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Fukushima begins radiation level checks on children

The Fukushima prefectural government has started internal radiation level checks on children under 4 years old who were previously too small to undergo the checks with a standard whole body counter.

The equipment for measuring internal radiation levels is designed for people with the height of adults. Fukushima officials have now fitted the equipment with a 90-centimeter high chair to allow smaller children to be tested.

The checks, which started on Thursday, cover children who lived in 5 municipalities designated as evacuation zones following the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident in March 2011.
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Fukushima evacuees allowed to stay home overnight

Residents of a zone evacuated after the Fukushima nuclear accident have been allowed to stay at their homes overnight for the first time since the disaster.

The government is allowing 120 households in the Miyakoji district of Tamura City to stay at their homes for 3 months from Thursday. The move is aimed at having them prepare to return home when the evacuation order is lifted. The residents are expected to clean their houses or do farm work.
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Int'l experts deny fault at Tsuruga plant is active

A nuclear reactor at Japan Atomic Power Co.'s Tsuruga plant in western Japan does not sit above an active fault, contrary to the determination of nuclear regulators, foreign and domestic experts commissioned by the plant operator to study the issue said Thursday.

"There is clear evidence that...the faults (in question) at the Tsuruga nuclear power plant are not active," the experts, including Neil Chapman, a professor at the University of Sheffield in Britain, and Kelvin Berryman, a geologist at GNS Science of New Zealand, said in a summary of their findings.

Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority concluded in May that a fault called D-1, which runs below the No. 2 reactor, could have moved in the last 120,000 to 130,000 years -- a timeline that determines whether faults are active in Japan.
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Three-year delay in Lee licensing

A decision on Duke Energy's application to build the proposed William States Lee nuclear power plant could be delayed by three years, the US regulator has stated.

Duke submitted a combined construction and operation licence (COL) application with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for the proposed Lee plant at the end of 2007. The application is based on two Westinghouse AP1000 pressurized water reactors with a combined capacity of 2234 MWe at a greenfield site in Cherokee County, South Carolina.

In October 2012, Duke informed the NRC that it planned to relocate the two units "in order to manage project construction risks." Both units will be relocated 66 feet (20 metres) south and unit 1 will be relocated 50 feet (15 metres) east. At that time Duke expected that, "The impacts of relocation on the Lee COL application will be minor and are expected to simplify COL application presentation and improve margins to associated acceptance criteria."

However, the NRC has now informed Duke that its decision to relocate the Lee units "will require rework and affect the staff's completion of the review."
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Supervisor at Oyster Creek fails fitness for duty test

A supervisor at the Oyster Creek nuclear power plant in New Jersey failed a random fitness for duty test, confirming positive for alcohol.  The employee’s access to the nuclear power facility has been restricted but not revoked.
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Japan establishes new organization to pursue decommissioning options at Fukushima Daiichi

In what may later be recognized as the first step to removing TEPCO as the organization in charge of decommissioning the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, Japan has taken action to establish an organization called the International Research Institute for Nuclear Decommissioning under which public and private sector parties in Japan can research and debate decommissioning options at Fukushima Daiichi.
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Callaway atomic reactor remains closed following fire in central MO
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TEPCO withheld groundwater information from NRA officials in meeting
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Japan Expert: Contamination from Fukushima flowing beneath seafloor? “Could spring up outside the port”
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Revealed: The deeper they check underneath Fukushima plant, the higher contamination levels get — Now sampling over 40 feet below surface
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Japan TV: Efforts have failed at Fukushima plant — Contamination levels still rising in seawater — Flow into ocean continues (VIDEO)
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Report: Landfill fire moved beyond equipment meant to stop its advance toward nuclear waste… Essentially ‘fire line’ is breached — St. Louis Official: Something must be done, but there’s nothing we can do — Asst. Fire Chief: “Words can’t explain how important it is” to have a good plan (VIDEO)
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Missouri Coalition for the Environment: Republic Service’s Landfill Fire Mitigation System Fails [...] “The data show clearly that the subsurface landfill fire has moved beyond the equipment that was meant to stop its advance toward tons of radioactive wastes leftover from the purification of uranium for nuclear weapons,” said Ed Smith, Safe Energy Director with the Missouri Coalition for the Environment. “Essentially, the ‘fire line’ is breached.” [...] The EPA stated at January meeting on West Lake that the landfill fire was 1,200 feet from the radioactive wastes. Last week the Attorney General said the landfill fire was 1,000 feet from the radioactive wastes. [...]
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Congrats bug!... page 400 and your thread is still alive... it's unstoppable...

hf
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Congrats bug!... page 400 and your thread is still alive... it's unstoppable...

hf
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hf

Rolling along in a fog of obscurity..
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Congrats bug!... page 400 and your thread is still alive... it's unstoppable...

hf
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hf

Rolling along in a fog of obscurity..
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and that's the way they like it... kudos my friends....
It's life as we know it, but only just.
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sic ut vos es vos should exsisto , denego alius vicis facio vos change , exsisto youself , proprie
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msmilkytheclown1 Video links... she's tireless....
It's life as we know it, but only just.
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Congrats bug!... page 400 and your thread is still alive... it's unstoppable...

hf
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hf

Rolling along in a fog of obscurity..
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lol!!
thank you all for research/info.
rgds rp : )
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msmilkytheclown1 Video links... she's tireless....
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nice one cp thumbs
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Asahi: Tepco’s done nothing for over 2 years to stop highly radioactive Fukushima leak — Water above 1 sievert per hour — Admits work “has not been done to this day because of difficulties involved”
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Gov’t: Radioactive iodine detected in 6 seaweed samples by South Korea — Concerns over Fukushima contamination after Tepco admits plant is leaking into ocean
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This doesn't look good.
Can't translate.

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from here..

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There is speculation that steam explosions have already occurred.. methane explosion destroyed unit 4.
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Fukushima municipalities demand more cleaning

Municipalities around the stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant have demanded that the central government continue decontamination work in the areas.

The mayors and assembly leaders of 8 municipalities around the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, Fukushima Prefecture, met Environment Minister Nobuteru Ishihara on Friday and handed him a letter of request.

Many residents of the towns and villages evacuated after the nuclear accident at the plant and still live away from their homes.

Their leaders demanded that the ministry continue removal of radioactive fallout until radiation levels meet the government's long-term goal of one millisievert or below per year.
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Taiwanese legislators fight over nuclear plant referendum

Taiwanese legislators on Friday engaged in a brawl in parliament ahead of a vote that would authorize a public referendum on whether to stop the construction of a nuclear power plant located in the densely populated north of the island.

The scuffles between the administration of the ruling Nationalist Party (KMT) and the main opposition Democratic Progressive Party could not be brought under control, leading to the postponement of the vote to Tuesday.
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"may"?... rofl

Fukushima plant may have leaked huge amount of radioactive tritium

Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Friday that an estimated 20 trillion to 40 trillion becquerels of radioactive tritium may have flowed from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean since May 2011.

The plant operator reported the estimate to the Nuclear Regulation Authority after recently admitting that toxic water, accumulating at the site since the nuclear crisis was triggered on March 11, 2011, is seeping into the sea.

TEPCO said the release is around the level allowed under safety regulations, which is 22 trillion becquerels annually, but acknowledged that it had not taken place in a controlled way.
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Levy nuclear plant project shelved

Duke Energy has dropped plans to build two new reactors at the greenfield Levy site in Florida blaming regulatory uncertainty. It is the second time in recent months that Duke has shelved a nuclear project.

Having already spent about $1 billion in preparatory work, Duke has decided to terminate a contract for the construction of the new Levy power plant "as a result of delays by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) in issuing combined construction and operating licences for new nuclear plants, as well as increased uncertainty in cost recovery caused by recent legislative changes in Florida." The engineering, procurement and construction contract, worth up to $14 billion, had been contingent on receiving NRC approval for Levy by 1 January 2014.

This is the second plan for new nuclear that Duke has dropped in the last few months. Two AP1000 reactors were slated for Shearon Harris in North Carolina but an application for these was withdrawn in May due to slower-than-expected growth in energy demand. The company has also been told that the NRC will take an extra three years to process the application to build two new units at Lee.
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DOE, advisory board differ on Hanford groundwater plan

The Hanford Advisory Board is concerned that more research should be done before a cleanup plan for uranium-contaminated groundwater becomes final.

A meeting is scheduled tonight in Richland by the Department of Energy and its regulators to discuss and hear comments on the proposed plan for the 300 Area, which is just north of Richland.

Process trenches used to dispose of contaminated liquid into the soil were removed in the 1990s, and levels of uranium in the groundwater dropped, said Mike Thompson, DOE hydrogeologist. Hanford officials assumed then that if uranium-contaminated soil was excavated down to about 15 feet -- which has been done -- the groundwater contamination gradually would dissipate.

But it later became clear that more lightly contaminated soil near the groundwater was continually recontaminating the water. As the river would rise and fall, the level of groundwater also would change, allowing the groundwater to periodically soak the contaminated soil.

Digging up all the contaminated soil is not an option, according to DOE. It would cost more than $1 billion and the soil would fill an area measuring 1,000 feet by 1,000 feet in the 70-foot-deep lined landfill in central Hanford.

The digging also could backfire and increase contamination in the groundwater, according to DOE. Water is used to control dust and prevent airborne contamination during excavation, but the water would filter through the soil and push more uranium into the groundwater.
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SONGS Next Steps: The Move to Decommission

Southern California Edison Co. has sent the NRC letters certifying that it has permanently removed all of the fuel from its Unit 2 and 3 reactors at the San Onofre nuclear power plant in Southern California. These letters are the company’s second certification – following its June 12 notification that it had permanently ceased operation – and officially move San Onofre into the decommissioning process.

Under NRC rules, Edison’s letters permanently end the utility’s authorization to operate those reactors. In addition, the NRC has notified Edison that the Confirmatory Action Letter of March 27, 2012, is no longer applicable. The NRC has terminated its inspection and review of all of the activities specified in the letter, which set forth terms and conditions necessary to prepare the reactors for restart.

Greg Warnick, the NRC’s Senior Resident Inspector, in the near term will continue onsite inspections of activities associated with decommissioning, site staffing levels and plant security and safety. The facility will remain subject to NRC oversight thoughout the decommissioning process.
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This doesn't look good.
Can't translate.

[link to hamanora.blog.ocn.ne.jp]

from here..

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There is speculation that steam explosions have already occurred.. methane explosion destroyed unit 4.
 Quoting: Waterbug


Wow that is unbelievable.
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Yucca Mountain debate returns to Capitol Hill
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Fed-up state officials may cite Hanford for miscues on radioactive leaks
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Washington state is considering citing the Hanford nuclear reservation for mishandling containers of radioactive wastes in 2012.

Washington Department of Ecology investigators also became frustrated over Hanford officials for not providing requested information for these investigations, or being slow to provide it.

A June 28, 2013 internal Ecology memo listed 14 possible violations that might apply to Hanford's sluggish response to a leaking container more than 16 months ago. That memo said that the state asked the U.S. Department of Energy five times from February to May 2012 for documents pertaining to the leak. "DOE [the Department of Energy] denied Ecology access to (the appropriate) operating records on those dates," said the June 28 memo by Ecology Department nuclear waste inspector Kerry Graber.





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