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But the marches are new. www.japanprobe.com

@elainekirk forgot-- the information goes to the mecahnicl drawing for reator building #1 thanks

TEPCO tardy on N-plant emergency
www.yomiuri.co.jp

@elainekirk The other countries have been clammering for information about seawater levels, so he syas he wants to give it to them.

Offficial it as now lvl 7 www.jaif.or.jp

@Ralp: another link about UE (in french) www.lepost.fr

It counts as an emergency? in the EU? What a joke.

During the BP disaster, i lost all my connections to people there, due to "bandwidth issues"

But we can get a webcam?

@Ralph Unger: Regarding the "secret increase of allowed radioactivity level in imported food". I have just read both Polish and English version of the aforementioned document and there is no reference to any increased levels (or I am unable to trace it). Quite the contrary, is implies that the food from numerous prefectures affected Fukushima disaster is due to a more STRICT control. Original text in English: eur-lex.europa.eu

If I understand this translation correctly, German TV reports that a leaked memo from Areva says significant amounts of plutonium was probably released.: www.wdr.de

@Bartek I also found it strange that I couldn't find a reference

@Bartek: the text (in french or in english) is clear. It is the 3954/87 944/89 and 770/90 regulations for the maximum permitted levels. These levels are higher than for normal situation.

UE regulations: 944/89 ec.europa.eu 3954/87 ec.europa.eu 770/90 ec.europa.eu and now look at the normal levels from 2008 733/2008 eur-lex.europa.eu

@Yuri That Report is a BOMBSHELL..calling them out !!

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Sonia Seymour Trend:... "After today's earthquake in Japan it was called in first reports that nuclear power plants by Fukushima had taken no new injury, there was no new divergent values ​​all under control It's already the message of the operator you talk about working pumps have sealed cracks on small successes. The really important information is withheld. internal documents, the meltdown is underway, and the outdoors. In cooling ponds. A hazard that is displaced also with us for years. "
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The headquarters of AREVA

Paris - the headquarters of AREVA. AREVA - that is the world's largest provider of nuclear technology. The catastrophe of Fukushima was a major setback for the business. AREVA is also a close business partner of TEPCO, which operates from Fukushima. AREVA-safety experts on site, now advising the Japanese government and TEPCO. From the outside the group tried to calm her. Fukushima was not nearly as bad as Chernobyl. Internally, AREVA is called a - quote: "disaster". In a report by the end of the disaster will be analyzed meticulously. The paper is available MONITOR. Author of the study: the reactor physicist Matthias Braun. The paper is not rumgeredet drum: There were core melt at temperatures of up to 2,700 ° C, in reactor. From Japan we hear reports of success recently. At last they had succeeded in concluding a leak with liquid glass. But the real threat does not talk TEPCO. And is particularly in Block 4 Not the reactor core is the problem here, namely, who was at the time of the disaster outsourced in cooling ponds. There is nothing in the main danger: Because the tank is full or with others, spent fuel, together 1331 pieces. Burned down, it sounds harmless, but it means that there is very much in the fuel, highly radioactive plutonium and cesium. And the cooling pond was massively damaged by an explosion. Without cooling, melt the fuel rods and radioactive fission products are released. This is what usually from a cooling pond. The hot fuel rods stored for cooling densely packed, at least 5 feet deep under water. With a large crane, the fuel rods are transported back and forth. And this is the cooling pond of Unit 4 from now. The green crane fell into the pool, debris everywhere, it smokes. The meltdown in the open air has already begun, says Arnold Gundersen. The nuclear engineer who worked for decades in a senior position in the nuclear industry.
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Arnold Gundersen, nuclear engineer

Arnold Gundersen, nuclear engineer (translation MONITOR): "There is no water here to the left of the bridge we can see the boxes in which the fuel rods are in, as should be five meters of water over it, but there is no water..."

What consequences can have that paper clearly describes the AREVA.

- "Core melt on fresh air"

- That meltdown in the open air

- "Nearly no retention of fission products" - the fission products can be almost freely propagate

- "Large release" - large amounts are released

Meltdown in the open. We would have liked to the security experts interviewed by the Braun company AREVA. But could not. The justification of AREVA to the press: The study was not intended for the public. Meltdown in the open air in a cooling pond destroyed. The AREVA scenario is obviously a reality. And therefore urge the Nuclear Regulatory U.S. and Japan, and the International Atomic Energy Agency IAEA to expand the evacuation zone. The independent nuclear expert Mycle Schneider advises governments and institutions, he was an expert on several occasions in Japan.
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Mycle Schneider, Policy Advisor for Nuclear Energy

Mycle Schneider, policy advisor for atomic energy: "You do it this way imagine that you have are of the order of two reactor ... complete reactor cores under the open sky, which are not cooled, the reason for this catastrophic situation exists is that. is obviously not in a position to cool said fuel and all tests now used water cannons, and fire-fighting vehicles are basically a drop in the bucket. "

There is no repository. It has therefore been in Fukushima packed more and more fuel in the spent fuel - a cost-effective interim storage for nuclear waste. This has increased the risk of potential massive.

Mycle Schneider, Policy Advisor for Nuclear Energy ". This has been accepted, especially for a reason, namely the economic base, it is cheaper."

And as it is in Germany? The same image. Instead of fuel, at least relatively secure in Castor store, it's much cheaper to make them more easily in the water. Because if they continue to cool down here, you can pack more of them later in an expensive dry container. Thus, the cooling pond is the intermediate camp, to save costs. How full are the pools in Germany, confirms this confidential list of the Society of Nuclear Safety. There, is that only nuclear power plant Isar I, the cooling pond is full to 91%. Especially with old fuel, which would have long since transported. On average, all German nuclear power plants are 83%. This has long criticized the nuclear expert Wolfgang Neumann.
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Wolfgang Neumann, nuclear physicist and expert

Wolfgang Neumann, nuclear physicist and expert: "The fuel pool are necessary to the decay of fuel, to ensure coming from the reactor core, you are not actually necessary as a temporary storage As such they are used at the moment but And if, as this function... Remove temporary storage would, one would thus of course, the risk of contamination in the environment and for reducing radiation exposure of people in the area. "

The recognized nuclear physicist Neumann, several studies on the dangers of spent fuel. ISAR example 1 in Bavaria. Here, the cooling pond in terrorist attacks and airplane crashes is significantly less well protected than the reactor core.

Reporter: "No difference to Fukushima in the way?"

Wolfgang Neumann, nuclear physicist and consultant: "In the sense here is virtually no difference from my point of view because authorities and operators have already traded up to the point of negligence.."

Mycle Schneider, policy advisor for atomic energy: "If there is one lesson from Fukushima, it's about the potential to reduce the potential hazards And the first thing to do, where you do not need audit for, you do not need stress test is. From tomorrow morning to begin and reduce the number of fuel assemblies, the amount of fuel in cooling ponds, out to dry storage!

The disaster of Fukushima is also so great because the operator wanted to reduce costs. www.wdr.de

Here's the April 7, 2011, AREVA report referenced below: www.fairewinds.com

interesting question is: why do areva and nrc leak their "confidential" reports ? they want to reinforce their liability by dissing tepco ? seems the concrete nuke industry gets cracks.

@Olivier LOL.that takes the cake :-)

@edano It could be things that for some reason they can't directly announce but want the info out. Or they are getting stonewalled by TEPCO or GoJ and leaks are their only channel?

@Veen Oui - I'm referencing the April 7th report James Ward posted below. Are we on the same page?

@Hank Scorpio - I reckon it puts the most positive spin possible (bearing in mind what Areva does) on the status (and even so it is hair-raising)! Interesting that Areva doesn't rule out further radiation releases from reactor #1, and that they haven't committed themselves over the state of the SFP of #4.