JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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- Assistant Language Teacher (ALT) in Kanto region
- RCS (RCSコーポレーション), Kanto
- Salary: ¥180,000 ~ ¥250,000 / Month includes performance bonus
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- Assistant Language Teacher - TOKYO - late-March start
- Interac, Tokyo
- Salary: ¥230,000 ~ ¥255,000 / Month
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- Assistant Language Teacher - Kanagawa Prefecture - late-March start
- Interac, Kanagawa
- Salary: ¥230,000 ~ ¥255,000 / Month
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wanderlust
Another "annus horribilis" for Queen Elizabeth?
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wanderlust
The WENRA website (Western European Nuclear Regulators Association) published in RHWG Safety Reference Levels (January 2008), for existing and for new nuclear power plants (Nov 2010), which are serving as the basis for the stress tests. They are freely downloadable.
No doubt the actual stress tests will not be published openly, for fear of NPP operators fooling them and the usual security/ terrorism threats.
Posted in: Nuclear agency OKs stress tests on 2 Fukui reactors
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wanderlust
@elvensilvan - they already tried it a couple of years ago, giving everyone between 12,000 and 23,000 - no impact at all!
Posted in: Yen weakens as BOJ eases monetary policy
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wanderlust
Looks like good glues that bond metal and plastics/ carbon fibre resins together will be in great demand in the future, both for the 787 and the A380...
Posted in: Boeing to ramp up Dreamliner production
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wanderlust
Inefficient factory. Poor workers attitude. No wonder Mitsubishi wants to cut its losses and leave. Union threats and government pressure will do nothing to endear the Dutch to Mitsubishi.
A more positive and cooperative behavoiur from the workers and their unions would probably be the only thing that would 'save' the factory.
Posted in: Dutch workers down tools at Mitsubishi plant
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wanderlust
Reliable, high-speed, high bandwidth, internet connection required of course!
Posted in: Google to make home entertainment system: report
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wanderlust
All the fundings allocated for rebuilding are slowly being eroded by these bureaucrats. New offices, costs of staff moves, and no doubt endless meetings with local construction companies - the Japan pork-barrel in full swing...
Posted in: New reconstruction agency launched with Hirano in charge
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wanderlust
@avigator - depending on the design of reactor, there are one or two closed circulating loops for heat transfer and cooling, and unless there are leaks, like at the Hamaoka and Tsuruga plants, and now at San Onofre, the two loops do not mix, so radiation does enter the environment, just heat.
Of course, you rely on the NPP operator and the regulatory authorities to inspect and check the plant and plumbing properly, and monitor the pipes!
Posted in: Water temperature rising in No. 2 reactor at Fukushima nuclear plant
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wanderlust
It is impossible for any PWR or LWR nuclear reactor to explode like an atomic bomb. This is because in order for an uncontrolled chain reaction to occur that is similar to an atom bomb, the uranium fuel must be extremely enriched, much more than the 4% 235U that is present in regular, commercial nuclear reactor fuel.
Any blast would probably be steam pressure or hydrogen-based, like a from of "dirty bomb" but there is still a degree of containment around the reactor vessels in the form of 4~6m of concrete, some steel; but the spent fuel pool; of #4 is virtually exposed to the elements. As with any conventional explosion, bigger lumps of radioactive material would be scattered a short distance, and small particles further, and possibly dispersed in to the wind.
NPPs are not potential atomic bombs, they are just dirty bombs.
Posted in: Water temperature rising in No. 2 reactor at Fukushima nuclear plant
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wanderlust
The interface/ boundary between plastics and metal will always be a problem. Airbus had the same issues with the rudder attachement to the body...
Posted in: Boeing finds problem in tail section of 787 Dreamliners
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wanderlust
Will anyone take minutes of the meeting?
Posted in: Nuclear security summit aims to restore confidence in industry
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wanderlust
More ear poppin'...
Then recompress on the way down!
Posted in: Mitsubishi Electric announces ultra-high-speed elevator tech
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wanderlust
So they were all busy 'tweeting' instead of watching the game?!
Posted in: Record 10,000 tweets per second at Super Bowl tops Japan women's World Cup win
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wanderlust
The may also be a boom in plastic surgery clinics, as the young of Asia seek to emulate the looks of the K-pop artists. There are numerous websites showing before and after shots of these "stars".
Posted in: Asia's K-Pop clones dance to South Korean beat
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wanderlust
@zichi - from a review of some of the dispersion maps; although the prevailing winds were blowing out to sea, some radiation did briefly blow south, gusted west towards Nagano, but was blocked by the mountains, and eventually head back out to sea. This website even reported last year that some mushrooms in Maiooka park, even further south of Yokohama were found to have been contaminated, of course after 700 school children ate them.
Some of the night-time webcam shots of the NPP have show plumes of smoke/ steam rising from the plant at night time - who knows what is being blown away in that?
Posted in: Area near Yokohama school closed due to high radiation levels
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wanderlust
Fugu, mochi, setsubun...
More foods that can kill the unsuspecting.
Is it a national psyche to eat such things?
Posted in: Authorities warn parents of Setsubun choking risks
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wanderlust
So Erika once had a cup of coffee in the office of a company or person, who design clothes and handbags, and mad a comment about one of the drawings? That's about all it takes to be promoted as a 'talent' designer here...
Posted in: Erika Sawajiri tries her hand at designing clothes, handbags
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wanderlust
But not a local car built by local firms. They want European, American or Japanese designed cars, made in the cheap Mexican, Chinese or Thai factories...
Posted in: They see the costs, they say: ‘I can’t compete.’ They say: ‘Give me a car from Mexico, give me a car from China, give me a car from Thailand.’
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wanderlust
The photo of the alleged leaking valve shows a piece of pipe totally outside of the valve mechanism; it appears that either the end of the pipe has sheared off, or they did not allow enough pipe length when they assembled the joint.
It is not a leaking valve, it is a broken pipe!
Posted in: 8.5 tons of radioactive water leak from Fukushima plant
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wanderlust
You'd never see a banker or hedge-fund manager do that to their staff. The greed is too deeply embedded now...
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