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

Fukushima update from "God"?


[link to www.youtube.com]

Thread: "Fukushima DEATH HAS COME TO THE WORLD...NO ONE CAN ESCAPE IT- Sincerely, God"

wtf... that better be...

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Tainted water leaks again at Fukushima Daiichi

Workers at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant have discovered a new leak of contaminated water, this time through a barrier that surrounds wastewater storage tanks.

The workers were inspecting tanks on Saturday when they found tainted water had leaked out of the barrier near the No.4 reactor. They tried to contain it with sandbags.

They reported finding a puddle of water 80 centimeters long and 100 centimeters wide beyond the barrier. Plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Company detected 140 becquerels per liter of radioactive strontium.
[link to www3.nhk.or.jp]
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Rouhani: Iran won't give up uranium enrichment

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says his country will not give up its right to enrich uranium, rejecting international calls to limit the activity.

Rouhani told the parliament on Sunday that Iran will not answer to threats and sanctions, adding that uranium enrichment is one of the red lines that cannot be crossed.

His remarks came shortly after Iran and 6 world powers failed to reach an agreement to resolve a standoff over the country's nuclear program.
[link to www3.nhk.or.jp]
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Japan No Nukes Groups Receive Cyber Attack, Death Threats

November 10th, 2013 | Add a Comment

33 Groups, most of them anti-nuclear groups in Japan have received cyber attacks. The attacks began in September and are continuing against some groups.
[link to www.fukuleaks.org]

thanks for the heads up SO... I'm a member at a few of them, I'll send them this warning xo

Last Edited by CitizenPerth™ on 11/10/2013 08:12 PM

I have been googling a bit tonight. Fukishima brings up: Another earthquake, more water issues, and pay structure changes needed for workers. Same old thing, different day.

Reminds me of the cyber stalking thing I have heard about here on GLP. Doesn't surprise me - desperate times and all. The world's largest steaming turd...

still reading same on map not updated
but the list was updated yesterday 13-11-10 23:30- 145microSv/hr
[link to jciv.iidj.net]
(about 3/4 down in purple)
thats still way high
anyone any idea? swede, cp?
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what theyve dumped in our seas docu

"Nuke Waste Documentary ft Dr Busby"


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Fukushima water storage tanks flawed, workers say

TOKYO — When tons of radioactive water leaked from a storage tank at Fukushima’s crippled nuclear power plant and other containers hurriedly put up by the operator encountered problems, Yoshitatsu Uechi was not surprised. He wonders if one of the tanks he built will be next.

He’s an auto mechanic. He was a tour-bus driver for a while. He had no experience building tanks or working at a nuclear plant, but for six months last year, he was part of the team frantically trying to create new places for contaminated water to go.

Uechi and co-workers were under such pressure to build tanks quickly that they did not wait for dry conditions to apply anti-rust coating over bolts and around seams as they were supposed to; they did the work even in rain or snow. Sometimes the concrete foundation they laid for the tanks came out bumpy. Sometimes the workers saw tanks being used to store water before they were even finished.

“I must say our tank assembly was slipshod work. I’m sure that’s why tanks are leaking already,” Uechi, 48, told The Associated Press from his hometown on Okinawa. “I feel nervous every time an earthquake shakes the area.”
[link to www.japantoday.com]
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TEPCO plans to change drainage channel outlet heading to ocean

The operator of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant said Monday it will build a new drainage channel as part of efforts to prevent toxic water from directly flowing into the Pacific Ocean when leaks occur at water storage tanks.

The new drainage channel will be built to direct toxic water to the plant's port, which is separated from the sea with breakwaters. The steps will be taken by the end of March, according to Tokyo Electric Power Co.

TEPCO decided on the move after it found in August that 300 tons of highly radioactive water had leaked from one of the tanks, part of which is believed to have flowed into the Pacific Ocean through existing drainage channels.
[link to english.kyodonews.jp]
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Luminant suspends nuclear plant expansion bid

DALLAS — The owner of a North Texas nuclear power plant has tabled its request for federal permission to expand.

Dallas-based Luminant Generation had asked the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission for a license to double the number of nuclear reactors at its
Comanche Peak plant from two to four.

However, in a letter to the NRC on Friday, Luminant said its Japanese-based reactor partner had decided to focus on restoring nuclear power in Japan after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami led to a disaster at the Fukushima nuclear power plant.

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries "has informed us that they will materially slow the development of their design control document for their new reactor design (for Comanche Peak) by several years. In addition, both (Mitsubishi) and Luminant understand the current economic reality of low Texas power prices driven in large part by the boom in natural gas," Luminant said in a corporate statement.
[link to www.mywesttexas.com]
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NRA finishes checks before fuel removal

Japan's nuclear watchdog has finished facility checks before the removal of nuclear fuel from a badly damaged reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant.

Removing the fuel units is the first milestone in a decommissioning project that's estimated to take about 40 years. The plant's operator, Tokyo Electric Power Company, plans to decommission 4 damaged reactors.

The firm is preparing to remove 1,533 fuel units from a storage pool in the plant's No.4 reactor, which stores the most fuel units among the 4.
[link to www3.nhk.or.jp]
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Koizumi: Japan should give up nuclear power now

Former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi says Japan should immediately give up nuclear power generation. He suggested that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe decide promptly on a zero nuclear policy.

Koizumi reiterated his opposition to nuclear energy at a news conference in Tokyo on Tuesday.

He rebutted criticism that he is irresponsible and overly optimistic for not offering an alternate energy plan. He said that what is most important in politics is to show a policy, and that if the government comes out with a policy of zero nuclear power, wise people will come up with good ideas.

On the timing of realizing zero reliance on nuclear power, Koizumi said he thinks immediately would be good.
[link to www3.nhk.or.jp]
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For many Fukushima evacuees, the truth is they won't be going home

IWAKI — For many of Japan’s oldest nuclear refugees, all they want is to be allowed back to the homes they were forced to abandon. Others are ready to move away, severing ties to the ghost towns that remain in the shadow of the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant.

But among the thousands of evacuees stuck in temporary housing more than two and a half years after the nuclear accident, there is a shared understanding on one point - Japan’s government is unable to deliver on its ambitious initial goals for cleaning up the areas that had to be evacuated after the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster.

“You can’t have a temporary life forever,” said Ichiro Kazawa, 61, whose home was destroyed by the tsunami that also knocked out power to the Fukushima plant.

Kazawa escaped four minutes before the first wave. Next year, he hopes to return to a home within sight of the Fukushima plant and take his 88-year-old mother back. But he wants the government to admit what many evacuees have already accepted - for many there will be no going home as planned.

“I think it will be easier for people who can’t go back anyway to be told that so they can plan their future,” said Kazawa, who remains unemployed.
[link to www.japantoday.com]
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Duke shuts down Upstate nuclear reactor after small radioactive water leak

Duke Energy temporarily shut down a reactor at the Oconee Nuclear Station in the Upstate Monday after a small radioactive water leak was discovered inside one of its containment buildings.
[link to www.southcarolinaradionetwork.com]
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Failure of Fitness for Duty program identified at VC Summer nuclear site

An investigation of the Fitness for Duty program launched this week at the VC Summer nuclear power plant in South Carolina found a serious violation at the Unit 2 and Unit 3 construction site.

On November 5th, a contractor who services vending machines at the construction site used another contracted employee’s access badge to gain entry to the construction site, after being denied access with his badge. The contracted employee was in the presence of a security officer during this process, but was not stopped from gaining access.
[link to enformable.com]

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Supervisor at Harris nuclear power plant fails fitness for duty test

A supervisor at the Harris nuclear power plant in North Carolina confirmed positive during a for-cause fitness for duty test. The licensee terminated the employee’s access to the facility.
[link to enformable.com]
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MILLSTONE: AUTOMATIC REACTOR TRIP DUE TO LOSS OF CONDENSER VACUUM

Millstone Unit 2 automatically tripped following a turbine trip due to a loss of condenser vacuum. The loss of vacuum was caused by the trip of the "C" circ water pump with the "D" circ water pump out of service. The licensee is still investigating the trip of the "C" circ water pump. The MSIVs are open with steam generators discharging steam to the main condenser. Auxiliary feedwater automatically started as expected following the reactor trip.

All rods fully inserted and there were no complications following the reactor trip. All systems functioned as required and the unit is stable in Mode 3.
[link to www.nucpros.com]
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yes folks, everything is under control, and everything is safe.

Japan has no choice but to use Nuclear.
it is too expensive to import coal and oil.

floating solar and wind farms (like the big one they just deployed), and wave-tide motion generators... the tech is there and they could rebuild a hell of alot of international trust if they just deployed it..... hey!, and if it broke, you could just FIX it.....

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Record radioactivity level found at Fukushima plant well

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THE ASAHI SHIMBUN

A record high level of 710,000 becquerels of beta-ray sources, such as radioactive strontium, was detected per liter of water in an observation well at the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant.

The previous high reading of 550,000 becquerels per liter was found in water sampled Nov. 9 at the same well.
TEPCO said a new leak from the tank has not been confirmed. It said leaked radioactive water that has remained in the soil likely spread to the well.

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[link to ajw.asahi.com]

Robot pinpoints leaks on Fukushima reactor

A robot at the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant has for the first time identified exactly where highly radioactive water is leaking from a reactor.

Plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Company, or TEPCO, on Wednesday succeeded in sending a remote-controlled robot close to the lower part of the No.1 reactor's containment vessel.

A camera on the robot captured images of water leaking from 2 holes in the containment vessel into the building housing the reactor.

Radiation levels in the area were extremely high at 0.9 to 1.8 sieverts an hour.
[link to www3.nhk.or.jp]
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TEPCO ready for fuel removal from No. 4 spent fuel pool: U.S. expert

U.S. nuclear expert Lake Barrett said Wednesday that Tokyo Electric Power Co. is "ready to start the safe removal" of fuel inside the spent fuel pool of the No. 4 unit at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, as he visited the site and talked to workers involved.

"I was very impressed with the preparations," Barrett, who has dealt with the 1979 Three Mile Island nuclear plant accident as an official of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, said at a press conference, while warning that workers should not become "complacent" during the operation that will continue until the end of next year.

Barrett also said he expects the Fukushima plant's decommissioning process will take a few decades but added that creating a concrete sarcophagus to cover damaged reactors as seen in the 1986 Chernobyl disaster "is not a good idea" in Fukushima's case.
[link to english.kyodonews.jp]
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Formal safety check process to start for TEPCO's Kashiwazaki plant

The Nuclear Regulation Authority decided Wednesday to begin a formal safety screening process for Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in Niigata Prefecture, which the utility is seeking to restart to improve its battered finances.

Although TEPCO applied for safety inspections of the Nos. 6 and 7 reactors at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant in late September, the NRA has not held an official safety screening meeting, which will be open to the public, amid concerns over the utility's poor handling of the accident-stricken Fukushima Daiichi plant in Fukushima Prefecture.

But the NRA decided during Wednesday's regular gathering of its commissioners that it should at least hold a meeting to listen to the outline of the content of the applications and check whether there are problems that should be addressed.
[link to english.kyodonews.jp]
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All systems ready for Fukushima fuel removal

Engineers at Fukushima Daiichi have done final checks before they begin removing fuel from unit 4's storage pond, the highest priority safety-related task in the site's decommissioning.

A fuel transport container will be placed in the pool using the main crane. Workers will then use the smaller refuelling crane to move fuel assemblies one by one from their vertical storage racks to the container. When this is full it will be sealed, lifted from the water by the main crane, placed on the service floor for decontamination and then taken through a special route to a vehicle that will move it across the site to be unloaded at the site's shared storage facility. This process will be repeated until the pool is empty.

With a total of 1533 fuel assemblies in the pool (1331 used, 202 unused) this is expected to take until the end of 2014. Tepco will move the fuel during the day and clean dust and debris from the pool water during the night. Two containers will be used in relay.
[link to www.world-nuclear-news.org]
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