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Japan to announce Fukushima alert level upgrades at 4:00 p.m.
Xinhua News Agency ^ | 08/28/2103 | Hou Qiang

Posted on 08/27/2013 9:03:22 PM PDT by TexGrill

TOKYO, Aug. 28 (Xinhua) -- Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority will announce the upgrading of toxic water leak severity at the Fukushima plant to level 3 at 4:00 p.m. local time, the public affairs division of the organization told Xinhua.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.xinhuanet.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Health/Medicine; Science; Society
KEYWORDS: japaneconomy
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1 posted on 08/27/2013 9:03:22 PM PDT by TexGrill
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To: TexGrill

Shades of Biblical ‘wormwood’.


2 posted on 08/27/2013 9:07:06 PM PDT by doc1019
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Time to stop eating shrimp at the China Buffet...


3 posted on 08/27/2013 9:10:23 PM PDT by 50sDad (A Liberal prevents me from telling you anything here.)
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To: 50sDad

LOL! Mayhap time to stop eating seafood at all?


4 posted on 08/27/2013 9:12:14 PM PDT by doc1019
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To: 50sDad

Time to stop eating shrimp at the China Buffet...


Very good point! I go to the chinese buffet once a week but never eat seafood there.


5 posted on 08/27/2013 9:17:38 PM PDT by tsowellfan
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Saefood probably healthier than the rest of the garbage they sell .


6 posted on 08/27/2013 9:20:26 PM PDT by sushiman ( .)
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To: TexGrill
It is now 1:25 pm in Tokyo. In just over 2.5 hours, we'll know our fate.

The world awaits on tenter hooks.

(/s)

7 posted on 08/27/2013 9:24:51 PM PDT by Ken H (First rule of gun safety - have a gun)
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To: TexGrill

Going to level 5 . 7 highest .


8 posted on 08/27/2013 9:28:07 PM PDT by sushiman ( .)
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To: TexGrill

if you place your tray tables down youll find your meal already heated

we’re all screwed

abandon japan

we can’t stop glowing

hey sorry we destroyed the pacific ocean

america please ignore our fallout


9 posted on 08/27/2013 9:48:23 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: doc1019

gulf stuff ain’t good

now pacific stuff no good


10 posted on 08/27/2013 9:49:10 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: TexGrill

the problem is decay heat?,
or are the reactors still critical?


11 posted on 08/27/2013 9:50:03 PM PDT by RockyTx
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To: RockyTx

http://rt.com/news/fukushima-apocalypse-fuel-removal-598/


12 posted on 08/27/2013 10:16:13 PM PDT by sushiman ( .)
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That looks pretty difficult. I don’t see how they’re going to get 1,300 fuel rods out without bunging a couple up. I hope you don’t live near there.


13 posted on 08/27/2013 10:34:15 PM PDT by Cyber Liberty (Uncle Miltie: Obama poisoned race relations for a generation. Everything is racial now.)
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To: sushiman

I find it disappointing that, at the end of the story, the author comes to the conclusion that all nuclear energy must be stopped, worldwide. It sort of taints the perspective on the rest of the article.


14 posted on 08/27/2013 10:39:30 PM PDT by Cyber Liberty (Uncle Miltie: Obama poisoned race relations for a generation. Everything is racial now.)
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To: Cyber Liberty

The anti-nuke movement in Japan has become HUGE after Fukushima .

Fortunately , I live in southern Japan far from Fukushima .


15 posted on 08/27/2013 11:38:57 PM PDT by sushiman ( .)
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To: TexGrill

Not to worry, we still have a couple levels to go up before we hit the ohsh!t button


16 posted on 08/28/2013 12:00:41 AM PDT by silverleaf (Age takes a toll: Please have exact change)
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To: Cyber Liberty

potassium iodide (for the preppers here).


17 posted on 08/28/2013 3:40:23 AM PDT by Donnafrflorida (Thru HIM all things are possible.)
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