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* NHK: Severe storm is heading to Fukushima plant — Workers now
scrambling to protect facility — Worried over impact of strong winds — Warning
for tornadoes, landslides, high waves (VIDEO)
* Japan TV: Typhoon presents “significant likelihood of natural
disaster of a magnitude observed only once every few decades” — Around 500,000
households get instructions to evacuate — Waves over 30 feet high likely for
Pacific coast (VIDEO)
* AFP: Gov’t issues highest alert for “possibly unprecedented heavy
rain”; Fears it will hit Fukushima nuclear plant, torrential downpours expected
— Kyodo: Major typhoon prompts emergency warning of “unprecedented heavy rain”
* ‘Typhoon Alert’ at Fukushima Plant: Concern winds could topple large
cranes — Tepco trying to secure outdoor pipes and pumps that inject water into
reactors buildings
* NHK: Trouble from heavy rain already at Fukushima — Fence over-topped
at plant — Workers trying to keep highly contaminated water in reactor
basements and tunnels from overflowing
* Analysis: Prepare for Fukushima’s economic consequences, worst may be
yet to come — Pay close attention to latest scientific data from plant, it
could become even more tragic — Examine impact on rest of world
* Reports: Fears for Fukushima plant as typhoon now only a few hours
away — Officials warn of floods at site — Storm gusting over 150 km/hr —
Workers frantically pumping up water — Torrential rain to force more
contamination into groundwater (MAP)
* Japan Times: Fukushima may be inundated by typhoon on Monday — Center
of storm forecast to pass over nuclear plant — Over 15 inches of rain predicted
in region — Flood and mudslide warnings issued for Pacific coast (PHOTO)
* Report: Fukushima radioactive plume will continue to hit shores of
U.S. and Canada for many decades — Impossible to remove molten cores for
hundreds of years, if ever — Flow of contamination from plant will be virtually
impossible to stop
* Bloomberg TV: Second disaster to come at Fukushima nuclear plant? Is
Japan prepared if leaks widen and radiation rises? (VIDEO)
* Wall St. Journal: They appear to be losing the battle at festering
Fukushima plant — Leaks sprouting above and below ground — Response is frantic,
desperate, and dangerously haphazard
* Fukushima reactor cores may have had “Melt Through to China Syndrome”
and went into the earth itself — Includes over 1,500 pounds of plutonium
* NYTimes: “Japan is clearly living in denial” says Fukushima
investigation chairman — Plant recently took sharp turn for the worse — Nuclear
experts doubt if melted fuel can be removed
NHK: Severe storm is heading to Fukushima plant — Workers now scrambling to
protect facility — Worried over impact of strong winds — Warning for tornadoes,
landslides, high waves (VIDEO)
Posted: 15 Sep 2013 11:20 PM PDT
Japan TV: Typhoon presents “significant likelihood of natural disaster of a
magnitude observed only once every few decades” — Around 500,000 households get
instructions to evacuate — Waves over 30 feet high likely for Pacific coast
(VIDEO)
Posted: 15 Sep 2013 09:25 PM PDT
AFP: Gov’t issues highest alert for “possibly unprecedented heavy rain”; Fears
it will hit Fukushima nuclear plant, torrential downpours expected — Kyodo:
Major typhoon prompts emergency warning of “unprecedented heavy rain”
Posted: 15 Sep 2013 08:48 PM PDT
‘Typhoon Alert’ at Fukushima Plant: Concern winds could topple large cranes —
Tepco trying to secure outdoor pipes and pumps that inject water into reactors
buildings
Posted: 15 Sep 2013 05:55 PM PDT
NHK: Trouble from heavy rain already at Fukushima — Fence over-topped at plant
— Workers trying to keep highly contaminated water in reactor basements and
tunnels from overflowing
Posted: 15 Sep 2013 05:11 PM PDT
Analysis: Prepare for Fukushima’s economic consequences, worst may be yet to
come — Pay close attention to latest scientific data from plant, it could
become even more tragic — Examine impact on rest of world
Posted: 15 Sep 2013 03:00 PM PDT
Reports: Fears for Fukushima plant as typhoon now only a few hours away —
Officials warn of floods at site — Storm gusting over 150 km/hr — Workers
frantically pumping up water — Torrential rain to force more contamination into
groundwater (MAP)
Posted: 15 Sep 2013 02:13 PM PDT
Japan Times: Fukushima may be inundated by typhoon on Monday — Center of storm
forecast to pass over nuclear plant — Over 15 inches of rain predicted in
region — Flood and mudslide warnings issued for Pacific coast (PHOTO)
Posted: 15 Sep 2013 11:18 AM PDT
Report: Fukushima radioactive plume will continue to hit shores of U.S. and
Canada for many decades — Impossible to remove molten cores for hundreds of
years, if ever — Flow of contamination from plant will be virtually impossible
to stop
Posted: 15 Sep 2013 09:34 AM PDT
Bloomberg TV: Second disaster to come at Fukushima nuclear plant? Is Japan
prepared if leaks widen and radiation rises? (VIDEO)
Posted: 15 Sep 2013 08:03 AM PDT
Wall St. Journal: They appear to be losing the battle at festering Fukushima
plant — Leaks sprouting above and below ground — Response is frantic,
desperate, and dangerously haphazard
Posted: 15 Sep 2013 06:56 AM PDT
Fukushima reactor cores may have had “Melt Through to China Syndrome” and went
into the earth itself — Includes over 1,500 pounds of plutonium
Posted: 15 Sep 2013 06:05 AM PDT
NYTimes: “Japan is clearly living in denial” says Fukushima investigation
chairman — Plant recently took sharp turn for the worse — Nuclear experts doubt
if melted fuel can be removed
Posted: 15 Sep 2013 05:08 AM PDT
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