BREAKING NEWS
Large plume of white smoke seen spewing out of Reactor 3
At about 8:30 am today large plume of white smoke was obs3rved spewing out of Reactor 3 at Fukushima NPP, Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary, Mr Yukio Edano has just announced at a press conference.
Various radiation levels of up to 1,000 millisivert (mSv, or 1Sv) have been detected at various parts of Fukushima NPP, he added.
[NOTE: The above radiation leak quotes at Fukushima NPP were translated to English during a live broadcast. While they may be accurate, it’s also possible that translation error may have occurred.]
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Dai-ichi Reactor 4 on Fire After Fourth Blast at Fukushima Plant Damages Encasement Building
A large fire at Reactor 4 encasement building followed a fourth blast at the doomed nuclear power early Wednesday, which damaged the reactor.
Fukushima Dai-ichi NPP Satellite Image. DigitalGlobe handout dated March 14, 2011. Reactors 1 to 4 can be seen from bottom to top, with the smoke plume rising from Reactor 3.
Details of the explosion and ensuing fire are sketchy because large releases of radioactive radiation has prevented the fire crews from getting close to the reactor building.
The authorities have also revealed that the cooling system at Reactor 5 was in trouble and the coolant levels in that reactor was running low. However, they are using the auxiliary cooling system in Reactor 6 to cool down No 5.
The latest blast follows a third explosion at Reactor 2, and another major fire at Reactor 4 on Tuesday, when a fire has broken out at the No. 4 Reactor at Fukushima No.1 Nuclear Power Plant and radiation levels are rising considerably as a result of a leak, Japanese PM Naoto Kan has just announced.
Mr Kan has advised people within the 30-km of the doomed nuclear power plant to stay indoors and await further instructions.
He has also asked anyone who has not already been evacuated from the 20-km radius of the two nuclear plants to leave the danger zone.
“I sincerely ask all citizens within the 20-km distance from the reactor to leave this zone,” he said in a televised bulletin.
The fire was reportedly caused by an explosion near a containment pool where spent fuel rods were kept.
Japanese govt then imposed a 30-km NO-FLY ZONE over the doomed Fukushima NPP.
Radiation Reports Tuesday
- About 400 milisievert detected near Fukushima NPP No1 reactor
- 100 milisivert near No 4 reactor
- 30 milisievert near No 2 and 3 reactors
Notes:
1. Exposure to 400 milisievert over a 1.5 to 2-hr period burns the skin and makes the victim very sick.
2. The average background radiation is about 2.2 milisievert per YEAR.
Rolling Blackouts
Meanwhile, the rolling blackouts are implemented in the Tokyo area for third consecutive day because of major power shortages. Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), the company that operates the doomed Fukushima Daiichi plant, says the outages will last for at least three hours in the area.
The Basic Points that are Overlooked by the International Atomic Energy Clan
1. Earth is a seismic planet and earthquakes regularly strike various regions.
2. The Pacific Ring of fire is particularly prone to earthquakes, some of them large earthquakes [Megaquakes.]
3. Larger quakes can and do rip through ALL structures.
4. Offshore megaquakes are invariably followed by large tsunamis.
5. Large tsunamis invariable inundate vast areas, starting with coastal areas.
6. Nuclear power plants use electrical devices to operate vital cooling systems.
7. When inundated, electrical systems invariably fail.
All of the above, of course, is academic.
Other News:
- Several significant aftershocks have struck the eastern Honshu area in the past 12 hours, including one measuring 6.2Mw(USGS), which struck about 116 km (72 miles) WSW of Tokyo. (Tuesday, March 15, 2011 at 10:31:46 PM — time at epicenter).
- Gasoline rationing throughout Japan continues.
- There’s a shortage of paper and other stationery previously manufactured in the Sendai area.
- “120 maguro tuna at an experimental fish farm in Wakayama mysteriously died suddenly yesterday. Experts suspect it was related to the tsunami.” Said a tweet by The Daily Yomiuri.
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