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Anonymous Coward User ID: 38176253 Sweden 04/16/2013 02:03 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | WASHINGTON — Two years after the Fukushima nuclear accident in northern Japan, the United States government is using lessons from that disaster to rewrite its plans for responding to radiation contamination, focusing on long-term cleanup instead of emergency response. But the proposals have set off vehement opposition from critics of nuclear power. On Monday, the Environmental Protection Agency expects to publish in the Federal Register a draft document that would change its long-standing advice to state and local governments about how to limit long-term exposure to radiation after a reactor accident or a “dirty bomb” attack. By reducing the projections for how much radiation exposure is likely in the years after such an episode, the proposal could also reduce the amount of contaminated land that would have to be abandoned. [link to www.nytimes.com] . |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 38176253 Sweden 04/16/2013 02:03 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | One of the awful things about a nuclear meltdown could be the traffic It’s hard to imagine a worse traffic jam than the traffic jam that slows your escape from a nuclear meltdown. The U.S. Government Accountability Office is warning other federal agencies that they need to be thinking about that scenario as they plan emergency responses to nuclear accidents. Current planning focuses on evacuating or sheltering people living and working within a 10-mile radius of a nuclear power plant. Such planning assumes that everybody living, say, 11 miles from an exploding nuclear reactor would sit on their asses watching the disaster unfold on CNN. And the GAO thinks that’s unlikely. Those people might instead rush into their cars and onto the streets in an understandably panicked bid to escape the area, worsening traffic congestion and making escape more difficult for those closer to the accident. [link to grist.org] . |
Waterbug (OP) User ID: 34388912 United States 04/16/2013 09:00 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Nuclear Energy Activist Toolkit #4: Thousands of Words – Flickr Fotos [link to allthingsnuclear.org] |
Waterbug (OP) User ID: 34388912 United States 04/16/2013 09:06 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Uh-oh.. EPA Dramatically Weakens Radiation Protections [link to committeetobridgethegap.org] [snip] EPA has just issued (April 15, 2013) new Protective Action Guides (PAGs) for dealing with radioactive releases. The new PAGs are in many ways worse than the extremely weak PAGs Bush tried to push out in the last days of that Administration that Obama pulled back. The PAGs eliminate requirements to evacuate people when thyroid or skin radiation doses exceed certain levels, lift a lifetime limit on radiation from such an event that would have triggered relocation, recommend dumping radioactive waste in municipal garbage dumps not designed for such waste, and propose five options for drinking water, all of which would dramatically increase the permitted concentrations of radioactivity in drinking water, by as much as 27,000 times. Additionally, the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements (NCRP) has published draft guidance for implementing the long-term cleanup portions of the PAGS. The NCRP guidance would allow the public to be exposed to extraordinarily higher levels of radiation than previously permitted, sufficient to cause a cancer in every sixth person exposed. Although public comments are supposedly being solicited, EPA has made the PAGs immediately effective, making the comment opportunity pretty meaningless. |
Citizenperth User ID: 37725334 Australia 04/16/2013 11:45 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | [link to cryptome.org] melt down fires book: pdf... Last Edited by CitizenPerth™ on 04/16/2013 11:45 PM 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 |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 38278756 United Kingdom 04/17/2013 06:59 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | TEPCO admits failing to meet decommissioning and decontamination goals at Fukushima Daiichi Quoting: Anonymous Coward 38176253 At a press conference this week, a Vice President from TEPCO admitted that TEPCO was falling short of their goals to decommission the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant and decontaminate the accumulating amounts of radioactive water and nuclear waste on-site. [link to enformable.com] [link to www.youtube.com] . ...wouldnt be because the only way one can enter the depths of hell is by death? just a guess... rp : ) |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 38176253 Sweden 04/17/2013 11:49 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Japan to ease regs for sustainable energy Japan may move toward easing regulations as a way to promote sustainable energy sources such as wind power and fuel cells. A government panel subcommittee on regulatory reform has compiled an interim report calling for the easing of 53 sets of regulations. The purpose is to secure a stable power supply and to encourage the use of energy that is both produced and consumed locally. The committee members also wish to promote eco-friendly automobiles and a low-carbon society. [link to www3.nhk.or.jp] . |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 38176253 Sweden 04/17/2013 11:51 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | MOX and sushi... Nuclear fuel from France to Japan to resume Nuclear fuel is expected to be shipped soon from France to Japan for the first time since the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in March 2011. The fuel was carried on a large trailer truck from a reprocessing facility to the port of Cherbourg in northwestern France 20 kilometers away before dawn on Wednesday under tight security. The fuel was loaded by a crane onto a special ship. The ship is expected to leave the French port for Japan as early as Wednesday. Japan's Kansai Electric Power Company had ordered the fuel, a type called MOX, from the French energy firm Areva. MOX fuel is a mixture of plutonium extracted from spent nuclear fuel and uranium. [link to www3.nhk.or.jp] . |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 38176253 Sweden 04/17/2013 11:51 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | TOKYO — A magnitude-5.8 quake struck Wednesday night off the coast of Miyagi Prefecture in northeast Japan, shaking large parts of the area devastated by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. [link to www.japantoday.com] . |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 38176253 Sweden 04/17/2013 11:51 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Miyake Island rocked by over a dozen quakes TOKYO — More than a dozen earthquakes, one of them magnitude 6.2, rocked a volcanic island south of Tokyo Wednesday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. There were no immediate reports of injuries or property damage from any of the quakes and no risk of a tsunami, the agency said. [link to www.japantoday.com] . |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 38176253 Sweden 04/17/2013 11:53 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Licensed operator at Millstone nuclear power plant fails fitness for duty test Officials from the Millstone nuclear power plant updated the Nuclear Regulatory Commission that on Tuesday, April 16th, a licensed operator had failed a for-cause fitness for duty test and confirmed positive for alcohol. The employee has been blocked from accessing the site. [link to enformable.com] . |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 38176253 Sweden 04/17/2013 11:54 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Wolf Creek nuclear plant repairs lawsuit seeks $25M Kansas City Power & Light Co. and the other owners of the Wolf Creek nuclear power plant are seeking more than $25 million in damages from a vendor that allegedly caused a 10-week shutdown at the plant last year. [link to www.bizjournals.com] . |
Waterbug (OP) User ID: 34388912 United States 04/17/2013 11:55 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Licensed operator at Millstone nuclear power plant fails fitness for duty test Quoting: Anonymous Coward 38176253 Officials from the Millstone nuclear power plant updated the Nuclear Regulatory Commission that on Tuesday, April 16th, a licensed operator had failed a for-cause fitness for duty test and confirmed positive for alcohol. The employee has been blocked from accessing the site. [link to enformable.com] . |
rp User ID: 38278756 United Kingdom 04/17/2013 02:37 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | (from nuclear hotseat podcast) [link to www.nuclearhotseat.com] "...You may have heard about the sailors from the USS Ronald Reagan suing TEPCO for their radiation exposure, but you haven’t heard the whole story. “The devil’s in the details,” as they say, and the details in this story from former quartermasters Jaime Plym and Maurice Enis promises to break your heart and and make you angry. The first audio is a presentation the two did at the Dr. Caldicott/PSR Symposium on the Medical and Ecological Consequences of Fukushima. The show closes out with uncensored, unedited audio from the press conference that followed, unheard until now..." |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 38278756 United Kingdom 04/17/2013 03:13 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | "Naval Personnel Nuked w/Fukushima Radiation – FULL STORY" -audio Quoting: rp 38278756 (from nuclear hotseat podcast) [link to www.nuclearhotseat.com] "...You may have heard about the sailors from the USS Ronald Reagan suing TEPCO for their radiation exposure, but you haven’t heard the whole story. “The devil’s in the details,” as they say, and the details in this story from former quartermasters Jaime Plym and Maurice Enis promises to break your heart and and make you angry. The first audio is a presentation the two did at the Dr. Caldicott/PSR Symposium on the Medical and Ecological Consequences of Fukushima. The show closes out with uncensored, unedited audio from the press conference that followed, unheard until now..." ...his hands readings went off the scales, so they cornered him off.... ffs |
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Citizenperth User ID: 38364969 Australia 04/18/2013 06:34 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | "Japan logs Y362.4 billion trade deficit in March Japan's trade deficit more than quadrupled on year to 362.4 billion yen in March, government data showed Thursday, as a weaker yen inflated import costs.… " wonder why that is........... 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 |
Thuggerz User ID: 15047559 United Kingdom 04/18/2013 08:24 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
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Waterbug (OP) User ID: 34388912 United States 04/18/2013 11:24 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Japan's trade deficit quadruples [link to uk.finance.yahoo.com] |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 38176253 Sweden 04/18/2013 11:35 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | MOX on the way... Ship carrying nuclear fuel leaves France for Japan A ship loaded with nuclear fuel has left a French port for Japan, carrying the first delivery since the March 2011 accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. The cargo ship left the port of Cherbourg in northwestern France on Wednesday, after the fuel was loaded onto the ship under tight security. Japan's Kansai Electric Power Company had ordered the MOX fuel from the French energy firm Areva. MOX fuel is a mixture of plutonium extracted from spent nuclear fuel and uranium. The utility firm plans to use the fuel at its Takahama plant in Fukui Prefecture on the Sea of Japan coast. The plant is currently offline. [link to www3.nhk.or.jp] . |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 38176253 Sweden 04/18/2013 11:35 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Fukushima residents allowed to go home once a month The government said Thursday it will allow residents evacuated from no-entry zones around the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant to visit their homes once a month, compared with the current policy restricting them to one visit every three or four months. Under the eased regulations to be introduced April 24, the government's local headquarters tackling the nuclear disaster will accept applications from residents to visit their homes any day from Wednesday to Sunday, once a month. [link to english.kyodonews.jp] . |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 38176253 Sweden 04/18/2013 11:36 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | LaSalle Unit 1 and LaSalle Unit 2 have both experienced an automatic reactor scram, in conjunction with a loss of offsite power. This was caused by an apparent lightning strike in the main 345kV/138kV switchyard during a thunderstorm. 138kV line 0112 has been inspected in the field, and heavy damage has been noted on the insulators on two of the three phases on a line lightning arrestor line side. "The plant systems have all responded as expected. All five diesel generators started, and have loaded on to their respective buses as designed. All rods went full in on both units during the respective scrams. HPCS [High Pressure Core Spray] system was started on each unit and automatically aligned for injection for initial level control." [link to www.nucpros.com] . |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 38176253 Sweden 04/18/2013 11:59 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | MOX on the way... Quoting: Anonymous Coward 38176253 Ship carrying nuclear fuel leaves France for Japan A ship loaded with nuclear fuel has left a French port for Japan, carrying the first delivery since the March 2011 accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. The cargo ship left the port of Cherbourg in northwestern France on Wednesday, after the fuel was loaded onto the ship under tight security. Japan's Kansai Electric Power Company had ordered the MOX fuel from the French energy firm Areva. MOX fuel is a mixture of plutonium extracted from spent nuclear fuel and uranium. The utility firm plans to use the fuel at its Takahama plant in Fukui Prefecture on the Sea of Japan coast. The plant is currently offline. [link to www3.nhk.or.jp] . Vessel used for the transport: Pacific Egret 10 tonnes of MOX, between 650 and 800 kg of plutonium Data not updated for the last 6 days... wonder why... "Not Currently in Range"... must be a secret... lol... [link to www.marinetraffic.com] . |
Waterbug (OP) User ID: 34388912 United States 04/18/2013 12:14 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | MOX on the way... Quoting: Anonymous Coward 38176253 Ship carrying nuclear fuel leaves France for Japan A ship loaded with nuclear fuel has left a French port for Japan, carrying the first delivery since the March 2011 accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. The cargo ship left the port of Cherbourg in northwestern France on Wednesday, after the fuel was loaded onto the ship under tight security. Japan's Kansai Electric Power Company had ordered the MOX fuel from the French energy firm Areva. MOX fuel is a mixture of plutonium extracted from spent nuclear fuel and uranium. The utility firm plans to use the fuel at its Takahama plant in Fukui Prefecture on the Sea of Japan coast. The plant is currently offline. [link to www3.nhk.or.jp] . Vessel used for the transport: Pacific Egret 10 tonnes of MOX, between 650 and 800 kg of plutonium Data not updated for the last 6 days... wonder why... "Not Currently in Range"... must be a secret... lol... [link to www.marinetraffic.com] . They have two other MOX reactors besides fuku3. Kyushu Electric's Genkai 3 Shikoku's Ikata 3 Ten reactors are approved for MOX but only three were using it. Maybe they are coming back with a vengeance. |
Thuggerz User ID: 38400714 United Kingdom 04/18/2013 03:16 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | If Fukushima is the biggest disaster man kind has ever seen then why is 99% of the population just ignoring it?...is it really that bad? Also can you please tell if [link to fukushimaupdate.com] the best place to find out whats going on at fukushima? Cheers |
Waterbug (OP) User ID: 34388912 United States 04/18/2013 03:42 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | If Fukushima is the biggest disaster man kind has ever seen then why is 99% of the population just ignoring it?...is it really that bad? Quoting: Thuggerz Also can you please tell if [link to fukushimaupdate.com] the best place to find out whats going on at fukushima? Cheers That's a good source.. Here's a few more. Fukushima Diary EX-SKF blogspot. Washington's blog ENENEWS Enformable RADCHIK on youtube.. Nuked Radio, I believe. Fairewinds. CitizenPerth blogsite. Links to webcams on first post. |