This woke me last night about 2:20 AM, and I'm several miles away.  Those living on base are much closer; they could feel their homes shaking.

http://fukushima-diary.com/2012/04/...witterfeed

What makes it even more interesting are reports that depleted uranium is stored at the site:
http://fukushima-diary.com/2012/04/...x-on-fire/

I hope that everyone is ok. That is some pretty scary stuff.

Scary accident they really need to get a handle on uranium storage and all that contaminated water storage before we all tun into chemsticks.

"About the factory explosion of Iwakuni, @hanayuu and other people are concerned about the possible depleted uranium, so I called the prefectural government to confirm. They said, depleted uranium is stocked in the site, but it’s not affected by the accident."

Posted By yokota on 04-22-2012 8:56 AM
Scary accident they really need to get a handle on uranium storage and all that contaminated water storage before we all tun into chemsticks.

"About the factory explosion of Iwakuni, @hanayuu and other people are concerned about the possible depleted uranium, so I called the prefectural government to confirm. They said, depleted uranium is stocked in the site, but it’s not affected by the accident."

Thanks Yokota. We know the Japanese government is always proactive & forthright with this type of information. 

The PMO here locally said the base is testing the air & finding no elevated levels of anything.  :-)

Hope everything is okay. I saw the guys link, with the video.. Pretty scary stuff..

I also talked with Yuko about this.  She said nothing is being reported on the Japanese tv that she has seen so far.

The chaplain said today that one was killed & 11 injured. Very sad.

Just so you know,,,, that quote I posted was from a tab on your link under "Breaking News"

Depleted uranium is stocked in the site on fire

Posted by Mochizuki on April 21st, 2012

岩国の爆発事故で、 @hanayuu さん達が、「劣化ウラン」について心配されているので、一応、県庁担当者に確認しました。所蔵していることはたしか。影響はないと確認しているとのこと。 — とくらたかこ (@tokuratakako) April 21, 2012   About the factory explosion of Iwakuni, @hanayuu and other people are concerned about the possible depleted uranium, so I called the prefectural government to confirm. They said, depleted uranium is stocked in the site, but it’s not affected by the accident.     [...]

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I was still awake at the time. It litterly blew my 4-story room cutains open slightly. I was expecting a general alarm to sound shortly afterwards.

wow, where do you live?