Published: April 21st, 2012 at 10:12 pm ET
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UPDATED I: Second explosion at Mitsui plant -- FNN confirms depleted uranium -- Kyodo: 3,400 drums with radioactive materials -- "Did not appear to have any effect on radiation levels" (VIDEOS)
UPDATE II: NHK: Another Mitsui chemical plant had trouble BEFORE multiple explosions -- All plants were halted at time of blasts (VIDEO)
UPDATE III: AFP: Officials "waiting for combustible materials to burn out" after Japan explosions -- Fire not extinguished -- May take days to determine cause
UPDATE IV: Kyodo Gets Suspicious? Mitsui "claimed" radioactive agent is harmless to people -- Radiation mentioned 4 times -- Explosions began while shutting down plant
Title: (UPDATED) Explosion at Petrochemical Complex in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Radioactive Waste Stored at the Complex
Source: EXSKF
Date: April 21, 2012
UPDATE: One of the two missing workers was found dead. 9 workers injured, 3 residents in the area were also injured (cuts from broken glass). It looks like part of the complex is still burning. The prefectural government does say the depleted uranium is stored at the complex, but there has been no release of toxic materials from the fire, according to the prefectural government. [...]
Someone on Twitter has dug up information from the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) that lists companies that have radioactive waste on the premise. Mitsui Chemical’s complex in Yamaguchi Prefecture is one of them. According to the MEXT data from 2009, the complex has 3,379 containers of nuclear waste. [...]
- http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/national/news/20120422-OYT1T00108.htm?from=top
- http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20120422-00000108-yom-soci
h/t Fukushima Diary
Published: April 21st, 2012 at 10:12 pm ET
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Radiation wasn't enough, lets cover it with chemical soot. Could it get any worse? If I were there I would be packing to leave.
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There are no stable isotopes for uranium. Depleted only references lack of bomb ready isotopes.
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NHK says:"Mitsui Chemicals says the explosions occurred while the operation of all plants was halted after trouble at another plant on Saturday night."
I wonder what's that about.
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Fukushima Diary is reporting lightning as the cause, which seems inconsistent with reports of trouble at another plant.
http://fukushima-diary.com/category/bnews/
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Depleted Uranium Effects In The Human Body; via A Green Road Blog http://agreenroad.blogspot.com/2012/03/depleted-uranium-effects-in-human-body.html
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsui_Chemicals
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemical_industry
All these wonderful deadly fumes are coming our way, and possibly the nuke sh*t too !
Time to stay indoors and take precautions !
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Don't believe it is an accident !
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This Site has been taken over !!!
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Please elaborate xdrfox.
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CB,
My comments are not showing up in the recent comment section for days now ! I can see you folks comment but mine do not !
Something is overriding !
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Is that what happened here? ~“Other reactors are all in considerably severe condition” — 14 total; ~ I was wondering where you were.
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I've been seeing your comments. That's odd.
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HoTaters,
Others say they can not see mine in the right side recent comment section, not even I, that is how I notice a days ago !
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Yes xdr & CB. What Site has been taken over? The Yamaguchi site? Or enenews site? Please explain.
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dharmasyd ,
Yamaguchi site? ????????
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TESTING ?
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omg doc. I think your right. NO WAY WAS THIS ACCIDENTAL!
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f311wds
http://maps.google.co.jp/maps?q=%E4%B8%89%E4%BA%95%E5%8C%96%E5%AD%A6%E5%B2%A9%E5%9B%BD%E5%A4%A7%E7%AB%B9%E5%B7%A5%E5%A0%B4&hl=ja&ie=UTF8&ll=34.204225%2C132.238784&spn=0.009689%2C0.01929&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&hq=%E4%B8%89%E4%BA%95%E5%8C%96%E5%AD%A6%E5%B2%A9%E5%9B%BD%E5%A4%A7%E7%AB%B9%E5%B7%A5%E5%A0%B4&radius=15000&t=h&z=16&brcurrent=3%2C0x355ab5548a40dd95%3A0xe8fbb5eebc73f72d%2C0
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ZOOM IN CLOSE. Oh god, I hate this shit. HATE IT!
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Whoopie, that's an image of the site, right?
If so, it makes the "area residents cut with broken glass" item seem all the more strange.
That looks like a huge industrial complex, with no obvious place for nearby residents within glass-throwing range.
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Yep. Your right – that is strange. WTH do they mean?
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I'm going to bed. This makes me ILL. Nauseated, sick PISSED.
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It looks like a refinery
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An explosion can break glass miles away, I don't think it threw glass, it caused glass in near by homes to break.
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Yes, the shock wave.
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Thanks, Sharp2197. That makes much more sense. For some reason my mind had locked into "burning" rather than "explosion".
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Whoopie,
I think it will be used as more plausible denial when people become sickened ! Dose anyone think they got close enough to see what has burned ?
: (
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I just checked the comment archives. You're not in there. Wtf?
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stopnp,
Yeah, Weird huh ?
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It must be nice when people think to themselves, "yes, Fuku is bad but it won't hurt me"
But I have a pre-existing autoimmune disease, and it's not a theoretical thing, it is my everyday life.
I live in the east coast, so it's not so bad.
But you who don't live on the east coast, think of this:
If I lived where you lived, I would have been dead already.
It's a global problem.
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Fukushima will and is hurting everyone. Right now. My own friends in Cali are just starting to listen to me. After a F@#$ing year of constantly ranting about it and providing them with the ability to do their own research.
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Bobby1, I just found out I have IGG Subclass II and III deficiency. Not pleasant knowing my immune system has probably been trashed from childhood. Lived the first five years of my life less than 2 miles from the Chicago Piles.
Then near the Eureka, CA nuke plant (decommissioned but full of spent fuel rods) and now near the Concord, CA nuke plant.
Sigh. Does it ever end?
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HoTaters, I'm sorry to hear about your health.
I hope it is something you can help improve through diet or supplements?
I did not not know there is a NPP in Concord, CA? I thought there were only two, San Onofre and Diablo Canyon. Is it civilian or military?
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I think the Concord plant is a commercial plant. I thought it was a facility devoted to medical research, but someone recently told me it's a commercial plant.
The treatment for IGG Subclass II and III deficiency is Gamma Globulin treatment. Insurance companies do not want to pay for it, even though it can prevent life-threatening autoimmune problems, respiratory infections, and even lymphomas and other cancers.
I'm going to have a long battle ahead of me trying to get the Gamma Globulin treatmnent justified.
Now that I understand what the deficiency does, I realize that's probably why I've had so many respiratory infections and have struggled for so long to overcome chronic Lyme dsease.
Thank you for your concern! I do appreciate it.
Have to wonder if living near the remains of the world's first two NPP's (barely covered, buried in shallow trenches in a forest outside Chicago) somehow damaged my immune system when I was a little child. Will probably never know!
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Hi u don't know me but I have been following enenews and reading the comments since last year although I had never registered but after reading your comment tonight about chronic Lyme desease I felt obliged. Have u ever heard of h2o2 therapy? I know of one person who had chronic lyme desease and is now cured…check it out for yourself by searching h2o2 on the net, the cure costs pennies and they don't bother to tell us about it because no one owns the rights to it.I know this was off topic but like I said I felt obliged.
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Thoughtful advice soshy. Your welcome to join in anytime!
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Sorry to hear about your struggles with Lyme Disease. My wife, daughter and I have it as well. Good luck to you.
Roger
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@W-A-T-Kids…There is no NPP in Concord. The Concord Naval Weapons Station did, however, have nuclear weapons in it's bunkers and in a special silo building on the Delta.
There were 2 NPPs in Northern Ca, however. They were shut down a couple of decades ago.
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HoTaters, I grew up in the Chicago area too (south suburbs). It's the worst place in the country in terms of the number of nuclear power plants. They also received more radiation from the bomb tests than areas farther east.
I have realized, found out since just before Fuku happened, that it is sensitivity to chemicals, metals and radiation that cause the day-to-day symptoms of these immune diseases. There is no cure, but we can avoid symptoms to a large extent, by not eating, drinking and breathing contaminated stuff. It is the symptoms that are disabling.
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Bobby1,
Been spending time outside this week, it is affecting me physically as it did last spring and early summer !
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xdrfox, this new radiation blast moved in here yesterday, I am pretty wiped out.
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Bobby1 just wondering what autoimmune disease you have is it MS by any chance. I certainly understand your privacy but I use to communicate with a man named Bob on the MS newsgroup over 20 years ago an thought perhaps it was you but what are the chances. Take good care and no worries.
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moonshellblue, no not MS, but rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, ulcerative colitis, chronic fatigue, and also fibromyalgia symptoms. FM is the worst.
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In my mind, the key word is Uranium. Could this spell the end for North Korea? Just speculation on my part.
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xdrfox, We see all your comments. It has to be something at your end, and not this site.
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I see what you are saying. That happened to me when I was under moderation. My comments were in the blog section, but not on the right hand side where the "latest comments" were listed.
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anne,
under moderation, WHY ???
Don't think its on my end, nothing has changed here !
Sorry if you don't get this live !
Anyone wanting to see my post will have to go lQQKING for them, is this happening to someone else here ???
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It's why I stopped posting Dr. My comments suddenly stopped showing up I thought it was admin taking them down so I quit posting.
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sworldpeas,
Certainly gets one a little suspicious knowing the forces we are dealing with and when someone becomes censored to any degree, someone doesn't want that person heard or thoughts or their news snuffled !
We know who is really in charge and it's not good for anyone !
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anne,
Look to the rright @ recent comments, Not the boards dear !
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All. They are showing up now, comments to the right !
All smiley's here !
: ) : ) : ) : )
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WTF?!?!? OMG WE'RE IN SO MUCH TROUBLE!!
fuck wyden – fuck them all!! FI'm sick of every last one of them. sick to death. SILENT for so damn long about Japan!! Now THIS?!?!
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The child is ranting again. Someone give her her bottle.
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Whoopie has been an essential anti-nuke activist and I wish I had an ounce of her energy thus if it helps her to rant then so be it. I believe we all need to treat each other with kindness and respect, if it helps you, Buffalojam to call her a ranting child, so be it but I for one respect Whoopie and all she has contributed. JMHO
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sounds like a ranting adult! stand well back!!
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Whoopie, honestly, you are clearly doing something right! I bet that your new facebook action is effective, you go girl!
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Well,…you really 'jammed' yourself!
Enjoy your paycheck–Oh, BTW,…you're DEAD!
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?
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The gov says no toxins… It is a burning chemical plant, of course there are toxins.
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White smoke = Ash
Black smoke = Chemicals
3,379 containers of nuclear waste on site. If it is a waste site, can this be an inaccurate number with the recent events released?
This maybe a dumping ground for the nuclear clean up from the 14 reactors in considerably severe condition.
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Hope its not the most recent "14" reactors! And, think the 3300+ containers of nuclear waste –were there BEFORE 3/11 per some comments. Does this make it better? NO. Just adds a few more RADS to the atmosphere…So what else can happen worse??
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So no immediate health concerns? Good Sharp2197, I am well aware of fire fighting. It was just my opinion about the dumping grounds. jec please don't ask that. SnorkY2K so that makes it worse, right? Good night all. Like the great xdrfox says, ZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzz.
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Probably not, tons of nuclear waste is created for a tiny amount of fuel. Not only is less than 1 pound of fuel created from 100 pounds of uranium, other items such as gloves, clothes, and containers are contaminated.
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This is just the first step in the nuclear chain that is enslaving and imprisoning all of humanity for millions of years.
Uranium Mining Legacy; Toxic Waste For 1,000,000 Years; via A Green Road Blog
http://agreenroad.blogspot.com/2012/03/uranium-mining-legacy-toxic-waste-for.html
Uranium Mining; Broken Promises, Broken Rainbow; via A Green Road Blog http://agreenroad.blogspot.com/2012/04/uranium-mining-broken-promises-broken.html
Uranium Mines Dot Navajo Land, Neglected and Still Perilous; via A Green Road Blog
http://agreenroad.blogspot.com/2012/04/uranium-mines-dot-navajo-land-neglected.html
Port Hope Ontario Canada; Uranium Mining, Processing & Production; via A Green Road Blog
http://agreenroad.blogspot.com/2012/04/port-hope-canada-uranium-
Canada Uranium Mining – Interview With Dr. Gordon Edwards, Canadian Coalition for Nuclear Responsibility; via A Green Road Blog
http://agreenroad.blogspot.com/2012/04/canada-uranium-mining-dr-gordon-edwards.html
Radioactive Uranium Mines, Toxic Waste Dump In Kyrgyzstan Russia; via A Green Road Blog
http://agreenroad.blogspot.com/2012/04/radioactive-uranium-mines-abandoned-in.html
If they cannot take care of uranium mine tailing piles, how are they going to guard nuclear waste from nuclear power plants for millions or billions of years?
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CB , chemical fires can be very different from natural material fires. chemicals can burn red, blue, yellow, green. The biggest worry is what chemical is mixing with another, every household in America has two chemicals that when combined could kill them. Clorox and windex, when combined can cause fumes that will kill. People who pour clorox in the washer and then go back to windexing the windows are poisoning their lungs with deadly gas.
Burning at a chemical storage plant could mix substances that are far worse. An inventory of what was stored at this plant must be found, I know this site is about radioactives, but this could be far more deadly in the short-term.
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CB,
You may be right and something went critical at a bad time and place there !
BOOM !
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Don't all fires liberate toxins? It's a chemical plant…the chemicals can blow up or burn and that's not a health risk?
Incredible.
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many moons,
Not in Japan, it's a magical place !
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Yes, is that the understatement lie of the year or what?
Repeat this mantra after me, "There is nothing toxic. Levels are are very low and will not have harmful effects. There is nothing to worry about."
Yada, yada, yada.
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Good lord. Am I in a horror movie where people are trying to kill me and everything I care about? Geez.
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Trying ???
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Lol
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This is ridiculous. I don't know whether to laugh, cry, or throw up
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Throw up and feel better. They use your body functions…
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Every time I puke it throws my back out. Mayn't next time
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Dayammm. I was afraid of that.
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Well, I am going out to watch the meteor shower. Hope I don't breathe too many bad fumes. see ya'll tomorrow.
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The earthquake caused a release of depleted uranium in Chiba… here we go again. Funny how how this radioactive waste has a will of its own.
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I hope you're nowhere downwind of the Limerick plant!
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What's going on at the Limerick plant? I'm near that one!
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what do you mean suzie, i cant find any news about limerick?
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One last check of Front HP page. OMG AGAIN
More Than 50 Institutions (WTF?) Nationwide Given Permission To Operate Drones IN USA. kill me now! muther fuckers. night.
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Fallout patterns ~
Japan Weather
http://www.weather.com/maps/news/julynonactive/japansatellite_large_animated.html
http://www.weather-forecast.com/locations/Yamaguchi/forecasts/latest
Satalite
http://www.jma.go.jp/en/gms/
Fukushima Fallout Forecast ~ http://ggtms.com/you9.cgi?youtubeid=gELpXbIbtPc&type=3
GOES Weather Pattern Across Pacific ~
http://wwwghcc.msfc.nasa.gov/GOES/globalir.html
Hopefully RadChick will give us an update soon.
Refer to Whoopies post above at 10:38 pm for location of complex.
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Thank you CB
Some invaluable links for us west coast people.
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longer video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FA9EKVrJY2o
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Hello fellow red pill takers,
please remember that depleted uranium is used in several ways, one of which is to provide a shield for industrial radiography cameras, in which the uranium gets enclosed in a plastic mantle as far as i know.
There is a good chance that this depleted uranium was used for civil purposes and not in order to create ammunition. The fact that it is located near Hiroshima is a little unfortunate or lucky, I should say because any effects on the population due to any type of leakage would be statistically absorbed by the elevated background radiation in that region. The truth is somewhere out there, lets not lose grip on reality just because we read horrible news every single day.
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Thank you. The general sense of hysteria has been getting to me.
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That being said, when I was 19 years old there was an earthquake where I was living, during the middle of the night. In my panic and hysteria, I tried to run out the front door of my house. Between me and the door was a large packing trunk. I was running so fast I tripped over the packing trunk and took a flying leap through the air. My shins were badly bruised, and I could easily have broken my legs, or worse.
I made a promise to myself that night NEVER again to panic like that. it's just not worth it, and IMHO it can be very harmful to your health and well being!
So that's where I'm coming from when I tell people I think they ought to calm down and think things through.
Panic? Hysteria? Been there! Done that!
Who knows, had the earthquake been a bad one and I'd broken my legs, maybe I'd have died before ever reaching the front door. 'Just saying!
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+1
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Chemical plant blast kills one worker
Explosions at a chemical plant in western Japan on Sunday killed one worker and injured 16, including nearby residents.
The blasts occurred at Mitsui Chemicals' Iwakuni-Ohtake facility, which straddles areas in Yamaguchi and Hiroshima prefectures.
The first explosion hit an adhesive plant shortly after 2 AM. A 22-year-old worker was killed and 11 others were injured.
The blast broke windows of over 100 buildings, including nearby houses. The hands and heads of 5 people were cut by broken glass.
The second blast occurred in the compound shortly after 8 AM, but no one was injured.
Mitsui Chemicals says the explosions occurred while the operation of all plants was halted after trouble at another plant on Saturday night.
Fire fighters are continuing their activities at the plant.
Sunday, April 22, 2012 11:00 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20120422_09.html
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Why would you store radioactive waste at a petrochemical complex?
On the other hand, why would you store it on top of a nuclear reactor, outside of the containment?
Let's take the most dangerous, toxic materials that we have, and put them in places prone to blowing up… Brilliant…
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I know this is a nuclear site but, an inventory of what is stored at this chemical site is important. Different chemicals react with others in multiple ways. clorine and ammonia combine to a gas that kills. The smoke from this may have more immediate effects, if the wrong chemicals are mixed together…This could potentially kill more people in the short term than the radiation.
We need to find what chemicals were involved in the fire.
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Maybe… this "accident" is part of some greater picture.
Now, there ist a lack of "petrochemical capacity" which leads to a lack of energy in Japan and THEY will take this as an argument to restart NPPs.
"We are so sorry, but…"
h.
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No, don't think so.
Are you suggesting they triggered those explosions on purpose, killed a worker, caused millions in damage, to back up their claim that we can't live without nukes?
Come on. There's not always a conspiracy involved.
*peace
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Maybe… we'll see.
h.
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That was my first thought
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Why just storage..maybe it was a munitions factory?
And… the workers will return to Yamaguchi Industrial area and resume work and start clean up..NO toxic materials released..all is well….although the area is bathed in DU.
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Can I say that I don't like these "cute" dates?
Japan: 11/3/11, 12/4/21
Lots of the world: 3/11/11, 21/4/12
U.S. 3/11/11, 4/21/12
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Okay, it was already 4/22 there, right? Phew, lol!
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Generally ENENEWS is ahead of the curve and is proven to have reported information correctly when officials begin to release information months later.
Who initially reported that 3,379 containers of nuclear waste was onsite and who is reporting the depleted uranium?
The health impact would be very bad. I have tried unsuccessfully to locate any updates. It sounds like another evacuation of the immediate local area would be in order. I can't find anything other than a consistent report without any mention of nuclear waste or uranium. It seems to be a new standard operating procedure to stand down on procedures to protect local populations.
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Hi brainheart,
"Who initially reported that 3,379 containers of nuclear waste was onsite and who is reporting the depleted uranium?"
I think it was fukushima-diary.com who reported first about the incident.
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this is a big deal, why is there so little online about this!
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big deal, another reactor melted down, usual ;}
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Explosion at Yamaguchi Chemical factory
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cV4vUzqE6yg
This guy does an english translation over the japanese tv report.
For the non-japanese speakers around.
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I zoomed into the google map reference whoopie provided earlier.
Here's a close up pic ..
http://i1240.photobucket.com/albums/gg499/fukushima3dmap/YamaguchiBase.png
Because I've been taking a closer look at the layout of the reactors of fukushima, i felt that the building to the north-east of the tower looks like a reactor container. It doesn't have the same power generators externally like fuku has – but it sure has a loading dock and a secure, large windowless building next to a tower – and lots/heaps of plumbing and ducting.
Just my thoughts, nothing to confirm it.
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F**K! Sabotage anyone???
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goathead,
The gamut is open here, even Manchurian candidates !
One thin is NOTHING the Japanese Gov, can say should Ever Be Believed, they have lost all credibility throughout the world !
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This video shows obvious massive explosions taking place.
The only thing they have no announced yet is the per usual
'no danger to the general public'..
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ex-skf Morning of April 22, Depleted Uranium Containers Safe
UPDATE: FNN News says there are about 3,400 containers of depleted uranium at the plant, but according to Mitsui Chemical there is no damage to the containers.
NHK has a fixed camera nearby (5 kilometers from the plant). The second explosion took place at 8AM on April 22.
You can go to NHK to view the video clip.
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20120422/k10014623351000.html
ex-skf http://ex-skf.blogspot.fr/2012/04/update-on-petrochemical-complex-fire.html
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Milkytheclown also covered it overnight DEPLETED URANIUM EXPLOSION? #fukushima Iraq WTF update 4/21/12: http://youtu.be/hkVoq1bU4Pk via @youtube
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Morning Whoops, video wouldn't open for me…I don't think there was an explosion of DU at night. People maybe get a bit over the top? In the video description it links the explosion at a petrochemical facility in Japan to Iraq? Huh?
We all complain that MSM isn't trustworthy, but every dumbass can post no matter what on youtube and people jump on the wagon…I'll never get it.
*peace
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Morning bb. Over the top, almost every damn day here. lol!
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Good one, hear her talking and see her tinker with her equipment !
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"They were trying to stop the plant because of some problems but they couldn't. Explosions are still on-going, and the firefighters cannot come near the plant." (From the updated EXSKF story).
In trying to find an appropriate balance between "over the top" and "business as usual", I keep coming back to that kind of item – suggestions that other plants had been shut down because of unspecified problems (unspecified!) and the stated inability to shut this one down.
The story says the plant makes resorcin (resorcinol), defined online as "A white crystalline compound, C6H4(OH)2, used to treat certain skin diseases and in dyes, resin adhesives, and pharmaceuticals."
Whoopie's link would suggest the plant makes a huge number of different things. We can probably figure out the details by exploring the company site:
http://www.icis.com/v2/companies/9146070/mitsui-chemicals.html
Anyway, for me a glaring unanswered question is "what happened to make them want to shut several plants down before this one blew?"
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Wow – the short answer to a question about what chemicals might be involved is "anything and everything".
http://www.mitsuichem.com/ir/core/pdf/core_eng.pdf
http://www.mitsuichem.com/corporate/group/index.htm
http://www.mitsuichem.com/corporate/oversea/index.htm
Japan Today is saying: “It may take more than a few days for us to find out the cause of the accident, but we are investigating it as a case of professional negligence resulting in death and injury”.
The various online reports keep increasing the number of injured, from 11 to 15 and now to 22. (Japan Today).
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"Happiness through Chemistry" is the company slogan – no kidding!
http://www.mitsuichem.com/index.htm
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You are NOT kidding, they have hundreds of chemicals. I wonder if they evacuated downwind people. Or did they tell them "Be happy, chemicals have no effect on Happy people"
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Witch way is the winds blowing ???
Will be here in a few days folks !
Stay out of the rain,
may be a good time to stay indoors for a week !
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I will be posting the GOES satellite weather and follow radchicks forcasts more frequently.
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CB,
Gather water and needs today folks for the gov. will not advise you of any dangers !
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Yes sir, lost in the smoke. I hear your voice calling. Shell shocked, I'm standing back up.
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MSNBC is showing one hell of an explosion over night, Think we all should duck and cover, the truth will come out a year or two from now ! Haven't we learned, meanwhile the big news is the Basil prostitute scandal !
Wag the dog !
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I have a friend coming to visit today from Montana. It's supposed to be nice. No sitting out in yard, like i planned? I'm gonna do it anyway.
At least no rain to bring it down HEAVY on us.
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Might want to comment. EPA praised but I told them what the epa did last year. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/21/earth-day-epa-battles-exa_n_1443126.html
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ALL,
This burst of contaminates will be 3 or 4 days from now, but you are still dealing with the ever present assault of Nukeshima !
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See the mushroom cloud
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxRddIOMLU8&feature=player_embedded
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Nice shot at :05
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyG9bnlej6Q
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At about :45..a bit more
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ly4SXaeL8kg
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Mitsui Chemicals has put out a press release:
http://www.mitsuichem.com/release/2012/pdf/120422e.pdf
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Thanks aigeezer!
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UN FREAKING BELIEVABLE.
What's next????
Good thing the weather looks chilly STAY INSIDE as much as possible in a few days FOLKS especially those on the west coast!
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You know what,…..my finger just can't hit ,'forward' today!
My 'friends' and 'family' have totally dropped me again,….so FUKU them getting a new warning!
Here's their warning from me,…from now on. You're all deadmen walking! Oh yeah,….have a nice day!
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Chemical blast video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxRddIOMLU8&feature=player_embedded
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See the mushroom cloud ??
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I post when The rense program is coming on related to Fuka or others, wonder if my comments to right were blocked because the rense show is = repetitive ?
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O.K.,,,,if no toxins escaped,….what the hell blew up?
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StillJill,
Baby Girl, These people will not admit to anything, They would love to convince people they didn't see what they saw !
It's all poison and there will be negative affects far and wide !
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Wow, you all have been busy this morning! I just got up and there are already 126 comments here.
Isn't it amazing they will tell you DU can burn and there won't be any radiation released or harmful effects?
Unbelievable.
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And this one!
June 30 meeting revealed depleted uranium storage facility burned after quake — Contained 1,800 lbs. of DU
(Link above at previous, related stories, top of page).
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Mitsui — isnt' the same kairetsu to which Tepco belongs? Mitsui bank and affiliated companies.
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It's messy, but everything is connected to everything else if you dig for the details.
"TEPCO is part of what was (or is) the Dai-Ichi Kangyo keiretsu, the industrial grouping including companies such as Mizuho Bank (as main bank), Itochu (the general trading company, formerly C. Itoh), Fujitsu, Hitachi, Marubeni and Nissan – to name only a few."
http://reszatonline.wordpress.com/2011/04/30/fukushima-the-burdens-of-japans-financial-system/
TEPCO's keiretsu links seem to be more with DKB rather than Mitsui though.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keiretsu
The Wiki link above is a good primer re the keiretsu system.
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Of coruse there appears to be no radiation release, we can't see it above the releases from Fukushima.
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The Japanese government has lost all credibility. A chemical plant explodes and burns, and they say no release of toxins. Last week they told food retailers not to use better radioactive standards than the government has determined to be safe. They hold beauty contests of girls who only ate Fukushima food. They try to restart reactors. All this in just the last two weeks
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Japan is really lost.
There is a reason these situations keep happening there.
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Sharp2197,
Agree, very worthless and not helping the situation only keep harming the people, Gov and Tepco have no integrity, do they have ways to IMPEACH the Gov. official's there ??
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Dear folks worldwide:
Understand the gigantic nuke explosion magnitude surge waves at work through the crust of the earth because of the sudden surges in water demand by various needs of modern civilization. Read the horror terror nuclear by demoniac dams always at work at:
http://glaringlacuna.blogspot.in/2012/04/close-nukes-they-are-subject-to-beyond.html
Its the chemical complex exploding this time. Next it may be a nuke somewhere fortuitiously located on the globe agine a la Fuku.
Be forewarned.
There is no pure reason for the non harmonised
Nor for the non harmonised is there an appreciation of truth
And for such there is no peace
And for the unpeaceful how can there be happiness?
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+10000000000000000. Thanks, RKumar
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I'm not sure what kind of product they are talking about at this chemical plant. If it was solid metal DU, that can catch fire at under four hundred degrees F in air then burn at 4000F. DU ignited by a rocket (so they said) cooked off the whole arsenal at Camp Falcon, Iraq, awhile back. It is hard to say if a DU fire is what we are seeing in the third picture above, with a few hot sparks escaping which could be the signature of DU explosions. Where there is fire there is smoke or the uranium oxides. Formed at high temps the smoke off of DU metal burning may be ceramic bubbles as small as a virus and able to float around the world. The Aldermaston UK lab detected US DU from Shock and Awe and Tora Bora bombings, nine days later at four times background.
Perhaps relevent to this fire would be the story of the DU munitions plant in Colonie, NY, which used to burn its uranium mill scraps in an incinerator, and contaminated quite a large area around Albany NY, from their smokestack. A GE lab 25 miles away normally upwind, detected it. DU soot is inhalable alpha hot coal type radiation. Gulf War Syndrome is the outcome of inhalation exposure.
So far this whole week in Hawaii, our Gammascout with the alpha setting open has been staying in a normal range around background. I have not seen any really high counts in Hawaii since 3/11 either. Nothing like the You Tubes from Japan and North America, for sure. Trace, not gross contamination, is due to…
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