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They absorb it?
by RadioGuy 9/5/2011 9:05:49 PM

The research on free radicals is also coming up with some interesting applications. Apparently, implanting stents CAUSES inflammation (oops). So creating a free radical trapping surface might prevent this. Ionizing radiation also causes free radical damage etc. So perhaps a way to protect workers is to use suits that have materials that redox the free radicals.
by Cryptococcus 9/5/2011 9:06:10 PM

Free radical functionalization of surfaces to prevent adverse responses to biomedical devices. www.pnas.org
by Cryptococcus 9/5/2011 9:06:45 PM

My point is, there is a LOT we can do yet to protect humans from ionizing radiation BEFORE and maybe after
by Cryptococcus 9/5/2011 9:07:21 PM

Probably the best thing you can do in a constant low exposure is to keep your anti-oxidants up to scavenge the free-radicals.
by RadioGuy 9/5/2011 9:08:02 PM

and rehabilitate and decontaminate the soil. Mind you, it's not going to be quick. It will take a long time I suspect. But, if fungi can do it.. ^^
by Cryptococcus 9/5/2011 9:08:03 PM

@RadioGuy I agree totally. But I think there is more.
by Cryptococcus 9/5/2011 9:08:36 PM

peter melzer, r u around ?
by Edano 9/5/2011 9:11:07 PM

Water has been injected into each of the three reactor units more or less continuously, and in the absence of normal heat removal via external heat exchanger this water has been boiling off. In the government report to IAEA in June it was estimated that to the end of May about 40% of the injected water boiled off, and 60% leaked out the bottom. In June this was adding to the contaminated water on site by about 500 m3 per day. www.world-nuclear.org
by M.I.A. 9/5/2011 9:13:19 PM

@Cryptococcus Yes. There's always more. :)

That story is really very amazing the more you think about it. Here we have a bacterium, that can extend out a "glovebox", hold a uranium atom at a safe(ish) distance, induce a radioactive decay(!) feed off the energy, then discard the "depleted uranium". That's actually kind of mind-boggling.
by RadioGuy 9/5/2011 9:13:48 PM

@RadioGuy It's nature! see this researcher. wow. www.mmg.msu.edu
by Cryptococcus 9/5/2011 9:21:49 PM

@Edano , now yes. Just returned back home.
by Peter Melzer 9/5/2011 9:23:55 PM

@Peter Melzer ah, peter, joschka is just talking in ARD about 9/11. it is very interesting, breathtaking. maybe you are able to see it later. it is called "Fischer, Schily: Mein 11. September!". faszinating insights.
by Edano 9/5/2011 9:27:18 PM

@RadioGuy "biophotons" are, after all, a ultra-weak type of radiation. It's used as a form of communication in nature. Geobacter metallireducens, Deinococcus radiodurans...I love those names. Here's another radiation resistant microbe paper: Reduction of Fe(III), Cr(VI), U(VI), and Tc(VII) by Deinococcus radiodurans R1 aem.asm.org
by Cryptococcus 9/5/2011 9:29:10 PM

@Edano , I would love to hear him. Perhaps you can send me a link. OTTO SCHILY, bleierne Zeiten, and strange changes of heart as Innenminister. I'd be curious to hear Fischer's take.
by Peter Melzer 9/5/2011 9:30:39 PM

bam! 137 papers cited that one below. Dissolution of Technetium(IV) Oxide by Natural and Synthetic Organic Ligands under both Reducing and Oxidizing Conditions Abstract: Technetium-99 (Tc) in nuclear waste is a significant environmental concern due to its long half-life and high mobility in the subsurface. Reductive precipitation of technetium(IV) oxides [TcO(2)(s)] is an effective means of immobilizing Tc, thereby impeding its migration in ground-water. However, technetium(IV) oxides are subject to dissolution by oxidants and/or complexing agents. In this study we ascertain the effects of a synthetic organic ligand, ethylenediaminetetraacetate (EDTA), and two natural humic isolates on the dissolution and solubility of technetium(IV) oxides. Pure synthetic technetium(IV) oxide (0.23 mM) was used in batch experiments to determine dissolution kinetics at pH similar to 6 under both reducing and oxidizing conditions. All organic ligands were found to enhance the dissolution of technetium(IV) oxides, increasing their solubility from similar to 10(-8)M (without ligands) to 4 x 10(-7)M under strictly anoxic conditions. Reduced Tc(IV) was also found to reoxidize rapidly under oxic conditions, with an observed oxidative dissolution rate approximately an order of magnitude higher than that of ligand-promoted dissolution under reducing conditions. Significantly, oxidative dissolution was inhibited by EDTA but enhanced by humic acid compared to experiments without any complexing agents. The redox functional properties of humics, capable of facilitating intramolecular electron transfer, may account for this increased oxidation rate under oxic conditions. Our results highlight the importance of complex interactions for the stability and mobility of Tc and thus for the long-term fate of Tc in contaminated environments. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
by Cryptococcus 9/5/2011 9:31:41 PM

@Peter Melzer he said that the germans really tried to prevent the war against irak and that german and US politicians (rumsfeld, wolfowitz, struck) insulted each other.
by Edano 9/5/2011 9:34:27 PM

@Cryptococcus "Geobacter metallireducens"... kind of sums it all up in its name, but those could also be headliners at a headbanger festival. :)
by RadioGuy 9/5/2011 9:35:23 PM

@RadioGuy lol I thought Cryptococcus would be more fun name. ^^
by Cryptococcus 9/5/2011 9:36:37 PM

@Peter Melzer it's not online yet. i will look for it and tell you because i want to save it, too. but here is another documentary by Stefan Aust, broadcasted yesterday. "Die Falle 9/11 - Ein Tag, der die Welt veränderte" mediathek.daserste.de very controversial, of course.
by Edano 9/5/2011 9:40:11 PM

@RadioGuy Melanin particles are what protects Cryptococcus neoformans from the Cherynobyl NPP. It's growing on the walls there. I posted this paper here the other day. MELANIN-COVERED NANOPARTICLES FOR PROTECTION OF BONE MARROW.
DURING RADIATION THERAPY OF CANCER. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
by Cryptococcus 9/5/2011 9:40:47 PM

gotta go off; thx
by Cryptococcus 9/5/2011 9:42:13 PM

@Edano , that I don't doubt at all. Anyone agreed that the weapons of mass destructions did not exist. The Germans, unlike the Brits, were not to be swayed with promises of lucrative contracts.
by Peter Melzer 9/5/2011 9:42:21 PM

@you , I'll check the link out.
by Peter Melzer 9/5/2011 9:46:07 PM

@Peter Melzer yes, but it's not the fischer docu from today. maybe tomorrow it's online. :)
by Edano 9/5/2011 10:07:57 PM

@Edano , I understand. Thanks many times.
by Peter Melzer 9/5/2011 10:24:16 PM

@Edano that film looks interesting. Any idea if there is a subtitled one anywhere? My German isn't good enough to completely follow a movie. :-)
by lillymunster 9/5/2011 11:49:20 PM

TEPCO to build wall off Fukushima Daiichi plantThe operator of the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant plans to build an iron wall on the ocean side of the plant to prevent radioactive water from leaking into the sea.

Tokyo Electric Power Company says more than 110,000 tons of highly radioactive water remains in the basements of reactor buildings at the plant. There is growing concern that the water may eventually pass via underground water into the ocean.

The utility will use thousands of iron pipes to create an 800-meter-long wall surrounding the water intakes of 4 reactor facilities.

Each pipe, 22-meters long and 10 centimeters wide, will be installed deep below the sea bed to stop the flow of groundwater.

The firm says it will also prepare for a rise in underground water levels around the plant after the wall is built. It says it will closely monitor the level of groundwater and consider pumping it away to prevent overflow.

Construction will begin as early as the end of this year and be completed in about 2 years.

Prevention of sea-water contamination is one of pillars in the company's roadmap to contain the nuclear accident.

Tuesday, September 06, 2011 07:11 +0900 (JST)
www3.nhk.or.jp
by Luisa 9/6/2011 12:57:21 AM

15 of the Fukushima Daiichi ostriches are dead. There was no way to evacuate them early on when everyone in Okuma was forced to leave due to the meltdowns. Their proximity to the plant prevented anyone from removing the birds due to the high risk of more explosions early on. www.yomiuri.co.jp
by lillymunster 9/6/2011 12:58:42 AM

Fukushimas long link to a dark nuclear past www.nytimes.com
by lillymunster 9/6/2011 1:36:55 AM

NAMIE, Fukushima Prefecture -- A hand-written notice on the first floor of the abandoned town hall said, "Aid Station." There was a kerosene stove with five chairs gathered around it. A bundle of disposable chopsticks and a cup with three cigarette butts had been left on a long table.

They have been there since March 12, the day after the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami devastated Namie and triggered the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 power plant, only nine kilometers down the coastline, that forced the evacuation of many in the town.

Everywhere you looked there were remnants of an abandoned normality, side-by-side with distressing evidence of the horrific destruction wreaked on the town.

An empty bottle of energy drink stood on the desk of a town hall employee. A crumpled fragment of a map of the town, on which red markings had been made, was left on a stack of documents.

Near the entrance to the aid station memos dating from March 12 had been posted. One said: "1,039 missing."

Few people have been allowed to travel to Namie since a 20-km zone around the Fukushima plant was declared a no-entry area under the disaster countermeasures basic law. With the permission of Namie's mayor, the Asahi Shimbun was allowed to send a reporter on Sept. 2 to accompany town officials monitoring radiation levels in the town under the special law governing nuclear disaster.

The once-thriving community of 21,000 people has been turned into a green ghost town.

The yard of Kiyohashi Elementary school, about 1.5 km to the east of the town hall, was like a pasture, with lush grass growing taller than knee height. Seven cattle, with their ears tagged, hid and then thundered through the yard and disappeared into a wood when disturbed.

Across the several kilometers between the school and the coastline, high grass, between 1 and 2 meters tall, swayed. At first, it looked like it must have once been open ground used for rice or vegetable fields, but the white foundations of a home, glimpsed through the thick grass, betrayed the reality--the whole area was once filled with homes.

What looked like a hill was actually a mountain of debris. At least 10 fishing boats were still stranded far inland.

Ukedo district, home to most of the town's 184 casualties, was left liver-colored after the disaster struck. It is now a green pasture.
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by Luisa 9/6/2011 3:01:57 AM

Nuclear crisis left a green ghost town.
by Luisa 9/6/2011 3:01:59 AM

Sorry, link for previous two posts www.asahi.com
by Luisa 9/6/2011 3:02:02 AM

@Luisa I just came in to post that link and found you stuck in mod. :-) Good story.
by lillymunster 9/6/2011 3:02:34 AM

Sure is.
by RadioGuy 9/6/2011 3:03:39 AM

Thanks, can't stay, back to work.
by Luisa 9/6/2011 3:05:43 AM

@Luisa have a good day. :-)
by lillymunster 9/6/2011 3:05:58 AM

The bar assoc in Japan is questioning TEPCO's claim that the worker that died of leukemia wasn't work or radiation related. www.nichibenren.or.jp
by lillymunster 9/6/2011 3:10:58 AM

@lillymunster Good. That's just fishy as can be.
by RadioGuy 9/6/2011 3:12:34 AM

@RadioGuy I was relieved to see someone doing something about it. Will try to find the english version and put something on the site tomorrow morning.
by lillymunster 9/6/2011 3:15:48 AM

TABLE-Japan nuclear plant ops af.reuters.com
by Mid Valley 9/6/2011 4:19:09 AM

I saw this early-on, it's in my timeline. I believe is must be the overhead crane, there is no crane on the exhaust stacks. Supposedly crane #3 was operating and the hook fell down, no word on how the crane operator got out if power was out. Critics of wind power include industrial accidents, this guy should be included as a casualty of nuclear power as well. "A seriously injured worker who had been trapped in the crane operating console of the exhaust stack was transported to the ground at 5:13pm and confirmed dead at 5:17pm. We sincerely pray for the repose of his soul"
by artnuke 9/6/2011 6:44:27 AM

I see the framework being built up around unit 1, but isn't it unit 3 that's leaking the most radioactive steam? Goddard's steam explosion artwork seems to be on the money though I'm not crazy about LewRockwell as one of the more conspicuous places for conspiracy theorists to gather. Does everybody know there is a the fuel-cask open elevator shaft that goes through all the floors? It's on the southwest side, which may explain why the walls on that side were completely blown out, though not why the NW corner is completely missing. The vertical pipe on the NW corner simply fell down, you might think it would have been blasted far away. Likewise, vertical pillars above the top floor simply fell over, hanging by rebar rather than being blasted to kingdome come. I've not seen anybody point out the structures which hold the rails for the crane.
by artnuke 9/6/2011 6:51:06 AM

@artnuke we have no idea why they did #1 first very strange , it is the smallest unit so maybe it was decided to try it first?
by elainekirk 9/6/2011 6:55:38 AM

from @ms in la on organise
The Fire and Emergency Service Authority has advised police that high levels of radiation are present at the scene of a truck crash north-east of Perth. Fire crews in protective suits are at the scene at Muchea, just over 60 kilometres from Perth. A truck carrying a radioactive load collided with another truck at the intersection of the Brand and Great Northern highways just before 8:00am (AWST). Officials are providing few details of the truck but police say a drum of radioactive material rolled off the back of the vehicle. Traffic is being diverted around the accident scene. No-one was injured in the crash.
hisz.rsoe.hu
by elainekirk 9/6/2011 6:56:17 AM