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Japan Earthquake/Tsunami
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By Cerberus.Liandaru 2011-03-13 10:14:12
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1510: Wesley Julian from Tokyo writes: "I was in Osato in Miyagi prefecture when the earthquake happened. I spent three days there before leaving at 0400 this morning to try to reach Tokyo. We drove to Yamagata airport in the next prefecture, waited for 12 hours, got a flight to Haneda, and then took the train to Tokyo. I am now waiting at Narita airport, trying to get a flight back to Richmond, Virginia. I have no idea how long I will be here. All the businesses based at the airport are shut. I am very worried about my best friend. She flew into Minamisanriku just before the earthquake. The town has been almost completely destroyed and I haven't been able to contact her." Have Your Say
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By Cerberus.Liandaru 2011-03-13 10:18:47
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1514: Meanwhile, the Shinmoedake volcano in southern Japan has resumed eruptions of ash and rocks after a couple of weeks of inactivity, Japan's meteorological agency has said. It is unclear if the eruptions are linked to Friday's earthquake.
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By Cerberus.Liandaru 2011-03-13 10:25:30
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1521: The US state department is now urging all non-essential government personnel to defer travel to Japan. It also says Americans should avoid tourism and other unnecessary visits to Japan for now.
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By Cerberus.Liandaru 2011-03-13 10:33:00
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1527: Daniel Millichip, a British student in Tokyo, tells the BBC that supplies are running low in the capital. "Yesterday there were problems with water. There were also problems with getting hold of basic essentials like bread and that's continuing today. I haven't seen any bread in any shops. I've been in about 10 or 15. People are stocking up. They about worried about the nuclear problems, the power shortages. They believe the shops will be closed."
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By Cerberus.Liandaru 2011-03-13 10:38:18
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1532: Japan's meteorological agency has lifted all tsunami warnings for the country's Pacific coast, NHK television reports. The agency has gradually downgraded its warnings since Friday's 9.0-magnitude earthquake. However, it is warning residents of Pacific coastal areas to remain alert because of the threat arising from aftershocks.
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1534: Byron Kidd in Tokyo tweets: "Can't buy bread anywhere, but we have Mr Donuts lined up for breakfast tomorrow."
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By Cerberus.Liandaru 2011-03-13 10:45:05
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1541: A former nuclear power plant designer has said Japan is facing an extremely grave crisis and called on the government to release more information, which he said was being suppressed. Masashi Goto told a news conference in Tokyo that one of the reactors at the Fukushima-Daiichi plant was "highly unstable", and that if there was a meltdown the "consequences would be tremendous". He said such an event might be very likely indeed. So far, the government has said a meltdown would not lead to a sizeable leak of radioactive materials.
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By Cerberus.Liandaru 2011-03-13 10:55:30
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1548: Mr Goto said the reactors at the Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear plant were suffering pressure build-ups way beyond that for which they were designed. There was a severe risk of an explosion, with radioactive material being strewn over a very wide area - beyond the 20km evacuation zone set up by the authorities - he added. Mr Goto calculated that because Reactor No 3 at Fukushima-Daiichi - where pressure is rising and there is a risk of an explosion - used a type of fuel known as Mox, a mixture of plutonium oxide and uranium oxide, the radioactive fallout from any meltdown might be twice as bad.
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By Cerberus.Liandaru 2011-03-13 11:02:06
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1553: He accused the government of deliberately withholding vital information that would allow outside experts help solve the problems. "For example, there has not been enough information about the hydrogen being vented. We don't know how much was vented and how radioactive it was." He also described the use of sea water to cool the cores of the reactors at Fukushima-Daiichi as highly unusual and dangerous.
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By Cerberus.Liandaru 2011-03-13 11:02:18
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1558: He described the worst-case scenario: "It is difficult to say, but that would be a core meltdown. If the rods fall and mix with water, the result would be an explosion of solid material like a volcano spreading radioactive material. Steam or a hydrogen explosion caused by the mix would spread radioactive waste more than 50km. Also, this would be multiplied. There are many reactors in the area so there would be many Chernobyls."
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By Cerberus.Liandaru 2011-03-13 11:06:04
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1600: At the same time, Malcolm Crick, the secretary of the UN Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation, has told the Reuters news agency: "This is not a serious public health issue at the moment. It won't be anything like Chernobyl. There the reactor was operating at full power when it exploded and it had no containment."
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By Cerberus.Liandaru 2011-03-13 11:12:18
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1606: A pump within the cooling system of one of the reactors at the Tokai nuclear power plant has stopped working, according to the Kyodo news agency. The plant is located in the Naka district of the central prefecture of Ibaraki, and is operated by the Japan Atomic Power Company.
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By Cerberus.Liandaru 2011-03-13 11:21:30
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1609: The 1,100MW Tokai plant, about 120km (75 miles) north of Tokyo, was automatically shut down after Friday's earthquake.
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By Cerberus.Liandaru 2011-03-13 11:27:28
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1618: Laura Shimazato in Fuchu city, Tokyo, writes: "We had an announcement this evening that our power will be cut from 0900-1300 and from 1800-2200. Apparently, this will be happening in all the cities around Tokyo. We tried to buy candles and bottled water at the supermarket but there is nothing left. We are boiling lots of water and preparing food for our seven-month-old baby. We don't know how long these power cuts will last." Have Your Say
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By Cerberus.Liandaru 2011-03-13 11:35:04
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1627: A British search-and-rescue team has arrived in Japan to help find survivors. Peter Crook of the International Search and Rescue Centre told the BBC that the aftermath of a tsunami presented a different challenge to that an earthquake. "Anything that has already been underwater is not going to be survivable, so we will be looking really for the structures on the edge of that damage," he said. "That's a significant difference for us. The tsunami damage is massively widespread as well, so covering those wide areas is also going to be a challenge."
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By Bismarck.Dracondria 2011-03-13 11:44:11
So a friend mentioned Sakurajima erupting, is this true? I could only find youtube videos of it, nothing on any news site.
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By Cerberus.Liandaru 2011-03-13 11:47:03
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1633: The International Skating Union is considering cancelling next week's world figure skating championships in Tokyo, saying the nuclear crisis in Japan is "very worrisome", according to the Associated Press.
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By Cerberus.Liandaru 2011-03-13 11:47:20
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1640: The UK Foreign Office says the British ambassador and a team of consular staff are in Sendai, the city closest to the epicentre, to *** the level of damage and to help locate British nationals. They are currently visiting evacuation centres and hospitals. Forty-five additional consular staff are also being deployed to Japan, a statement says. More teams are on standby. "We are working with the Japanese authorities to establish whether any British nationals have been involved," the statement adds.
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By Cerberus.Liandaru 2011-03-13 11:47:45
Bismarck.Dracondria said: So a friend mentioned Sakurajima erupting, is this true? I could only find youtube videos of it, nothing on any news site.
I read that they're watching it and that it's getting rumbly. That's all I've seen so far on the volcano.
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By Cerberus.Liandaru 2011-03-13 11:50:28
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1643: The Foreign Office says a dedicated crisis unit has been established, and that its travel advice now recommends against all non-essential travel to Tokyo and North East Japan.
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By Bismarck.Dracondria 2011-03-13 11:50:32
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By Cerberus.Liandaru 2011-03-13 11:50:43
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1646: Takehiro from the Kanto region of Japan writes: "I am 19, a student and living in Japan. When the earthquake occurred, I was in a building on the 4th floor. We hid under our desks and waited until the shaking stopped. Some girls of the girls were crying and I thought about the earthquake in New Zealand. The sides of the building were shaking, for a minute. Most of the metropolitan trains stopped running, so people had to stay at the station or in office buildings overnight. Now, there are still some tremors in Japan. We are facing food shortages. Many shops are closed and people are rushing to convenience stores. Our town and others in Kanto plain are going to have the power cut tomorrow to save electricity. The nightmare is not over yet." Have Your Say
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By Caitsith.Neonracer 2011-03-13 11:51:54
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1600: At the same time, Malcolm Crick, the secretary of the UN Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation, has told the Reuters news agency: "This is not a serious public health issue at the moment. It won't be anything like Chernobyl. There the reactor was operating at full power when it exploded and it had no containment."
Yes, true, chernobyl did not have proper containment, but even though Japan does have containment, does this mean there is enough containment or safety behind it, that it will not become a health and safety issue?
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By Cerberus.Liandaru 2011-03-13 12:02:05
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1651: The BBC's Rachel Harvey has reached the outskirts of the coastal town of Minamisanriku in Miyagi prefecture. She sent this report: "All day long the sound of helicopters filled the air as they ferried up and down the north-east coast. At ground level, progress was slower. Patches of main road remain impassable. We were aiming for the town of Minamisanriku, one of the areas worst affected by this unfolding disaster. There were bits of wood, twisted wood and car tires littering the road."
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By Cerberus.Liandaru 2011-03-13 12:02:19
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1656: Our correspondent adds: "We came across some survivors. Yasuchi Sato saw the massive wave building out at sea. He saw it gather speed and smash through the concrete breakwater that was supposed to protect the town. Then, from the safety of high ground, he watched as a torrent of water washed away his home. 'There were about 150 houses down there,' he said. 'Now there are only two or three left.' Tonight, Mr Sato is one of about 250 evacuees sleeping on the floor of a school sports hall. There is no mains electricity or running water. But a generator is powering portable heaters, and volunteers have provided blankets and food. It is not much, but with powerful aftershocks continuing it is a very welcome refuge."
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By Cerberus.Liandaru 2011-03-13 12:08:03
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1702: The Japan Atomic Power Company has said the cooling system of a reactor at its Tokai nuclear power plant is working, although two of the three diesel power generators used for cooling are out of order, the Reuters news agency reports. The plant, about 120km (75 miles) north of Tokyo in Ibaraki prefecture, was automatically shut down after Friday's earthquake.
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By Caitsith.Neonracer 2011-03-13 12:10:56
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By Cerberus.Liandaru 2011-03-13 12:13:47
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1706: The news about Tokai comes as the authorities battle to prevent a meltdown at the stricken Fukushima-Daiichi complex. Sea water is being pumped into three overheating reactors there. The plant was rocked by an explosion on Saturday, which blew off the roof of one reactor building. Meanwhile, a state of emergency has been declared at a second nuclear site. The International Atomic Energy Agency said increased levels of radiation had been detected at Onagawa, close to the area worst hit by the tsunami.
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By Caitsith.Mahayaya 2011-03-13 12:15:27
Question: If a country becomes uninhabitable during an emergency, do other nations usually reach out and offer more lenient immigration to that country? I mean, in the midst of World War II, did some countries offer refuge to Jews being persecuted, or is it more of an individual to individual kind of offer?
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By Cerberus.Liandaru 2011-03-13 12:16:00
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1710: The crisis has renewed concern in other countries about the safety of atomic power. In Germany, Chancellor Angela Merkel said it represented a turning point for the world. She said that safety standards at her own country's nuclear power stations would now be reviewed. In the United States, Senator Joe Lieberman said Washington needed to put the brakes on the development of nuclear power plants until lessons were learned from what had happened in Japan.
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By Cerberus.Liandaru 2011-03-13 12:17:14
Caitsith.Mahayaya said: Question: If a country becomes uninhabitable during an emergency, do other nations usually reach out and offer more lenient immigration to that country? I mean, in the midst of World War II, did some countries offer refuge to Jews being persecuted, or is it more of an individual to individual kind of offer?
I would imagine asylum would be granted to refugees by any country with the space and resources available to acomodate them.
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