Japan Earthquake

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TY LILLY
by dean 7/29/2011 3:10:05 PM

@LM looking at the weather web cams gives a much clearer idea on those storms.
by lillymunster 7/29/2011 3:10:18 PM

@dean email sent.
by lillymunster 7/29/2011 3:20:09 PM

@Dean, I emailed the lady who coordinates the project with the orphanage and also NuWater about a data sheet on the filters and possible larger buys etc. Have not heard back from either one yet.
by lillymunster 7/29/2011 3:22:39 PM

TY lilly
by dean 7/29/2011 3:22:47 PM

I hope they respond soon lilly
by dean 7/29/2011 3:23:16 PM

lease watch it in full screen and answer in a comment,
what the fck has the cat on the side?
the black vertical widely line shortly before the back leg,
on cats right body side...
first i thought, damn that cat must be hungry like a bear, but the black line is to deeply in the body to be only a thin shaddow of a shrunken stomach...
then i thought, damn, it must be hurt.
because so far we can see on the fukushima livestream is the area there high frequented by any many birds.
and so it could be some kind of bird trap....
okay, then i thought, if i'm unsure, maybe the way how the cat walks could gives any information about what it is.
but now i'm still clueless..
tepco Livestream_2011_07_27_1633
by Majj 7/29/2011 3:27:17 PM

If anyone has any more changes for the Plutonium article please let me know, would like to post it on the home page of the website later today.
by lillymunster 7/29/2011 3:27:47 PM

Even though the government says eating contaminated beef "has no immediate effect" on health, parents cannot stand to think that it may affect their children's future, even by a small amount. Instead of accepting the government's explanation, parents, seized by undefined anxieties, are tending to choose imported beef over domestic beef and are shifting from beef to pork. The collateral damage is too serious to call these worries groundless rumors. www.asahi.com
by Majj 7/29/2011 3:29:21 PM

TOKYO (Dow Jones)--The Japanese government disclosed Friday that its primary nuclear regulator tried to manipulate public opinion at public forums around the country to promote nuclear power, findings that further damage the industry's already tattered reputation.
The announcement came as Prime Minister Naoto Kan released an energy strategy framework that seeks to reduce the dependence on nuclear power following the country's worst-ever nuclear accident at the quake-hit Fukushima Daiichi plant in northern Japan.
"The scandal, if true, is a grave problem that questions the very existence of the Nuclear Industry Safety Agency," Kan said at a press conference on the energy strategy. online.wsj.com
by Majj 7/29/2011 3:37:16 PM

www.tepco.co.jp
Air shower
by elainekirk via Tepco.co.jp 7/29/2011 3:49:34 PM

@elainekirk Is that for blasting radioactive dust off?
by lillymunster 7/29/2011 3:52:14 PM

HI @ ELAINE...
by dean 7/29/2011 3:52:59 PM

time to go for awhile.. will return... ty to all
by dean 7/29/2011 4:03:28 PM

@lillymunster @dean must be just a photo dump they did www.tepco.co.jp
by elainekirk 7/29/2011 4:07:43 PM

@dean sorry missed you was grabbing coffeeeeeeee
by elainekirk 7/29/2011 4:08:05 PM

be back in a bit, need to get some yardwork done before the heat hits.
by lillymunster 7/29/2011 4:13:04 PM

Japan PM pledges 'revolutionary' energy shift Japan's Prime Minister Naoto Kan on Friday pledged a "revolutionary" shift away from atomic power and towards renewable energy in the wake of the Fukushima nuclear disaster. news.yahoo.com Sorry if already posted.
by M.I.A. 7/29/2011 4:13:45 PM

hello!
by Puc 7/29/2011 4:56:06 PM

Day/night 4 of the great steaming show...
by Puc 7/29/2011 4:56:07 PM

sorry Puc, you should be good to go now.
by lillymunster 7/29/2011 4:56:31 PM

@M.I.A. something interesting I found last night sort of related. Panasonic sold off their white goods Sanyo division to Haier so they can concentrate on solar and residential storage batteries.
by lillymunster 7/29/2011 4:57:53 PM

@lillymunster Light dawns? One can hope...
by M.I.A. 7/29/2011 5:16:04 PM

Gov't unit, utilities sought to manipulate symposiums on nuclear power

TOKYO, July 30, Kyodo

(EDS: ADDING COMMENTS BY NUCLEAR AGENCY CHIEF)

Seven Japanese power utilities had urged their employees and affiliated firms' workers to participate in symposiums related to the use of nuclear power generation, while three of them had local residents and employees pitch prepared questions and opinions at the events, the industry ministry said Friday.

Of the seven companies asked by the Economy, Trade and Industry Ministry to submit reports on possible maneuvering of such events, Chubu Electric Power Co. and Shikoku Electric Power Co. said they were asked by the government's nuclear safety agency to have local residents pose questions in favor of Japan's nuclear projects.
english.kyodonews.jp
by Edano 7/29/2011 5:21:26 PM

@M.I.A. I am seeing bits of action or interest here and there with various big companies. Adding wind or solar products. I think corporations are feeling out the climate for such things.
by lillymunster 7/29/2011 5:21:34 PM

so the government itself manipulated public opinion.
by Edano 7/29/2011 5:22:56 PM

Gov't to allow use of simpler radiation detectors for beef

TOKYO, July 29, Kyodo

The government is set to allow inspection of beef for radiation contamination using simpler detectors due to a shortage of equipment and personnel among local governments planning to screen all beef cattle and cattle farms amid a widening food scare, government officials said Friday.

The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare plans to permit the use of simpler detectors that clear its standards, the officials said.

There are only a little more than 100 units across Japan of the regularly used device, called a germanium semiconductor detector, fewer than needed to monitor radioactive materials in beef from all cattle in areas where straw containing radioactive cesium above the government-set limit has been found.
english.kyodonews.jp
by Edano 7/29/2011 5:23:56 PM

english.kyodonews.jp

Agency sought to manipulate symposiums on nuclear power
Nobuaki Terasaka (R), head of the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency, holds a press conference in Tokyo on July 29, 2011. Chubu Electric Power Co. said the Japanese government's nuclear safety agency asked the utility to have local residents pitch questions favoring the firm's pluthermal nuclear power generation project at a symposium in 2007. Other utilities also said similar attempts were made by the agency when public meetings on nuclear power generation were held. (Kyodo) english.kyodonews.jp
by Edano via English.kyodonews.jp 7/29/2011 5:25:21 PM

english.kyodonews.jp

Evacuation advisories issued in Niigata, Fukushima over downpours

NIIGATA, Japan, July 30, Kyodo

Local governments in Niigata and Fukushima prefectures on Friday issued evacuation advisories to more than 180,000 residents due to record rainfall in the two prefectures.

In Niigata Prefecture, a total of about 184,000 people in some 59,000 households in seven cities and one town were advised to evacuate, some to enable work to discharge water that has flooded into two dams in the city of Sanjo. Evacuation directives were also issued to some 1,200 others in about 300 households.

In Fukushima Prefecture, the town of Tadami issued an evacuation advisory to all of its residents -- about 4,800 people in some 1,800 households -- while evacuation directives were issued in some other municipalities including the town of Mishima.
english.kyodonews.jp
by Edano via English.kyodonews.jp 7/29/2011 5:26:57 PM

@Edano as fall guys go I think nisa have earned their placing as frontrunners
by elainekirk 7/29/2011 5:27:16 PM

@elainekirk : this is really criminal, mafiaesk.
by Edano 7/29/2011 5:28:15 PM

@Edano sickening when there is a risk of bodies in the street they can evacuate with speed but long term damage that doesnt show its ugly face until the foriegn media have moved on ....
by elainekirk 7/29/2011 5:29:28 PM

@Edano and MOX is showing itself as a major complication to public safety and controlling the reactor at #3.
by lillymunster 7/29/2011 5:29:29 PM

@Edano @lillymunster I have absolutely nothing but memory here but fuku plant is at risk of landsip from above I will try find sources after I finish the garden
by elainekirk 7/29/2011 5:30:57 PM

Torrential rain hits Niigata & Fukushima

Torrential rain in Niigata and Fukushima prefectures in northern Japan has caused rivers to overflow, raising the danger of more landslides.

The Meteorological Agency says a downpour of about 110 millimeters per hour is believed to have fallen in Uonuma City, Niigata, and Tadami Town in neighboring Fukushima on Friday.

In Niigata and Fukushima prefectures, two people are missing. One man in Fukushima was caught in a mudslide as he was building a sandbag barrier in an attempt to hold off the floods.

Rainfall in Tadami has reached a record 400 millimeters over the past 24 hours and 300 millimeters in Kamo City in Niigata.
Sanjo City in Niigata has seen total rain approaching 700 millimeters since Wednesday. Authorities there have issued an evacuation advisory to all households -- a total population of 104,000.

Niigata and Fukushima prefectures have issued a similar advisory to 38,000 households containing 114,000 people.

Additional rainfall of up to 200 millimeters is expected in parts of Niigata and Fukushima through late Saturday afternoon.

The agency expects the current rain to total more than 400 millimeters -- the same level as the downpour that killed 16 people in the 2 prefectures 7 years ago.

It is calling on residents to stay alert for floods, landslides, thunder and strong winds.

Friday, July 29, 2011 21:14 +0900 (JST)
www3.nhk.or.jp
by Edano 7/29/2011 5:31:14 PM

Chubu Electric: NISA tried to deceive public forum

Chubu Electric Power Company says the government's nuclear agency asked it to make sure that questions in favor of nuclear power be asked at a government-sponsored symposium in 2007.

In a report submitted to the government on Friday, the utility said the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency requested that it gather participants and have local residents pose prearranged questions at the forum held in Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan.

The utility said it refused NISA's request to arrange the questions, citing difficulties with ensuring compliance. But senior officials of the Hamaoka nuclear power plant sent e-mails to employees and visited affiliate companies in an effort to comply with the request.

An official of Chubu Electric Power Company said on Friday that his firm issued calls to the public to participate in the forum.

He said he doesn't think the act was an outright breach of the law. But he added that it could have led to the misunderstanding that his firm was trying to manipulate public opinion, and he offered apologies.

The revelation comes after Kyushu Electric Power Company came under fire for submitting fake e-mails in support of a restart of idled nuclear reactors in a government-sponsored meeting for local residents in June.

Following the scandal, the industry ministry ordered the 6 Electric Power Companies to conduct an internal investigation of its activities aimed at winning local support for nuclear power.

Friday, July 29, 2011 14:15 +0900 (JST)
www3.nhk.or.jp
by Edano 7/29/2011 5:32:55 PM

@elainekirk oh, yea. That would be important if landslides are an issue.
by lillymunster 7/29/2011 5:34:53 PM

Thyroid radiation found in 45% of children in Japanese province
Japanese nuclear safety officials say 45% of children in the prefecture where three nuclear reactors melted down had thyroid exposure to radiation, Kyodo news agency reported.

None of the 1,080 children surveyed was exposed to more than 0.2 microsievert per hour, the threshold for pursuing further examinations, and most were far less, officials told Kyodo, as reported in Japan Times.

That amount is not considered a health risk, officials said.

Meanwhile, soil at four locations in the city of Fukushima was contaminated with radioactive cesium at levels 1.5 to 4.5 times the legal limit, Kyodo reported. The city is well outside 12.5-mile evacuation zone around the stricken plant.

A sample of soil from a street ditch found radiation far in excess of the amount that required permanent resettlement in the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear accident, the agency reported.
news.blogs.cnn.com
by joniver 7/29/2011 5:37:21 PM

@joniver : this is so bad it makes me upset.
by Edano 7/29/2011 5:41:58 PM

@Edano Don't worry or get upset Edano "That amount is not considered a health risk".
by joniver 7/29/2011 5:48:45 PM

@Edano When I read stuff like this it makes me think no matter what Tepco says about anything and that includes temperature readings etc. it's a probably a lie.
by joniver 7/29/2011 5:54:06 PM

Everything "isn't a health risk" by itself but radiation is being found in everything. I hope someone calls nonsense on this soon
by lillymunster 7/29/2011 5:54:49 PM

i have the impression that the japanese disaster handling is managed by iaea who wants to prove the world how harmless a nulear catastrophe is. they try to avoid the public effects of another chernobyl.
by Edano 7/29/2011 5:56:13 PM