that were carried along, twisted and turned, and crushed by the wave. The gas and water have been cut off, fires burning are close to the seaside, and locals say hundreds of people died in this area.

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Nuclear Safety Agency, "and the amount of radiation being investigated"

Together with the contents of the press will tell the NISA is that there was a huge explosion near the reactor building and turbine building at 3:00 pm at 36 minutes past the No. 1 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant For a dose of radioactive material, such as leaking and the cause is under investigation.

http://translate.google.com/translat...ate.google.com

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Government spokesman says the nuclear reactor container at the Fukushima-Daiichi plant has not been damaged, and the level of radiation has dropped following the explosion earlier on Saturday, AFP reports.

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It is interesting to note the nuclear fall out map in the background of this image.

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Voice of America's Steve Herman tweets: "In Fukushima-ken. We have 3G mobile sig but no internet access. Most places have no water. Electricity on however."

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More from Japanese PM Naoto Kan. He says the government will do its best to make sure "not a single person will suffer health problems."

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Explosion at Japan nuclear plant caused by "water vapor" from cooling process, not the nuclear reactor, government says.

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Sky News confirmes that the Nuclear reactor core is intact and not damaged....puh

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World sends disaster relief teams to Japan

(Reuters) - The international community started to send disaster relief teams on Saturday to help Japan after it suffered a massive earthquake and tsunami, with the United Nations sending a group to help co-ordinate work.


"We are in the process of deploying 9 experts who are among the most experienced we have for dealing with catastrophes. They will help evaluate needs and coordinate assistance with Japanese authorities," Elisabeth Byrs, spokeswoman of the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), told Reuters.


http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/...72B1DM20110312

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Quake moved Japan coast 8 feet; shifted Earth's axis

(CNN) -- The powerful earthquake that unleashed a devastating tsunami Friday appears to have moved the main island of Japan by 8 feet (2.4 meters) and shifted the Earth on its axis.

"At this point, we know that one GPS station moved (8 feet), and we have seen a map from GSI (Geospatial Information Authority) in Japan showing the pattern of shift over a large area is consistent with about that much shift of the land mass," said Kenneth Hudnut, a geophysicist with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

Reports from the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology in Italy estimated the 8.9-magnitude quake shifted the planet on its axis by nearly 4 inches (10 centimeters)

http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/as...ex.html?hpt=T1

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http://www.spacew.com/c3/c3animbig.gif

Interesting to not above, what is the sun up to?

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irishspirit, thank you very much for your great efforts, analysis and insights. You are like a solid anchor in stormy water.

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apan's Fuji TV has run a screen caption saying that as many as 10,000 people are missing in the town of Minamisanriku in Miyagi prefecture.

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Peter Old, of search and rescue charity RapidUK, told the BBC's World Service that while most people think of tsunamis as made of water, by the time the wave reaches inland, it is more like a mudslide. "Those people that would have been on the ground are likely not to have survived," he said.

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http://english.kyodonews.jp/photos/2011/03/77020.html

Some pics that show the complete destruction that has occurred.

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http://www.oe-files.de/gmaps/eqmashup.html

keep up to date with this for quakes and other activity

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The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) says Japanese authorities are making preparations to distribute iodine to residents in the area of both the Fukushima nuclear plants. The IAEA has reiterated its offer of technical assistance to Japan, should the government request this.

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It looks like they are going to use sea water to try to cool the reactor core down, not a good idea.

The materials inside the water will destroy the reactor, therefore, meaning this will never re start.

More over, this system depends on water, sure to God they would have a better back up plan? This is Nuclear material we are talking about here.

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Japanese official says pumping system caused nuclear plant blast

CNN) -- An explosion at an earthquake-damaged nuclear plant was not caused by damage to the nuclear reactor but by a pumping system that failed as crews tried to bring the reactor's temperature down, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano said Saturday.The next step for workers at the Fukushima Daiichi plant will be to flood the reactor containment structure with sea water to bring the reactor's temperature down to safe levels, he said. The effort is expected to take two days.

http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/as...japan.nuclear/

Not buying this one.

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Japan to fill leaking nuke reactor with sea water

(Reuters) - Tokyo Electric Power Co plans to fill a leaking reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant with sea water to cool it down and reduce pressure in the unit, Japan's top government spokesman said on Saturday.


"The nuclear reactor is surrounded by a steel reactor container, which is then surrounded by a concrete building," Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano said.


"The concrete building collapsed. We found out that the reactor container inside didn't explode."
http://in.reuters.com/article/2011/0...55526220110312

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Japanese official says pumping system caused nuclear plant blast

CNN) -- An explosion at an earthquake-damaged nuclear plant was not caused by damage to the nuclear reactor but by a pumping system that failed as crews tried to bring the reactor's temperature down, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano said Saturday.The next step for workers at the Fukushima Daiichi plant will be to flood the reactor containment structure with sea water to bring the reactor's temperature down to safe levels, he said. The effort is expected to take two days.

http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/as...japan.nuclear/

Not buying this one.

Secont that irishspirit. Not at all sure that will be a good solution.

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Newsreader on Japan's NHK says: "Right now we are feeling an aftershock.

Noriyuki Shikata, deputy cabinet secretary for public relations for the Japanese prime minister tweets: "Blast was caused by accumulated hydrogen combined with oxygen in the space between container and outer structure. No damage to container."