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 […]
Nagasaki survivor calmly waits out nuclear crisis in Tokyo
Kazuko Yamashita was five when the atom bomb was dropped on Nagasaki, destroying her home in a second and leaving her with a lifelong fear that every time she becomes ill, this time it is finally cancer. Now, 66 years later, she wears a dark pink sweater, her dyed hair in a neat bob, and […]
Earthquake related Japanese vocabulary
Structures 木造住宅 もくぞうじゅうたく homes built of wood 中層建物 ちゅうそうたてもの a mid-sized high rise building 空港 くうこう airport 港 みなと port 港周辺 みなとしゅうへん the area around the port 倒壊した家 とうかいしたいえ collapsed houses 倒壊家屋 とうかいかおく collapsed houses 建物の屋根 たてもののやね the roofs of buildings 瓦礫 がれき tiles and pebbles, debris Energy 計画停電 けいかくていでん planned power outage 核燃料 かくねんりょう […]