U.S.: No Progress on Cooling Reactors Posted at 7:20 PM, Mar 17, 2011 The U.S. government said Thursday that its data collectors have not seen any significant progress on the cooling of the Japanese nuclear reactors. The data was collected by the Aerial Measurement System, considered one of the most sophisticated nuclear reading devices in use and rushed to Japan by the White House. U.S. aircraft usually used to monitor North Korean nuclear-weapon activity were dispatched to fly over the reactor, as the U.S. pressured the Japanese to stop relying on numbers from the operator of the plant, the Tokyo Electric Power Co. But the right for anyone other than the Japanese measuring the radioactivity has been a bitter battle, as the U.S. government called Wednesday for a 50-mile evacuation around the Fukushima Daiichi plant rather than the 12 miles suggested by Japanese officials. The numbers released Thursday indicated no contamination had spread beyond the 18-mile range established by Japanese authorities. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/18/world/asia/18intel.html?hp
Why is it that we have to always butts heads? Oh well, I might as enjoy it while I can. Good luck/trading!
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2011/03/201131843113796263.html The UN Security Council resolution, passed on Thursday, authorises a no-fly zone over Libya and "all necessary measures" to protect civilians from attacks by Muammar Gaddafi's forces. These are the key points: Demands "the immediate establishment of a ceasefire and a complete end to violence and all attacks against, and abuses of, civilians". Demands that Libyan authorities "take all measures to protect civilians and meet their basic needs, and to ensure the rapid and unimpeded passage of humanitarian assistance". Authorises UN member states "to take all necessary measures ... to protect civilians and civilian populated areas under threat of attack in the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, including Benghazi, while excluding a foreign occupation force of any form on any part of Libyan territory". Decides "to establish a ban on all flights in the airspace of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya in order to help protect civilians", but says humanitarian flights and flights authorised by the UN and Arab League can take place. Strengthens the arms embargo imposed on February 26 by calling on UN member states "to inspect in their territory, including airports and seaports, and on the high seas, vessels and aircraft bound to or from" Libya if the country has information with "reasonable grounds" to believe the cargo contains banned military items, or that armed mercenaries are being transported. Orders all states to prevent any Libyan owned, operated, or registered aircraft - or any aircraft believed to be carrying prohibited weapons or mercenaries - to take off, land or overfly their territory without prior approval from the UN committee monitoring sanctions. Adds travel bans on the Libyan ambassador to Chad and the governor of Ghat, both directly involved in recruiting mercenaries for the Libyan regime of Muammar Gaddafi. Extends an asset freeze to seven more individuals including three additional Gaddafi children, the defence minister, the director of military intelligence, the director of the external security organisation, and the secretary for utilities. Freezes the assets of five key financial institutions: the Central Bank, the Libyan Investment Authority, the Libyan Foreign Bank, Libyan Africa Investment Portfoilio, and the Libyan National Oil Corporation. Asks Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to establish an eight-member panel of experts to help the UN sanctions committee monitor implementation of sanctions against Libya.
http://blogs.aljazeera.net/live/africa/libya-live-blog-march-18 1/ The Wall Street Journal, citing US and Libyan officials, is reporting that Egypt's military has begun shipping arms over the border to Libyan rebels, with US knowledge. The shipments - mostly small arms such as assault rifles and ammunition - appear to be the first confirmed case of an outside government arming the rebel fighters. Those fighters have been losing ground for days in the face of a steady westward advance by forces loyal to [Gaddafi]. 2/ China says it has "serious reservations" about the UN decision calling for a no-fly zone over Libya, but held back from blocking the resolution because of the demands of Arab and African countries. The UN Security Council should seek to "resolve the current Libyan crisis through dialogue and other peaceful means," Jiang Yu, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman, said in a statement.
Alaska appears safe in Japanese radiation fallout scenarios Alaska Dispatch | Mar 17, 2011 Three Japanese nuclear reactors were damaged in the Sendai earthquake and tsunami on the northeast coast of Japan, and as of this week all were in danger of "meltdown," according to The Christian Science Monitor. Alaska Dispatch recently spoke with an Alaskan living outside Tokyo, who shared his earthquake experience and how his life had been impacted. The ensuing nuclear crisis has led many in the U.S. to worry that nuclear contamination may reach the West Coast. Jeff Masters is a Weather Underground meteorologist who is actually posting calculations of where Japanese radiation fallout might go, assuming worst case scenario of meltdown and explosion. It appears similar to the volcano ash scenarios produced by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Masters is quoted by some media outlets as a specialist advising that Japanese radition will not "hurt North America." At least one of his posts shows how wind currents from Japan reach Alaska, which is 3,000 miles away in a direct line. According to Masters, even a direct flow from a catastrophic nuclear explosion or meltdown would dilute radiation so much that it could not threaten human health in North America. As evidence he cites the Chernobyl disaster, which had a 300-mile perimeter of radiation effects. According to that model, Tokyo, which is about 150 miles from the current nuclear disasters in Japan, would be in trouble. Read the latest from Masters, and check out this March 14 post with trajectories that meander into the Alaska neighborhood. http://www.alaskadispatch.com/article/alaska-appears-safe-japanese-radiation-fallout-scenarios
Radioactive Material Could Reach California Today http://news.outlookindia.com/item.aspx?715499 Small amount of radioactive material, blowing from Japan's damaged nuclear power plants, is expected to reach California today but experts have said the radiation would be "within safe limits" and poses no major risk, according to a media report. Radioactive isotopes are being blown toward North America "high in the atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean" and will reach California as soon as Friday, a report in the Los Angeles Times said. "The material should begin showing up on the (US) West Coast as early as Friday, though it could take up to an additional week for the 5,000-mile trip from Japan to Southern California," the report said. US network of sensors, known as the 'Radnet' operated by the Environmental Protection Agency and comprising 100 radiation monitors across the country, are monitoring the level of radiation that is flowing from Japan towards the US west coast. The EPA said it was monitoring the situation closely.
Or so you're made to think. Now I have no idea how much is true and how much is sanitized, but if you're on the west coast as I am, stay safe.
The UN Security Council resolution, passed on Thursday, authorises a no-fly zone over Libya and "all necessary measures" to protect civilians from attacks by Muammar Gaddafi's forces. what do you guys think about this news? I am thinking this news is encouraging for other non-demecratic countries's rebel, that means more vilience down the road. but technically, feels it is crazy, it may cool down or breathe a while. never trade with this kind of fundamental idea, shorted some small position so far above 104, with stop at 104.6,donot want torun into crazy raunup