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| Japan ups nuke crisis severity to match Chernobyl |
| 2011-04-13 |
| [Arab News] Japan raised the severity level of the crisis at its crippled nuclear plant Tuesday to rank it on par with the 1986 Chernobyl disaster, citing cumulative radiation leaks that have contaminated the air, tap water, vegetables and seawater. Japanese nuclear regulators said the rating was being raised from 5 to 7 -- the highest level on an international scale overseen by the ineffective International Atomic Energy Agency -- after new assessments of radiation leaks from the Fukushima Dai-ichi plant since it was disabled by the March 11 tsunami. The new ranking signifies a "major accident" that includes widespread effects on the environment and health, according to the Vienna-based IAEA. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #7 Great article!Mummy, mummy, there's a nuclear monster! |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2011-04-13 20:09 |
| #6 More ... * RENSE > JAPAN COVERED UP [Pre-SENDAI = 03/11 QUAKE] PROBLEMS AT FUKUSHIMA BEFORE 2006. * SAME > JAPAN'S ECONOMY IN "SEVERE" CONDITION AFTER QUAKE. * PEOPLE'S DAILY FORUM > JAPAN:RAISING GENERATIONS OF RADIATION. Nippon's already "greying" population to be complemented by their radioactive descendants, environment. * IRNA > OVER 600.0MILYUHN PEOPLE IN EUROPE STILL SUFFER FROM CHERNOBYL AFTER-EFFECTS:STUDY [IPPNW]. * DAILY TIMES.PK > CHINA CONCERNED AT JAPAN'S PROLONGED NUCLEAR CRISIS. * WMF > JAPAN MINISTRY OF EDUCATION: HIGHER MAGNITUDE QUAKES [MAG 9.0-plus] MAY OCCUR THROUGHOUT VARIOUS CHINA SEAS REGIONS, NEW 700-KM LONG REGIONAL FAULT LINE MAY FORM INTERCONNECTING THE SEA OF JAPAN, EAST + EAST CHINA SEAS, SOUTH CHINA SEAS, + MIYAZAKI EARTHQUAKE ZONES. * SAME WMF > MASSIVE HUMAN DIASPORA OR MASSIVE HUMAN INVASION TO BE CAUSED BY FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR CRISIS + JAPAN'S DUMPING OF HIGHLY RADIOACTIVE WATER INTO THE PACIFIC THAT SPREAD TO MULTIPLE INTERNATIONAL REGIONS.. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2011-04-13 03:04 |
| #5 There is a limit to how big earthquakes can be, because only so much stress can build up before it gives resulting in an earthquake. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2011-04-13 02:48 |
| #4 This upgrade is not due to any change in the situation at the site. Radiation levels continue to decline and the situation continues to stabilize. The change is a result of a recalculation of iodine-131 released a few weeks ago. It appears more of it was released than previously thought (75% of which has now decayed and is no longer in the environment). This is more of an administrative change than anything else. There will be no changes to stability operations at the site. |
| Posted by: crosspatch 2011-04-13 01:48 |
| #3 WMF > JAPAN THINK-TANK: EXPANDING CHINESE PLA MILITARY TEHCNOLOGIES, MISSION SCOPES COULD LEAD TO SINO-JAPANESE WAR. * SAME > WHITE RUSSIANS BEGIN TO FLEE RUSS FAR EAST DUE TO FEARS OF RADIATION POISONING FROM JAPAN "FUKUSHIMA" NUCLEAR CRISIS. CONUS + NATO-EU, ready or not here they come! * SAME > CPLA MUST PLAN FOR POSSIBLE REGIONAL WAR AGZ JAPAN DUE TO DESPERATION OVER THE DOMESTIC CONSEQUENCES OF THE FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR DISASTER. RISE OF DISASTER-LED JAPANESE MILITARISM [including NUCLEAR]. * SAME > RUSSIA'S DECLINING POPULATION: 20,000 VILLAGES, SMALL CITIES ARE "EMPTY" DUE TO LOW BIRTHRATES + RURAL-URBAN ECON RELOCATION. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2011-04-13 01:46 |
| #2 More ... * TOPIX > JAPAN NEEDS TO BRACE A PERIOD OF BIG QUAKES. * SAME > EXPERTS:JAPAN TO EXPERIENCE FUKUSHIMA AFTERSHOCKS FOR NEXT 6-12 MONTHS [High-Mangitidue = MAG 7.0 or greater]. * WMF > 03/11/2011 "SENDAI" QUAKE-TSUNAMI DESTROYED JAPAN'S ECONOMY FOR NEXT 5-20 YEARS, UP TO 18.0MILYUHN JAPANESE MAY LEAVE JAPAN FOR CHINA DUE TO RADIATION POISONING. * WMF > SENDAI QUAKE CAUSED PARTS OF JAPAN"S TERRITORY EQUIVALENT TO 1/2 THE LAND AREA OF TOKYO TO SINK TOWARDS SEA LEVEL. * WMF > PROFESSOR TAKASHI OF TOKYO EARTHQUAKE RESEARCH INSTITUTE:MORE EARTHQUAKES OF MAG. 9.0 OR GREATER SIMILAR TO 03/11/2011 DISASTER MAY OCCUR IN JAPAN REGION, WORLD WITHIN THE NEXT 12 MONTHS, JAPAN MAY SUFFER UP TO EIGHT MAJOR AFTERSHOCKS OF MAG 7.0 OR HIGHER FROM THE FUKUSHIMA QUAKE. * WMF > JAPAN METEREOLOGICAL AGENCY WARNS OF VIGILANCE AS NATION'S TOP 20 VOLCANOES ARE EXHIBITING HIGHER FREQUENCIES OF EARTHQUAKES. * TOPIX > [Helium.com] CASCADING EARTHQUAKES + THE THEORY OF GLOBAL RUPTURE | WHAT IFF A SUPER-EARTHQUAKE LED TO OTHER SUPER-QUAKES AND SENT THE WORLD INTO A CASCADING CARCOPHY OF CATASTROPHE? Lest we fergit, "2012" + "QUAKE HEARD/FELT AROUND THE WORLD", aka Global = Universal Quake. Which according to the HISTORY CHANNEL must be a Quake = "Trigger" Quake of minima MAG 10 or HIGHER??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2011-04-13 01:31 |
| #1 See also FREEREPUBLIC > JAPAN: AFTERSHOCK SEQUENCE MAY LAST [up to] TEN YEARS: REPORT [Ross Stein - Geophysicist, USGS]. and * WORLD NEWS > TEPCO LIABILITY MAY BE CAPPED AT US$24-45 BILYUHN [Y$2.0-3.8 Trilyuhn]:REPORT. Presuming that TEPCO Bigwigs don't weirdly-n-mysteriously declare formal bankruptcy first, it amy have to payout US$100-200Bilyuhn annually for 15 years from its corporate profits. * SAME > BOJ REPORT NOTES MASSIVE DAMAGE TO LOCAL ECONOMIES. Urban-Suburban-Rural. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2011-04-13 00:47 |