Update #4 : Respect.
To : The Crew at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station
Regardless of the outcome, thank you for the sacrifice and courage.
You've stepped forward so that others may continue to live with their families and friends.
I may never know your names nor meet you, but I am grateful.
God Bless You.
From : Mich
[1] International Herald Tribune (17 March 2011)
[2] Reuters (20 March 2011)
TOKYO, March 20 (Reuters) - Engineers enjoyed some success in their mission to stop disaster at Japan's tsunami-damaged power plant, though evidence of small radiation leaks highlighted perils from the world's worst nuclear crisis since Chernobyl 25 years ago.
Three hundred technicians have been battling inside a danger zone to salvage the six-reactor Fukushima plant since it was hit by an earthquake and tsunami that also killed 7,508 people and left 11,700 more missing in northeast Japan.
The unprecedented multiple crisis will cost the world's third largest economy nearly $200 billion in Japan's biggest reconstruction push since post-World War II. It has also set back nuclear power plans the world over.
Encouragingly for Japanese transfixed on the work at Fukushima, the situation at the most critical reactor -- No. 3 which contains highly toxic plutonium -- appeared to come back from the brink after fire trucks doused it for hours. Work also advanced on bringing power back to water pumps used to cool overheating nuclear fuel.
Traces exceeding national safety standards were, though found in milk from a farm about 30 km (18 miles) from the plant and spinach grown in neighbouring Ibaraki prefecture.
Tiny levels of radioactive iodine have also been found in tap water in Tokyo, one of the world's largest cities about 240 km (150 miles) to south. Many tourists and expatriates have already left and residents are generally staying indoors. The sample contained 1.5 becquerals per kg of iodine 131, well below the tolerable limit for food and drink of 300 becquerals per kg, the government said. Japan said the traces so far found posed no risks.
Yet U.N. atomic watchdog the International Atomic Energy Agency said Japan was considering whether to halt all food product sales from Fukushima prefecture. The first discovery of contaminated food since the March 11 disaster is likely to heighten scrutiny of Japanese food exports, especially in Asia, their biggest market.
About 257,000 households in the north still have no electricity and at least one million lack running water.
In the face of mounting criticism, plant operator TEPCO's president issued a public apology for "causing such great concern and nuisance".
Regardless of the outcome, thank you for the sacrifice and courage.
You've stepped forward so that others may continue to live with their families and friends.
I may never know your names nor meet you, but I am grateful.
God Bless You.
From : Mich
[1] International Herald Tribune (17 March 2011)
[2] Reuters (20 March 2011)
TOKYO, March 20 (Reuters) - Engineers enjoyed some success in their mission to stop disaster at Japan's tsunami-damaged power plant, though evidence of small radiation leaks highlighted perils from the world's worst nuclear crisis since Chernobyl 25 years ago.
Three hundred technicians have been battling inside a danger zone to salvage the six-reactor Fukushima plant since it was hit by an earthquake and tsunami that also killed 7,508 people and left 11,700 more missing in northeast Japan.
The unprecedented multiple crisis will cost the world's third largest economy nearly $200 billion in Japan's biggest reconstruction push since post-World War II. It has also set back nuclear power plans the world over.
Encouragingly for Japanese transfixed on the work at Fukushima, the situation at the most critical reactor -- No. 3 which contains highly toxic plutonium -- appeared to come back from the brink after fire trucks doused it for hours. Work also advanced on bringing power back to water pumps used to cool overheating nuclear fuel.
Traces exceeding national safety standards were, though found in milk from a farm about 30 km (18 miles) from the plant and spinach grown in neighbouring Ibaraki prefecture.
Tiny levels of radioactive iodine have also been found in tap water in Tokyo, one of the world's largest cities about 240 km (150 miles) to south. Many tourists and expatriates have already left and residents are generally staying indoors. The sample contained 1.5 becquerals per kg of iodine 131, well below the tolerable limit for food and drink of 300 becquerals per kg, the government said. Japan said the traces so far found posed no risks.
Yet U.N. atomic watchdog the International Atomic Energy Agency said Japan was considering whether to halt all food product sales from Fukushima prefecture. The first discovery of contaminated food since the March 11 disaster is likely to heighten scrutiny of Japanese food exports, especially in Asia, their biggest market.
About 257,000 households in the north still have no electricity and at least one million lack running water.
In the face of mounting criticism, plant operator TEPCO's president issued a public apology for "causing such great concern and nuisance".
posted by whimsical_fantasies at 2:23 AM
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home