Former US Diplomat Criticizes Japan Nuclear Response | Asia | English
Interesting article by VOA’s Steve Herman, tho perhaps not for the reasons Maher hopes. A former high-level U.S. diplomat, who was posted in Japan for many years, is speaking out about Tokyo’s initial response to the Fukushima nuclear crisis.He is also revealing the level of concern that was expressed behind closed doors in Washington at [...]
Twitter / @Steve Herman: Plan to spray resin at Fukushima called off due to rain
Plan to spray resin at #Fukushima-1 to mitigate radiation spread canceled today due to rain. via Twitter / @Steve Herman: Plan to spray resin at #Fu ….
In Onagawa, Japan, residents are using the local nuclear plant as a shelter
Onagawa nuclear power station is owned by Tohoku Electric (Tohoku Denryoku). Slightly further north along the coast than Fukushima, it was also struck by the tsunami and earthquake. An emergency was declared there March 13, due to triggering levels of radioactivity, but it was later deemed that the source of this was Fukushima’s reactor, not Onagawa. [...]
Govt may spray resin on N-plant / Sticky material should keep down radiation : National : DAILY YOMIURI ONLINE (The Daily Yomiuri)
Commenter on this blog, Aldritch Parsons, suggested on March 30 some kind of tent of dome over the reactors to contain or limit the diffusion of radioactive materials. And today, I read on the Yomiuri (via the very useful NewsOnJapan.com): The government will likely go ahead with a plan to spray resin inside the troubled [...]
VoA’s Steve Herman leaves Japan
VoA’s reporter Steve Herman has left Japan and returned to his base in Seoul, according to his Tweet. I came to rely on his Twitter feed as source of up-to-date news and also links to related resources. I only follow 4 Twitter feeds. Steve’s is one of them. On OZ1015 at 1205JST HND-GMP. Will continue [...]
Fukushima faced 14-metre tsunami
Tokyo Electric Power Company has revised its estimated size of the earthquake and tsunami that hit the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. This is the third upward revision of tsunami’s scale since it disabled emergency power generators and heat removal pumps at Fukushima Daiichi on 11 March. The loss of these systems left units 1, [...]
Radioactive Seawater Latest Woe for Battered Japan | News | English
Steve Herman, Voice of America reporter who is doing sterling work reporting on the Fukushima nuclear crisis from within Japan, tweets his latest report. elevated levels of radioactive materials in sea water off Fukushima are raising concerns that Japan’s important fishing industry will be hit with an even deeper blow. Many fishing communities were destroyed [...]
VoA report
A plug for Voice of America’s Steve Herman latest report: Japanese Engineers Prepare Damaged Reactors for Electrical Power. I’ve been following his Tweets. They are very informative.
Japan earthquake: Residents of Japan’s quake region wonder where the government is – latimes.com
VofA reporter, who’s been in the Tohoku area since March 11′s disaster, teams up with LA journalist Barbara Demick on an article about Japanese tsunami survivors wondering where the government is. He mentions the yakuza who responded more promptly than the bureaucrats last time around, after the Kobe earthquake in 1995. The yakuza were in [...]
