MSNBC: American forces in Japan told not to go within 50 miles of reactors

[highplainsdem]

This is a "developing" story.

[The Wielding Truth]

1. Wonder if this will become a dead zone. Japan is small already.

[bullwinkle428]

2. NPR said that additional Navy ships had to approach from the west,

to avoid any potential radioactive fallout blowing eastward from Japan.

[cbdo2007]

3. Yesterday American troops were helping put out the fires.

[orwell]

4. But for all you brown people who live there...

...you only need to be concerned within a 30km radius.

:crazy:

[MadBadger]

8. Brown people?

[highplainsdem]

5. They found radiation in tap water 80 km (50 miles) from the plant. CNN:

http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/03/16/japan.nuclear.reactors/

Tests on tap water in Fukushima city, 80 kilometers (50 miles) away found radiation -- though at levels not harmful to the human body, and later tests showed no radiation in the water, government officials said.

[highplainsdem]

6. U.S. Navy: Low-level radiation detected at some Tokyo-area bases (Tuesday)

From Stars and Stripes:

http://www.stripes.com/news/pacific/earthquake-disaster-in-japan/u-s-navy-low-level-radiation-detected-at-some-tokyo-area-bases-1.137754

U.S. Navy: Low-level radiation detected at some Tokyo-area bases
By Erik Slavin
Stars and Stripes
Published: March 15, 2011

NAVAL AIR FACILITY ATSUGI, Japan — The Navy said very low levels of airborne radiation were detected Tuesday morning at greater Tokyo-area bases in Yokosuka and Atsugi, prompting commanders to direct base residents to remain indoors as a precaution.

At 7 a.m., the aircraft carrier USS George Washington at Yokosuka Naval Base detected elevated radiation levels, according to a U.S. Navy 7th Fleet statement. The Navy said the elevated levels were associated with the disaster at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant, located about 200 miles to the north.

-snip-

At about 9:25 a.m., Atsugi base commander Capt. Eric Gardner announced the following over the base loudspeaker system:

"According to (Commander Naval Forces Japan) Rear Adm. (Richard) Wren, a third reactor at Fukushima nuclear plant has exploded. Radiation has been detected at extremely low levels at Yokosuka and Atsugi. Radiation is at the levels of a chest X-ray; however, to be to the most extent conservative, I request we all shelter in place, stay indoors and close all ventilation sources and close windows."

-snip-

[HardWorkingDem]

7. How much do you want to bet, later the distance should have been...

much larger than 50 miles.

The worst part of these disasters is how later on the truth will come out about things like this.

[highplainsdem]

9. That's the way it usually turns out.

:(