Monthly Archives: March 2011

Blackmail time

BBC Beyonce and other folks who were glad to accept large sums of money from Libya before the media decided Libya and its leader are “evil” and suddenly have seen the error of their ways (phooey – take your dirty money … Continue reading →

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GE is on the way

Japan’s TV is reporting that GE is flying in several portable gas turbine generators to Fukushima, which would be to try to restore the on-site electric power, which be a really good thing.

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The 1-7 scale for nuclear safety incidents

The IAEA Web Site The criteria for the various levels – Fukushima #1 is now at 6+ The manual explaining the scale is available here

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Gayle King says “no mas” to Radio

Unless you don’t watch TV and are a hermit, you probably know who Gayle King is.   She’s a close friend of Oprah Winfrey – rumors persist that they are VERY close friends….

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Portland Oregon is in shock

If you put together a list of the top 5 most liberal cities in America, Portland, Oregon would have to be on that list.  NPR’s station is the #2 in the market.   Portland was one of the first cities to … Continue reading →

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The news from Ajdabiya

Exactly as I predicted (and I’m not a military man just an ignorant civilian – as a 30 year veteran pointed out to me on the WSJ web site), the Kaddaffi military took the bypass road around Ajdabiya.

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John Batchelor “gets it”

I just listened to last night’s show (9 pm-1am ET).  He was basically covering the same news events I was blogging, live on the air.   John had relevant reporters and exports on the line, and was watching Twitter from reputable … Continue reading →

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6 on a scale of 7

There is an international scale to measure the seriousness of a nuclear accident.  The scale goes from 1 to 7.   Three Mile Island was a 5, Chernobyl was a 7. The U.S. Military has stated that the Fukushima accident is … Continue reading →

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What the financial markets are saying about Japan

Japan’s stock market has lost about 20% in the past 2 days. Currency markets are very stable given the provocation.   The Bank of Japan is throwing everything that have to avoid a financial meltdown – very likely the Fed and … Continue reading →

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What is a Micro Sievert?

A Micro Sievert  (µSv)  is 1 millionth of a Sievert.    A milisevert (mSv) is 1/1000 of a Sievert.   1 mSv = 10 rem  (the older unit of measure) A Sievert is a measure of radiation dose, taking into consideration the … Continue reading →

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What happens when a spent fuel storage facility loses its cooling?

NY Times coverage  A 1997 study by the Brookhaven National Laboratory on Long Island described a worst-case disaster from uncovered spent fuel in a reactor cooling pool. It estimated 100 quick deaths would occur within a range of 500 miles … Continue reading →

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Fukushima Reactor #4 on fire

At the start of the event, Reactor #4 was shut down for annual maintenance. So you’re probably wondering how #4 got into play? My antenna went up last night when someone wrote that #4 was not involved “yet”. Reactor #4 … Continue reading →

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Explosion at number 2 reactor

radiation level per hour is at a rate in hour equal to safe level for a year That means roughly 8000 times. It’s suspected the suppression vessel has ruptured. All non essential personnel are being evacuated.

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Weather forecast for Fukushima on Tuesday

on Tuesday, the wind will be blowing from East to West. If anything goes boom, the cloud will head toward Korea and China

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G8 on Libya – decides not to decide

The news is starting to come out – the G8 can’t decide on a no-fly zone, so it is passing the buck up to the United Nations for it to not decide what to do. Regarding Japan, the G8 decided … Continue reading →

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