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

NYPD, suburban forces share anti-terrorism duties

So hundreds of suburban officers now wear small radiation detectors that might catch a dirty bomb headed for Manhattan; Westchester County police scout and share information on potential targets that could affect New York City, like the dam and the Indian Point nuclear plant; officers from the entire metropolitan area take part in terrorism drills and briefings; and they have formed personal relationships that will improve emergency response, officials say.

[link to www.chron.com]

Gundersen Illustrates Fukishima Radiation Spreading World Wide

In a second area of concern, Fairewinds disagrees the NRC's latest report claiming that all Fukushima spent fuel pools had no problems following the earthquake. In a new revelation, the NRC claims that the plutonium found more than 1 mile offsite actually came from inside the nuclear reactors. If such a statement were true, it indicates that the nuclear power plant containments failed and were breached with debris landing far from the power plants themselves. Such a failure of the containment system certainly necessitates a complete review of all US reactor containment design and industry assurances that containments will hold in radioactivity in the event of a nuclear accident. The evidence Fairewinds reviewed to date continues to support its April analysis that the detonation in the Unit 3 Spent Fuel pool was the cause of plutonium found off site.

[link to www.huntingtonnews.net]

Japanese PM to step down

[link to www.abc.net.au]

Suicides stalk Japan disaster zone

[link to www.news24.com]

Iran Has Started Moving Centrifuges To Boost Uranium Enrichment


Read more: [link to www.businessinsider.com]

Entergy tries to block Vt. witnesses in nuke trial

[link to www.chron.com]

TEPCO releases historic Rad readings.

Over 433 sv/hr on 8/19 in DW.

[link to atmc.jp]


Location: Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant
Date: March 11, 2011 (Friday) - 01 January 1970 (Thu)
Latest value: D / W: 97.8 Sv / h , S / C: .693 Sv / h
Present situation Defective meter
Date D / W S / C
8 / 23 97.8 0.693
8 / 22 375 0.692
8 / 21 44.4 0.695
8 / 20 301 0.696
8 / 19 433 0.701
8 / 18 412 0.707
8 / 17 416 0.708
8 / 16 201 0.71
8 / 15 359 0.713
8 / 14 68.6 0.713
8 / 13 364 0.713
8 / 12 360 0.717
8 / 11 52.8 0.718
8 / 10 356 0.72
8 / 09 306 0.719
8 / 08 145 0.724
8 / 07 296 0.725
8 / 06 70.8 0.727
8 / 05 371 0.729
8 / 04 355 0.731
8 / 03 355 0.732
8 / 02 210 0.734
8 / 01 46.5 0.735
7 / 31 356 0.736
7 / 30 225 0.737
7 / 29 217 0.739
7 / 28 209 0.74
7 / 27 289 0.738
7 / 26 39.6 0.74
7 / 25 272 0.742
7 / 24 217 0.742
7 / 23 176 0.746
7 / 22 38.4 0.749
7 / 21 36.6 0.748
7 / 20 39.3 0.75
7 / 19 206 0.752
7 / 18 175 0.752
7 / 17 57.5 0.752
7 / 16 71.9 0.754
7 / 15 81.5 0.754
7 / 14 95 0.756
7 / 13 43.2 0.758
7 / 12 65 0.759
7 / 11 253 0.761
7 / 10 220 0.763
7 / 09 70 0.763
7 / 08 44.5 0.764
7 / 07 37.3 0.764
7 / 06 38.3 0.765
7 / 05 41.9 0.766
7 / 04 264 0.767
7 / 03 266 0.769
7 / 02 230 0.772
7 / 01 214 0.774
6 / 30 197 0.776
6 / 29 37.5 0.776
6 / 28 60 0.775
6 / 27 79.2 0.795
6 / 26 263 0.799
6 / 25 282 0.8
6 / 24 257 0.801
6 / 23 119 0.804
6 / 22 245 0.805
6 / 21 223 0.807
6 / 20 51 0.806
6 / 19 82.1 0.817
6 / 18 226 0.82
6 / 17 190 0.823
6 / 16 291 0.826
6 / 15 262 0.827
6 / 14 269 0.831
6 / 13 252 0.836
6 / 12 261 0.839
6 / 11 246 0.841
6 / 10 278 0.843
6 / 09 239 0.842
6 / 08 58 0.859
6 / 07 280 0.868
6 / 06 253 0.874
6 / 05 87.2 0.882
6 / 04 254 0.89
6 / 03 229 0.9
6 / 02 240 0.911
6 / 01 209 0.921
5 / 31 190 0.929
5 / 30 236 0.937
5 / 29 234 0.945
5 / 28 229 0.954
5 / 27 233 0.959
5 / 26 58.2 0.96
5 / 25 247 0.988
5 / 24 205 0.999
5 / 23 201 1.01
5 / 22 200 1.02
5 / 21 51.8 1.02
5 / 20 46.7 1.03
5 / 19 55.4 1.04
5 / 18 45.4 1.04
5 / 17 218 1.05
5 / 16 45.2 1.05

Location: Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant
Date: March 11, 2011 (Friday) - 01 January 1970 (Thu)
Latest value: D / W: 97.8 Sv / h , S / C: .693 Sv / h
Present situation Defective meter

Defective meter?! 433 sv/hr on 8/19!

Date D / W S / C
8 / 23 97.8 0.693
8 / 22 375 0.692
8 / 21 44.4 0.695
8 / 20 301 0.696
8 / 19 433 0.701
8 / 18 412 0.707
8 / 17 416 0.708
8 / 16 201 0.71
8 / 15 359 0.713
8 / 14 68.6 0.713
8 / 13 364 0.713
8 / 12 360 0.717
8 / 11 52.8 0.718
8 / 10 356 0.72
8 / 09 306 0.719
8 / 08 145 0.724
8 / 07 296 0.725
8 / 06 70.8 0.727
8 / 05 371 0.729
8 / 04 355 0.731
8 / 03 355 0.732
8 / 02 210 0.734
8 / 01 46.5 0.735
7 / 31 356 0.736
7 / 30 225 0.737
7 / 29 217 0.739
7 / 28 209 0.74
7 / 27 289 0.738
7 / 26 39.6 0.74
7 / 25 272 0.742
7 / 24 217 0.742
7 / 23 176 0.746
7 / 22 38.4 0.749
7 / 21 36.6 0.748
7 / 20 39.3 0.75
7 / 19 206 0.752
7 / 18 175 0.752
7 / 17 57.5 0.752
7 / 16 71.9 0.754
7 / 15 81.5 0.754
7 / 14 95 0.756
7 / 13 43.2 0.758
7 / 12 65 0.759
7 / 11 253 0.761
7 / 10 220 0.763
7 / 09 70 0.763
7 / 08 44.5 0.764
7 / 07 37.3 0.764
7 / 06 38.3 0.765
7 / 05 41.9 0.766
7 / 04 264 0.767
7 / 03 266 0.769
7 / 02 230 0.772
7 / 01 214 0.774
6 / 30 197 0.776
6 / 29 37.5 0.776
6 / 28 60 0.775
6 / 27 79.2 0.795
6 / 26 263 0.799
6 / 25 282 0.8
6 / 24 257 0.801
6 / 23 119 0.804
6 / 22 245 0.805
6 / 21 223 0.807
6 / 20 51 0.806
6 / 19 82.1 0.817
6 / 18 226 0.82
6 / 17 190 0.823
6 / 16 291 0.826
6 / 15 262 0.827
6 / 14 269 0.831
6 / 13 252 0.836
6 / 12 261 0.839
6 / 11 246 0.841
6 / 10 278 0.843
6 / 09 239 0.842
6 / 08 58 0.859
6 / 07 280 0.868
6 / 06 253 0.874
6 / 05 87.2 0.882
6 / 04 254 0.89
6 / 03 229 0.9
6 / 02 240 0.911
6 / 01 209 0.921
5 / 31 190 0.929
5 / 30 236 0.937
5 / 29 234 0.945
5 / 28 229 0.954
5 / 27 233 0.959
5 / 26 58.2 0.96
5 / 25 247 0.988
5 / 24 205 0.999
5 / 23 201 1.01
5 / 22 200 1.02
5 / 21 51.8 1.02
5 / 20 46.7 1.03
5 / 19 55.4 1.04
5 / 18 45.4 1.04
5 / 17 218 1.05
5 / 16 45.2 1.05


[link to atmc.jp]

Defective something.

Robot pilot describes challenges at Fukushima plant

[link to news.cnet.com]

Fukushima fallout said 30 times Hiroshima's

Expert paints dire picture of decontamination zone, slams government for foot-dragging

Video footage of Tatsuhiko Kodama's impassioned speech before a Diet committee in July went viral online recently, showing the medical expert's shocking revelation that the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant spewed some 30 times more radioactive materials than the fallout from the Hiroshima atomic bombing.

[link to search.japantimes.co.jp]

Crisis probe has quizzed 126 people

Some 126 people have appeared before the independent panel investigating the causes of the Fukushima nuclear crisis, testifying for a total of almost 300 hours, but it will take more time and effort to identify the root reasons for the accident, panel leader Yotaro Hatamura said Tuesday.

[link to search.japantimes.co.jp]

U.S. Nuclear Industry Tested by Twin Threats From Mother Nature


The temblor yesterday knocked out power to Dominion Resources Inc.'s North Anna nuclear plant in Virginia and prompted 12 stations from North Carolina to Michigan to declare "unusual events," the lowest-level emergency designated by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.



Read more: [link to www.sfgate.com]

US quake prompts review of nuclear plants

The quake was centred 65km northwest of Richmond. Two nuclear reactors at North Anna were automatically taken off line by safety systems.

No damage was reported at the plant, which is being powered by emergency diesel generators.

The quake was also felt at the Surry nuclear plant near Newport News, Virginia.

Besides Surry, the other plants declaring an unusual event were the Calvert Cliffs nuclear plant in Maryland; Peach Bottom, Three Mile Island, Susquehanna and Limerick plants in Pennsylvania; Salem, Hope Creek and Oyster Creek in New Jersey, Shearon Harris in North Carolina; and D.C. Cook and Palisades in Michigan.

[link to www.sbs.com.au]

Quake rattles nerves but infrastructure holds up

[link to www.forbes.com]

Obama briefed on quake during golf round

[link to news.asiaone.com]

Fukushima homes unliveable for years

[link to www.smh.com.au]

Fukushima meltdown provides lessons in nuclear powerplant design

[link to www.rdmag.com]

Half of Fukushima children exposed to radiation say leaked data – but is even that too low?

Information released to the press by an anonymous government official on the results of thyroid gland tests taken on over 1000 children living around the devastated Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear power plant reveal nearly half of them show traces of radioactivity.

Slivyak contradicted the new assurances that there were no dangers to the screened children.

“All of them are at extremely high risk of contracting cancer at some point,” he said.

“It is difficult to trust the Japanese government when last spring it failed to evacuate people for long periods of time from areas that were highly radioactive,” he said.
[link to www.bellona.org]

- heartbreaking.

Virginia Earthquake: How Safe is America's Nuclear Infrastructure?

[link to www.ibtimes.com]

TEPCO Reported Tsunami Threat 4 Days Before Fukushima Disaster

The regulators told reporters Wednesday that the plant's operators, Tokyo Electric Power Company, determined in 2008 that the plant could be hit by a tsunami more than 10 meters high. But the findings, based on a computer simulation of a major undersea earthquake, were not passed along until March 7 of this year.

[link to www.voanews.com]

Couple over TEPCO dorms told reality at nuke plant.

[link to www.asahi.com]

Experts, activists debate nuclear power safety following earthquake

The two nuclear power reactors in North Anna, Va., were cooling off Wednesday after being shut down by Tuesday’s earthquake, but the debate about what lessons should be learned for nuclear safety was still simmering.

[link to www.washingtonpost.com]

'Hot spot' areas found in Fukushima city worry 'goya' growers

[link to mdn.mainichi.jp]

New radiation hotspots prompt Japan to extend monitoring

The discovery of radiation hotspots well beyond the exclusion zone around the Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear plant has forced the Japanese government to increase its monitoring from six to 22 prefectures in the east of the country.
[link to www.telegraph.co.uk]

Fukushima radiation spread as far as Romania

Radiation from the Fukushima nuclear accident, which took place in Japan earlier this year, spread to most parts of the northern hemisphere, a new study shows. Rainwater and milk samples in Romania, a distance of over 10,000 km from Japan, contained traces of radioactive iodine in the days following the accident.

[link to environmentalresearchweb.org]

Excessive radiation found in sea organisms off China

[link to www.chinadaily.com.cn]

"Safe" radiation levels after Japan’s Fukushima nuclear disaster challenged by citizens

In fact, the iodine-131 levels at Old Massett tested above background until early May. Background for iodine-131 is around zero because it doesn’t occur naturally.

And even though the level never exceeded the Canadian ceiling, that didn’t necessarily mean it was safe. In fact, Japan’s five-month-old nuclear crisis has focused attention on a dirty secret of the nuclear industry: its version of “safe” isn’t necessarily the public’s.

The Canadian ceiling for radiation is set at a level that causes 7.3 cancers per million people each year, according to Health Canada’s website—or 511 lifetime cancers over 70 years of exposure per million people. Spread over 33 million Canadians, that’s 17,000 lifetime cancers. (About half are fatal.)

“If it’s causing cancer, it’s not safe,” said Gordon Edwards, president of the Canadian Coalition for Nuclear Responsibility, in a phone interview from Montreal.

[link to www.straight.com]

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