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@Edano Is a beautiful winter of blue sky and a minimum temp of 17 Cent. Next week I start going out again ;-))

@Majj : ooh, i forgot there is winter. brrrrr. :)

@Majj sounds cozy.

Excess level of radioactive cesium found in meat of Fukushima cow

TOKYO, July 9, Kyodo
english.kyodonews.jp

Four cities request bigger nuclear safety zone

Four municipalities around a nuclear power plant in Shizuoka Prefecture have asked the central government to expand the plant's official emergency zone, so their communities can be included in the event of a nuclear accident.

Mayors and representatives from the cities of Fujieda, Yaizu, Fukuroi and Iwata handed a petition requesting the change to nuclear crisis minister Goshi Hosono on Friday.

The mayors asked that the emergency planning zone around the Hamaoka nuclear power station be expanded from the current 10-kilometer radius to 30 kilometers.

The municipalities are all located 10 to 30 kilometers from the Hamaoka plant.

The petition notes that in the Fukushima accident, evacuation areas have now expanded beyond the zone initially mandated by the government.

The mayors said the municipalities are unable to draw up evacuation plans unless their locations are recognized within the emergency zone. They said the matter is raising concern among residents.

Hosono agreed the Fukushima accident revealed the inadequacy of a 10-kilometer radius, and said the government must promptly review the matter.

Friday, July 08, 2011 20:59 +0900 (JST)
www3.nhk.or.jp

Secret nuclear reactor leak at NC University is like students 'getting x-ray'. For five days of radiation leaking from a reactor at North Carolina State University's Burlington Nuclear Engineering Laboratory, causing the research facility to close, the public was not informed reportedly due to the radiation being so low, it is like someone getting an x-ray. www.examiner.com

"In the 1950's, pregnant women were routinely given x-rays to their stomachs. Women were told 'low-dose radiation is harmless,' by medical societies and government officials. British physician Alice Stewart published studies showed that babies irradiated in-utero had a nearly double the risk of dying of cancer by age 10, and her results were matched by other researchers. Not until then did doctors introduce ultra-sound, that emits no radiation, for pregnant women."

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Systematic involvement suspected in Genkai scandal

Kyushu Electric Power Company says its nuclear energy division may have been involved in a systematic effort to manipulate public opinion to support the restarting of its Genkai nuclear power plant.

Last month, the government held a meeting to explain safety measures to local residents before restarting the No.2 and 3 reactors at the plant in Saga Prefecture.

The meeting was broadcast live on TV and the internet, and viewers were invited to submit their opinions by e-mail or fax.

It was learned on Friday that the 2 of the utility's executives, including a vice president in charge of the nuclear energy division, instructed their subordinates to help with the effort, referring to the meeting.

The company previously admitted that employees of the utility and 4 affiliated firms -- more than 1,500 people in total -- were instructed to send e-mails during the meeting in support of the reactors' restart.

The 2 reportedly felt that the meeting was important because it took place just prior to Kyushu Electric's general shareholders' meeting.

They were also reportedly interested in the opinions sent to the meeting.

Industry Minister Banri Kaieda said he was deeply disappointed at the utility's behavior in light of the crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. He said he would like to prevent a recurrence of the scheme by keeping power utilities in check.

Friday, July 08, 2011 14:48 +0900 (JST)
www3.nhk.or.jp

@elainekirk tx, will look thru these.

Hi guys, I found this site. www.radiation.org/ And then I took the link to Dr Sternglass's book.

@lillymunster It's over 500 miles, I know that. When I first saw that, I thought it came from Fuku, but it is likely that it is from Ikata. Do NPP's typically contaminate their surroundings with plutonium?