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Pacific nations to study nuke material impact from Fukushima

Wednesday 08th June, 07:03 AM JST

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About 20 nations in Asia and Oceania will launch a joint project next month to research the impact of radioactive materials released into the Pacific Ocean from Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, sources close to the International Atomic Energy Agency said Tuesday.

Under the four-year project, approved by the IAEA’s 35-nation board which includes Japan, participating countries including China, Indonesia and Australia will conduct the survey while receiving technical support from the IAEA, they said. Countries including the United States and Japan are expected to fund the project, whose budget comes to about 1 million euros. www.japantoday.com IAEA hmmmm

Unit 1&2 blackout, power lost !

@elainekiirk
Did you find any more info on power outage in #1 and2 16.45 JST 8/6/2011?

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Primary coolant to the reactor 1 Hukushima power outage continues the No.
At around 20:02 pm yesterday, the first nuclear power outages in Hukushima Toukyoudenryoku the No. 1, a central control room lights have disappeared. In addition the system has stopped transmitting data from radiation monitoring posts to monitor some, out manually stop the effect of increasing pressure nitrogen is supplied to the device's Unit 1 reactor containment vessel. TEPCO investigating the cause. According to TEPCO, both No. 1 and 2 to cool the reactor ... [Full Article]
According to TEPCO, both No. 1 and 2, water injection to cool the reactor has continued. What is the impact of the monitoring function is unknown, but gauges are in progress to confirm.
According to TEPCO, around 2:30 pm and found two of the board is stopped and power to the central control room of Unit.
2011/06/08 16:45 [Kyodo News]


Blackout hits Fukushima nuclear plant's Nos. 1, 2 units
TOKYO, June 8, Kyodo
english.kyodonews.jp

@Angie thanks. Do you know if anyone has seen an update on that 4000msv steam at #1 reported last Saturday?

Japan's Tepco hit by power outages at Fukushima-1 nuclear plant
www.platts.com

Blackout hits Fukushima nuclear plant's Nos. 1, 2 units 18:40 8 June
english.kyodonews.jp

this is not the first time:

;April 11th around 17:16 Loss of external power supply #1 + 2
;April 11th 17:56 External power supply was recovered.

Experts: Seabed off Miyagi sank before March 11

Researchers have found that the seabed off Japan's northeastern coast had been gradually sinking days before the March 11th earthquake.

A team from Tohoku University analyzed data taken at 2 monitoring sites 80 kilometers off the Oshika Peninsula in Miyagi Prefecture. In late May, the team recovered monitoring devices from the seafloor at a depth of 1,200 meters.

The data shows that the sea bottom subsided 15 centimeters in a magnitude 7.3 quake on March 9th and one meter in a magnitude 9.0 quake on March 11th.

The data also indicates that the seabed had been sinking at a rate of several centimeters per day between the 2 tremors.
The researchers say the finding may help them to unravel the mechanism of an imminent gigantic earthquake.

The team leader, Associate Professor Ryota Hino, says they have captured a phenomenon that precedes a major earthquake. He says they hope to use this information to improve the predictions of major quakes.

Wednesday, June 08, 2011 06:13 +0900 (JST)
www3.nhk.or.jp

11ch Press Conference by Minister of METI and Special Advisor to the PM(Report to the IAEA) nettv.gov-online.go.jp

www.japantoday.com
more nws on blackout

Suicides on rise in disaster-battered Japan

More than 3,200 people committed suicide in Japan in May, NHK broadcaster reports. The tally is 18 per cent higher than a year earlier, the National Police Agency says. The highest number of suicides was reported in Tokyo – 325. It was followed by 210 in Kanagawa prefecture and 206 in Osaka prefecture. The police agency says it does not know whether the increase is linked to the March disaster, but it will make detailed analyses of individual cases. However, until March, Japan witnessed the decline of suicides since last year. In quake and tsunami-hit Fukushima prefecture the suicide toll increased from 19 to 68. A massive 9.0-magnitude earthquake and ensuing tsunami hit Japan’s northeast on March 11, killing and leaving missing some 28,000 people and triggering a nuclear catastrophe at Fukushima-1 power plant. The disaster also affected industry and pushed Japan’s economy into recession. rt.com

So Where is Japan's Radiation Going? The failures of engineering at Fukushima, combined with Japan's spectacular disaster unpreparedeness, resulted in the largest ever accidental release of radiation to the environment. Much of that contamination washed into the Pacific. Additional airborne radioactivity likely further contaminated the ocean. motherjones.com

Report From Tokyo: The Spread of Radioactivity. On June 7, Japanese authorities officially doubled the release of radioactivity for the initial days of the crisis to 770,000 terabecquerels, bringing the total close to 40 percent of official emissions estimates made by the Soviets during the Chernobyl crisis.

Radiation from the plant has spread over 600 square kilometers (230 square miles). Soil samples showed one site with radiation from Cesium-137 exceeding 5 million becquerels per square meter about 25 kilometers to the northwest of the Fukushima plant. www.huffingtonpost.com

Report of Japanese Government
to the IAEA Ministerial Conference on Nuclear Safety
www.kantei.go.jp

Is there a delay with moderation?. I cant see my post?.

Thats in Tokyo guys!.