(Update) Japan's clear-up likely to take three years

After the tsunami: Japan's clear-up likely to take three years

source: www.mediastar.net.ua

Masayuki Yamazaki takes a camping chair out of his car, unfolds it outside his home of 20 years and sits down to watch his street reduced to rubble in what is likely to become the world's biggest demolition operation.
He is not alone. Several neighbours have also returned for wrecking day. They look on as buildings erected over decades are torn down in hours by a fleet of mechanical diggers.

(Update) New anti-nuclear tsunami first aftershock -translation-

第一原発 新たな津波余震対策
New anti-nuclear tsunami first aftershock

4月30日 23時12分
April 30, 12:23 .

東京電力福島第一原子力発電所の新たな津波や余震による被害を抑えるため、東京電力は、原発の海側の場所に仮設の防潮堤を設けたり、トレンチと呼ばれるトンネルの一部をコンクリートで埋めるなどの対策を行うことになりました。
To reduce the damage caused by aftershocks and tsunami of new Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station TEPCO, Tokyo Electric, and provided temporary seawall seaward of the primary location, make some concrete measures such as filling in a tunnel, called a trench now.

(Update) Summary of Japan's Reactor Status and The Rebuild Costs

IAEA Update Briefing on Fukushima Nuclear Accident

28 April 2011, 18:00 UTC

Presentation:
→ Summary of Reactor Status

1. Current situation

     Overall, the situation at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant remains very serious, but there are signs of recovery in some functions, such as electrical power and instrumentation.

2. Changes to Fukushima Daiichi plant status

     The IAEA receives information from various official sources in Japan through the Japanese national competent authority, the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency (NISA). Additional detail is provided in the IAEA Incident and Emergency Centre (IEC) status summary with information received by 17:00 UTC on 27 April 2011.

3. Management of on-site contaminated water

     According to the 25 April evaluation by NISA of the report submitted by the Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), there is a little less than 70,000 tonnes of stagnant water with high level radioactivity in the basement of the turbine buildings of Units 1, 2 and 3.

(Update) Japan's Emperor Made His First Trip to The Disaster Zone

TOKYO, April 14th: Japan's widely respected emperor made his first visit Thursday to the disaster zone devastated by an earthquake and tsunami, kneeling on mats to commiserate with survivors who bowed in gratitude and wiped away tears.


    Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko visited two evacuation shelters Thursday in Asahi city, where they spoke quietly with evacuees sitting on mats in the community centers that have become their temporary homes.
Asahi, about 86 kilometers (54 miles) east of Tokyo near the Pacific coast, is one of the southernmost areas to be heavily affected by the March 11 natural disasters, which killed up to 26,000 people and also set off a crisis of radiation leaks at a flooded nuclear plant.

    

(Update) Japan Changes in Public Attitude Towards Nuclear Power

      Explosions in the Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan have created active protest against nuclear energy in Western Europe and Estonian economy and coruscations minister Juhan Parts said that the Estonian government will also have to take into account the change of public opinion, LETA/National Broadcasting reports.

Building a nuclear power plant is in the election programme of the leading Reform Party, and Pro Patria and Res Publica Party (PRU) programme also prescribes corresponding studies.

“We have to take into account the public opinion and it is clear that what is seen on TV affects public opinion,” said Parts (PRU).

Non profit organisation Estonian Nuclear Power Plant CEO Kalev Kallemets (Reform Party) said that most likely the governmental and Riigikogu cannot focus on that field of energy fully this year. “Most likely thorough studies and explanation work has to be done before such a decision can be made,” he noted.

Tsunami Harpoons Japanese Whaling Town

This is an update about the effect of Japan's Earthquake and Tsunami Disaster March 11th, 2011 that occured in the Ayukawa area. This affected Japan's scientific research of whales as well.

Below is the article written by Shingo Ito 

AYUKAWA, Japan — The Japanese whaling town of Ayukawa has survived the wrath of environmental groups for decades, but had no defence against a giant tsunami that wiped out the industry here, possibly for ever.