Ready for the Sarcophagus

SUBHEAD: The developed industrial nations providing help to bury Fukushima Dai Ichi Nuclear Plant.By Staff on 31 April 2011 for MSNBC News - (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42359020/ns/world_news-asiapacific)Image above: A truck carrying a cement pump that can extend nearly 200 feet is loaded onto an Antonov 124 plane in Stuttgart, Germany headed for Japan. From original article.Some of the world's

Fukushima reactors reach criticality

SUBHEAD: Fukushima workers threatened by heat bursts from chain reactions as sea radiation rises.By Jonathan Tirone, Sachiko Sakamaki & Yuriy Humber on 31 March 2011 -(http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-03-30/record-high-levels-of-radiation-found-in-sea-near-crippled-nuclear-reactor.html)Image above: Possible photo of blue flash during "criticality" event at Fukushima Dia Ichi Nuclear Plant. From

Fukushima Non-Containment

SUBHEAD: Tepco has indicated that three Fukushima Dai Ichi reactor containment vessels may have "holes".By Ex-Skf on 28 March 2011 for Ex-Skf Blogspot -(http://ex-skf.blogspot.com/2011/03/fukushima-i-nuke-plant-reactor-pressure.html)Image above: Diagram from Asahi Shinbun News story apparently showing flooded space below turbine room separated from reactor containment by duct.From a story in

Fukushima Water Blessing & Curse

SUBHEAD: Deadly radiation in water detected outside Fukushima nuclear reactor.By Michio Nakayama on 28 March 2011 for Bloomberg News - (http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-03-28/hazardous-radiation-levels-stall-efforts-to-cool-reactors-prevent-leaks.html)Image above: Suicide mission? Workers at Fukushima Dai Ichi Nuclear Power Station maneuver police water cannon truck normally used to spray

Earthquake & Tsunami hit Tourism

SUBHEAD: Shocked Hawaii tourism reps scramble as Japanese visits drop sharply.By Martin Barillas on 21 March 2011 for The Cutting Edge - (http://www.thecuttingedgenews.com/index.php?article=51612&pageid=37&pagename=Page+One)Image above: Waikiki tourist hotels blot out the landscape. This is the epicenter for Japanese tourism to Hawaii. The area would be devastated if that tourism collapses as a

Radioactivity in Seawater Soars

SUBHEAD: Radioactivity levels in ocean water soars near Fukushima Dai Ichi as U.S. rushes fresh water to nuclear site.By staff on 25 March 2011 on MSNBC -(http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42280076/ns/world_news-asiapacific)Image above: Wrecked reactor buildings #3 and #4 at Fukushima Dai Ichi. From (http://liberalironist.wordpress.com/2011/03/17/meltdown-at-fukushima-i-nuclear-power-plant).Japan's

China on Nukes - Build Baby Build!

SUBHEAD: Fukushima has put nuclear power on the radar for a populace that was previously focused on enjoying its benefits.By Kari Huus on 24 March 2011 for MSNBC -(http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42219006/ns/world_news-asiapacific/#)Image above: Qinshan nuclear power plant starts expansion near Hangzhou Bay, Zhejiang Province in 2008. Two reactors operational by 2014. From (http://www.china.org.cn/

Radiation found in Japanese food

SUBHEAD: Contamination from Japan's stricken nuclear complex had seeped into the food chain.By Shino Yuasa & Eric Talmage on 19 March 2011 for Huffington Post -(http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/19/japan-elevated-radiation-_n_837919.html)Image above: Children in Kawamata, Japan, taking preventative doses of potassium iodide on 3/14/11. From (http://wwe.wgbh.org/News/Articles/2011/3/14/

One meter tsunami hits Hawaii

SUBHEAD: Update on minor tsunami waves that hit Hawaii after devastating Japan coast.By Allison Schaefers on 11 March 2011 for Bloomberg News - (http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-03-11/hawaii-hit-by-1-meter-tsunami-spurring-coastal-evacuations-closing-ports.html)Image above: A photo of damage to Kona, Big Island. From (http://horsesmouth.typepad.com/hm/2011/03/

Japan's economy in melt-down

SUBHEAD: The cost of recovering after the earthquake, tsunami and failure of several nuclear facilities will be too much for Japan's economy to bear.By Steve Ludlum on 12 March 2011 in Economic Undertow - (http://economic-undertow.blogspot.com/2011/03/death-knell-of-waste-based-economy.html)Image above: Disappearance of #1 nuclear containment building in Fukushima Japan. From (http://

Tsunami could hit economy hard

SUBHEAD: The prognosis doesn't look good. What is clear is that the disaster could not have come at a worst time for Japan.By Richard Tanter on 11 March 2011 in Radio Australia - (http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/asiapac/stories/201103/s3162124.htm)Image above: Cars and rubble piled up after tsunami in Japan. From (http://www.christianpost.com/news/quake-tsunami-devastate-japan-49376). The full