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

WORDS, excuses, press releases BUT NO REAL physical action that REALLY contains the world threat for radiation sickness from CUMULATIVE doses of LOW RADIATION !

PLENTY of denial from the 'Muddy Atom' and other Tepco PAID shills !

Eagle

Hi, Bug.... Citizenperth !

Any new word on reactor 4 ? Some speculation, but no links.

Eagle

Hi Eagle.. you could try here.....

[link to www.facebook.com (secure)]

TEPCO facebook page... roflmfao




Last Edited by CitizenPerth™ on 11/23/2012 12:15 AM

Thanks, Citizen ! Just lots of WORDS, time tables, promises and NO real action to solve the problem OR, let OTHERS have a crack at it !

Eagle

LMAO!


this picture of Fuku on the TEPCO media release web page...

[link to www.tepco.co.jp]

something 'not quite right'???????

Signs in N.Korea for another missile launch

North Korea has transferred what are believed to be ballistic missile parts to a launch site in the country's northwestern region.

Diplomatic sources in Seoul say US satellite photos confirmed the parts had been transferred recently to the Tongchang-ri site. The move has alarmed South Korea and other nations which are keeping close watch.

Observers regard the move as a possible sign that the North is preparing to launch another long-range missile.
[link to www3.nhk.or.jp]
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Dog named "miracle" lives on after worst of Fukushima disaster

An old gaunt dog was spotted at a barn in a town in Fukushima Prefecture last August, apparently feeding off the carcasses of cattle left dead in the aftermath of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster.

Naoto Matsumura, who had seen the miserable canine before, thought it a miracle that the dog had managed to survive in Tomioka, a town that was designated as part of the 20-kilometer exclusion zone set up around the crippled power plant in the wake of the disaster.
[link to english.kyodonews.jp]
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Britain can reuse plutonium extracted from Japan's spent fuel: expert

A British nuclear expert has indicated that Britain can reuse around 17 tons of plutonium extracted from Japan's spent nuclear fuel, on condition that Japan provides funding for the reprocessing of the material that can be used to produce nuclear weapons.
[link to english.kyodonews.jp]
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ACE has evidence of damage nuclear plants can do
[link to www.pottsmerc.com]

6 Mass. women set for trial in nuclear protest
[link to bostonglobe.com]

Japan to host int'l meeting on nuclear safety

The Japanese government and the International Atomic Energy Agency will co-host an international conference on the Fukushima nuclear accident next month.

Ministers and experts from over 30 countries will gather in Fukushima Prefecture on December 15. They will spend 3 days discussing how to apply the lessons learned from the accident.
[link to www3.nhk.or.jp]
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Governor promotes Fukushima rice at Tokyo supermarkets

TOKYO — Fukushima Gov Yuuhei Sato visited supermarkets in Tokyo on Friday and Saturday in an attempt to convince shoppers that rice grown in his prefecture is safe. The tour comes in the same month that rice production in the area restarts fully for the first time since the tsunami and ensuing nuclear disaster of 2011.
[link to www.japantoday.com]
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Utility to end some digging work to check faults at Oi plant in Dec.

Kansai Electric Power Co. said Thursday it plans to finish excavating certain areas at the premises of the Oi nuclear power plant by the end of December to help a team of experts determine whether active faults run underneath the plant.
[link to english.kyodonews.jp]
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Finland’s TVO Eyes Boost in Olkiluoto Nuclear Reactor Output

Teollisuuden Voima Oyj, Finland’s biggest nuclear operator, is planning to increase output from its 1,760-megawatt Olkiluoto reactors in 2017, bolstering Finland’s energy independence.
“We may decide to boost capacity from the two 880-megawatt units in 2017, adding significantly to net electricity output,” spokesman Lauri Inna said today by phone from the reactor site, without elaborating how much capacity will rise.
[link to www.bloomberg.com]

Old reactors, OL1 built 1974 and OL2 1975... output already boosted a couple of times, where's the limit before something goes wrong?
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Personal observations and readings are always welcome.
Thanks.

I'd much rather that they would collude to find a solution.

Toshiba nuclear robot can't make it through demo
[link to news.cnet.com]

[link to www.youtube.com]

[link to www.democracynow.org]

my Grandmother...

Tamako Kubota passed away yesterday...

She was 99 years of age.

She had Cancer twice.

She was the last survivor of her group of care givers from Hiroshima...
A last witness...

Low Level Radiation kills over many years.
All her friends were dead from cancer by 1986. All of them.

Thanks for all the hard work people have done to keep these memories alive. And the current work on the nightmare to come... its the years to come that will show the true cost...


Silver

Very sorry to hear it, Silver,
My condolences.

Thank you for sharing her insights... and yours.

Looks interesting. Thanks

just a thought... is there anyone willing to collate this thread into a document (i don't have the time).....

the reason is to place some of the comentary into a chapter....

Berkeley Nucleonics: Plutonium-239 levels were almost as high as Cesium-137 a dozen kilometers from Fukushima Daiichi (PHOTO & VIDEO)
[link to enenews.com]

Strong earthquake jolts Tokyo
A strong earthquake struck Tokyo and its nearby areas at around 6:00PM on Saturday.

The Meteorological Agency measured the quake at magnitude 4.9, with its focus 80 kilometers deep under northwestern Chiba Prefecture.

People working in Tokyo's NHK Broadcasting Center also felt the strong jolt.

The quake registered an intensity of 4 on the Japanese scale of 0 to 7 in Tokyo, Kanagawa and surrounding areas.
[link to www3.nhk.or.jp]
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BJP urges government to stop dumping nuclear waste in abandoned Kolar gold mines
Leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday urged government to stop the dumping of nuclear wastes in abandoned Kolar Gold Fields in Karnataka.

"They have been conducting laboratory test in KGF and we all know that there has been almost closure of (Kolar Gold Fields) and there is every possibility that the Kolar gold field may be used as a dumping yard," Kumar said.
[link to www.sify.com]
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Britain to Encourage Both Nuclear and Wind Power
LONDON — The British government on Friday announced far-reaching changes in energy regulation designed to encourage development of renewable energy and nuclear power while ensuring the country could meet its electricity needs.

The changes will gradually quadruple the charges levied on consumers and businesses to help support electricity generation from low-carbon sources, to a total of about £9.8 billion, or $15.7 billion, in the 2020-21 fiscal year from £2.35 billion currently.

The government forecasts that the new price supports will add 7 percent, or about £95 a year, to the average household electricity bill. Currently, such charges add 2 percent to energy bills, or £20 a year.
[link to www.nytimes.com]
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