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In the battle of a bag of landscape rock and me: Landscape rock=1 Nancy=0 Off to bed.by lillymunster 7/23/2011 4:19:45 AM- @bo Is that one of the FERMI reactors?by lillymunster 7/23/2011 4:20:03 AM
@lilly later!by bo 7/23/2011 4:20:14 AM- It was the one built by Fermi and his team just for experimental purposes. They were able to create a sustained and controllable chair reaction. Then they dismantled it. It was done in a squash court under the stands of the football stadium at the University of Chicago, back when they had a football team.by bo 7/23/2011 4:21:28 AM
TEPCO admitted failure to vent Fukushima No. 1 reactor in May report mdn.mainichi.jpby Panserbjorne9 7/23/2011 4:48:17 AM- Fun in the sun for Fukushima families
FUKUSHIMA--For children living in Fukushima Prefecture who have few chances to play outside due to the crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, volunteers and municipalities nationwide are organizing events to give them an opportunity to enjoy summer vacation outside of the prefecture. www.yomiuri.co.jpby Panserbjorne9 7/23/2011 4:50:20 AM - 'Dream lights' for departed illuminate path toward recovery
The Yomiuri Shimbun
MORIOKA--Residents from a community in Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, are making handmade lanterns from milk packages in preparation for an event to comfort the souls of victims of the March 11 disaster.
The lanterns, called yumeakari (dream lights), have been made in the Taro district of the city since about 10 years ago. About 200 people from the district were killed or are still missing as a result of the tsunami that hit the city following the Great East Japan Earthquake, and residents are planning to make the same number of lanterns in their memory. They will place them on coastal wave barriers on Aug. 11, exactly five months since the disaster.
There will also be fireworks at the event, which is being held to pray for the souls of the dead and pledge to reconstruct the Taro district.
The initiative was started by Asako Komukai, 63, whose home was hit by the tsunami, and who is currently living in a temporary housing unit. She started making the lanterns alone in late May to comfort the souls of her dead relatives and friends.
Other residents in the same group of temporary housing units gradually joined her and the total number of lanterns made by the residents is currently 110.
Yumeakari, which usually decorate the entrances of residences during the Bon season, are octagonal lanterns adorned with intricate patterns made with a box cutter and painted with fluorescent colors inside. Candles are placed inside the yumeakari to project beautiful reflections.
"I'd like to comfort the souls of the dead and heal the minds of the survivors, even just a little," Komukai said. www.yomiuri.co.jpby Panserbjorne9 7/23/2011 4:53:03 AM - Strong quake jolts northern Japan, no tsunami warning issued uk.reuters.comby Panserbjorne9 7/23/2011 5:00:27 AM
- Are worries over meat warranted? search.japantimes.co.jpby Panserbjorne9 7/23/2011 5:06:12 AM
@Panserbjorne9 "Eating 1 kg of the meat is roughly equal to a radiation dose of 82.65 microsieverts for a period during which radioactive cesium remains in one's body. If a person eats food with radioactive cesium, half the amount remains in the body for nine days for a baby younger than 1. But the duration gets longer as people age, and it takes 90 days for those aged 50."
Gobbldegookgobbledegookgobbledegook... So wait. If I eat a kilo, I get 82.65 uSv whether it stays in my body for 9 days, OR 90 days? I really don't want to watch a baby eat a kilo of meat, period, so that one is probably useless.
Clear as tar.by RadioGuy 7/23/2011 5:13:45 AM- @radioguy I KNOW, ARGHHHHHby Panserbjorne9 7/23/2011 5:20:20 AM
Big one!!
EQ: 13:34 JST 23 Jul 2011 38.9N 142.2E 40 km M6.5 Miyagi-ken Oki
www.jma.go.jpby estacion via Jma.go.jp 7/23/2011 6:03:53 AM
good morningby elainekirk 7/23/2011 7:17:48 AM- - Alternative cooling facility for the spent fuel pool cooling and
filtering system of Uni3
Stopped at 8:02 am on July 21, started at 2:52 pm, and stopped at 3:24
am on July 23. www.tepco.co.jpby elainekirk 7/23/2011 7:58:27 AM 
exposure dose based on air readings above the reactors www.tepco.co.jp
by elainekirk 7/23/2011 8:21:42 AM- ikrockhopper has translated a workers tweets
The Fukushima worker's tweets this morning (He is off today), his opinions about 'the procedure step 1' on the TEPCO's plan
(cont) "I don't think that the step 1 was done because spent fuel cooling system is still a band-aid, & will stop when electricity is down,
(cont) "like yesterday, when the temperature of the pool goes up to >100C quickly. Until we built a stable coolant system and we take out...
(cont) "the spent fuel out of the pool, we cannot feel safe. Even if we can start taking out the spent fuel three years from now, ..
(cont) "it would take three more years to take all of the spent fuel out from the pool. Then, I think that it would be 10 years from now,
(cont) "when we finally start working on taking the mass of melted fuel from the reactors. In total, this procedure would take 15-20 years."by elainekirk 7/23/2011 9:59:55 AM 
@lillymunster. I don't know anything about Rokke or 9/11 conspiricies. I did read everything on the official 9/11 enquiry, which was only carried out at all because of the actions of victim families, and it makes no sense at all. I don't think you have to look at any conspiricy theories about 9/11 to discover that the official reports lied lied and lied more. I wonder why so many people with no axe to grind who were there at the time report so many anomolies in the official version of events. As an outside observer I was left wondering what the authorities were so desperate to hide. The manner that this disaster is being handled seems very similar.by Cat 7/23/2011 10:34:54 AM
(1of2) NewsWatch9 - Hosono Minister - Evacuation zone back to home?: www.youtube.com
(2of2) NewsWatch9 - Hosono Minister - Evacuation zone back to home?:
www.youtube.comby es 7/23/2011 11:14:52 AM- @es :(by elainekirk 7/23/2011 11:25:09 AM
- horrible! www.youtube.comby Cat 7/23/2011 11:26:18 AM
M6.4 quake jolts northeastern Japan, no tsunami warning issued
TOKYO, July 23, Kyodo
A strong earthquake with a provisional magnitude of 6.4 jolted northeastern Japan Saturday afternoon, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.
No tsunami warning was issued from the 1:34 p.m. quake, and there were no immediate reports of injuries or damage from the quake.
The quake registered upper 5 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale of 7 in inland areas of southern Iwate Prefecture and lower 5 in inland areas of northern Iwate.
english.kyodonews.jpby Edano 7/23/2011 11:32:27 AM- Tokyo Electric urged to shoulder costs for buying contaminated beef
TOKYO, July 23, Kyodo
english.kyodonews.jpby Edano 7/23/2011 11:46:05 AM - Friday's water treatment system halt caused by human error: TEPCO
TOKYO, July 23, Kyodo
english.kyodonews.jpby Edano 7/23/2011 11:46:54 AM S.O.S. From Fukushima Japan Locals- Our Children Are Trapped In RADIATION
by Cat 7/23/2011 11:54:15 AM- 93 mostly teenagers killed in norway by one (or two ?) nazi.by Edano 7/23/2011 12:14:29 PM
- reminds me of the olof palme murder.by Edano 7/23/2011 12:15:45 PM
- TEPCO to eliminate gangsters from nuclear projects
The operator of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant is stepping up efforts to prevent gangsters from earning money in projects for bringing the crisis under control.
Tokyo Electric Power Company and 23 affiliates set up a council to eliminate criminal organizations from such projects.
More than 50 people from member companies and the National Police Agency, the council's advisor, attended its first meeting in Tokyo on Friday.
The head of the council, Satoshi Muto of TEPCO, said gangsters may become involved in rebuilding efforts and could work at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.
He said the council will step up cooperation with police to develop measures to stop their participation.
Police say criminal syndicates are gaining work in rebuilding projects, claiming to be companies and volunteer groups.
A gangster has been arrested in Iwate Prefecture for illegally sending workers to construction sites for temporary housing.
The council plans to cooperate with police in drawing up contracts and exchanging information on criminal groups to prevent their participation in projects.
Saturday, July 23, 2011 13:41 +0900 (JST)
www3.nhk.or.jpby Edano 7/23/2011 12:19:52 PM - Strong earthquake hits Iwate
A strong earthquake hit Iwate Prefecture on Saturday afternoon.
The quake had a magnitude of 6.5, with the focus estimated to be in waters off Miyagi Prefecture.
It registered an intensity of 5-plus on the Japanese scale of 0 to 7.
There is no fear of tsunami.
Tokyo Electric Power Company says the quake had no effect on operations of the troubled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.
Saturday, July 23, 2011 13:52 +0900 (JST)
www3.nhk.or.jpby Edano 7/23/2011 12:22:27 PM - Keidanren calls for strong political leadership
Japanese business leaders are calling for strong political leadership to help the country recover from the devastation of the March disaster and create a new Japan.
The Japan Business Federation, or Keidanren, issued the appeal as it wrapped up a 2-day forum in the resort town of Karuizawa, central Japan, on Friday.
It points out that not only are the onerous corporate taxation system, strict regulations on employment and the strong yen already high on their list of concerns, but that they've now been joined by concerns about national power shortages.
The statement says if measures are not taken against these issues, the result is likely to be more job losses and slower economic growth.
Keidanren also called on the government to make every effort to secure the energy supply over the next few years and rebuild public trust in nuclear power generation.
Friday, July 22, 2011 20:26 +0900 (JST)
www3.nhk.or.jpby Edano 7/23/2011 12:24:25 PM - they are just waiting for kan to retire.by Edano 7/23/2011 12:25:32 PM
good morning to allby dean 7/23/2011 12:25:33 PM- @dean hi dean, seems we are alone.by Edano 7/23/2011 12:26:53 PM
- in norway people are allowed to own weapons.by Edano 7/23/2011 12:27:39 PM
- indeed we are... I've been reading your very interesting posts.... imagine.. gangster nuclear workers..by dean 7/23/2011 12:28:44 PM
- Edano, do you think the idea of nationalizing nuclear power in japan will ever matureby dean 7/23/2011 12:30:29 PM
- @dean : only if kan stays. the power companies have too much power.by Edano 7/23/2011 12:32:17 PM
- @dean : did you read the kyodo article that over 70% of all donations to LDP in 2009 were made by the 8 power companies ?by Edano 7/23/2011 12:33:35 PM
- @dean : and there was this strange and secret diplomatic intervention by US this week...by Edano 7/23/2011 12:35:04 PM
- didn't read it... interesting, you know I wonder how competitive those 8 power companies are with each other or have they formed a coalitionby dean 7/23/2011 12:35:29 PM
- now I would like to read up on that intervention articleby dean 7/23/2011 12:36:13 PM
- @dean : they splitted the country in 8 parts, therre is no competition, here in germany we have 3 power companies you cannot choose, they have regional monopolies.by Edano 7/23/2011 12:36:55 PM
- do you suppose that each of the utility companies is traded on the market?by dean 7/23/2011 12:37:04 PM
- @dean i think so, but idk. you can buy tepco shares.by Edano 7/23/2011 12:39:18 PM
- i think nationalizing nukes is a very good idea.by Edano 7/23/2011 12:40:31 PM
- somehow in the future of nuclear power I believe something needs to be done to eliminate trading on these huge companies and switch them to non profit or not traded. The greed for profits overrides the necessity of safetyby dean 7/23/2011 12:40:50 PM
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