Uploaded April 2011 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
HI-RESOLUTION PHOTOS: cryptome.org/eyeball/daiichi-npp3/daiichi-photos3.htm
Three pages of high resolution photos of the Fukushima nuclear reactor plant's damage.
*7.5 million times legal limit of iodine in sea*
The operator of the stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant says 7.5 million times the legal limit of radioactive iodine 131 has been detected from samples of seawater near the plant.
The utility firm said samples of water taken near the water intake of the No. 2 reactor at 11:50 AM Saturday contained 300,000 becquerels of iodine 131 per cubic centimeter, or 7.5 million times the legal limit.
READ MORE: www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/05_27.html
"There is no safe level of radionuclide exposure, whether from food, water or other sources. Period.... every effort must be taken to minimize the radionuclide content in food and water." warns Jeff Patterson, DO, immediate past president of Physicians for Social Responsibility.
globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=23902
*Japan defends radioactive water disposal, vows to fully inform world*
Japan defended Tuesday its dumping of a massive mount of low-level radioactive water from the crisis-hit Fukushima nuclear plant, saying the action does not violate international laws, and pledged to fully inform the international community of Tokyo's steps to tackle the ongoing emergency.
Foreign Minister Takeaki Matsumoto said that Tokyo had briefed diplomatic corps in Japan on the start of radioactive water disposal hours before the plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. began releasing the liquid into the Pacific Ocean on Monday evening.
''We feel very sorry for causing anxiety among our neighbors. We could not help but resort to the measure, but we will provide full explanations from now on."
The foreign minister stressed that the discharge poses ''no significant health threats'' to human bodies. (yes, you read that correctly)
He also said the dumping does not violate the 1986 Convention on Early Notification of a Nuclear Accident, which obligates nations to provide data such as the accident's time, location and radiation releases to affected states when harmful trans-boundary radiation release is feared.
The top government spokesman also said the discharge would ''not cause immediate radioactive contamination in neighboring countries.''
READ MORE: english.kyodonews.jp/news/2011/04/83353.html
*High level of cesium detected in fish*
Small fish caught in waters off the coast of Ibaraki have been found to contain radioactive cesium above the legal limit.
It is the first time that higher-than-permitted levels of radioactive cesium have been found in fish.
READ MORE: www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/05_34.html
"When contact with radioactive cesium occurs, which is highly unlikely, a person can experience cell damage due to radiation of the cesium particles. Due to this, effects such as nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea and bleeding may occur...How serious the effects are depends upon the resistance of individual persons and the duration of exposure and the concentration a person is exposed to".
lenntech.com/periodic/elements/cs.htm
Cesium-137 and strontium-90 are the most dangerous radioisotopes to the environment in terms of their long-term effects. Their intermediate half-lives of about 30 years suggests that they are not only highly radioactive but that they have a long enough halflife to be around for hundreds of years. Iodine-131 may give a higher initial dose, but its short halflife of 8 days ensures that it will soon be gone. Besides its persistence and high activity, cesium-137 has the further insidious property of being mistaken for potassium by living organisms and taken up as part of the fluid electrolytes. This means that it is passed on up the food chain and reconcentrated from the environment by that process.
http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/nucene/fisfrag.html
*Radiation-shielding sheets to be installed in September at earliest*
A plan to cover damaged reactor buildings at the crisis-hit Fukushima nuclear plant with special sheets to halt radiation leakage cannot offer a quick remedy, as the sheeting will be installed in September at the earliest due to high-level radioactivity hampering work at the site, government sources said Tuesday.
They said workers need to wait until radiation levels drop at the site, where hydrogen explosions have blown away the roofs and upper walls of three reactor buildings.
Some nuclear experts have been skeptical about the feasibility of the plan as they believe the step would have only limited effects in blocking the release of radioactive substances into the environment.
READ MORE: english.kyodonews.jp/news/2011/04/83374.html
Video from: msnbc.com
*FAIR USE STATEMENT* For educational, non-commercial purposes only.
HI-RESOLUTION PHOTOS: cryptome.org/eyeball/daiichi-npp3/daiichi-photos3.htm
Three pages of high resolution photos of the Fukushima nuclear reactor plant's damage.
*7.5 million times legal limit of iodine in sea*
The operator of the stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant says 7.5 million times the legal limit of radioactive iodine 131 has been detected from samples of seawater near the plant.
The utility firm said samples of water taken near the water intake of the No. 2 reactor at 11:50 AM Saturday contained 300,000 becquerels of iodine 131 per cubic centimeter, or 7.5 million times the legal limit.
READ MORE: www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/05_27.html
"There is no safe level of radionuclide exposure, whether from food, water or other sources. Period.... every effort must be taken to minimize the radionuclide content in food and water." warns Jeff Patterson, DO, immediate past president of Physicians for Social Responsibility.
globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=23902
*Japan defends radioactive water disposal, vows to fully inform world*
Japan defended Tuesday its dumping of a massive mount of low-level radioactive water from the crisis-hit Fukushima nuclear plant, saying the action does not violate international laws, and pledged to fully inform the international community of Tokyo's steps to tackle the ongoing emergency.
Foreign Minister Takeaki Matsumoto said that Tokyo had briefed diplomatic corps in Japan on the start of radioactive water disposal hours before the plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. began releasing the liquid into the Pacific Ocean on Monday evening.
''We feel very sorry for causing anxiety among our neighbors. We could not help but resort to the measure, but we will provide full explanations from now on."
The foreign minister stressed that the discharge poses ''no significant health threats'' to human bodies. (yes, you read that correctly)
He also said the dumping does not violate the 1986 Convention on Early Notification of a Nuclear Accident, which obligates nations to provide data such as the accident's time, location and radiation releases to affected states when harmful trans-boundary radiation release is feared.
The top government spokesman also said the discharge would ''not cause immediate radioactive contamination in neighboring countries.''
READ MORE: english.kyodonews.jp/news/2011/04/83353.html
*High level of cesium detected in fish*
Small fish caught in waters off the coast of Ibaraki have been found to contain radioactive cesium above the legal limit.
It is the first time that higher-than-permitted levels of radioactive cesium have been found in fish.
READ MORE: www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/05_34.html
"When contact with radioactive cesium occurs, which is highly unlikely, a person can experience cell damage due to radiation of the cesium particles. Due to this, effects such as nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea and bleeding may occur...How serious the effects are depends upon the resistance of individual persons and the duration of exposure and the concentration a person is exposed to".
lenntech.com/periodic/elements/cs.htm
Cesium-137 and strontium-90 are the most dangerous radioisotopes to the environment in terms of their long-term effects. Their intermediate half-lives of about 30 years suggests that they are not only highly radioactive but that they have a long enough halflife to be around for hundreds of years. Iodine-131 may give a higher initial dose, but its short halflife of 8 days ensures that it will soon be gone. Besides its persistence and high activity, cesium-137 has the further insidious property of being mistaken for potassium by living organisms and taken up as part of the fluid electrolytes. This means that it is passed on up the food chain and reconcentrated from the environment by that process.
http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/nucene/fisfrag.html
*Radiation-shielding sheets to be installed in September at earliest*
A plan to cover damaged reactor buildings at the crisis-hit Fukushima nuclear plant with special sheets to halt radiation leakage cannot offer a quick remedy, as the sheeting will be installed in September at the earliest due to high-level radioactivity hampering work at the site, government sources said Tuesday.
They said workers need to wait until radiation levels drop at the site, where hydrogen explosions have blown away the roofs and upper walls of three reactor buildings.
Some nuclear experts have been skeptical about the feasibility of the plan as they believe the step would have only limited effects in blocking the release of radioactive substances into the environment.
READ MORE: english.kyodonews.jp/news/2011/04/83374.html
Video from: msnbc.com
*FAIR USE STATEMENT* For educational, non-commercial purposes only.
