'저는 그들의 땅을 지키기 위하여 싸웠던 인디안들의 이야기를 기억합니다. 백인들이 그들의 신성한 숲에 도로를 만들기 위하여 나무들을 잘랐습니다. 매일밤 인디안들이 나가서 백인들이 만든 그 길을 해체하면 그 다음 날 백인들이 와서 도로를 다시 짓곤 했습니다. 한동안 그 것이 반복되었습니다. 그러던 어느날, 숲에서 가장 큰 나무가 백인들이 일할 동안 그들 머리 위로 떨어져 말과 마차들을 파괴하고 그들 중 몇몇을 죽였습니다. 그러자 백인들은 떠났고 결코 다시 오지 않았습니다….' (브루스 개그논)





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Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Fwd: DANGER AND UNCERTAINTY GROWS IN JAPAN

Bruce Gagnon's Organizing Notes
DANGER AND UNCERTAINTY GROWS IN JAPAN
March 14, 2011



NHK (TV) newscaster announced at 18:22 that the fuel rods of [ No.2] reactor of Fukushima No.1 plant had become almost all exposed out of water level.

The authority in Japan called ' Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency '
http://www.nisa.meti.go.jp/english/index.html admitted that it cannot deny the possibility that some fuel rods have melted, NHK says.

But after a few minutes of this announcement, the NHK anchorman announced the follow-up that suddenly the continuing efforts of pouring seawater became effective ( 19:00), and some seawater was poured into the containment vessel. Then 19:50, some rods were in the water. But some must have been melted, so the situation is still very dangerous, NHK says.

According to experts on TV, when the melted fuel rods drop in water below, it might cause an instant vapor explosion, which will surely much more disastrous than the two hydrogen explosions this plant has had in the facilities of its No.1 (12th) and No.3 ( this afternoon) reactors. That will be true 'melt down.'

A lucky story is that all the reactors of Fukushima No.2 plant have become safe now, as the temperature in their containment vessels have decreased. This is because in this plant, electricity is on.

It was announced early this afternoon that Prime Minister, who was supposed to go to the hard-hit areas to see the situation, would not go, as such areas might be desperate now, his visit might be cumbersome.

Makiko Sato

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