Unleashing the Power of AI: Navigating Challenges and Embracing Solutions
A few days ago, I talked about how far we have come in the last few years in the fields of AI and AI-based tools and how they are impacting the world we live in. In this post, I want to move a step forward and talk about the challenges that lie ahead and what […]
Beyond Logic: The Intersection of AI and Human Decision-Making
In my previous post from March 2018, I discussed the impact of technology on information management and the role of managers in this new age of data. Today, I want to revisit that topic and examine how far we have come since then and what the future holds for us. At the time, I mentioned […]
Technology, Information and Decision Making
Technology has become ubiquitous in the world of information management. It would not be an exaggeration to suggest that almost every organization, irrespective of scale and domain, is using some form of technology solution for the purpose of information management. I have worked in the IT sector for many years and have been involved in […]
Of tremors and tides and reactors
April 11, 2011. One month since nature knocked out large parts of Japan with ruthless ferocity. March 11th 2011 started out like just another day in the lives of people here. Crowded trains, busy streets, work, meetings, the usual stuff. People doing what they always do. Everything changed in a matter of a few minutes […]
What is Happening in the Reactor Cores of Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Station?
Author: Michio Ishikawa (Chief Adviser of Japan Nuclear Technology Institute (JANTI)) By estimating what is happening in the reactor cores of Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Station based on the facts and developments of the Three Miles Island (TMI) accident, I would like to urgently state what are expected to happen from now on and what […]
Japan Nuclear Situation – Informative links
News portals: Reuters live coverage of the nuclear crisis http://live.reuters.com/Event/Japan_earthquake2 Kyodo News live coverage http://english.kyodonews.jp/news/japan_nuclear_crisis/ Television: NHK Television english stream http://www.ustream.tv/channel/nhk-world-tv japanese television translated in realtime by katz http://yokosonews.com/live/ Live webcam targeted at Fukushima 1 (1 picture every full hour) http://www.tepco.co.jp/nu/f1-np/camera/index-j.html Radiation measures: geiger counter in chiba – live stream http://www.ustream.tv/channel/geiger-counter-chiba geiger counter in tokyo […]
Links to radiation data from various monitoring stations
Several monitoring stations are keeping track of the radiation levels in Japan. Up-to-date information can be viewed by following the links given below: http://www.houshasen-pref-ibaraki.jp/present/result01.html http://www.mext.go.jp/component/english/__icsFiles/afieldfile/2011/03/21/1303971_2113i.pdf Tokyo: http://www.denphone.com/denphone-tokyo-office-geiger-counter
Ukraine advises Japan to use tin to cool Fukushima reactor
According to Ukrainian specialists, to bring the heat processes in Fukushima-1 reactors under control, it is necessary “first, to ensure a normal cooling mode in the spent fuel pools by pumping water, sea water as a last resort, into them; second, the type of reactor fuel coolant needs to be changed – water, which might […]
Status of reactors at Fukushima (as of 15:00 JST, March 16, 2011)
Status of reactors at Fukushima nuclear power plants (as of 15:00 JST, March 16, 2011) The following is the known status as of Wednesday afternoon of each of the six reactors at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant and the four reactors at the Fukushima No. 2 plant, both in Fukushima Prefecture, which were […]
514 spent fuel rods stored for 9 months of cooling in reactor 3
“514 spent fuel rods have been stored for 9 months of cooling in reactor 3. We are looking for firetrucks or pumps to help bring water there.” – TEPCO news conference