Source: Alexander Higgins Blog
Date: July 10, 2011 at 11:02 am Japan’s prime minister has finally admitted the to the reality of the Fukushima nuclear disaster, labeling the nuclear meltdowns as the new Chernobyl and admitting it will take decades before the nuclear disaster is cleaned up.
As previously reported, Japan’s new timeline for cleaning up the nuclear meltdown is at least 10 years from now and that is contingent on technology being developed within that time to allow workers to cleanup the molten fuel at the nuclear reactor.
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The Geiger counter in the video is set to measure mR/hour (millirads/hour). Multiply the reading by 10 to get μSv/hr (microsieverts/hour). The readings in the video peak out at .320 mR/hour, or 3.2 μSv/hr. For perspective, only one Geiger counter in the collection of meters from Live Streaming Radiation Meters gets to whole numbers typically. This is the GM-fukushima meter situated in an outdoor cafe in Iitate Village, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan which is the closest meter in this collection to the Fukushima I nuclear power plant.
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We got stuck next to this truck during the 7pm July 1st holiday traffic on North bound I-270, after seeing the Radioactive warning placards we pulled out the Geiger Counter and Camera. Lesson learned, AVOID RADIOACTIVE TRUCKS!
The Geiger counter samples over a 30 second moving average, updated every 3 seconds. Notice how the reading on the Geiger Counter keeps moving upwards after we pass the truck; had we stayed next to the radioactive truck the readings would have went even higher.
Pray for the truck driver; the source of gamma rays appeared to be located almost directly behind the driver. One would think that these things would be much more heavily shielded, located further away from the driver, and that such materials would be transported when other people are not on the road.
The truck exited I-270 at Lilac Ave.
Did you ever accidently step into a bear-trap, while walking in the woods?
I’m an artist. My wife and I live in small town, Ontario, Canada. On March 11th 2011 I was happily working on a portrait of two darling young sisters, when the earth shook in Japan. I put down my brushes, and went to the computer to investigate. I haven’t been back to my portrait, yet. The Jaws of Fukushima had me.
The media kept concentrating on the earthquake and Tsunami, saying very little on the condition of their reactors at several nuclear plants. It soon became apparent that the reactor:”Fukushima 1”, was in the most trouble.
The 4 explosions at the reactors and spent fuel pools came next, but we have only been shown film of reactors number 1 and number 3 exploding. Film of explosions at reactors number 2 and 4 have never been released to us “the public”. There have been problems with reactors 5 and 6, but the state of danger is unreleased. We stocked up on food, water and other supplies.
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Date: Sunday, July 10, 2011 at 00:57:12 UTC,
Saturday, July 09, 2011 at 07:57:12 PM (CDT) - Central Daylight (Chicago)
The USGS reports a 7.0 magnitude earthquake off the eastern coast of Honshu, Japan on on July 09, 2011 at 07:57:12 PM (CDT) - Central Daylight (Chicago).
According to the shake map the severity was a level IV or "Light". As with the previous less severe 5.6 Magnitude quake on 7/7/2011 no damage was reported, although a tsunami warning was issued. Per the following AP article:
Date: Saturday Jul. 9, 2011 10:44 PM ET
TOKYO — A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 7.1 hit Japan's northeastern coast on Sunday, prompting a tsunami warning for the area still recovering from a devastating quake and killer wave four months ago.
Residents in coastal areas were warned to evacuate, but there were no immediate reports of damage.
The quake hit at 9:57 local time (0057 GMT), and a warning of a tsunami was issued for most of the northeastern coastline. The epicenter of the quake was in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Japan's main island, Honshu, at a depth of about 6 miles (10 kilometres).
Japanese officials predicted the quake could generate tsunami of up to 20 inches (50 centimetres), but the initial waves were only about 4 inches (10 centimetres).
Japan's northeastern coastline was devastated by an earthquake and tsunami on March 11 that left nearly 23,000 dead or missing and touched off a nuclear crisis at a badly damaged facility in Fukushima.
Officials said there were no reports of abnormalities at the Fukushima plant caused by Sunday's quake. Airports in the area were also functioning normally.
Japan is one of the world's most earthquake-prone countries. Dozens of strong aftershocks have been felt since the March 11 disaster, which measured a 9.0 magnitude and was the strongest in Japanese history.
Sunday's quake registered 4 on the Japanese scale of 7, meaning it was felt as moderately strong. Because of the damage from the March quake and tsunami, however, many buildings in the area are structurally weak and seawalls have been destroyed, making the region more vulnerable to relatively weaker quakes.
The earthquake caused visible shaking as per the following Reuters video:
