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Published on Sep 10, 2013
MORE Leaks into Groundwater at Fukushima admitted.
Fukushima is Key to Success for Olympics 2020
Cabinet ministers discuss Fukushima leak
Talk, discuss, DO Nothing!
Abe asks ministers to draw up new growth measures
a planned consumption tax hike next April.
Decontamination to continue after March deadline
the government should have foreseen the difficulties in securing space for temporary storage of contaminated soil.
the timetable as to when decontamination work would end is a key factor for evacuees in planning how to rebuild their lives.
if progress is slow, the government should not only take steps to speed up the process, but also present measures to support evacuees who are waiting to go back home.
Families of tsunami victims visit tombs
Fishermen ask govt. help to lift S.Korea's ban
Japanese fishermen want the government to urge South Korea to lift its ban on imports of marine products from 8 prefectures.
South Korea said last week that it would implement the ban from Monday. It said the decision was due to leaks of radioactive water from the damaged Fukushima nuclear plant.
The 8 prefectures include Fukushima, Miyagi, Iwate and Aomori.
Hiroshi Kishi, the head of the National Federation of Fisheries Cooperative Associations, made the request on Tuesday to Fisheries Agency chief Kazuyoshi Honkawa.
Kishi asked Honkawa to urge South Korea to lift the ban as soon as possible. He called on the government to quickly provide information about the safety of marine products to people inside and outside Japan.
Honkawa replied that the agency is coordinating when to send its officials to South Korea to talk with their counterparts there. He said the agency is committed to solving the problem.
Japan asked South Korea on Monday to reconsider the ban. The two governments are now preparing to hold working-level talks this weekend.
Decontamination posing challenges
It says difficulty obtaining residents' approval and a lack of storage facilities for contaminated soil are key factors in the delay.
But for residences, work is finished on only about 20 percent of the nearly 380,000 units listed for decontamination.
The Environment Ministry says the clean-up will probably take several more years.
Voluntary evacuees from Fukushima returning home
But some of the mothers who returned have moved out of the prefecture again, citing fears about radiation. They also said they felt guilty and isolated from local residents after a period of voluntary evacuation.
Record warm waters around Japan
Sea water temperatures around Japan have risen to record highs, affecting the country's fishing industry.
The Meteorological Agency says the average water temperature in August was 1.5 degrees Celsius warmer than usual off the western coast of Kyushu in the East China Sea. It was 1.2 degrees warmer off the Shikoku and Tokai regions in the Pacific.
These figures were the highest since the agency began observation using the current method in 1985.
Water temperatures were more than 2 degrees Celsius warmer than usual off the country's north and west in the Sea of Japan. Higher temperatures were also reported in the ocean around the southernmost prefecture of Okinawa.
Weather officials say a high-pressure system that lingered around the Japanese archipelago this summer brought a heat wave and warmed seawater.
Catches of saury and squid are falling in northern Japan due to warm water.
Oyster farm workers in the western prefecture of Hiroshima have decided to delay the start of the harvest season by 10 days. It was originally scheduled for October 1st.
The workers say they were afraid the oysters may not be fully grown by that time due to higher seawater temperatures.
Hiroshima is the country's largest oyster producer with a 60 percent share of the market.
215,000 hit by disaster still live away from home
People who used to live near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant still do not know when they will be able to return.
The central government's efforts to lower radioactive contamination levels in the evacuation areas are far behind schedule.
Fukushima debris disposal behind schedule
estimates that debris from the March 2011 disaster amounts to 26 million tons in the hardest hit prefectures of Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima.
As of the end of July, 62 percent of the waste in Iwate Prefecture and 77 percent of the waste in Miyagi Prefecture had been disposed of.
But in Fukushima Prefecture, only 42 percent of the disposal is complete, even in areas other than the evacuation zones. Of the 11 evacuation zones, intermediate storage facilities have been secured for only 4.
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Published on Sep 9, 2013
Plume-Gate: NRC Price-Anderson Act Q and A's not appropriate for the WEB
http://youtu.be/k6z-2W0B6yo by Patrick Henry
NRC FOIA document page 411 Here: http://tinyurl.com/q53qmu8
Something Wicked This Way Comes: The story of Plume-Gate, the world's largest, provable cover-up: http://hatrickpenryunbound.com/?p=3683
also, scroll down and read More:
Here's a possible response. Perhaps Cliff or Jon can take a look.
Based on my conversation with the Chairman, this is not something the NRC will be providing publicly at
this point because of the negative impact it could have on our on-going efforts to help the Japanese.
I've flagged this for our folks here. Have no idea where leak came from but it is regardless an
opportunity to remind folks to ensure that we are all careful about documents like this.
Our chairman is sending/wants to send word to our reactor safety team to be exceptionally careful with
whom they share these assessments. Some suspicion on our end it may have gotten out via industry.
When you guys asked about this late last week I now kknow why it did not ring a bell -- chairman said
existence of these assessments was not widely shared internally.
April 5, 2011
United States government engineers sent to help with the crisis in Japan are warning that the troubled
nuclear plant there is facing a wide array of fresh threats that could persist indefinitely, and that in
some cases are expected to increase as a result of the very measures being taken to keep the plant
stable, according to a confidential assessment prepared by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Among the new threats that were cited in the assessment, dated March 26, are the mounting stresses
placed on the containment structures as they fill with radioactive cooling water, making them more
vulnerable to rupture in one of the aftershocks rattling the site after the earthquake and tsunami of
March 11. The document also cites the possibility of explosions inside the containment structures due to
the release of hydrogen and oxygen from seawater pumped into the reactors, and'offers new details on... (I rand out of room)
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Tom Dwyer - Fukushima and Price-Anderson
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"A Plea for a Total Ban on Nuclear Energy" by Professor Mitsuhei Murata
http://youtu.be/qYOoHfEUmAY
Mitsuhei Murata, Former Japanese Ambassador to Switzerland, addresses attendees at Coalition Against Nuke's Sep. 20th Congressional Briefing, hosted by the Congressional Office of Congressman Kucinich (D-OH). Entire Transcript of Speech avail. at this link-
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B-X7...
CAN Briefing Speech
Published on Sep 24, 2012 by LoveLifeNoNukes
Kucinich Addresses Coalition of Anti Nuclear Activists
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Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) today addressed an overflowing audience of enthusiastic supporters as he explained the current status of the nuclear industry in the United States. He cited the problematic Davis-Besse nuclear power in Northern Ohio as an example of the state of the industry.
Half Life Decay rates for radioactive nuclides
http://www.evs.anl.gov/pub/doc/tbl2-r...
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Ground under Fukushima Unit 4 is sinking (More than 30 inches in some areas) Danger of collapse
http://youtu.be/vgJOn0Ugltc
Mitsuhei Murata, Former Japanese Ambassador to Switzerland: Due to its ground has been sinking, Unit 4 is now endangered in collapse. [...] According to secretary of former Prime Minister Kan, the ground level of the building has been sinking 80 cm [31.5 inches] unevenly. Because the ground itself has the problem, whether the building can resist a quake bigger than M6 still remains a question.
http://enenews.com/former-prime-minis...
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"A Plea for a Total Ban on Nuclear Energy" by Professor Mitsuhei Murata
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Kucinich Addresses Coalition of Anti Nuclear Activists
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Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) today addressed an overflowing audience of enthusiastic supporters as he explained the current status of the nuclear industry in the United States. He cited the problematic Davis-Besse nuclear power in Northern Ohio as an example of the state of the industry.
Half Life Decay rates for radioactive nuclides
http://www.evs.anl.gov/pub/doc/tbl2-r...
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My Experiences as Prime Minister during the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster
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Published on Sep 8, 2013
Wow, try to edit clips of Truth for this Olympic BS Rhetoric is seemingly impossible. I have So Much Information... and to edit clips of Truth to straighten these wicked people out... is insurmountable. I sure do hope a Lot of you pick up Editing skills and Help OUT here, Please? My computer crashes more than you know, and my video edits are completely LOST... must start again at square one... nearly every upload. That being said, this is not one of my best edits, but I'm Tired as Hell and just rendered project "as is"... You know the drill, fill in your own WTF moments with your gaining knowledge.
I 'm just going to take the lazy man's way out and copy paste ENENEWS headlines. Sorry, it's late and I'm tired... This Volunteer hobby of mine makes me weary.
Latest Headlines: http://enenews.com
Japan Prime Minister's Fiction vs. Fact: Fukushima contamination has never done any damage to Tokyo; Radioactive water at plant was "blocked" — Study: Tokyo was contaminated — Experts: Radioactive water is constantly flowing out to sea and almost impossible to stop
Nuclear-friendly Journalist: "It's shocking we don't know where the fuel is" at any of the 3 reactors that had meltdowns at Fukushima
Radio: In the history of science we've never seen anything like this Fukushima plume heading across Pacific to U.S. and Canada — Why is Japan allowed to get away with contaminating ocean? (AUDIO)
NPR: Melted reactor cores' radioactivity being carried out to sea — Expert warns saltwater will flow into Fukushima plant if ice wall is installed; "Even if it works, it might not be a good thing... can have 'unintended consequences'"
Gundersen: Fukushima reactor cores are in crisis as bad as 'China Syndrome' (AUDIO)
Nuclear Expert: Biggest concern at Fukushima is the huge source of radioactivity from molten fuel and spent fuel pools winding up in ocean — "The health of the entire Northern Pacific is at stake" (AUDIO)
Radio: We're going to be hearing about Fukushima contamination for decades to come in U.S. and Canada -Physician
Professor: Radioactive substances will be blanketing U.S. West Coast for some time to come — There's suggestions "pockets of high contamination" may get carried over from Fukushima
"Growing sense of crisis" at Fukushima — Tepco "very concerned" about high levels of contamination in groundwater thought to be clean — Was to be pumped into ocean as part of bypass plan (VIDEO)
TV: Worries in Hawaii over Fukushima radioactive leaks — Concern as to whether seafood coming into state is safe (VIDEO)
Lies? Top Japan officials and Tepco all now claim Fukushima contamination is staying inside port and not reaching Pacific — Yet Tokyo scientist already revealed 44% of water in port flows out into ocean every day (VIDEOS)
Physician: Statement by Canadian officials indicates Fukushima contamination was detected in fish at levels that are "difficult to explain without undue alarm" — Huffington Post: "Sockeye Salmon Sushi: Use a Geiger Counter"
Nuclear Engineer: Fuel appears damaged in Fukushima Unit 4 pool and will fall apart if they pull it up — Make sure your radiation monitor works so you know what's going on when something drops (AUDIO)
Japan Media: "Things are going badly" — Fukushima "the same as war" says military officer in charge of forces at plant — Concern "workers on-site do not consent to join battle" — Crime skyrocketing, "people were held hostage" — Unprecedented ocean contamination and leaks are out of control
Mayor: Impossible to stop groundwater entering Fukushima plant — Abandoning melted fuel means contamination will always be flowing out — "I'm truly afraid... a tremendous problem... very, very serious" (VIDEO)
NYTimes: Countries increasingly worried about Fukushima Unit 4 spent fuel — Experts: Concern over potential cracks in pool walls — Professors: "In deteriorating condition"; "This is a critical global issue"; "Could have fatal consequences for Japan"
Kyodo News: URGENT -- S. Korea bans all fishery products from 8 Japan prefectures — Gov't: Unclear how Fukushima incident will progress in future
CNBC: Fukushima crisis "a global problem, not just a Japan problem" says professor... "Denial & cover-up clearly not working" — TV: "Many now say disaster has spun out of control, and its full extent hidden from public"
Nuclear Expert: Fukushima contamination that will soon hit U.S. has people very concerned, and I think rightly so — Gov't should be regularly monitoring seafood, seawater
TV: People will be consuming radioactive material coming from Fukushima — Seafood "much further away" from region will have unacceptable levels of contamination at times, says senior scientist
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Lives Slipped Away
The 50 Patients of Futaba Hospital
In the three days after the nuclear accident, more than 200 bed-ridden elderly people were stranded at the Futaba Hospital and attached old people's home in the town of Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, and 50 died during the exhausting evacuation operation. Those 50 deaths have shocked hospital and care home operators across the country and posed hard new questions for Japan as a land of frequent natural disasters.
Air date 1/11/2013
How much support can medical staff provide when they become victims of disaster?
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Published on Sep 9, 2013
Plume-Gate: time lapse plume models from March 11th to 26th in HD
http://youtu.be/VRpsHaWsx6Q by Hatrick Penry
Please note that 'harmless' levels of radiation for the US were based on 96 hour or 4-5 days of emissions. Here is proof they were modeling for releases that were ongoing...up to and likely beyond the month of April, 2011.
The SFP #4 fire is the model from the 15th of March, 2011.
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Alarming Levels of Radiation Allowed in US Food! Fukushima Fallout
http://youtu.be/I9d3I3S99Dc
HELEN CALDICOTT FOUNDATION FUKUSHIMA SYMPOSIUM: 3-12-13
The Medical and Ecological Consequences of the Fukushima Nuclear Accident.
The Archived interviews will be available here shortly.
http://www.totalwebcasting.com/view/?...
The Medical and Ecological Consequences of the Fukushima Nuclear Accident.
WebCast http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=um-sAi...
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The Medical and Ecological Consequences of the Fukushima Nuclear Accident; March 11, 2013, 9:00am to 6:15pm EST
LIVE STREAM HERE: http://www.totalwebcasting.com/view/?...
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HELEN CALDICOTT FOUNDATION FUKUSHIMA SYMPOSIUM: 3-12-13
The Medical and Ecological Consequences of the Fukushima Nuclear Accident.
US Radiated Food ~1200Bq per kilogram of Cesium-134,137 Limit!!!
Cindy Folkers, Beyond Nuclear,
Post-Fukushima Food Monitoring in the US
California Kelp 600-2,500 Bq/kg I-131
Central California grown Pistachios 18 Bq/kg Cs-134 & 137 Shipped to Japan. Safety network of Japan tested them and quickly pulled them off the shelf. This area is KNOWN to be a HOTSPOT yet the US STILL sells them to US citizens!
http://www.nuclearcrimes.org/Californ...
Japanese Beef 650-2,300 Bq/kg Fed to Japanese Children US WOULD ACCEPT THIS!
California Grass 14 Bq/kg Cs-134 & 137 Cows eat the grass, milk is radiated, crops root in radioactive soil. US BLACKOUT ON INFO after 4-30-2011 from BERKELEY's STUDIES.
http://www.nuclearcrimes.org/Californ...
Pacific Blue Fin Tuna migrating to California Coast 9-11 Bq Cs 134 & 137
Green Tea Shipped from Japan to France 1,038 Bq/kg US WOULD ACCEPT THIS!
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How to Fight the Fukushima Cover-Up by NRC et al. (Proof in links below)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bz9PNG...
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Introductions http://www.totalwebcasting.com/view/?...
Moderator: Donald Louria, MD, Chairman Emeritus, Department of Preventive Medicine and Community Health, University of Medicine and Dentistry, New Jersey
[COMPLETED] Session One: DESCRIPTION AND ANALYSIS OF ACCIDENT
Former Prime Minister of Japan, Naoto Kan (videotape)
Opening Address
Hiroaki Koide, Master of Nuclear Engineering, Kyoto University Research Reactor Institute (KURRI), Specialist of Radiation Safety and Control.
Arnie Gundersen, Nuclear Engineer, Fairewinds Associates
What Did They Know and When Did They Know it?
David Lochbaum, Union of Concerned Scientists
Another Unsurprising Surprise
[Starts at 11:15a ET] Session One: DESCRIPTION AND ANALYSIS OF ACCIDENT continued
Hisako Sakiyama, Member of Fukushima Nuclear Accident Independent Investigation Commission
Risk Assessment of Low Dose Radiation in Japan: What Became Clear in the Diet Fukushima Investigation Committee
Akio Matsumura, Founder of the Global Forum of Spiritual and Parliamentary Leaders
What Did the World Learn from the Fukushima Accident?
Session Two: THE MEDICAL AND ECOLOGICAL CONSEQUENCES
Steven Starr, Clinical Laboratory Science Program, University of Missouri
The Implications of Massive Radiation Contamination of Japan with Radioactive Cesium
Timothy Mousseau, Department of Biological Sciences, University South Carolina
Chernobyl, Fukushima and Other Hot Places: Biological Implications
Ken Buesseler, Marine Scientist Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute,
Fukushima Ocean Impacts
Session Two: THE MEDICAL AND ECOLOGICAL CONSEQUENCES continued
Marek Niedziela, Department of Pediatrics, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poland (videotape)
Thyroid Pathology in Children with Particular Reference to Chernobyl and Fukushima
David Brenner, Center for Radiological Research, College of Physicians and Surgeons. Columbia University,
Living with Uncertainty About Low Dose Radiation Risks
Questions and Answers:
Cindy Folkers, Beyond Nuclear,
Post-Fukushima Food Monitoring in the US
Kevin Kamps, Beyond Nuclear
Seventy Years of Radioactive Risks in Japan and America
David Freeman, Former Chair. Tennessee Valley Authority
My Experience with Nuclear Power
Herbert Abrams, Stanford University School of Medicine
The Hazards of Low Level Ionizing Radiation: Controversy and Evidence
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Published on Sep 11, 2013
Well, it's now 2.5 years into the Fukushima Crisis... and things are getting Worse and Worse Every Single Day. I'm giving my WTF cat and crew the day off today.
Tritium tainted groundwater expands at plant
The operator of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant says it has found rising tritium levels at a monitoring well near a wastewater storage tank.
One of the storage tanks leaked more than 300 tons of highly radioactive water in August. The water is likely to have seeped into the soil.
Tokyo Electric Power Company has since increased the number of monitors to check radioactive materials in groundwater near the tank.
The company says the level of radioactive tritium at one of the wells rose to 64,000 becquerels per liter on Tuesday, more than twice the reading the previous day.
The well is located 20 meters north of the leaking tank. Engineers checked soil taken when the well was dug and found beta radiation of 0.1 millisieverts an hour.
Beta rays are kind of radiation emitted from tritium and other substances.
The operator suspects the leak is spreading but says it doesn't know why as the well is not located near to the groundwater flows. It says most of the contaminated soil around the tank has been removed.
The company initially planned to pump up clean groundwater and release it into the ocean before it passes through heavily contaminated reactors buildings. The finding that the groundwater is already tainted before its reaches the buildings may hamper that plan.
Sep. 11, 2013
Tainted water may be leaking near No.2 reactor
A nuclear expert says radioactive groundwater at the crippled plant in Fukushima is likely still flowing into the sea.
Attempts by Operator Tokyo Electric Power Company to stop the water appear to have had little effect.
The utility admitted the leak in May after detecting high radioactivity at some of the wells between reactor facilities and the sea, as well as the plant port's water.
Head researcher at the Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Seiji Takeda, says levels of radioactive tritium in water samples from the wells and the nearby sea suggests the groundwater is to blame.
Takeda says tritium, which resembles hydrogen in character, moves with water and can be used to track water flow.
He noted that water samples taken in these wells at the sea side of the No. 2 reactor are showing higher levels of tritium compared to wells in surrounding areas. The wells are close to an underground tunnel also between the reactor facility and the sea.
From these reasons, he suggests the tunnel is one of the main sources of the contaminated water. He says the water is most likely flowing fairly quickly into the sea through pebbles inside the tunnel.
The operator has been solidifying the embankment to plug the leak. But it admitted on Wednesday that the measure is not working so far.
Work not begun at 57% of levees in disaster zone
Fukushima caricature run on French satirical paper
A French weekly newspaper has carried a caricature mocking the ongoing nuclear crisis in Japan and its winning bid for the 2020 Olympic Games.
An image in the satirical Le Canard Enchaine on Wednesday shows 2 stick-thin sumo wrestlers fighting a bout. One wrestler has 3 arms and the other has 3 legs.
100 new firms supplying electricity
World's first undersea power generation
US-Japan CNO Summit: Entergy CNO Jeff Forbes Reflects on His Visit to Fukushima
Published on Sep 11, 2013 http://youtu.be/pu-Na3R2YVI
After visiting the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power plant, Jeff Forbes, the Chief Nuclear Officer of Entergy, reflects on the day and what it means for the global nuclear energy industry.
Algorithm Demo March
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http://enenews.com headlines
Fukushima Plant Chief in 2011: If we fail to urgently deal with radioactive leakage, we can't overcome the crisis — Tepco admits they couldn't afford to work on it
NHK: Attempts to stop Fukushima contamination flowing into ocean have failed — Japan Nuclear Expert: "Most likely flowing fairly quickly into sea" from nearby Reactor No. 2
Nuclear Expert: Molten fuel may have flowed through cracks in foundations of Fukushima reactor buildings — No one's been able to go under there and take samples
Japan Marine Expert: Fukushima radioactive tanks may have already been emptied into Pacific Ocean -Xinhua
Xinhua: "Indications are that there is a second leak" at Fukushima, says Japan expert — Fish over 140 km from plant have shown extremely high levels of contamination
"Travesty": Japan publisher very concerned Gundersen would not be allowed into country — Gov't does not want to hear what real independent experts are saying about Fukushima (AUDIO)
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HatrickPenry:
As you become familiar with the world's largest, provable cover-up, ask yourself why Russia Today (RT) avoids much of what I expose/discuss in the NRC FOIA documents.
In this video, I show evidence where Russian authorities do not believe that the IAEA and NRC are being fair in their analysis of the amount of fallout that will be emitted and the severity of the catastrophe at Fukushima.
Why does RT not report this? Why does RT not report on the NRC FOIA documents and the cover-up revealed within?
I must conclude that:
1) Russia Today is really America Today. The so called news agency is under the control and direction of establishment forces based in the US or
2) Russia Today is Russian television, owned and operated by the forces behind the Iron Curtain, BUT those forces are in collusion with the US and do careful promotion of disinformation and plenty of gatekeeping on serious matters such as Plume-Gate.
Something Wicked This Way Comes: The story of Plume-Gate, the world's largest, provable cover-up: http://hatrickpenryunbound.com/?p=3683
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Published on Sep 9, 2013
Damn, this took me 5.5 Hours to Edit because of Computer Problems! I can't keep going on like this!
Ooh, now that the Tokyo Olympics Bid is Set... Lookie what the IAEA does:
Amano: Radioactive water in Fukushima urgent issue
The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency says the body will send inspectors to Fukushima to look into the leakage of radiation-contaminated water at the crippled nuclear plant.
IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano touched on the problem in a speech at a regular board meeting in Vienna on Monday.
Amano said the water leak at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant is an urgent and pressing issue.
The agency chief said it will send a team of inspectors to Fukushima this fall to support the Japanese government.
The agency's experts visited Fukushima in April to inspect the decommissioning process at the plant.
In the speech, Amano praised the countermeasures announced by the Japan earlier this month as an important step forward.
Ambassador Toshiro Ozawa of Japan's diplomatic mission explained the measures that are, and will be taken against the contaminated water problem.
Ozawa asked for understanding, stressing that Japan will disclose information and cooperate with the IAEA and international community.
The Japanese ambassador said he will also provide details at the IAEA's annual general meeting to clear up international concerns over the problem.
Sep. 9, 2013 - Updated 13:24 UTC
Japanese govt. vows to IAEA to solve nuclear issue
The Japanese government has vowed to take the initiative in dealing with the massive buildup of radioactive water at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.
Ambassador Toshiro Ozawa of Japan's diplomatic mission made that pledge on Monday at a regular board meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna. He outlined the government's plan to solve the problem of contaminated water leaking from the plant.
Ozawa said the buildup of radioactive water is the most urgent problem caused by the 2011 nuclear accident. He stressed the government's determination to solve it as soon as possible.
Ozawa told reporters after the meeting that other countries, especially Japan's neighbors, hope Japan will be able to successfully cope with the situation.
The ambassador said those countries want Japan to provide more information.
At the IAEA board meeting, the Japanese mission provided English translations of the government's basic plan to deal with the buildup of radioactive water. The government approved the plan last week.
The mission also plans to hold a briefing at the general meeting of the IAEA next week about the current situation at the Fukushima plant.
Sep. 10, 2013 - Updated 02:47 UTC
Fukushima leaks contaminate more groundwater
The operator of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant says it has recorded another spike in the level of radioactive substances in groundwater in the plant compound.
Tokyo Electric Power Company says it suspects contaminated water that leaked last month from a storage tank may be spreading.
TEPCO says it detected 3,200 becquerels of strontium and other radioactive substances per liter of water collected on Sunday from a new well. The well is about 20 meters north of the tank that leaked.
The reading was 5 times higher than in a sample taken from another well, to the south of the tank, last Wednesday.
TEPCO is planning to dig more wells to try to find out how the underground water is being contaminated.
In another development, TEPCO officials said they detected 80,000 becquerels of tritium per liter in a sample collected last Thursday from a well on the coastal side of the No.1 reactor building. The well has been there from before the nuclear accident.
That's higher than a reading taken from the well about a year ago.
Sep. 9, 2013 - Updated 18:32 UTC
TEPCO executives spared from indictment
Evacuees give mixed reactions
Govt., TEPCO meet to discuss Fukushima leaks
Officials from the government and the operator of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant have met for the first time as part of a task force to discuss radioactive waste water leaks at the plant.
Amari: PM Abe to decide on tax hike on Oct.1
OLYMPICS: Judging Economic Effect
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Fukushima breaking news, 2020 vision NOT SO GOOD Tokyo Japan Olympics WHY, kevin d blanch 9/9/13
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Published on Sep 2, 2013
Ya gotta hear this...
I edited this video to keep Only the English Translation of the Governor trying to explain that they need to restart the nuclear power plant in their prefecture noting Nuclear Power is MARGINALLY SAFE and how he equated Nuclear Power to the Space Shuttles. Ya gotta hear this. The most shocking moments begin approx 27 min into the video... Be sure to at LEAST listen past the space shuttle discussion around 37 minutes if I remember correctly.
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Tepco: Bent rod found in spent fuel pool — Nuclear fuel rods touching — "Serious fuel failure accident" risked at Japan plant
Title: Bent rod found at TEPCO's Niigata reactor
Source: THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
Date: December 13, 2012
Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Dec. 12 a bent water rod caused two fuel rods to come into contact inside a fuel rod assembly stored in a spent fuel storage pool for the No. 5 reactor of the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in Niigata Prefecture.
No damage to nuclear fuel or other anomalies have been reported, but the two fuel rods may have been in contact with each other when they were burning inside the reactor.
The situation had the potential to cause a serious fuel failure accident. [...]
Water rods [a passage for coolant water that runs through the center of a fuel assembly] were found to be bending in 18 fuel rod assemblies in the storage pool. Closer studies found that in one fuel rod assembly, the bending water rod pushed one nearby fuel rod into contact with another. [...]
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Hirohiko Izumida, Governor of Niigata Prefecture: Tepco on either the 12th of March or on the 11th of March had already anticipated a meltdown to occur.
For example, there should be soul-searching in regard to Fukushima, and it should be made clear as to who gave the instructions to tell lies for a period of two months. And it is necessary to do this for them to regain credibility, and yet there is no one that has been able to talk about this.
In other words, it doesn't mean that a person had to go to the No. 2 reactor to look at the high doses, but rather normally it should have been explained that there were reasons why lies had to be told but now what is going to be carried out from here onwards so that lies will no longer be conveyed.
Hirohiko Izumida Governor of Niigata Prefecture discusses his "reasons" for trying to restart Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant. http://tinyurl.com/lelv9m
Both English AND Japanese version here: 泉田新潟県知事8/28 外国特派員協会QA
http://youtu.be/7J2VvfVC_X0
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Former Prime Minister: Half the people in Japan were close to being evacuated after start of Fukushima crisis (VIDEO) http://vimeo.com/61465640 At 6:30 in Naoto KAN, Member of the House of Representatives of the Japanese Diet, Former Prime Minister of Japan: Mr. Kondo, who was Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission of Japan, pointed out to me that, in a worst case scenario, people within a radius of 155 miles might have to evacuate, and they might not be able to go home for 10, 20, 30, years. The Tokyo Metropolitan Area is within this 155 mile zone. 50 million, almost one half of the entire population of Japan live there. [...] Japan would not be able to function fully as a nation for a long time. Japan was close to this extremely grave scenario. [...] Needless to say, if we think about the extraordinary risk of losing half our land and having 50% of the population have to evacuate, this problem cannot be solved technologically.'
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Published on Sep 8, 2013
On 7th of Sept 2013 , I measured radiation around Sakabuta Park, Koriyama city, Fukushima pref. Japan
I monitored 0.47 to 0.65 micro Sv/h at my chest height in air.
22.97 on road side sand, on gurter cover on a foot of a slope road.
The monitorinig place is 55 or 60 km from Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear power plant.
Housing area of Koriyama city. Koriyama city: popolation approx 330,000.
Measuring instrument ECOTEST MKS-05, Ukraine made and Air counter of ST Corp., Japan.
Kids have been endangered with external & internal rediation exposure risk
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A map shown in the video is "Radiation counter map of the FUKUSHIMA Daiich nuclear accident" by frofessor Yukio HAYAKAWA of GUNMA university.
群馬大学の早川由紀夫教授による『福島第一原発事故の放射能汚染地図・7訂版』をビデオの中で使用しました。
22.97μSv/h 郡山市酒蓋公園近く 側溝の蓋の上に溜まった砂 2013年9月
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FUKUSHIMA
Birdhairjp: 85.03 microSv/h, Fukushima city, mud into a river, June 2012, Whats going in rivers (vs. normal background of up to 0.2 microSv/h)
http://tinyurl.com/kj2qnak
Post-Fukushima Japan: 52.15 microSv/h, 1cm from road side dust, Namie, Fukushima pref. Apr 2013 .
http://tinyurl.com/nxkm9nn
Radiation Watch, Japan, Fukushima peach orchard, Incineration plant side, Aug 2013
http://tinyurl.com/l5jcwuy
High Radiation 22.97 microSv/h, Koriyama city, Japan, kids playing in Sakabuta Park, September 2013
http://tinyurl.com/oxjkxpw
Fukushima Fuel Pools: Impending Disaster, Solutions, Greed & Inaction (A. Gundersen on Ecoshock)
http://tinyurl.com/mv9zgxg
Tokyo Soil Samples Would Be Considered Nuclear Waste In The US (A. Gundersen)
http://tinyurl.com/kdn2ysp
Malice or Incompetence?- IAEA: No Need to be too Concerned re Radiation Exposure
http://tinyurl.com/kzfepf5
"Becquerels" and Japan's changing "safety" standards for radiation in food and water
http://tinyurl.com/kybhj4g
Arnie Gundersen: Hydrogen buildup at Fukushima? What does it mean & why does it happen?
http://tinyurl.com/mffmttk
NRC Sandia BWR Zirconium Ignition Test Video
http://tinyurl.com/kyn869l
Fukushima for All of Us: Deception, Monopoly Profit, Weapons & Death:
http://tinyurl.com/kp7ljfd
Dr. Anthony J. Hall: From Hiroshima to Fukushima, 1945-2011
http://tinyurl.com/maeb2ja
Fukushima: It's much worse than you think
http://tinyurl.com/7dahj68
NUCLEAR GINZA (must see!!)
http://tinyurl.com/kachp6u
Crisis In Fukushima: Technological Disaster, Or Crisis In Governance?
http://tinyurl.com/l4nylb7
Impacts of the Fukushima nuclear power plant discharges on the ocean
http://tinyurl.com/mxqk2pp
Fukushima farmers vs Japanese Government: "Our farmland has been seriously contaminated!"
http://tinyurl.com/n8ew6fm
by
Mary Greeley
http://tinyurl.com/mu9ag9o
South Korea places import ban on all fisheries products from Japan's Fukushima region.
http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/national/2013/09/06/86/0301000000AEN20130906002251320F.html
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Published on Sep 8, 2013
Adults are pretending that they have a blind look at the radioactivity.
There is no future in Japan.
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On 7th Sep 2013 SAT, I measured radiation around Koriyama Daisan junior high school, Koriyama city, Fukushima pref. Juapan
I monitored 0.31 to 0.50 micro Sievert per ain air at chest hight.
7 to 11 micro Sv/h on school road dirt.
The monitorinig place is 55 km from Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear power plant.
Housing area of Koriyama city. Koriyama city: popolation approx 330,000.
Measuring instrument ECOTEST MKS-05, Ukraine made and Air counter of ST Corp., Japan.
Students have been endangered with external & internal rediation exposure risk
7~11μSv/h 郡山第三中学校 通学路に溜まった泥 2013.9.7
ビデオの中で使用した汚染マップは、群馬大学 の 早川由紀夫 教授が監修・作成したものです。『福島第一原発事故の放射能汚染地図』 Map shown in the video is "RADIATION COUNTER MAP of the Fukushima Daiichi accident" og proffesor Yukio HAYAKAWA of Gunma University.
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Published on Sep 8, 2013
Cesium boiling point. Aprox.700 degrees Celsius, 1300 degree Fahrenheit.
Garbage incineration easily make Cesium gasification.
Gasification; Cesium cannot be caught by bag filters of the incineration facilities.
Chimney discharges radioactive Cesium.
In wet days, cesium is cooled by rain and fallen immediately beneath.
Serious polutions are brought to the surround of the incineration facilities.
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On 7 Sep 2013, I measured radiation around "Abukuma clean center" of Watari area, Fukushima city, Fukushima pref. Japan
I monitored 0.82 to 1.27 micro Sievert per ain air at chest hight, 20.40 on the ground level, on road side mud.
The monitorinig place is 55 km from Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear power plant.
Measuring instrument ECOTEST MKS-05, Ukraine made and Air counter of ST Corp., Japan.
20.40μSv/h 福島市 ごみ焼却場近く歩道の泥 2013.9.7
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Radioactive Warning! Tokyo Olympics 2020 Don't say we didn't Warn you!
http://youtu.be/Eiygukn7l48
Encountering Auschwitz (2005)
http://youtu.be/1SzuCBVPPZc
Shocking Tokyo Japan Radiation Test by Dr. Chris Busby (Fukushima Fallout)
http://youtu.be/p9pk42kdL4k
Published on Jul 25, 2012
Dr Chris Busby: radioactivity in apartment in central Tokyo Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3YMa3...
In this and Part 2
http://youtu.be/oeS5dRkyBi0
Dr Busby describes measurements made on an air conditing unit filter from inside an apartment in central Tokyo. This was sent by a lady in Tokyo who wanted to know if it was safe to live there. The filter only collected air from inside the apartment. It shows the presence of 130000Bq/kg radio Caesium in the dust plus enriched Uranium and for the first time Lead-210/Polonium-210. The apartment was evacuated from the Tuesday after the catastrophe and the machine switched off; and the family returned 5 months later. This and much other information about the health effects and cover ups, including leaked data are to be found in Dr Busby's new book in Japanese: the Horror of Fukushima, published on 25th July by Kodansha in Tokyo
http://youtu.be/AOobTcwzElw
URGENT info Japan Fukushima Radiation & What is being done.
http://youtu.be/_fiWE9_SvT8
Fukushima Solves Overpopulation Problem for NWO 9/15/11
http://youtu.be/eo9z9kyxYOA
Fukushima a Warning to the World
http://youtu.be/gyx8uaQG6Xg
Fukushima JP update 1/22/12 (MORE☢ Fail, if you can believe THAT!)
http://youtu.be/CNWD6zZt_7M
Life is too expensive to save in Japan by Arnie Gundersen 9/20/11
http://youtu.be/fzt3jQUYTCo
Fukushima to Evaporate RADIOACTIVE Water! 8/8/11
http://youtu.be/iu9jXfy0Cb4
Fukushima Update for today 9/30/11
http://youtu.be/aNumFDIQCAM
Fukushima Auschwitz update for today 9/16/11
http://youtu.be/bhn0E3Cescc
☢ Low-Dose Radiation ☢ DOE Study
http://youtu.be/oe2fMMaVE7Q
Fukushima Japan TOTALLY OUT of CONTROL!!!
http://youtu.be/sET4fqowKIg
Fukushima solves radioactive beef problem by BURNING it 7/21/11
http://youtu.be/LXE4BJ3StEw
Fukushima Tepco Hires New President (note his history) Update 5/8/12
http://youtu.be/H4hSx9P42V0
Tepco: Nationalized & Compensation & ReStart Nuke Plant AND Raise Rates Fukushima update 5/9/12
http://youtu.be/zg7EcQOJB8s
Fukushima Nuclear disaster report update for 11/15/11
http://youtu.be/rHe0DSrgy3c
Fukushima Trouble: Japan Hosts "Nuclear Safety" Meeting update 11/24/12
http://youtu.be/ejFMI4P2xRg
Fukushima Nuclear Fallout with Arnie Gundersen & Marko Kaltofen (WTF)?
http://youtu.be/vCOScslesz0
song at end What's The Worst That Could Happen? (Song A Day #1665)
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Published on Sep 5, 2013
Today we feature an interview with Amory Lovins, preeminent environmental thinker and co-founder of the Rocky Mountain Institute. With forty years of energy policy experience, Amory Lovins has dedicated himself to the idea that our energy future does not have to look like our energy past. Listen in as Arnie and Amory discuss transitioning towards a clean energy economy in the US and around the world.
The Road Less Taken: Energy Choices for the Future
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Reinventing Fire: Bold Business Solutions for the New Energy Era by Amory Lovins, 2011.
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AG: Just in the last 8 months, we've had an enormous change in the nuclear industry. We started the year with 104 nuclear power plants and now we're down to 99. We lost the Kewanee plant, Crystal River 3, San Onofre 2 and 3 and just last week the Vermont Yankee plant announced that it was shutting down.
AL: Quite a few nuclear plants are starting to shut down because they, too, are uneconomic to operate. They can't compete with the wholesale power price and that's regardless of what they may have cost to build originally. Because that cost is already sunk and you cant un-spend it. And anyway, it's probably paid off by now because the plants are old. And I just wrote a piece in the April, 2013, The Atomic Scientist about the economics of U.S. nuclear phase-out, and we're in one. It's kind of in slow motion but any nuclear plant that has big repair bills like Crystal River or San Onofre stands a good chance of shutting down, and it's kind of like having the engine blow up in your car and it's an old car and you've got to figure out, is it worth putting in a whole new engine and betting that something else important isn't going to break during the time you wanted to get the benefit out of the new engine. And it's a pretty hard bet to make because as these plants get old, stuff starts to wear out, you get fatigue and corrosion and all kinds of age-dependent effects, there has been a very rapid escalation in the real cost of big maintenance jobs on these plants, what are called net capital additions, because they're actually added to the capital cost rather than expensed. And the industry has been pretty careful not to find out whether that escalation is mostly for upgrading to produce more power -- whether it's a productive investment -- or whether it's more and more big repairs caused by aging effects. That would be very bad news for those who have just gotten their licenses extended or are about to, to go into 20 years of overtime, because it would mean that your license lets you run the plant, but it's not worth continuing to fix it. And I think there is some evidence emerging that for many plants, that will be the case.
AG: The New York Times, Matt Wald ran a story saying that the economics of these plants is marginal right now. And it's especially true with the single-unit plants because they don't have a second unit to average out the labor costs and it's especially true because all these plants are now pushing 40 years. The net effect is that as soon as there's a problem, management's going to pull the plug and shut the plant down. The cost to keep your staff fed for the half-year or year to make a major repair can never be amortized in addition to the cost of the repair over 20 more years to the plant site.
AL: Yeah. This is very different, of course, from the situation with modular renewables. If you had a gearbox break on a wind machine or an inverter break on a photovoltaic plant, it's a matter of typically days to weeks to get the new one in and you just plug it in and keep going. You don't have to worry about radioactivity. It really isn't a difficult repair -- a standard industrial repair. And it only affects one unit at a time. It's at most a few megawatts, it's not 1,000 megawatts.
AG: The big issue here is how do we want our power to be generated 50 years from now. Do we want it to be large central stations controlled by larger corporations? Or do we want people-powered renewable energy? That battle was fought 100 years ago and the big corporations won. Well, with the invention of computers and distributed generation, solar power and windmills, we've been able to turn the tide and it's time now for people to get back involved in energy production.
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Published on Sep 7, 2013
I uploaded this a long time ago (Jul 25, 2012), but in light of Tokyo winning the 2020 Summer Olympics bid today, I thought it would be fitting to re-upload it over here. I kept it under 15 minutes so those of you who have accounts that cannot go longer than that can still upload (remix) it. While the masses pay no attention to the crisis at Fukushima, perhaps we can still inform a few.
http://youtu.be/p9pk42kdL4k
Dr Chris Busby: radioactivity in apartment in central Tokyo Part 1
http://youtu.be/U3YMa391qrE
In this and Part 2
http://youtu.be/oeS5dRkyBi0
Dr Busby describes measurements made on an air conditing unit filter from inside an apartment in central Tokyo. This was sent by a lady in Tokyo who wanted to know if it was safe to live there. The filter only collected air from inside the apartment. It shows the presence of 130000Bq/kg radio Caesium in the dust plus enriched Uranium and for the first time Lead-210/Polonium-210. The apartment was evacuated from the Tuesday after the catastrophe and the machine switched off; and the family returned 5 months later. This and much other information about the health effects and cover ups, including leaked data are to be found in Dr Busby's new book in Japanese: the Horror of Fukushima, published on 25th July by Kodansha in Tokyo
http://youtu.be/AOobTcwzElw
Radioactive Warning! Tokyo Olympics 2020 Don't say we didn't Warn you!
http://youtu.be/Eiygukn7l48
Encountering Auschwitz (2005)
http://youtu.be/1SzuCBVPPZc
URGENT info Japan Fukushima Radiation & What is being done.
http://youtu.be/_fiWE9_SvT8
Fukushima Solves Overpopulation Problem for NWO 9/15/11
http://youtu.be/eo9z9kyxYOA
Fukushima a Warning to the World
http://youtu.be/gyx8uaQG6Xg
Fukushima JP update 1/22/12 (MORE☢ Fail, if you can believe THAT!)
http://youtu.be/CNWD6zZt_7M
Life is too expensive to save in Japan by Arnie Gundersen 9/20/11
http://youtu.be/fzt3jQUYTCo
Fukushima to Evaporate RADIOACTIVE Water! 8/8/11
http://youtu.be/iu9jXfy0Cb4
Fukushima Update for today 9/30/11
http://youtu.be/aNumFDIQCAM
Fukushima Auschwitz update for today 9/16/11
http://youtu.be/bhn0E3Cescc
☢ Low-Dose Radiation ☢ DOE Study
http://youtu.be/oe2fMMaVE7Q
Fukushima Japan TOTALLY OUT of CONTROL!!!
http://youtu.be/sET4fqowKIg
Fukushima solves radioactive beef problem by BURNING it 7/21/11
http://youtu.be/LXE4BJ3StEw
Fukushima Tepco Hires New President (note his history) Update 5/8/12
http://youtu.be/H4hSx9P42V0
Tepco: Nationalized & Compensation & ReStart Nuke Plant AND Raise Rates Fukushima update 5/9/12
http://youtu.be/zg7EcQOJB8s
Fukushima Nuclear disaster report update for 11/15/11
http://youtu.be/rHe0DSrgy3c
Fukushima Trouble: Japan Hosts "Nuclear Safety" Meeting update 11/24/12
http://youtu.be/ejFMI4P2xRg
Fukushima Nuclear Fallout with Arnie Gundersen & Marko Kaltofen (WTF)?
http://youtu.be/vCOScslesz0
youtube.com/watch?v=pYoeVAqdtmI&list=WL337752DB1C00624B
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Published on Sep 4, 2013
***Harsh Language Advisory*** courtesy of Kevin Blanch here on YouTube http://www.youtube.com/user/kevindblanch
The Japanese Government, in all of it's infinite wisdom, decides to give incompetent GE TEPCO a hand trying to calm the public and tell them they have things under control. Clearly they are making a desperate attempt to keep the illusion of "safe" Tokyo for the 2020 Olympic bids this weekend.
South Korea pushes to Ban ALL Seafood and Agriculture products from Japan, based on clear and present danger of radioactivity.
Government of Japan to dump 201 Million to "fix" fukushima dai-ichi... (hint hint) good luck.
Now TEPCO is blaming the leaks on "resin"... Tanks Tepco, Tanks.
Google releases new images so that people will want to help "RECONSTRUCT" THE DAMAGED CONTAMINATED AREA!
Infant testing pondered 2.5 years after the accident. Hold still, don't wiggle, we examine you shortly.
There were a few other articles I chose to delete to keep this vid under 15 minutes for those of you who remix with the 15 min time limit. Basically they were about stuff they were going to do in the future, so when they finally get around to doing those things, then I'll post what they are actually "doing".
Latest Headlines: http://enenews.com
AP: "Major source" of ocean contamination from Fukushima not revealed — Nuclear waste exits from cracks in reactor buildings, then goes into Pacific — Never enters groundwater, flows directly through ground
Nuclear Experts: Situation at Fukushima "far worse than we truly know" — "No one really knows the true severity" — "We don't know anything yet"
New York Times: Experts warn molten fuel may be underground beneath Fukushima reactor buildings — Doubt that it can be extricated
Tokyo Professor: 'Huge' potential for harm from Fukushima contaminated water entering ocean — Warns of severe consequences
Report: Study warns Fukushima contamination "is becoming more concentrated as it crosses Pacific Ocean, rather than dispersing" — "It's making a beeline for U.S. West Coast" — "Scientists causing panic in public"
Reuters: "International alarm" — Fukushima radiation leaks spike to record levels — "Too little, too late" for Japan gov't
Japan Expert: Contamination from Fukushima is traveling "under the seabed" and spreading further out in Pacific Ocean — Measures needed to stop flow
NBC Nightly News: Concerns are growing tonight, especially out West, about the continuing radiation threat from Fukushima — Japanese Diplomat: U.S. food supply stands to be contaminated (VIDEO)
UC Berkeley Nuclear Professor: Work to go on for thousands of years at Fukushima site if they can't retrieve melted fuel (AUDIO)
Fukushima Plume Headed to Southern Hemisphere: Enters South Pacific and Indian Ocean after 2 decades — Will contain around 25% of total cesium-137 release
Nuclear Expert on CNN: "Organized denial" at Fukushima — "Tepco not in control at all" — "Very worrying" (VIDEO)
Professor: Fukushima Unit No. 4 "an immediate problem" — Building is sinking, over 30 inches in places — Extraordinary possibility plant could be back at March 2011 if situation continues — Risk of fission accident in fuel pool (AUDIO)
Fukushima No. 4 fuel pool "is perhaps the greatest threat humanity has ever faced" -CEO
Nuclear Engineer on Radio: Unfortunately, the truth is there will be a large death toll from Fukushima — Damages to be seen "over the next century" — Disaster at plant is unprecedented in magnitude (AUDIO)
ABC: Authorities on U.S. West Coast concerned with stunning news from Fukushima — Radioactive water is pouring out every day and headed our way (VIDEO)
TV: Fukushima could be out of control for next 100 years, says nuclear expert — "Facing a huge problem" — Very, very serious threat from M6 quake — "Scary situation" (VIDEO)
Nuclear Expert: Melted fuel is exiting Fukushima site — Very effective way of it being dispersed to humans far away from plant — Situation is beyond man's control — 3 or 4 times Chernobyl's radioactivity available for release (AUDIO)
NBC: Up to 30 Bq/m² of Fukushima cesium to hit U.S. and Canada — Contamination transported to coast for next 6 years — Concern about impact of strontium-90 (VIDEO)
Governor: Who instructed Tepco to lie for months and say Fukushima didn't melt down? "It should have been explained there were reasons why lies had to be told" (VIDEO)
Reporter in Japan: There is concern over Fukushima contamination polluting entire world, at least the Pacific Ocean (VIDEO)
Nuclear Chemist: Fukushima plant "like a minefield" — Now 1,800 milliseiverts per hour detected in four different spots
FROZEN SOIL WALL TEST TO BEGIN AT FUKUSHIMA PLANT
Japan's government is set to test a project to build a frozen artificial wall at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. Engineers hope the wall will stop groundwater from seeping into the contaminated compound.
Groundwater is flowing into the plant's reactor buildings from surrounding mountains at a rate of 400 tons per day. The inflow is adding to the problems of toxic wastewater onsite.
The government has pledged 32 billion yen, or about 320 million dollars, to build the underground wall.
The feasibility test will start by mid-October at the earliest. Engineers plan to drive steel pipes 30 meters deep into the soil near the Number-4 reactor building. The pipes will be used to surround a 10-by-10-meter plot on the mountain side of the building.
Liquid calcium chloride at minus 40 degrees Celsius will be pumped into the pipes to freeze the soil. The test will examine whether the wall stops the groundwater flow.
Officials will also check for any impact on the surrounding soil and groundwater, as well as how best to change pipes over the long-term.
Japan's industry ministry hopes to finish the test by the end of next March and start operating the wall by March 2015. The government has earmarked 1.3 billion yen, or 13 million dollars, for the test.
Tokyo Electric Power Company has for the first time released video footage of groundwater flowing into the compound. The video shows the water splashing into the Number-1 turbine building from an area near an underground cable tube.
Sep. 4, 2013 - Updated 22:58 UTC
CRIMINAL COMPLAINT FILED AGAINST TEPCO
Three residents of Fukushima Prefecture have filed a criminal complaint against Tokyo Electric Power Company over the leakage of radioactive water from the company's damaged nuclear power plant.
The residents submitted the complaint on Tuesday to the Fukushima Prefectural Police Department.
They accuse TEPCO and its president, Naomi Hirose, as well as about 30 other executives of violating anti-pollution legislation.
The complaint says TEPCO and the officials should be held criminally responsible for their failure to take appropriate measures to prevent the leakage of water used to cool the reactors.
A lawyer representing the residents said TEPCO let the leakage worsen by delaying necessary preventive measures such as building barriers. He said the utility feared such measures would cost more than a billion dollars and cause the company's share price to fall.
The lawyer argued that TEPCO's priority was to save money -- the same reason the utility failed to take necessary measures against earthquakes and tsunamis before the March 11th 2011 disaster. He said the utility must be held responsible for its negligence.
A TEPCO official declined to comment on the complaint.
Sep. 3, 2013 - Updated 05:01 UTC
TEPCO: WORN RESIN MAY BE CAUSE OF HIGH RADIATION
The operator of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant says degrading resin may be to blame for extremely high radiation detected on the plant's storage tanks.
Tokyo Electric Power Company measured high radiation levels near the bottom of 3 tanks holding radioactive waste water, over the weekend. One of them had beta-ray radiation of up to 1,800 millisieverts per hour.
All the high measurements came from the joints of tanks built of steel plates that are bolted together. Workers found resin extruding from the joints. The resin is used inside the seams as a "water-stop" material because it expands when soaked with water.
TEPCO officials believe wear and tear caused the resin to extrude from the steel joints. They say there's no trace of water leakage from the joints, and no high levels of radiation have been measured on the ground beneath.
But they say they will look into the problem further, as degrading resin could result in leaks.
The company has been stepping up monitoring of tanks since a leakage of more than 300 tons of radioactive water was found from a single tank in mid-August.
But increased patrols have only led to more discoveries of hot spots. On Monday, beta-ray radiation of more than 100 millisieverts per hour was detected on another tank in a different area.
Sep. 3, 2013 - Updated 00:45 UTC
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NRA CHIEF COMMENTS ON TEPCO
Japan's nuclear regulator chief has pledged to give stricter instructions to the operator of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant as the utility struggles to contain radioactive wastewater leaks.
In a news conference on Monday, Nuclear Regulation Authority chairman Shunichi Tanaka criticized Tokyo Electric Power Company for making only quick, patchwork fixes to a series of radioactive water leaks.
He said the agency has given spoken and written instructions to TEPCO for improving the situation, but the operator has obviously failed to follow them.
Tanaka stressed that the regulator will use its enforcing power, if needed, to make the company take the proper procedures.
The regulator's chief commented on the leak of 300 tons of radioactive wastewater from a tank last month and said reports on what caused it, how it happened, and how much leaked are still only estimates.
As for wastewater leaks at other tanks, he said they have been feared and suspected, but any signs of seeping water are too small to be classed as coming out of the tanks.
He also referred to the detection OF 1,800 MILLISIEVERTS PER HOUR OF BETA-RAY RADIATION at a joint on one of tanks. He said beta-rays are not as penetrating as gamma rays, and will not go through leather shoes, for example.
THE CHIEF ALSO REITERATED THAT SOME OF THE WASTEWATER MAY HAVE TO BE RELEASED INTO THE OCEAN after radioactive substances in it are filtered to within the safety limit.
HE SAID THE RELEASE OF WATER WITHIN SAFETY LIMITS IS CARRIED OUT BY NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS AROUND THE WORLD. But Tanaka added that if Japan is to release the wastewater, the government will still have to explain what it's doing to the international community.
Sep. 3, 2013 - Updated 09:01 UTC
GOVT. SETS POLICY TO TACKLE FUKUSHIMA LEAK
The Japanese government has decided to spend public funds of about 47 billion yen, or 470 million dollars, to deal with the massive buildup of radioactive water at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Industry Minister Toshimitsu Motegi and other members of the government's nuclear disaster taskforce approved the basic plan at a meeting on Tuesday.
They agreed the government should take the initiative in tackling technically challenging problems instead of leaving them for plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Company to deal with.
The money will be used to freeze soil to create an underground wall around the 4 damaged reactors.
The aim is to prevent groundwater from seeping through and becoming contaminated.
The government will also foot the bill for decontaminating radioactive water.
Of the funds, 210 million dollars will be financed with reserve funds from the fiscal 2013 budget.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga will head a new ministerial panel to address the radioactive water issue.
The government will also set up two liaison bodies so officials can coordinate with workers at the Daiichi plant and officials at TEPCO's head office.
Abe said the measures are intended to achieve a fundamental solution to the radioactive water problem instead of dealing with it in an ad hoc manner.
He said the government will work in a coordinated way, as the world is closely watching whether Japan can successfully resolve problems at the plant and decommission the reactors.
Sep. 3, 2013 - Updated 03:56 UTC
GOVT. EARMARKS $210 MIL. TO FIX FUKUSHIMA PROBLEM
Japanese leaders have drawn up a plan to help the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. They're committing about 21 billion yen -- or 210 million dollars -- to manage huge quantities of radioactive water.
They say they would use reserve funds from the 2013 budget.
Funds will be used for freezing soil to create an underground wall around the 4 damaged reactors, and a process to decontaminate the water.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga will lead a panel to address the radioactive-water issue and the further decommissioning of the reactors.
Leaders are planning to set up bureaus to strengthen communication with workers at Fukushima Daiichi, and at the operator Tokyo Electric Power Company.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will meet with his cabinet on Tuesday to authorize the necessary emergency measures.
Sep. 2, 2013 - Updated 20:20 UTC
AFTERMATH OF TORNADO NEAR TOKYO
People near Tokyo are picking up the pieces after a tornado struck parts of eastern Japan on Monday afternoon. Powerful winds injured 64 people, 7 of them seriously.
The tornado struck Koshigaya and Matsubushi in Saitama Prefecture, as well as Noda in Chiba Prefecture.
Police and city officials say the winds damaged more than 600 buildings.
Firefighters in Koshigaya are going around the city to assess the damage and check whether there are any places that pose danger.
Some people in the affected areas are still without electricity. Local people are handing out rice balls to those who cannot cook at home.
Trucks are collecting debris in areas of Noda hit by the winds -- including a 5-meter-long wooden pillar.
About 90 people spent the night in 5 temporary shelters in Koshigaya.
They include a 74-year-old woman who said her house is full of broken glass. She said she's worried because she doesn't know when she can go back home.
Sep. 3, 2013 - Updated 02:57 UTC
WEATHER COMBINATION CREATES LIKELY TORNADO
Japan's Meteorological Agency says a likely tornado near Tokyo at 2PM local time was due to atmospheric instability caused by warm, humid air developing under a cold front.
Weather officials say a cold air mass around minus 5 to 6 degrees Celsius had built above Japan at about 6,000 meters.
Southerly and northerly winds clashed above Saitama and Chiba prefectures. This created a condition where ascending air currents could easily generate.
The agency's radar images showed cumulonimbus clouds developing in southern Saitama shortly before 2 PM. These were traveling northeastward and flowing into Chiba and Ibaraki prefectures.
The combination increased the likelihood of sudden gusts including tornados.
Sep. 2, 2013 - Updated 09:37 UTC
LIKELY TORNADO INJURES 63 NEAR TOKYO
A likely tornado near Tokyo has injured at least 63 people. One reportedly suffered a fractured skull.
The police and fire departments in Koshigaya City in Saitama Prefecture say powerful winds ripped through parts of the city and damaged more than 320 houses.
Officials of adjacent Matsubushi Town say gusts damaged about 60 buildings.
A suspected tornado also hit the city of Noda in Chiba Prefecture.
City fire department officials say about 150 houses were damaged.
They say winds also left utility poles tilting and overturned cars.
Sep. 2, 2013 - Updated 10:53 UTC
METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY TO ANALYZE ABNORMAL WEATHER
Japan's Meteorological Agency has decided to ask experts next month to analyze the cause of the country's extreme weather patterns this summer.
A scorching heat wave has affected many parts of Japan. In Shimanto City in Kochi Prefecture in western Japan, the temperature reached a record-high of 41 degrees Celsius on August 12th.
The temperature in August was higher than average across the country. As of 25th, it was 1.7 degrees higher than an average year in western Japan. It's the highest since 1946, when comparable statistics became available. While in eastern Japan it was 1.6 degrees higher than average, which marks the second highest on record.
On the heat wave this summer, the agency asserts there is a high possibility this is abnormal weather and decided to hold the meeting on September 2nd to discuss the cause. The agency holds meetings with experts when very rare weather patterns, which would occur only once in 3 decades, are observed.
The panel is also going to examine the latest extreme rain patterns. Unusually heavy rains have hit prefectures along the coast of the Sea of Japan. Precipitation on the Pacific side of the country was 20 percent or less than an average year.
The agency officials say this year's weather had a big effect. They point out that many suffered from heat stroke and water shortages. There was a lot of damage from torrential rains. The officials say they are also planning to release a weather pattern outlook based on detailed analysis of the cause of the extreme weather.
Aug. 27, 2013 - Updated 05:41 UTC
S.KOREA PARTY URGES IMPORT BAN ON FISH FROM JAPAN
South Korea's ruling party has proposed a complete import ban on Japanese marine and agricultural products amid growing consumer concern over the radioactive contamination in Japan.
At a news conference on Wednesday, the head of the Saenuri Party, Hwang Woo-yea, urged his government to take further measures to ensure the safety of food imports from Japan.
The move follows reports of radioactive water leaking from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant into the sea.
Hwang also said that the government should consider a total ban on Japanese marine and farm products until their safety has been confirmed.
South Korea has asked Japan to provide information about the radioactive water leaking from the nuclear plant.
Dealers in fish markets are testing fish imported from Japan for radioactive contamination.
Sep. 4, 2013 - Updated 13:02 UTC
FUKUSHIMA FISHERMEN CRITICIZE GOVT. AND TEPCO
Fishermen in Fukushima Prefecture have criticized plans by the government and the operator of the disabled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant to deal with the ongoing leakage of radioactive groundwater into the sea.
About 100 fishermen attended a briefing on Tuesday in Soma City in Fukushima Prefecture. The meeting was organized by the industry ministry and Tokyo Electric Power Company.
A senior ministry official, Koichi Noda, explained a plan to create a water-shielding wall by freezing the soil around the damaged reactor buildings to prevent groundwater from flowing in and becoming contaminated. Noda said the government will shoulder the full cost of the necessary measures.
He added that the government and TEPCO will assess the possible risks in advance and they intend to deal with them properly.
TEPCO Managing Executive Officer Tsunemasa Niitsuma explained a plan to pump up and flush groundwater into the sea before it becomes contaminated.
Some fishermen asked how TEPCO will dispose of contaminated water temporarily kept in storage tanks in the plant's compound. Others said they understand the need to release groundwater into the ocean before it becomes contaminated but they fear the spread of negative rumors.
The head of a fisheries cooperative in Fukushima Prefecture, Hiroyuki Sato, said they should not decide whether to allow the release of water at this stage.
Sep. 3, 2013 - Updated 12:05 UTC
FISHERMEN LODGE PROTEST WITH TEPCO ON WATER LEAK
Japanese fishermen have lodged a protest with Tokyo Electric Power Company over leaking radioactive water at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.
The chief of the national federation of fisheries cooperatives, Hiroshi Kishi, on Thursday summoned TEPCO President Naomi Hirose to his office.
TEPCO officials acknowledged earlier in August that several hundred tons of highly radioactive water had leaked from a storage tank at the Fukushima plant. They also said some of it may have seeped into the sea. They admitted in July that POLLUTED GROUNDWATER WAS MAKING ITS WAY TO THE OCEAN.
The leakage has forced local fishermen to stop offshore test-fishing activities. They were hoping to eventually resume commercial fishing.
Federation chief Kishi told Hirose that the problem of contaminated water has an immeasurable impact on the future of the fishing industry.
The TEPCO president apologized and said THE LEAKAGE, ON TOP OF THE GROUNDWATER PROBLEM, are things that never should have happened.
Hirose said his company will step up patrols at the plant to prevent further oversights, and will replace the current tanks with those that are more resistant to leaks.
The federation chief later said he expects the government to show leadership in dealing with the problem. Kishi said he thinks the utility has failed in its handling of the crisis.
Hirose said TEPCO, with the full support of the government, will swiftly put in place measures to prevent further leaks.
Aug. 29, 2013 - Updated 04:54 UTC
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2ND SURVEY AT HIGASHIDORI NUCLEAR PLANT ENDS
A member of Japan's nuclear power regulator says the result of its second survey at the Higashidori nuclear plant in northeastern Japan will not change its conclusion THAT FAULTS UNDER THE FACILITY APPEAR TO BE ACTIVE.
Nuclear Regulation Authority Commissioner Kunihiko Shimazaki was speaking to reporters on Wednesday after the 2-day survey by a panel of experts at the plant in Aomori Prefecture.
IN FEBRUARY, THE AUTHORITY COMPILED A DRAFT REPORT BASED ON ITS FIRST SURVEY LAST DECEMBER IN WHICH IT SAID THE FAULTS APPEARED TO BE ACTIVE.
On Wednesday the panel investigated a cross section of a trench dug by the plant's operator, Tohoku Electric Power Company, along a fault called F-3.
Tohoku Electric claimed that the faults were not active. The utility has been conducting its own additional survey.
Shimazaki indicated that the authority will examine Tohoku Electric's extra research before compiling a final report.
Sep. 4, 2013 - Updated 10:57 UTC
FAULTS EXAMINED UNDER NUCLEAR PLANT IN AOMORI
Japan's nuclear regulator has begun the 2nd round of an on-site survey at the Higashidori nuclear power plant in northern Japan. The purpose is to determine whether earthquake faults under the compound are still active.
The Nuclear Regulation Authority bans the operation of nuclear plants located on active faults. The Higashidori plant in Aomori Prefecture is one of 4 nuclear facilities where the geology is currently under review.
NRA official Kunihiko Shimazaki and other experts began their 2-day assessment on Tuesday.
The team had concluded in February that 2 faults located under the facility may still be active.
However, plant operator Tohoku Electric Power Company argued that the faults are not active and requested further debate based on new data they collected.
The regulators will examine distortions in the strata at a depth of 10 meters near faults that run north to south under the Higashidori plant compound.
The regulator said in May that a reactor at the Tsuruga plant in Fukui Prefecture, central Japan, sits on an active fault.
As for the Ohi plant in the same prefecture, experts agreed on Monday that a fault under the facility site is not active. Ohi is the only nuclear power plant in the country currently operating.
Sep. 3, 2013 - Updated 05:04 UTC
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TOKYO OLYMPIC BID FACES FUKUSHIMA CONCERN
Members of Tokyo's Olympic bid committee have been questioned by journalists about contaminated water leaking from the stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant.
The host city for the 2020 games will be chosen on Saturday in the Argentine capital, Buenos Aires.
The Japanese committee members held a news conference in the city on Wednesday that was attended by about 100 journalists from more than 20 media outlets.
Bid committee president Tsunekazu Takeda said at the beginning that he hopes to spread the value of sports among young people by hosting an Olympics in Asia, home to more than 1 billion people.
4 out of the 6 questions asked were about the safety of Tokyo, in light of the radioactive water leak at the Fukushima plant.
Takeda responded saying Tokyo is safe in terms of radiation levels.
A British journalist said Tokyo officials only emphasize the city's safety but had still not answered the question. The reporter called it a grave problem that should be taken more seriously.
An American journalist expressed dissatisfaction with the answer and said the question will be asked repeatedly.
A reporter from an Argentine TV station said the Tokyo officials had answered the question sufficiently by saying the city is safe.
Sep. 5, 2013 - Updated 00:50 UTC
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Published on May 25, 2013
This documentary was shown on German and French TV but not in England. For obvious reasons the English don't want anyone to see it. This is the English version which we hope you will mirror and call attention to. It discusses the effects of sea dumping of radioactive waste on the health of people living on the local coasts, like the Irish Sea and the Baltic Sea, which is the most radioactive sea in the world. The documentary focuses on the British sea dumping in the English Channel Hurd Deep about 12 miles north of the Channel Island of Alderney. Alderney is also subject to releases to the sea from the French Nuclear Reprocessing Plant at Cap de la La Hague 12 miles East of the small island. Prof Chris Busby who was consulted on the health effects of this marine radioactive pollution visits the island with the producers and makes measurements of contamination on the beach. Busby originally visited the island in 1998 with Jersey MP Stuart Syvret and found an excess of brain tumours and also general cancer mortality which was written up as a Green Audit paper and became part of a BBC news story at the time. They were both chased off the island.
Manfred Ladwig manages to get Dr John Cooper, head of the UK radiological protection organisation, the HPA, to admit that they balance childhood cancer cases against the advantages of cheaply disposing of nuclear waste. Cooper also agrees that his position involves a conflict of interest since he is head of HPA which takes advice on radiation protection from ICRP. Cooper is on the ICRP committee. He therefore takes advice from himself. We also hear from Prof Richard Wakeford, ex head of research for Sellafield, but now an "independent" expert, also on ICRP, who tells us the coastal child leukemias were caused by "population mixing". How long do we have to be subject to advice from these clowns?
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Published on May 25, 2013 by Professor Chris Busby http://www.youtube.com/user/drdrwoland on YouTube
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Published on Mar 30, 2013 Sellafield and Professor Chris Busby - INTRIGUE AND DECEPTION CONCERNING IRELAND! by arclight2011 (thank you)
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Petition to Legally STOP Nuclear: Dr Chris Busby
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Breaking! Sellafield, the BBC and EURDEP lie to cover up contamination incident! Irish coast hit!
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Radiation alert at home of dead Russian tycoon in UK — Officers search for nuclear material — Connected to ex-KGB spy poisoned with polonium-210 (VIDEO)
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Sellafield smoke stack incident -- 20 October 2012 -- Picture-repost
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Irish bid to close Sellafield -- Sellafield covering something up!
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India -Scientist: Physicians report increased cancers near nuclear site — Birth defects, still births, spontaneous abortions on the rise!
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Study shows radiation can be bad for a woman's heart
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Study: Nuclear Plant Shutdown Results in 4,319 Fewer Cancer Cases
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To be clear the Massachusetts Governors office is the one using the "shove it out the door while the world is looking elsewhere" ploy BUT its quite obvious that the NRC and our government in general uses this tactic, on a regular basis, as a method of damage control and information suppression.
Remember Obama passing the NDAA on New Years' Eve?
The "Shove this out the door while the world is looking elsewhere" ploy.
Something Wicked This Way Comes: The story of Plume-Gate, the world's largest, provable cover-up: http://hatrickpenryunbound.com/?p=3683
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Fukushima open air fission? Radiation surge can't be blamed just on random leaks
Published on Sep 2, 2013
To be clear the Massachusetts Governors office is the one using the "shove it out the door while the world is looking elsewhere" ploy BUT its quite obvious that the NRC and our government in general uses this tactic, on a regular basis, as a method of damage control and information suppression.
Remember Obama passing the NDAA on New Years' Eve?
The "Shove this out the door while the world is looking elsewhere" ploy.
Something Wicked This Way Comes: The story of Plume-Gate, the world's largest, provable cover-up: http://hatrickpenryunbound.com/?p=3683
original upload here: http://youtu.be/gAEuaTMV4Eg
bonus link for today: http://on.rt.com/tood5m
Fukushima open air fission? Radiation surge can't be blamed just on random leaks
FARMERS:
We are just tilling deeply and spreading the radiation thinly.
We are not removing the contamination.
No wonder that the radiation level has not gone down!
We "decontaminate" a rice field. We measured the radioactivity in the air, it has not gone down at all.
We have not removed the contaminated soil. Of course not!
The environment has not changed at all two years after the explosions.
...
In Fukushima, all farm produce must be checked for the cesium level prior to shipping. The current government limit is 100 Bq. The farmers know how many Bq of cesium their produce contains. We can ship it if the reading is lower than 100. BUT I WOULD NOT DARE EAT IT MYSELF. The consumers assume there is no radiation in the food they buy. What do you say about this? ... We feel guilty about growing it and selling it. We won't eat it ourselves but we sell it.
...
The radiation readings in Tamano are almost as high as in Iitate. In the woods, you find spots with 7 to 10 micro Sv/hr everywhere. The decontamination is being done in limited areas. But there are so many cases when the areas outside the crop fields are not measured ...
Would you feed your children food with less than 100 Bq? How about 50 Bq? Simple measuring equipment would not detect cesium less than 10 Bq. ... The equipment that can measure all of alpha, beta and gamma rays is too expensive. Usually only gamma rays are measured, therefore only cesium. Do you think that consumers really believe ND (not detected) and put the food in their mouth? No, they won't eat it. I do know that for a fact.
....
The government claims it [produce] is within allowed level, but TEPCO doesn't collect data... the government who has authority to restrict the shipment of agricultural products refused to take any actions. There is nothing more disappointing and discouraging! Earlier I asked where your dignity went. ... How deplorable that public servants like yourselves behave this way!!
It [radioactive contamination] is not a rumor. Do you understand? ... Our farmland has been seriously contaminated. As bad as thousands of Bq. I measured my own land. It is there. ... You are not doing your job!
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SAVE THE CHILDREN IN FUKUSHIMA: MESSAGE TO THE WORLD SUPPORTERS
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Published on Mar 27, 2013
27/03/2013
We have been fighting on the court to evacuate the children of Fukushima who are in the great danger each and every moment. The district court of Koriyama City once rejected our request and we are now fighting on the high court. But, we cannot wait any longer. Otherwise, we would surely repeat the same tragedy as it happened in Chernobyl which caused a million death world-wide after the disaster.
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Steven Starr is the Director of the Clinical Laboratory Science Program at the University of Missouri and is an Associate member of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation and has been published by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. His writings appear on the websites of PSR, the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology Center for Arms Control, Energy and Environmental Studies, Scientists for Global Responsibility, and the International Network of Scientists Against Proliferation. Since 2007, he has worked with the governments of Switzerland, Chile, and New Zealand, in support of their efforts at the United Nations to eliminate thousands of high-alert, launch-ready nuclear weapons.
Mr. Starr is also an expert on the environmental consequences of nuclear war, and in 2011, he made an address to the U.N. General Assembly describing the dangers that nuclear weapons and nuclear war poses to all nations and peoples. He has made presentations to Ministry Officials, Parliamentarians, Universities, citizens and students from around the world, and specializes in making technical scientific information understandable to all audiences.
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Published on Sep 2, 2013
When you get a job with the NRC you are expected to lie with dignity and class.
(The complete screencaps will be posted on my website...I don't know why the edge of the 2nd was trimmed off...but 95% is there and you can see what is being said so I'm on to the next video...HP)
Something Wicked This Way Comes: The story of Plume-Gate, the world's largest, provable cover-up: http://hatrickpenryunbound.com/?p=3683
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Fukushima open air fission? Radiation surge can't be blamed just on random leaks
September 02, 2013 - JAPAN - This graphic shows the gradual contamination of the Pacific Ocean due to leaks of radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan.
The simulation, which was run by a German marine research institute, shows the ENTIRE Pacific waters being polluted by radioactive water in just six years.
Although the results failed to grab attention when first released last year, experts now fear that the hypothesis may become a scary reality, after the Japanese government recently admitted that some 3-hundred tons of radioactive water have leaked into the ocean everyday.
Mitsuhei Murata, a former Japanese ambassador to Switzerland: "TEPCO recently admitted to leaks of radioactive water. The amount is much greater than what the simulation had taken into account [10 petabecquerels of Cs-137]."
Mitsuhei Murata, a former Japanese ambassador to Switzerland criticized the Japanese ... but Tokyo meanwhile, is busy drumming up support for its bid in hosting the 2020 Olympics. ... It should step out of the race."
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Normal background level is up to 0.2 uSv/hr (microSv/hr)
-rumorecurioso
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Cesium boiling point is Aprox.700 degrees Celsius, 1300 degree Fahrenheit.
Garbage incineration easily make Cesium gasification.
Gasification; Cesium cannot be caught by bag filters of the incineration facilities.
Chimney discharges radioactive Cesium.
In wet days, cesium is cooled by rain and fallen immediately beneath.
Serious polutions are brought to the surround of the incineration facilities.
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On 31 Aug 2013, I measured radiation around "Date clean center", incineration plant of Date city, Fukushima pref. Japan
I monitored 0.24 micro Sievert per ain air at chest hight in front of the gate.
0.92 micro SV/h at 1m above a "micro hot spot", and 21.30 on the ground level.
The incineration plant is sorrounded by peach orchard.
The monitor indicates 0.46 micro Sv/h at my chest height at the plant side orchard.
The monitorinig place is 65 km from Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear power plant.
Measuring instrument is made of Ukraine, ECOTEST MKS-05.
0.46μSv/h 伊達市ゴミ焼却場に隣接する桃の畑で。2013年8月
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HIGH RADIATION DETECTED AT FUKUSHIMA DAIICHI TANKS
The operator of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has detected extremely high levels of radiation on some of its storage tanks.
Tokyo Electric Power Company announced on Saturday that high levels of radioactivity were found in 4 areas in the complex where tanks containing contaminated water are located.
It has been monitoring more than 900 storage tanks since about 300 tons of radioactive wastewater leaked from a tank on August 20th.
TEPCO SAYS ONE OF SATURDAY'S READINGS WAS 1,800 MILLISIEVERTS PER HOUR. RADIATION AT THIS LEVEL CAN KILL A PERSON IN 4 HOURS.
The number is 18 times higher than the level of radioactivity at the same tank measured on August 22nd.
In another area, radioactivity of 230 millisieverts per hour was measured at a puddle underneath a pipe connecting tanks.
Although no change of water levels was detected at the tanks, TEPCO believes new leaks are possible. It is checking whether contaminated water has reached the ocean.
Sep. 1, 2013 - Updated 01:05 UTC
GOVT. URGED TO ADDRESS CONTAMINATED WATER
Japanese fishermen have asked the government to take strong leadership in efforts to prevent further leaks of radioactive water at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant.
The head of the national federation of fisheries cooperatives, Hiroshi Kishi, handed a letter of request to Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga on Thursday.
Local fishery cooperatives were due to resume experimental fishing off Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture in September, but they cancelled their plans. This is because 300 tons of highly radioactive water was found to have leaked from a storage tank at the plant, with some of the water feared to have flowed into sea.
The federation is asking the government to lead efforts to come up with fundamental measures to prevent further leaks.
It also is asking the government to take every step to help prevent the spread of negative rumors about the safety of marine products caught off Fukushima.
Suga said the government will soon create a new framework for preventing further leaks at the plant and will explain the system to the fishermen's group.
Kishi told reporters that the discovery of the leakage of contaminated water from the storage tank could not have come at a worse moment, and it has destroyed all the efforts of local fishermen to rebuild their industry.
Aug. 29, 2013 - Updated 09:02 UTC
RADIATION SAFETY ADVICE FOR RETURNEES TO BE MULLED
Japan's nuclear regulatory body has decided to compile radiation safety guidelines for evacuees who hope to return to their homes near the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.
The government has designated less-contaminated areas near the plant as zones for preparing for early returns. It plans to allow evacuees from the areas to return home after decontamination work to lower radiation levels and recovery of basic social facilities there.
But evacuees have expressed many concerns about the safety of their hometowns since radiation there will still be higher than in other parts of the country.
To ease such concerns, the Nuclear Regulation Authority decided on Wednesday to set up a team to compile this year guidelines on how returnees can protect themselves from radiation exposure.
The guidelines are to be based on individual exposure and surrounding radiation levels, and to refer to existing standards on food and radiation safety.
The authority's chairman Shunichi Tanaka stressed the importance of proposing ways for evacuees to avoid the effects of radiation exposure and minimizing health concerns.
The government's taskforce on the nuclear disaster had instructed the authority in March to scientifically study how evacuees could return home without worries.
Aug. 28, 2013 - Updated 09:58 UTC
INDUSTRY MINISTER EYES RESERVE FUND USE FOR PLANT
Japan's industry minister has pledged to work quickly on allocating public funds to prevent more radioactive water from leaking into the sea.
Toshimitsu Motegi said officials will study the possibility of using this year's reserve funds to deal with the crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.
Motegi made the comments on Tuesday, the day after visiting the plant. Proposed measures include building an underground frozen soil wall to stop contaminated groundwater from leaking into the ocean.
Motegi called the issue urgent and said the government wants to tackle it quickly. He said officials will discuss the scale and other details of the budget with fiscal authorities so that the measures will not be delayed.
Motegi said the plant operator, Tokyo Electric Power Company, should do what it can to try to stop further leakage. But he said the government is taking full charge to move things forward in handling the leaks.
Aug. 27, 2013 - Updated 07:35 UTC
FUKUSHIMA DAIICHI LEAK RAISED TO LEVEL 3 SEVERITY
Japan's nuclear regulators have raised the level of severity of the radioactive water leak from a tank at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. It is now a level-3 serious incident.
The revision from level 1 is based on estimates of the volume of radioactive substances leaked.
The leak was found earlier this month at one of the tanks storing highly radioactive water. The plant operator estimates 300 tons of contaminated water flowed out of the tank and through a ditch, some of it possibly reaching the sea.
Officials at the Nuclear Regulation Authority on Wednesday ranked the incident 2 notches higher on the international scale of nuclear and radiological events.
The scale is from zero to 7 and grades nuclear events ranging from no significant safety threat to a major accident.
The International Atomic Energy Agency supports the revision. They say the tank leak can be assessed separately from the Fukushima Daiichi crisis as a level 3 incident. The crisis overall has been ranked as a level-7 major accident.
Japanese experienced a level-3 nuclear event in 1997 with the fire and explosions at a fuel reprocessing plant in Tokai Village, Ibaraki Prefecture. 37 workers there were exposed to the leaked radioactive substances.
Aug. 28, 2013 - Updated 06:24 UTC
SHIKOKU ELECTRIC ASKS FOR LOCAL UNDERSTANDING
Workers of an electric power company are visiting households to gain support for restarting its nuclear plant in Ehime Prefecture, western Japan.
Shikoku Electric Power Company plans to put the number 3 reactor at the Ikata plant back online. Last month, it applied for government safety screening of the reactor.
On Tuesday, employees of the utility began visiting about 28,000 households in the cities of Ozu and Seiyo, within 20 kilometers of the plant. About 50 workers are to make such visits each day for one month.
The employees explained to residents safety measures the utility has taken in line with new government regulatory standards.
They also explained the company's recent failure to report for about 2 months that foreign objects were found stuck to nuclear fuel in June.
Residents asked that the company take full safety measures.
The plant's public affairs official Hiroshi Nagao says local people must have deep distrust in nuclear power amid the continuing crisis in Fukushima. Nagao also says he hopes the door-to-door visits will help win support for the planned restart.
Aug. 27, 2013 - Updated 09:01 UTC
REGULATOR ORDERS MANDATORY NUCLEAR SAFETY CHECKS
Japan's nuclear regulator will make it mandatory for plant operators to regularly test their facilities for resistance against earthquakes and tsunami.
The move means utilities will be legally obliged to carry out so-called stress tests on plants and fuel facilities using computer analysis every 5 years. The Nuclear Regulation Authority agreed on the measure on Monday.
The operators will also be required to calculate the probability of severe accidents, like the one at Fukushima Daiichi.
After Fukushima, the government ordered idled nuclear plants to undergo stress tests before they could go back online. The latest move for the first time legalizes those tests for both operating and idled plants.
The regulator plans to introduce the new measures by December after listening to public opinion.
Aug. 27, 2013 - Updated 05:34 UTC
TEPCO: HIGH RADIATION FOUND ON OTHER SIDE OF TANK
The operator of the disabled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant says radioactive water may have flowed out of a leaking storage tank in 2 opposite directions.
Tokyo Electric Power Company found on Monday last week that more than 300 tons of highly radioactive wastewater had leaked from one of its storage tanks.
The utility said at the time that the water seeped out of a low barrier around the tanks through an open rainwater drainage valve on the northeastern side.
The company now says workers detected last Thursday a radiation level of 16 millisieverts per hour near an open valve on the southern side as well. The reading was higher than in nearby areas.
TEPCO officials fear contaminated water may have come out from this valve as well. They've decided to remove soil from a wider area as the runoff may have seeped into the ground.
The utility still doesn't know the cause of the leakage or the extent of contamination. Officials suspect some of the water may have flowed into the ocean through a drainage ditch.
Aug. 27, 2013 - Updated 01:25 UTC
ABE OFFERS KUWAIT SUPPORT IN NUCLEAR CRISIS
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says Japan will help Kuwait respond to a nuclear disaster in its neighboring countries.
Abe met Kuwaiti Prime Minister Jaber Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah on Monday, on the second leg of his 4-nation Middle East and African tour.
Abe first thanked Kuwait for donating 5 million barrels of oil following Japan's 2011earthquake and tsunami.
He said he hoped both countries will deepen ties to build a comprehensive partnership, not only in the energy sector but also in politics and security.
Abe is being accompanied by a delegation of Japanese business leaders. Jaber said the delegation represents Japan's eagerness to contribute to Kuwait's development.
The two agreed to strengthen bilateral ties to ensure a stable supply of oil to Japan, which has been hit by higher fuel costs caused by a weaker yen.
They also agreed that senior officials in charge of defense and foreign policies will hold security talks.
Abe pledged Japan's commitment to helping Kuwait build sewage, subways and other basic infrastructure.
Abe also offered support to Kuwait in the event of a nuclear disaster in a neighboring country, such as Iran. He said Japan would help with decontamination, based on its experience with the Fukushima nuclear disaster.
The 2 ministers shared grave concern about the alleged use of chemical weapons in Syria, and expressed hope that a UN inspection team will determine what happened in the ongoing civil war.
Aug. 27, 2013 - Updated 03:42 UTC
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NUCLEAR EDUCATION & AWARENESS:
The Place You Must Always Remember to Forget - Nuclear Waste the film.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQ3dT7xcMgU&feature=youtu.be
youtube.com/watch?v=PtV75uk77uA
http://tinyurl.com/mf2rwgu
People & Power - Danger Zone: Ageing Nuclear Reactors
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1hEM7KwSRc
http://tinyurl.com/kb4mcya
Stop Nuclear Welfare
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIaE2r2rGKk
http://tinyurl.com/l9877cg
Jeremy Rifkin - a brighter perspective on nuclear industry (keep watching - it's in English)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgFyYkXbHyg
http://tinyurl.com/mg5ln4l
'Kill Nuclear Power Before It Kills Us' - Top Nuclear Executive
youtube.com/watch?v=W1R4jc2wlGs
http://tinyurl.com/mv2uldp
Wyden at Senate Energy on rising sea level: This is a wake-up call for nuclear policy makers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oSfrPXJ2Mw
http://tinyurl.com/k9yg5n6
Revisiting Gundersen: NRC's Nuclear Emergency Planning for the US Has NO Basis in Reality
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dfS-zu4liw
http://tinyurl.com/lxpjkm5
American Nuclear Tragedy: A Little Known Nuclear Facility in Paducah, Kentucky
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1BLMosusRI
http://tinyurl.com/mnzfj78
Dirty Little Secret of Paducah Kentucky (Dr. Helen Caldicott)
youtube.com/watch?v=MB5I2dYT4qU
http://tinyurl.com/l9bw7kc
Fukushima Fuel Pools: Impending Disaster, Solutions, Greed & Inaction (A. Gundersen on Ecoshock)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgwClpAN-T0
http://tinyurl.com/mv9zgxg
Tokyo Soil Samples Would Be Considered Nuclear Waste In The US (A. Gundersen)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyUKSytu3M4
http://tinyurl.com/kdn2ysp
Malice or Incompetence?- IAEA: No Need to be too Concerned re Radiation Exposure
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxIadRPcb5Q
http://tinyurl.com/kzfepf5
IAEA- how should I even Title this BS? WTF update 4/12/12
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQnRCZFmH3I
http://tinyurl.com/lsodh63
NUCLEAR GINZA (must see!!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92fP58sMYus&feature=email
New Fukushima Study In San Diego Released!
youtube.com/watch?v=ZrmY_-SEaTw
A Threat From The North: Canadian Nukes
http://fairewinds.org/content/nuclear-contamination-knows-no-borders
US to Raise Radiation Exposure Limits
http://fairewinds.org/content/cant-win-change-rules
Radioactive waste: Dumped and Forgotten
youtube.com/watch?v=oX_lzoYl9AU
U.S. Military Can't Even Guard Our Own Nuclear Weapons On U.S. Soil Properly
youtube.com/watch?v=hofuRn8_aMQ&list=WL337752DB1C00624B
Tokyo Electric Power Company Visits Hanford Site (lesson in impudence - vote down!)
youtube.com/watch?v=o2ko2aDuPgA
Crisis In Fukushima: Technological Disaster, Or Crisis In Governance?
http://fairewinds.org/demystifying/cleanup-from-fukushima-daiichi-technological-disaster-or-crisis-in-governance
Impacts of the Fukushima nuclear power plant discharges on the ocean
http://www.biogeosciences-discuss.net/special_issue100.html
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says Japan will help Kuwait respond to a nuclear disaster in its neighboring countries.
Abe met Kuwaiti Prime Minister Jaber Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah on Monday, on the second leg of his 4-nation Middle East and African tour.
Abe first thanked Kuwait for donating 5 million barrels of oil following Japan's 2011earthquake and tsunami.
He said he hoped both countries will deepen ties to build a comprehensive partnership, not only in the energy sector but also in politics and security.
Abe is being accompanied by a delegation of Japanese business leaders. Jaber said the delegation represents Japan's eagerness to contribute to Kuwait's development.
The two agreed to strengthen bilateral ties to ensure a stable supply of oil to Japan, which has been hit by higher fuel costs caused by a weaker yen.
They also agreed that senior officials in charge of defense and foreign policies will hold security talks.
Abe pledged Japan's commitment to helping Kuwait build sewage, subways and other basic infrastructure.
Abe also offered support to Kuwait in the event of a nuclear disaster in a neighboring country, such as Iran. He said Japan would help with decontamination, based on its experience with the Fukushima nuclear disaster.
The 2 ministers shared grave concern about the alleged use of chemical weapons in Syria, and expressed hope that a UN inspection team will determine what happened in the ongoing civil war.
Aug. 27, 2013 - Updated 03:42 UTC
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http://enenews.com
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http://www.youtube.com/user/MsMilkytheclown
youtube.com/user/MsMilkytheclown1
http://www.youtube.com/user/redbuttonstudio
http://www.youtube.com/user/ichicax4
youtube.com/user/MissingSky101
http://nukefree.org
http://www.llrc.org
http://enformable.com
http://ex-skf.blogspot.com
http://www.beyondnuclear.org
http://www.tmia.com
http://www.youtube.com/user/Birdhairjp
http://www.shutdownindianpointnow.org
http://www.nuclearhotseat.com
http://sanonofresafety.org
http://www.januk.org/english.html
http://nuclear-news.net
http://nonukesaction.wordpress.com
http://www.radiationnetwork.com
http://www.nirs.org
http://www.netc.com
http://plumegate.wordpress.com
http://fukushimafacts.com
The story of Plume-Gate, the world's largest, provable cover-up
By Hatrick 'Hattie' Penry
http://hatrickpenryunbound.com/?p=3683
Japan Meteorological Agency
http://www.jma.go.jp/en/quake/quake_local_index.html
MEASURES PLANNED TO SPEED UP DECONTAMINATION WORK
The government plans to introduce high-performance equipment to speed up work to lower radiation levels in areas near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.
The Environment Ministry was aiming to finish cleaning up 11 municipalities near the plant by the end of next March, except for areas with extremely high radiation levels.
But ministry officials say they have to push back the deadline for 7 municipalities where work is falling far behind schedule.
The ministry plans to speed up decontamination by introducing cleaners that can recover water they release to remove radioactive substances.
Officials also plan to hire more personnel to obtain residents' consent for the cleanup work.
Difficulty obtaining residents' approval and a lack of storage facilities for contaminated soil have been cited as key factors in the delay.
Aug. 27, 2013 - Updated 01:25 UTC
BUSES HELP MEASURE RADIATION LEVELS IN FUKUSHIMA
Busses running routes in Fukushima Prefecture are now helping residents track radiation levels in the air.
Buses servicing routes through 4 cities started carrying special equipment on Thursday to measure radioactivity from the 2011 nuclear accident.
Researchers at the Japan Atomic Energy Agency developed the system. The measurements are shown in real-time on a large monitor set up near JR Fukushima Station. The information is also available online.
The data is updated every 30 seconds. Areas with low levels are shown in blue. The color changes to green, then yellow as levels rise.
The data can be tracked back to January of this year, when researchers started trials.
A woman in her 60s from Fukushima City welcomed the monitoring system. She says she feels uneasy about changes in radiation levels on windy days.
Agency official Hiroshi Takemiya says he hopes the data will give people peace of mind.
Aug. 29, 2013 - Updated 07:31 UTC
DECONTAMINATION BEHIND PLAN IN 7 MUNICIPALITIES
Japanese government officials say efforts to cut radiation levels around the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant are behind schedule.
The Environment Ministry was aiming to decontaminate 11 municipalities around the plant by the end of next March. The plan did not include areas with extremely high radiation levels.
But officials now say the clean-up will take longer in Minamisoma City, Iitate Village and 5 other municipalities.
They say it is proving harder than expected to get approval from residents.
They also say a lack of storage space for contaminated soil is contributing to the delay.
The ministry says it now plans to finish decontaminating Iitate Village by the spring of 2015. But it is unable to provide new deadlines for the other municipalities.
The ministry says it will consult local authorities before announcing a new timetable by the end of the year.
Aug. 26, 2013 - Updated 04:00 UTC
FUKUSHIMA TOLD OF REVISION TO DECONTAMINATION PLAN
Japan's government has told Fukushima Prefecture it needs to revise its decontamination schedule for the evacuation zone around the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.
The government has been overseeing the clean-up work to remove radioactive substances in 11 municipalities following the 2011 accident at the plant. The current target is to finish the work by the end of next March.
Senior Vice Environment Minister Shinji Inoue notified Fukushima Governor Yuhei Sato of changes in the plan during a meeting on Monday.
Inoue said a delay of decontamination operations in some municipalities made it necessary to revise the plan.
He said the ministry will announce a new timetable, along with measures to speed up the work.
Sato said the change was regrettable because it would force his prefecture and municipal governments to alter their own reconstruction plans, which depended on the plan. He urged Inoue not to make any further changes.
During the closed-door meeting, Inoue is believed to have told Sato that decontamination work for 7 of 11 municipalities will have to continue beyond the target deadline of March next year.
Inoue is also believed to have explained a plan to repeat clean-up procedures should radiation levels rise after initial decontamination DUE TO RAIN or other factors.
After the meeting, Inoue apologized for a failure to stick to the schedule. He said the reconstruction and revival of affected areas cannot start without decontamination.
Inoue revealed his ministry will publicize the plans, including a realistic timetable for decontamination, on Friday.
Aug. 26, 2013 - Updated 07:44 UTC
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Published on Aug 28, 2013
Regulator orders Mandatory Nuclear Safety Checks. As if that is going to make these death machines any safer. What are you going to do for these nuclear plants? Shake them up and throw a ton of water on them to flood them? Making them earthquake and tsunami proof "safe", it just isn't going to happen. Period. Let's say you did a real life shake and wash test on them... wouldn't you just weaken them for future failure? Computer modeling does not work... GIGO (garbage in, garbage out)... You've already got FIFO (first in first melted out)... Get REAL.
Vermont Yankee shutting down for good.
Vermont Yankee is the fifth nuclear reactor in the US this year to be marked for closure. Nuclear plants in New Jersey, Wisconsin, Florida and California are also being taken out of operation as a result of the supply of low-priced shale gas.
Radiation safety advice for returnees to be mulled
here's the kicker: The government's taskforce on the nuclear disaster had instructed the authority in March to scientifically study how evacuees could return home without worries.
Fukushima governor urges govt. to address leakage
Sato told the authority's chairman Shunichi Tanaka that the situation can no longer be handled solely by the plant's operator, Tokyo Electric Power Company.
He asked the government to regard the problem as a national emergency and step up monitoring of the plant and guidance of the firm.
Fukushima fishermen halt test fishing over leaks
But the fishermen now say investigations into the leaks are still underway and countermeasures have yet to be taken. They concluded that convincing consumers of the safety of fish from the area would be difficult.
http://enenews.com Headlines
PI: Fukushima plume to reach U.S. West Coast in months; Measurable increase in radioactive material — Study: Prolonged exposure for California lasting 10 years; Hits Hawaii early 2014... may already be surrounded (PHOTO)
Popular Mechanics: Contaminated water threatens to swamp Fukushima site as it rises to surface — Radioactive liquid will continue entering ocean despite attempts to block it
"Big Problem": Cracked floors in Fukushima reactors leaking into groundwater that's rising and rising and rising due to Tepco wall — "Can no longer be stopped from getting in ocean" — "Worse than that... buildings now on mushy land" (AUDIO)
Newspaper: Nations across Pacific are fearing impact from Fukushima — Many expecting cancer will increase in Pacific Rim — Japan exporting their environmental problem to the ocean
Gundersen: Radioactive plume to impact West Coast in a year — Not going away after it hits... likely to only get stronger — Fukushima will keep releasing contamination for years to come — Must demand officials test fish and make data public (AUDIO)
Study: "Fuel materials" introduced to Pacific Ocean via drains of Fukushima plant resulting in potentially serious contamination of marine environment
Japan Professor compares cesium-137 releases from radiation disasters: Fukushima at up to 77 quadrillion Bq (77 PBq); Chernobyl at 85 quadrillion Bq (85 PBq) — Fukushima releases ongoing
'The Coming Fallout': Experts now fear massive reservoir of Fukushima contamination about to reach Pacific Ocean — "Slow, seeping buildup of a second catastrophe" — Workers can't say when or how they can stop flow
Vermont Yankee closing permanently — Embattled nuclear plant will be decommissioned in 2014 when current fuel cycle ends — Had license to operate until 2032
Nuclear experts concerned about water flow "reversing" due to Fukushima underground ice plan — Even more highly radioactive liquid inside reactor buildings to enter aquifer?
Warning that foundations of Fukushima reactor chambers have been "compromised" — Groundwater rising fast, now just 10 inches from surface
Nuclear Official: Tepco made Fukushima plant into a "machine for generating radioactive water" — Runoff from molten atomic cores now in groundwater, ocean — 'Air cooling' should be used
Japan Times: Extreme contamination in Fukushima reactor buildings 'most likely' mixing into aquifer, reveals Tepco — Bloomberg: Could this flow downstream to Tokyo and present a big risk? (VIDEO)
Water with nuclear fuel coming up from ocean floor off Fukushima coast? Tokyo Professor: 156 quadrillion Bq of Cs-137 once in basements — Double Chernobyl; Getting close to total fallout from every atomic bomb test in history — May be outputting from seeps in seafloor, I don't know (VIDEO)
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Fukushima Prefecture "gets wise" and wants ALL nuclear reactors to be scrapped. That not only includes the Catastrophic Fukushima Dai-ichi reactor units 1 2 3 4 5 6, but also the "sister" plant Fukushima Daini about 7 Km away from there. Jeepers, I wonder what made them be so harsh on the nuclear industry 2.5 years into the "accident".
Oh, here's a good one: if you're traveling by bus, you now get updates on radiation readings every 30 seconds. Because, you know, the wind blows, and rain falls, moving these deadly hot particles around... and for sure, you would want to avoid getting off that bus in a Really Hot Spot... so plan accordingly.... (OMFG).
Fishermen are fucked. They Finally "get that"... WTF.
Gov't urged to address contaminated water leakage... Oh, oh, okay.
Ocean heating up.
reconstruction funds to be returned to state...(Who were the fuckers who decided to reconstruct Fukushima Anyway) Geezus.
More talk about the Vermont Yankee shutdowns with Arnie Gundersen...
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NHK: There was a melt-through so Fukushima fuel is definitely down in groundwater, and that's flowing into Pacific — Americans need to watch, it gets international very quickly — May already be at West Coast — No 'immediate' risk (old video they must have just found)
TV: Mystery spots on Fukushima cows ignored by gov't — Veterinarian: It's extremely important, Japan has to think of what to do with this problem (VIDEO)
http://tinyurl.com/pume8lg
Beef from Fukushima [Prefecture] was still the 5th most traded and shipped [in 2012] at Japan's biggest beef market in Tokyo.
Fukushima plant in national emergency says governor — "Severe radioactive contamination with serious health affects on local population" — 'Global intervention' suggested
Will Fukushima now officially be referred to as worst nuclear disaster in world history? Study estimates Japan plant released 100 quadrillion becquerels (PBq) of cesium into atmosphere... In a single day
Bloomberg: Japan gov't needs to understand crisis at Fukushima is a matter of life and death — ABC Interview: "They are slowly killing us... They know full well it's leaking, but they've done nothing" (AUDIO)
UPI: Fukushima plume to reach U.S. West Coast in months; Measurable increase in radioactive material — Study: Prolonged exposure for California lasting 10 years; Hits Hawaii early 2014... may already be surrounded
Underground water just 4 inches from surface by Fukushima reactor — AP: Groundwater closer to surface than Tepco told officials investigating tank leak
Popular Mechanics: Contaminated water threatens to swamp Fukushima site as it rises to surface — Radioactive liquid will continue entering ocean despite attempts to block it
"Big Problem": Cracked floors in Fukushima reactors leaking into groundwater that's rising and rising and rising due to Tepco wall — "Can no longer be stopped from getting in ocean" — "Worse than that... buildings now on mushy land" (AUDIO)
Newspaper: Nations across Pacific are fearing impact from Fukushima — Many expecting cancer will increase in Pacific Rim — Japan exporting their environmental problem to the ocean
Gundersen: Radioactive plume to impact West Coast in a year — Not going away after it hits... likely to only get stronger — Fukushima will keep releasing contamination for years to come — Must demand officials test fish and make data public (AUDIO)
Study: "Fuel materials" introduced to Pacific Ocean via drains of Fukushima plant resulting in potentially serious contamination of marine environment
Japan Professor compares cesium-137 releases from radiation disasters: Fukushima at up to 77 quadrillion Bq (77 PBq); Chernobyl at 85 quadrillion Bq (85 PBq) — Fukushima releases ongoing
'The Coming Fallout': Experts now fear massive reservoir of Fukushima contamination about to reach Pacific Ocean — "Slow, seeping buildup of a second catastrophe" — Workers can't say when or how they can stop flow
Vermont Yankee closing permanently — Embattled nuclear plant will be decommissioned in 2014 when current fuel cycle ends — Had license to operate until 2032
Nuclear experts concerned about water flow "reversing" due to Fukushima underground ice plan — Even more highly radioactive liquid inside reactor buildings to enter aquifer?
Warning that foundations of Fukushima reactor chambers have been "compromised" — Groundwater rising fast, now just 10 inches from surface
Nuclear Official: Tepco made Fukushima plant into a "machine for generating radioactive water" — Runoff from molten atomic cores now in groundwater, ocean — 'Air cooling' should be used
TEPCO TOLD TO WATCH OUT FOR MORE TANK LEAKS
Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority has warned the operator of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi plant that more storage tanks could be leaking radioactive water.
On August 19th, Tokyo Electric Power Company discovered that about 300 tons of highly radioactive wastewater had leaked from a tank. Company officials said some of the water could have reached the sea through a ditch.
TEPCO officials told an NRA working group session on Friday that radioactive readings inside the ditch have been rising since August 27th. They said higher concentrations of strontium and other beta-ray emitting substances have been found in recent water samples taken from the ditch.
NRA Commissioner Toyoshi Fuketa said the ditch may have collected more spilled radioactive materials as a result of rainfall. But he did not rule out the possibility of more leaks from other tanks. He urged TEPCO to strengthen its monitoring.
TEPCO officials also reported a plunge in levels of chlorine and radioactive material inside a utility tunnel after work began to pump out densely contaminated water.
NRA officials said the readings probably dropped when low-chlorine groundwater flowed into the tunnel. They said this also means tainted water from the tunnel could have been seeping into soil and mixing with groundwater.
Large volumes of contaminated groundwater are likely to be flowing from the nuclear plant premises into the ocean every day.
Aug. 30, 2013 - Updated 10:52 UTC
FISHING RIGHTS GRANTED FOR RECOVERY EFFORTS
A private company is the first to be granted fishing rights in a special economic zone in northeastern Japan. The aim is to help rebuild the fishing industry in areas seriously hit by the massive earthquake and tsunami on March 11th 2011.
Miyagi Prefecture granted rights to a company in Ishinomaki City on Friday. The private firm will be run by local fishermen and seafood companies.
16 members from the company began working offshore on Friday morning to grow oysters for harvest next year.
Fishing rights are needed to farm oysters and edible seaweed, lay fixed-nets for salmon, and dive for sea urchins. The rights are generally restricted to local fisheries cooperatives.
60 out of 65 households in the area where the firm is based were washed away by the tsunami. The lack of new housing has forced many people to move away.
The president of the new company Katsuyuki Oh-yama says obtaining fishing rights will help publicize and motivate the community. He hopes the area will attract people who want to work with local fishermen.
Aug. 30, 2013 - Updated 08:03 UTC
FUKUSHIMA GOVERNOR URGES GOVT. TO ADDRESS LEAKAGE
The governor of Fukushima Prefecture has asked the central government to take the lead in dealing with the seemingly endless problems of water leakage at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.
Highly radioactive groundwater has been found to be seeping out to sea from the plant. This month, more than 300 tons of contaminated wastewater was revealed to have leaked from a storage tank. Some of it may have reached the ocean.
Governor Yuhei Sato visited the Nuclear Regulation Authority in Tokyo on Wednesday.
Sato told the authority's chairman Shunichi Tanaka that the situation can no longer be handled solely by the plant's operator, Tokyo Electric Power Company.
He asked the government to regard the problem as a national emergency and step up monitoring of the plant and guidance of the firm.
Tanaka promised quick action in dealing with the leaks.
Nuclear regulators had ordered TEPCO to swiftly determine the cause of the tank leak and take preventive measures for about 300 other tanks that hold highly radioactive wastewater.
Sato also visited Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Toshimitsu Motegi and handed him a letter outlining similar requests.
Motegi said the government hopes to draw up by early next month measures for dealing with groundwater contamination.
Aug. 28, 2013 - Updated 09:58 UTC
FUKUSHIMA TOWNS TO CALL FOR SCRAPPING ALL REACTORS
Municipal leaders in Fukushima will demand the decommissioning of all the 10 nuclear reactors in the prefecture, not just the damaged 4.
Mayors and assembly chiefs from the host towns of Futaba, Okuma, Tomioka and Naraha have for the first time jointly made their stance public after a meeting on Thursday.
Futaba and Okuma host the Fukushima Daiichi plant, where 4 of the 6 reactors were crippled in the 2011 earthquake and tsunami and are to be scrapped.
Tomioka and Naraha host the Fukushima Daini plant. Its 4 reactors escaped serious damage in the disaster.
Operator Tokyo Electric Power Company has yet to make clear what it will do with the remaining 6 reactors.
Many leaders said they can think of no alternative other than decommissioning all reactors when residents have been forced to live as evacuees for 2 and half years.
The towns plan to file the requests with the central government and TEPCO after their assemblies approve the plan.
Fukushima Prefecture Governor Yuhei Sato and the prefectural assembly have repeatedly called for all the reactors to be scrapped.
The chief of the utility's Fukushima headquarters, Yoshiyuki Ishizaki, said he wants to discuss the issue with the towns. But he said the firm is unable to reach a conclusion now because it must weigh both local views and the nation's energy policy.
Aug. 29, 2013 - Updated 10:20 UTC
US POWER UTILITY TO SHUT DOWN NUCLEAR PLANT
A US power company says it will permanently shut down a nuclear power plant by the end of next year due to economic reasons.
Entergy Corporation announced the closure of the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant in the eastern state of Vermont on Tuesday.
Entergy says it made the decision because the price of natural gas is declining due to the increased production of shale gas. It says the high cost of running the plant is another reason.
The 41-year-old reactor at Vermont Yankee is the same type as the No.1 and No.2 reactors at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.
In the wake of the nuclear disaster in Fukushima, officials in the state of Vermont opposed the continued operation of the plant on safety grounds.
The US nuclear power regulator granted Entergy a renewal of the plant's operating license that would have allowed it to remain in service until 2032. The utility had earlier filed a lawsuit to prevent the state from closing the reactor.
Vermont Yankee is the fifth nuclear reactor in the US this year to be marked for closure. Nuclear plants in New Jersey, Wisconsin, Florida and California are also being taken out of operation as a result of the supply of low-priced shale gas.
Power utilities in the US also face higher costs to keep aging reactors operating in line with stricter regulations following the nuclear crisis in Fukushima.
Aug. 28, 2013 - Updated 09:58 UTC
TAIWANESE MOTHERS PROTEST NUCLEAR PLANT PROJECT
A group of mothers in Taiwan has staged a rally against the construction of a nuclear power plant near the capital Taipei.
About 1,000 women gathered on Saturday to call on authorities to scrap plans for a 4th nuclear plant.
They are worried about the safety of the plant following the accident at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant 2 and a half years ago.
They sang a protest song they'd written themselves in which they express their hope for a world without nuclear plants.
One of the protestors said she will continue expressing her opposition and concerns to the project to the authorities for the sake of her children.
The event organizer has produced a video of the song being sung by celebrities including the actress Lin Chi-ling.
It plans to post the clip and footage of the demonstration on their website. The protestors are hoping to boost support for the anti-nuclear-plant movement before the end of this year when Taiwanese authorities plan to hold a referendum.
The authorities are promoting the construction project which involves Japanese companies.
Aug. 24, 2013 - Updated 13:32 UTC
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A Breaking News Podcast:
Vermont Yankee Closing! Also some other stuff going on at Fukushima that is currently going on (all bad) closer to the end of the podcast.
Entergy just announced that they are shutting down Vermont Yankee Nuclear Generating Station in Vernon, Vermont. We've been saying that Yankee would probably be shut down in 2014 to avoid the expensive modifications that they would have had to comply with as a result of the Fukushima Daiichi triple meltdowns in 2011, as the Yankee reactors were of the same unsafe design. There are 22 other reactors in the US identical to Fukushima, all of which face these costly modifications. We recorded a special podcast today with Arnie and Nat to respond to the news. Listen In
Vermont Public Radio: "Citing Economics, Entergy To Close Vermont Yankee By End of 2014" http://tinyurl.com/oo87fsu
Seven Days: "Nuclear Expert Says It'll Take At Least 20 Years — and More Money — to Clean Up Vermont Yankee" http://tinyurl.com/plnz23c
WPTZ Channel 5 News: "Nuclear Engineer Talks Yankee Options" http://tinyurl.com/ozc4spp
Entergy's Press Release http://tinyurl.com/ka322pa
& FAQs http://tinyurl.com/q9dom73
Press Release: Entergy's official announcement of their plans to shut down Vermont Yankee Nuclear Generating Station
Entergy Corporation announced that it will permanently shut-down and decommission the single unit boiling water reactor at the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station at the end of its current fuel cycle.
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Japanese Nuclear Propaganda Cartoon
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NRA: QUAKE DID NOT DAMAGE COOLANT PIPES
Japan's nuclear regulator has answered a question concerning the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi meltdown disaster: whether a reactor coolant system was damaged by the March 11th earthquake before the massive tsunami struck the plant.
The Nuclear Regulation Authority compiled a draft investigative report on the disaster in a meeting on Friday. Discussions focused on an unexplained puddle of water spotted by plant personnel on the 4th floor of the facility's No.1 reactor soon after the quake.
A Diet panel had said the water could have leaked from the reactor's coolant system due to quake damage. But the report says the water came from an upper-floor fuel pool that overflowed in the quake.
The report says the conclusion was reached when witness accounts matched results of an analysis of how water from the pool may flow. It also says damage to the coolant system would have caused leakage of steam, not liquid water.
Experts at the meeting did not object to the conclusion. But one said ruling out damage to the system without checking its pipes in detail may be premature. Another said the regulator should draw lessons from its inquiry to improve nuclear safety rules.
Commissioner Toyoshi Fuketa indicated that the authority will continue to look into the impact of the quake on the system.
Aug. 30, 2013 - Updated 08:03 UTC
GOVT. TO BOLSTER TAINTED WATER TREATMENT EQUIPMENT
Japan's industry ministry plans to craft a set of far-reaching measures next month to address the growing problem of radioactive water at the troubled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.
Workers at the plant found in July that highly radioactive water was flowing with groundwater into the sea. They also discovered this month that more than 300 tons of contaminated water leaked from one of the storage tanks. Some of the water may have escaped into the sea.
To tackle the situation, a panel of experts at the industry ministry plans to compile a number of countermeasures at the earliest possible date in September. The steps will include preventing tainted water from leaking into the sea and blocking groundwater from entering areas near reactor buildings. Groundwater is mixing with radioactive water in the basement of the reactor buildings.
The plant's operator, Tokyo Electric Power Company, plans to restart a trial run of a system to remove radioactive substances from toxic water as early as mid-September. The operation ran into problems previously.
The expert panel will consider beefing up the treatment equipment to reduce the increasing amount of contaminated water at the plant, including more than 300,000 tons of tainted water stored in tanks.
Meanwhile, TEPCO announced that its workers at the Fukushima plant were exposed to radiation earlier this month due to contaminated dust spread by debris removal work nearby.
A total of 12 workers were exposed to radiation on August 12th and 19th in front of the head office for efforts to decommission the damaged reactors.
TEPCO says the tainted dust came from the rooftop of the No.3 reactor, southeast of the headquarters building. Workers recently removed large pieces of rubble from the rooftop, possibly making it easier for toxic dust underneath to spread.
TEPCO will widen the areas where it tries to prevent dust from spreading when debris is removed. It will also cover the headquarters' entrance with sheets.
TEPCO initially blamed the exposure on a misting machine designed to prevent heatstroke. But it has since found that exposure occurred even when the machine was not in use.
Aug. 29, 2013 - Updated 20:06 UTC
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GOVT. TO HELP STOP RADIOACTIVE WATER FROM LEAKING
Japan's industry ministry is studying ways to help prevent further leakage of radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.
More than 300 tons of highly radioactive water was recently found to have leaked from a tank near the number 4 reactor. Some of the water may have drained into the ocean through a ditch.
Some say lax inspections by the plant's operator Tokyo Electric Power Company led to the leak.
Ministry officials are considering what the government can do to help TEPCO deal with the problem.
The officials are also drawing up government-funded measures to stop contaminated groundwater from seeping into the sea.
They plan to create a water-shielding wall by freezing soil around the damaged reactor buildings, so groundwater will not flow in and become contaminated.
Ministry officials will include the cost of the construction of the wall in their fiscal 2014 budget requests.
They say they will carefully study the cost of the project and how much government funds should be used.
Industry minister Toshimitsu Motegi will inspect the Fukushima Daiichi plant on Monday.
Aug. 24, 2013 - Updated 21:57 UTC
TEPCO APOLOGIZES FOR CONTAMINATED WATER LEAK
The operator of the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has apologized for the leakage of radioactive water from one of its storage tanks.
Tokyo Electric Power Company revealed earlier this week that more than 300 tons of highly contaminated water had leaked. The water is thought to have entered a ditch and seeped into the Pacific Ocean.
On Saturday, TEPCO Vice President Zengo Aizawa who heads the company's nuclear power division, met the Deputy Governor of Fukushima Prefecture, Masao Uchibori, at the prefectural government office.
Aizawa expressed deep apology for the water leakage. He said TEPCO will give the problem highest priority.
Uchibori asked why the company had failed to notice the large-scale leakage.
He said he feels it is different in nature from previous problems, citing the accusation that the leakage was the result of human error.
Uchibori also asked Aizawa what measures TEPCO had taken to prevent more radioactive water from leaking from the storage tanks.
Aizawa said that a valve on a pipe connected to a barrier surrounding the tanks had been left open allowing the toxic water to flow out. He admitted the valve should have been shut and promised it will never be left open again.
Aizawa said the company will ensure its tanks are properly maintained.
Later, he told reporters that TEPCO will soon announce a plan to replace the tanks holding the contaminated water.
Aug. 24, 2013 - Updated 13:32 UTC
TEPCO TO INVESTIGATE AREA AROUND LEAKING TANK
The operator of the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant will try to determine the scale of the radioactive water leakage from at least one of its storage tanks.
Tokyo Electric Power Company said earlier this week that about 300 tons of highly contaminated water had leaked. Inspectors fear the water has seeped through a ditch and into the sea.
The tank is made from steel plates bolted together rather than welded. Visual inspections have so far found no problems with the joints and the surface of the tank. But how the water has leaked is still unknown.
TEPCO officials say radioactive water may have leaked from the bottom of the tank into groundwater.
They will dig holes around the tank and a nearby ditch next week to analyze soil and groundwater. TEPCO hopes the tests will help clarify the route and scale of the water leakage.
The utility said on Thursday that inspections of other similar tanks suggested there may have been leaks of radioactive water from two of them.
Aug. 23, 2013 - Updated 16:50 UTC
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Where do I begin? Expect MORE leaks of highly radioactive water from the hundreds and hundreds of on site storage tanks built piss poor. The entire Pacific Ocean to be fully contaminated in 6 years. Trouble to remove the Highly Radioactive Damaged spent fuel rods in (simply reactor spent fuel pool #4 ALONE) that contains approx 14,000 Times the radiation from the single Hiroshima Bomb. Pacific Ocean already Boiling?... You'll just have to see this report to believe all the problems they are having. Not to mention, they are mistreating employees... so they are also going to run out of workers. It's suggested TEPCO step aside and let the government handle the ongoing crises. The problems they face seem insurmountable to overcome. Too many to even list.... WAY WAY WAY TOO MANY. (way to many to edit today, too)
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Contamination levels skyrocket at Fukushima plant, up nearly 2,000% — NHK: Quadrillions of becquerels already released; "Gov't needs to take charge entirely" (VIDEO)
U.S. Nuclear Insider: Will be challenge to get "what's left" of Fukushima's melted fuel — Eventually they want to limit "material in substructure" from escaping (VIDEO)
Japan Official: Fukushima contamination "increasingly seen as international problem... lawsuits may be filed overseas" — "Gov't should take preventive actions based on a worst-case scenario" says S. Korea newspaper
TV: "Simulation shows ENTIRE Pacific being polluted by radioactive water in just 6 years" after start of Fukushima crisis — "Experts now fear it may become a scary reality" (VIDEO)
BBC website links to report claiming ocean is 'boiling' in front of Fukushima Daiichi (PHOTOS)
Experts: Fukushima "literally a matter of national security" — "This is becoming rapidly an international issue" — "Something must be failing" as Japan gov't not dealing with crisis
"Very clear and present danger": New push to dump radioactive Fukushima water in Pacific — Or boil it in large kettle and release steam into atmosphere for many years — Or do both says UC Berkeley professor
*Experts on Fukushima Unit 4* CNBC: "Far from under control, could get a lot worse" -- Japan Times: "Could very quickly get much worse" -- CNN: "Could still get a lot worse" — "Tokyo, Yokohama, even neighboring countries at serious risk" (VIDEO)
Nuclear Consultant on CNN: "Nobody knows how far the molten fuel went through containment" at Fukushima — "Challenges of unprecedented complexity"
Professor: Fukushima disaster "beyond a cover-up" — Japan gov't thinks they can get away with tricking masses about extent of problem — Officials and Tepco cannot be trusted, they are lying to the camera
NHK: There was a melt-through so Fukushima fuel is definitely down with the groundwater, and that's flowing into Pacific — Americans need to watch, it gets international very quickly — May already be at West Coast — No 'immediate' risk (VIDEO)
TV: Mystery spots on Fukushima cows ignored by gov't — Veterinarian: It's extremely important, Japan has to think of what to do with this problem (VIDEO)
Fukushima plant in national emergency says governor — "Severe radioactive contamination with serious health affects on local population" — 'Global intervention' suggested
Will Fukushima now officially be referred to as worst nuclear disaster in world history? Study estimates Japan plant released 100 quadrillion becquerels (PBq) of cesium into atmosphere... In a single day
Bloomberg: Japan gov't needs to understand crisis at Fukushima is a matter of life and death — ABC Interview: "They are slowly killing us... They know full well it's leaking, but they've done nothing" (AUDIO)
UPI: Fukushima plume to reach U.S. West Coast in months; Measurable increase in radioactive material — Study: Prolonged exposure for California lasting 10 years; Hits Hawaii early 2014... may already be surrounded (PHOTO)
Underground water just 4 inches from surface by Fukushima reactor — AP: Groundwater closer to surface than Tepco told officials investigating tank leak
Popular Mechanics: Contaminated water threatens to swamp Fukushima site as it rises to surface — Radioactive liquid will continue entering ocean despite attempts to block it
"Big Problem": Cracked floors in Fukushima reactors leaking into groundwater that's rising and rising and rising due to Tepco wall — "Can no longer be stopped from getting in ocean" — "Worse than that... buildings now on mushy land" (AUDIO)
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