7.3 off coast of Fukushima

[MNeagle]

Magnitude 7.3 earthquake reported off the coast of Fukushima Prefecture, Japan; tsunami advisory issued - @weatherchannel (http://twitter.com/weatherchannel) Story metadata:



Submitted 7 mins ago (http://www.breakingnews.com/item/ahZzfmJyZWFraW5nbmV3cy13d3ctaHJkcg0LEgRTZWVkGNvjnR sM/2013/10/25/magnitude-73-earthquake-reported-off-the-coast-of) by editor




www.breakingnews.com (http://www.breakingnews.com)


Update: Authorities expecting a 1-meter tsunami by 1:40 p.m. ET after earthquake off coast of Fukushima Prefecture, Japan - @weatherchannel (http://twitter.com/weatherchannel)




US Pacific Tsunami Warning Center says no widespread tsunami threat after quake off Japan - @Reuters (http://twitter.com/Reuters) Story metadata:



Submitted 2 mins ago (http://www.breakingnews.com/item/ahZzfmJyZWFraW5nbmV3cy13d3ctaHJkcg0LEgRTZWVkGIy11x kM/2013/10/25/us-pacific-tsunami-warning-center-says-no-widespre) by editor





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[EE_]

Uh Oh!
With typhoon rain slamming it tomorrow. I swear God wants building 4 to collapse.

[General of Darkness]

Holy crap. There were two.



Friday October 25 2013, 17:10:17 UTC
28 minutes ago
Off East Coast Of Honshu, Japan
http://quakes.globalincidentmap.com/mapicons3/circle-red.png
7.3
10.0
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Detail (http://quakes.globalincidentmap.com/#)


Friday October 25 2013, 17:10:16 UTC

28 minutes ago
null
http://quakes.globalincidentmap.com/mapicons3/circle-red.png
7.6
55.0
GeoScience Australia
Detail (http://quakes.globalincidentmap.com/#)


I always check out.

http://quakes.globalincidentmap.com/#

Screen Shot.

http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/4480/ievx.jpg

[chad]

the oar fish were right! long live the oar fish!

[MNeagle]

GD, that 2nd one is listed as NULL. This site: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/#%7B%22feed%22%3A%221day_m25%22%2C%22search%22%3An ull%2C%22sort%22%3A%22newest%22%2C%22basemap%22%3A %22grayscale%22%2C%22autoUpdate%22%3Atrue%2C%22res trictListToMap%22%3Atrue%2C%22timeZone%22%3A%22loc al%22%2C%22mapposition%22%3A%5B%5B-47.04018214480665%2C-387.0703125%5D%2C%5B80.297927149974%2C-44.29687499999999%5D%5D%2C%22overlays%22%3A%7B%22p lates%22%3Atrue%7D%2C%22viewModes%22%3A%7B%22list% 22%3Atrue%2C%22map%22%3Atrue%2C%22settings%22%3Afa lse%2C%22help%22%3Afalse%7D%7D had it listed as 7.5, then after a few seconds it changed to 7.3

[MNeagle]

the oar fish were right! long live the oar fish!

Wonder if they traveled the Pacific from Japan to the west coast?

[chad]

Wonder if they traveled the Pacific from Japan to the west coast?

oar fish are very sneaky, they can feel it anywhere in the world. it's their magical ability.

[Dogman]

Ore fish = 1

everything else = Zip

[mamboni]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BXcOdEBCMAAHPET.png

If building 4 collapses we in the northern hemisphere are royally screwed. The fuel pool has 30,000 times the radioactive isotope released by the Hiroshima A-bomb. Time to load up on air filters and iodine tablets. Really folks, this could be an ELE.

[mamboni]

Holy crap. There were two.



Friday October 25 2013, 17:10:17 UTC

28 minutes ago

Off East Coast Of Honshu, Japan

http://quakes.globalincidentmap.com/mapicons3/circle-red.png

7.3

10.0

CSEM-EMSC Feed

Detail (http://quakes.globalincidentmap.com/#)



Friday October 25 2013, 17:10:16 UTC

28 minutes ago

null

http://quakes.globalincidentmap.com/mapicons3/circle-red.png

7.6

55.0

GeoScience Australia

Detail (http://quakes.globalincidentmap.com/#)



I always check out.

http://quakes.globalincidentmap.com/#

Screen Shot.

http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/4480/ievx.jpg

I don't see a marker near Japan. What gives?

[Shami-Amourae]

Time to load up on air filters and iodine tablets. Really folks, this could be an ELE.

It's cheaper to buy kelp tablets. They have a ton of iodine in natural form, so your body absorbs it better. Plus they are WAY WAY WAY cheaper.
http://www.swansonvitamins.com/swanson-premium-kelp-iodine-source-225-mcg-500-tabs

[MNeagle]

I don't see a marker near Japan. What gives?

It's in red. Maybe you're colorblind? (not being snarky)

[EE_]

It's cheaper to buy kelp tablets. They have a ton of iodine in natural form, so your body absorbs it better. Plus they are WAY WAY WAY cheaper.
http://www.swansonvitamins.com/swanson-premium-kelp-iodine-source-225-mcg-500-tabs

What's an iodine tablet worth when massive radioctive fallout is coming?

[MNeagle]

Operator of Japan's wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant says there is no damage or spike in radiation levels after earthquake - @Reuters (http://twitter.com/Reuters) Story metadata:

Submitted 4 mins ago (http://www.breakingnews.com/item/ahZzfmJyZWFraW5nbmV3cy13d3ctaHJkcg0LEgRTZWVkGNuQjx sM/2013/10/25/operator-of-japans-wrecked-fukushima-nuclear-plan) by editor




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[EE_]

...Operator of Japan's wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant says there is no damage or spike in radiation levels after earthquake - @Reuters Story metadata:
•Submitted 4 mins ago by editor

That means it has not collapsed.
There's no way they can assess damage this quickly and get info like that to the public.
Best to just say that to calm fears...and then go check it out.

[mamboni]

It's in red. Maybe you're colorblind? (not being snarky)


LOL - I see it. I moved the map to the right - marker not there. Now I move the map to the left - marker there!

[General of Darkness]

LOL - I see it. I moved the map to the right - marker not there. Now I move the map to the left - marker there!

For a doctor you're kinda dumb. LOL.

http://api.ning.com/files/DcCHVkoQCgmYLjkaZVCCnaqQe1k10Q8HXkzLIQDzu-cOwwfq0Rua0vYcuoJPlIS7GWYPciNT5dh8hyHLVPyzCNb2shPe XUGx/Corner_Dumb_Ass.jpg

[gunDriller]

it's almost refreshing to see a geophysical disaster event that Israel didn't have a hand in creating.

[mamboni]

One Wrong Move at Fukushima Could Unleash a Nuclear Disaster Equivalent to 85 Chernobyls

September 26, 2013 at 5:46 pm

https://d3819ii77zvwic.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Japan-Hiroshima-and-F_Darg_Fotor-630x418.jpgWorkers in protective suits and masks wait to enter the emergency operation center at the crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power station in Okuma, Japan, Saturday, Nov. 12, 2011. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder, Pool)


By Brian Klonoski, RYOT News

EDITORS NOTE: This story has been updated to include information about the new roof structure (http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/RS_Readying_for_Fukushima_fuel_move_2609131.html) built over Reactor Unit 4.


More than two years after a massive earthquake and tsunami devastated Japan, the Fukushima power plant sits in ruins, leaking 300 tons (http://www.policymic.com/articles/58433/fukushima-nuclear-plant-still-leaking-300-tons-of-waste-a-day) of contaminated water into the Pacific Ocean every day. But that’s small potatoes compared to what might happen in November.
In what could be humankind’s most dangerous moment (http://www.globalresearch.ca/humankinds-most-dangerous-moment-fukushima-fuel-pool-at-unit-4/5350779) since the Cuban Missile Crisis, TEPCO (Tokyo Electric Power Co). — the Japanese company that owns the Fukushima power plant — will attempt to remove approximately 1,300 fuel rods from the heavily damaged Reactor Unit 4. Why should you care? Because many experts feel that neither TEPCO nor Japan have the scientific, engineering or financial resources (http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/09/20-1) to handle the repair. And you know what happens if they screw up? Nuclear disaster.


https://d3819ii77zvwic.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Japan-Hiroshima-And-F_Darg-1_Fotor-300x300.jpg (https://d3819ii77zvwic.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Japan-Hiroshima-And-F_Darg-1_Fotor.jpg)

In this April 7, 2011 file photo, Japanese police wearing protective radiation suits search for the bodies of victims of the tsunami in the Odaka area of Minami Soma, inside the deserted evacuation zone established for the 20-kilometer radius around the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plants. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder, File)

We’re talking more than 15,000 times (http://truth-out.org/news/item/19073-risky-repair-of-fukushima-could-spill-15000-times-the-radiation-of-hiroshima-create-85-chernobyls) as much radiation as was released during the bombing of Hiroshima in WWII. That’s the equivalent (http://akiomatsumura.com/2012/04/682.html) of 85 Chernobyl disasters (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernobyl).
So what’s the problem? Essentially, the damaged fuel rods are submerged in a chamber near the top of Reactor Unit 4. The original roof is missing. The chamber is crumpled. The integrity of the entire building and even the fuel rods themselves is dubious at best. The situation needs to be corrected. If it isn’t, another earthquake, tsunami or strong storm could force the pool to collapse, exposing the fuel rods to air and causing them to ignite, which would release ridiculous amounts of radiation into the atmosphere. It would be an unprecedented event.


Thankfully, some important repairs have already taken place (http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/RS_Readying_for_Fukushima_fuel_move_2609131.html), including the construction of a new roof structure over Reactor Unit 4, as well as the instillation of equipment that will aid in the removal and transfer of the spent fuel rods, according to World Nuclear News.


But if TEPCO doesn’t have its shit together, like many people feel they don’t (http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2013/08/fukushima-worse-than-you-know.html), the rods could touch one another or break during the removal process, exposing the radioactive material to air — the likelihood of which is considered high (http://truth-out.org/news/item/19073-risky-repair-of-fukushima-could-spill-15000-times-the-radiation-of-hiroshima-create-85-chernobyls) by some. In that case, sparks fly, things start to blow up and radiation takes to the air like a flock of desperate birds released from a cage. Only these aren’t pigeons; they’re radioactive, cancer-causing, death birds.


Don’t believe us? OK. Here’s what Yale Professor Charles Perrow (who, just to be clear, is a professor of sociology — not nuclear physics) has to say (http://enenews.com/yale-professor-fukushima-unit-4-pool-in-perilous-condition-all-of-humanity-will-be-threatened-for-thousands-of-years-if-not-able-to-be-kept-cool-danger-of-it-collapsing-in-storm-or-during-a) about the matter:



[...] Much more serious is the danger that the spent fuel rod pool at the top of the nuclear plant number four will collapse in a storm or an earthquake, or in a failed attempt to carefully remove each of the 1,535 rods and safely transport them to the common storage pool 50 meters away. Conditions in the unit 4 pool, 100 feet from the ground, are perilous, and if any two of the rods touch it could cause a nuclear reaction that would be uncontrollable. The radiation emitted from all these rods, if they are not continually cool and kept separate, would require the evacuation of surrounding areas including Tokyo. Because of the radiation at the site the 6,375 rods in the common storage pool could not be continuously cooled; they would fission and all of humanity will be threatened, for thousands of years. [...]



The extent of the devastation depends on what, exactly, blows up. If it’s just Reactor Unit 4, then Japan and neighboring countries will be at risk. The Tokyo metropolitan area — home to 35 million people — may even have to be evacuated, according to the Japan Times (http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/08/29/commentary/government-must-take-over-fukushima-nuclear-cleanup/#.UiDy_2fYHo1).
In November, Tepco plans to begin the delicate operation of removing spent fuel from Reactor No. 4 [with] radiation equivalent to 14,000 times the amount released by the Hiroshima atomic bomb. …. It remains vulnerable to any further shocks, and is also at risk from ground liquefaction. Removing its spent fuel, which contains deadly plutonium, is an urgent task…. The consequences could be far more severe than any nuclear accident the world has ever seen. If a fuel rod is dropped, breaks or becomes entangled while being removed, possible worst case scenarios include a big explosion, a meltdown in the pool, or a large fire. Any of these situations could lead to massive releases of deadly radionuclides into the atmosphere, putting much of Japan — including Tokyo and Yokohama — and even neighboring countries at serious risk.


The explosion of Reactor Unit 4 would also be bad news for Americans. Nuclear dust would likely ride wind currents across the Pacific, bringing radiation to the West Coast of the U.S. Americans living there would be forced to remain indoors with their windows closed, according to Truth-Out.org (http://truth-out.org/news/item/19073-risky-repair-of-fukushima-could-spill-15000-times-the-radiation-of-hiroshima-create-85-chernobyls).


https://d3819ii77zvwic.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Japan-Hiroshima-And-F_Darg-2_Fotor-300x300.jpg (https://d3819ii77zvwic.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Japan-Hiroshima-And-F_Darg-2_Fotor.jpg)
The crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power station is seen through a bus window in Okuma, Japan Saturday, Nov. 12, 2011. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder, Pool)



But here’s the thing. Fukushima is littered with spent fuel assemblies submerged in unprotected pools. These assemblies are essentially clusters of rods containing spent nuclear fuel that remains highly radioactive. They’re just laying there in big puddles of water. If Reactor Unit 4 blows up during TEPCO’s attempted removal of the spent fuel rods, it’s entirely conceivable the blast could trigger an even larger explosion that engulfs all of Fukushima (including all those fuel assemblies, of which there are 11,000), leading to the release of nuclear contaminants on an unimaginable scale.


How bad would it be? One scientist, who lives in Boston, plans to move her family to the Southern Hemisphere (http://enenews.com/caldicott-if-spent-fuel-pool-no-4-collapses-i-am-evacuating-my-family-from-boston-to-southern-hemisphere-video) (which is expected to receive much less radiation) if the Fukushima Doomsday scenario were to unfold. The exact implications aren’t clear, but we’re looking at a centuries-long spate of poisonous, nuclear materials, which would prompt mass evacuations throughout the Northern Hemisphere.


And just to be clear, this isn’t a conspiracy theory. Fuel Pool Number 4 has been called the greatest short-term threat to humanity (http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2012/04/the-largest-short-term-threat-to-humanity-the-fuel-pools-of-fukushima.html). A U.S. Senator considers Fukushima a national security risk. (http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2013/09/the-real-fukushima-danger.html) Nuclear experts have cautioned that the Northern Hemisphere should be evacuated (http://enenews.com/caldicott-if-spent-fuel-pool-no-4-collapses-i-am-evacuating-my-family-from-boston-to-southern-hemisphere-video) if the fuel pool collapses. Former U.N. adviser Akio Matsumura calls the impending removal of the fuel rods an issue of human survival (http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2012/04/the-largest-short-term-threat-to-humanity-the-fuel-pools-of-fukushima.html).


In other words, this is for real.


The heart of the issue now centers on who has the authority, responsibility and skills to safely handle the removal of the fuel rods. Japan has already ceded control of the project to TEPCO, which has thus far proven to be incompetent (http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2013/04/fukushima-falling-apart-because-plant-operator-has-no-incentive-to-spend-money-to-fix-it.html) and irresponsible (http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2012/01/tepco-drills-a-hole-in-fukushima-reactor-finds-that-nuclear-fuel-has-gone-missing.html). Progressive outlets are clamoring for a global takeover of the delicate project (http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/09/20-1), but the mainstream media has failed to adequately cover the story.


So here’s where we’re at: TEPCO is slated to begin removing the spent fuel rods from Reactor Unit 4 in November, people are starting to freak out and nobody is really taking command of the situation.


Will President Obama step up? How about the UN? Maybe Japan will come to its senses, realize the gravity of the situation, fess up to their inability to deal with the task at hand and ask for help. At this point, it’s unclear.


The greatest nuclear disaster in history is quietly unfolding, and the clock continues to tick, tick, tick away.



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[Cebu_4_2]

How can them white suits, along with exposed faces protect anyone from radiation? Is this another photo op?

[EE_]

How can them white suits, along with exposed faces protect anyone from radiation? Is this another photo op?

I think you're looking at disposable people. They're only suppose to live long enough to complete their task, then they and the suits are disposed of. Neeeeeext!

[Hitch]

I think you're looking at disposable people. They're only suppose to live long enough to complete their task, then they and the suits are disposed of. Neeeeeext!

This sounds like how TPTB view us all.

[Spectrism]

For a doctor you're kinda dumb. LOL.



You better watch out. Doctors have ways of getting back at you.

Dr Mambo: Where is your penis? I don't see it!
GoD: It's right there.... under the red dot.
Dr Mambo: Oh... OK. I moved the microscope to the right and there was none. I moved it back and there is the little todger.

[woodman]

Terrorism,...hmmmm. The corporations and the governments that spawn and protect them, scare me more and threaten me and mine and every one else more than any supposed 'terrorists' that they have vilified in their propaganda.