*** Fukushima *** and other nuclear-----updates and links

thank god you're gone atom boy.. are you running out of rice?
I hear tepco pay like slaves................

Last Edited by CitizenPerth™ on 05/10/2013 01:39 PM

Documentary tells real story of Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant evacuees

TOKYO — Two years after Japan’s great earthquake and the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster comes a documentary that tells of the citizens who still can’t return home to Iitate in Fukushima due to the high levels of radiation.

Pouch film critic Kaori Saito was given the opportunity to check out the film production of “Iitate Village, the Problem of Radiation and Returning Home” (in Japanese “Iitate-mura hoshano to kison”) before it was released to the Japanese public on May 4. Kaori comments that the work deserves particular credit for its delicate treatment of the continuing problem of radiation and the depiction of the struggles of the inhabitants affected.
[link to www.japantoday.com]
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Utility urged to assume movements of 3 active faults around Oi plant

The Nuclear Regulation Authority on Friday urged Kansai Electric Power Co. to examine the seismic safety of its Oi plant in Fukui Prefecture on the assumption that three active faults located around the complex could move in tandem.

The NRA made the request as part of an ongoing process to check whether the No. 3 and 4 reactors at the Oi plant -- the only reactors now operating in Japan -- are safe enough to remain online beyond July when new safety requirements take effect.

During a meeting between the NRA and the utility, Kansai Electric denied the need to take into account a linkage of the three active faults, which are located roughly within a 30-kilometer radius of the plant on the Sea of Japan coast.
[link to english.kyodonews.jp]
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Congressman: NRC needs to get serious on Palisades

Congressman Fred Upton is demanding accountability and a permanent fix to the leaking tank at the Palisades Nuclear Power Plant on Lake Michigan, and says that he is “outraged” by the announced leak that escaped into the Great Lake over the weekend.  “This situation is not acceptable and demands full accountability,” Upton said in a Tuesday news release.
[link to enformable.com]
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Nuclear Revival Dying in Europe as Power Prices Slump: Energy

A Czech atomic-plant expansion planned near the German border had been one of the few prizes left for Europe’s nuclear-power industry after the Fukushima disaster stopped projects from Switzerland to Romania.

Russian and U.S. contractors have prepared to bid for the $10 billion contract to build two new reactors, Europe’s largest competitive tender for a nuclear project. Now a combination of cheaper European power prices and carbon credits, falling demand for electricity and concern government support may falter leaves CEZ AS’s project in doubt, analysts and investors said.
[link to www.bloomberg.com]
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Russia plowing $32 billion into nuclear over next two years

When a country sits on the world’s largest proven natural gas reserves, possessing nearly a quarter of the known total, it plans an energy future dominated by natural gas plants, right?

Not if the country is Russia. The vast land with 47.6 trillion of the planet’s 208.4 trillion cubic meters of the stuff is plowing 1 trillion rubles - $32 billion - into nuclear power development, state-owned news agency Itar-Tass reports. And that’s just through 2015.
[link to www.smartplanet.com]
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was looking for that yesterday.. nobody has cut it yet, and there is another i'm on the preview list for, waiting to hear back.

Survival high for young thyroid cancer patients from Chernobyl
More than a quarter of a century after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, many children and teenagers who developed thyroid cancer due to radiation are in complete or near remission, according to a recent study.

Following the April 26, 1986 explosion and fire at the Chernobyl nuclear plant in the former Soviet Union, the number of children and teenagers diagnosed with differentiated thyroid cancer spiked in Ukraine, Belarus, and western areas of Russia. Most of the patients developed the papillary subtype of differentiated thyroid cancer. Although this cancer tends to be more aggressive in children than adults, nearly all of the patients tracked in the study responded favorably to treatment. The study was published in Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (2013; doi:10.1210/jc.2013-1059).

"Even though some patients did not receive optimal treatment initially, the vast majority went into remission after receiving state-of-the-art radioiodine treatment and follow-up care," said the study's lead author Christoph Reiners, MD, of the University of Würzburg, Germany. "Many patients recovered from advanced cancers. Of this group, 97% had cancer spread to the lymph nodes, and 43% had cancer metastasize in the lungs."
Source and links at: [link to www.oncologynurseadvisor.com]

[link to www.youtube.com]

Drill against terror attack on Fukushima nuclear plant conducted

Police and the Japan Coast Guard conducted a joint drill Saturday in preparation for a possible terrorist attack on the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

About 150 officers and other people, including members of a special assault team of the police, participated in the drill, which was held at the Fukushima Daini nuclear power plant, about 10 kilometers from the Fukushima Daiichi plant. Both plants are operated by Tokyo Electric Power Co.

The National Police Agency sees a possibility that the Fukushima Daiichi plant may come under terrorist attack as the plant still has temporary cooling systems after its reactors were crippled by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami.
[link to english.kyodonews.jp]
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Ark. nuclear plant death still under investigation

RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. (AP) — Investigators with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission said they still don't know why a crane dropped a 525-ton piece of equipment on top of workers at Arkansas Nuclear One, killing one employee and injuring eight others.

Workers were moving a generator stator — a large enclosure where electricity is generated — when the crane failed and dropped the stator, said Geoffrey Miller, a commission branch chief.
[link to www.westport-news.com]
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Utility investigating vibrations that caused shutdown of nuclear reactor

Dominion Virginia Power had a crew of about 20 working Friday to determine what caused the shutdown of its North Anna power facility’s Unit 2 nuclear reactor earlier in the day.

The unit was idled April 7 for a scheduled refueling.

The utility was in the process of restarting it, and the unit was at 60 percent power shortly after 6 a.m. Friday, when operators detected greater-than-normal vibrations in part of the mechanism used to start the reactor. They manually shut it down.
The excessive vibrations were detected in the exciter, which is used during start-up to initiate the flow of electricity from the generator to the grid. The exciter spins with the turbines and electric generator on one long shaft.
[link to www.timesdispatch.com]
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Analysis: Levy nuclear plant twice the cost of a natural gas facility

In the long run, nuclear power is cheap.

This, for many of Florida's top decisionmakers, is the Truth. Lawmakers have cast aside their worship of the free market — which long ago lost trust in building nuclear plants — and skewed state law to favor construction of new reactors.

Lisa Edgar is a believer. As a member of the Public Service Commission, she is one of five votes that green-light new nuclear plants, including Duke Energy's Levy County project. The state's proposed nuclear fleet, Edgar said last month, could save Florida consumers "millions and millions, and maybe even billions" over the price of natural gas plants.

State officials repeat the nuclear-is-cheaper gospel so often, the Tampa Bay Times set out to see if the premise is true. The analysis compared the cost of the Levy nuclear plant to a natural gas facility, using a set of assumptions that, if anything, favors nuclear. A new truth emerged:

Natural gas would be cheaper. Cheaper by billions and billions of dollars.

Cheaper even over 60 years and under any likely scenario. Half as much as the Levy plant even using Duke Energy's own projections of fuel costs.
[link to www.tampabay.com]
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Thought I had something new, but nope - Sweden had already posted. Thanks for keeping up on the news!

Last Edited by Southern OR on 05/11/2013 11:21 PM

that's what happens when the car you drive is 50 years old.... and only able to service part of it......

Hi SOR,

Just post what you have, the more sources about the same matter the better and most often necessary to get the full picture.

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LDP to pledge to restart nuclear reactors in policy platform: Nikkei

TOKYO — The ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) will promise in its policy platform to bring back nuclear reactors to service once their safety is confirmed, the Nikkei said on Saturday.

“Nuclear reactors that meet Nuclear Regulation Authority safety standards will resume operations under the government’s responsibility,” the draft document that is being prepared for July’s upper house election said, according to the Japanese business daily.
[link to www.japantoday.com]
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A-bomb survivors pass on own experiences to support Fukushima

"I wonder if I can ever have children in the future?"

These words were written in a note from a Fukushima high school girl to 83-year-old Masahito Hirose in the fall of 2011, outlining her worries about the health effects from radiation. The girl and her classmates had visited Nagasaki on a school field trip and listened to Hirose speak about his experiences as a survivor of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombings.

This prompted Hirose to decide he wanted to use his own experience of living with the impact of radiation to support young people in Fukushima Prefecture in the long term.
[link to english.kyodonews.jp]
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ATOMIC RADIATION IS MORE HARMFUL TO WOMEN

A woman is at significantly greater risk of suffering and dying from radiation-induced cancer than a man who gets the same dose of ionizing radiation. This is news because data in the report on the biological effects of ionizing radiation published in 2006 by the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) 1 has been under-reported. It is more often acknowledged that children are at higher risk of disease and death from radiation, but it is rarely pointed out that the regulation of radiation and nuclear activity (worldwide) ignores the disproportionately greater harm to both women and children.

The goal of this briefing paper is to help the lay reader understand the data on radiation impacts to women presented in the NAS radiation report. Other researchers indicate that the effects may be even greater than the NAS findings.3 This is because the NAS report covers only radiation doses that are from sources outside the body (gamma and X-rays)--leaving out doses from radioactivity taken inside the body. These internal effects result from contamination inhaled in air, and ingested food and water and confirm that the overall assessment by the NAS is not complete.

Nonetheless, the NAS report is stunning enough: it finds that harm to women (cancer) is 50%
higher than the comparable harm to men from radiation doses that fall within the legal limit to the public over a lifetime. Let’s be clear: radiation kills men--but it kills significantly more women. Both cancer incidence and death are 50% higher for women. Non-cancer health impacts were not included in the analysis.
[link to www.nirs.org]

(PDF; 8 pages)
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Brazil and Argentina agree to jointly build two nuclear research reactors

Atomic power agencies from Brazil and Argentina signed an agreement to build two nuclear reactors for research and production of radioisotopes, according to the Ministry of Science and Technology (MCT).

The agreement, signed by the Brazilian National Commission for Nuclear Energy (CNEN) and the National Commission of Atomic Energy (CNEA), is centred on the construction of two reactors: the Brazilian Multipurpose Research Reactor (RMB) and the RA-10 in Argentina, said a spokesman from the MCT.
[link to en.mercopress.com]
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Finally...

Nuclear test veterans win war pensions after four year battle with Ministry of Defence

Survivors of Britain's nuclear tests have won war pensions after a four-year fight with the Ministry of Defence.

A judge ruled this week that men ordered into the fallout zone were injured by radiation in the 1950s and 60s.

The ruling is the first time UK nuke vets have been awarded money in recognition of their illnesses.

They say radiation left them with cancers, rare illnesses and birth defects in their children.
[link to www.mirror.co.uk]
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Anyone living in Pennsylvania?

Exelon to hold open house at nuclear plant

LIMERICK — Ever wonder how a nuclear power plant operates? You can find out by attending Limerick Generating Station’s Community Information Night.

Visitors will see firsthand how Limerick operators harness the power of the atom to provide electricity to two million homes and businesses.

The free event will be held at Limerick’s Learning Center on Thursday, May 16, from 4:30-7:30 p.m.

Station employees will be on hand to educate visitors on station operations; site maintenance; engineering practices; environmental stewardship; industrial safety; radiological safety; site security; emergency preparedness; license renewal, and much more.

Visitors can also tour the plant’s main control room simulator, which is used to train reactor operators.

To ensure the safety of the plant and our guests, the station’s vehicle checkpoint will not be open to Community Information Night guests. Visitors should enter the plant at the intersection of Evergreen and Sanatoga Roads and park in the upper parking lot, which is located just past the cooling towers. A bus will transport visitors to the Learning Center. If you have questions, please contact Dana Melia at (610)-718-3025 or dana.melia(at)exeloncorp.com.
[link to www.pottsmerc.com]

"get your own Limerick Generating Station souvenir badge!
Children welcome!"... lol...
[link to www.exeloncorp.com]
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I think someone is upset....

Thread: The Fukushima school swimming pool that was HIGHLY irradiated?.. proof video the children cleaned it with no protection..... (Page 2)

You are a Fool, the Pool in your Thread is not one
of the Pools mentioned in the Citizens Measurement!

LISTEN, TEPCO SHILLYTWAT. BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT LISTENING.

THERES A FUCKING GEIGER COUNTER IN THE FOREGROUND OF THE "POOL THREAD" VIDEO SHOWING 0.5muSV/h

I WOULD NOT BE OUT IN THAT AND NEITHER WOULD ANY SANE PERSON HERE.

IT DOES NOT MATTER IF IT IS THE EXACT FUCKING POOL YOU THINK HE IS REFERRING TO OR NOT.

STOP TRYING TO DIVERT THE THREAD AND PSH RELEVANT COMMENTS OFF THE FRONT OF THE BOARD.

It does not matter a jot whether the man cleaning the pool is wearing protective apparatus or not, the KIDS don't and you should not be using high pressure spraying to move radioactive waste.

Airborne particulates in the spray aerosol will be bloody dangerous, if inhaled.

This should not have been done anywhere in Japan until contamination had been properly assessed regardless of exactly where in Japan it is.


Sorry, but the TEPCO shills are out big time here. If you don't believe they'd spend $$$ trying to divert a "dynamite" thread like this or the "pool thread" on one of the worlds most popular websites, you're delusional. Well done CP. ( & OP).

@ uk-scum Drinker

We had a triple Nuclear Melt-Down here in Japan,
don't forget this!

true colors showing through again?

your addition to the debate is note-worthy.....

As I was working in the Japanese MOX program, I can tell you from my sources that Japan will not give up it's pluthermal program and will order more MOX fuel from France's AREVA company. Seems Japan did not learnt lessons from Fukushima disaster.

can you PM me ac/fr using contact details in my signature?.. would be interesting to have a chat with you :)

Last Edited by CitizenPerth™ on 05/13/2013 05:48 AM

Better than your continuing Lies!

The Pool we see in Cp's Video
Is a total different one, he is are a stupid Liar!

@French, I also doubt that they will give it up
But why do you still work there?

Why do you serve directly the nuclear Complex?