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"Doublespe­ak" is

"Doublespe­ak" is deliberate­ly injected into the media in order to give the nuclear cheerleade­rs plausable denial.
 
//new­s.yahoo.co­m/s/ap/as_­japan_eart­hquake_nuc­lear_crisi­s
 

"We have no evidence of harmful radiation exposure," deputy Cabinet secretary Noriyuki Shikata told reporters.
 
The accidents so far — injuring 15 workers and military personnel and exposing up to 190 people to elevated radiation

 
//www­.nytimes.c­om/2011/03­/14/world/­asia/japan­-fukushima­-nuclear-r­eactor.htm­l?pagewant­ed=2&_r=1
 

And workers at the pumping operation are presumed to be exposed to radiation; several workers, according to Japanese reports, have been treated for radiation poisoning

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Cat Survives Tsunami On A

Cat Survives Tsunami On A Wall

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Seeing one of the pictures from the Japan quake reminded me of a picture I saw from the bombing of Nagasaki during WWII

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A woman cries while sitting on a road amid the destroyed city of Natori

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بخشيدن از كيسه خليفه

Corruption is a Japanese cultural trait. Another one is lying. The governing bureaucracy has the power to do anything it pleases simply because Japanese have been trained not to complain and, so far, the Japanese have had enough to eat. Japan has an aging population with an extremely conservative bureaucracy which runs the affairs of the country. By 2020 half the population in Japan will be 65 and above. That is a time bomb the Japanese have talked about, but have not done anything to rectify the situation. Japan has reactionary and discriminative immigration laws which are eventually hurting the country. Having enjoyed being the second largest economy for years, it never tried to use its resources to attract younger people from other countries, thanks to the rampant xenophobia.

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pumping sea-water is a desperation act

Yesterday, an expert said that pumping sea-water into the reactor is not an approved method of cooling the reactor core and it just shows the measure of desperation of the japanese to combat a meltdown.  The expert (cannot remember his name) was not hopeful at all about containment.  With all the aftershocks and the continued desperation acts as well as secrecy on part of the Japanese officials, this sounds like a disaster on top of a trajedy.

Japan radiation leaks

In a newly released diplomatic cable obtained by WikiLeaks, politician Taro Kono, a high-profile member of Japan’s lower house, tells US diplomats that the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry – the Japanese government department responsible for nuclear energy – has been “covering up nuclear accidents and obscuring the true costs and problems associated with the nuclear industry”.

In 2008, Kono told them: “The ministries were trapped in their policies, as officials inherited policies from people more senior to them, which they could then not challenge.” He mentioned the dangers of natural disasters in the context of nuclear waste disposal, citing Japan’s “extensive seismic activity, and abundant groundwater, and [he] questioned if there really was a safe place to store nuclear waste in the ‘land of volcanoes’.”

“What we are seeing follows a clear pattern of secrecy and denial,” said Paul Dorfman, co-secretary to the Committee Examining Radiation Risks from Internal Emitters, a UK government advisory committee disbanded in 2004.

Lack of radiation readings echoes pattern of secrecy employed after other major accidents such as Chernobyl

Nuclear experts have thrown doubt on the accuracy of official information issued about the Fukushima nuclear accident, saying that it followed a pattern of secrecy and cover-ups employed in other nuclear accidents. “It’s impossible to get any radiation readings,” said John Large, an independent nuclear engineer who has worked for the UK government and been commissioned to report on the accident for Greenpeace International.

“The actions of the Japanese government are completely contrary to their words. They have evacuated 180,000 people but say there is no radiation. They are certain to have readings but we are being told nothing.” He said a radiation release was suspected “but at the moment it is impossible to know. It was the same at Chernobyl, where they said there was a bit of a problem and only later did the full extent emerge.”

They are pumping highly

فرانسویها

فرانسویها معتقدند که ژاپنیها دروغ می‌گویند و خطر کابوس هسته یی بیش از اینهاست.

ژاپن فقط درخواست یک سری کمک محدود کرده است و نه چیز دیگری !

امروز بانک ژاپن ۱۳ تریلیون ین به بورس ژاپن کمک کرد.

امشب برای اولین بار شاهد این بودیم که ژاپنیها اصرار میکردند که دولت و روزنامه‌ها و رادیو و تلویزیون اخبار را سانسور می‌کند .

به خاطر رسم و رسومات ژاپنیها..اینها جسد‌ها را نشان نمیدهند !

چند دقیقه پیش توکیو مجددا لرزید... بیش ۳۰۰ بار از جمعه پیش تا کنون !

اوتسوچی یک شهر دیگر ژاپن به شهر ارواح تبدیل شده است.

راکتور شماره ۲ فوکوشیما هنوز تثبیت نشده و خطر هست.

اخبار آمریکائی‌ها زیاد مورد اطمینان نیست،این چیزی هست که ژاپنیها روی آن اصرار دارند ولی‌ با این حال ارقام آمریکاییها بیشتر منطقی‌ به نظر می‌رسد تا خود ژاپنیها !

چین،هائیتی،شیلی و حالا ژاپن... این چهارمین سال متوالیست که زلزله میاید و خدا میداند جریان چیست !

این ویدئو‌ها را ببینید !

//www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQVPfQu50yY

//www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRKMo0MpfT0

//www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5zAEwqI2Ms

//www.youtube.com/watch?v=iP3jo3HFgmQ

//www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0V2h-VbXFs

//www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dz3kkXsbOsI

//www.youtube.com/watch?v=ny9u4u3WKwc

from dailykos with pictures of the unit #1 and #

 "The aerial photos show fuel pools may already

have been blasted out into the environment, and I find it hard to believe that they have any idea if the containment structure, or reactor vessel have been damaged. I find it infuriating to watch the weasley Japanese officials saying there is a "very low probability of radiation release." Given what we can see in these photos, not only is the probability quite high, but it is an absolute certainly that those lying little shitheads have no basis for making the criminally misleading claims they are issuing to the public.

They probably have zero operational sensors or control equipment left in these building, so they don't even really know the situation, and I don't see how, under those conditions, they have much chance of stopping a meltdown. But, I am sure that right up until the point this happens (and even afterward), those lying little bastards will be telling the public everything is ok. I just hope Japan has strong laws for prosecuting them.""

//www.dailykos.com/story/2011/03/14/956193/-What-the-Fukushima-20Big-2X-Update-w-photos-(UPDATED-2X)

of the containmen­t dome.

of the containmen­t dome. Due to pump problems, now compounded by the explosion they are struggling to establish water circulatio­n to cool the core. This is a very serious problem...­.Watch the briefing at 'videonews­.com', 102 min.

Lack of Sufficient News!

Should be blamed on different things. 1. The existing censorship: the media in Japan is controlled. All the news that is on TV is censored. 2. Bureaucracy: In Japan it is not the politicians, but bureaucrats who rule the country. 3. Secrecy: Being a secretive state, Japanese, in general, are not supposed to say anything until it is published by the authorities. Only two years ago, and after the defeat of the Liberal Democratic Party which was, except for a very short interval, in control of Japan's politics, the Japanese "learned" that 15% of the popolation was living under poverty line. Prior to that, people, in general, either didn't know, didn't care to know or knew and did not discuss it. 4. Emergency Situation: The government, that is the bureaucracy which controls the country, including the mass media and the news, decides when and what kind of news may be released. 5. Lack of respect for the average Joe(Taro, in this case): Average Japanese always rely on orders from above. In general, Japanese cannot make decisions on their own and need to be told what steps to take in almost any situation.

RW, Thanks for

Your hearbreaking updates and help list.   

شراب سرخ گرامی‌،

 هیچ نوشته‌ای در جراید مختلف به اندازه قلم شما مصیبت زلزله ژاپن را به احساسات نزدیک تر نکرده است. با عرض تشکر از گزارشات.

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بسیاری از پمپ بنزین ها دیگر نه‌ بنزین دارند و نه‌ سوخت دیگر.. همه تعطیل کردند .

مواد غذایی اولیه،آب آشامیدنی،پتو،لباس گرم،باطری مورد نیاز است... همه با هم همکاری خواهیم کرد.

غیر مستقیم گفته میشود که تعداد کشته شده‌ها بیش از ۱۰،۰۰۰ نفر است،این چیزی است که ما از روز اول گفتیم و حالا چرا این ژاپنیها انقدر بازی میکنند با این ارقام.. خدا داند.

فردا در چند شهر بزرگ اروپایی تظاهرات خواهد بود برای نشان دادن مخالفت با نیروگاه اتمی‌.من هم شرکت خواهم کرد.

۲۰،۰۰۰ نفر ناپدید هستند هنوز،خیلی‌ها کسانی‌ هستند که در زمان حادثه خارج از محل خانه بودند و یا ماهیگیر هستند و حالا نمی‌شود با اینها تماس گرفت.

۷۸۵ جنازه دیگر در میاگی کشف شده است  در ایواتا ۶۲۷  در فوکوشیما ۴۲۰ ..بسیار ناراحت کننده است :( .

احتمالاً تا اواخر ماه آپریل..ژاپن مشکل انرژی خواهد داشت.

واتاری شدید نابود شده است ،بسیار صحنه‌های غم انگیز را از تلویزیون ژاپن همین الان از آنجا دیدم :(

شهر ناتوری هم همینطور... این اخبار تازه از دولت در حال پخش است.

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برایم شام آوردند.. ساندویچ سبزیجات تازه با سالسای چیلی !... تنها سبزیخوار اینجا من هستم... میل ندارم ! خیلی‌‌ها در همه جای دنیا امشب شام نخوردند،من هم یکی‌ از آنها.

هنوز خیلی‌ گزارش باقی‌ مانده است ولی‌ ...

ولی‌ من هنوز اینجا هستم.

From BBC: 1844: Mikan in

Nuclear Rods Melting Inside

//www­.thejourna­l.ie/nucle­ar-rods-me­lting-insi­de-three-f­ukushima-r­eactors-ja­pan-admits­-2011-03/

DEAR AH: Yes, I know TEPCO

DEAR AH: Yes, I know TEPCO was involved also in a scandle a few years back. Tokoyo Electric

TEPCO (Tokyo Electric Power Company), which operates the failing nuclear power plants at Fukushima, has a history of scandals associated with its nuclear power operations.   In 2002, one set of such scandals became so severe that the president, vice president and chairman of the company all resigned in disgrace.  Most disturbing in this regard is that the scandal related to TEPCO hiding evidence of cracks in the containment vessels of their nuclear reactors.  Also possibly related to the current crisis is one report I have found of Toshiba providing faulty gauges that are used in monitoring the reactor coolant systems....

//my.firedoglake.com/jimwhite/2011/03/14/tepco-has-scandal-plagued-past/

Dear Vildemose, regarding Japan asking US for help

Few minutes ago, I saw a coworker who used to sit close to me but he was in another group. It turned out that he used to work for Bechtel and they were responsible for the technology transfer forFukushima Nuclear Plant. He said that some years ago,Japan took over and he noted that they don't go by the more strict NRC code which is more restrictive than UBC (Universal Building code). Becuase of his accent, I probably missed some of what he said but it was interesting that it turned out that he knew this much about this issue. In summary, at least, we in US should be in better shape because US Nuclear industry adheres to more restrictive building code (at least according to him) and may be that is why Japan is now asking Us for help. 

A tide of up to 2,000 bodies

A tide of up to 2,000 bodies washes up along the coast as millions struggle with quake's aftermath. New tsunami scare

HG: THank you. I think in

HG: THank you.

I think in light of this cataclysimic event in Japan, the IAEA should revise all its safety guidelines, approval criteria in regards to countries who irresponsibly build nuclear power plants in quake-prone areas. The IAEA should suspend all cooperation with IRI and perhaps revoke the IRI license for operating or building nuclear power plants...

The IRI needs to be stopped.

“Using tons of a material

“Using tons of a material otherwise used as the speck that explodes in a flashbulb in nuclear power plants —yes, absolutely crazy.”

Behind the Hydrogen Explosion at the Fukushima Nuclear Plant
by Karl Grossman

Eruption of hydrogen gas as a first reaction in a loss-of-coolant accident has been discussed with great worry in U.S. government and nuclear industry literature for decades.

That is because a highly volatile substance called zirconium was chosen back in the 1940’s and 50’s, when plans were first developed to build nuclear power plants, as the material to be used to make the rods into which radioactive fuel would be loaded.

There are 30,000 to 40,000 rods—composed of twenty tons of zirconium—in an average nuclear power plant. Many other substances were tried, particularly stainless steel, but only zirconium worked well. That’s because zirconium, it was found, allows neutrons from the fuel pellets in the rods to pass freely between the rods and thus a nuclear chain reaction to be sustained.

But there’s a huge problem with zirconium—it is highly volatile and when hot will explode spontaneously upon contact with air, water or steam.,,,

But in a nuclear plant, we’re not talking about specks—but tons and tons of zirconium, put together as a compound called “zircaloy” that clads tens of thousands of fuel rods.,,,"

//www.commondreams.org/view/2011/03/12-3

Truth. Steam reacts chemically with the fuel-casing material (an alloy of zirconium) at high temperature (2,700°F), releasing hydrogen and providing additional heat, thereby accelerating the fuel-melting process.

The Guardian: The

The Associated Press is quoting a Japanese government official as saying the possibilit­y of damage to one of the nuclear containmen­t vessel at the Fukushima Daiichi plant cannot be ruled out:

"It's impossible to say whether there has or has not been damage" to the vessels, nuclear agency official Naoki Kumagai said.

So far this evening Japanese officials have said that the fuel rods in all three of the most troubled nuclear reactors appeared to be melting, and that the drop in water levels at Unit 2 had officials the most worried:

"Units 1 and 3 are at least somewhat stabilized for the time being," said Nuclear and Industrial Agency official Ryohei Shiomi "Unit 2 now requires all our effort and attention.­"

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I'm not feeling terribly reassured.

FLASH: U.S. nuclear

FLASH: U.S. nuclear regulatory commission says Japanese government formally asks U.S. for help with cooling nuclear reactors"

Japanese tsunami aftermath:

Compare to Hurricane Katrina aftermath. Unprepared and complacent­, disregardi­ng all forewarnin­g of totally predictabl­e event. People breaking in to department stores stealing TVs and radios. Total lack of graciousne­ss; people taking aid totally for granted and complainin­g and hectoring when they aren't completely satisfied.

Says a lot about the two cultures.

5.29pm GMT [London Time]:

5.29pm GMT [London Time]: Lufthansa is scanning aircraft that return to Germany from Japan for radioactiv­ity – but has not detected any yet.

thanks redwine for your

thanks redwine for your tireless reporting on japan.  i have a family member in japan who is working around the clock on relief efforts for the japanese.  luckily, he's far from where the tsunami hit. i had another family member who was stranded in narita; but, he has been able to get a flight out. the japanese are very relilient and self-sufficient people.  i'm sure that they'll recover (maybe not fully) from this disaster.

vildemose, yes, natanz is situated on an active earthquake fault line.  here's an academic research regarding natanze's fault line: //www.iiees.ac.ir/iiees/English/Publication/Jsee/jsee19_1.html

Australian gov't is

  دولت ژاپن

دولت ژاپن رسما از آژانس انرژی هسته یی و اتمی‌ کمک خواسته است،پیش بینی‌ میشود که قضیه بسیار جدی است و صدای آژیر قرمز همچنان شنیده میشود با اینکه ساعت در ژاپن الان ۰۲،۲۰ صبح است !

۱۰۰،۰۰۰ سرباز ژاپنی،افسران ارتش ژاپن به همراه نیروهای خارجی‌ متخصص مشغول کمک و امداد امروز بودند،قدم به قدم باید شانه‌ شود تا کسی‌ بی‌ کمک باقی‌ نماند،دوباره تکرار می‌کنم که قضیه بسیار جدی است،از طرفی‌ این مشکلات و از طرفی‌ دیگر ترس از انفجارات هسته یی و مواد رادیواکتیو !

حساب شده است که ۷۰% پس لرزه‌ها بیش از ۷ ریشتر هستند و هنوز ادامه خواهند داشت.

//www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1D9kC8s7cI

۱،۸۹۷ نفر کشته شدند تا به حال که اینها شناسایی شدند،نه اینکه تنها اینها قربانیان حادثه هستند.

انفجار اولیه فوکوشیما شیمیائی بوده است و نه هسته یی !

ژاپنیها ۴ª شب را در سرما میگذرانند... آب نیست،برق نیست و وحشت روز فردا بیش از همه چیز سنگینی‌ می‌کند.

خط مواد رادیو آکتیو از ۴ به ۵.. به روی ۷ افزایش یافته است .

تکنسین‌های آلمانی نیروگاه‌های ژاپنی را ترک کرده اند،کسی‌ نمیداند چرا !

فوجیتسو که یک کارخانه مشهور در ژاپن است،مسئولیت ساخت مجدد ارتباطات تلفنی را پذیرفته است.مشغول به کار هستند حالا.

Wouldnt that b something ALL involved in nuclear plans = suicide

That would be the 4th disaster!  Earthquake, tsunami, nuclear meltdown and then all nuclear experts killing themselves.

Sons of bitches are going to kill themselves and won't care who has to clean this mess up!  No one with the know how would remain to fix anything and no expert from other countries knows enough about the plants or want to go near them.

I hope the Japanese Government somehow restricts "honorary" suicides!  Don't know what'd be the punishment for suicide! 

Everything is sacred