Archive for the 'Infrastructure' Category
Fukushima: Temperatures Rise in Spent Fuel Storage Pool
April 13th, 2011Nuclear engineer Arnie Gundersen demonstrates how Fukushima’s fuel rods melted and shattered from Fairewinds Associates on Vimeo. Via: NHK: The Tokyo Electric Power Company, or TEPCO, says the water temperature in the spent fuel storage pool at the No. 4 reactor in the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant has risen to about 90 degrees Celsius. It […]
Chinese Mining Operations in Australia
April 12th, 2011So it goes… Via: Guardian: China is leasing huge areas of land in Australia to secure a vital source of mineral resources, the latest sign of its acquisitive approach to the commodities trade. No longer satisfied with buying iron ore and coal from Australian mining companies, Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton, China is developing its […]
Arnie Gundersen: How Fukushima’s Fuel Rods Melted and Shattered
April 11th, 2011Nuclear engineer Arnie Gundersen demonstrates how Fukushima’s fuel rods melted and shattered from Fairewinds Associates on Vimeo.
Georgian Woman Looking for Scrap Copper Cuts Off Web Access to Whole of Armenia
April 7th, 2011Via: Guardian: An elderly Georgian woman was scavenging for copper to sell as scrap when she accidentally sliced through an underground cable and cut off internet services to all of neighbouring Armenia, it emerged on Wednesday. The woman, 75, had been digging for the metal not far from the capital Tbilisi when her spade damaged […]
SEAWATER 7.5 MILLION TIMES OVER LEGAL RADIATION LIMIT NEAR FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR POWER PLANT
April 5th, 2011Reuters: Engineers also plan to build two giant polyester “silt curtains” in the sea to block the spread of more contamination from the plant. Well, good luck with that. I wonder: Is it even possible to entomb that thing in such a way that prevents the radioactive waste products from percolating into the ocean? Via: […]
TEPCO Disposing of ‘Low-Level’ Radioactive Water in Pacific Ocean
April 4th, 2011Couldn’t they store the radioactive water in massive bladders (like these)? Via: Kyodo: Tokyo Electric Power Co. began disposing of a total of 10,000 tons of water containing low-level radioactive substances in the Pacific Ocean on Monday from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant to make room to store more highly polluted water filling […]
FUKUSHIMA: 1,000 MILLISIEVERTS PER HOUR IN THE AIR INSIDE THE PIT OF REACTOR TWO
April 3rd, 2011Update: Japanese Turn to Paper and Sawdust to Plug Fukushima Nuclear Leak [???] Via: Guardian: Where concrete has failed to prevent highly radioactive water pouring into the sea, workers at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant have shifted hope of plugging the leaks to an absorbent polymer mixed with sawdust and shredded newspaper that expands […]
Greenpeace Video: Measuring Radiation Outside of Fukushima Exclusion Zone
April 2nd, 2011Japon : l'équipe de Greenpeace effectue des… by gpfrance
Japan: Same Type of Concrete Pumping Trucks Used at Chernobyl Are En-route to Fukushima
April 1st, 2011Via: MSNBC: Some of the world’s largest cement pumps were en route to Japan’s stricken nuclear plant on Thursday, initially to help douse areas with water but eventually for cement work — including the possibility of entombing the site as was done in Chernobyl. Operated via remote control, one of the truck-mounted pumps was already […]
More Flash Crashes
March 31st, 2011Via: Reuters: Ten new exchange-traded funds suffered their own mini “flash crashes” shortly after the U.S. stock market opened on Thursday, suggesting recent measures put in place to protect against extreme market moves may not be enough. Nasdaq OMX Group Inc said it canceled trades in 10 new ETFs sponsored by Scottrade affiliate FocusShares, some […]
