Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Gold/Mining/Energy : Gold Price Monitor -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: long-gone who wrote (41677)	9/30/1999 12:57:00 PM
From: Zardoz	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 116764

Mexico Quake Seen In Seven Range On Richter Scale GOLDEN, Colo. (Reuters) - A major earthquake felt in Mexico City Thursday was in the seven range on the open-ended Richter scale, a spokesman for the National Earthquake Center said. Seismologist John Minch said the earthquake was capable of causing extensive damage and loss of life in densely populated areas. He said it would be some time before an exact measurement and the epicenter could be determined. Nuclear-japan-uranium Tokyo Japanese media quoted an official at the plant operator JCO Co, a wholly owned subsidiary of Sumitomo Metal Mining Co, as saying that one of the workers said he used about 16 kg of uranium -- nearly eight times the normal amount -- during the process just before the accident. Workers normally use up to 2.3 kg of uranium in each procedure to prevent a criticality accident, they said. A Japanese Defense Agency official said the agency had contacted the U.S. military forces in Japan to see if they could assist but were told that the U.S. forces here did not have the necessary equipment for such an incident. Government spokesman Hiromu Nonaka said there was a strong possibility that the ''criticality incident'' at the plant was still continuing within the facility. Criticality is the point at which a nuclear chain reaction becomes self-sustaining, similar to what occurs inside a nuclear reactor.