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Japanese Communist Party Chair Shii Kazuo on May 26 announced that the JCP is launching a signature-collection campaign calling for the total withdrawal from nuclear power generation.
Shii at a press conference in the Diet (Parliament) building pointed out, "The ongoing crisis at the Fukushima No.1 Nuclear Power Plant proves to the public the dangers behind nuclear power generation."
He then said, "The JCP will launch a national campaign urging the government to make a political decision to break with nuclear power generation and to formulate a timetable to establish a Japan without nuclear power plants. As one of the ways to help achieve this, we are starting a signature-collection campaign calling for a total withdrawal from nuclear power generation."
Asked by reporters about cooperation with civic movements calling for a halt to nuclear power generation in many parts of Japan, Shii stated, "Even if there is a difference between the JCP and these movements in regard to how to break away from nuclear power generation and reliance on nuclear energy, we will seek cooperative relationships with people who share the fundamental demand of a total 'withdrawal from nuclear power generation.'"
More: peoplesworld.orgby joniver via I1235.photobucket 6/8/2011 7:06:00 PM
sure is @ Pedro... kinda scary one for moving fissile material and especially weapons grade material over public roadsby Dean 6/8/2011 7:06:16 PM
@Dean Ish...by Pedro Jesus 6/8/2011 7:06:42 PM
by Edano via Yomiuri.co.jp 6/8/2011 7:08:18 PM- Greenpeace Activists Delay Dutch Nuclear Waste Train
A train carrying nuclear waste from a nuclear power plant in Netherlands to France for reprocessing was delayed by almost three hours on Tuesday after dozens of Dutch Greenpeace activists attempted to block the train by chaining themselves to the rail track.
Police said the train resumed its journey and crossed over the border into Belgium after they arrested and removed some 33 activists attempting the block the train from leaving Borssele in the Dutch province of Zeeland.
While most of the activists who had chained themselves to the tracks were removed by cutting the chains using saws, in some cases the police were forced to use blow torches to free them from the tracks.
More: www.rttnews.comby joniver 6/8/2011 7:08:37 PM - www.yomiuri.co.jp 'Melt-through' at Fukushima? / Govt report to IAEA suggests situation worse than meltdownby Edano 6/8/2011 7:09:43 PM
@Pedro Jesus I agree to some extent that there is an assumption that people will comply with official directives, but perhaps this is not always so even in Japan. For instance, I have seen heavy police presence at peaceful demonstrations by small numbers of retired people (against the US military) in my town in Japan. I suppose I would argue it is a bit more nuanced, and I am not sure about any culture being completely different.by Will 6/8/2011 7:11:38 PM- good one Edano....by Dean 6/8/2011 7:13:37 PM
- @Dean so next week they tell us corium in groundwater ...by Edano 6/8/2011 7:14:29 PM
- @Dean does this correspond to your calculations ?by Edano 6/8/2011 7:16:18 PM
- Edano.. the times are longer on theirs..by Dean 6/8/2011 7:17:07 PM
- @Will That is even more confusing. In comparison to that illustration on your comment, Fukushima doesn't even have police presence to ensure security. They only have private security for that purpose which wasn't sufficiently efficient to prevent unauthorised vehicles from circulating inside the NPPs perimeters. Like Dean said: scary.by Pedro Jesus 6/8/2011 7:23:20 PM
- @Edano Curious that for reactor #3 TEPCO's analysis (or estimates) fall shorter than NISA's. And that's the one with MOX fuel inside...by Pedro Jesus 6/8/2011 7:25:52 PM
- @Pedro Jesus maybe different core design ? newer reactor .... ?by Edano 6/8/2011 7:27:31 PM
@pedro when the concept of NPP's becoming a terrorist target was raised Japan asked it's power companies to get security cover Tepco refused to employ security guards to cover the area but did invest in electronic surveilance equipment which was installed by an ?Israeli? company and Tepco employees were still being trained in it's use by the contracted company at the time of the quake, the lack of knowledge was used as a reason for tepco not providing pics of the siteby elainekirk 6/8/2011 7:29:58 PM- @Pedro Jesus I quite agree that it is scary. The NPP in Japan I am familiar with had armed guards and there was also invariably an armed coastguard ship near the plant. That said, at the same time I can imagine them failing to prevent entry of an unauthorised vehicle, particularly if it has anything to do with Japan's extreme rightists groups.by Will 6/8/2011 7:31:27 PM
- @elainekirk Well at least they contracted some of the best in the world in what concerns surveillance and espionage. I'm much more confident now about the protection of Japanese NPPs against terrorist attacks... [please note a hint of sarcasm in this comment
]by Pedro Jesus 6/8/2011 7:35:00 PM - i don't think "terrorists" are a greater threat than power companies.by Edano 6/8/2011 7:38:28 PM
- NUCLEAR CRISIS: HOW IT HAPPENED / Kan's visit 'wasted time'
The Yomiuri Shimbun
www.yomiuri.co.jp
[…] "Has the venting been done yet?" […] "We'll form a suicide squad to do it." […] In a severe working environment where they were exposed at one point to more than 106 millisieverts of radiation, a level that exceeded the limit permitted for workers at nuclear power plants, three teams of two people took turns venting steam from the reactor. […]by jt 6/8/2011 7:42:15 PM - @Edano Exactly...when you have TEPCO and crew who needs terrorists?by Will 6/8/2011 7:44:29 PM
- @Edano Recent history seems to support your thoughts. It looks more like the other way around, actually.by Pedro Jesus 6/8/2011 7:44:34 PM
- Plutonium have higher temperature - around 70-80Cby xxx 6/8/2011 7:50:26 PM
- Think you all need coffee and cakesby elainekirk 6/8/2011 8:01:03 PM
- @elainekirk : this is all so sad ....... :(by Edano 6/8/2011 8:04:13 PM
- @ Edano.. sorry I had to step away.. my longest times were core uncover 5.2 hrs, start melt 6.5 hrs, core slump 6.9 hrs, RPV fails 8.6 hoursby Dean 6/8/2011 8:09:06 PM
- ty elaine.. you always know things..by Dean 6/8/2011 8:09:21 PM
- time to return home... be back on in a bitby Dean 6/8/2011 8:11:33 PM
- @dean drive safetlyby elainekirk 6/8/2011 8:11:57 PM
- @edano very sad indeedby elainekirk 6/8/2011 8:12:43 PM
- From the Reuter's Live Blog
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Japan's nuclear safety agency says Caesium radiation suggests fuel has melted in Fukushima Daiichi reactor No. 1
by Aviva West at Sat Mar 12 22:44:25 2011by jt 6/8/2011 8:14:31 PM 
Don't woory, the EPA has your back! www.khou.com Eyes wide shut.by RBeaner 6/8/2011 8:27:12 PM- @jt this should count for daini as well.by Edano 6/8/2011 8:30:59 PM
- @Edano It's an indirect admission they knew #1 Daiichi had melted on Sat 12 March.by jt 6/8/2011 8:33:15 PM
May 27, 2011
Fire at another Tepco nuclear plant in N-E Japan
TOKYO - THE operator of Japan's tsunami-stricken nuclear power complex says a fire broke out at another of its plants, but that it was quickly extinguished and there were no fears of a radiation leak. www.straitstimes.comby Majj 6/8/2011 8:35:06 PM- Tokyo Electric Power Co. plans to release 3,000 tons of lightly radioactive water into the ocean from the Fukushima Daini nuclear complex, the sister plant of the stricken Fukushima Daiichi complex, officials said Wednesday .The government and the utility, known as Tepco, said water that accumulated in reactor and turbine buildings after the tsunami contained radioactive isotopes at levels near or below Japan's threshold for releasing it into the environment. It wasn't immediately clear why water remained onsite three months after the tsunami, however, or where the contamination had originated. online.wsj.comby Majj 6/8/2011 8:38:08 PM
- Posted Fri May 27, 2011 The fire broke out in a power distribution board in the basement of the No. 1 reactor of the Fukushima Daini plant. A company spokesman says there are no reports of injuries or of any leakage of radiation. www.abc.net.auby Majj edited by Edano 6/8/2011 8:43:54 PM
- @majj so the fishermen stop the release of radioactive water and tepco suddenly decide it is safe water and the government collude with them and of course there is no indepent body there to verify the facts , it is time governments globally got tough with ~Japanby elainekirk 6/8/2011 8:47:58 PM
@elainekirk If you run across some documents on that surveillance camera installation deal can you let me know?
What I found interesting digging through US MOX procedures this morning was that they had this high level of security, locked things, cameras and armed security. If this stuff is this dangerous why are we letting private companies handle it?by lillymunster 6/8/2011 8:55:12 PM- @nancy I will look for it :)by elainekirk 6/8/2011 8:57:29 PM
2011/06/09 05:00 JST
Hi, @all. Miss this board a lot. <sigh>. Can't stay on as long as I would want, for now.by ALBLEE 6/8/2011 9:01:46 PM- The EU is discussing the re-inspection of most of the 143 nuclear plants in the EU and far more strict safety requirements will be implemented. The final report will be presented in June 2012. All natural accidents and human related accidents such as aircraft crashes and terrorist attacks will also be under the scope of the new safety requirements policy. I can foresee a big change in the near future concerning nuclear power in Europe. We know German government is already laying out plans for decommissioning all nuclear plants in the next couple of decades. And most of the companies around the world associated to nuclear power have been making a strong investment in renewable energy sources. I was going through AREVA's official website yesterday and they have several new ongoing projects concerning renewable energy. At least, a slightly positive outcome of the Japanese NPP accident.by Pedro Jesus 6/8/2011 9:02:29 PM
pointscope01.jp
2011/06/09 06:00 JSTby ALBLEE via Pointscope01.jp 6/8/2011 9:02:42 PM
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2011/06/09 05:00 JST. An hour before the posted pic below.by ALBLEE via Pointscope01.jp 6/8/2011 9:04:03 PM
@all Good Afternoon...Hello!by smoss 6/8/2011 9:05:09 PM- hi @alblee @smossby elainekirk 6/8/2011 9:05:25 PM
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