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back... fell asleep .. whewwwww
by dean 7/28/2011 4:52:34 AM

Housing support system disappoints quake victims
www.yomiuri.co.jp
by Panserbjorne9 7/28/2011 4:58:17 AM

"Special report: Fukushima long ranked most hazardous plant" (I wonder what other plants apart from Fukushima-Daiichi and Perry nuclear plant on Lake Erie outside Cleveland, Ohio) are (were) on the black list. uk.reuters.com
by Pedro Jesus 7/28/2011 5:31:40 AM

www.klimaatkeuze.nl Another MOX scandal? From January 2001. Belgium sent 32 MOX fuel assemblies for Fukushima I-3, (which) arrived in Japan back in September 1999. They remained unused as a result of the BNFL MOX fuel falsification. Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) intends to load this MOX fuel into Fukushima I-3 in April 2001. Then there were investigations, and lawsuits, and then....? So the MOX was sitting there (where?) since 1999.
by ariadne 7/28/2011 7:10:43 AM

Chubu Electric unable to remove damaged nuclear fuel rod for 17 years

SHIZUOKA, July 28, Kyodo

Chubu Electric Power Co. revealed Thursday it has been unable to remove a spent fuel rod that was damaged in an accident 17 years ago from its Hamaoka nuclear power plant in Shizuoka Prefecture.

While spent nuclear fuel is normally sent to the reprocessing plant in Rokkasho, Aomori Prefecture or elsewhere, the damaged rod remains inside the fuel pool of the plant's now decommissioned No. 1 reactor, in a special container, it said.

The company said it had asked domestic research organizations and foreign nuclear fuel firms to take it but to no avail, and is still pondering how to get the rod outside in the absence of clear government rules on how to dispose of damaged fuel that requires more delicate handling.
english.kyodonews.jp
by Edano 7/28/2011 8:19:17 AM

Nice.
by bo 7/28/2011 8:31:23 AM

Radiation Fear Prompts Aeon to Test Wagyu Beef for Cancer-Causing Cesium www.bloomberg.com

“Aeon is a very savvy company,” said Melanie Brock, the Tokyo-based regional manager for trade group Meat and Livestock Australia, in a telephone interview today. “Their decision to test all beef, I think, is likely to be the way forward” for other sellers, said Brock, who also chairs the Australian and New Zealand Chamber of Commerce in Japan."
by bo 7/28/2011 8:35:10 AM

@Edano Didn't Fuku have some leakers too? As I recall from archive info that Elaine dug up, there have been some dodgy damaged rods sitting in the SF pool at Unit 2 since 2004. I haven't read that they were in any 'special container'.
by es 7/28/2011 8:38:40 AM

Govt eyes Fukushima Pref. as R&D center [28 July, 2011]: www.yomiuri.co.jp
by es 7/28/2011 8:48:06 AM

Research whaling end 'an option' for agency [28 July, 2011]: www.yomiuri.co.jp
"The Fisheries Agency's review committee on research whaling in the Antarctic Ocean has compiled a report in which the agency for the first time mentioned discontinuation of the research as an option.

The report includes opinions supporting the continuation of research whaling and also opinions in favor of scaling down or halting the practice.

The government has so far consistently maintained that it should continue the research whaling, which is approved by the International Whaling Commission. This is the first time for a government agency to come up with the option of halting the research whaling."
by es 7/28/2011 8:49:01 AM

has anyone seen Tepco tell the public that they are sending men into #3?
by elainekirk 7/28/2011 9:03:15 AM

by elainekirk 7/28/2011 9:10:19 AM

1,600 workers projected over radiation limit [28 July, 2011]: search.japantimes.co.jp
by es 7/28/2011 9:13:21 AM

Threat to food chain grows as contamination spreads [28 July, 2011]: search.japantimes.co.jp
by es 7/28/2011 9:13:35 AM

Evacuees should receive compensation in line with radiation levels in neighborhoods [28 July, 2011]: mdn.mainichi.jp
by es 7/28/2011 9:13:53 AM

@es 1600 not quite tepco's happy figures is it ? I wonder if that is what the worker meant?
by elainekirk 7/28/2011 9:22:36 AM

ikrockhopper Itsumi Kakefuda
The average operating rate of the water cleaning system is only 63% since its start. Look at the Fig in this article.
t.co
by elainekirk 7/28/2011 9:25:51 AM

@elainekirk No it sure isn't a TEPCO number. And it frustrates me greatly that such information is disclosed only through FOI requests - why isn't this data openly and publically available?
by es 7/28/2011 9:30:36 AM

@es because it may cause panic and alarm
by elainekirk 7/28/2011 9:33:33 AM

ikrockhopper Itsumi Kakefuda
Tokyo Bar Association issued a statement on the 'Internet Monitoring Project' by the Energy Agency, writing that the entity which spreads
(cont) 'inaccurate' and/or 'inappropriate' information is JP gov and others, not people on Twitter and other Internet.
www.toben.or.jp
trying to find English version
by elainekirk 7/28/2011 9:36:09 AM

@elainekirk Ah yes. Funny, I'm more likey to panic in the absence of data.
by es 7/28/2011 9:36:59 AM

Thursday July 28 2011, 09:01:38 UTC 34 minutes ago off the east coast of Honshu, Japan 5.5 25.0 quakes.globalincidentmap.com
by Edano 7/28/2011 9:39:55 AM

@es based on the article about compensation you posted below, it is clear that a key part of the GoJ's limiting of the evacuation areas are focused on containing potential compensation responsibilities.
by bo 7/28/2011 9:40:01 AM

@es the Japanese have good reason to panic
by elainekirk 7/28/2011 9:40:25 AM

www3.nhk.or.jp

Edano orders ban on shipping Miyagi beef cattle

Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano says he has ordered the governor of Miyagi Prefecture to suspend all of its shipments of beef cattle.

Edano made the announcement on Thursday, after levels of radioactive cesium above the government safety limit were detected in beef cattle raised in the prefecture.

Miyagi is the second prefecture to have all of its cattle shipments banned, following Fukushima, which was given a suspension order last week.

Thursday, July 28, 2011 17:04 +0900 (JST)
www3.nhk.or.jp
by Edano via Www3.nhk.or.jp 7/28/2011 9:45:47 AM

@elainekirk The compensation claims they are facing are limitless - I simply cannot fathom where all the money needed will come from.
by es 7/28/2011 9:45:53 AM

Govt may extend cattle ban

Japan's government is considering extending a ban on all shipments of beef cattle from Miyagi to Iwate Prefecture. This comes amid growing public concern over radioactive beef across the country.

Radioactive cesium exceeding government standards was detected in beef from 6 head of cattle feared to have eaten contaminated rice straw in Miyagi, which neighbors Fukushima Prefecture.

The government's nuclear disaster task force says the contaminated beef came from cattle from various parts of the prefecture, rather than from a limited area. It is ordering a blanket suspension of shipments from Miyagi on Thursday.

The prefecture is the second to have all cattle shipments banned, following Fukushima which was given the order last week.

Radioactive cesium exceeding the safety level has also now been detected in beef from 5 cattle shipped from across Iwate Prefecture, to the north of Miyagi.

The government may extend its shipment ban to Iwate next week.

Thursday, July 28, 2011 13:28 +0900 (JST)
www3.nhk.or.jp
by Edano 7/28/2011 9:47:57 AM

Solar power plants to start operation in Kawasaki

A solar power plant is to start operation in Kawasaki, near Tokyo, in mid-August.

Kawasaki City and Tokyo Electric Power Company have jointly built the plant on 11 hectares of reclaimed land in the Ukishima district along Tokyo Bay.

The plant, which has 38,000 solar panels -- each measuring 1.3 meters by 1 meter -- is expected to generate 7.4 million kilowatt hours of electricity per year, enough to supply to 2,000 average households.

Kawasaki City and Tokyo Electric are also building another solar power plant in Ougishima district, near Ukishima.

The Ougishima plant is scheduled to begin operation in December.

The total annual output from the 2 facilities will be around 21 million kilowatt hours -- the largest combined solar power output of any pair of plants in Japan.

Thursday, July 28, 2011 11:48 +0900 (JST)
www3.nhk.or.jp
by Edano 7/28/2011 9:48:42 AM

Water treatment system running below capacity

A water decontamination system at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has been operating below its target capacity, resulting in delays to the firm's timetable of about 2 months.

Tokyo Electric Power Company started running the decontamination system in late June to remove radioactive substances from water pooled in reactor buildings' basements. Treated water is sent back into the reactors as coolant.

TEPCO says the system operated at 63 percent capacity from June 17th until Tuesday, though it aimed to run it at 70 percent capacity.

The company was planning to decrease the amount of contaminated water to a safe level by early August. But, it now says the timetable is likely to be pushed back until late September.

The failure to reach the target is mainly attributed to the fact the system's working capacity is at about 30 percent below designed levels. The system has also stopped repeatedly due to various operational problems.

TEPCO says problems seen in the early stages of the operation have been solved, and that it will try to increase the system's treatment rate from now.

Thursday, July 28, 2011 11:48 +0900 (JST)
www3.nhk.or.jp
by Edano 7/28/2011 9:50:38 AM

@es wouldnt it have been better if they had accepted all the offers of temporary housing that flooded in from abroad they could have set up communities in safer areas with industrial units which are very quickly assembled and let the people take it from there but oh no they did not want to accept liability
by elainekirk 7/28/2011 9:50:45 AM

@Edano
so what parts of stage 1 did they actually achieve to warrant goj announcements last week that they were on target
by elainekirk 7/28/2011 9:52:38 AM

@elainekirk ehmm nnnoo yes ..... hmmm ..... next question, please.
by Edano 7/28/2011 9:54:13 AM

this is what they want the workers to fix????????
by elainekirk 7/28/2011 9:59:38 AM

@elainekirk, time passed. After some more time passes, voila, they will have achieved "step two."
by bo 7/28/2011 10:00:10 AM

there are more diagrams here www.tepco.co.jp of the measurements
by elainekirk 7/28/2011 10:01:49 AM

Sorry for the off topic post but on Areva and solar..... Solar Dawn project, Australia( au.news.yahoo.com and antinuclear.net ) sure was nice of my government to pitch in 464 milion of Tax payers money with a lovely company such as Areva....No wonder we get the "keep moving nothing to see here" response from the governement and media here.... majority Murdoch media, Areva renewables and Chinese majority mining, ah.... the lucky country Australia! I'm moving to Russia! @Elaine, HI...sorry "enter" too early, feel free to delete it and clean up this post...thanks!:-)
by Thunder 7/28/2011 10:16:28 AM

@Thunder love the post thunder :)
by elainekirk 7/28/2011 10:24:17 AM

464 million.............
by elainekirk 7/28/2011 10:24:56 AM

@All a less cynical bit of information, from my annoying the government department responsible for CTBTO responsibilities.....I asked for the raw data on radionuclidies(they gave me the nobles already) they said to show that no fukushima radionuclides were detected in our testing stations they would have to quote "release a large amount of spectral data" they said this could possibily cause friction between member states and this was unwanted as the member states lead by some country's(including Australia) are pushing for the network to be used for civil pruposes in the event of such disasters as Fukushima in the future....for me, enough said! I wouldn't push the issue if it meant possibly affecting such a positive outcome as the ctbto's monitoring network being used in the future as a response to a nuclear disaster....so I will be leaving that one alone!:-) @Elaine 464 million.......is just the begining...... life is peachy when China buys coal(and just about everything else) faster than we can dig it up and with a carbon tax starting July 2012 the government seems to have the ability to blow money like a 12 year old girl in jewlery shop with a fist full of hundreds.....
by Thunder 7/28/2011 10:35:48 AM

@Thunder well done on the info I am surprised that the need for information in a civil disaster wasnt built into initial agreements .
by elainekirk 7/28/2011 10:41:29 AM

worth posting a translation for this methinks
= Found selling contaminated beef "柿安" in Hamburger - triple
　Problem had been circulated to eat beef contaminated rice straw high levels of radioactive cesium, Mie Prefecture, on July 28柿安本店(Prefecture Kuwana) to use hamburger beef sets manufactured and sold, the provisional regulatory limits (500 becquerels per kilogram), announced that Becquerel discovered the radioactive cesium 980 in excess of the same.
　Of cesium was found exceeding the regulatory limits are 65.1 kg were used in Iwate beef hamburgers for 500 sets of gifts, June 08, the meat produced柿安本店center. Received orders from department stores nationwide sold 499 sets of 6-14 days in July. (2011/07/28-19: 50)
www.jiji.com
by elainekirk 7/28/2011 10:56:38 AM

Peston Robert Peston
Centrica confirms that UK's programme to build new nuclear generating capacity has been delayed - am not sure that's been said before
by elainekirk 7/28/2011 11:12:59 AM

Threat to food chain grows as contamination spreads
search.japantimes.co.jp
via Majj on twitter
by elainekirk 7/28/2011 11:19:23 AM

@Elaine I believe the original reason was that CTBTO had one job and they were to focus only on that job, that way they would stay independant and never miss anything while doing their duty....still amazes me that after it became obvious that the situation was serious that member states at that point didn't start pushing for release of the data...but then again.....nothing to see here! On Areva too it's 464 million just for Solar Dawn, Koogan Creek also got 67 million in State and federal funding....and there's a few more too! Ironically the technology they are using was perfected and patend here by an Aussie who moved to USA looking for capital to grow the idea, Areva eventually bought him out and whalla.....500 million plus in two projects....why didn't the government just provide capital to the individual who invented it.....makes me wonder! Ok I have to go to bed! Good to see everyone!:-) I hope you all stay well!
by Thunder 7/28/2011 11:32:43 AM