Just in--USA offers to help Japan get nuclear plant under control

Like the US does things differently!

Submitted by John K. (not verified) on Sat, 2011-04-30 22:02.

The Federal regime covers up anything & everything it can. Have people forgotten the "response" to Katrina already?

I'm sorry to say, but this

Submitted by CJTO (not verified) on Fri, 2011-04-29 23:53.

I'm sorry to say, but this is a classic Japanese response.

Even in the face of such an enormous calamity, one really must understand their culture to grasp what is going on. This is an almost unacceptable loss of face for the Japanese leadership. They clearly made incomprehensibly bad decisions throughout the entire history of their nuclear program and, by the admission of numerous whistle-blowers, made even worse transgressions in covering them up - along with countless safety violations and accidents at a myriad of plants.

To ask for outside help, at this point, would amount to a tacit admission of total failure; something which is anathema to the entire Japanese way of life. The fact that we're seeing media reports suggesting that this is, indeed, what is going on is very telling.

The situation in Fukushima is far more dire than we're being told, in my opinion.

Very early on the Japanese government did ask U.S. for help

Submitted by angusmerlin (not verified) on Sat, 2011-04-30 00:48.

Gee, I remember reading that the Japanese government immediately urgently requested help from the United States with the nuclear disaster in Fukushima.

Is this the FIRST offer from the US to help control the crisis?

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 2011-04-29 19:36.

I had to look and recheck the date of publication (4/29/2011).

I pray that, despite how this reads, that this is not the FIRST overture made by the US to send our experts to Japan to help mitigate this global disaster.

If this IS the first offer, then....well, words fail me.

Does anyone know if the US has already sent nuclear experts to Japan?

This is not a social event where we should sit smiling sweetly until someone asks us to dance.

Can anyone expand upon this? Have we sent experts weeks ago, or not?

Q+A article on what's going on in Japan's nuclear reactors

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 2011-04-29 23:15.

This statement in the article really says it all:

"spent fuel, which will decay and emit radiation over several thousand years."

SEVERAL THOUSAND YEARS!

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/04/27/japan-plant-idUSL3E7FR0A720110427

It's surprising

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 2011-04-29 20:13.

When you read the articles carefully, they'll say the US sent nuclear experts, but the articles say they're “available to assist” or “if asked” the US experts would provide advice, etc.

Maybe it was some type of diplomacy hurdle that had to be jumped over?

Lol shunned to save there nuclear face...

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 2011-04-29 19:48.

U.S. Offers to Help Japanese Deal With Nuke Plant After Earthquake
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Yes but japan has shunned

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 2011-04-29 19:45.

Yes but japan has shunned help.for reasons beyond my pay grade.

Is this the most dangerous job in the world? U.S. sends nuclear experts to Japan in fight to save crippled Fukushima from meltdown
By DAILY MAIL REPORTER
Last updated at 11:05 PM on 1st April 2011

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It's the kind of job offer that would leave most people running for the door.

But a group of U.S. nuclear experts has willingly signed up to join the brave workers toiling in perilous conditions to control the dangerous levels of radiation spewing from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant.

They join a concerted American effort to help the Japanese cope with the nuclear disaster, including shipping two of the world's biggest concrete pumps in an attempt to cool the overheating reactors.

The first team, of no more than ten, is due to fly out to Tokyo on Sunday after a Massachusetts recruitment firm responded to a desperate plea for help from the plant's owners.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1372483/Japan-nuclear-crisis-U-S...

Yes, it is surprising

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 2011-04-29 20:16.

And when you read the older articles from March carefully, they'll say the US sent nuclear experts, but the articles say they're “available to assist” or “if asked” the US experts would provide advice, etc.

Maybe it was some type of diplomacy hurdle that had to be jumped?