tohoku earthquake

  • Tense times in central Japan

    While the government of Japan does their best to assuage our fears, the situation at TEPCO’s Daiichi nuclear power plant seems nothing short of dire. Nuclear energy has a polarizing effect on scientists; they either love it or hate it, often in equal measure. The facts: the reactor designs...
  • Fox News names nuclear reactor after Shibuya nightclub

    To the best of this author’s knowledge (and contrary to what Fox News reported earlier), there are no nuclear plants in Japan named “Shibuyaeggman”. There are actually no nightclubs here named that either, but there is a nightclub named “Eggman” and it is situated in Shibuya. To the research...
  • Nuclear catastrophe?

    The Government of Japan has been working hard on convincing us that everything is almost under control at TEPCO’s troubled Daiichi power station. As long as they keep the water pumping, they will be able to keep the nuclear reaction from spiraling out of control and keep an accident...