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Sorry here is the link on MOX I found last night www.world-nuclear.org
by ch 6/9/2011 3:57:55 AM

@lilymunster I am seeing that the shipment for Ikata-3, Genkai-3, and Hamaoka-4 left port March of 2009 and then arrived May 2009...Genkai-3 loaded MOX fuel Nov 2009, while Ikata-3 loaded MOX fuel in March 2010. This leads me to believe that 6months to 1 year preparation for transport and delivery are necessary. Will continue follow this path a bit and check out the links both you and @LM provided.
by smoss 6/9/2011 3:57:57 AM

@ch An industry group but they seem to have lots of statistics on their site. I found some good info there before.
by lillymunster 6/9/2011 4:00:53 AM

@all I've got to go now, but I will do some digging tomorrow and see if I can add to the puzzle. Night all!
by LM 6/9/2011 4:02:27 AM

@LM I'm headed out also, late here.
by lillymunster 6/9/2011 4:03:31 AM

@lillymunster By the way, could you please edit my pinned up link and add this for us?

WHOI - Official Expedition to Measure Ocean Radiation Around Fukushima: www.whoi.edu
by Pedro Jesus 6/9/2011 4:03:58 AM

@lillymunster @LM night sleep well!
by Angie 6/9/2011 4:05:17 AM

@all Please know that I vastly appreciate the work that goes on here daily. The ability to pool resources and approach a problem from many different angles is invaluable!
by smoss 6/9/2011 4:05:51 AM

@LM @lillymunster Thanks for all you do! Good Night!
by smoss 6/9/2011 4:06:47 AM

@Pedro Jesus Was that how you wanted it done?
by Angie 6/9/2011 4:07:42 AM

@lillymunster Return of plutonium and MOX

So far one shipment of separated reactor-grade plutonium recovered from used fuel reprocessing has been returned to Japan, in 1993. This was reactor-grade material, with about 30% Pu-240 in it and therefore useable only as a reactor fuel. It is not suitable for nuclear weapons.

Further plutonium is being returned as mixed oxide (MOX) fuel, in which the plutonium is mixed with depleted uranium and fabricated into fresh fuel elements ready for use in a power station reactor (see information page on Mixed Oxide (MOX) Fuel). Shipments of MOX fuel assemblies were sent in mid-1999, early 2001, early 2009 and mid-2010.

Part of the 1999 shipment, intended for Kansai's Takehama plant, was returned to the UK in 2002 due to doubts about quality control. In 1999 and 2001, the shipments contained 60 MOX fuel assemblies for use in Tepco's Fukishima I-3 and Kashiwazaki-Kariwa 3 BWR units, respectively. The 2009 shipment contained 24 assemblies for Shikoku's Ikata 3, 28 for Chubu's Hamaoka 4, and 16 for Kyushu's Genkai 3. The 2010 shipment from France contained 12 assemblies for Kansai's Takahama 4 and 20 assemblies for the second load at Genkai 3.

www.world-nuclear.org
by ch 6/9/2011 4:09:23 AM

@Angie That's perfect, thank you. =)
by Pedro Jesus 6/9/2011 4:10:32 AM

@Pedro Jesus Oh good I wasnt sure lol!
by Angie 6/9/2011 4:11:12 AM

Like you ever will be :-O
by Veenie 6/9/2011 4:11:42 AM

@Veenie lol nope never!
by Angie 6/9/2011 4:12:38 AM

WINNER
goo.gl (I know!!!! I have been playing with it allll day! lol - Angie)
by Veenie edited by Angie 6/9/2011 4:18:33 AM

@ch Where you the one who was so deftly translating Japanese TBS/JNN vids for us a while back?
by smoss 6/9/2011 4:23:17 AM

@smoss I wish! My 2nd language consists of a VERY limited vocabulary in Spanish. Sorry
by ch 6/9/2011 4:24:46 AM

@ch Your better off that I am :-)
by smoss 6/9/2011 4:26:23 AM

@smoss I think it was @dh...................
by Angie 6/9/2011 4:26:47 AM

@Angie Thanks!
by smoss 6/9/2011 4:27:17 AM

@smoss not a problem........we just have to keep a eye out for him/her they only some times pop in.
by Angie 6/9/2011 4:28:34 AM

@dh If you or any other Japanese translator can offer assistance, I will post this vid and hope. Don't know but it appears to discuss Fukushima II (TBS/JNN)
by smoss 6/9/2011 4:30:07 AM

@all Must say "Bye!" for now...
by smoss 6/9/2011 4:33:18 AM

@smoss Bye!
by Angie 6/9/2011 4:34:41 AM

by marierich via I1207.photobucket 6/9/2011 4:40:52 AM

@marierich Hello stranger!Hope everyone is well at your place! And the answer from me to your question is I have no idea!
by Angie 6/9/2011 4:43:19 AM

one of the more interesting vids i have seen in this relatively slow news cycle www.infowars.com
by wrshpr 6/9/2011 4:43:44 AM

@Angie HELLO! Man, do I miss this, @All. Life is hectic, the custody battle is on, and my savings just went to a lawyer. But the grandkids are so happy here :) and they make me laugh.
by marierich 6/9/2011 4:45:16 AM

@marierich Hello, long time no read no "rant" feedback.))))
by Veenie 6/9/2011 4:47:49 AM

@marierich Oh I am glad they are happy and I hope it all goes to plan with the custody! We have missed you a lots though, but fully understand why you have been away!
by Angie 6/9/2011 4:48:00 AM

@Veenie My dear Veen- swell to see ur smilin' face XOXO
by marierich 6/9/2011 4:48:41 AM

2.bp.blogspot.com
Nuclide coprecipitation absorbtion equipment...
by Reed via 2.bp.blogspot 6/9/2011 4:57:10 AM

by Reed via 3.bp.blogspot 6/9/2011 4:57:51 AM

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32 steel support beams for #4 SFP
by Reed via 2.bp.blogspot 6/9/2011 5:00:14 AM

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The support beams for #4 SFP
by Reed via 2.bp.blogspot 6/9/2011 5:01:16 AM

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Oil Seperation Unit
by Reed via 4.bp.blogspot 6/9/2011 5:04:23 AM

Cool interactive map of Shared air. Where the air in Japan flows from and to japan.sharedair.org
by marierich 6/9/2011 5:33:43 AM

by marierich via I1207.photobucket 6/9/2011 5:39:26 AM

umm, link r.diim.jp
by marierich 6/9/2011 5:42:39 AM

Japan geiger map japan.failedrobot.com
by marierich 6/9/2011 5:48:08 AM

The situation with the damaged Fukushima nuclear power plants remains serious and it cannot be
said that there will be no further environmental contamination before the problems with the
reactors are fully under control. Even if contamination levels do not rise, Japanese residents will
have to make some decisions regarding the extent of environmental contamination they are
willing to live with. Important trade-offs will need to be made: on the one hand, to leave home
and community, abandon tracts of land, destroy foodstuffs, etc., while on the other to remain and
live in a contaminated environment and consume contaminated food. Bearing in mind that all
food and all environments are naturally radioactive, the question really becomes: how much is too
much?
In facing such important and far-reaching decisions about trade-offs, it is important to keep in
mind the nature of our radiation risk estimates, their primary purpose, and how they were
developed. Radiation risk estimates were not generated to address the hazards of living in a
contaminated environment. They have been generated in order to establish radiation protection
guidelines for the workplace1. These situations are so different, and have such drastically
different requirements for citizens, they require equally different approaches to addressing the
radiation hazard.
web.mit.edu
by marierich 6/9/2011 6:16:13 AM

TEPCO tests filters to decontaminate water

Tokyo Electric Power Company began testing water filtering devices at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant to decontaminate highly radioactive wastewater on Thursday.

The utility put up fences around water intakes outside reactors 2 and 3 to prevent leaked wastewater from spreading out to sea. But radioactive cesium is being found outside the fences, in amounts above government-set safety levels.

The utility has installed two filtering devices near the reactors' water intakes.

The filters are made of zeolite, which absorbs radioactive cesium.

After a test-run, Tokyo Electric plans to filter a maximum 30 tons of contaminated water per hour from inside the fence and to discharge the decontaminated water into the sea.

Thursday, June 09, 2011 12:51 +0900 (JST)
www3.nhk.or.jp
by Angie 6/9/2011 6:42:57 AM

　　Tokyo Electric Power Company is still struggling to prevent leaks of highly-radioactive water accumulating at its troubled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. The utility plans to move another 2,700 tons of toxic water from the reactor buildings to an adjacent waste processing facility. 　　　　NHK news ticker thingy
by Angie 6/9/2011 6:44:47 AM

Fishermen to Tepco: Don't release water
Agency: No. 2 plant discharge unacceptable, low level or not
Kyodo

A plan by Tepco to release water containing traces of radioactive materials from the Fukushima No. 2 nuclear power plant into the Pacific has been halted by stiff opposition from the Fisheries Agency, sources said Wednesday. search.japantimes.co.jp
by jt 6/9/2011 7:26:16 AM