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Title: Workers evacuated from Fukushima plant
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Published: Mar 15, 2011
Author: Various news sources
Post Date: 2011-03-15 22:38:15 by go65
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Japanese officials are saying that workers are unable to continue at the Fukushima plant due to radiation levels.
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weather forecasters are saying that winds could shift toward the west by Friday, Tokyo is what, 160 miles away? 400 square miles around Chernobyl are still uninhabitable.
Chinese government has decided to evacuate thousands of its citizens from the areas threatened by rising radiations spewed from a heavily-damaged nuclear power plant north of Tokyo. The Foreign Ministry has directed China's embassy in Japan to organize an orderly evacuation of Chinese nationals "due to the seriousness of and uncertainty surrounding the accident at the Fukushima nuclear plant." The embassy has been working hard to rescue and help Chinese citizens affected by last Friday's massive earthquake and resulting tsunamis, a notice on its website said Tuesday. "We hope our compatriots in the worst-hit disaster areas remain calm, listen to instructions, understand and cooperate with the evacuation operation," the statement said. Early Wedneday, another fire broke out at the No 4 nuclear reactor at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear complex, a day after the power plant emitted a burst of radiation that panicked an already edgy Japan and left Tokyo authorities struggling to contain a spiraling crisis caused by last Friday's earthquake and tsunami. The outer housing of the containment vessel at the No 4 reactor erupted in flames early Wednesday, said Hajimi Motujuku, a spokesman for the plant's operator, Tokyo Electric Power Co. On Tuesday, a fire broke out in the same reactor's fuel storage pond — an area where used nuclear fuel is kept cool — causing radioactivity to be released into the atmosphere. Tokyo Electric Power said the new blaze erupted because the initial fire had not been fully extinguished. The Chinese embassy in Tokyo and its consulates in Niigata are sending buses to Miyagi, Fukushima, Ibaraki and Iwate prefectures, areas heavily battered by the earthquake and tsunamis, to pick up Chinese nationals. Earlier Tuesday, the Japanese government said levels of radiation released by damaged reactors at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant were high enough to threaten human health. In a nationally televised address Tuesday morning following an emergency cabinet meeting, Prime Minister Naoto Kan said that radiation has spread from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi power plant. "The level seems very high, and there is still a very high risk of more radiation coming out," Kan said. Chinese diplomats were visiting the areas to assist Japanese officials, said Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman Jinag Yu in Beijing. Meanwhile, China's Ministry of Commerce said there had been no contact with 261 Chinese people in Japan's quake-hit regions as of 10 am Tuesday. The ministry reminded Chinese companies to verify the situation of their workers and trainees in Japan. Air China canceled three flights to Tokyo Tuesday where planes would have had to stay in Japan overnight. There was concern among the airline managers that the planes' safety couldn't be guaranteed in the event of any powerful aftershocks. It canceled a flight from Shanghai to Tokyo's Narita Airport and two flights from Beijing to Narita and Tokyo's Haneda Airport. But the Beijing-based carrier said that it is still operating 30 flights between China and Japan daily. China Eastern Airlines said it had suspended flights to Fukushima but its other flights, 50 a day, are operating normally. China Southern Airlines said its flights to Tokyo had resumed on Tuesday.
News networks now confirming that efforts to cool the remaining reactors have ended.
I suppose Mad Dog was right all along: this is trivial stuff and easily repaired and everyone is now going to take a long vacation based on their hard effort the past few days. We are saved. It is apparent the whole world can go back to normal now; thanks Mad Dog for all you have done to ensure we didn't panic or something silly beyond making a few concerned posts about breathing/drinking cessium that is aire borne or water bound.
I forgot hondo68.... you might be interested in this thread.
Yikes! Our snarling puppy will be affected first. Got any Ionized salt for the mutt?
Historically, after the atom bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki during 1945, many survivors of the blast died of exposure to radioactive fallout. But the vast majority of Dr. Tatsuichiro Akizuki, the Director of the Department of Internal Medicine at St. Francis’s Hospital in Nagasaki, survived. Despite being less than a mile from the epicenter of the atomic explosion, the doctor, his staff and his patients avoided radiation sickness by consuming a simple diet of natural brown rice, miso soup, sea vegetables and salt. Akizuki strictly prohibited the consumption of any sugar-based foods and candy. ¹ Whole grains fight radiation poisoning Because natural whole grains are simple foods they don’t have concentrated contaminants often present in meat and fleshy fish. They’re less likely to contain radioactive contamination too. High fiber and phosphorous contents in grain help protect against radiation poisoning. The substances bind with toxins—including radioactive ones—and help eliminate them from the body. Plus the “bulking factor” of grains reduces the time that the toxins stay in the gut and eliminate the poison faster. Studies have shown that middle-range pH increases resistance to radiation poisoning. Grains are naturally not too acid or alkaline. More reasons that grains can help you avoid radiation poisoning: their calcium content diminishes absorption of radioactive strontium; contain significant vitamin B6, critical for the thymus; and provide vitamin E and selenium that helps prevent cellular damage caused by the free radicals created by exposure to radiation. Foods to avoid If you’re in the footprint of a radiation cloud, by all means avoid these foods, they can increase any damage done to your body by exposure, Steer away from all refined and processed foods. Stay clear of any fatty foods such as dairy and meet products and by-products. Do not eat or drink anything with sugar in it. The reason why you must avoid sugar is it robs your body of calcium and the body will replace it with radioactive strontium that has a similar atomic structure to calcium. If that happens it’s only a matter of time before you develop bone marrow cancer. ² http://island-adv.com/2011/03/how-to-survive-nuclear-fallout-from-japans-reactor-meltdown/ He'd probably be one of those idiots who would eat radioactive material to try to demonstrate it isn't harmful. He's not concerned with human life and the pain, death and suffering this disaster will cause; just the health of the nuclear power industry.
Press conference now on NHK - they are saying that teams are going into the plant for short periods of time.
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#2. To: go65 (#1)
weather forecasters are saying that winds could shift toward the west by Friday, Tokyo is what, 160 miles away?
#3. To: buckeroo (#2)
#4. To: go65, Mad Dog, Ferret Mike (#3)
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News networks now confirming that efforts to cool the remaining reactors have ended.
#5. To: All, hondo68 (#4)
#7. To: buckeroo (#5)
#9. To: Ferret Mike, Mad Dog (#7)
#11. To: buckeroo (#9)
If such an event does occur what can you do to protect yourself and your family?
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