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

IAEA: Iran may be hiding radioactivity
The International Atomic Energy Agency says Iran may be decontaminating soil at a military site in an attempt to hide traces of radioactivity.

Diplomatic sources say the IAEA made the claim to its member states on Wednesday at a briefing in Vienna.

The nuclear watchdog reportedly exhibited satellite images taken at the military facility near the capital Tehran on May 25th. Agency officials say the images show that Iran is scraping the ground.
[link to www3.nhk.or.jp]
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Photos may show Iran nuclear cover-up
A US think tank has published satellite images it says show Iran's attempts to destroy evidence at a military facility suspected of developing nuclear weapons.

The Institute for Science and International Security on Wednesday released photos of the facility near Tehran, taken on May 25th.

Comparing the latest imagery with that taken in early April, it says 2 buildings suspected of being the sites of experiments of high explosives used in nuclear weapons have been demolished.
[link to www3.nhk.or.jp]
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Massive quake expected off Boso Peninsula
Japanese researchers say a massive earthquake could occur off a peninsula to the east of Tokyo, in an area separate from the one that triggered the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923.

The Geospatial Information Authority of Japan reported to a government panel on Wednesday that analysis of global positioning system data shows that the tip of the Boso Peninsula has been moving about 3 centimeters north each year since 1997.

The authority says quake-causing strain may be building up in the area, where a marine tectonic plate slides under a continental plate.
[link to www3.nhk.or.jp]
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Former PM aide Mabuchi says command chain confused in nuclear crisis
Former transport minister Sumio Mabuchi told a Diet panel Thursday that the response to the crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant in March last year was hindered by the command structures of task forces established to deal with the emergency.
[link to english.kyodonews.jp]
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S. Korea toughens restrictions on food imports from Japan
South Korea has toughened restrictions on food imports from Japan, imposed in the wake of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear crisis, requiring certificates of inspection for radioactive substances to be attached to shipments of marine products from another seven prefectures, sources familiar with the matter said Thursday.
[link to english.kyodonews.jp]
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55% against Ohi nuclear plant restart
An NHK survey has found that more than half of the residents near a Japanese town hosting a nuclear power plant oppose restarting the offline reactors.

For 3 days from May 25th NHK surveyed residents of Ohi Town in Fukui Prefecture where the nuclear plant is located. The survey also included residents of 4 neighboring municipalities and Osaka City, the largest municipality served by the plant.
[link to www3.nhk.or.jp]
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Chubu Electric to set up safety research center at Hamaoka plant
Chubu Electric Power Co. said Thursday it will set up a research center within the compound of its Hamaoka Nuclear Power Plant on July 1 to study ways to improve the safety and management of the atomic power plant in Shizuoka Prefecture.
[link to english.kyodonews.jp]
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It's Official — Livermorium, Flerovium on Periodic Table of Elements
[link to livermore.patch.com]

Public Puts NRC On Hot Seat Over Fort Calhoun Plant
[link to www.wowt.com]

No safe radiation level
[link to www.edmontonjournal.com]

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Re: "Bluefin tuna in U.S. reveals radiation from Japan," the Journal, May 29.

There is no threshold for ionizing radiation's impact on health. Even the smallest excess of radiation over natural background will affect the health of exposed individuals and their descendants.


The "safe-to-eat" limits set by the U.S. and Japanese governments are meaningless. There is no safe level of radiation.
Why are we told over and over that low levels of radiation pose no health hazard?

Cecily Mills, PhD microbiology, Edmonton

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Well.. she should know.

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It's raining right now. I used to love the rain. Not so much anymore.

Japan’s 3/11 quake, tsunami caused atmosphere disturbance
[link to japandailypress.com]


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NASA has reported that not only did last year’s March earthquake and tsunami destroy northern Japan’s Tohoku region, it also wreaked havoc on the atmosphere. The energy was so great from one of the Earth’s worst earthquakes and resulting tsunami, that disturbances were recorded in the ionosphere, the upper atmosphere that is roughly 50 to 500 miles above the surface of the planet.

Images revealed on Friday by NASA show that forces from the earthly disruptions were reflected in the movements of electrons far above. These movements were monitored by satellites and receivers on the ground by studying the GPS signals sent back and forth.

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Energy plot. [link to nctr.pmel.noaa.gov]
[link to www.eqclearinghouse.org]

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Yeah.. me too..

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waterbug

Well, I don't know how much other earthquakes or tsunamis affect the ionosphere, but nuclear devices often do even if they are far from the ionosphere, by virtue of their EMF pulse.

Last Edited by ehecatl on 06/01/2012 01:14 AM

Japan to make more plutonium despite big stockpile

[link to www.seattlepi.com]

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In the meantime, Japan's plutonium stockpile — most of which is stored in France and Britain — has swelled despite Tokyo's promise to international regulators not to produce a plutonium surplus.

Its plutonium holdings have increased fivefold from about 7 tons in 1993 to 37 tons at the end of 2010. Japan initially said the stockpile would shrink rapidly in early 2000s as its fuel cycle kicked in, but that hasn't happened.

Critics argue that since no additional spent fuel is being created, and there are questions about how the plutonium would be used, this is not a good time start producing more. They also say it makes no sense for Japan to minimize its plutonium glut by calling it a "stockpile" rather than a "surplus."

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There ought to be some way to confirm a nuke. Maybe that is the way..

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Nuclear waste: Researchers are devising new ways to deal with the byproducts of nuclear power. But it is not just a technological problem
[link to www.economist.com]

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THE accident at the Fukushima nuclear power-station in Japan last year, the worst since the explosion at Chernobyl in 1986, has led many countries to reconsider their commitment to nuclear power. It has also drawn new attention to the enduring problem of dealing with nuclear waste. Around 270,000 tonnes of high-level waste, mostly spent fuel, are in temporary storage around the world. Another 10,000 tonnes of waste are added each year, according to the World Nuclear Association, an industry body.

But it might make sense to bury waste deep in the seabed. Using modern equipment for undersea oil-and-gas drilling, canisters could be buried far from volcanic areas in holes plugged with seabed clay. If buried in a subduction fault, the movement of one tectonic plate sliding below another would push the canisters down into the Earth’s mantle at a rate of about ten centimetres a year. America cut off funding for seabed-disposal research in 1986, and other countries followed suit. But some people have continued to develop the idea.

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I have suggested this in the past. Let the earth eat it.

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Senate accelerating confirmation for Nuclear Regulatory Commission nominee
[link to www.govexec.com]

House members slam Obama on closing Yucca Mountain nuclear waste site
[link to thehill.com]

Gov't to send Hosono to Fukui on Mon. or later over restart of reactors
The government plans to send nuclear disaster minister Goshi Hosono to Fukui Prefecture on Monday or later to lay the groundwork for securing local consent for the restart of two idled reactors there, sources close to the matter said Friday.
[link to english.kyodonews.jp]
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Ex-TEPCO president Shimizu to testify to nuclear accident probe panel
Former Tokyo Electric Power Co. President Masataka Shimizu is scheduled to testify publicly next Friday to a Diet-appointed panel investigating the crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, the panel said Friday.
[link to english.kyodonews.jp]
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Oettinger on Japan-EU nuclear energy cooperation
EU Energy Commissioner Guenther Oettinger has stressed that the European Union wants to deepen cooperation with Japan to strengthen the safety of nuclear power plants.

Oettinger spoke to NHK and other media in Brussels before his planned visit to Japan next Thursday and Friday. Oettinger is scheduled to meet Japan's Industry Minister Yukio Edano during his visit.

Oettinger said the EU is now conducting stress tests on nuclear plants in case of emergencies across the region. This was prompted by last year's accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in northeastern Japan.
[link to www3.nhk.or.jp]
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Vessels to build wind farm in Japan
A Japanese company is building an offshore wind farm farther off the coast than existing farms.

The company is investing about 57 million dollars to build 8 turbines with special vessels off the coast of Kamisu City, Ibaraki Prefecture.

As wind power generation gains momentum in Japan, the government will introduce a law in July to oblige power utilities to buy all the electricity generated by natural sources of energy at fixed prices for certain periods.
[link to www3.nhk.or.jp]
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these Japanese will sell the Radio Active Water to Africa like they did for their Contaminated Soil.

nobody looks for that but mee :) Japanese are very terrible

I'll re-post the video of the Ionosphere 300 Kms above Japan before,during and after the Tsunami..I posted this originally a long time ago:

[link to www.youtube.com]

This is why I believe the Tsunami was actually Tidal in Nature rather than being caused by an Earthquake.

Last Edited by Spittin'Cesium on 06/01/2012 08:19 PM

It appears from this video that there is steam again coming from Unit No.1 at the Daiichi Complex:


[link to www.youtube.com]

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BTW, Ehecatl.
Isn't it odd that AA stopped posting on the 16th, just before I posted the soho M-flare and neutron monitor data on his thread? You posted more data right after me.
Then we had the pulse thing. Got me wondering.

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Yeah. We haven't the whole story yet, I presume.

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Warm shutdown..?

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