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nandakandamanda
Sadly the captain has now become a bit of a laughing stock. Punch and Judy anyone?
He has done nothing for our side, so perhaps he should offered over as a new captain for the Taliban.
Posted in: Cruise ship's death toll rises to 13; captain says he 'fell off' ship
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nandakandamanda
TorafusuTorasan, the Atlantic slave trading triangle was a terrible thing, but it came much later and was thankfully abolished in due course.
Posted in: Coordinated attacks, gun battles kill 162 in Nigerian city
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nandakandamanda
Arab traders saw Africa as a source of slaves for centuries. Other peoples came and saw poverty and disease and early death. Some saw a possibility of offering help and hope for the future, and religions came in on the back of this. The thousands of tribes there were all different but yes, many would have been stoic and proud; others not so. There was huge internecine strife and often racism amongst many tribes. Some of the newcomers were do-gooders, others came to live and farm and some were up to no good.
Assigning blame does not really help the situation in Nigeria.
Posted in: Coordinated attacks, gun battles kill 162 in Nigerian city
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nandakandamanda
This is too sad.
Posted in: Canadian skier Burke dies of injuries
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nandakandamanda
Good illustration here of how the men must have worked in a moveable portacabin... http://www.imart.co.jp/houshasen-level-jyouhou.html
Posted in: Endoscope shows radiation, steam, rusty metal inside Fukushima reactor
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nandakandamanda
The insertion was planned for the 19th, yesterday. They completed the drilling job in one day, on the 17th Jan.
I am still searching for the actual article I read, but can't find it for the life of me! Grrr.....
Posted in: Endoscope shows radiation, steam, rusty metal inside Fukushima reactor
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nandakandamanda
PS This article does not mention the metal plate shields, so it cannot be the one I read, but hey, close enough... (?)
Posted in: Endoscope shows radiation, steam, rusty metal inside Fukushima reactor
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nandakandamanda
zichi, having spent a good hour searching back through news sources I found the article. NHK, Japanese, on the 17th Jan.
It goes into some detail as to how they managed the job. 10 teams of 4 men each team, and they practiced to get the timing right on Reactor #5 first. How's your Japanese? Would you like a translation? Whole article here:
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/genpatsu-fukushima/20120117/1945_naishikyou.html
Relevant details here: このため東京電力は、まず２号機の格納容器について、高い放射線量に耐えられる工業用の内視鏡を入れて、内部の状況や温度を詳しく調べることになりました。１７日は、１９日に予定している調査に向けて、原子炉建屋１階の北西側に作業員が入り、格納容器に配管などを差し込む予備用の貫通部に内視鏡を入れる穴を開ける作業を行いました。 作業は４人１組で、１０組、合わせて４０人の態勢で行い、東京電力によりますと、短時間に作業を終えるため、２号機と同じタイプの５号機などで訓練を繰り返してきたということで、１７日の作業での被ばく線量は最大で３ミリシーベルトだったということです。東京電力では、１７日の作業が順調に進んだことから、予定どおり１９日、格納容器に内視鏡を入れるということで、格納容器の内部が観察できれば、２号機が初めてとなります。
Posted in: Endoscope shows radiation, steam, rusty metal inside Fukushima reactor
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nandakandamanda
zichi, workers in short shifts. I read a J news article the day before yesterday about how they were preparing the hole.
Posted in: Endoscope shows radiation, steam, rusty metal inside Fukushima reactor
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nandakandamanda
globalwatcher, how do you send a robot into a sealed container? They have just opened a tiny hole into the side of the reactor vessel. The lens steams up and the radiation blurs the picture. Can you design a miniature robot that would not fry in there? The endoscope is the best they've got right now, but they had to practise in relays carrying metal shields in order to drill the hole without getting too much exposure.
Posted in: Endoscope shows radiation, steam, rusty metal inside Fukushima reactor
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nandakandamanda
If they are going to kill and kidnap and allow some to escape it looks as if they want maximum coverage to damage Ehtiopia's tourism industry. Now who would be most interested in that?
Posted in: Five Europeans killed in Ethiopia attack; two abducted
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nandakandamanda
Thanks, zichi. The battle lines are drawn up, I see, but the protestors ar being held down.
Posted in: Japan to let some nuclear plants operate after 40-year limit
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nandakandamanda
zichi, where can we go to find out about Fukushima Dai-ichi and the cracked containment vessel you mention?
This is really part of the problem. Nuclear power in Japan will only reveal what it has been forced to reveal, and no more.
We still have never had a full report as to what happened to the world's largest nuclear power facility when Kashiwazaki-Kariwa's seven reactors were knocked out by the 2007 Niigata earthquake.
http://www.nirs.org/international/asia/reportonearthquakedamage71907.pdf#search='Kashiwasaki Kariwa nuclear plant'
Posted in: Japan to let some nuclear plants operate after 40-year limit
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nandakandamanda
On paper a scientific case can be made for nuclear power. Agreed.
Japan has two GIANT drawbacks.
One is the constant and unpredictable seismic activity underground.
The other is an inefficient bureaucracy geared more to interpersonal harmony than to picking up on potential troublespots.
Look for more egg on TEPCO's face as more embarrassing news bubbles up. Hundreds and hundreds of instances of unthinkable sloppiness, and it is not about to stop now. It's OK to hold your breath folks, coz the next horror story is right in the pipeline.
Posted in: Japan to let some nuclear plants operate after 40-year limit
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nandakandamanda
Maybe all tourists in the region should be handed a gun and taught how to use it.
Posted in: Five Europeans killed in Ethiopia attack; two abducted
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nandakandamanda
They have effectively moved the decommissioning problem from our children to our grandchildren.
Posted in: Japan to let some nuclear plants operate after 40-year limit
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nandakandamanda
Perhaps they are afraid of the German or Italian model where they legislate themselves into a corner. Sounds like they want to be able to keep their options open, but I hope this will not affect their dedication to blazing a path, seeing what can be done with alternative sources of power.
This country rocks, and rolls.
Posted in: Japan to let some nuclear plants operate after 40-year limit
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nandakandamanda
It was discussed earlier in this thread. The ship has been trying to snag and lift the ropes that the SS people have been trailing in front of them in order to foul their propellors.
The SS people have also been throwing grappling hooks up towards the the ship's deck, it seems, in an attempt to board.
Posted in: 3 anti-whalers injured after Japanese crew throw hooks, bamboo poles at them
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nandakandamanda
LOL @ Familienprobleme.
Posted in: Italy cruise wreck rescue halted; captain under house arrest
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nandakandamanda
Well, it's world news, folks, so the name must be good. Free publicity, like Fcuk?
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