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Rhiannon12866

(227,737 posts)
Sat Jul 12, 2014, 04:13 AM Jul 2014

Tepco Says Fukushima Reactors Undamaged by 6.8 Magnitude Quake [View all]

Source: Bloomberg

Tokyo Electric Power Co. (9501)’s Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear power station, crippled by a tsunami in March 2011, was undamaged by a 6.8 magnitude earthquake that struck off the coast of the area today.

Inspections and monitoring showed “no abnormality” at the power facilities including reactors and workers were safe, the company said in an e-mailed statement. The earthquake triggered a tsunami of about 30 centimeters (1 foot), it said.

The quake struck at 4:22 a.m. local time and its epicenter was about 140 kilometers (87 miles) off the coast of Fukushima Prefecture at a depth of about 10 kilometers, Japan’s Meteorological Agency said on its website.

Read more: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-07-12/tepco-says-fukushima-reactors-undamaged-by-6-8-magnitude-quake.html?

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Is TEPCO lying again? nt bananas Jul 2014 #1
I'm sure they are madokie Jul 2014 #4
Their lips were moving. nt Mnemosyne Jul 2014 #8
rofl - Inspections and monitoring showed "no abnormality" at the leaking crippled reactors bananas Jul 2014 #2
That's a very good point, thanks for the info! Rhiannon12866 Jul 2014 #3
'monitoring showed “no abnormality”' - abnormal is the new normal. n/t PoliticAverse Jul 2014 #5
Isn't that what they told us last time. jwirr Jul 2014 #6
Kinda hard to damage something that's already damaged to hell, aye? Myrina Jul 2014 #7
"and they're not leaking anything, either" nt MisterP Jul 2014 #9
And ''plutonium is not a health risk to humans.'' Octafish Jul 2014 #10
Tokyo's soil..... DeSwiss Jul 2014 #15
That is heartbreaking. Octafish Jul 2014 #16
Must be some terrible damage. Espcially to the WhiteTara Jul 2014 #11
From their own reports..... DeSwiss Jul 2014 #12
Thanks! I was hoping this OP would elicit more information Rhiannon12866 Jul 2014 #13
I stay on top of it, but...... DeSwiss Jul 2014 #14
Thank you! There is no way we can afford to ignore this, deserves to be on the front page every day Rhiannon12866 Jul 2014 #17
I was going to post IOW the buildings didn't fall down completely magical thyme Jul 2014 #20
Cause we all know that band-aids are earthquake resistant n/t Strelnikov_ Jul 2014 #18
I emailed the journalists locks Jul 2014 #19
There is no evil if you see no evil and hear no evil and say no evil lunatica Jul 2014 #21
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