Breaking: Explosion at Fukushima – Caught on LIVE CAM

At 8:33 a.m. EST [or 21:33 on the TEPCO Live Cam timestamp]  -   The usual radioactive mist was spraying around in the dark when the ‘fireball’ doubled in size and the screen turned to this:

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a moment later

We didn’t get the screengrab of the big fireball but it looked just like this (earlier recent view):

YouTube source for the screengrab: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQ0pX4A3FnY
The fog-out happened immediately after the big ‘fireball’ (double the usual size). It doesn’t appear like a weather effect … no cloud moves that fast.

LIVE CAM

This vid captures the radioactive mist all over the plant this week:

 LINK -  http://youtu.be/OQntnBnwx7A

UPDATES will be put into the NEXT POST on that radioactive vapor – F.C.

Black Rain in Tokyo

Fukushima Diary has the PHOTOS -

http://fukushima-diary.com/2012/03/increasing-black-substance-in-tokyo/

Arnie Gundersen at the Japan National Press Club

LINK – http://youtu.be/A4_gSFrxvPM

(1½ hour talk)

Some NEW Fukushima Resources

Added to the SIDEBAR under ‘Fukushima’ Heading -

Radioactive Chat    - it has news and a CHAT feature that allows conversation.

Added to the radiation monitoring in Japan LINKS in our Fukushima Info page (tabs at top of this blog) is this site -

Safecast.org

- – -   it is harder and harder to find news about this catastrophe. 

Fukushima Spews, Los Alamos Burns, Vermont Rages and We’ve Almost Lost Nebraska

from Huffington Post

By Harvey Wasserman

Humankind is now threatened by the simultaneous implosion, explosion, incineration, courtroom contempt and drowning of its most lethal industry.

We know only two things for certain: worse is yet to come, and those in charge are lying about it — at least to the extent of what they actually know, which is nowhere near enough.

Indeed, the assurances from the nuke power industry continue to flow like the floodwaters now swamping the Missouri Valley heartland. . .  (more)

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/harvey-wasserman/fukushima-spews-los-alamo_b_886652.html

ALSO -  a documentary by NHK on Fukushima is online, in English -

NHK Special – Japan’s Nuclear Crisis, Part 1 

NEW! Video of massive flooding at Ft. Calhoun nuke plant + Mystery levee tampering nearby

Fort Calhoun, Not Fukushima? Picture’s Worth 1,000 Words!

(youtube disabled embed feature) VIDEO HERE -

http://youtu.be/HL9GQaxXAhw

Be QUICK! Before CNN takes it down!

A screen shot:

screenshot from CNN story on Ft. Calhoun 7-29-11

Levee Intentionally Blown Up Along Missouri River
Authorities Investigate Detonation

LOVELAND, Iowa — Authorities are investigating an intentional breach in a levee near Desoto Bend.

Pottawattamie County officials said a half-mile stretch of the Vanmann #30 levee was mechanically excavated and then lowered by using explosives. The private levee is just north of the Boyer Chute National Wildlife Refuge, northwest of Honey Creek.

So far, emergency management officials said they’ve seen no damage as a result of the levee breach, but they have fielded plenty of phone calls about it.

Emergency Management Coordinator Jeff Theulen said he was alerted Friday morning that the levee may have been in the process of being intentionally breached. About 20 minutes later, officials said they received calls from people wanting to know why levees were being blown up. One caller claimed to have witnessed the explosion. . .  (more)

http://www.ketv.com/r/28421608/detail.html

map showing where DeSoto is – the arrow points to Ft. Calhoun and DeSoto is circled -

Blair, Nebraska

ALSO -

Blown up levee caused 3 to 4 inch rise in water level coming down Missouri River — Just half an inch is considered a fairly big event 

UPDATE:  this FOX news report (VIDEO)  suggests it is legal to blow up a levee there -

Explosives Used On Levee Near Fort Calhoun Nuclear Plant To Cause Intentional Breach 

Unstated PROBLEMS at Fort Calhoun Nuke Plant

From EX-SKF:

Fort Calhoun Nuke Plant: Borated Water in Reactor, Spent Fuel Pool, Normal Procedure, Says Plant CEO

Bits and pieces about the Fort Calhoun Nuke Plant in Nebraska:

They are using boric acid in the reactor and the spent fuel pool (CNN);

The “waterproof” turns out to be “aqua dams” and levees in front of the buildings that house key systems (CNN);

Spent fuel dry casks are outside the flood protected area “because they are sealed and bolted down” (Iowa Independent);

2/3 of the active fuel rods are still inside the reactor

(more)

http://ex-skf.blogspot.com/2011/06/fort-calhoun-nuke-plant-borated-water.html 

Fort Calhoun Nuclear Plant Underwater- References of 10 Mile Mandatory Evacuation Area Scrubbed From News Sites

The head of the NRC toured the Fort Calhoun Nuclear plant which is now underwater. A 10 mile evacuation around the plant has been ordered, but all references of the evacuation have been scrubbed from online news sites. . . .  (has PHOTOS, features and Arnie Gunderson talking about Ft. Calhoun)

http://blog.alexanderhiggins.com/2011/06/28/fort-calhoun-nuclear-plant-underwater-references-10-mile-radius-evacuation-order-scrubbed-internet-news-sites-32161/ 

UPDATES

CNN: Floodwaters closing in on Ft. Calhoun nuclear plant — Officials concerned about deep water around facility
American Fukushima? News Blackout of Flooded Fort Calhoun Nuclear Plant

Nuke Plant Inspections Find Flaws in Disaster Readiness 

Bird’s eye view PHOTO

NOTE: Google News is grossly censoring Neb. nuke plant news headlines. When a search is updated by ‘date’ they show very few entries when there are thousands.