Japan Raises Eruption Alert for Volcano Near Nuclear Plant

[marmar]

Japan raised an eruption warning for a volcano on the southern island of Kyushu to the second-highest level, days after restarting a nuclear reactor 50 kilometers (31 miles) away.

The Japan Meteorological Agency increased the alert level for the volcano Sakurajima to 4 from 3, advising people within 3 kilometers of the crater to prepare to evacuate. It detected multiple earthquakes in the area on Saturday, the agency said on its website.

Kyushu Electric Power Co. began bringing online the No. 1 reactor at its Sendai power station on Aug. 11, the first nuclear facility to restart in Japan under new safety rules implemented following the 2011 Fukushima disaster.

The area around the volcano had registered more than 800 tremors as of 2:15 p.m. local time, according to the meteorological agency’s website. Some 77 residents were advised to evacuate, and 24 had done so as of 3:50 p.m., the Fire and Disaster Management Agency said in a statement. .................(more)

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-08-15/japan-raises-eruption-alert-for-volcano-near-nuclear-plant

[ladjf]

1. What could possibly go wrong? nt

[NV Whino]

2. Oh swell.

We needed a little more excitement.

[Octafish]

3. You know...

...sometimes you got to listen to hear stuff, like Mother Earth.

Now when a volcano next door to the first nuclear reactor to restart in Japan since Fukushima goes off, it should be obvious.

[malaise]

4. Yah think???

No words

[Octafish]

5. Some of the most beautiful places on the planet...

On the Poet's Trail...



Most important, though, the people are in danger.