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Mmm... there are no safe levels...

Fukushima thyroid exposure at "safe levels"

Japanese researchers say residents of Fukushima Prefecture were not exposed to levels of radiation that would damage their thyroid glands.

The researchers at the National Institute of Radiological Sciences explained the results of their study at a symposium in Tokyo on Sunday.

The impact of radioactive iodine on the thyroid gland is difficult to detect as the substance dissipates quickly.

The internationally permissible level is 50 millisieverts.
[link to www3.nhk.or.jp]
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Workers at Fukushima Daiichi drill new hole in torus of Unit 2 for survey

On Sunday and Monday, workers at Fukushima Daiichi carried out operations at the Unit 2 reactor to drill a new penetration on the first floor to insert a dosimeter, thermometer, and camera.  The perforation was drilled in the RHR heat exchanger area on the north side of the reactor building.
[link to enformable.com]
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U.S. To Bury Almost All Existing Nuclear Waste; Recycling Deferred At Least 20 Years

There’s little hope that the 70,000 metric tons of used nuclear fuel dispersed across the United States will ever be recycled, according to a recent study by Oak Ridge National Laboratory—so nearly all existing waste will go into the earth.

In a study completed late last year, Oak Ridge officials determined that the U.S. is at least 20 years away from large-scale reprocessing of used nuclear fuel, if it decides to pursue such technologies. By then, they estimate, nuclear plants will have generated another 40,000 metric tons of spent fuel.
[link to www.forbes.com]
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The total amounts of radioactively contaminated materials in forests in Fukushima, Japan
There has been leakage of radioactive materials from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. A heavily contaminated area (≥ 134, 137Cs 1000 kBq m−2) has been identified in the area northwest of the plant.

The majority of the land in the contaminated area is forest. Here we report the amounts of biomass, litter (small organic matter on the surface of the soil), coarse woody litter, and soil in the contaminated forest area.

The estimated overall volume and weight were 33 Mm3 (branches, leaves, litter, and coarse woody litter are not included) and 21 Tg (dry matter), respectively.

Our results suggest that removing litter is an efficient method of decontamination. However, litter is being continuously decomposed, and contaminated leaves will continue to fall on the soil surface for several years; hence, the litter should be removed promptly but continuously before more radioactive elements are transferred into the soil.

A massive earthquake occurred in eastern Japan on March 11, 2011, and a very large earthquake-induced tsunami washed over the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. The damage to the cooling system of the power plant resulted in several explosions. Radioactive materials leaked as a result of the explosions and the ventilation intended to avoid further explosions.

Radioactive contamination has been widely but inhomogeneously found in eastern Japan, even in areas hundreds of kilometres away from the plant1, 2, 3, 4. Airborne surveys revealed that the contamination spread widely, but areas northwest of the plant, from the immediate vicinity of the plant to approximately 60 km away, were found to be notably heavily contaminated (e.g. ≥ 134, 137Cs 1000 kBq m−2)1, 2.

The two major radioactive elements found to be widely deposited are iodine (131I) and cesium (primarily 134Cs and 137Cs). Because the half-lives of 131I, 134Cs, and 137Cs are 8 days, 2 years, and 30 years, respectively, the decontamination of cesium (especially 137Cs) is now the crucial issue.

The majority of the land in the contaminated area is forest. Forest ecosystems consist of tree biomass (aboveground: boles, branches, and leaves;
belowground: roots), small dead organic matter on the soil surface (termed litter), dead trees on the soil surface (termed coarse woody litter), and soil.

Litter includes fallen dead leaves and branches and their decomposed materials. Usually, several centimetres of litter cover the surface of the soil, whereas coarse woody litter is very sporadically distributed on the surface. Two independent, preliminary surveys conducted by the Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute and Forestry Agency of Japan (FFPRI and FAJ) and by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) revealed that radioactive materials primarily remain in the aboveground tree biomass, litter, and shallow soil (0–0.05 m) in forests5, 6. Removing the contaminated components is a potential method of decontamination for forest ecosystems7, 8, 9.

Although the amounts of contaminated forest components are unknown, this information is essential to reveal the extent of the contamination by this tragic, historic nuclear accident and guide decontamination efforts. Here we have estimated the volume and weight of contaminated forest components in the contaminated forest area by combining forest statistics, databases of the distributions of vegetation and soil types, and compilations of data from Japan's forests.
Much more Data, Infos and Graphics: [link to www.nature.com]

Indoor air quality, air exchange rates, and radioactivity in new built temporary houses following the Great East Japan Earthquake in Minamisoma, Fukushima
The present study measured air exchange rates, indoor concentrations of aldehydes and volatile organic compounds (VOCs), and radioactivity levels at 19 temporary houses in different temporary housing estate constructed in Minamisoma City following the Great East Japan Earthquake. The 19 surveyed houses represented all of the companies assigned to construct temporary houses in that Minamisoma City.

Data were collected shortly after construction and before occupation, from August 2011 to January 2012. Mean air exchange rates in the temporary houses were 0.28 /h, with no variation according to housing types and construction date. Mean indoor concentrations of formaldehyde, acetaldehyde, toluene, ethylbenzene, m/p-xylene, o-xylene, styrene, p-dichlorobenzene, tetradecane, and total VOCs (TVOCs) were 29.2, 72.7, 14.6, 6.35, 3.05, 1.81, 7.29, 14.3, 8.32, and 901 μg/m3, respectively.

The levels of acetaldehyde and TVOCs exceeded the indoor guideline (48 μg/m3) and interim target (400 μg/m3) in more than half of the 31 rooms tested.

In addition to guideline chemicals, terpenes (α-pinene and d-limonene) and acetic esters (butyl acetate and ethyl acetate) were often detected in these houses.

The indoor radiation levels measured by a Geiger–Müller tube (Mean: 0.22 μSv/h) were lower than those recorded outdoors (Mean: 0.42 μSv/h), although the shielding effect of the houses was less than for other types of buildings.
[link to onlinelibrary.wiley.com]

Troy Livingston Fukushima Meltdown update for the last few days 1/27/13

Quite a bit at link

[link to fukushimaemergencywhatcanwedo.blogspot.com.au]

Troy Livingston Fukushima Meltdown update for the last few days 1/27/13

Quite a bit at link

Links and Summaries

[link to fukushimaemergencywhatcanwedo.blogspot.com.au]

sry.. double post

Last Edited by CitizenPerth™ on 01/28/2013 10:24 PM

More bad news from the US.. conceding that they will have to bury their nuclear waste.. recycling and Mox myth....

[link to fukushimaemergencywhatcanwedo.blogspot.com.au]

Tepco said it was a melt through long ago. Many others suspected it prior to Tepco's admission. I believe it is discussed with factual evidence on the original thread back in 2011.

I don't understand what point you have been trying to make here. This accident has and will continue to cause unimaginable suffering and death throughout the world. Do you disagree?

@ Fishy,
i see a lot of Suffering and we calculated
ca. 4.000 Deaths and 200.000 Cases of
Cancer a Generation!

Tepco never said it was a "Melt-Through"
and according to many Reports Nr. 1
molten Fuel is in and on the Saddle but
never left it, Nr. 2 and Nr. 3 is not complete
molten!

Ploerb is saying that all Cores molten through
and the Corium is in the open Environment,
this is not the truth and i think that we need
to stay on known Facts and not on Gossip
and Disinformation,
there was already to many Lies!

and that is falsifying my quotes and defamatory on your behalf.. but hey.. that's how you roll.. rather pathetic when we a re talking a global calamity...

you still here spreading disinformation when it is factually reported by your own people....?.. sad man.. sad....

< atom- boy

melt though links :

Asahi: Tepco can't find where huge amount of highly radioactive ...
enenews.com/asahi-tepco-find-huge-amount-highly-radioactive-w​ate...Dec 12, 2012 – Also, recall that Tepco announced a complete melt-through in May of 2011 ... I don't think they would ever admit melted fuel breached the entire ...


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[link to www.google.com.au (secure)]

[link to thewatchers.adorraeli.com]

[link to www.blindbatnews.com]

IMPORTANT GLOBAL RESEARCH:
[link to www.globalresearch.ca]

[link to www.freerepublic.com]

[link to www.freerepublic.com]


[link to enenews.com]

[link to www.hater] site/story/2011/12/02/1041766/-Let-s-Play-Where-s-the-Corium
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[link to crooksandliars.com]

[link to grist.org]

MELT THORUGH:
[link to www.realnewsreporter.com]

Tepco: We are planning to dump water from Fukushima plant into ...
enenews.com/tepco-planning-dump-water-fukushima-plant-pacific​-o...5 days ago – [Tepco] said Thursday it plans to dump contaminated water into the Pacific .... If only the corium hadn't melted through the containment and base. ..... leak is on-going..on-go ing estimates..is what BP doesn't want to admit.
[link to enenews.com]

Tepco: 68 tons of nuclear fuel melted at Fukushima Reactor No. 1
enenews.com/tepco-68-tons-of-nuclear-fuel-melted-at-fukushima​-rea...Dec 1, 2011 – All N-fuel may have fallen to outer vessel / TEPCO: Up to 68 tons likely melted in No. ... 1 may have melted through 65 cm of concrete… ..... I gotta admit that I only spend a few minutes at a time here just to update the latest lies ...
[link to enenews.com]

TEPCO: Fukushima nuclear meltdown actually occurred just 16 ...
www.naturalnews.com/032437_Fukushima_nuclear_meltdown.htmlMay​ 18, 2011 – ... from the Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) now admit that fuel in ... government report says devastating 'melt-through' has occurred at ...
[link to www.naturalnews.com]

Fukushima news, articles and information:
www.naturalnews.com/Fukushima.htmlTEPCO finally admits catastrophic Fukushima disaster was completely avoidable ..... Worse than meltdown, government report says devastating 'melt-through' has ... as officials from the Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) now admit that ...
[link to www.naturalnews.com]

Last Edited by CitizenPerth™ on 01/29/2013 06:43 AM

Ploerb, this was a original Quote from you on many Occasions!

Just look on the top of this Page (Tritium)

But i don:t mind, you are Tepco in your head!

By the Way, from today:

U2!

@Cploerb!


Now i stop because you are a bad Loser!

Bye, Bye

CP just provided evidence of a "melt through", which Tepco admitted. What is your position now?

Where he done it?
Link or Quote o kudasai

three posts above you imbecile....

I sincerely don't get why you defend Tepco. The only thing I can conclude is that you work for Tepco or you are brainwashed by your government because you can't wrap your head around the magnitude of this accident. Which s it? Answer me honestly, what do you do for work?

Cploerb, sumimasen,
i don:t read "Natural News" and all this Pseudo-Scientific Bs!
"Natural-News"
Ps: the links was edited so i didn;t saw it in Time

@ Fishy,
c/mon, i never defended Tepco,
i just say "let us stay on and with the Facts!

Tepco is just a Name and nothing else,
the Problem is the Nuclear Complex but not a single Company!

And the problem is us, because we decide what is going on
and not some Reptiles in the Vatican or in the City of London!

Only when we reclaim our Responsibility as Citizens of the Hive,
only than we are able to complain,
there is a Time when it is not enough to say
"I don:t like it"!

PS: Do you remember the name of the Company who owned Chernobyl, Three Mile Island, Bhopal, etc.???

you've been an appologist from the get go.. you REALLY think people listen to you?

i find you entertaining bullshit which is why i respond.. your retorts are EPIC....


not only did your thread fail when they worked you out as a shill and a troll, oh, and pro-nuke (being that you say you are not).....

for instance

wtf is this shit?

[AB] now [AC]... (helps him remove himself from previous postings.... nice....

"And the problem is us, because we decide what is going on
and not some Reptiles in the Vatican or in the City of London!

Only when we reclaim our Responsibility as Citizens of the Hive"

go and eat a cheezeburger man, your tepco munch was irradiated....

little hint... you said a long time ago you work with a collective and tepco.. YOU are the enemy.....


you might confuse the JP proud populous.. but not the world... days of WWII plunder and rape are over... guess that's how you get into the nuke industry.... be supportive of a loser.... and cop some yourself.... you are made to manufacture for the US after all.. ring GE and find out for yourself.. your panzy in their arms because you lost big time.. should have been nicer then rape/ pillage and build the burner... see why the chinese and others are titchy with people like you...... i digress...









simple



Last Edited by CitizenPerth™ on 01/29/2013 07:56 AM

@Ploerb,
and you should know the Difference between "Thoughts" and "Facts"!

The IAEA stepped back from "the idea" that the Coriums are molten through in the final Report (because of more known Facts),
like all the other Organisations!

When you investigate a Accident of this Scale you are unable to see the real Reasons in a short Time, you need more Data and Evidences to get a/ the Clue
but the stupid People without Personality like you demand answers Ad Hoc,
this is so damned Stupid and led conducts to Misinterpretations!!!

Okay, they are the nuclear Complex and we really don;t know the Reality but all our Numbers and Measurements speak against a Melt-Through and you are not able to understand it
because you are a intellectual Dwarf,
you constantly miss the real Situation in Japan and in Tohoku!

We here in Japan are Millions of People with Eyes and Ears,
we are not blind and deaf like you permanently and arrogantly suggest!

You have absolute no clue about the Nuclear Energy like we can see in your Tritium Statement which was so unmasking your stupidity!

you really are a retard aren't you.. are you out of high school yet? really?




you do not stand for all the people or are you so arrogant that you speak for your people, because really, from what i read in your responses go talk to the cat above...

the situation is global you lying freak.... and it will kill....




there is nothing you can say that is supportive of your people, and what you speak is tantamount to terrorism appologism....

@ Cploerb,


look for the first Posting on this Page!

You are so damned stupid, it is unbelievable

Here, one more Time!

WTF!

liar...... you had to go AC, because yer an idiot, liar, and found to be so... thought you could slip in the back door... errrrr?

We could continue for hundreds of Pages but i think
this is not fair to do it in a Thread that do not belong to you or me, so i stop!

Because i am sooooo Kawaiiiiii and cute
and you are a piece of Dirt!

you are a collaborator and supportive of long term genocide.. live with it....

Last Edited by CitizenPerth™ on 01/29/2013 08:28 AM

Meanwhile in Japan..

Paper; Gamma Radiation Damage To Fukushima Units 1- 4 Spent Fuel Pools
[link to www.simplyinfo.org]

[snip]

CONCLUSION

We have learned many things about our research on gamma heating or radiation damage that can be caused by the fuel racks being so close to the spent fuel pool (SFP 4) walls. This review has raised a host of questions which, at the time of this writing are unanswered as follows:

Analysis to support moving the racks containing the fuel assemblies so close to the wall and adjacent to the concrete (1/2 inch) has not been able to be found. Not even in the documents to support a more dense SFP fuel loading.
Operation in an unanalyzed condition at NPPs (nuclear power plants) must be evaluated to support the continued operation which must be done at Japan’s NPPs.

SFP 4 has had the total fuel loading from the last period of operation centrally placed in the pool. To our knowledge this has not been done at any other reactors and introduces a critical element of trying to complete assessments on the severity of heating and intense gamma radiation induced on the wall in that location
At this point our assumption is that concrete degradation is occurring in the SFP, concrete overheating, spalling, chipping and chemical changes are ongoing.

The annular space between the concrete and the liner is being impacted by potential hydrogen, Co2, hydrogen peroxide or other gas concentrations which produce new challenges.
In addition to the gamma fields there are also spontaneous neutrons which are generated and may escape the racks and interact with the steel liner or concrete structure.

We have established our choice of the boundary conditions within the concrete around which more detailed analysis can be done. The limit is 2 x10e20 rads of dose for gamma radiation. The estimated radiation level of a fuel assembly which has been discharged from the reactor core is on the order of 1 x 10e6Rem/Hr.
We must take into consideration all of the accumulated radiation exposure that has been received since the beginning of operation for unit 4.