Fukushima Meltdown

SUBHEAD: A nuclear meltdown is a self-sustaining reaction. Nothing can stop it except stopping the reaction.By Dr. Tom Burnett on 27 March 2011 in Hawaii News Daily - (http://hawaiinewsdaily.com/2011/03/when-the-fukushima-meltdown-hits-groundwater)Image above: What people's attention in Fukushima should be turning to this spring - cherry blossoms. From (http://www.panoramio.com/photo/19750114).

This is the Big One

SUBHEAD: Japan Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear crisis could dwarf the Chernobyl disaster.By Jan Lundberg on 24 March 2011 in Culture Change -(http://www.culturechange.org/cms/content/view/715/1)Image above: Chernobyl nuclear power station after explosion of reactor. From (http://www.our-energy.com/gallery/chernobyl_nuclear_reactor_after_explosion.html).Alex Smith of Radio Ecoshock has just produced a

Nothing Is Happening

SUBHEAD: Instead of Hello Kitty they have to think Chernobyl, and then marshal tens of thousands of 'volunteers'.By Steve Ludlum on 23 March 2011 in Economic Undertow -(http://economic-undertow.blogspot.com/2011/03/nothing-is-happening.html)Image above: Hello Kitty fabricated with a Hello Kitty Biker tattoo patterned fabric. From (http://www.kittyhell.com/2009/11/06/hello-kitty-tattoo-plush).The

Macondo and the Reactors

SUBHEAD: Society has reached limits to complexity along with the ability of our space ship to 'carry' toxic overloads such as this nuclear disaster.By Steve Ludlum on 13 March 2011 in Economic Undertow - (http://economic-undertow.blogspot.com/2011/03/macondo-and-reactors.html)Image above: Paste-up of BP Macondo blowout and aftermath of Japanese tsunami by Juan Wilson.This updates the monumental