Japan Earthquake

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@elainekirk sunset ?
by Edano 8/4/2011 10:05:10 AM

@Edano the sunset on 1 isnt behaving the same
by elainekirk 8/4/2011 10:05:58 AM

"To people living in Tohoku and Kanto regions -- There is no risk to human health, even if it rains. Please rest assured.

* Higher-than-normal levels of radiation could be detected in rain, but it would contain only a small amount of radioactive substances which do not affect health at all. The levels wouldn't go beyond the average of natural radiation dose. If you are concerned, please follow these instructions.

1. Wait inside until the rain stops unless it is an emergency.
2. Make sure of covering up hair and skin as much as possible
3. There is no problem even if your clothes or skin is exposed to rain. If you are still concerned, wash it carefully with running water.

These are precautionery measures. Even if you don't take these measures, It doesn't impose any threat on your health.

[ Updated: March 20, 11:30am ]"
www.kantei.go.jp
by Edano 8/4/2011 10:07:21 AM

what are you seeing over 3 ?
by DT 8/4/2011 10:07:38 AM

Radiation limit for children will be lowered

The Japanese government says the yearly radiation limit for school children will be lowered as early as this month.

The government has set the limit for accumulated external radiation for children involved in outdoor activities at 20 millisieverts per year, in the wake of the Fukushima nuclear accident.

But many parents and teachers want the figure to be lowered. Some schools are restricting outdoor activities by their pupils even if radiation levels are below the government-set standard.

Education Minister Yoshiaki Takaki will visit an elementary school in Fukushima Prefecture on Thursday. He will inspect progress on work to replace the topsoil of its schoolyard and talk to school staff.

The ministry says it will make a final decision based on the outcome of the minister's tour and results of radiation monitoring in the areas near the troubled Fukushima plant. The limit will be most likely lowered in late August, when the ongoing summer recess is over.

Thursday, August 04, 2011 11:05 +0900 (JST)
www3.nhk.or.jp
by Edano 8/4/2011 10:10:29 AM

Japan plans to dismiss top nuclear officials

The Japanese government plans to dismiss 3 top officials in charge of nuclear power policy over their handling of the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Banri Kaieda announced the move in a hastily arranged news conference on Thursday.

Kaieda said the ministry will soon carry out a major personnel reshuffle. He added he had been considering a restructure for about a month.

The 3 officials are the Vice Minister of the Economy, Trade, and Industry Ministry, Kazuo Matsunaga; the Director General of the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency, Nobuaki Terasaka; and the Director General of the Natural Resources and Energy Agency, Tetsuhiro Hosono. The ministry oversees the 2 agencies.

Thursday, August 04, 2011 11:05 +0900 (JST)
www3.nhk.or.jp
by Edano 8/4/2011 10:12:58 AM

@Edano no reasons given yet
by elainekirk 8/4/2011 10:13:54 AM

FEATURE: Biomass power generation eyed using wooden debris from quake-hit areas

TOKYO, Aug. 4, Kyodo

The Forestry Agency is considering building biomass power plants that can use as fuel the large volume of timber debris caused by the massive earthquake and tsunami that hit northeastern Japan on March 11.

Proponents of the idea say it aims to kill three birds with one stone -- disposal of debris, promotion of a renewable energy source and invigoration of the forestry industry -- but critics are questioning if it will be a financially viable project.

''Initially, wooden pieces of debris will be used for power generation and when it becomes financially viable, wood thinned from forests will be used,'' Takashi Shinohara, senior vice minister of agriculture, forestry and fisheries, said at a meeting of an advisory council of the Forestry Agency on July 13. english.kyodonews.jp
by Edano 8/4/2011 10:17:26 AM

joke of the day:

Iwate gov. supports Tokyo's Olympics bid, hopes to host some events

MORIOKA, Japan, Aug. 4, Kyodo english.kyodonews.jp
by Edano 8/4/2011 10:19:33 AM

..... in 52 years.
by Edano 8/4/2011 10:19:53 AM

@Edano splutter
by elainekirk 8/4/2011 10:22:22 AM

@Edano I can find nothing about that map I cant even find the infrastructure ministry
by elainekirk 8/4/2011 10:23:50 AM

i guess he speaks about jvillage. they can move the workers into tents then.
by Edano 8/4/2011 10:23:54 AM

@Edano it is sad they are so determined to show the business as usual sign they are blinded
by elainekirk 8/4/2011 10:25:10 AM

@elainekirk www.mlit.go.jp ;)
by Edano 8/4/2011 10:25:14 AM

www.google.de
by Edano 8/4/2011 10:25:57 AM

3 top Japanese nuclear officials to be axed: Kaieda

TOKYO, Aug. 4, Kyodo

Industry minister Banri Kaieda said Thursday he plans to sack three top officials in charge of nuclear power policy to hold them responsible for the handling of the ongoing crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

The three officials are Kazuo Matsunaga, vice minister for economy, trade and industry, Nobuaki Terasaka, head of the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency, and Tetsuhiro Hosono, head of the Agency for Natural Resources and Energy.

Kaieda said he will reveal details later. The minister, who had expressed his intent to resign to take responsibility for confusion on the restart of nuclear power reactors, did not say when he will do so. english.kyodonews.jp
by Edano 8/4/2011 10:29:30 AM

@Edano found the press release but not the map yet translate.google.com
by elainekirk 8/4/2011 10:30:57 AM

@elainekirk maybe they mean this one: www.mlit.go.jp
by Edano 8/4/2011 10:33:27 AM

@Edano I would say you have hit gold:)
by elainekirk 8/4/2011 10:40:42 AM

Off topic but I think it is important. US Congress? Vacation? No they just need to go home and do some damage control, they will be working harder to explain what they did to their constituents then they ever did while in session. Especially the Dems, the Super-Congress will be a fiasco for them. Defense cuts vs cutting entitlements? Why were higher taxes on the wealthy not put on the table instead? That is what the Republicans are against. Now the party of “No” will happily say “No” again and get what they want by default. The Republicans are playing high stakes poker without having to put any chips in the pot. If we need more money for defense, an emergency will be declared and a spending bill will be passed.If grandma has to start eating dog food because she cannot afford proper food, will anyone declare an emergency? On the republican side, there are many poor and middle-class Republicans, will they still support the party when their parents show up at their door saying, "We're moving in with you Sonny, we can't afford our own place anymore." Super-Congress, 12 people who can write legislation without having to answer for it. Totally secret and behind closed doors. The ultimate in lack of transparency. I thought this country was ruled by the people, not some closed door committee that does not even have to mention who wrote which parts of the new bill. Franken-legislation if there was ever such a thing.
by Ralph Unger 8/4/2011 10:42:05 AM

@Ralph Unger pre determined outcomes perchance
by elainekirk 8/4/2011 10:55:15 AM

Golden rule, those with the gold make the rules.
by Ralph Unger 8/4/2011 10:56:14 AM

TY for the support Elain, Many of the Mods here edit me without mercy. Calling news.lucaswhitefieldhixson.com biased and yet citing NHK all the time. NHK is the national news network of the Japanese government. DOH!
by Ralph Unger 8/4/2011 11:01:20 AM

@Ralph Unger sorry ?
by Edano 8/4/2011 11:03:07 AM

ED, is NHK not the Japanese governmental news channel?
by Ralph Unger 8/4/2011 11:04:27 AM

www3.nhk.or.jp
NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation), Japan’s only public broadcaster, introduced a radio service in 1925 and a television service in 1953. NHK is financed by the receiving fee paid by each household that owns a television set. This system enables the Corporation to maintain independence from any governmental and private organization, and ensures that the opinions of viewers and listeners are assigned top priority.
by Edano 8/4/2011 11:06:23 AM

NHK is paid for by license fees (known in Japanese as reception fee (受信料 Jushinryō?)). The Broadcast Law which governs NHK’s funding stipulates that any television equipped to receive NHK is required to pay. The fee is standardized,[9] with discounts for office workers and students who commute, as well a general discount for residents of Okinawa prefecture.
However, the Broadcast Law lists no punitive actions for nonpayment; as a result of this, after a rash of NHK-related scandals, the number of people who had not paid the license fee surpassed one million users.[citation needed] This incident sparked debate over the fairness of the fee system.[10] In 2006, the NHK opted to take legal action against those most flagrantly in violation of the law.[11]
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by Ralph Unger 8/4/2011 11:07:44 AM

It is Gov TV!!!!
by Ralph Unger 8/4/2011 11:08:01 AM

?????
by Edano 8/4/2011 11:09:27 AM

we have the same system in germany. there are broadcasters under public law. they are not private, they have no commercials and they are paid by a general fee. this is made to have them independent. it is not sponsored by government.
by Edano 8/4/2011 11:11:48 AM

PBS in America, which the Reps will soon de-fund.
by Ralph Unger 8/4/2011 11:15:41 AM

No voice of discontent will be funded by THIS government!
by Ralph Unger 8/4/2011 11:17:01 AM

PBS is definitely a different model: "PBS stations are commonly operated by non-profit organizations, state agencies, local authorities (e.g., municipal boards of education), or universities in their city of license." en.wikipedia.org
by Edano 8/4/2011 11:20:45 AM

And much of their funding comes from the US Gov.
by Ralph Unger 8/4/2011 11:21:56 AM

@Edano "There is no risk to human health, even if it rains. Please rest PEACE"
by Majj 8/4/2011 11:22:04 AM

Black rain is OK?
by Ralph Unger 8/4/2011 11:22:30 AM

Japan's Minister of Education Visits Monju, Says Fast Breeder Is Necessary for Japan

Minister of Education and Science Yoshiaki Takagi, a former union official at a shipyard in Nagasaki before he ran for office, visited Monju, the troubled fast breeder reactor in Tsuruga City in Fukui Prefecture where Governor Nishikawa may be jockeying for an advantageous position vis a vis the national government on the Hokuriku Shinkansen (bullet train) project and opposing the re-start of the reactors in his prefecture. ex-skf.blogspot.com
by Majj 8/4/2011 11:22:46 AM

That is what killed many of the Hiroshima victims, ,they drank the black rain. Internal doses are not really understood even today.
by Ralph Unger 8/4/2011 11:23:47 AM

Look up "hot particles" and see if that is a world you want to live in. Even if my cancer risk is upped by only %.01 what right do the Japanese have to do that?
by Ralph Unger 8/4/2011 11:26:39 AM

Shared risk and liability, but not shared profits. DOH!
by Ralph Unger 8/4/2011 11:29:56 AM

Monitoring stations catch a fraction of Fukushima fallout : Health Canada’s radiation-monitoring webpage downplays any fallout concerns, saying radiation reaching Canada has been “within normal background levels”. That’s based largely on data from a second network of 35 other monitoring stations that have less sensitive equipment (including 12 in B.C.).
But an analysis of the data from these stations shows radiation levels did hit sustained above-normal levels for an average of 36 days in March and April after Fukushima. The radiation level rose to 0.48 microsieverts per day, on average, during this time, up from 0.43 seen in the rest of the monitoring data between March 10 and July 27—or an increase of 11 percent. www.straight.com
by Majj 8/4/2011 11:38:49 AM

Howdy guys, but an internal and sustained dose is much worse for your health then the external dose that most tests measure.
by Ralph Unger 8/4/2011 11:40:36 AM

From the article below : This data shows the air at the five stations contained an average of 33.3 millibecquerels of radioactive iodine per cubic metre during 30.4 days of elevated radiation.
That works out to double the 16.7 millibecquerels per cubic metre of iodine-131 that would be permitted over those 30.4 days, according to the maximum limit set by the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission. (The commission’s ceiling is 200 millibecquerels per cubic metre of exposure in the air on a daily basis for an entire year. That equates to 16.7 millibecquerels per cubic metre over 30.4 days.)
by Majj 8/4/2011 11:41:13 AM