PEARL HARBOR: The US Navy will take part in efforts to monitor environmental impact from the Japanese Nuclear crisis. The Navy’s 7th fleet assets are helping to gather data – through water, soil, and, air. To see the extent of any contamination from Japan’s Fukushima nuclear reactor across its bases, aircraft, and, ships [...] [...more]
The Department of Foreign Affairs said today it is coordinating with the Japanese government, its Embassy in Tokyo and Consulates and the Filpino community in Japan to ensure the safety of Filipinos after a 8.9-magnitude earthquake struck the country yesterday. In a press conference, Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Rafael E. Seguis said that the Japanese government [...] [...more]
A report by www.stratfor.com republished with permission: A March 12 explosion at the earthquake-damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Okuma, Japan, appears to have caused a reactor meltdown. The key piece of technology in a nuclear reactor is the control rods. Nuclear fuel generates neutrons; controlling the flow and production rate of these neutrons is [...] [...more]
Japanese local government in Fukushima Prefecture that, “a high level of radiation has been measured near the Fukushima Number One nuclear power station.” “The radiation level rose to 1,015 mircrosieverts per hour” on Saturday that is normally what people receive in a year. ‘One hour of exposure to this amount of radiation is equivalent to [...] [...more]
Japan’s fire and disaster national team is at the Fukushima prefecture. At least four people were injured at the plant after a explosion. Radiation levels at 1011rads which equals the level of a years exposure. 80,000 live near the plant. They are being evacuated. [...more]
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