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@NorthernCali Earliest tomorrow, they are hammering out the Constituion :-)

@NorthernCali I see it like this :.we had scuffles and it escalated into a riot, so the Board, got arrested !...now we are all in Time Out till the case goes before the Judges, so we will have to obey mandates and probation .good news, I do not think it's over....bad news....some prolly won't pass the pissin test :-O

In my opinion, in order for this site to really matter in the long-term, we have to make it relevant to the Japanese. I have heard it said, and I don't entirely disagree, that if the scope of the almost daily smoke/steam shows on the TeppyCam was known, then they would be afraid to go outside over there. Not that I want fear for the sake of fear, but that is the sort of passionate consciousness which would actually foment the necessary change on the part of the "powers that be". I would like to see more promotion and perhaps language translation from our relevant resources for the people of Japan!

@elainekirk - "2 IAEA Fukushima docs have been de-restricted "
I hate when that happens. ;^)

@elainekirk - "Technical cooperation project in support of a marine benchmark study on the possible impact of the Fukushima radioactive releases in the Asia-Pacific Region"
This sounds like it could be the Woods Hole research perhaps...
www.iaea.org

Chilling...

14. At 07:21 UTC on 11 March 2011, the IEC established initial communication with the official
contact point designated by Japan under the Early Notification Convention and the Assistance
Convention, namely the: Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry/Nuclear and Industrial Safety
Agency (METI–NISA). The IEC verified information on the occurrence of the earthquake and the
tsunami and commenced enquiries as to the safety of nuclear installations and Category I, II and III
radioactive sources in the affected areas of Japan.

15. The IEC was promptly activated, starting operation in Full Response Mode. Regular IEC staff
and other Agency staff members who have been trained in the IES were called into the IEC to fulfil
functions in the organizational response structure (under REPLIE 2009) in accordance with their
allocated responsibilities and training.

19. At 08:56 UTC on 11 March 2011, the Agency received the first request for information about
the ‘state of the safety of the power reactors in Japan’ from a Member State. Since that time, the
Agency has responded to requests for information from official contact points in Member States and State Parties to the Early Notification Convention and the Assistance Convention. Requests received from organizations that are not officially nominated contact points and from members of the public (through the IAEA public web site) were also followed up by the relevant Agency technical division or the Division of Public Information.

37. A delegation of major shipping lines met with the Agency and IMO on 4 May 2011 to discuss
means of addressing the monitoring of containers at ports. Support has been provided to the shipping companies through the Agency’s Denial of Shipment Network, and an extensive joint guidance document is being prepared by the task group.

www.iaea.org