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05 Apr 2011 20:30

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U.S.: TEPCO: Fukushima’s radioactive water no longer leaking into ocean

  • The leaks were slowed yesterday after we injected a mixture of liquid glass and a hardening agent and it has now stopped.
  • A TEPCO spokesman • Explaining that the radioactive seawater leaks from the Fukushima reactor apparently stopped. It just required some liquid glass, a hardening agent, and a little hope. Which is exactly what we needed that one time we stopped our server from melting down when Andrew Sullivan linked to us. source

14 Mar 2011 11:07

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World: U.S. Navy: Officers helping in Japan exposed to radiation

  • 17 U.S. Navy personnel treated for low levels of radiation source
  • » But how … ? Apparently the officials were in Navy helicopters and flew through a plume of radioactive material let into the atmosphere by the Fukushima reactors. Yikes.