FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT FALLOUT

Posté le 4 décembre 2011 de Toni G.

Firefighters, as well as military personnel might be involved in a CRO (Crisis Response Operation – WARNING as this acronym has many other meanings in the military).

To whom it may concern, a short vocabulary review could be useful in case of (let’s hope you won’t deal with it) either natural disasters or a nuclear powerplant accident.

For instance:

« Fallout » is used in the headline above, and it means « consequences » but it also means « fallout » like in « radioactive/radiological fallout » (retombees radioactives/radiologiques)
NRBC (Nuclear, Radiological, Biological, and Chemical) or CBRN (Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear)
Meltdown scenario = scenario de fusion du coeur du reacteur
Plume of smoke = Panache de fumee
Tidal wave, tsunami = Tsunami
Earthquake, quake = Tremblement de terre
Tremor = Secousse, replique
Shake, shaking = Secousse
Mud slide (prononcez [meud slaïd])/Land slide = Coulee de boue/Glissement de terrain
Flood/Flooding (prononcez [fleud] ou [fleuding]) = innondation
Fire/Arson = Incendie/Incendie criminel

…and so on. Watch, and listen carefully to this PBS News-Hour video:

JAPANESE NUCLEAR POWER PLANT EXPLOSION

Posté le 12 mars 2011 de Toni G.

Japanese officials have just confirmed a radiation leak at Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear power plant. A radiation level of 1,015 Î¼Sv/h (mircrosieverts per hour) has been measured near the plant before the blast. The situation is deemed almost as serious as the Three Mile Island partial reactor meltdown in the 70s, and the Chernobyl disaster in 1986. Cesium would have been detected. Therefore, the reactor number one might be having a meltdown.

The U.S. is sending special coolant. Four workers have been injured. The cordoned-off area has been widened to a 20km-radius zone. The roof of the reactor would have collapsed in the aftermath of the explosion. A scram (shutdown) might not be achieved on another reactor because of a glitch in the emergency cooling system.

VIDEO:

3/11/2011 Earthquake and tsunami in Sendai, Japan – VIDEO:

Posté le 12 mars 2011 de Toni G.

Lockerbie – from aircraft bombing till bomber release

Posté le 24 septembre 2010 de Toni G.

Here is a look back at the Lockerbie tragedy that happened on December 21st, 1988, the release of the « dying-still-living » bomber, the partnership between Libya and the UK, and more in two videos to understand further:

New PICTURES of SMOKE over RUSSIA from satellite

Posté le 8 août 2010 de Toni G.

WARNING – The carbon monoxide level would be increasing dramatically in the Moscow region as well as in the capital center. According to some sources, hotspots rose up to 564. Italy and Ukraine promised aircraft to smother fires. France reportedly is about to provide some help as well.