suite ;
01:00
AM EST on May 5th, 2012 | 51
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Japan
Nuclear Expert : “We don’t even know at this point where the
melted down core is” under Reactors No. 1, 2 or 3 (VIDEO)
09:48
PM EST on May 4th, 2012 | 20
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6
hours until Japan’s final nuclear plant shuts down — NHK : “No
prospect of a restart of any of the country’s 50 commercial
reactors” (VIDEO)
06:46
PM EST on May 4th, 2012 | 85
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“Ability
for Unit 4 to withstand another seismic event is rated at zero”
- Nuclear Watchdog
02:52
PM EST on May 4th, 2012 | 48
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Radio :
Cesium all the way down US West Coast ; Pine needles from So.
California ; Ground samples from Vancouver and Oregon — Not a lot,
my biggest concern is bioaccumulation as it works up food chain
(AUDIO)
11:39
AM EST on May 4th, 2012 | 15
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Japan
Reactor Specialist at US Press Conference : I’m worried very much
about reinforcements at No. 4 fuel pool — Praying there won’t be
large aftershocks (VIDEO)
10:37
AM EST on May 4th, 2012 | 10
comments
6
days straight with M4 quake and above in Fukushima
09:40
AM EST on May 4th, 2012 | 44
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Nuclear
Expert on No. 4 Fuel Pool : “They’re pumping water in and it’s
draining out into basement, they suck it out of basement and put it
back in at top” (VIDEO)
07:20
AM EST on May 4th, 2012 | 179
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Gundersen :
Move south of equator if Unit 4 fuel pool goes dry, that’s probably
the lesson there — Like cesium from all 800 nuclear bombs ever
dropped on Earth, except all at once (VIDEO)
12:00
AM EST on May 4th, 2012 | 26
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Mystery
reddish radioactive substance detected 180km from
Fukushima Daiichi — Alpha particles at 200cpm (VIDEO)
May
3rd, 2012 | 77
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Nuclear
Expert : Everybody is now paying attention to Unit 4 because we have
four years to go before fuel removed — If water lost, a beacon of
radiation will bathe site in ‘sky shine’ from gamma rays (AUDIO)
05:40
PM EST on May 3rd, 2012 | 9
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Gundersen :
“The water is steaming and boiling” still at Fukushima ; “Yes,
there’s some radiation being given off ”
(AUDIO)
— Visible in recent Tepco webcam footage ? (VIDEO)
04:58
PM EST on May 3rd, 2012 | 11
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Cover
Story : Study on Fukushima Fallout in US — Elevated levels of
radioactive cadmium and technetium
03:32
PM EST on May 3rd, 2012 | 32
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Homeland
Security-funded Study : Playing down public’s concern over
radioactive fallout has huge economic benefits — “We’re not
trying to bamboozle the public”
02:26
PM EST on May 3rd, 2012 | 14
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Financial
Times : “A ‘No-Nuclear Scenario’ could not be ruled out for
Japan” -IEA — Public “remains sceptical”
01:11
PM EST on May 3rd, 2012 | 17
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Paper :
Physicist warns even if No. 4 Spent Fuel Pool survives another major
quake, “failure of jury-rigged inadequate piping installed after
disaster could put cooling system out of commission”
12:18
PM EST on May 3rd, 2012 | 9
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The
Economist : Japan is without nuclear power for first time in 50 years
— “A silent majority speaks” — Analysts say anti-nuclear
party could soon vault to national prominence
11:02
AM EST on May 3rd, 2012 | 14
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Telegraph :
Japan public “has turned fiercely against nuclear power” —
89-year-old author and nun joined hunger strike outside METI
08:13
AM EST on May 3rd, 2012 | 45
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