Tag Archives: Fukushima

Criticaliity analogy

Posted on March 17, 2011 by Art Stone

So trying to reduce it to something your grandmother could understand, recognizing there are 1000 exceptions and caveats A nculear power reactor operates like a stagecoach going over a mountain. When things start up, you have to hook up the horses … Continue reading →

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Fukushima Reactor #4 on fire

Posted on March 15, 2011 by Art Stone

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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Weather forecast for Fukushima on Tuesday

Posted on March 14, 2011 by Art Stone

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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Japan’s stock market loses 7% of its value

Posted on March 14, 2011 by Art Stone

Before the markets opened, the Bank of Japan (the Japanese equivalent of the Federal Reserve) announced it would “flood” the markets with yen to stop any liquidity crisis. The probable meltdown of at least 2 nuclear plants, and destruction of … Continue reading →

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Pay no attention to the plutonium

Posted on March 13, 2011 by Art Stone

Fukushima #1 power station has 6 reactors – reactors 4,5 and 6 were offline for maintenance. Reactor #1 has had the containment building blow up. Now comes the news that Reactor #3 at Fukushima #1 is very probably melting down, … Continue reading →

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We are so screwed

Posted on March 12, 2011 by Art Stone

The Japanese government is trying to downplay what happened Xinhua (China) report What has happened at Fukushima #1 is the containment building exploded (they think it was hydrogen gas). The government is assuring pople that the “Reactor” is intact. That … Continue reading →

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