Japan earthquake

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update on contact info from Japan Times if hasnt already been put here - from bbc - search.japantimes.co.jp

発信者 Space Cadet 編集 Aviva West 3/12/2011 7:33:25 PM
U.S. Air Force personnel load a pallet onto a U.S. Air Force C-17A Globe Master III at March Air Reserve Base, California, in this handout image obtained March 12, 201 . REUTERS/Staff Sgt. Matthew Smith-US Air Force/Handout

発信者 Sharon Ho 3/12/2011 7:34:27 PM
@HazardYo To be precise, reactor explosion also consists of the supporting machinery as well. Reactor as a whole may explode due to steam, which is not the same as reactor core exploding which can't happen in this case.

発信者 pjasnos 3/12/2011 7:38:29 PM
japan.person-finder.appspot.com <-- Japan Earthquake person search, courtesy of Google.

発信者 pjasnos 3/12/2011 7:40:37 PM
Jon, spiegel.de reports that a German rescue team was flown out again because of the unknown situation in Fukushima. spiegel also reports as of 17:40 that fuel rods where only half way covered in water. Can anyone confirm that?

発信者 J 3/12/2011 7:43:02 PM
@ahi, a full writeup on the cooling problems is at www.world-nuclear-news.org

発信者 Dave Miller 3/12/2011 7:43:26 PM
Fukushima Prefecture still under "orange" alert for a tsunami possible. Issued 20:20 Japanese Standard Time: www.jma.go.jp

発信者 christina 編集 Aviva West 3/12/2011 7:44:06 PM
it's very early morning, winds from observations in Tokyo are almost calm.

発信者 robert 3/12/2011 7:44:58 PM
Click here for a snap analysis on the Fukushima nuclear crisis. www.reuters.com

発信者 Aviva West 3/12/2011 7:50:17 PM
Members of the Self-Defense Forces help residents, evacuated from their homes, move to a temporary shelter after radiation leaked from the Fukushima Daini nuclear reactor, in Koriyama, northeastern Japan March 13, 2011. REUTERS/Jo Yong-Hak

発信者 Aviva West 3/12/2011 7:53:04 PM
Residents assess damage to boats in a harbor after a tsunami hit Santa Rosa village on the Pacific Ocean in Ecuador on March 12, 2011. Tsunamis triggered by Japan's devastating earthquake prompted evacuations on the Pacific coast of North and South America and caused flooding as far away as Chile. REUTERS/Stringer

発信者 Aviva West 3/12/2011 7:56:36 PM
Reuters correspondents are reporting that tsunamis triggered by Japan's earthquake caused flooding as far away as Chile, but damage has been limited. www.reuters.com

発信者 Sharon Ho 3/12/2011 7:57:22 PM
Reuters correspondent, Scott DiSavino, explains the International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale. www.reuters.com

発信者 Sharon Ho 3/12/2011 8:11:04 PM
A man rides a bicycle through a debris-strewn street in Miyako, Iwate Prefecture in northeastern Japan March 12, 2011. REUTERS/Kyodo

発信者 Shadia Ismail 3/12/2011 8:18:26 PM
IAEA says told by Japan that radioactivity level nears nuclear plant have lessened in recent hours

発信者 Aviva West 3/12/2011 8:19:08 PM
IAEA told that nuclear plant blast happened outside primary containment vessel

発信者 Aviva West 3/12/2011 8:19:48 PM
Hats off to Reuters for this great coverage and service - I don't think any other news agency has anythink similar available to the public.

発信者 pjasnos 3/12/2011 8:32:06 PM
Two captions have now said leakage at Daini, but I thought it was Daiichi? Are there now 2 plants leaking?

発信者 Puzzled 3/12/2011 8:33:35 PM
Being that specifics are not known to the media, how serious is this threat to the rest of the world? right now?

発信者 teddmann 3/12/2011 8:50:30 PM
The Japan Nuclear Energy Safety Organization has an extensive list of the country's prior nuclear incident on its website www2.jnes.go.jp

発信者 sabbai 3/14/2011 12:04:25 AM
@Reuters: Thank you for this feed. Seems to be the only place to get some real facts about the situation on the ground.

発信者 sadinus 3/14/2011 12:04:41 AM
An in-depth analysis by Reuters correspondent Julie Gordon on how Japan's nuclear crisis could damage the global nuclear energy industry www.reuters.com

発信者 Shadia Ismail 3/14/2011 12:10:24 AM
@reuters. Great feed. The best place to get up-to-date feed on this crisis. Keep it up.

発信者 Jake 3/14/2011 12:10:38 AM
A mother tries to talk to her daughter who has been isolated for signs of radiation after evacuating from the vicinity of Fukushima's nuclear plants, at a makeshift facility to screen, cleanse and isolate people with high radiation levels in Nihonmatsu, northern Japan, March 14, 2011. REUTERS/Yuriko Nakao

発信者 Shadia Ismail 3/14/2011 12:13:16 AM
I have sent Reuters to all my contacts and told them to pass it along. Excellent updates in an emergency situation.

発信者 need2know2 3/14/2011 12:21:44 AM
TEPCO says it has postponed a second portion of planned power outages

発信者 Shadia Ismail 3/14/2011 12:26:29 AM
Nikkei Index off 5% in first 12 minutes of trading.

発信者 George 3/14/2011 12:43:42 AM
I have been reading a lot of updates with regards to the Fukushima Daiichi Units 1 and 3, however, have not been able to get any information with regards to Fukushima Diani Units. Does anyone have updates on those? Also, does anyone know the contamination levels surrounding the Diaiichi Units?

発信者 Sponge Bob Nuclear Pants 3/14/2011 12:43:51 AM
@Chris Yes, the reactor is subcritical, and has been for almost 3 days now. So physics states that the reaction will slowly come to a stop. As long as the pumping and venting mechanisms are not compromised, there will not be a catastrophe and after a few days the reactor will be cold (well, in terms of reactors that is, still quite hot but not hot enough to meltdown).

発信者 borrrden 3/14/2011 12:44:04 AM
Japan Prime Minister Kan says situation at nuclear plant remains worrisome and is doing utmost to prevent damage from spreading

発信者 Shadia Ismail 3/14/2011 12:44:52 AM
Japan stocks plunge after quake www.reuters.com

発信者 Shadia Ismail 3/14/2011 12:46:15 AM
@Sponge Bob Nuclear Pants See here: www.tepco.co.jp

発信者 Pawel 3/14/2011 1:04:59 AM
Exactly how hot are these reactors?

発信者 Dennis Meyers 3/14/2011 1:05:04 AM
@Sponge Bob Nuclear Pants The Daini reactors seem to be clipping along much like Daiichi 1. Again, if there were any issues with the reactors the IAEA/TEPCO/the Govt would have given an update. At this stage everything seems to be cooling off. I think that should also apply to the fuel pools at Daiichi, although that seems to be the biggest issue at this time if they can't get the power restored soon.

発信者 JBID 3/14/2011 1:05:07 AM
@ Shadia Ismail: Thank you for the pic. It does indeed tell a thousand words. The high radiation is from slow decaying isotopes, such as the ones resulting from Uranium decay. Otherwise the there would be no need for isolation as the exposure would quickly become negligible.

発信者 thermoheart 3/14/2011 1:05:11 AM
@Shadia Ismail TEPCO:restoration of #Fukushima Daini 2 cooling function to achieve reactor cold shutdown complete, cooling of reactor has commenced.(WNN Reported)

発信者 XLVZ 3/14/2011 1:05:19 AM
It's good news. Fukushima 2-1 has done same process earlier.

発信者 XLVZ 3/14/2011 1:05:22 AM
@Shadia Ismail I was under the impression that experts spoke to reuters stating that things were under control and managebale?

発信者 Chris 3/14/2011 1:05:32 AM
we are here to pray for you

発信者 wallyusa 3/14/2011 1:05:35 AM
TEPCO:restoration of #Fukushima Daini 2 cooling function to achieve reactor cold shutdown complete, cooling of reactor has commenced.

発信者 XLVZ 3/14/2011 1:05:45 AM
@borrden the question is if temperature is raising or dropping. What if is slowly rising because the provisional cooling system is not proficient enough to extinguish the core.

発信者 bartart 3/14/2011 1:05:49 AM
@Reuters: Thanks for all these informations....You´re great

発信者 Clyde Barrow 3/14/2011 1:05:56 AM
@borrrden I'm confused now. less than an hour ago they were saying that things are looking good and under control, now the JPM is saying it's 'worrisome'

発信者 Chris 3/14/2011 1:06:01 AM
NHK World reported that there is 70% probability of earthquakes of magnitude 7 or greater.

発信者 Pawel 3/14/2011 1:06:04 AM
I have been hearing reports of activity from the Shinmoedake volcano in South East Japan. Any word of this on your end Reuters?

発信者 Concerned 3/14/2011 1:06:23 AM