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Not all posts on this website are intended as truthful or factual assertion by their authors. This site is provided "as is" without warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied. We may be contacted concerning copyright matters at: » Thousands evacuated from Japan exclusion zone. Some Perspective On The Japan Earthquake: MicroISV on a Shoestring. [日本の方へ：読者が日本語版を翻訳してくださいました。 ご参照してください。] I run a small software business in central Japan. Over the years, I’ve worked both in the local Japanese government (as a translator) and in Japanese industry (as a systems engineer), and have some minor knowledge of how things are done here. English-language reporting on the matter has been so bad that my mother is worried for my safety, so in the interests of clearing the air I thought I would write up a bit of what I know.
A Quick Primer On Japanese Geography Japan is an archipelago made up of many islands, of which there are four main ones: Honshu, Shikoku, Hokkaido, and Kyushu. . … to an extent, anyway. The public perception of Japan, at home and abroad, is disproportionately influenced by Tokyo’s outsized contribution to Japanese political, economic, and social life. Miyagi is the prefecture hardest hit by the tsunami, and Japanese TV is reporting that they expect fatalities in the prefecture to exceed 10,000. Japanese Disaster Preparedness. Allemagne: fermeture de 7 réacteurs. La chancelière allemande Angela Merkel a annoncé aujourd'hui la fermeture immédiate et pour trois mois de tous les réacteurs mis en service en Allemagne "avant la fin 1980", qui sont sept. "Nous allons engager un examen de la sécurité de toutes les centrales nucléaires", a dit la chancelière lors d'une conférence de presse. Cet examen aura pour conséquence que "les réacteurs qui sont entrés en service avant la fin 1980 seront arrêtés pendant la durée du moratoire," a-t-elle ajouté.
Mme Merkel avait annoncé lundi un moratoire de trois mois sur l'allongement de la durée de vie des centrales nucléaires, alors que les catastrophes au Japon ont exacerbé l'hostilité traditionnelle de la population allemande à l'atome. Sept réacteurs nucléaires ont été mis en service en Allemagne avant la fin 1980: l'un dans le Schleswig-Holstein (nord), l'un en Basse-Saxe (nord-ouest), deux en Hesse (ouest), deux au Bade-Wurtemberg (sud-ouest), et un en Bavière (sud). » L'Allemagne décrète un moratoire nucléaire.
Nuclear uncertainly lingers as clock ticks for survivors in Japan. How bad is Japanese radiation risk? NEW: More than 11,000 are dead or missing in the wake of the disasterA new fire is discovered at the Fukushima Daiichi plantA fire and explosion Tuesday at the nuclear plant led to temporary radiation spikeOne company says the disaster could be the most expensive in history Tune in to CNN tonight at 8 ET for special editions of "In the Arena," "Piers Morgan Tonight" and "AC360º. " Anderson Cooper, Dr. Sanjay Gupta and Soledad O'Brien report live from Japan on the quake and tsunami's catastrophic effects. Sendai, Japan (CNN) -- Wednesday broke in Japan with news of a new blaze at the damaged nuclear plant that crews have struggled to control since last week's devastating earthquake and tsunami, adding to radiation fears in a country racing to avoid a full-on nuclear crisis.
It was the latest setback for a country struggling to dig its way out of the wreckage wrought by last week's earthquake and tsunami. Map: Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. Japon : Hausse de la radioactivité dans un large rayon. Exclusion zone around Japan's nuclear power plant. En direct au Japon: explosion près du réacteur 2 à Fukushima. AltJapan: "Should I Stay or Should I Go?" Last updated Mar 17, 2011 10:35 am local time (9:35 pm EST) Current situation as of morning of March 17. Tokyo radiation level remains within normal range. JSDF helicopters attempted four successive water-dumps over reactors #3 and #4. The condition of those reactors is most troubling, as the spent fuel rod cooling ponds have evaporated and without refilling them, there is a high chance the rods will overheat, melt, and release radioactive material. The results of the water drops have yet to be announced. Current situation as of evening of March 16.
Tokyo radiation level remains within normal range. Fukushima Reactor #1: in spite of explosion, containment housing believed unbreached, sea-water injection ongoing to lower temp of fuel rods, situation stabilizing. Fukushima Reactor #2: leaked some amount of material, causing radiation spike this morning around 10am. Fukushima Reactor #3: vented what appears to have been steam earlier today. I'm not a nuclear authority. International : Japon : explosion à la centrale nucléaire de Fukushima. EN DIRECT - Le gouvernement japonais a fait part de ses inquiétudes après l'incendie du bâtiment d'un réacteur à l'arrêt. Le niveau de radiations mesuré sur place «pourrait endommager la santé», a reconnu un ministre. • Nouveau séisme au sud-ouest de Tokyo Un fort séisme de magnitude 6 s'est produit mardi soir au sud-ouest de Tokyo, où les immeubles ont tremblé.
L'épicentre était situé à Shizuoka, à 120 km environ au sud-ouest de la capitale et à proximité du mont Fuji, zone où les secousses ont été les plus fortement ressenties, selon l'Agence de météorologie japonaise. L'hypocentre (foyer) était à seulement 10 km de profondeur, a-t-elle précisé. Aucune alerte au tsunami n'a été lancée. Carte des séismes - Crédits : Laure Kermanach/Lefigaro.fr • L'enceinte du réacteur n°2 «n'est plus étanche» La crise nucléaire s'est aggravée mardi à la centrale de Fukushima 1. » INFOGRAPHIE - Mieux comprendre la situation à Fukushima Daiichi • Des radiations nocives pour la santé.