OUR PRAYERS CONTINUE FOR ALL THOSE WHO ARE AFFECTED BY THIS UNFOLDING TRAGEDY.
Appeal:
WMR’s Japanese friends and colleagues report massive shortages of basic staples and disaster supplies in Japan. If you know anyone in the greater Tokyo area and the northeast coast, small parcels — to avoid customs problems — are appreciated. WMR will soon post a mailing address for these staples to get to our WMR circle of friends and colleagues who need them the most. Money is not what is primarily needed right now since money is fairly useless when there is nothing to buy. The following are what are in short supply or not available: Ramen-type noodles, rice, tea bags, powdered soup packets or bouillon cubes, powdered milk, beef or other types of jerky, water filters, Pampers, facial masks, crackers, batteries (AA and AAA), canned corn beef, toilet paper, rubber gloves, crackers. h/t Silvia –Note when you collect stuff for Japan: It is only possible to airmail things to what the post office considers “overseas” – they have gotten rid of all other shipping methods 2 years ago. It will cost A LOT to mail thigns if you are not careful. So pick items wisely. A 2-pound bag of rice will cost you $40 to mail (yes, it’s that bad).So a few suggestions: Pick light-weight items and make it go as far as you can – rice noodles are very light-weight, ramen, remove bulky packaging and put contents in a Ziploc bag to get net weight, etc. Bew mindful of weight when you do this or your donations will stay at home due to ridiculous cost of shipping when the post office tells you how bad it is. Another suggestions – take up a collection at work and ask your employer to spring for the shipping of what you collect to match your donation and make it a company effort – many will do so if asked – or ask your church or any corporate or charitable entity – and resist their suggestions to hand it to the Red Cross or any of these other bozos bewcause it will not go where you want it to go – just get a sponsor for shipping fees. Most employers have FedEx or UPS accounts and can put it on their tab. If you take shipping out of the equation, you can get a lot of stuff sent without the redundant high cost. If you want to help please click HERE |
Radioactive Plume - Wind Direction
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQDPlI0cudg
The Amount of Radioactive Fuel at Fukushima DWARFS Chernobyl
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdhfV-8dbCE
6.1 quake hits south of stricken Japan nuclear plant
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVtbdD1nBQc
Read – Radioactive Plume Heads for Britian
Read –Tokyo water sample shows radioactive iodine: government
Read – Water temperature drops at No.5 reactor
The water temperature is dropping in the spent fuel rod pool of the No.5 reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.
Tokyo Electric Power Company restored a power generator at the No.6 reactor on Saturday morning.
One of the 2 generators at the No. 6 reactor has been used since the quake to cool the spent fuel rod pools of the No.5 and No.6 reactors.
But water temperatures rose as the generator could not supply enough power by itself.
The newly restored generator is being used to activate a cooling pump in the No.5 reactor.
The 2 generators can now generate enough power to maintain the cooling functions of the No.5 and No.6 reactors.
The power company measured the water temperature of the No.5 reactor and found it had decreased from 68.5 degrees Celsius at 5 AM, local time, to 63.8 degrees at 2 PM.
The company said the partial recovery of the cooling functions will bring a sense of safety.
It hopes to fully restore connections to external power sources and stably cool down the reactors.
The company also said it made holes in the roofs of the No.5 and No.6 reactors to remove hydrogen to prevent the explosions that occurred at the No.1 and No. 3 reactors.
Saturday, March 19, 2011 22:11 +0900 (JST)
No. 1 and 2 reactors connected to external power sources
Two of the damaged reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant are likely to have power again after engineers managed to install cables.
Tokyo Electric Power Company says it will do its best to resume the reactors’ cooling function by Sunday, but as many parts of the facilities are soaked in seawater. It is not known if this can be done quickly.
Power company engineers finished connecting the No.1 and No.2 reactors to external sources on Saturday evening.
The nuclear plant lost its cooling function for the reactors and the spent fuel rod pool due to malfunctions of emergency power generators after the quake.
The situation could lead to a massive leakage of radioactive substances.
The power company will check the reactors’ cooling equipment before deciding whether to use electricity.
The Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency says the power company will turn on meters to check the condition of the reactors and then work on the cooling function of the reactors and the spent fuel rod pool.
The agency says the company aims to restore power for the remaining 4 reactors by Sunday.
Saturday, March 19, 2011 21:07 +0900 (JST)
Food samples show raised radiation
19 March 2011ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED: 12.52pm GMT
Radiation levels exceeding the Japanese government-set level have been detected in samples of milk and spinach collected in the region of the Fukushima nuclear power plant. However, the levels measured are said to pose no immediate threat to health.
Higher than limit levels of radiation were detected in samples of milk by authorities yesterday evening, chief cabinet secretary Yukiyo Edano reported. The milk samples had been collected within Fukushima Prefecture at a location more than 30 kilometres from the damaged Fukushima Daiichi plant.
This morning, six samples of spinach collected in Ibaraki Prefecture, neighbouring to the south of Fukushima Prefecture, were found to have higher levels of radiation. The prefectural boundary is some 65 km from the nuclear power plant.
Edano said that the levels of radiation detected exceed the limits stipulated as provisional regulation values under the national Food Sanitation Law. These limits have been set in accordance with International Committee on Radiation Protection’s recommendations.
From Wayne Madsen Reports – March 18,2011 – TEPCO, Japanese regulator stonewalling on nuclear plant crisis
WMR has learned of a concerted campaign of the stonewalling of key Japanese government officials by Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), the operator of the stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant, and Japan’s Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency (NISA) nuclear regulatory watchdog. WMR has been told by informed Japanese sources that the close relationship between TEPCO and NISA neutered effective oversight of TEPCO’s safety problem-ridden reactors for a number of years. The lack of effective contingency planning and TEPCO’s overriding interest in it’s corporate bottom led to the post-quake/tsunami Level 5 nuclear crisis at the Fukushima plant. The lack of effective NISA oversight is a direct result of the cozy relationship between the Japanese nuclear regulatory agency, according to our sources.
One of the major reasons why the Japanese Cabinet of Prime Minister Naoto Kan has not been fully informed of the dire situation at the Fukushima reactor facilities is that Chief Cabinet Secretary, attorney Yukio Edano, cut his teeth in politics as an outspoken opponent of Japan’s nuclear power industry.
WMR has been told that TEPCO and NISA, skeptical of Edano’s past anti-nuclear stance, feared that Edano stands to amplify the threat posed by the current nuclear disaster at Fukushima. TEPCO and NISA has, therefore, acted to limit what information has been passed to Edano to avoid the Cabinet Secretary heightening fears during his many news conferences. Edano has been the chief Japanese government’s face in televised news conferences on Fukushima’s nuclear meltdown and radiation release.
Edano’s past anti-nuclear stance also extended to his opposition to nuclear-powered U.S. Navy ships from being homeported in Japanese ports. There are some indications that the Obama administration, which fully supports the U.S. nuclear power industry, has also quietly supported TEPCO and NISA from providing Edano with too much information, especially since Edano also holds the portfolio of Minister of State for Okinawa Affairs. The people of Okinawa have been adamant about the need for the U.S. to pull its military bases off the island.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBKZnWz4VXY
Re posting from March 17, 2011 Update thread –
DO NOT TRUST THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA TO TELL YOU SAFE or NOT SAFE LEVELS OF RADIATION. TRUST THE GEIGER COUNTERS TRACKING THE LEVELS FOR YOURSELF. HERE IS ONE SUCH LINK THAT IS STREAMING LIVE.
HERE IS ANOTHER LINK –
ttp://www.blackcatsystems.com/RadMap/map.html
AND ANOTHER –
http://www.radiationnetwork.com
AND ANOTHER –
http://www.ctbto.org/map/#ims_
To get today’s wind/jet stream forecasts, check out Dr. Master’s update at Wunder Blog – http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/show.html
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