By JO MACFARLANE
Last updated at 4:10 AM on 14th March 2011
42 survivors have been pulled out of the rubble
Official death toll hits 1,597, but many hundreds believed to be buried under rubble or washed away by waves
Toll will soar after around 2,000 bodies were found on the shores of Miyagi prefecture
Second explosion at nuclear power plant
Number of people contaminated with radiation could reach 160
Region hit by hundreds of aftershocks, some up to 6.8-magnitude
Rescue operation begins but some areas still cut off by road damage and flood waters
70,000 people evacuated to shelters in Sendai
Forty-two survivors have been pulled from the rubble in the flattened town of Minami Sanrik, where up to 10,000 people are feared to have perished.
Around half the town's 18,000 residents are missing but search and rescue teams are still working desperately through the rubble to try and find more people.
Police are also trying to stop people returning to their homes.
Despite the first tsunami warning being issued to the town that lies two miles from the coastline, some residents decided to stay in their homes instead of fleeing – leading to the high number of missing people, CNN reported today..
Most of the houses in Minami Sanriku have been completely flattened and waterlogged and one house was found even with seaweed inside.
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Second nuclear meltdown likely under way in Japan, official says
Japanese officials were trying frantically to thwart partial meltdowns presumed under way Sunday at two earthquake-stricken nuclear reactors in Japan.
Fuel rods were briefly exposed and radiation levels briefly rose above the legal limit at the second reactor Sunday, said Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano.
A partial meltdown in the unit is "highly possible," he told reporters. "Because it's inside the reactor, we cannot directly check it but we are taking measures on the assumption of the possible partial meltdown."
He also said a hydrogen explosion could occur at the reactor, Unit 3 of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex. That would follow a Saturday blast at Unit 1 of the same complex as operators attempted to prevent a nuclear meltdown by injecting sea water into it.
Japan's largest electric utility Sunday released what it said was slightly radioactive air at Unit 3.
Both reactors are among three shut down Friday at the Fukushima Daiishi plant when their cooling functions stopped after the area was jolted by a magnitude 8.9 earthquake.
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Fuel rods were briefly exposed and radiation levels briefly rose above the legal limit at the second reactor Sunday, said Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano.
A partial meltdown in the unit is "highly possible," he told reporters. "Because it's inside the reactor, we cannot directly check it but we are taking measures on the assumption of the possible partial meltdown."
He also said a hydrogen explosion could occur at the reactor, Unit 3 of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex. That would follow a Saturday blast at Unit 1 of the same complex as operators attempted to prevent a nuclear meltdown by injecting sea water into it.
Japan's largest electric utility Sunday released what it said was slightly radioactive air at Unit 3.
Both reactors are among three shut down Friday at the Fukushima Daiishi plant when their cooling functions stopped after the area was jolted by a magnitude 8.9 earthquake.
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Hydrogen blast occurs at Fukushima plant's No. 3 reactor: agency
TOKYO, March 14, Kyodo
A hydrogen explosion occurred Monday morning at the quake-hit Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant's troubled No. 3 reactor, the government's nuclear safety agency said, urging about 600 residents in a 20-kilometer radius to stay indoors.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano said the plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. confirmed that the 11:01 a.m. blast did not damage the container of the No. 3 reactor, allaying concerns that the explosion may have caused a massive release of radioactive substance.
TEPCO said three workers, including its employees, were injured by the blast. All of them suffered bruises.
''According to the plant chief's assessment, the container's health has been maintained,'' Edano told a press conference. ''The possibility is low that massive radioactive materials have spattered.''
Edano said the blast that blew away the roof and the walls of the building housing the container was similar to an explosion Saturday at the No. 1 reactor of the same plant, following Friday's magnitude 9.0 quake.
It had been widely expected that the No. 3 reactor would follow the same path.
The top government spokesman said operations to pour seawater into the reactor to cool it down were continuing and the level of pressure in the container was stable.
The Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency said wind was not blowing in the area. The radiation level had not significantly risen, it added.
The Tokyo metropolitan government is also examining radiation levels in the metropolis.
The Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant has been shut down since the quake and some of its reactors have lost their cooling functions, leading to brief rises in the radiation level over the weekend. As a result, cores at the No. 1 and No. 3 reactors have been partially melting.
Earlier in the day, TEPCO reported to the government that the radiation level at the plant had again exceeded the legal limit and pressure in the container of the No. 3 reactor had briefly increased.
On Monday, radiation at the plant's premises rose over the benchmark limit of 500 micro sievert per hour at two locations, measuring 751 micro sievert at the first location at 2:20 a.m. and 650 at the second at 2:40 a.m., according to the report.
The hourly amounts are more than half the 1,000 micro sievert to which people are usually exposed in one year.
The maximum level detected so far around the plant is 1,557.5 micro sievert logged Sunday.
The utility had been pouring seawater into the plant's No. 1 and No. 3 reactors to help cool their cores, which are believed to have partially melted after part of the fuel rods were no longer covered by coolant water when levels fell following the quake.
The seawater injection stopped around 1 a.m. due to the shortage of water left in tanks, but resumed for No. 3 reactor at 3:20 a.m., according to the nuclear safety agency.
The halt of coolant water injection apparently caused rising pressure in the reactor container and an increase in the radiation level at the plant, the agency said.
TEPCO at one point planned to release radioactive steam from the No. 3 reactor container to depressurize it and ordered workers to vacate the site. But as the pressure later lowered, workers resumed operations at the site, according to the agency.
Edano said pressure in the No. 1 reactor container has been stable and seawater injection for the reactor will resume later.
==Kyodo
A hydrogen explosion occurred Monday morning at the quake-hit Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant's troubled No. 3 reactor, the government's nuclear safety agency said, urging about 600 residents in a 20-kilometer radius to stay indoors.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano said the plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. confirmed that the 11:01 a.m. blast did not damage the container of the No. 3 reactor, allaying concerns that the explosion may have caused a massive release of radioactive substance.
TEPCO said three workers, including its employees, were injured by the blast. All of them suffered bruises.
''According to the plant chief's assessment, the container's health has been maintained,'' Edano told a press conference. ''The possibility is low that massive radioactive materials have spattered.''
Edano said the blast that blew away the roof and the walls of the building housing the container was similar to an explosion Saturday at the No. 1 reactor of the same plant, following Friday's magnitude 9.0 quake.
It had been widely expected that the No. 3 reactor would follow the same path.
The top government spokesman said operations to pour seawater into the reactor to cool it down were continuing and the level of pressure in the container was stable.
The Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency said wind was not blowing in the area. The radiation level had not significantly risen, it added.
The Tokyo metropolitan government is also examining radiation levels in the metropolis.
The Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant has been shut down since the quake and some of its reactors have lost their cooling functions, leading to brief rises in the radiation level over the weekend. As a result, cores at the No. 1 and No. 3 reactors have been partially melting.
Earlier in the day, TEPCO reported to the government that the radiation level at the plant had again exceeded the legal limit and pressure in the container of the No. 3 reactor had briefly increased.
On Monday, radiation at the plant's premises rose over the benchmark limit of 500 micro sievert per hour at two locations, measuring 751 micro sievert at the first location at 2:20 a.m. and 650 at the second at 2:40 a.m., according to the report.
The hourly amounts are more than half the 1,000 micro sievert to which people are usually exposed in one year.
The maximum level detected so far around the plant is 1,557.5 micro sievert logged Sunday.
The utility had been pouring seawater into the plant's No. 1 and No. 3 reactors to help cool their cores, which are believed to have partially melted after part of the fuel rods were no longer covered by coolant water when levels fell following the quake.
The seawater injection stopped around 1 a.m. due to the shortage of water left in tanks, but resumed for No. 3 reactor at 3:20 a.m., according to the nuclear safety agency.
The halt of coolant water injection apparently caused rising pressure in the reactor container and an increase in the radiation level at the plant, the agency said.
TEPCO at one point planned to release radioactive steam from the No. 3 reactor container to depressurize it and ordered workers to vacate the site. But as the pressure later lowered, workers resumed operations at the site, according to the agency.
Edano said pressure in the No. 1 reactor container has been stable and seawater injection for the reactor will resume later.
==Kyodo
Saturday, March 12, 2011
Japanese Nuclear Meltdown Confirmed
Infowars.com
March 12, 2011
As we accurately reported earlier today, the explosion at the Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan was the result of a nuclear meltdown of the reactor core at the facility.
The Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency (NISA) confirmed the meltdown Saturday afternoon. Fukushima is one of the 25 largest nuclear power stations in the world. The NISA is affiliated with the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.
High levels of cesium and iodine, by-products of nuclear fission, are being reported and providing more evidence that a nuclear meltdown is currently underway.
It is now certain Japan is experiencing a Chernobyl event. “At this point, events in Japan bear many similarities to the 1986 Chernobyl disaster. Reports indicate that up to 1.5 meters (4.9 feet) of the reactor fuel was exposed. The reactor fuel appears to have at least partially melted, and the subsequent explosion has shattered the walls and roof of the containment vessel – and likely the remaining useful parts of the control and coolant systems,” Stratfor explains.
“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,” said Kevin Camps, a nuclear waste specialist.
Prior to the explosion of the containment structure, exposure rates outside the plant were at about 620 millirems per hour. Radiation exposure for the average individual is 620 millirems per year. Virtually any increase in ambient radiation can raise long-term cancer rates, and authorities distributed iodine, which helps protect against thyroid cancer, The Oregonian reports.
As the image above illustrates, the prevailing jet stream moves from Japan to the United States across the Pacific Ocean. Airborne radiation would work its way into the jet stream and reach the United States in less than 36 hours. Jet streams flow from west to east in the upper portion of the troposphere.
By downplaying this serious disaster, the Japanese government is not only endangering its own people, but also millions of people in the United States and Canada.
The cover-up by the Japanese government provides more evidence that government cannot be trusted to safeguard the lives of its citizens.
March 12, 2011
The Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency (NISA) confirmed the meltdown Saturday afternoon. Fukushima is one of the 25 largest nuclear power stations in the world. The NISA is affiliated with the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.
High levels of cesium and iodine, by-products of nuclear fission, are being reported and providing more evidence that a nuclear meltdown is currently underway.
It is now certain Japan is experiencing a Chernobyl event. “At this point, events in Japan bear many similarities to the 1986 Chernobyl disaster. Reports indicate that up to 1.5 meters (4.9 feet) of the reactor fuel was exposed. The reactor fuel appears to have at least partially melted, and the subsequent explosion has shattered the walls and roof of the containment vessel – and likely the remaining useful parts of the control and coolant systems,” Stratfor explains.
“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,” said Kevin Camps, a nuclear waste specialist.
Prior to the explosion of the containment structure, exposure rates outside the plant were at about 620 millirems per hour. Radiation exposure for the average individual is 620 millirems per year. Virtually any increase in ambient radiation can raise long-term cancer rates, and authorities distributed iodine, which helps protect against thyroid cancer, The Oregonian reports.
As the image above illustrates, the prevailing jet stream moves from Japan to the United States across the Pacific Ocean. Airborne radiation would work its way into the jet stream and reach the United States in less than 36 hours. Jet streams flow from west to east in the upper portion of the troposphere.
By downplaying this serious disaster, the Japanese government is not only endangering its own people, but also millions of people in the United States and Canada.
The cover-up by the Japanese government provides more evidence that government cannot be trusted to safeguard the lives of its citizens.
Our Future
Our Future
by Nki-Louise Nesbit on Saturday, March 12, 2011 at 9:22am
A piercing look into our own worlds pain. The events that have taken place over the last few days have caught the eyes and hearts of millions. With psychic evaluations proven right? Mind boggling thoughts of terrorism, acts of kindness have disappeared as the world goes into submission. A hold back in which those of us have taken our energy only to worry and spread news of a possible WWIII on our hands. Could this be the fall of mankind?
Fortunately, the fall of mankind has been in effect since the first day. So everyone can take a moment to rest, and then move on with their busy lives. This world has been in the making for thousands of years, only to become a desolate in one way or another. Run by ignorant and self proclaimed government, each country has its own deliberate fool terrorizing its own people.
Though we all feel for the people of Japan and those affected, and my own personal prayers go out to those in hand. What more can we do? The higher percentage of our population either can't afford to help, or they just don't. Those that do, their money gets eaten away by the companies of those in hand who claim to be of a union to help support those in war and disaster. While starving, and broken families with not a belonging to their name but the clothes on their backs starve and cry for help. The unions sit comfortably while shipping off clean water and garbage food substitutes.
I remember when I approached the Red Cross when a devastated Haiti was hit this time last year. I was told I couldn't send clothing and food. Only money. Really? So when does such a higher name of support not take in food and clothing donations to a place where everything is lost. Where people scavenge and fight for those simple necessities. Only money. Of course, they had their explanation of it would cost this and that, and on and on about how money was the better option as they would be able to decide what was needed. Last I saw on the news at that time was truck loads of rice and water being bombarded by hundreds of starving people. Good on you Red Cross. Millions of donations from around the world and all you can afford is rice. Funny enough, all I had to do was go to the Church across the street from my house to send the clothing and food donations.
Faith v.s. Unions
I don't push faith, it's not up to me to chose someones religion or anti-religion. Whether it be an act of God or a simple Science. This world will demolish its very own. The fact that each sole person can sit and await it while worrying makes me ill. Did we forget how to live?
In the 1940's, thousands of millions fought to stay alive so descendants and yes, even ethnicities apart could be here today. They lived to the fullest, even in the event of their death. In their last moments, fighting to stay alive. Only for a world to be brought together not by journey or travel, but by internet. Now, the internet has brought a great deal to this world. Connection. Promotions. News. Sports, with live streaming. Music. Even random videos to make us laugh. All of this out of the good of one mans heart and mind. But where did the genuine "live and learn" experiences go?
Haarp. Have you heard of this? I suggest you google it. Ridiculously, this is what brought me here today. Tip of the Iceberg. Wake up people.
Our future, destined to end. Not because of War, or 2012 predictions. Not because a God planned it that way. And not from world crisis and disasters. Because, "No One Lives Forever". And that's just the way it is.
No one person, not even a country can reach out and stop this irrelevant path of life. So when you wake up to tune into the latest news of how the world is coming to an end, I just want to remind everyone how you ware wasting "Your" special time on this planet. Your life. If you want to help, then help. Just realize you are here for a reason, and we all have to keep on our paths to find that reason.
If your family woke up tomorrow, and you were gone. What memory would you leave behind? Just think about it before you waste your time sitting in front of a television set or a computer.
Get up and DO SOMETHING. Do it for you. Do it for others. War is only an ocean away. Would you not fight for your family, your children, for your country and your own freedom?
Well, there you go. Then why wouldn't you fight for your very own free life here on earth. We can't change everything, but we can live. To the fullest. Don't be afraid to take a vow to "Your Own Self". Through good or bad, in sickness or in health, till death to "You" part.
Live. It's that simple.
Your future lays in the heart of your own soul, and the moldings of your own hands.
Create, Build, Live.
-Nki Louise
by Nki-Louise Nesbit on Saturday, March 12, 2011 at 9:22am
Fortunately, the fall of mankind has been in effect since the first day. So everyone can take a moment to rest, and then move on with their busy lives. This world has been in the making for thousands of years, only to become a desolate in one way or another. Run by ignorant and self proclaimed government, each country has its own deliberate fool terrorizing its own people.
Though we all feel for the people of Japan and those affected, and my own personal prayers go out to those in hand. What more can we do? The higher percentage of our population either can't afford to help, or they just don't. Those that do, their money gets eaten away by the companies of those in hand who claim to be of a union to help support those in war and disaster. While starving, and broken families with not a belonging to their name but the clothes on their backs starve and cry for help. The unions sit comfortably while shipping off clean water and garbage food substitutes.
I remember when I approached the Red Cross when a devastated Haiti was hit this time last year. I was told I couldn't send clothing and food. Only money. Really? So when does such a higher name of support not take in food and clothing donations to a place where everything is lost. Where people scavenge and fight for those simple necessities. Only money. Of course, they had their explanation of it would cost this and that, and on and on about how money was the better option as they would be able to decide what was needed. Last I saw on the news at that time was truck loads of rice and water being bombarded by hundreds of starving people. Good on you Red Cross. Millions of donations from around the world and all you can afford is rice. Funny enough, all I had to do was go to the Church across the street from my house to send the clothing and food donations.
Faith v.s. Unions
I don't push faith, it's not up to me to chose someones religion or anti-religion. Whether it be an act of God or a simple Science. This world will demolish its very own. The fact that each sole person can sit and await it while worrying makes me ill. Did we forget how to live?
In the 1940's, thousands of millions fought to stay alive so descendants and yes, even ethnicities apart could be here today. They lived to the fullest, even in the event of their death. In their last moments, fighting to stay alive. Only for a world to be brought together not by journey or travel, but by internet. Now, the internet has brought a great deal to this world. Connection. Promotions. News. Sports, with live streaming. Music. Even random videos to make us laugh. All of this out of the good of one mans heart and mind. But where did the genuine "live and learn" experiences go?
Haarp. Have you heard of this? I suggest you google it. Ridiculously, this is what brought me here today. Tip of the Iceberg. Wake up people.
Our future, destined to end. Not because of War, or 2012 predictions. Not because a God planned it that way. And not from world crisis and disasters. Because, "No One Lives Forever". And that's just the way it is.
No one person, not even a country can reach out and stop this irrelevant path of life. So when you wake up to tune into the latest news of how the world is coming to an end, I just want to remind everyone how you ware wasting "Your" special time on this planet. Your life. If you want to help, then help. Just realize you are here for a reason, and we all have to keep on our paths to find that reason.
If your family woke up tomorrow, and you were gone. What memory would you leave behind? Just think about it before you waste your time sitting in front of a television set or a computer.
Get up and DO SOMETHING. Do it for you. Do it for others. War is only an ocean away. Would you not fight for your family, your children, for your country and your own freedom?
Well, there you go. Then why wouldn't you fight for your very own free life here on earth. We can't change everything, but we can live. To the fullest. Don't be afraid to take a vow to "Your Own Self". Through good or bad, in sickness or in health, till death to "You" part.
Live. It's that simple.
Your future lays in the heart of your own soul, and the moldings of your own hands.
Create, Build, Live.
-Nki Louise
Japan Tsunami Update: Nuclear Power Plant in Meltdown
TOKYO— A day after Japan’s devastating Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, core meltdown is underway the Fukushima No.1 nuclear power plant and, at this point, appears to be unstoppable. A mid-afternoon blast on Saturday demolished the structure housing an overheated and leaking reactor, raising the probability of a full-scale nuclear disaster, which could release radiation across the U.S. and even parts of Europe.
Just past noon in Japan, the Industrial Nuclear Safety Agency reported that the radioactive isotopes cesium and iodine had been detected by a monitoring station near the Fukushima plant. The facility has six reactors, three of them operating at the time of the earthquake. Two of these are overheating and Reactor 1 is leaking radioactive particles into the atmosphere.
The presence of these isotopes in air samples is a sure indicator of an uncontrolled chain reaction. Japanese nuclear engineers are explaining that overheated uranium rods seared through their metal casings, triggering the start of nuclear fission. The regulatory agency's statement contradicts the earlier claim of the plant’s operator, TEPCO, that all uranium rods were intact.
The afternoon explosion, which injured four workers, is hampering efforts by emergency workers to pump cold water into the reactor and release steam through safety valves. The internal steam pressure inside the reactor vessel is more than twice the approved level of the original design.
Truck-mounted generators have restored electrical power. The government has been frantically trying to locate robots to reopen the control room, which is now 1,000 times more radioactive than safe levels for humans. The cooling water is being provided by a common fire engine.
If temperatures and internal pressure cannot be significantly lowered soon, the likelihood of a fractured reactor barrier is increased. If the reactor shell cracks, the internal water will vaporize, creating conditions for uncontrolled fission and massive radioactive releases into the atmosphere.
Over the past 24 hours, the evacuation area for local residents has been widened from a diameter of three kilometers to 20 kilometers (12.4 miles). Over the same time period, outdoor radiation levels have risen from eight times higher than normal to 20 times higher, according to the monitoring station near Fukushima No.1.