Countdown to the M9.0 earthquake in Japan – March 11, 2011

We were sitting in a coffee shop in central Tokyo when a few seconds before the M9.0 earthquake hit Japan on March 11, 2011, a centralized warning system suddenly announced that an earthquake was about to hit Tokyo in 54 seconds. I got my mobile camera out just in time to get the count down […]

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 […]