Developing - Explosions Heard Near U.S. Naval Base In Japan
TOKYO - No injuries had been reported after two explosions were heard late on Friday near a U.S. naval base where a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier will soon dock south of Tokyo, Japanese police said on Saturday.
Police said investigations were underway and that rocket fragments had been found near the controversial , but few other details were available.
Residents had reported that the roof of one nearby home had been damaged by the blasts, police said.
The blasts occurred about two weeks before the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS George Washington is scheduled to arrive at the port city of Yokosuka on September 25.
It will be the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier to be stationed in Japan, the only country to have suffered nuclear attacks.
Local residents and civic groups expressed concerns over the deployment of the USS George Washington after a fire on the board the warship in May.
The commander of the U.S. military in Japan told Reuters earlier this month that the fire, which blazed for 12 hours and seriously injured one sailor, never posed a threat to the ship’s nuclear reactor.
But the fire came after news last month that water containing a small amount of radiation had leaked from a U.S. nuclear-powered submarine that had stopped in Japan, deepening concerns about the carrier’s deployment.
Small, home-made rockets have been fired in the past in protest at the deployment of U.S. forces in Japan but have never caused serious damage or injury.
The George Washington replaces the USS Kitty Hawk, one of the oldest active ships in the U.S. Navy.
(Reuters)
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A radioactive perspective.
The total amount of radioactive steam released from the March 28, 1979 accident at the Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant was the equivalent of 1/3 of the radiation received from a full set of chest x-rays!
That info wasn’t made public until nearly 20 years later.
So when I hear about a small amount of radiation had leaked from a U.S. nuclear-powered submarine.
I don’t sweat it, neither should the Japanese.
September 12th, 2008 at 9:33 pmSo when I hear about a small amount of radiation had leaked from a U.S. nuclear-powered submarine.
I don’t sweat it, neither should the Japanese.
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Yeah, but there’s that whole “history” with that whole ‘radiation thing’ there for them …
September 12th, 2008 at 9:38 pmBesides Hiroshima and Nagasaki are long term testaments to living in the aftermath of radioactive exposure. Funny thing: Both places are highly inhabitable and they do not suffer any signifigant effects in terms of long term mutations. They act like they hold cleanliness to the highest standards when in fact it is commonplace for Japans white collar types to urinate by a telephone pole on a crowded city street. Other aspects of cleanliness end at the waterline. There they have much more work to be done.
September 13th, 2008 at 1:00 amdrillanwr
“Yeah, but there’s that whole “history” with that whole ‘radiation thing’ there for them …”
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September 13th, 2008 at 3:54 amPardon me but they need to fucking deal with it, we’ve kept their ass safe for over half a century.
September 13th, 2008 at 4:40 am
Steve Rodgers
Gahilla Gahilla 
September 13th, 2008 at 6:18 amThe japs need to get over it. They need us there, cause if WW3 breaks out, they’ll be one of the first fucked up nations, they are right next to China, Russia, and North Korea, not to mention Vietnam. They got all the commie nations as neighbors.
September 13th, 2008 at 10:54 am