All Blog Posts Tagged 'Tepco' (8)

Confirmed, Fukushima ‘leaking to ocean’

The operator of Japan’s crippled Fukushima nuclear plant has admitted for the first time that the site™s reactors are leaking highly contaminated water into the Pacific Ocean.

Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), the operator of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, admitted the leakage to the ocean for the first time since a catastrophic earthquake and tsunami damaged the plant™s reactors in 2011.

The operator made the acknowledgement after steam was seen at one of the… Continue

Added by Wolf on July 24, 2013 at 9:55am — 1 Comment

We Have to Embrace Apocalypse If We're Going to Get Serious About Sticking Around on This Planet

The following is an excerpt from We Are All Apocalyptic Now: On the Responsibilities of Teaching, Preaching, Reporting, Writing, and Speaking Out , in print at Amazon.com and on Kindle (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2013):

Here’s my experience in speaking apocalyptically about the serious challenges humans face: No matter how carefully I craft a statement of concern about the future of humans, no matter how often I deny a claim to special gifts of prognostication, no… Continue

Added by Wolf on July 17, 2013 at 9:09am — No Comments

Take Charge! Call for Democrats to Investigate Ongoing Danger From Fukushima Nuclear Reactors!

TO:

Senator Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) Senator Dianne Feinstein (D- CA)

Senator Ron Wyden (D- OR) Senator Jeff Merkley (D- OR)

Senator Maria Cantwell (D – WA) Senator Patty Murray (D- WA)

Senator Mark Begich (D- AK) Senator Lisa Murkowski (R- AK)

Senator Mazie Hirono (D- HI) Senator Brian Schatz (D- HI)

US Senate switchboard:

1-866-220-0044

Dear West Coast Senators:

We the undersigned are deeply concerned about the radiation danger… Continue

Added by Wolf on July 14, 2013 at 5:16pm — 1 Comment

Fukushima 7/2013: “Remaining Radioactive Mass”, “Dangerous Leaking Radioactive Water”, All Four Reactors are “Getting Worse”

The first thing to know about the danger from the radioactive mass remaining on site in the three reactors that melted down at Fukushima is that nobody knows how much radioactive material there is, nobody knows how much uranium and plutonium it contains, and nobody knows how to make it safe — so no one knows how great the continuing danger is.

In order to prevent nuclear material from being diverted to use in weapons, the International Atomic Energy Agency of the U.N. requires each… Continue

Added by Wolf on July 11, 2013 at 11:08pm — No Comments

Tepco checking for damage inside reactor at Fukushima DAINI

The Fukushima Daini complex, located about 12 kilometers south of the Daiichi plant, was affected by the earthquake and tsunami on March 11, 2011, with three of the four reactors temporarily losing key cooling functions.

Has anybody heard about this plant?

Continue reading at: http://enenews.com/tepco-checking-damage-inside-reactor-fukushima-daini…

TEPCO starts removing fuel from Fukushima Daini reactor

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Added by mystery on October 2, 2012 at 10:51pm — No Comments

Minamisoma blogger “The heating gauge is not broken at reactor2″

"In short, if it goes up to 600~700℃, reactor 2 will explode."

http://fukushima-diary.com/

When the Japanese islands endure the chain reaction and explode, the entire West Coast of the US and Western Canada will get the radioactive cloud first then the entire world will soon have various types of cancer.

Pay attention people. This is not a drill. It would be a good idea now to find the Japanese media and…

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Added by ShivaShakti on February 14, 2012 at 11:50am — No Comments

TEPCO struggles to cool Fukushima plant's No. 2 reactor

"Tokyo Electric Power Co. is taking steps to prevent a possible self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction at the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant."

http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201202070027

Added by ShivaShakti on February 7, 2012 at 11:56pm — No Comments