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@ ms in la suggests asking @ angle if she can find more info on the truck I am on phone so if anybody has angle on Fbook could they ask herby elainekirk 9/6/2011 8:57:41 AM
Bacteria use electric wires to shock uranium out of groundwater blogs.discovermagazine.com [This is a better summary of the paper I posted earlier. What's interesting, is the PNAS paper isn't online yet, despite the DOI link. Maybe later today. Cologgi, D. L., Lampa-Pastirk, S., Speers, A. M., Kelly, S. D. & Reguera, G. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA advance online publication dx.doi.org (2011).by Cryptococcus 9/6/2011 10:18:01 AM- Nature trying to "lock up" dangerous nuclides. Fungi transform depleted uranium into chemically stable minerals Fomina et al.: “Role of fungi in the biogeochemical fate of depleted uranium.” Publishing in Current Biology 18, R375 -R377, May 6, 2008. blogs.discovermagazine.comby Cryptococcus 9/6/2011 10:22:49 AM
I don't understand why no one is telling the truth to people from the evacuated areas. They are so sadly under the misapprehension that their hometowns can be 'decontaminated'. It's worth reading the whole article Evacuated town's officials call for early start to decontamination NAMIE, Fukushima Prefecture--The radiation reading on a gravel path near a prefectural highway about 10 kilometers from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant was 76.0 microsieverts per hour. www.asahi.comby Luisa 9/6/2011 11:15:31 AM- Hosono says Fukushima plant cannot cope with all radioactive debris
2011/09/06
The state minister in charge of handling the Fukushima nuclear accident said the government was considering temporarily storing radioactive debris on the premises of the Fukushima No.1 nuclear power plant, but that localities affected by the disaster will have to store their own radioactive debris while authorities search for longer-term solutions.
(more in link)
www.asahi.comby Luisa edited by lillymunster 9/6/2011 11:15:34 AM - N-crisis causes vacant posts at German Embassy
Norihide Miyoshi / Yomiuri Shimbun Correspondent
BERLIN--The German Embassy in Tokyo is having difficulty filling up to 10 posts--about one-fourth of its diplomatic staff positions--as German diplomats are reluctant to come to Japan due to radiation fears stemming from the crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, it has been learned.
(more in link)
(Sep. 6, 2011) www.yomiuri.co.jpby Luisa edited by lillymunster 9/6/2011 11:15:44 AM - No. of Japan's nuclear plants to be zero in future: Hachiro
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Industry minister Yoshio Hachiro said Tuesday that the number of Japan's nuclear power plants would be "zero" in the future, based on Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda's policy of not building new nuclear power plants and decommissioning aged ones.
(more in link)
(Mainichi Japan) September 6, 2011
mdn.mainichi.jpby Luisa edited by lillymunster 9/6/2011 11:17:08 AM - I find it hard to understand what Hosono means in this NHK item
Hosono promotes radiation reducing technology
Japan's nuclear crisis minister says the government may develop technology to cut radiation and the volume of waste from the Fukushima nuclear accident.
(more)
Tuesday, September 06, 2011 14:57 +0900 (JST)
www3.nhk.or.jpby Luisa edited by lillymunster 9/6/2011 11:18:35 AM
Saitama asks tea growers to refrain from shipments
Japan's Saitama prefecture has asked tea producers there to avoid shipping tea made from early picked leaves.
(more in link)
Tuesday, September 06, 2011 16:04 +0900 (JST)
www3.nhk.or.jpby Luisa edited by lillymunster 9/6/2011 11:18:40 AM
Morning All!by lillymunster 9/6/2011 11:25:30 AM
www3.nhk.or.jp
Fukushima evacuees pessimistic about going home
An NHK survey shows that more than half of those who fled Fukushima Prefecture after the March 11th disaster think it will be hard for them to return to their hometowns.
NHK surveyed 187 people living in shelters or temporary housing in and outside Fukushima Prefecture nearly 6 months after the earthquake and tsunami and the start of the nuclear accident.
Asked if their plans about where they will live have changed compared to right after the disaster, 26 percent of the respondents said they feel a stronger desire to go back to their hometowns.
But 43 percent said they feel more strongly that they won't be able to go home, while 11 percent said they're resolved not to do so.
Asked why they feel they won't be able to return or wish not to, many cited what they saw on temporary return visits -- run-down houses, deserted towns and high radioactivity readings in their homes.
Many respondents apparently want the government to restore their land to its pre-disaster state if possible, or government support so they can move elsewhere. Asked what they want from the government, 43 percent said thorough decontamination of soil, and 19 percent said they want the government to purchase their property.
Tuesday, September 06, 2011 19:04 +0900 (JST)
www3.nhk.or.jpby Edano via Www3.nhk.or.jp 9/6/2011 11:56:05 AM- TEPCO to build wall off Fukushima Daiichi plant
The 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 one meter 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.jpby Edano 9/6/2011 11:58:44 AM - wouldn't a wall around the entire site be more helpful ? to prevent the groundwater from flowing in ?by Edano 9/6/2011 12:01:36 PM
- Saitama asks tea growers to refrain from shipments
Japan's Saitama prefecture has asked tea producers there to avoid shipping tea made from early picked leaves.
The request came on Tuesday after radioactive cesium beyond government safety levels was detected by the Health Ministry in local tea products.
The ministry found over 500 becquerels of cesium per kilogram of processed tea in inspections earlier this month in Hidaka and Tsurugashima, both in Saitama.
According to the prefectural government, tea in Kawagoe also showed 800 becquerels per kilogram. Separately, 1,240 becquerels of cesium was found in tea from Iruma, in Saitama, in a test conducted by Koganei in Tokyo.
Saitama says the tea tested in Hidaka and Tsurugashima was made from young leaves, and has asked producers and dealers in the prefecture to refrain from shipping tea made from such leaves until they are confirmed safe.
Saitama says it did its own tests but didn't find unsafe levels of cesium. It now says it had not checked early picked leaves.
Tuesday, September 06, 2011 16:04 +0900 (JST)
www3.nhk.or.jpby Edano 9/6/2011 12:02:52 PM - @Edano they talked about a land side wall alsoby lillymunster 9/6/2011 12:03:47 PM
- @lillymunster okay, if they want to prevent the drowning of the plants, it's a good idea.by Edano 9/6/2011 12:05:33 PM
- Hosono promotes radiation reducing technology
Japan's nuclear crisis minister says the government may develop technology to cut radiation and the volume of waste from the Fukushima nuclear accident.
Goshi Hosono told reporters on Tuesday that reducing the volume of nuclear waste will be very important in the decontamination process.
He said there will be no progress in that process unless irradiated soil can be temporarily stored in the contaminated area.
He said it is not fair to nearby residents to leave such waste for long periods, so a storage facility will have to be created in Fukushima prefecture for the mid-term.
Tuesday, September 06, 2011 14:57 +0900 (JST)
www3.nhk.or.jpby Edano 9/6/2011 12:07:36 PM 
english.kyodonews.jp
Writers, musicians call for farewell to nuclear power
Nobel Prize-winning novelist Kenzaburo Oe (L) and writer Keiko Ochiai attend a press conference in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on Sept. 6, 2011. They released a statement calling on Japan's new government led by Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda to bid farewell to nuclear power. Writers and musicians, including Oe and Ochiai as well as popular musician Ryuichi Sakamoto, will hold an antinuclear rally at Meiji Park in Tokyo on Sept. 19, aiming to mobilize 50,000 people while collecting 10 million signatures for denuclearization, in the wake of the nuclear emergency at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant. (Kyodo)
english.kyodonews.jpby Edano via English.kyodonews.jp 9/6/2011 12:09:12 PM- You can see detailed coloured diagrams of the wall proposal, the permeable and impermeable rock layers and the local hydrology if you looked at the pdf attached to this Tepco press release (sorry, I don't know how to post the diagrams but its very worthwhile looking at them) Press Release (Aug 31,2011) www.tepco.co.jp
Basic Design of Water Shield Wall at the Seasideby Luisa 9/6/2011 12:09:16 PM 
english.kyodonews.jp
American GE man remembered by Fukushima citizens
Yukiteru Naka, a former employee of General Electric Co. of the United States, visits the tomb of Edward Cook, an American who was a GE official, at a cemetery of Hosenji Buddhist temple in Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture, on Aug. 9, 2011. Cook, who worked as GE official when the project to build the No. 1 reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi complex was under way, had his ashes interred at the cemetery about 8 kilometers from the plant at his own request. Naka, now president of a subcontractor for the Fukushima Plant operator, Tokyo Electric Power Co., is working to tackle the crisis at the nuclear complex. (Kyodo) english.kyodonews.jpby Edano via English.kyodonews.jp 9/6/2011 12:12:16 PM- hmmm, strange.by Edano 9/6/2011 12:13:03 PM
- @Edano I don't think they really have a plan. I still am not hearing anything about consulting outside experts or any of the universities to help develop a plan to isolate the plant or how to store all the waste.by lillymunster 9/6/2011 12:13:06 PM
- @lillymunster very true, lilly.by Edano 9/6/2011 12:14:18 PM
english.kyodonews.jp
Nuclear facility in Libya
Photo taken on Sept. 3, 2011, shows the Tajura nuclear research center, in the suburbs of Tripoli, Libya. (Kyodo) english.kyodonews.jpby Edano via English.kyodonews.jp 9/6/2011 12:16:23 PM- No. of Japan's nuclear plants to be zero in future: Hachiro
TOKYO, Sept. 6, Kyodo
Industry minister Yoshio Hachiro said Tuesday that the number of Japan's nuclear power plants would be ''zero'' in the future, based on Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda's policy of not building new nuclear power plants and decommissioning aged ones.
''Considering the premier's remarks at press conferences, it would be zero,'' Hachiro told reporters in answer to the question whether the number of nuclear plants would reduce to none in the future.
Hachiro added that it would be ''difficult'' to proceed with plans to build new nuclear plants whose construction has yet to begin, such as Chugoku Electric Power Co.'s Kaminoseki plant in Yamaguchi Prefecture. ''Public opinion is generally united in reducing (nuclear plants), instead of increasing them,'' he said.
english.kyodonews.jpby Edano 9/6/2011 12:17:29 PM - i've been waiting for a statement like this from the new govm.by Edano 9/6/2011 12:19:03 PM
- 13 idled reactors enter 1st stage of safety evaluation process
TOKYO, Sept. 6, Kyodo english.kyodonews.jpby Edano 9/6/2011 12:20:07 PM - Japan's PM Noda to visit Fukushima Pref. Thurs.
TOKYO, Sept. 6, Kyodo
Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda will make a trip Thursday to Fukushima Prefecture, home to the troubled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, Japan's top government spokesman said Tuesday.
Noda will also visit on Friday the typhoon-hit prefectures of Wakayama, Nara and Mie in western Japan, while he will travel Saturday to Miyagi and Iwate prefectures, which were devastated by the March earthquake-tsunami disaster, Chief Cabinet Secretary Osamu Fujimura said.
In Fukushima, the prime minister is planning to exchange views with Gov. Yuhei Sato as well as to inspect the no-go zone covering areas within 20 kilometers of the plant and visit the J-Village athletic training facility, which has been used as a base camp for efforts to contain the crisis, government officials said.
english.kyodonews.jpby Edano 9/6/2011 12:20:52 PM - disaster sightseeing. poor japan.by Edano 9/6/2011 12:21:49 PM
- Tokyo meat wholesaler starts radiation checks on all cattle
TOKYO, Sept. 6, Kyodo english.kyodonews.jpby Edano 9/6/2011 12:23:08 PM - Noda making arrangements to visit Fukushima Pref. Thurs.
TOKYO, Sept. 6, Kyodo
Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda is making final arrangements for a trip Thursday to Fukushima Prefecture, home to the troubled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, government sources said Tuesday.
''I would like to go there as soon as possible,'' Noda told reporters when asked about the timing of his visit to the prefecture, which has been afflicted by a nuclear crisis since the plant was crippled by the devastating March 11 earthquake and tsunami.
Noda is considering exchanging views with Fukushima Gov. Yuhei Sato as well as inspecting the no-go zone covering areas within 20 kilometers of the plant and visiting the J-Village athletic training facility, which has been used as a base camp for efforts to contain the crisis, they said. english.kyodonews.jpby Edano 9/6/2011 12:24:09 PM - JT finds no excessive radioactive materials in leaf tobacco
TOKYO, Sept. 6, Kyodo english.kyodonews.jpby Edano 9/6/2011 12:24:40 PM - no excessive radioactive materials ???by Edano 9/6/2011 12:25:10 PM
@Edano shhhhhh on the smokes!! lolby Angie 9/6/2011 12:25:38 PM- Strong quake hits Indonesia's Sumatra Island, 10 killed
JAKARTA, Sept. 6, Kyodo
A powerful earthquake hit Indonesia's Sumatra Island early Tuesday, killing at least 10 people and damaging buildings and roads, authorities said.
The U.S. Geological Survey, which monitors global seismic activity, said the quake with a magnitude of 6.6 occurred at around 00:55 a.m. local time at a depth of 110 kilometers.
The epicenter of the quake was about 1,400 km northwest of Jakarta and about 100 km southwest of the North Sumatra provincial capital of Medan.
english.kyodonews.jpby Edano 9/6/2011 12:27:27 PM - Gov't should not approve TEPCO's plan to raise power charges: Gemba
TOKYO, Sept. 6, Kyodo english.kyodonews.jpby Edano 9/6/2011 12:29:30 PM - by Edano 9/6/2011 12:30:35 PM
- Criminal complaint filed against Kan over donation of funds
TOKYO, Sept. 6, Kyodo english.kyodonews.jpby Edano 9/6/2011 12:31:46 PM - finished :)by Edano 9/6/2011 12:33:31 PM
- @Edano awesome dump!by Angie 9/6/2011 12:34:29 PM
- @Angie have a jt cigarette now.by Edano 9/6/2011 12:35:42 PM
- @Edano this is Angie sounding stupid lol jt???by Angie 9/6/2011 12:42:44 PM
- japan tobacco - without excessive radioactive materials.by Edano 9/6/2011 12:45:40 PM
- @Edano nowwwww I get it lol been away from the blog farrr too long!!!by Angie 9/6/2011 12:47:37 PM
- No excessive amounts of radiation..in tobacco. Did they test it like the rice test they were trotting out last week? Find the farm as far away from the reactors as possible and test that, then declare everything fit for sale?by lillymunster 9/6/2011 12:49:11 PM
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