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  • I got a strange letter from the NRC this morning. It is announcing a public meeting on North Anna but the date is tomorrow. The announcement is through the NRC email system I signed up for so it won't show up on their website until this afternoon or some time tomorrow and the meeting is in Maryland. How is the public supposed to attend?
    by lillymunster 9/7/2011 12:12:04 PM

  • More families leave Fukushima over radiation fears www.monstersandcritics.com
    Fukushima residents need information to make decisions about future
    mdn.mainichi.jp
    The Kan interview about TEPCO abandoning Fukushima has hit the US media www.google.com
    by lillymunster 9/7/2011 12:57:16 PM

  • @lillymunster Sounds like they don't want protesters. Get a judge involved. ?
    by Crytococcus 9/7/2011 12:57:23 PM

  • @Crytococcus or public input at all. A similar meeting on Ft. Calhoun had the proper 10 days notice. I was going to drive down to Omaha to attend and ask some questions but hubby had surgery the day before the meeting. This meeting on N. Anna is at the NRC offices and they should be used to dealing with the public.
    by lillymunster 9/7/2011 12:59:07 PM

  • @Luisa RE: IAEA to call for nuclear crisis team. ??!!! The International Atomic Energy Agency never thought to have one before? *facepalm
    by Crytococcus 9/7/2011 12:59:42 PM

  • I am going through the details of this and putting it on the group website. So far I found no other notice of the meeting anywhere on their site and they failed at least 2 of their own policies
    by lillymunster 9/7/2011 12:59:46 PM

  • @Crytococcus they also NOW think sending investigators out to private sector power plants might be a good idea? What have they been doing all these years?
    by lillymunster 9/7/2011 1:01:16 PM

  • Supporting corporations?
    by Crytococcus 9/7/2011 1:02:13 PM

  • oh fyi: I got a "your message looks like spam to us" using the "at" sign and your name, lilly
    by Crytococcus 9/7/2011 1:02:59 PM

  • @Crytococcus that randomly pops up. We have not quite figured out what sets it off.
    by lillymunster 9/7/2011 1:11:33 PM

  • no problem
    by Crytococcus 9/7/2011 1:14:20 PM

  • Posted details along with the NRC letter I received to the group website. It should be the current lead story.
    by lillymunster 9/7/2011 1:16:35 PM

  • NRC, Dominion to Discuss Post-Earthquake Actions Taken at North Anna : Following last month’s earthquake in Virginia, everyone’s interested in learning more about the quake’s effects on the nearby North Anna nuclear power plant. The plant’s operator, Dominion, has information to share, so the NRC’s ready to listen.
    staff will meet with Dominion management from 1 – 5 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 8, in the Commissioners’ Conference Room on the first floor of the NRC’s One White Flint North building, at 11555 Rockville Pike in Rockville, Md. Having a public meeting on such short notice is very unusual, but Dominion’s information on such a unique situation needs to be discussed in a formal, open setting as soon as possible. public-blog.nrc-gateway.gov
    by Majj 9/7/2011 2:24:03 PM

  • @Majj this is all so strange. What information could Dominion have that requires a meeting with no notice? If it is really bad news like the plant needs to be shut down it could wait a few days since the units are already in cold shutdown. If it is good news and they want to restart there is no point in having a meeting on an urgent basis.
    by lillymunster 9/7/2011 2:45:26 PM

  • @lillymunster I think they will have a meeting , say all is Ok. Close the meeting and after BRAG that they did a public meeting . No press present ,no many questions from the public . Case Closed :-(
    by Majj 9/7/2011 2:50:29 PM

  • Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant #3 Unit explosion video clip has been deleted so many times. It's extraordinary! The new movie link is now on the website : onodekita.sblo.jp
    by Majj 9/7/2011 2:52:00 PM

  • @Majj I sent this whole mess to the producer at RT. If this is their intention, to announce good news and railroad this through, this is a big violation of public trust. If it is bad news than the bad news must be newsworthy for such an urgent meeting.
    by lillymunster 9/7/2011 2:54:04 PM

  • @lillymunster Exelente list o videos and material on Fukushima in the link below . List of many articles that disappear : translate.google.com
    by Majj 9/7/2011 2:55:59 PM

  • @Majj I have a hard time following his posts, they don't translate to English well. I get the list of #3 explosion videos deleted. Was there more articles etc. deleted?
    by lillymunster 9/7/2011 2:59:24 PM

  • @lillymunster , I just saw the NRC North Anna-related posts. I hope the media get wind of the meeting and attend in force. I think that is the idea behind having a public meeting like this. Makes one wonder what precipitated this hasty turn of events. Perhaps the dubious CRACK in the containment did it.
    by Peter 9/7/2011 3:02:40 PM

  • NRC to discuss quake impact on nuclear plant on Thurs : WASHINGTON, Sept 7 (Reuters) - The U.S. nuclear regulator will meet on Thursday with Dominion Resources Inc to discuss just how much last month's earthquake shook a Virginia nuclear plant, and when the plant might restart.
    At the public meeting, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission said Dominion is expected to discuss its latest analysis of ground motion at the North Anna site, which is located near the earthquake's epicenter.
    The meeting will take place at NRC headquarters in Rockville, Maryland.
    "The company is also expected to describe the next steps in determining whether the plant meets NRC requirements to restart," the NRC said in a release.
    The NRC has said the 5.8 magnitude quake may have exceeded North Anna's design parameters.
    An NRC inspection team has been at North Anna for the past week and plans to continue its work through next week. When the team completes the inspection, it will hold a meeting to discuss preliminary results, and a final report is expected by mid-October. af.reuters.com
    by Majj 9/7/2011 3:04:14 PM

  • @Peter I am really at a loss to guess this. It seems so odd to call an emergency type meeting on the findings. I worry that it may be a first step to railroading through a restart.
    @majj good to see the media is starting to pick this up.

    I am going to switch my schedule tomorrow so I can be in the office to watch the meeting while I get some other things done. I will see if there is a way to capture a copy if the NRC doesnt archive it.
    by lillymunster 9/7/2011 3:09:54 PM

  • @lillymunster , perhaps it is just their new attempt on more transparency. If the inspection report is due in Oct., I don't think that the operator can re-start the plant before then. Also, the earthquake and possible damage may carry more weight in the light of their plans of building another reactor on the site.
    by Peter 9/7/2011 3:24:59 PM

  • @Peter but why 1 days notice for a meeting open to public comment? It doesn't make sense?
    by lillymunster 9/7/2011 3:26:02 PM

  • NRC to discuss quake impact on nuclear plant on Thurs. (Reuters) - The U.S. nuclear regulator will meet on Thursday with Dominion Resources Inc (D.N) to discuss just how much last month's earthquake shook a Virginia nuclear plant, and when the plant might restart.

    At the public meeting, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission said Dominion is expected to discuss its latest analysis of ground motion at the North Anna site, which is located near the earthquake's epicenter.

    The meeting will take place at NRC headquarters in Rockville, Maryland.

    "The company is also expected to describe the next steps in determining whether the plant meets NRC requirements to restart," the NRC said in a release.

    The NRC has said the 5.8 magnitude quake may have exceeded North Anna's design parameters. [ID:nN1E77S184]

    An NRC inspection team has been at North Anna for the past week and plans to continue its work through next week. When the team completes the inspection, it will hold a meeting to discuss preliminary results, and a final report is expected by mid-October. (Reporting by Timothy Gardner; Editing by Marguerita Choy) www.reuters.com
    by Cryptococcus 9/7/2011 3:27:16 PM

  • The NRC wants to make sure you have the opportunity to see what’s been learned, so the meeting will be available on the Live NRC Meeting page. Members of the public can attend the meeting by coming through security at the NRC’s One White Flint North entrance, at the corner of Rockville Pike and Marinelli Road in Rockville. The NRC is across the street from the White Flint Metro stop. michelekearneynuclearwire.blogspot.com
    by Cryptococcus 9/7/2011 3:28:19 PM

  • I worry how much of the public will catch wind of this in one day. The downside with the webcast is that people can't give comment. That must be done in person. This also makes any of the anti-nuclear groups have to scramble to get someone there if they want to raise technical concerns
    by lillymunster 9/7/2011 3:33:15 PM

  • Here's the English version of:
    Deer in Tochigi Pref. tainted with cesium exceeding gov't limits
    mdn.mainichi.jp
    "Wild deer recently killed in Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture have been found to be contaminated with amounts of cesium exceeding government limits, prefecture officials and a local society of hunters said Wednesday.

    About 590 to 2037 becquerels per kilogram of the radioactive substance were detected in the meat of three deer culled between late August and early this month"
    by RadioGuy 9/7/2011 3:45:28 PM

  • IF YOU LOVE THIS PLANET :: A Weekly Radio Program with Dr. Helen Caldicott Arnold Gundersen with a Fukushima update / Aileen Mioko Smith on rising radiation levels in Japan and government denial. September 2, 2011 1:00 AM ifyoulovethisplanet.org
    by Cryptococcus 9/7/2011 3:51:16 PM

  • by Reeba 9/7/2011 3:51:23 PM

  • @lillymunster #3 water level dropped from -1350mm to -3050mm within a week.i wanted to know if tepco mentioned it and gives an explanation. -3050 has never occurred so low before.
    by Edano 9/7/2011 4:06:29 PM

  • @Edano Was this today?
    by lillymunster 9/7/2011 4:07:55 PM

  • What is he trying to tell us?
    by Reeba 9/7/2011 4:14:30 PM

  • Kansas City, Here It Comes: A New Nuclear Weapons Plant!
    Should the U.S. government be building more nuclear weapons? Residents of Kansas City, Missouri, don’t appear to think so, for they are engaged in a bitter fight against the construction of a new nuclear weapons plant in their community.

    The massive plant, 1.5 million square feet in size, is designed to replace an earlier version, also located in the city and run by the same contractor: Honeywell. The cost of building the new plant—which, like its predecessor, will provide 85 percent of the components of America’s nuclear weapons—is estimated to run $673 million.
    From the standpoint of the developer, Centerpoint Zimmer (CPZ), that’s a very sweet deal. In payment for the plant site, a soybean field it owned, CPZ received $5 million. The federal government will lease the property and plant from a city entity for twenty years, after which, for $10, CPZ will purchase it, thus establishing the world’s first privately-owned nuclear weapons plant.

    In addition, as the journal Mother Jones has revealed, “the Kansas City Council, enticed by direct payments and a promise of ‘quality jobs,’ . . . agreed to exempt CPZ from property taxes on the plant and surrounding land for twenty-five years.” The Council also agreed to issue $815 million in bond subsidies from urban blight funds to build the plant and its infrastructure. In this lucrative context, how could a profit-driven corporation resist?

    Kansas City residents, however, had greater misgivings. They wondered why the U.S. government, already possessing 8,500 nuclear weapons, needed more of them. They wondered what had happened to the U.S. government’s commitment to engage in treaties for nuclear disarmament. They wondered how the new weapons plant fit in with the Obama administration’s pledge to build a world free of nuclear weapons. And they wondered why they should be subsidizing the U.S. military-industrial complex with their tax dollars.
    More:

    www.laprogressive.com
    by joniver 9/7/2011 4:14:38 PM

  • There is a large pile of images of Daini after the tsunami on TEPCO's photo page www.tepco.co.jp
    by lillymunster 9/7/2011 4:14:55 PM

  • 2053 nuclear explosions which have taken place between 1945 and 1998. Time lapse video. www.youtube.com
    by Cryptococcus 9/7/2011 4:15:43 PM

  • If The water level drop was today, this is from today's press release:

    At 2:46 pm on September 7, we adjusted the rate of water injection for the
    reactor of Unit 3 through reactor feed water system piping arrangement to
    approx. 5.0 m3/h. (Water injection through core spray system continues at
    approx. 3.0 m3/h.)
    by lillymunster 9/7/2011 4:20:57 PM

  • This also had details of changes in Unit 3 in recent days: www.tepco.co.jp
    by lillymunster 9/7/2011 4:22:37 PM

  • @lillymunster no, over the last 7 days.
    by Edano 9/7/2011 4:23:23 PM

  • by Edano via Houseoffoust 9/7/2011 4:24:55 PM

  • Not a speck of radiation in the water outside Fukushima Daiichi yet all the fish int he region are full of radiation. I guess the fish ate all the radiation? www.tepco.co.jp
    by lillymunster 9/7/2011 4:27:06 PM

  • @Edano the last link on unit 3 I posted covers actions over the last 7 days. Will go back through press releases for something specific as a reason.
    by lillymunster 9/7/2011 4:27:49 PM

  • Nishizawa:TEPCO to scrap Fukushima reactors

    Tokyo Electric Power Company president Toshio Nishizawa says his company will scrap the 4 severely damaged reactors at its disaster-stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

    He made the remark on Wednesday at a session of the Fukushima Prefectural Assembly, which is investigating the accident at the plant.

    Nishizawa deeply apologized for causing the serious nuclear accident, and, in particular, for mentally and physically affecting evacuees from areas around the plant.

    He also stressed that TEPCO will do its utmost to bring the crisis under control and compensate those who have been affected by the accident.

    Answering a question by a prefectural assembly member, Nishizawa said that TEPCO will scrap the damaged No.1 to No.4 reactors of the Fukushima Daiichi plant.

    He added, however, that TEPCO will judge, based on the opinions of local municipalities, whether the remaining reactors that are less damaged will be abolished. He was referring to 2 reactors at the Daiichi plant and 4 reactors at the Fukushima Daini nuclear plant. The Daini plant is located about 10 kilometers south of the Daiichi plant.

    Another prefectural member asked if the utility had taken adequate anti-quake, anti-tsunami and other safety measures in spite of predictions of a higher-than-expected tsunami.

    Nishizawa says he thinks that the company had prepared for the possible damage based on various studies, but that it needs to consider such predictions more humbly. He admitted to insufficient damage prediction by his company.

    Wednesday, September 07, 2011 20:56 +0900 (JST)
    www3.nhk.or.jp
    by Edano 9/7/2011 4:27:54 PM

  • @lillymunster yes, i read it, but no word about the low water level.
    by Edano 9/7/2011 4:28:34 PM

  • They are transferring water out of unit 3 now, still finishing up press release searching.

    At 9:54 am on August 30, we started transferring accumulated water from
    the turbine building of Unit 3 to High Temperature Incinerator Building
    of Centralized Radiation Waste Treatment Facility.
    www.tepco.co.jp
    by lillymunster 9/7/2011 4:31:06 PM

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