Breaking News thread for Japan crisis

[James48843]

A DIFFERENT Nuclear Power plant in Japan- this one ten miles away from the first one, is having difficulties now. Smoke spotted at this OTHER Nuclear power plant:

Tokyo (CNN) -- Smoke was spotted at another nuclear plant in northeastern Japan on Wednesday, Tokyo Electric Power Co. said.

The company said smoke was detected in the turbine building of reactor No. 1 at the Fukushima Daini nuclear power plant around 6 p.m. (5 a.m. ET).

Smoke could no longer be seen by around 7 p.m. (6 a.m. ET), a company spokesman told reporters.

The Fukushima Daini nuclear power plant is about 10 kilometers (6 miles) from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, where workers have been scrambling to stave off a meltdown since the March 11 earthquake and tsunami knocked out cooling systems there.

More:
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/03/30/japan.daini/

 

[Silverbird]

Sigh, that's the other TEPCO (Tokyo Electric) nuclear power plant in the earthquake area. Daiichi = number one (first plant), Daini - number 2 (second plant).

If I remember, there's another plant, closer to the epicenter, that does not belong to Tokyo Electric that shut down properly (Odawara?)

 

[alevin]

oh no. they've had some time to figure out priority response actions a little better by now based on ultrarecent conditions at daiichi. hope that will help them respond more effectively at daini and get ahead of the curve there.

 

[Sensei]

Wow, I hadn't seen the news about Dai-ni. I have a friend who works there - he collects radiation samples in and around the plant to check for safety. I'm not $hittin'. He's been in touch a few times since the quake - always assures me everything is all right, and his family hasn't even had to evacuate (they live in Iwaki, where Dai-ni is located). I haven't heard from him in a few days. I'll have to FB him to see what's up.:worried:

 

[KevinD]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPB_l5WMvuw

 

[Silverbird]

New quake hits northern Japan; tsunami warning issued

http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/04/07/new-quake-hits-northern-japan-tsunami-warning-issued/?hpt=T2

CNN also reports on breaking news - Daiichi plant evacuation due to Tsunami threat.
[Realmoney reported on the quake on another thread, so he did it first.]

 

[Buster]

Tsunami warning lifted after large Japan quake ​

TOKYO —

A strong aftershock rattled Japan and officials issued a tsunami warning Thursday night nearly a month after a devastating earthquake and tsunami flattened the northeastern coast.
The warning was lifted 90 minutes later..

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42473172/ns/world_news-asiapacific/?GT1=43001

 

[James48843]

Japan raises the level of concern after a fire broke out this morning in reactor number 4.

Japan’s nuclear crisis may be raised to the highest level of severity, matching Chernobyl’s rating, as increasing radiation prompts the government to widen the evacuation zone and as aftershocks rocked the country.


Japan’s Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency lifted the rating level to 7, and will announce the decision at a news conference today, national broadcaster NHK reported on its website. The accident at Tokyo Electric Power Co.’s station is currently rated 5 on the global scale, the same as the 1979 partial reactor meltdown at Three Mile Island in Pennsylvania.

Yep- it's getting worse and worse and worse.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-...d-to-highest-severity-level-on-radiation.html

 

[Show-me]

They have down played this from the start and now they can not hide it any longer.

 

[Buster]

Not to dis the situation or Japan..But it is typical for the Japanese to down play...they did in WWII and they did when Toyota's and Lexus' were running out of control..It's their Pride..it's their culture...Not surprising..

and yes, I've donated to help and pray for their safe recovery from all this..God Bless them!