Month: April 2011

Bank Of Japan: Japan Economic Outlook ‘VERY SEVERE’

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Apr. 30 (Reuters) – Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa said on Saturday that the country’s economic outlook was very severe and that the central bank would take appropriate action to support the economy.

But he offered few clues on whether and when the BOJ would expand its asset-buying scheme, only saying that its next policy step would depend on economic conditions at the time.

“The BOJ sees the outlook for Japan’s economy as very severe,” Shirakawa told a financial committee meeting in the lower house of parliament.

Read moreBank Of Japan: Japan Economic Outlook ‘VERY SEVERE’

James Bond ‘A View To A Kill’ Scenario: US Government Floods The New Madrid Fault (04/30/2011)

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It’s interesting to note that the leading bad lady character played by? Grace Jones was named ‘May Day’ (which is tomorrow and are also words used to signal an emergency).

Flashback:

– FEMA Wants to Buy 140 Million Pre-Packaged Meals For A Catastrophic Disaster Event Within The New Madrid Fault System (Required Shelf Life Only 36 Months???)

– FEMA Wants to Buy 140 Million Blankets For A Catastrophic Disaster Event Within The New Madrid Fault System

– FEMA Training Police That It is Perfectly Normal To Place People In FEMA Camps

– Jesse Ventura Conspiracy Theory: Police State (And FEMA Concentration Camps)


Added: 30.04.2011

James Bond ‘A View To A Kill’:

Read moreJames Bond ‘A View To A Kill’ Scenario: US Government Floods The New Madrid Fault (04/30/2011)

Top Japanese Nuclear Adviser (Holding Back Tears) Blasts Government, Quits: They ‘Have Ignored The Laws’, Gov. Approach Will Only Prolong Crisis

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And only criminals of the worst kind would consider this:

– Japan Government To Raise ‘Safe’ Radiation Exposure For Children To 20 Times The Maximum Limit For Adults!!!

See this:

– ‘Fukushima: Gross Miscarriage Of Radiation Science’ – Childrens Cancer Risk From Radiation Is 10 To 100 Times Higher For The Same Exposure To Adults

– Physicians For Social Responsibility Press Conference (04/26/2011): Chernobyl, Fukushima And Nuclear Power – Disturbing Facts!

– Dr. Helen Caldicott On The Japan Nuclear Disaster – The Truth MSM Won’t Tell You! (Video)

TOKYO—A special advisor to the Japanese government on radiation safety resigned Friday, saying that he was dissatisfied with the handling of the ongoing crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

Toshiso Kosako, a professor at the prestigious University of Tokyo, said at a news conference that the prime minister’s office and agencies within the government “have ignored the laws and have only dealt with the problem at the moment.” Holding back tears, he said this approach would only prolong the crisis.

Following the devastating March 11 earthquake and tsunami, the Daiichi nuclear power plant has become the site of the second-worst nuclear power plant crisis in history. Three of its six reactors still pose a potential threat as officials and plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. work to bring the situation under control.

Mr. Kosako was appointed on March 16. In announcing the appointment, chief government spokesman Yukio Edano described him as someone who “possesses outstanding insight and expertise in the field of radiation safety.”

Read moreTop Japanese Nuclear Adviser (Holding Back Tears) Blasts Government, Quits: They ‘Have Ignored The Laws’, Gov. Approach Will Only Prolong Crisis

HAARP Rings And Scalar Squares = Very Severe Weather (Incl. Tornadoes) In St Louis, Springfield, Omaha, Chicago In The Next 24-48 Hours

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See also:

–  ‘HAARP Tornadoes’ Force Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant Into Emergency Shutdown

– HAARP Rings And Scalar Squares Cause – As Predicted – MASSIVE Tornado Outbreak (04/28/2011)

– US: HAARP Rings And Scalar Squares – From Dallas To Watertown NY Expect Tornados And Severe Weather (04/27/2011)

HAARP is real:

– Former Governor Jesse Ventura on Government Cover-Ups . . . 9/11, the Reality of HAARP and Making Government Better

– Jesse Ventura Conspiracy Theory: ‘HAARP’ (Full Episode)


Added: 30.04.2011

In the towns of Saint Louis Missouri, Springfield Illinois, Omaha Nebraska, Lacrosse Wisconsin, and Dixon to Chicago Illinois, and Milwaukee… expect severe weather up to and including tornadoes in the next 24-48 hours from now .. 300am CST 4/30/2011 .

Based upon the “HAARP VLF UHF” radar rings showing up around each effected area.

http://www.intellicast.com/Local/WxMapFull.aspx

http://www.theweathernetwork.com/weather/maps/?ref=topnav_homepage_maps

http://weather.unisys.com/radar/rcm_rad.php?inv=0&t=cur&region=us

http://radar.weather.gov/Conus/full_loop.php

Read moreHAARP Rings And Scalar Squares = Very Severe Weather (Incl. Tornadoes) In St Louis, Springfield, Omaha, Chicago In The Next 24-48 Hours

Fukushima City Rainwater Radiation Readings Soar 63 Kilometers From Daiichi Nuclear Plant (24.04.11)

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Added: 27.04.2011

This is a home video of measurements taken at multiple locations in Fukushima city for radiation contamination. Fukushima city is roughly 63 kilometers from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant placing it outside of the exclusion zone. In some locations the measurements reach as high as 97 µSv/h.

China Detects 30 Cases Of Radioactive Contamination In Passengers, Vessels And Containers

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BEIJING, April 29 (Xinhua) — China has detected 30 cases of radioactive contamination in passengers, vessels and containers that have entered the country since March 16, quarantine authorities said on Friday.

The contamination cases were reported after China’s quarantine bureaus started to monitor radiation levels at nine entry ports including Beijing, Liaoning and Zhejiang, said Li Yuanping, a spokesman for the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine.

Read moreChina Detects 30 Cases Of Radioactive Contamination In Passengers, Vessels And Containers

Gold-Buying Central Banks Signal Bullion Extending Record Price Rally

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See also:

– China Proposes To Cut Two Thirds Of Its $3 Trillion In USD Holdings!

– As The Japanese Government Pension Fund Announces Commencement Of Asset Liquidations, Will The Japanese Bond Market Finally Crack?

Apr. 29 (Bloomberg) — Central banks that were net sellers of gold a decade ago are buying the precious metal to reduce their reliance on the dollar as a reserve currency, signaling demand that may extend a record rally in prices.

As developing countries accelerate purchases, gold may reach $2,000 an ounce this year, compared with a record of $1,569.80 today in New York, said Robert McEwen, the chief executive officer of producer U.S. Gold Corp. Euro Pacific Capital’s Michael Pento, who correctly predicted gold’s highs for the past two years, forecasts a 2011 high of $1,600.

Prices reached a record 15 times this month on demand from investors seeking an alternative to the dollar after the currency slumped to the lowest since 2009, U.S. debt widened, and the Federal Reserve signaled April 27 that borrowing costs will remain near zero percent for an extended period. The economy in China, the biggest foreign holder of U.S. Treasuries, grew 9.7 percent in the first quarter.

Read moreGold-Buying Central Banks Signal Bullion Extending Record Price Rally

Japan: The Chief Of The Meteorological Society Wants To Stop Radiation Forecasts!

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– Weather chief draws flak over plea not to release radiation forecasts (Kyodo News):

TOKYO, April 29, Kyodo

The chief of the Meteorological Society of Japan has drawn flak from within the academic society over a request for member specialists to refrain from releasing forecasts on the spread of radioactive substances from the troubled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.

Coast of Panama: 6.1 Earthquake – 10KM Depth – (4/30/2011) – Possible Tsunami Warning

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Added: 30.04.2011

Earthquake stats:

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/usc00032mv.php

About Post Glacial Rebound Effect (PGRE) :

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-glacial_rebound

HAARP induction magnetometer .. showing large magnetic flux today:

http://137.229.36.30/cgi-bin/scmag/disp-scmag.cgi?date=20110430&Bx=on&…

Earthquake 3D program (free version download at CNET)

http://download.cnet.com/Earthquake-3D/3000-2054_4-10395116.html

‘HAARP Tornadoes’ Force Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant Into Emergency Shutdown

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Don’t miss:

– HAARP Rings And Scalar Squares Cause – As Predicted – MASSIVE Tornado Outbreak (04/28/2011)

– US: HAARP Rings And Scalar Squares – From Dallas To Watertown NY Expect Tornados And Severe Weather (04/27/2011)

– TVA loses all power transmission lines in Alabama and Mississippi, Browns Ferry Nuclear plant forced into emergency shutdown (timesfreepress):

Wednesday’s storms took out all of TVA’s electric power transmission lines in Mississippi and North Alabama, and forced Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant unto diesel backup power and into emergency and automatic cold shutdown.

Bill McCollum, the chief operating officer of Tennessee Valley Authority, said it may be weeks before power can be restored to all of the 300,000 customers whose power is supplied by the federal utility.

“With the level of damage we have, it will be — we hope it will be days until we get most of the customers back on, but it will be weeks before we’ve fully repaired all of the damage,” he said.

McCollum said the reactors, now being cooled by backup diesel power, are safe.

– Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant recovering after losing power (CNN):

(CNN) – Crews are working to restore power to a nuclear plant in northern Alabama.

The severe storms that cut across the Southeast Wednesday night also managed to knock out external power to three nuclear reactors at the Browns Ferry plant.

Back-up generators kicked in, so nuclear regulators said the plant is safely in shutdown mode.

– Tornadoes damage reactors in U.S.; Backups work (CBS NEWS):

Alabama and other southern states are reeling from a series of tornadoes that killed more than 200 people. But there’s no nuclear disaster to go with the natural disaster — a promising sign amid concerns that the U.S. could someday face a nuclear crisis like the one that has followed the earthquake and tsunami in Japan.

The savage storms in that passed through parts of Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee and Virginia on Wednesday knocked out power to the Browns Ferry nuclear power plant, about 30 miles west of Huntsville, Ala.
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“The Browns Ferry units are among 23 U.S. reactors that are similar in design to the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in Japan where backup generators were swept away in the tsunami that followed the massive earthquake on March 11,” Reuters reported.

– Browns Ferry hit by major storms (World Nuclear News):

The three boiling water reactors at TVA’s Browns Ferry nuclear power plant in Alabama shut down automatically with cooling systems powered by “a combination of offsite transmission and on-site diesel generators.” However, the shutdown was notified as an ‘unusual event’ to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission “when the normal and alternate power supplies for essential equipment were unavailable for more than 15 minutes.” TVA stressed that “safety systems performed well.”

The plant shut down on 27 April at 4.36 pm and units 2 and 3 achieved cold shutdown at 2.43 am and 5.45 am on 28 April respectively. TVA said that unit 1 was was being cooled and the priority now was to get that reactor into cold shutdown as well.

TEPCO Data Shows Ongoing Nuclear Chain Reaction Inside Leaking Fukushima Daiichi Unit 2

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TEPCO Data Shows Ongoing Criticalities Inside Leaking Fukushima Daiichi Unit 2

Summary

Data released on April 28, 2011 by TEPCO is now unequivocal in showing ongoing criticalities at Unit 2, with a peak on April 13. TEPCO graphs of radioactivity-versus-time in water under each of the six reactors show an ongoing nuclear chain reaction creating high levels of “fresh” I-131 in Unit 2, the same reactor pressure vessel (RPV) with a leak path to reactor floor, aux building, and outdoor trenches, that is uncontrollably leaking high levels of I-131, Cs-134, Cs-137 into the Pacific Ocean.

Analysis

Read moreTEPCO Data Shows Ongoing Nuclear Chain Reaction Inside Leaking Fukushima Daiichi Unit 2

‘Fukushima: Gross Miscarriage Of Radiation Science’ – Childrens Cancer Risk From Radiation Is 10 To 100 Times Higher For The Same Exposure To Adults

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Added: 27.04.2011

See also:

– Physicians For Social Responsibility Press Conference (04/26/2011): Chernobyl, Fukushima And Nuclear Power – Disturbing Facts!

– Japan Government To Raise ‘Safe’ Radiation Exposure For Children To 20 Times The Maximum Limit For Adults!!!

Massive CDS Price Manipulation Scandal Erupts, EVERYONE Implicated!

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Back in March of 2009 Zero Hedge, once again a little conspiratorially ahead of its time, solicited reader feedback on a key topic: CDS pricing manipulation, involving in addition to key cartel banks, such “independent” pricing services as MarkIt. We said: “Zero Hedge has received some troubling info (like there isn’t enough) regarding major pricing discrepancies between certain securities pricing services.

The services include companies such as IDC, Advantage Data, Markit and others. While I will not disclose which one may be a culprit, the allegation is that one (or more) are providing substantially above market pricing levels, specifically as pertains to distressed securities.” Then back in August 2010, we followed up by explaining that it is the ongoing price manipulation scheme, in addition to other factors, that allows Goldman Sachs (and other CDS dealers to a much lesser extent) to constantly generate massive profits from trading an opaque off-exchange product like CDS. It took two years and a month for others to take notice of this inquiry, although naturally not in that slum of corruption and market manipulation, the United States of America, but in Europe. Bloomberg reports: “Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) and other 14 other investment banks face a European Union antitrust probe into credit-default swaps for companies and sovereign debt, regulators said. …The European Commission said it opened two antitrust probes. It will check whether 16 bank dealers colluded by giving market information to Markit, a financial information provider.” So while some post flow charts explaining the hilarity behind conspiracy theories, others actually expose the facts that today are a conspiracy and tomorrow are a full blown criminal investigation.

From Bloomberg Apr 29, 2011:

“Lack of transparency in markets can lead to abusive behavior and facilitate violations of competition rules,” said the EU’s antitrust chief, Joaquin Almunia, in an e-mailed statement. “I hope our investigation will contribute to a better functioning of financial markets.”

Global regulators have sought to toughen regulation of credit-default swaps saying the trades helped fuel the financial crisis. Lawmakers in the EU plan to encourage the use of clearinghouses and transparent trading systems. CDS are derivatives that pay the buyer face value if a borrower defaults.
Possible Collusion

JPMorgan, Bank of America Corp. (BAC), Barclays Plc (BARC), BNP Paribas (BNP) SA, Citigroup Inc. (C), Commerzbank AG (CBK), Credit Suisse Group AG (CSGN), Deutsche Bank AG (DBK), Goldman Sachs, HSBC Holdings Plc (HSBA), Morgan Stanley, Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc (RBS), UBS AG (UBSN), Wells Fargo & Co. (WFC), Credit Agricole SA (ACA) and Societe Generale (GLE) SA will be investigated for possible collusion in giving “most of the pricing, indices and other essential daily data only to Markit.”

Read moreMassive CDS Price Manipulation Scandal Erupts, EVERYONE Implicated!

Another Day, Another All Time High: Gold At $1,544.9

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Hopefully at this point nobody is surprised why at this rate gold will pass $1,600 within a month, silver may be $100 by the end of the year, and the dollar will be worthless, in order, to paraphrase Bernanke, reincarnate it in a fresh start version of itself, following the refinancing of all US private and public debt at 0% interest.

For everyone still confused, and the naysayers, we urge you to read the following – link.

Gold:

Submitted by Tyler Durden on 04/29/2011 10:28 -0400

Source: ZeroHedge

US Dollar Collapse Index Is Getting Ready To Break Below Its March 2008 Record Low Of 72.165

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This article is from Feb 28, 2011:

– Guru Insight; U.S. Dollar collapse?:

“The dollar right now is hanging on the precipice. If we break below 77 on the Dollar Index, look out below,” said Turk. “I don’t think people really appreciate how scary the dollar chart is here, or how ominous the implications really are. There’s no predicting how far the dollar could plunge if confidence breaks.”

“You’ve got civil war breaking out in North Africa and you have rebellions happening in the Middle East,” Turk continues. “In this kind of geopolitical situation, in the past the U.S. dollar would always rally, but this time it can’t even bounce.”

Yes, the US dollar is getting ready to collapse.

US Dollar Index (USD)

The U.S. Dollar Index® is computed using a trade-weighted geometric average of six currencies. The six currencies and their trade weights are:
Euro 57.6 %
Japan/yen 13.6 %
UK/pound 11.9 %
Canada/dollar 9.1 %
Sweden/krona 4.2 %
Switzerland/franc 3.6 %

Source: Kitco

Related information:

– Bernanke: Federal Reserve Will End Quantitative Easing – Prepare For Epic Market Collapse!

– China Proposes To Cut Two Thirds Of Its $3 Trillion In USD Holdings!

– As The Japanese Government Pension Fund Announces Commencement Of Asset Liquidations, Will The Japanese Bond Market Finally Crack??

Before:

– The US Dollar (Collapse) Index

– The Coming Dollar Crisis: Panic Selling of US Dollar Could Happen Quickly

– PIMCO’s Bill Gross Is Now Short US Debt, Hikes Cash To $73 Billion, An All Time Record

– Monetary Base And Inflation: Up, Up And Away!

World Intelligence Agencies: Obama’s Long Form Birth Certificate A Rank Forgery

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Don’t miss:

– Proof Obama’s 4/27/11 ‘Long Form Certificate of Birth’ is Forged! (Video)

– Birth Certificate: Proof Obama Is Guilty Of Criminal Fraud! (Video)

–  Obama Birth Certificate Fraud – PROOF!!! (Video)


(Click on image to enlarge.)

Today from Wayne Madsen Reports:

From intelligence agencies around the world, the verdict on President Obama’s newly-released certificate of live birth from Hawaii is in: the certificate is a rank forgery on the same level as the Niger “yellow cake” uranium and Iraq Oil Ministry forged documents. Intelligence and law enforcement services are experts on fake documents since they have to deal with large numbers of counterfeit documents, such as birth certificates, passports, identity cards and driver’s licenses, as well as currency. Intelligence agencies are also experts at forging their own documents for their clandestine agents.

Within 24-hours of the release of the long form Certificate of Live Birth on April 27, intelligence agencies from Britain and China to Germany and Russia examined the document and concluded it was a forgery based on the fact that Barack H. Obama Sr.’s race, listed as “African,” was a monumental error, considering that not only the United States, but other English-speaking nations described Africans and those of African descent as either “Negroes” or “blacks” in 1961.

Intelligence experts point out that “African” is a major clue indicating a forgery.

In 1961, the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare classified non-Whites, who were not Asian, Eskimo, Aleut, Hawaiian, part-Hawaiian, or other “non-White,” as “Negro.” The U.S. Census Bureau also used the term “Asian and other Pacific Islander” in 1961, which included Filipino, Hawaiian, and part-Hawaiian. The Census Bureau, like HEW, used the term “Negro” to describe blacks and those of black descent. The term “mulatto,” used to describe those of mixed white and black ancestry, ceased being used by the U.S. Census Bureau in 1918.

Read moreWorld Intelligence Agencies: Obama’s Long Form Birth Certificate A Rank Forgery

Proof Obama’s 4/27/11 ‘Long Form Certificate of Birth’ is Forged!

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The document downloaded from the White House is in fact layers of edited content.

The artist forgot to flatten the layers before making it into a PDF!!!

What an epic fail!!!

– World Intelligence Agencies: Obama’s Long Form Birth Certificate A Rank Forgery

– Birth Certificate: Proof Obama Is Guilty Of Criminal Fraud! (Video)

–  Obama Birth Certificate Fraud – PROOF!!! (Video)

Birth Certificate: Proof Obama Is Guilty Of Criminal Fraud! (Video)

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By Karl Denninger (The Market Ticker)

Obama’s Birth Certificate: The “copy” the White House released is not a copy. It is manufactured. This video goes through the proof, and it’s much more than the Illustrator “breadcrumbs” that others have found and talked about.

You’ve been had America, and the White House was dumb enough to stick proof of it on their own web server.

See also:

– World Intelligence Agencies: Obama’s Long Form Birth Certificate A Rank Forgery

– Proof Obama’s 4/27/11 ‘Long Form Certificate of Birth’ is Forged!

– Obama Birth Certificate Fraud – PROOF!!!

TEPCO Press Release: Americium, Curium Found With Plutonium At Fukushima

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Americium-241 has a half life of 432.7 years.

And TEPCO really needs to work on its press releases.

Press Release (Apr 27,2011)
Detection of radioactive materials in the soil in
Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station (5th release)		 
As part of monitoring activity of the surrounding environment, we
conducted an analysis of plutonium contained in the soil collected on
March 21st and 22nd at the 5 spots in Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power
Station. As a result, plutonium 238, 239 and 240 were detected. 
                                                    (previously announced)

As the result of the plutonium analysis in the soil from the sample from
the 3 periodic sampling spots on April 14th, plutonium 238, 239 and 240
were detected as shown in Attachment 1. In addition, as the result of
gamma ray nuclide analysis from the same sample, radioactive materials
were detected as shown in Attachment 2.

Besides, as the result of the americium and curium analysis in the soil
from 2 samples among the 3 periodic sampling spots in which plutonium was
detected on March 28th amerium 241 (?), curium 242, 243, and 244 were detected.


Read moreTEPCO Press Release: Americium, Curium Found With Plutonium At Fukushima

HAARP Rings And Scalar Squares Cause – As Predicted – MASSIVE Tornado Outbreak (04/28/2011)

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Brought to you by the US military.

The US military intentionally killed 202 Americans!

HAARP is real:

– Former Governor Jesse Ventura on Government Cover-Ups . . . 9/11, the Reality of HAARP and Making Government Better

– Jesse Ventura Conspiracy Theory: ‘HAARP’ (Full Episode)


Added: 28.04.2011

202 people died in these man made storms…

http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/04/28/severe.weather/index.html?hpt=T1&iref=BN1

here is my forecast / prediction video from 2 days ago: listen at about 4 minutes into the video...

– US: HAARP Rings And Scalar Squares – From Dallas To Watertown NY Expect Tornados And Severe Weather (04/27/2011)

Related information:

– CHEMTRAILS and a GIANT HAARP VLF UHF ring appear = Epicenter Omaha (4/21/2011)

– US Gov. Took Down HAARP Website To Conceal Evidence of US Weather Modification And (Japan!) Earthquake Inducing Warfare – Update April 21, 2011: After 3 Weeks Of Pressure From The International Community The HAARP Website Is Up Again

– HAARP Magnetometer Data Shows Japan Earthquake Was Induced

Read moreHAARP Rings And Scalar Squares Cause – As Predicted – MASSIVE Tornado Outbreak (04/28/2011)

Physicians For Social Responsibility Press Conference (04/26/2011): Chernobyl, Fukushima And Nuclear Power – Disturbing Facts!

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A MUST-SEE!


Added: Erstellt: 26.04.2011

On Tuesday April 26, 2011, Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR) held a joint press conference with Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-Massachusetts) and the Institute for Policy Studies’ Robert Alvarez on the ongoing impact of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster to public health 25 years after the accident, the continuing nuclear catastrophe in Fukushima, Japan, and the lessons from both for U.S. public health and safety.

Read morePhysicians For Social Responsibility Press Conference (04/26/2011): Chernobyl, Fukushima And Nuclear Power – Disturbing Facts!

TEPCO Halts Flooding Of Reactor No. 1 After Causing Drop In Pressure That Could ‘Spark A Hydrogen-Oxygen Explosion’

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Don’t miss:

– Fukushima: Robots Detect Radiation Levels Of Up To 1,120 Millisieverts Per Hour Inside Reactor Building No.1

Japan Nuclear Operator Postpones Plan To Flood Reactor Vessel

 
TOKYO (Dow Jones)–A plan to flood the containment vessel of one of the reactors at the stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex to better cool off its nuclear core was postponed Thursday, as concerns about possible leakage in the vessel made workers cautious about filling it with tens of thousands of tons of water.

Meanwhile, Japanese Trade and Industry Minister Banri Kaieda announced a plan to establish an expert panel to draw up the government’s new energy policy, as the continued shut-down of two nuclear plants operated by Tokyo Electric Power Co. (9501) has caused power shortages across eastern Japan, with crippling effects on the manufacturing industry. The panel is expected to hold the first meeting in early May.

A test run for an operation to flood Reactor No.1’s containment vessel began Wednesday morning in a strategy designed to cool down the pressure vessel, the thick steel cylinder housing nuclear fuel.

The move follows the failure by workers to cool down the fuel effectively, as water leaks out of the vessel apparently through damaged parts. Tepco believes that the fuel, which needs to be submerged in water, is actually partially exposed and estimates that 55% of it could be damaged and is releasing radioactive materials into the water.

The flooding operation is aimed at submerging the entire pressure vessel, instead of just the fuel, by injecting a large amount of water into the pressure vessel, allowing water to overflow into the containment vessel, the beaker-shaped metal container that surrounds the pressure vessel.

The trial run saw a more-than-anticipated drop in the temperature and the pressure inside the reactor, raising the possibility that adding water could deflate the containment vessel too much, allow the atmosphere to enter, and spark a hydrogen-oxygen explosion similar to ones that hit the plant in the first week of the crisis in March.

Officials also had lingering concerns about possible (???) leakage in the containment vessel. “The possibility of leakage cannot be ruled out,” said Hidehiko Nishiyama, spokesman of the government’s Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency said in a news briefing Thursday.

Read moreTEPCO Halts Flooding Of Reactor No. 1 After Causing Drop In Pressure That Could ‘Spark A Hydrogen-Oxygen Explosion’

Chief Nuclear Engineer Arnie Gundersen: Americium Found In New England, Uranium Found In Hawaii and West Coast – Postulates Unit 3 Explosion May Have Been Prompt Criticality in Fuel Pool

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Plutonium has been found in the US:

– Dr. Chris Busby: Fukushima (MOX) Reactor No. 3 Blast Was A Nuclear Explosion – Can’t Seal A Fissioning Reactor – Crisis Will Not Be Over Within 9 Months – Uranium And Plutonium Detected In Hawaii

– Fukushima: High Resolution Photos Prove (MOX) Reactor No. 3 Core And Spent Fuel Pool Exploded!!!

– Radioactive Plutonium And Strontium From Fukushima Bombarding US West Coast Since March 18th (EPA RADnet Reports)

Americium is even more heavy than uranium!


Added: 27.04.2011