Posts Tagged ‘nuclear power plant’
Ma-on’s Threat to Japan Wanes as Storm Slides Seaward
By Jim Andrews, Senior Meteorologist Jul 20, 2011; 11:42 AM ET MTSAT image of Tropical Storm Ma-on southeast of Japan on July 20, 2011. Image by Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA). The worst of heavy rain and strong wind was over southern Japan o...
One In Three US Citizens Live 50 Miles Or Less From A Nuclear Reactor
All manner of wonderful graphics are being created from the newly-available 2010 US Census data. A new sort of nuclear family, for example, is portrayed with this mouse-over map showing the population density inside 10 and 50 mile evacuation radii arou...
Germany’s solar panels produce more power than Japan’s entire Fukushima complex
by Christopher Mims. Germany is the world leader in installed solar photovoltaic panels—and they also just shut down seven of their oldest nuclear reactors. Coincidence? Maaaaybe… Anyway, it’s worth noting that just today, total ...
Onshore winds push radioactivity towards Tokyo
Radioactive plumes emitted from Japan's troubled Fukushima nuclear power plant are headed to the southwest towards Tokyo today, carried by onshore northeasterly winds. An elongated area of low pressure is located off the southeast coast of Japan, and t...
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