Friday, March 11, 2011

Tsunami in Japan

This is of course anything anyone has been talking about since I woke up tonight. It is pretty horrific but the worst might not be over yet.

Check this out:

UPDATE 1-Japan trying to fix nuclear plant cooling problem

8:08am EST
(Adds details)
TOKYO, March 11 (Reuters) - A cooling system for a nuclear reactor was not working after a powerful earthquake in Japan, prompting the government to declare an emergency situation as a precaution although it said there was no radioactive leakage at present.
Residents that live within a 3 km radius of Tokyo Electric Power's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant have been told to evacuate, Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano told a news conference.
TEPCO confirmed that water levels inside the reactors at its Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear plant were on a falling trend, but added it was working to maintain water levels to avert the exposure of nuclear fuel rods.
The company has been trying to restore power to its emergency power system so that it can add water to the inside of the reactors, a TEPCO spokesman said. (Reporting by Osamu Tsukimori; Writing by Edwina Gibbs; Editing by Joseph Radford)
 http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/11/japan-quake-reactor-idUSL3E7EB1K020110311

16 comments:

  1. Yeah I read about the Nuclear plant thing. Glad they're keeping it under control.

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  2. the least we want right now is an exploding nuclear plant

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  3. It's always weird to hear about things like this, so hard to imagine...

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  4. I am really afraid of this nuclear disaster. heard the usa is helping

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  5. Pretty brutal. I definitely wish Japan the best of luck

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  6. Its during time like this, in periods of crisis, that the world puts aside our petty differences, and bind together to unite into one collectively whole.

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  7. It's a pretty serious situation, my heart goes out to everyone in the region.

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  8. that sucks, hope everyone there is ok

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  9. i hope they sort that out, that could be even more disastrous

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  10. So sad man... It was just upgraded to a 9.0 listing... I've never experienced an earthquake and I can't imagine the terror that goes through your head... hope they bounce back from this nuclear problem...

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  11. Erthquake , ok its very bad...
    But Nuclear... its a disaster

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  12. Horrible day, hope this doesnt get any worse

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