As the fifth year anniversary of the Fukushima disaster approaches, former prime minister admits Japan was almost completely destroyed by accident
This Friday marks the five-year anniversary of the Fukushima disaster. In March 2011, a massive earthquake off the coast of Japan triggered a tsunami that crippled three nuclear reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant. Although five years have passed since the debacle, no one is sure what long-term impact the Fukushima disaster will have Read More
Pentagon deploys a dozen F-22s to Japan amid rising tension with N. Korea
(NationalSecurity.news) The Air Force has sent 12 F-22s from the 525th Fighter Squadron, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, to Yokota airbase near Tokyo, The Aviationist reported last week, in what appears to be an effort by the Pentagon to bolster U.S. military capacity in the region as tensions rise with North Korea and China. In addition Read More
Volcano near nuclear plant is at “extremely high” risk of eruption, Japanese gov. warns after restarting aging reactors
Japan’s weather agency alerted thousands of citizens in Kagoshima that the Sakurajima volcano was teetering on the brink of eruption. The alarm comes just a few weeks after the Kyushu Electric Power Co. restarted the No. 1 reactor at the Sendai Nuclear Power Plant, which is a mere 30 miles away from the volcano.(1, 2) Read More
Japan begging for another Fukushima by restarting nuclear reactor near active volcano that’s about to blow
The Japanese government just won’t learn from mistakes at the Fukushima power plant. On August 11, the Kyushu Electric Power Co. restarted the No. 1 reactor at the Sendai Nuclear Power Plant. The reactivation of the reactor coincides with increased activity at the Sakurajima volcano, which is a mere 30 miles away from the reactor. Read More
