Last march when the Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear plant was disastrously damaged by a tsunami, plant technicians used seawater to cool the meltdown situation. At the time, that was probably the best way to avoid an even worse situation.
Satellite pictures of North Korea’s nuclear buildings have been analysed by nuclear scientist Siegfried S. Hecker and North Korea expert Robert Carlin, in an attempt to discern exactly how much progress the country has made in its fission-powered escapades.
Japanese officials are preparing to finally declare the Fukiushima power plant in a state of cold shutdown as early as 9am tomorrow (GMT). Now they can begin the estimated 40-year process of dismantling the site and repopulating the area.
Call me paranoid, but I spend nearly every waking moment contemplating whether or not I’d survive a massive nuclear strike. I mean, weirder stuff has happened, guys! Luckily we can now pinpoint our chances with the precision of Google Maps.
Living in the ’50s must’ve been cool (aside from the racism and constant gnawing fear of nuclear annihilation)–I mean just look at all these cool atomic-themed toys to play with! Our friends at Oobject have assembled the 12 best.
Uh oh. A plant belonging to Mitsubishi Heavy Industries was hacked into recently, although it’s not quite clear what data was pilfered in the attack.
