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84% Think Japan Nuclear Stress Tests Insufficient, Noda Weakens On Restarts
[Translate] Mainichi ran a recent poll that showed 84% of the public does consider the Japanese government’s stress tests to be sufficient. PM Noda is delaying any decision on reactor restarts. METI head Edano he opposes restarts and none would happen unless the consent of the local government and community near the reactors was obtained. The remaining operating nuclear reactor in Hokkaido is expected to shut down for maintenance in May. This article would not be possible without the extensive efforts of the SimplyInfo research team Join the conversation at chat.simplyinfo.org All content is copyright SimplyInfo.org. Content may also be copyright of other specific original authors or creators and was reproduced here with limited permission. While we welcome the sharing of information or promoting our work, please do so with respect to the large amount of effort … Read entire article »
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Occupy METI!
[Translate] A group of protesters have camped out in front of the METI offices in Tokyo. METI is the ministry in charge of nuclear power oversight. There have been earlier protests at METI demanding they take more meaningful action to protect the people from the nuclear power industry. Last week 1300 people showed up in the rain to form a human chain around the METI building. The ongoing sit in including tents in front of the METI offices met some minor resistance by police who eventually gave in. Two women in their 60′s refused to leave and demanded they be allowed to talk to the emperor. The group is demanding that all nuclear reactors in Japan be permanently shut down as they go offline for maintenance. They say this is just the … Read entire article »
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Edano Puts Smackdown On Kyushu Electric’s Genkai Reactors
[Translate] METI head Yukio Edano and barred Kyushu Electric from restarting two idled reactors at the Genkai nuclear plant. Kyushu has been the subject of an extensive investigation after it was exposed that they had many times manipulated public meetings and orchestrated faked public support. Edano had instructed Kyushu to submit certain reports where Kyushu refused to acknowledge their fraud. The lack of honesty and cooperation from Kyushu caused Edano to put a stop to the restart attempts at Genkai. The Kyushu Electric CEO has refused to step down as would have been expected after he was found at the middle of the fraud scandal. This article would not be possible without the extensive efforts of the SimplyInfo research team Join the conversation at chat.simplyinfo.org All content is copyright SimplyInfo.org. Content may also be … Read entire article »
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Stronium & Plutonium Found In Government Survey
[Translate] Stronium 90 and Plutonium 238 & 239 have been found around the region of the Fukushima Daiichi accident. Some of the stronium 90 findings were over 80km from the plant and 5,700 becquerels per square meter were found in Futuba. Officials claimed the plutonium found was likely from previous nuclear bomb tests but the stronium 90 levels were much higher than before the accident. The red marks are Stronium 90, the black marks Plutonium, on the map to the left. Read more here http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201110010257.html http://www.asahi.com/national/update/0930/TKY201109300553.html This article would not be possible without the extensive efforts of the SimplyInfo research team Join the conversation at chat.simplyinfo.org All content is copyright SimplyInfo.org. Content may also be copyright of other specific original authors or creators and was reproduced here with limited permission. While we welcome the sharing of information or … Read entire article »
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Joint Offsite Emergency Center Fukushima Didn’t Have Quake Proof Generators
[Translate] Another planning flaw was discovered. The joint offsite emergency center that was intended as a headquarters for TEPCO, METI and local government didn’t have power as they attempted to use the building. All the planning that went into this joint emergency operations center, nobody bothered to assure the generators could handle an earthquake. Without generators they had no power and no communications. The center was without power for about half a day during the start of the crisis. Read the rest at Yomiuri (in Japanese) This article would not be possible without the extensive efforts of the SimplyInfo research team Join the conversation at chat.simplyinfo.org All content is copyright SimplyInfo.org. Content may also be copyright of other specific original authors or creators and was reproduced here with limited permission. While we welcome the sharing … Read entire article »
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Edano As METI Minister May Force Change
[Translate] Edano’s new role as head of METI could drastically shake up the office tasked with both regulating nuclear power companies and economic development. He has expressed concern over the way power companies have been calculating their rates for the past ten years, saying they are overestimating their costs and that should change. He also vowed that TEPCO and their shareholders should bear the costs of the Fukushima disaster rather than the taxpayers. His experience dealing with TEPCO, METI and the nuclear industry appears to have given him a healthy skepticism of the status quo. This combined with Edano’s commitment to move Japan away from nuclear power could spell significant change. Read more here: http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201109130341.html http://news.businessweek.com/article.asp?documentKey=1376-LRG7QK1A1I4I01-6F3RN8RD63ELEHUR3GCAPGK0A0 This article would not be possible without the extensive efforts of the SimplyInfo research team Join the conversation at chat.simplyinfo.org All content is copyright … Read entire article »
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TEPCO Continues To Thumb Nose At Japanese Government
[Translate] The House of Representatives special science committee and NISA have requested four times that TEPCO submit copies of their emergency manuals, one for accidents, another for severe accidents. TEPCO had previously submitted procedural manuals that had been blacked out to the point they were unreadable. Then on Monday they submitted 3 pages of a requested manual consisting of a cover sheet and an index page of the manual with all but 2 lines blacked out. TEPCO they took back the copies at the end of the meeting. TEPCO’s ongoing claim is that the manuals contain “intellectual property”. METI/NISA has the legal authority to order TEPCO to submit the manuals in full, the committee has asked METI to do such. The pure arrogance of TEPCO in the face of such an epic disaster … Read entire article »
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Idled Nuclear Reactors, Safety And Japan Politics.
[Translate] Reuters has published a Japan nuclear plant status table showing what plants are shut down for planned or unplanned outages. Meanwhile Kyodo states that 13 reactors are to start stress test phase 1 New Prime Minister Noda wants to restart idled reactors after tests according to the METI chief, Yoshio Hachiro. How all of this will come out in the end and the public reaction remains to be seen. This article would not be possible without the extensive efforts of the SimplyInfo research team Join the conversation at chat.simplyinfo.org All content is copyright SimplyInfo.org. Content may also be copyright of other specific original authors or creators and was reproduced here with limited permission. While we welcome the sharing of information or promoting our work, please do so with respect to the large amount of effort and time that … Read entire article »
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Fukushima As History; Nothing Is Ever Really Gone From The Internet
[Translate] The Spectrum IEEE website caused quite a stir when they rescued the blog of a Fukushima worker that was mysteriously taken down. The worker made videos and gave great insight into the work going on at the plant and how robotics are being used. It is very useful and interesting information and not some sort of public relations nightmare. So the abrupt removal caused concern in the online community. Proving nothing is ever really gone from the internet, Spectrum IEEE shows how they found and retrieved the videos and blog pages using some simple online tools. Google cache still shows many of the pages of the blog. This has been an ongoing concern and problem as the disaster evolved. People found information from various official sources was moved, altered or deleted. … Read entire article »
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Video: Creating A Contamination Map In Japan
[Translate] The excellent NHK documentary follows a radiation scientist as he tracks the fallout around Japan from Fukushima Daiichi. Kimora worked for METI and was told to refrain from any research unless they gave him permission. Kimora quit METI and is independently researching the radiation fallout with the help of other scientists. This important video shows the very real danger and the struggle of scientists to properly document what is going on. The shocking radiation levels found in this video flies in the face of the official record by government agencies. Collaborating to create a radioactive fallout contamination map This article would not be possible without the extensive efforts of the SimplyInfo research team Join the conversation at chat.simplyinfo.org All content is copyright SimplyInfo.org. Content may also be copyright of other specific original authors or … Read entire article »
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TEPCO; 171 Past Due Inspections The Month Before The Disaster
[Translate] Just over a month before the nuclear disaster at Fukushima Daiichi TEPCO was in trouble with METI for not doing timely equipment inspections. TEPCO is required to periodically inspect various pieces of equipment at their aging reactor facilities. METI’s records show an ongoing failure to accomplish the task of inspections that were only completed after repeated admonishment by the agency. This article would not be possible without the extensive efforts of the SimplyInfo research team Join the conversation at chat.simplyinfo.org All content is copyright SimplyInfo.org. Content may also be copyright of other specific original authors or creators and was reproduced here with limited permission. While we welcome the sharing of information or promoting our work, please do so with respect to the large amount of effort and time that goes into our research … Read entire article »
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Joint US & Japanese Study Shows Radiation Releases Doubled Estimates
[Translate] A joint survey by the US Dept. of Energy and Japan’s METI showed that the radioactive releases from Fukushima were double the initial estimates. Areas near Iitate and Namie now exceed the radiation level of evacuated areas at Chernobyl. These areas in Japan are currently outside of the evacuation zone. This article would not be possible without the extensive efforts of the SimplyInfo research team Join the conversation at chat.simplyinfo.org All content is copyright SimplyInfo.org. Content may also be copyright of other specific original authors or creators and was reproduced here with limited permission. While we welcome the sharing of information or promoting our work, please do so with respect to the large amount of effort and time that goes into our research and analysis. Referring to something or a quote is great, copying … Read entire article »
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