The disaster death toll is still listed at 28,000, a horrific statistic, but at this point it doesn’t seem to be increasing. While TEPCO and the government say that things are better at the Fukushima reactor, it is difficult to accept that. Rescue teams are just beginning to enter into the 12 mile evacuation zone [...]
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Lest I be accused of being alarmist (again) or anti-nuke, it is my thinking that if I were living in Japan, say downwind as far as Tokyo, I wouldn’t believe anything that came out of the mouths of the government or TEPCo. Ever since this disaster happened the reports have been something to the effect [...] It is hard to get descent information about nuclear power plants now in light of the Fukushima reactor disaster. I have always been a proponent of such clean energy but without any government subsidies. Only without the government tax breaks and disaster insurance can nuclear power be evaluated in terms of cost versus benefit. This [...] UPDATE 3/21/2011 9:55 am PST Grey smoke from No.3 reactor subsided The grey smoke seen coming from the troubled No.3 reactor of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant on Monday afternoon has subsided. The plant’s operator, Tokyo Electric Power Company, evacuated its workers from the plant shortly after 4 PM. The government’s nuclear safety agency [...] |
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