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

Fukushima village prepares for repopulation
A village designated as an evacuation zone in the aftermath of last year's nuclear accident at the Fukushima Daiichi plant is calling on its residents to come home.

The central government lifted its ban on entering Kawauchi Village in Fukushima Prefecture on Sunday, allowing free access to all parts of the village. Almost all of the village's approximately 3,000 residents fled after the accident. About 2,700, or 90 percent, have not yet returned for fear of radiation contamination and other concerns.
[link to www3.nhk.or.jp]
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Prefectures preparing for tighter cesium standards
An NHK survey shows that around half of Japan's prefectures are strengthening measures to inspect food to meet the nation's tighter standards for radioactive cesium in food products.

NHK conducted the survey on 47 prefectures ahead of Sunday's introduction of the new guidelines.

33 prefectures said they will conduct regular inspections. 21 of them said they had installed more devices or established new sections in charge of radiation checks.
[link to www3.nhk.or.jp]
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Decontamination work ramped up
Japan's Environment Ministry is launching new branch offices to speed up decontamination work around the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

The ministry on Monday opened 5 new branches in Fukushima Prefecture.

The offices will cover 60 municipalities in Fukushima as well as in neighboring Miyagi and Iwate prefectures.
[link to www3.nhk.or.jp]
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and there was nothing to be worried about right?....

ty for continued updats....

awesome shilling tepco owes you big

i suggest a tepco bonus march you are on every fuku thread overtime man take a break or Seppuku

Noda: Safety is top priority to restart reactors
Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda says he will place top priority on nuclear safety in deciding the restart of 2 idled reactors in western Japan.

He said the decision to restart the reactors will be made after taking into account opinion of local residents. He added that he and his Cabinet ministers will judge the matter in a comprehensive way.
[link to www3.nhk.or.jp]
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NISA calls on Chubu utility to prepare for tsunami
Japan's nuclear safety agency has instructed Chubu Electric Power Company to implement comprehensive measures to protect its Hamaoka nuclear power plant from tsunami as tall as 21 meters.

The instruction comes after a government panel last Friday revised upward its prediction about the likely intensity of a major earthquake expected along the Nankai Trough in the Pacific Ocean. It also raised the maximum height of tsunami that could be triggered by such a mega-quake.
[link to www3.nhk.or.jp]
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90% drop in free bird migrations over western japan, however more studies need to longditudinaly put in place t ensure the accuracy of such results....

You are killing People with false hope A.B.

Sorry..here is a reminder of your local Flower Shop.



See that A.B?

That's a shit load of Nuclear Fuel shot Sky High.

But no,according to you we must just smile,eat Sushi and shit Glow Sticks.

Care about your babies?

Boycott Japan.

You are also "Nuclear Fuel"!

This is just a explosion of Gases and nothing else!

The rest of your posting is a cheap reactionary Action
and will kill all the small Businesses in Japan!

You remind me of Aums' Cult of the Supreme Truth.

Hopeless denial or pure evil.

Yakuza much?

I'd wager you are not even Japanese.

'Just an explosion of Gases and nothing else'..WTF!?

Not even the dumbest couldnt' understand the process of what caused that explosion.

What was housed in the Upper Section of the Building that you just saw blasted to at least 200 Meters into the heavens?

Why do you think it continued on a perfect upwards trajectory?

Deflagration or detonation yakuza boy?

Last Edited by Spittin'Cesium on 04/03/2012 08:17 AM

Your opinion is only shared by the People who belief
also in Nibiru but not with the scientific Community!

But i don't mind, you belief in a nuclear Explosion
and i don't, please let me say
that the radioactive Contamination around the whole Prefecture
would be Ultra Hardcore High
when your imagination
would be right but until now it is not so!

Last Edited by The real and almighty Atom-Boy on 04/03/2012 11:06 AM

Rosatom chief offers help for Fukushima accident
The head of Russia's state atomic energy corporation says Russia is willing to help Japan deal with the aftermath of the nuclear accident in Fukushima.

Rosatom Director General Sergey Kirienko met reporters on Tuesday before wrapping up his visit to Japan.

He came to the country to sign a pact that enables Japan and Russia to exchange or transfer nuclear power technology and trade nuclear materials.
[link to www3.nhk.or.jp]
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Noda orders drafting nuclear safety standards
Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda has instructed a minister to draw up new standards for nuclear safety as a precondition for resuming the operation of 2 reactors at a nuclear power plant along the Japan Sea coast.

On Tuesday, Noda and 3 ministers concerned discussed the Nuclear Safety Commission's favorable assessment of the first round of stress tests on the reactors at the Ohi nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture.
[link to www3.nhk.or.jp]
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his sig used to say - Me- Japanese- sorry, don't!

Sweden - thanks for continuing to post good information. I really appreciate it, even though you beat me to the punch daily. LOL! I think if these 2 countries can find a way to work together it would be a great thing. Russia's experience with Chernobyl is the closest point of reference for Japan.

Massive storm leaves four dead in Japan

April 04, 2012
3:53PM

A HUGE storm has left at least four people dead in Japan, officials and reports say, as wind and rain batters the nation.
The storm is covering all of the north of Japan's main island of Honshu and much of the northernmost island of Hokkaido, buffeting the region with strong winds caused by what meteorologists say is a severe low-pressure system.
In Niigata prefecture on Honshu's northwest, gusts of up to 156.6km/h were recorded.
At least four people died in the violent weather, the disaster management agency and local media said.
They included a 96-year-old man in Iwate prefecture who fell from the roof of a three-storey house during high winds and a 28-year-old woman in Miyagi who was hit by a falling tree, Jiji Press and NTV said.
The storm temporarily reduced electricity supplies to the Onagawa nuclear power plant, in Miyagi prefecture, halting the cooling system for a fuel pool, operator Tohoku-Electric Power Co said.
Plant workers manually restarted the cooling system after about 20 minutes, it said.
"There was no problem in the operation,'' a company spokesman said.
All reactors at the plant are currently idle.
Transport systems were widely disrupted on Tuesday as the storm moved through Japan, with hundreds of flights grounded and train services cancelled.

[link to www.news.com.au]

not to mention the 400% spike in radioctive detection in Tokyo.....

Video shows dark smoke from Fukushima Daiichi blowing over Japan on Mar. 15, 2011 after explosion at Reactor No. 3 (VIDEO)
April 4th, 2012


This video is made from a number of 234 webcam pictures shot during the past two weeks at the TEPCO nuclear power plant in Fukushima, Japan.

The pictures are taken from the well known webcam (featured in many press releases). From 5am to 7pm one picture is shot each hour...
[link to enenews.com]


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Reconstruction minister suggests no-return zone
Japan's reconstruction minister has hinted unofficially that some areas near the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant may have to be declared off-limits indefinitely.

Hirano suggested that some areas may remain unsafe indefinitely because a large amount of highly radioactive waste water is being stored at the nuclear complex.

Hirano's view differs from that of the government, which has recently re-zoned Fukushima's evacuation areas based on how long it will take to make them habitable.
[link to www3.nhk.or.jp]
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OPINION: Reconsidering the Rokkasho Reprocessing Plant
By Frank von Hippel
PRINCETON, New Jersey, March 13, Kyodo

While reconsidering the future of nuclear power, Japan should not forget the troubled 2 trillion yen Rokkasho Reprocessing Plant in Aomori Prefecture.

The plant has not yet gone into full operation because it still cannot solidify liquid radioactive waste produces.

According to Japan's Atomic Energy Commission, not operating it would reduce Japan's electricity costs by 6-7 trillion yen over the plant's life cycle. There would still be jobs for Rokkasho Village for decades since 1.5 trillion yen would be required to decontaminate the plant.

The plant was originally supposed to recover plutonium from spent nuclear fuel to provide startup fuel for a new generation of plutonium breeder reactors like Japan's Monju reactor.

A better and much less costly solution would be to use the type of dry storage that most other countries are turning to. In any case, spent fuel at reactor sites should be placed in massive dry casks as soon as possible for safety reasons.

Storing it in cooling pools longer than necessary can create safety problems. The spent fuel stored in casks at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant was not in the news because there were no concerns about its safety.
[link to english.kyodonews.jp]
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Nuclear Spent Fuel Storage Installation Error


Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation, Virginia Electric and Power Company: North Anna Power Station Units 1 and 2

Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation, Virginia Electric and Power Company, Surry Power Station Units 1 and 2
[link to cryptome.org]
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Nuke plant owners to pay out up to £1bn per balls-up
Nuclear operators are to be liable for damages amounting up to seven times the current limit in the event of a nuclear incident, the Government has confirmed.

A phased increase to a limit of €1.2bn (£999m) will be introduced over five years following the coming into force of an international treaty on nuclear third party liability. Liability will initially be capped at €700m and will rise by a further €100m each year until the €1.2bn level is reached. Currently, operator liability is limited to £140m per incident.
[link to www.theregister.co.uk]
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yes, Reactor 1 was a hydrogen explosion.

Reactor 3 was a nuclear explosion. (.02 kilotons)

we are so screwed