Published: August 6th, 2012 at 11:45 am ET
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Title: Tepco Releases Video Footage Taken During Critical Hours After Fukushima Daiichi Accident
Source: Wall Street Journal
Author: Phred Dvorak and Mitsuru Obe
Date: Aug 6, 2012
On Monday, Tokyo Electric Power Co. for the first time released footage taken inside its command centers
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They’re 150 hours recorded over Tepco’s emergency videoconference system — 100 of them without audio — and they largely show tiny, blurred-out faces around conference tables. The bulk of the footage is available for viewing only by select journalists in Tokyo (including JRT).
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In it, you can hear the voice of Fukushima Daiichi plant manager Masao Yoshida cracking as he alerts Tepco headquarters to the hydrogen explosion at reactor No. 3
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Hydrogen explosion at reactor No. 3 (approximate timecode: 7:00 – 8:00), March 14, 2011, around 11 am
This clip records the moment Mr. Yoshida, the Fukushima Daiichi plant manager, tells Tepco headquarters about the explosion at reactor No. 3. “Headquarters, headquarters,” he yells into the microphone. “We have a big problem, we have a big problem. It seems there’s been an explosion at Unit 3!”
“OK, we’ll make an emergency report,” says a voice from Tepco headquarters, while Mr. Yoshida gives the time — 11:01 — his voice cracking.
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Tepco managing director Akio Komori can be heard from the head office saying, “Evacuate the workers from the site.”
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Published: August 6th, 2012 at 11:45 am ET
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Wikileaks on Fukushima and the Japan Nuclear Crisis. Measurement of the Initial Media Storyline
Posted by fpujolmri on March 16, 2011
"..We did not stablish a direct relationshp between Wikileaks and the Japanese crisis in our previous posts, as there was no relevant analysis coming from a crisis created by natural forces. We just showed in precedent posts how Fukushima problems and the Japan’s earthquake are perceived as tragedy in comparison with all news about Wikileaks.
Just today the content of some diplomatic cables has been released by The Daily Telegraph in relation with some communications about nuclear policy in Japan and the communication management in precedent nuclear incidents in Japan. Of course, leaked cables content do not refer directly to the origin of the present problems of Fukushima nuclear plant, but linkages can be made concerning nuclear energy companies reaction to past incidents, the communication policy about nuclear risks and on past warnings concerning nuclear security standards…"
http://reputation-metrics.org/2011/03/16/wikileaks-on-fukushima-and-the-japan-nuclear-crisis-measurement-of-the-initial-media-storyline/
media manipulation ??
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Sounds like former Prime Minister Kan was telling the truth about TEPCO wanting to evacuate.
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WSJ is still pushing #3 as a hydrogen explosion. *sigh*
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