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Fukushima Radiation Levels High, But Leak Plugged 322

Posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday April 06, 2011 @12:05PM from the this-really-sucks dept.

jmcvetta wrote in with a story about Fukushima radiation levels so high that monitoring devices have been rendered useless. Levels outside the buildings exceed 100 millisieverts in some places. But the good news is that the leak is patched using 1500 liters of sodium silicate.

Comment Re:Transocean (Score 1) 439

by bigjools on Wednesday June 09, 2010 @10:45AM (#32510314) Attached to: BP Buys "Oil Spill" Search Term

That's not an equivalent analogy. If it were, then GM would be driving their own car. BP only owned the rights to drill and the oil, when found.

Comment Transocean (Score 1) 439

by bigjools on Tuesday June 08, 2010 @01:02PM (#32498092) Attached to: BP Buys "Oil Spill" Search Term

What I'd like to know is why Transocean, the US company that owned and operated the rig is apparently blameless for this yet BP is being vilified. Transocean is also seeking to use an 1851 law to restrict its liability for economic damages to $26.7 million whereas BP is not. More here: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/energy/oilandgas/7806200/Gulf-of-Mexico-oil-spill-Transocean-silent-as-BP-bears-the-brunt-of-anger.html

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