Archive for the 'Collapse' Category
Texas: Alpha Radiation in Harris County Drinking Water
May 22nd, 2011Via: KHOU: Newly-released e-mails from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality show the agency’s top commissioners directed staff to continue lowering radiation test results, in defiance of federal EPA rules. The e-mails and documents, released under order from the Texas Attorney General to KHOU-TV, also show the agency was attempting to help water systems get […]
Angry Over Unemployment, Tens of Thousands of Protesters Defy Ban in Spain Before Elections
May 21st, 2011Via: Washington Post: Tens of thousands of people are defying a pre-election ban on demonstrations and protesting unemployment in squares around Spain in defiance of an order to quit at midnight. The government avoided saying if it would order police to break up the crowds on Saturday, but at the stroke of midnight officers kept […]
Homes Saved from Flooding Mississippi River with DIY Levees
May 20th, 2011Must see pictures. Via: Daily Mail: We’ve all undertaken home improvements but these residents in flood-stricken Mississippi have had to embark on major construction projects just to protect their houses and livelihoods. These homes in Vicksburg are all situated along the Yazoo River, a tributary of the overflowing Mississippi River, and their owners have surrounded […]
Was Fukushima a China Syndrome?
May 16th, 2011Via: Time: The China Syndrome refers to a scenario in which a molten nuclear reactor core could could fission its way through its containment vessel, melt through the basement of the power plant and down into the earth. While a molten reactor core wouldn’t burn “all the way through to China” it could enter the […]
Fukushima: Highly Radioactive Sewer Sludge [???]
May 15th, 2011Wha?? How?? I… *mumble* *sputter* What is happening here? Is this from fallout coming down in rainwater and then getting into the sewage infrastructure? Via: Mainichi: Highly radioactive sludge found at sewage plants in Fukushima Prefecture will be temporarily kept at those plants, the central government has announced. The move came after high levels of […]
Thousands of Greeks Seek Cheaper, Rural Lifestyle
May 15th, 2011Mmm hmm. Via: Guardian: High in the hills of Arcadia, in a big stone house on the edge of this village overlooking verdant pastures and a valley beyond, a group of young Athenians are busy rebuilding their lives. Until recently Andritsaina was not much of a prospect for urban Greeks. “But that,” said Yiannis Dikiakos, […]
Morganza Spillway Will Be Opened for First Time in 38 Years
May 15th, 2011Via: Weather Channel / AP: Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal says federal officials have been given approval to open a Louisiana spillway as early as Saturday to avert a Mississippi River disaster in places like Baton Rouge and New Orleans. Jindal said Friday that the Army Corps of Engineers had received permission to open the Morganza […]
And Now… Polyester Covers Will Be Built Around Melting Down Fukushima Reactors
May 13th, 2011Via: Wall Street Journal / Dow Jones: Giant polyester covers will soon be placed around the damaged reactor buildings at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex to help contain the release of radioactive substances into the atmosphere, the plant operator said Friday. Tokyo Electric Power Co. will install the first cover at the No. 1 reactor, […]
FUKUSHIMA REACTOR 1: FULL MELTDOWN, REACTOR VESSEL BREACHED
May 13th, 2011Via: Reuters: One of the reactors at Japan’s crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant has a hole in its main vessel following a meltdown of fuel rods, leading to a leakage of radioactive water, its operator said on Thursday. The disclosure by Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO) is the latest indication that the disaster was worse […]
Fukushima: Fuel Rods Dropped to the Bottom of Reactor 3, More Highly Radioactive Water Going Into Ocean
May 12th, 2011*shaking head* Via: AFP: THE operator of Japan’s stricken Fukushima nuclear plant reported new problems yesterday, including a water leak from a reactor vessel and another spill of contaminated water into the ocean. The update by Tokyo Electric Power Company came as the government announced a cull of thousands of cattle and other livestock now […]
