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

Ha..

Are they trying to break it to us gently..?




TV: Very likely some of Fukushima’s melted cores have moved into the earth — “It’s beyond containment right now” (VIDEO)
[link to enenews.com]

Darwin's Law.



Watch: Young kids play in ocean nearby leaking Fukushima plant — “Real cause for concern” over radiation levels in sand (VIDEO)
[link to enenews.com]

Let's assume that the plant has leaked 300 tons of contaminated water since day one... that's about 265,000 tons straight into the Pacific Ocean... so far...

TEPCO knew about water flow two years ago

A spokesperson for Tokyo Electric Power Company says the company has known for the past 2 years that a massive amount of groundwater was flowing beneath the Fukushima Daiichi power plant.

Masayuki Ono said on Friday that TEPCO experts estimated hundreds of tons of the water could reach the ocean daily.

Until last month, TEPCO officials had denied the possibility that contaminated groundwater was leaking into the ocean.

Ono said he is unable to explain why it took two years to disclose this fact.
[link to www3.nhk.or.jp]
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TEPCO: Underground wall not effective against leaks

The operator of the damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant has confirmed that an underground wall is unable to keep contaminated groundwater from seeping into the sea.

Officials of the Industry Ministry estimate that 300 tons of groundwater pass through the contaminated area before flowing into the Pacific Ocean every day.
[link to www3.nhk.or.jp]
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IAEA says it's monitoring Fukushima and ready to help

VIENNA — The U.N. atomic energy agency is following closely the leak of radioactive water from Japan’s stricken Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea and is ready to help out if asked, it said on Friday.

The report “noted that it was of utmost importance to have adequate measures in place for detecting leaks promptly and mitigating their consequences”, he said, adding: “The IAEA continues to be ready to provide assistance on request.”
[link to www.japantoday.com]
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Indian-built Arihant nuclear submarine activated

India has activated the reactor on board the INS Arihant nuclear submarine, the first to be designed and built in India.

The move means the submarine can now undergo sea trials.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh hailed the "giant stride in... our indigenous technological capabilities".

Experts say is the first ballistic missile submarine known to have been built outside the five recognised nuclear powers.
[link to www.bbc.co.uk]
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Who gets credit for nuclear advance fee law, one of worst in state history?

Rarely in 22 years of writing about the Tampa Bay business scene have I received so many emails and calls from frustrated and angry readers with the same request.

By name, they ask, who is responsible for this evil 2006 law passed by the Florida Legislature? They're talking about the measure that let big power companies charge customers years in advance for high-priced nuclear power plants that may or may not ever be built. That law authorized companies to keep the money charged in advance — even if the project is canceled.

Who sponsored and voted for such a measure that ranks among the worst Florida laws approved by a Legislature too familiar with corruption and the fine art of favoring hefty campaign contributors first, and citizens last?
[link to www.tampabay.com]
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Mic Whittle posted to Radiation Watch

Home safe. Storm the last 40 miles so did rain swipe / ten minute time test first thing. My welcome back to williston ND was a smokin' 3441cpm. NORM was 42cpm....time to change battery, the back-lite only stays on for two seconds so could not take pic of monitor.... Hooked back up to the network and my monitor is now where my yellow dot on the map shows.....

Damned with faint praise..?

more like an oblique way of staying on the fence reporting...

Thread: The Fukushima Nightmare Gets Worse! Now admitting the depth of shit we're all in.

Thread: The Fukushima Nightmare Gets Worse! Now admitting the depth of shit we're all in.

Thread: Ground water now 60cm above Wall, Freely leaking into the ocean, says our 'friends at TEPCO"

Thread: Vindication for the Bloggers Keep on the FUKU-Watch walls. News again only thanks to the validity of the ongoing crisis,and tireless reporting.

Thread: Ridiculous TEPCO and the ground water pumping.. read this...

Thread: The ground beneath unit 4 is sinking at Fukushima.

Last Edited by CitizenPerth™ on 08/11/2013 01:49 AM

In contrast to Japan...

In North Asia, a growing crisis of confidence in nuclear power

TAIPEI/TOKYO — A nuclear power plant in Taiwan may have been leaking radioactive water for three years, the government has said, adding to a growing crisis of confidence in North Asia about nuclear safety.

Japanese prosecutors are unlikely to indict former prime minister Naoto Kan, utility executives or regulators over their handling of the Fukushima nuclear crisis, rejecting complaints filed over the world’s worst atomic disaster since Chernobyl, the Asahi newspaper reported on Friday.

In South Korea, six reactors are currently closed - three for maintenance or expiry of operational approval, and the other three to replace cables supplied with forged documents.

Prosecutors are conducting a massive investigation into flawed nuclear reactors, arresting dozens of officials and parts makers on bribery and forgery charges in relation to falsified safety certificates.

Those arrested include the former the CEO of the state-run Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power that runs all the country’s nuclear plants, who faces bribery charges.
[link to www.japantoday.com]
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Is he trying to say something but doesn't dare to speak out?... probably an AREVA employee that wants to keep his job...

TEPCO starts pumping out toxic groundwater from Fukushima plant

TOKYO — The operator of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant said Saturday it has started pumping out radioactive groundwater to reduce leakage into the Pacific ocean.

Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO) began the work after it admitted last month that radioactive groundwater had been seeping out of the plant, confirming long-held suspicions that the sea was being contaminated.

The company said it pumped out 13 tons of groundwater from a well between 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. on Friday.

By mid-August, TEPCO plans to complete a new system enabling it to pump out 100 tons of groundwater a day. The water will be filtered and recycled to cool the reactors.

But there are growing fears that existing facilities will soon be overwhelmed, as TEPCO scrambles to find ways to process and store waste water.

A French expert said the environmental risk posed by the leaks was small compared to the overall radioactive contamination from the disaster.
[link to www.japantoday.com]
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Could be.

The French have been on this since the beginning.

Tepco: We’ve known for 2 years that massive amount of water flows under Fukushima plant — Official “unable to explain” why they kept secret (VIDEO)
[link to enenews.com]


[link to www3.nhk.or.jp]

Do not worry...?



FDA “paying attention to the leaks” at Fukushima — “Do not worry about radioactive fish” — Will test seafood “as needed”
[link to enenews.com]

This is the kind of ridiculous pro-nuke rhetoric that really pisses me off.
He writes about business and technology.. but has an opinion on fukushima.
Yeah, right.




The Fukushima Radiation Leak Is Equal To 76 Million Bananas
[link to www.forbes.com]

Radioactive water overruns Fukushima barrier - TEPCO
[link to rt.com]


Contaminated groundwater accumulating under the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant has risen 60cm above the protective barrier, and is now freely leaking into the Pacific Ocean, the plant’s operator TEPCO has admitted.

TEPCO also promised it will urgently reinforce the protective shields to keep radioactive leaks at bay. The company has repeatedly complained it is running out of space and has had to resort to pumping water into hastily-built tanks of questionable reliability, as more than 20,000 tons of water with high levels of radioactive substances has accumulated in the plant’s drainage system.

Water samples recently taken at an underground passage below the Fukushima nuclear plant showed extreme levels of radiation comparable to those taken immediately after the March 2011 catastrophe. The tested water, which had been mixing with ground water and flowing into the ocean, contained 2.35 billion Becquerels of cesium per liter – some 16 million times above the limit.

Their actions are criminal!

How are you doing WB? Thanks for your dedication in keeping this thread alive. I don't always comment but I'm always lurking.

Doing fairly well. Thanks for asking..

Any ideas what this is about?

After sheepishly admitting the groundwater that got somehow contaminated along the way to the seawall may have been seeping into the sea after all (but only into the open culvert outside water intake canals enclosed by the silt screen, not even inside the plant harbor), TEPCO took samples from the trench for electrical wires and seawater pipe that connects Reactor 2 turbine building and the water intake for Reactor 2 in an effort to identify the source of contamination of the groundwater sampled along the seawall.


[link to ex-skf.blogspot.co.uk]

Tepco has known about the contamination in the trenches since they dug them.
They chose to ignore it.

1.19.12

Don't know if anyone has posted about the ramifications when the radiation collides and absorbs into the pacific trash vortex or not:

Thread: The Pacific Trash Vortex and Fukushima. Just a thought.

TV: China, Korea, Taiwan, New Zealand, and others are going to want to know just how out of control this new radiation emergency is at Fukushima (VIDEO)
[link to enenews.com]

Report: The people of Japan are responsible for poisoning of world’s food chain due to Fukushima catastrophe — They have to stand up and take action — “The buck has to stop somewhere” (VIDEO)
[link to enenews.com]

Now that it's absolutely too late we see something like this.

Can someone explain that?

What a distraction. The people of Japan are to blame for this horrendous fate?! what ALL of the people of Japan?

Believe me they are standing up more than they ever have. Clearly the western media and internal sources don't bother to mention how huge the Anti-Nuke movement in Japan has become.

[link to www.google.com]

Besides the Japanese people were once understandably wary of anything Nuclear, Hiroshima taught them that. They never wanted Nuclear Power in their country, it was forced upon them by the United States and it's war-warmongering allies after the second world war.

Put General Electric on trial, these reactors were their creation...