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citizenperth User ID: 21447419 Australia 08/20/2012 05:21 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | lions club.. cup o' tea love? It's life as we know it, but only just. [link to citizenperth.wordpress.com] sic ut vos es vos should exsisto , denego alius vicis facio vos change , exsisto youself , proprie |
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Waterbug (OP) User ID: 1295673 United States 08/20/2012 11:23 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Photos of Mushroom Clouds as Seen from 1950s Las Vegas [link to io9.com] |
Waterbug (OP) User ID: 1295673 United States 08/20/2012 11:25 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Designed for disaster: San Onofre nuclear plant could become California’s Fukushima [link to prn.fm] |
citizenperth User ID: 21447419 Australia 08/20/2012 11:29 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | good post on fukushima as it travels.... [link to www.pakalertpress.com] It's life as we know it, but only just. [link to citizenperth.wordpress.com] sic ut vos es vos should exsisto , denego alius vicis facio vos change , exsisto youself , proprie |
Southern OR User ID: 20471008 United States 08/20/2012 11:31 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Nuclear power industry's shady payments since Fukushima crisis The nuclear power industry has made behind-the-scenes payments to the tune of at least 3.18 billion yen ($40 million) to six local governments hosting nuclear-power related facilities since the Fukushima disaster last year. The funds were doled out by six nuclear power-related organizations, including electric power companies, The Asahi Shimbun learned. Of that amount, 2.4 billion yen was not disclosed. The only conclusion to draw from this is that dubious payments to local governments have continued since the reactor meltdowns at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant. The Asahi Shimbun, relying on the information disclosure law and interviews, surveyed 39 prefectures or municipalities that are hosting or plan to host nuclear power plants or facilities related to the central government’s spent nuclear fuel recycling program. The survey, which wound up in July, excluded donations to assist victims of the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami that spawned the nuclear crisis. The six companies and organizations that made donations are: the Federation of Electric Power Companies of Japan (Denjiren); Japan Nuclear Fuel Ltd.; Chubu Electric Power Co.; Japan Atomic Power Co.; Chugoku Electric Power Co.; and Kyushu Electric Power Co. The funds were given to the Aomori prefectural government; the Rokkasho village government in Aomori Prefecture; the Shizuoka prefectural government; the Tsuruga city government in Fukui Prefecture; the Matsue city government in Shimane Prefecture; and the Saga prefectural government. In addition to these entities, some other local governments won assurances from electric power companies that funds will continue to be channeled to them in or after fiscal 2012. Thus, the amount uncovered so far may be just the tip of the iceberg. [link to ajw.asahi.com] Follow the money... "Well-behaved women seldom make history." —Laurel Thatcher Ulrich I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And I will not let what I cannot do interfere with what I can do. ~Edward Everett Hale |
Waterbug (OP) User ID: 1295673 United States 08/20/2012 11:32 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Nuclear power industry's shady payments since Fukushima crisis [link to ajw.asahi.com] |
Southern OR User ID: 20471008 United States 08/20/2012 11:33 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | 3 Fukushima towns selected for 12 storage sites of radioactive debris [link to www.japantoday.com] "Well-behaved women seldom make history." —Laurel Thatcher Ulrich I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And I will not let what I cannot do interfere with what I can do. ~Edward Everett Hale |
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Southern OR User ID: 20471008 United States 08/20/2012 11:41 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | "These incidents do not necessarily indicate that nuclear power is any more of a greater risk than other forms of power. However, the number of incidents across the globe within a short space of time likely to cause concern and warrant further investigation." Read more: [link to www.digitaljournal.com] Ya think?! "Well-behaved women seldom make history." —Laurel Thatcher Ulrich I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And I will not let what I cannot do interfere with what I can do. ~Edward Everett Hale |
Waterbug (OP) User ID: 1295673 United States 08/20/2012 11:55 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | "These incidents do not necessarily indicate that nuclear power is any more of a greater risk than other forms of power. However, the number of incidents across the globe within a short space of time likely to cause concern and warrant further investigation." Read more: [link to www.digitaljournal.com] Ya think?! The opportunities for Murphy's Law to kick in are many. Any mechanical system is subject to wear and tear. Another reason not to mess with nuclear. We can't build completely failsafe systems.. |
citizenperth User ID: 21447419 Australia 08/21/2012 12:02 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | "These incidents do not necessarily indicate that nuclear power is any more of a greater risk than other forms of power. However, the number of incidents across the globe within a short space of time likely to cause concern and warrant further investigation." Read more: [link to www.digitaljournal.com] Ya think?! The opportunities for Murphy's Law to kick in are many. Any mechanical system is subject to wear and tear. Another reason not to mess with nuclear. We can't build completely failsafe systems.. i've said this all along.. how long can you keep a car on the road with no maintainance? how many underground and buried cables are there etc, etc.... look at what occured when they tried to look inside a fuku reactor.... sad, and madness... towhit... look at the photos from fuku 20km exclusion zone... THAT is how quick nature can take over.... It's life as we know it, but only just. [link to citizenperth.wordpress.com] sic ut vos es vos should exsisto , denego alius vicis facio vos change , exsisto youself , proprie |
Southern OR User ID: 20471008 United States 08/21/2012 12:09 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | "These incidents do not necessarily indicate that nuclear power is any more of a greater risk than other forms of power. However, the number of incidents across the globe within a short space of time likely to cause concern and warrant further investigation." Read more: [link to www.digitaljournal.com] Ya think?! The opportunities for Murphy's Law to kick in are many. Any mechanical system is subject to wear and tear. Another reason not to mess with nuclear. We can't build completely failsafe systems.. i've said this all along.. how long can you keep a car on the road with no maintainance? how many underground and buried cables are there etc, etc.... look at what occured when they tried to look inside a fuku reactor.... sad, and madness... towhit... look at the photos from fuku 20km exclusion zone... THAT is how quick nature can take over.... Mother nature laughs at the plans of man. I do not believe that there is a safe nuclear power. Not just in day to day operation, but the spent fuel that no one has a good handle on. "Well-behaved women seldom make history." —Laurel Thatcher Ulrich I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And I will not let what I cannot do interfere with what I can do. ~Edward Everett Hale |
Waterbug (OP) User ID: 1295673 United States 08/21/2012 12:11 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | "These incidents do not necessarily indicate that nuclear power is any more of a greater risk than other forms of power. However, the number of incidents across the globe within a short space of time likely to cause concern and warrant further investigation." Read more: [link to www.digitaljournal.com] Ya think?! The opportunities for Murphy's Law to kick in are many. Any mechanical system is subject to wear and tear. Another reason not to mess with nuclear. We can't build completely failsafe systems.. i've said this all along.. how long can you keep a car on the road with no maintainance? how many underground and buried cables are there etc, etc.... look at what occured when they tried to look inside a fuku reactor.... sad, and madness... towhit... look at the photos from fuku 20km exclusion zone... THAT is how quick nature can take over.... The money is not being invested in the infrastructure. The underground piping systems are a huge problem. Hard to inspect.. hard to fix. Tritium leaks. Solution.. shut them down. Clean them up.. dump the waste in the nukesters' backyards. They won't mind. |
Southern OR User ID: 20471008 United States 08/21/2012 12:12 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | ... Quoting: Southern OR "These incidents do not necessarily indicate that nuclear power is any more of a greater risk than other forms of power. However, the number of incidents across the globe within a short space of time likely to cause concern and warrant further investigation." Read more: [link to www.digitaljournal.com] Ya think?! The opportunities for Murphy's Law to kick in are many. Any mechanical system is subject to wear and tear. Another reason not to mess with nuclear. We can't build completely failsafe systems.. i've said this all along.. how long can you keep a car on the road with no maintainance? how many underground and buried cables are there etc, etc.... look at what occured when they tried to look inside a fuku reactor.... sad, and madness... towhit... look at the photos from fuku 20km exclusion zone... THAT is how quick nature can take over.... The money is not being invested in the infrastructure. The underground piping systems are a huge problem. Hard to inspect.. hard to fix. Tritium leaks. Solution.. shut them down. Clean them up.. dump the waste in the nukesters' backyards. They won't mind. CP had a good analogy with the car. Deferred maintenance and nuclear power do not go together. "Well-behaved women seldom make history." —Laurel Thatcher Ulrich I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And I will not let what I cannot do interfere with what I can do. ~Edward Everett Hale |
Waterbug (OP) User ID: 1295673 United States 08/21/2012 12:16 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | ... Quoting: Waterbug The opportunities for Murphy's Law to kick in are many. Any mechanical system is subject to wear and tear. Another reason not to mess with nuclear. We can't build completely failsafe systems.. i've said this all along.. how long can you keep a car on the road with no maintainance? how many underground and buried cables are there etc, etc.... look at what occured when they tried to look inside a fuku reactor.... sad, and madness... towhit... look at the photos from fuku 20km exclusion zone... THAT is how quick nature can take over.... The money is not being invested in the infrastructure. The underground piping systems are a huge problem. Hard to inspect.. hard to fix. Tritium leaks. Solution.. shut them down. Clean them up.. dump the waste in the nukesters' backyards. They won't mind. CP had a good analogy with the car. Deferred maintenance and nuclear power do not go together. Yes. Being reactive as opposed to pro-active. Fuku is a shining example. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 11432405 Sweden 08/21/2012 07:29 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Govt. expects more Fukushima nuclear waste Japan's environment ministry says radioactive waste from last year's nuclear accident in Fukushima is likely to exceed previous estimates. The ministry surveyed Fukushima and 8 nearby prefectures, including Tokyo, on Monday. It found they are storing a total of 42,575 tons of waste containing radioactive cesium levels of more than 8,000 becquerels per kilogram. The figure is expected to rise as officials continue testing for radioactivity. The ministry's original estimate was about 50,000 tons. [link to www3.nhk.or.jp] . |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 11432405 Sweden 08/21/2012 07:29 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Hosono wary about immediately ending Japan's nuclear reliance Environment Minister Goshi Hosono indicated his wariness Tuesday about immediately ending Japan's reliance on atomic power generation, saying that expertise in the area should be maintained to deal with the decades-long work to scrap the crippled reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. "Unless we have the knowledge of how to maintain such technology (for decommissioning), we can't simply say that we will be able to abandon nuclear power generation," Hosono, who is also nuclear disaster minister, said, while stressing the need to consider the risks of relying too much on fossil fuels amid the unstable Middle East situation. [link to english.kyodonews.jp] . |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 11432405 Sweden 08/21/2012 07:37 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Huge investments in nuclear projects by the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Egypt have made the Middle East and North Africa, or Mena, one of the booming global markets of the nuclear industry with $300 billion worth of construction and operation projects under way, according to organisers of an industry conference. The UAE and Saudi Arabia have already made significant headway with their nuclear energy programmes, said the Nuclear Energy Insider, which is organising the third Annual Mena Nuclear Construction Conference in Dubai next month. [link to www.khaleejtimes.com] . |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 11432405 Sweden 08/21/2012 07:37 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Nuclear reactor at Wolsong facility shuts off automatically (S. Korea) A nuclear reactor at one of Korea’s nuclear power plants automatically shut down yesterday after its reactor protection system gave warning signals, plant operators said. The Shin (meaning new) Wolsong 1 reactor, located some 230 miles southeast of Seoul, was shut down at 10:53 a.m. due to the malfunction of a system that controls power output, according to an official from the state-run Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power. [link to www.nucpros.com] . |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 11432405 Sweden 08/21/2012 08:56 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Nuclear scientists to probe Fukushima accident Japanese nuclear scientists have set up a panel to investigate last year's accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. The Atomic Energy Society of Japan formed a committee on Tuesday that consists of 40 experts from universities and research institutes. The panel, which is to meet once a month, will conduct a comprehensive study of why the accident occurred, based on findings made in specialized fields. It will also interview officials from the government and Tokyo Electric Power Company, the operator of the plant. [link to www3.nhk.or.jp] . |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 11432405 Sweden 08/21/2012 08:57 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | High radiation detected in fish off Fukushima The operator of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant says it has detected radiation 380 times the government safety limit in a fish caught off Fukushima Prefecture. Tokyo Electric Power Company is measuring radiation exposure in fish and shellfish caught within 20 kilometers of the troubled plant from March this year. The company caught 20 kinds of fish and shellfish at 5 locations from mid-July to early August. The utility says it detected 38,000 becquerels per kilogram of radioactive cesium in a rock trout caught about 1 kilometer off Minamisoma City on August 1st. The level is 380 times the government safety limit, and the highest so far in the firm's surveys in the area. The previous high was 18.8 times. The operator also says it found radioactive cesium exceeding the safety limit in 9 kinds of fish and shellfish. [link to www3.nhk.or.jp] . |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 11432405 Sweden 08/21/2012 02:37 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Belgium’s Federal Agency for Nuclear Control (FANC) held an international meeting of nuclear experts on Aug.16 as nuclear safety chief, Willy De Roovere, confirmed that there could be thousands of cracks in the reactor vessel of the Doel 3 nuclear reactor near Antwerp, on the Dutch border. [link to www.pennenergy.com] . |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 11432405 Sweden 08/21/2012 02:37 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | CNSC to issue licence for Darlington nuclear power plant project The Joint Review Panel (JRP) of the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) has decided to issue licence to Ontario Power Generation (OPG) for its new nuclear power plant project at the Darlington nuclear site for a period of ten years. The Nuclear Power Reactor Site Preparation Licence will be valid from 17 August 2012 to 17 August 2022. [link to nuclear.energy-business-review.com] . |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 11432405 Sweden 08/21/2012 02:38 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Navy is 'running out' of sailors to man its nuclear fleet, MoD warns Britain's nuclear defence is under threat because the Navy will not have enough people to properly man its submarines, it was warned today. Trident subs and UK boats holding nuclear weapons may have to stay in port as a result of staff shortages, internal Submarines Service documents reveal. [link to www.dailymail.co.uk] . |
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Waterbug (OP) User ID: 1295673 United States 08/21/2012 09:41 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Hanford's 'safe' storage tanks: Leaking again? [link to crosscut.com] |