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Last September I visited Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power plants being in the process of abandonment. 9 and half years ago, diesel generator for emergency that had run 4 of 6 plants were destroyed by tsunami and released massive amount of radioactive to surrounding area in Fukushima prefecture, located about 200 kilometer away from Tokyo. What happened was inside these reactors, nuclear fuels lost coolants and melted and then hydrogen was touched with oxygen of air, that caused explosion.  I joined two-day tour to the Fukushima nuclear plants and its nearby area. On the first day, my...

It is getting cold lately. A winter is coming close. I do not like winter except that I can go out and ski. I have good memories of skiing.   During my college days in the U.S., I visited Colorado to ski 3 times. The same ski resort, Steamboat. It was college's students ski tour. In the first time we travelled by Amtrack. I remeber it was more than a half day trip from Auckland. Crazily...

I rented a TV drama series DVD "Flipper" this week. What I rented is not original 1960's series, it was 1995 version of it. In 1960's version, one park warden and his two sons, Sandy and Keith...