Archive for the 'Infrastructure' Category
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 […]
Australia Again Urges Citizens to Consider Leaving Japan; More Over Infrastructure Concerns than Radiation
March 17th, 2011Via: Reuters: Australia’s government on Thursday urged citizens in Tokyo and eight other affected prefectures to consider getting out of Japan, including the families of embassy staff. But it said its warning was because of infrastructure problems, not the fear of radiation. “We have a real problem in terms of the infrastructure in Japan. We […]
JAPAN ESTABLISHES 10KM EVACUATION ZONE AROUND THE DAINI NUCLEAR POWER PLANT
March 16th, 2011Via: CNN: [3:07 a.m. ET Wednesday, 4:07 p.m. Wednesday in Tokyo] As a safety precaution, the Japanese government is now telling people living within a 10-kilometer radius of the Daini plant, the second nuclear power plant in Fukushima, to evacuate. The Daini plant, which has four reactors, has reported fluctuating temperatures at its suppression pools. […]
EMERGENCY: ‘HIGH’ LEVEL RADIATION RELEASED AT FUKUSHIMA; WORKERS TOLD TO LEAVE AREA; U.S. MILITARY ASKED FOR HELP; LOW LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WIND ETA 10 HOURS TO TOKYO
March 15th, 2011Shelter-in-Place in a Radiation Emergency Via: Reuters: Japan’s prime minister warned on Tuesday that radioactive levels had become high around an earthquake-stricken nuclear power plant after explosions at two reactors, adding that the risk of more radioactive leakage was rising. Naoto Kan urged people within 30 km (18 miles) of the facility north of Tokyo […]
Germany: Nuclear Disaster ‘Will Have Political Impact as Great as 9/11’
March 14th, 2011Via: Der Spiegel: The nuclear accident at Japan’s Fukushima plant following Friday’s earthquake and tsunami has led to anxious questions in Germany about the safety of its own nuclear reactors and is putting the government under intense pressure to rethink its decision to extend plant lifetimes by an average of 12 years. German media commentators […]
Rush to Fix Quake-Damaged Undersea Cables
March 14th, 2011Via: Wall Street Journal: Asia’s major telecom operators scrambled Monday to eliminate the impact on their operations from damage to several submarine cables following the massive earthquake and tsunami in Japan. Many operators were reporting some disruptions in Internet access, though the partial restoration of service was accomplished by rerouting traffic over undamaged cables and […]
EMERGENCY JAPAN: 9.1 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE
March 11th, 2011Rolling Blackouts Begin Monday Via: Reuters: Tokyo Electric Power Co said on Sunday that it would conduct its first-ever rolling blackout from Monday to help prevent an unexpected large-scale power outage after a powerful earthquake shut two nuclear plants indefinitely on Friday. Blackouts will be conducted in turns at five areas in nine prefectures that […]
Computer Expert Says U.S. and Israel Behind Stuxnet Worm
March 4th, 2011For your news-not-news file folder. Via: AFP: A German computer security expert said Thursday he believes the United States and Israel’s Mossad unleashed the malicious Stuxnet worm on Iran’s nuclear program. “My opinion is that the Mossad is involved,” Ralph Langner said while discussing his in-depth Stuxnet analysis at a prestigious TED conference in the […]
Chinese Military Trains Messenger Pigeons
March 4th, 2011Via: Telegraph: China is training 10,000 messenger pigeons to deliver vital military communications in the event of the country’s communication systems breaking down. According to the Chinese state media, the pigeons are being trained by a special unit of the People’s Liberation Army in the central city of Chengdu. “They will be primarily called upon […]
Britain: Network Equipment Theft Cuts Mobile Phone and Internet Services to Several Hundred Thousand Vodafone Customers
February 28th, 2011Via: BBC: Vodafone’s mobile network has been disrupted following a break-in at its exchange centre in Basingstoke. The company said that several hundred thousand customers had lost voice, text and internet access. Burglars hit the facility in the early hours of Monday morning, stealing computer equipment and network hardware. Most of the users affected were […]
