Kansai bids to be 'backup capital' (JAPAN)

[AsahinaKimi]

Able and ready to serve in a crisis, the region's biggest problem is winning over Tokyo

By ERIC JOHNSTON
Staff writer Japan Times

OSAKA — Kansai's political and business leaders are stepping up efforts to convince those in Tokyo that Osaka, Kyoto, or Kobe should be designated Japan's backup capital to ensure that companies, government organs, foreign delegations and even the Imperial Family will continue to function in the event of a Kanto-area disaster.

But while even a temporary Kansai shift may make economic and logistical sense, personal circumstances and cultural and social differences between the two regions mean that convincing large numbers of Tokyoites to flee to Kansai could prove difficult.

http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20110510f1.html

[AndyTiedye]

1. They May Need to Do This Very Soon. The Reactors at Fukushima are Getting HOTTER

TEPCO's attempts to cool the reactors are failing utterly and the reactors are melting down.

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-NDXNP7SyY1o/TclL3rQZICI/AAAAAAAAAcw/CU985rUwcps/s1600/Reactor+temps+050811.png

How long before they blow? :nuke:

http://enenews.com/tepco-reactor-3-temperature-rising-pumping-water-cool-reactor-be-insufficient-video

[Bonobo]

2. Someone needs to tall TEPCO to get the newspaper guys and govt. deeper in their pockets.

Cause that looks like a lot of "tough questions" have been answered and scary data has been provided.

[midnight]

3. K&R

[AndyTiedye]

4. They Should be Moving the Capital NOW

Reactor 1. in full meltdown according to TEPCO. All those reassuring numbers they gave before were wrong. :nuke:
Re-criticality in Reactor #2. :nuke:
Reactor #3 heating up rapidly. And that one has some extra MOXie to it. :nuke:
Criticality happening in the fuel pool for #4. :nuke:

If those blow, they would likely also damage #5 and #6, and the common storage pool in between.
That's a whole lot of Chernobyls.

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