Archive for the 'Energy' Category
FUKUSHIMA: 500 MILLISIEVERTS PER HOUR [???] CORRECTED: 500 MICROSIEVERTS PER HOUR
March 23rd, 2011
UPDATE: Corrected: Radiation at 500 Microsieverts/hr at Japan No. 2 Unit *shaking head* Come on guys. Via: Reuters: Agency corrects radiation level to 500 microsieverts per hour, not millisieverts. Corrects to show level was recorded on March 18, not Wednesday; and removes reference to highest level of radiation since crisis began. —End Update— Via: Reuters: […]
Fukushima Engineer Says He Covered Up Flaw at Shut Reactor
March 23rd, 2011Via: Bloomberg: One of the reactors in the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant may have been relying on flawed steel to hold the radiation in its core, according to an engineer who helped build its containment vessel four decades ago. Mitsuhiko Tanaka says he helped conceal a manufacturing defect in the $250 million steel vessel installed […]
Libya’s Sea of Fresh Water Beneath the Desert, But Wait, There’s More
March 23rd, 2011Update: NATO in Libya: Besides the Oil, Is It Also a Gold Robbery? —End Update— We all know about the obvious oil component to what is happening in Libya, but that’s definitely not he full story. Here are some other factors to keep in mind as the U.S. leads a war in Libya for “humanitarian” […]
Oil Spill Reported Near Deepwater Drilling Site in Gulf of Mexico
March 20th, 2011Via: Huffington Post: The Coast Guard is investigating reports of a potentially large oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico not far from the Deepwater Horizon site. According to a knowledgeable source, the slick was sighted by a helicopter pilot on Friday and is about 100 miles long. A fishing boat captain said he went […]
JAPAN WEIGHS NEED TO BURY NUCLEAR PLANT
March 18th, 2011Via: Reuters: Japanese engineers conceded on Friday that burying a crippled nuclear plant in sand and concrete may be a last resort to prevent a catastrophic radiation release, the method used to seal huge leakages from Chernobyl in 1986. But they still hoped to solve the crisis by fixing a power cable to two reactors […]
UN APPROVES NO-FLY ZONE OVER LIBYA
March 17th, 2011Update: UN Approves No-Fly Zone Over Libya Via: Los Angeles Times: The U.N. Security Council has voted to authorize a no-fly zone and other military action against the regime of Libyan leader Moammar Kadafi. The vote was 10 to 0, with five abstentions. The five were China, Russia, Brazil, India and Germany. Military officials in […]
Power Restored to Cooling System of Reactor Two at Fukushima Daiichi
March 17th, 2011Finally, a bit of good news. I hope it’s real. Via: Cnet: The Tokyo Electric Power Co. has successfully restored power to part of a dangerously overheating nuclear power plant damaged by last week’s earthquake and tsunami, a key move in efforts to cool the site. The power company, also called Tepco, connected a power […]
Natural Gas Futures Surge Most in Eight Months on Storage Drop
March 17th, 2011WARNING: This is not a recommendation to buy, sell, or hold any financial instrument. 😉 Via: Bloomberg: Natural gas futures rose the most in eight months after a government report showed a bigger-than- forecast U.S. stockpiles decline. Gas posted its biggest percentage gain since July 15 after the Energy Department said inventories fell 56 billion […]
China Suspends ‘Approval’ of Nuclear Power Plants
March 17th, 2011Via: BBC: China has suspended approval for new nuclear power stations following the accident at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi plant. It will also carry out checks at existing reactors and those under construction. China is currently building 27 new reactors – about 40% of the total number being built around the world. The news comes as […]
Physicist and Uranium-Industry Analyst at MIT: ‘This Is a Slow-Moving Nightmare’
March 16th, 2011Via: Reuters: Japan’s nuclear crisis appeared to be spinning out of control on Wednesday after workers withdrew briefly from a stricken power plant because of surging radiation levels and a helicopter failed to drop water on the most troubled reactor. In a sign of desperation, police will try to cool spent nuclear fuel at one […]
