Industrial Safety implications of the Kobe steel scandal?

Industrial Safety implications of the Kobe steel scandal? 1

Oct 16, 2017– Japan’s Kobe Steel scandal continues to generate shocks in the industrial community. If you have not yet heard of it, reports say that Kobe Steel had a huge QA/QC problem of data falsification. In other words, without actually testing the quality or “fitness for use” of different grades of steel, their staff … Read more

Japan Nuclear Incident Update | Daiichi Fukushima TEPCO| Spent Nuclear Fuel Pools

March19, 2011– The “nuclear emergency” at the TEPCO (Tokyo Electric Power Company)  Daiichi Fukushima continues to alarm the world, which is watching and hoping anxiously that a repeat Chernobyl does not happen.The spraying of water from buckets from helicopters may not help much as it is doubtful how much water would actually reach the reactor … Read more

Radiation Rain message fake says BBC in statement

March 15, 2011 – As a consequence of the Japan nuclear power plant reactor accidents,  rumor mongers and hoax message senders are having a great time. The latest one is a purported text message / email from BBC, warning about radioactive rain in Asia. The reader is warned not to venture out in rain as … Read more

Explosion reported at Nuclear Power Plant at Fukushima Japan

March 12, 2011– The situation at Japanese nuclear facilities now seems to be dire, with a reported explosion in the vicinity of the Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant at Fukushima, Japan. Not only this particular site but upto five other sites may be in a dangerous state of operation, say reports. Below is an interview of … Read more

Earthquake in Japan causes Oil refinery fire and Nuclear Power Plant fire

For a more recent update on the nuclear plant incident please click here. Tokyo, March 12 update– Pressure at one of  the Daiichi reactors is continuing to rise, worrying the authorities. Reportedly radioactive steam from one reactor was vented out after evacuating residents in a 10 Km radius in Fukushima, about 170 miles north of … Read more