NHK WORLD: Radioactive emergency team dispatched

[Lucinda]

http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/12_40.html

The health ministry has sent an emergency medical team to the Fukushima No.1 nuclear plant in northeastern Japan in case people should be exposed to radiation.

The team left the National Institute of Radiological Sciences in Chiba City, near Tokyo, on a Self-Defense Force helicopter at 8:10 AM on Saturday.

The group consists of doctors, nurses, and experts on radiation measurement.

The team is now getting ready at a nuclear disaster response center, located about 5 kilometers from the power plant.
Saturday, March 12, 2011 13:09 +0900 (JST)

[nadinbrzezinski]

1. which means, they alrady got a release

yes, just translating what it means. They cannot really hide them...

Five kilometers, that is a DECON access\ egress center. The are just getting ready for that

[doc03]

3. Radioactive release confirmed here

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/radiation-leak-confirmed-at-fukushima-plant-kyodo-2011-03-11

[IScreamSundays]

4. !! latest update from AlJazeera

3:04pm
Japanese nuclear authorities say there is a high possibility that nuclear fuel rods at a reactor at Tokyo Electric Power Company's (TEPC) Fukushima Daiichi plant may be melting or have melted, Jiji news agency reports.

Experts have said that if the fuel rods have been damaged, it means that it could develop into a breach of the nuclear reactor vessel and the question then becomes one of how strong the containment structure around the vessel is and whether it has been undermined by the earthquake – and if it can withstand the likely aftershocks.

[nadinbrzezinski]

5. Yep, they are geting ready for this crap

yellow suits and Scott Air Packs and duck tape for EVERYBODY! As well as a few other pieces of kit given what this is.

[AC_Mem]

2. Dear God

I hope people can get this under control.

Annette