Monday, February 29, 2016

Ex-TEPCO Executives Charged with Negligence



Finally and only because a citizens' panel pushed very hard for this outcome:
Fukushima disaster: Ex-Tepco executives charged with negligence, BBC, February 29, 2016, http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-35684098

Three former executives at a Japanese power giant have been formally charged with negligence over the 2011 disaster at the Fukushima nuclear plant. The trio, formerly of Tokyo Electric Power Co (Tepco), will be the first to go to court over the incident. A citizen's panel ruled last year they should face trial, forcing prosecutors to pursue the case.

Sunday, February 28, 2016

Update on Webcam Anomalies


This morning I posted on what looked like heavy emissions at Fukushima Daiichi.

The apparent emissions don't look very much better during the day time, as you can see from these cropped images pasted below from 3 screenshots taken within a 90 second period starting at 7:00 AM 2/29/2016:







What is the mauve haze?