
@bo I don't know if thing have changed in the last month in Japan or if the media finally decided to cover it. Lots of stories over the past week about people moving to other parts of Japan from Tohoku and Tokyo.
by lillymunster 9/11/2011 2:54:30 AM

Sure. It wasn't a small thing like they assumed at first. The fact that it is an ongoing, even escalating situation 6 months later has surprised the press. Hey, do you know about an email listserv and website called "freeml" and run by someone named Miyuki?
by bo 9/11/2011 2:55:44 AM

A short pan through the exhibition, the video feeds were not on at this time
by bo 9/11/2011 3:01:19 AM

@bo never heard of it.
by lillymunster 9/11/2011 3:01:46 AM

@bo is the video usable for an article on the exhibit? If not do you have a piece of PR art?
by lillymunster 9/11/2011 3:04:51 AM

It is. I can take a better video on Monday and send it. This would have the video displays as well. But feel free to use this for an article.
by bo 9/11/2011 3:06:36 AM

Re: the website, after my last RT interview, I was contacted by this group of (100?) folks who are very active (all in Japanese) on the Fuku topic. The website is password protected, and I've been to busy to get access, but there are several emails a day. I'll forward one to you so you can see what I mean.
by bo 9/11/2011 3:07:46 AM

@bo Oh I wish that had subtitles, looked good. Let me know if you find out how they allow people access. Looks like it could be useful
by lillymunster 9/11/2011 3:20:38 AM

I will send them an email suggesting that they write to you and include you
by bo 9/11/2011 3:30:10 AM

@bo thanks
by lillymunster 9/11/2011 3:36:39 AM

I must go sleep, nite all
by lillymunster 9/11/2011 4:01:05 AM

Good night lilly!
by bo 9/11/2011 4:08:47 AM

Greeting @bo! Night @lilly, sleep well.
by Mid Valley 9/11/2011 4:12:13 AM

Link to japanese fuku protest web page -
nonukes.jpby Mid Valley 9/11/2011 4:13:05 AM


www.japantimes.co.jp search.japantimes.co.jp Cesium absorption through roots may have long-term effect on farming
Effect of contaminated soil on food chain sparks fears

17-year-old boy worked in restricted radiation zone at Fukushima No. 2 plant
mdn.mainichi.jpby Mid Valley 9/11/2011 4:20:50 AM

Fukushima governor blasts TEPCO for not understanding residents' feelings about crisis mdn.mainichi.jp by Mid Valley 9/11/2011 4:24:13 AM

g'morning
by elainekirk 9/11/2011 8:55:44 AM

@Thunder ty I will go see
by elainekirk 9/11/2011 9:26:13 AM

@Thunder enjoy dinner hope you return :)
by elainekirk 9/11/2011 9:32:07 AM

Press Release (Sep 11,2011)
(Comment) TEPCO President's comments on 11th September, six months after the Tohoku-Chihou-Taiheiyo-Oki Earthquake
11 September 2011
The Tokyo Electric Power Company, Incorporated
Toshio Nishizawa
President
Six months have passed since the occurrence of the Tohoku-Chihou-Taiheiyo-
Oki Earthquake. We would again like to extend our sincerest condolences to
those who have lost their lives, and our deepest sympathy to those who
have suffered from this earthquake.
Furthermore, we deeply apologize to the people who live around the
Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, people of the Fukushima
Prefecture and all the people in Japan, for the great inconvenience and
anxiety that the accident of the Power Station has caused.
On 17th April this year, we released the "Roadmap towards Restoration from
the Accident at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station". In this roadmap,
we set the first three months as "step one", whose goal was to secure the
"steady decline of radiation dose" which we believe have almost fully
accomplished by July, as scheduled.
At present we are working on "step two", whose aim is to "Control the
Release of radioactive materials and keep radiation dose significantly
low". We will continue to make every effort so that the people who live
around the power plant can safely return to their homes as soon as
possible.
At the same time, TEPCO group will prepare for the prompt and fair payment
of the official financial compensation that will start from October, and
will make every effort to settle the situation, in close cooperation with
the national and regional government and with the help of related parties
www.tepco.co.jpWell that makes everything allright then...doesn't it
by elainekirk 9/11/2011 10:10:37 AM

NISA renews apology for Fukushima accidentJapan's nuclear safety agency has apologized again for the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant on the 6-month anniversary of the March 11th earthquake and tsunami that triggered the problem.
Yoshinori Moriyama of the government's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency made the comment on Sunday.
Moriyama said many residents of Fukushima Prefecture had to evacuate their homes after the accident and many people now have to worry about radiation in their daily lives.
He said the plant operator, Tokyo Electric Power Company, still faces difficulties as the water decontamination system has been plagued by problems.
He said the agency wants to do everything it can to stabilize the plant as soon as possible.
He added that the agency will direct TEPCO to upgrade a circulatory cooling system for the reactors as part of a mid-to-long term plan.
The utility hopes to reuse decontaminated radioactive water as a coolant and to inject more water into the disabled reactors.
Sunday, September 11, 2011 17:09 +0900 (JST)
www3.nhk.or.jp by Edano 9/11/2011 11:19:11 AM

TEPCO president apologizes for nuclear accidentThe head of Tokyo Electric Power Company has apologized for the damage caused by the nuclear accident at its power plant in Fukushima Prefecture.
President Toshio Nishizawa released a comment on Sunday, apologizing for the trouble and concern that the accident has caused residents around the plant, other people in Fukushima, and the nation as a whole.
Nishizawa also said that the company is determined to do all it can to permit evacuees to return home as early as possible.
The company has lowered temperatures in the reactors to around 100 degrees Celsius by pouring in cooling water, while decontaminating highly radioactive waste water.
But more than 100,000 tons of untreated waste water remain within the plant.
The major challenge the company faces is to cool the reactors stably without increasing the amount of waste water.
TEPCO intends to review current reactor cooling and water treatment plans to achieve a cold shutdown with reactor temperatures being kept stable and below 100 degrees by January of next year.
Sunday, September 11, 2011 14:38 +0900 (JST)
www3.nhk.or.jp by Edano 9/11/2011 11:19:40 AM

Global nuclear conference opens in FukushimaNuclear experts from around the world opened the first symposium on how to deal with radiation exposure following the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident.
The symposium is being held in Fukushima City, Fukushima Prefecture.
Some 40 experts from 14 countries are taking part in the 2-day meeting organized by the Nippon Foundation in cooperation with the International Commission on Radiological Protection, or ICRP. The body provides guidance and recommendations on protection from radiation.
A video message by World Health Organization Director-General Margaret Chan was shown at the beginning of the meeting. She said the international community needs to put experts' knowledge and experiences together to come up with steps against risks from radiation exposure.
ICRP Vice Chair Abel Julio Gonzalez praised Japan, saying the country took consistent measures on radiation exposure at the time of the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.
At the same time, he pointed to spreading misunderstanding of the risks of internal exposure, regarding it as more dangerous than it actually is.He added that the global community must integrate lessons learned from the Fukushima accident into future international standards on radiation exposure.
The experts will discuss exposure to radiation lower than 100 millisieverts, as its impact on human health is still unknown. They will also talk about how to limit possible exposure and compile recommendations on ways to resolve the Fukushima accident.
Sunday, September 11, 2011 16:14 +0900 (JST)
www3.nhk.or.jp by Edano 9/11/2011 11:21:15 AM

@Edano if I hear another empty apology or icrp referred to as knowledgeable I will scream it is insulting
by elainekirk 9/11/2011 11:23:19 AM

half a year gone by, the nuclear industry begins to manipulate public opinion on the accident, and the WHO participates again.
by Edano 9/11/2011 11:25:50 AM

@edano what do you make of this levels falling in the before / after quake??? or am I reading it wrong
www.tepco.co.jpby elainekirk 9/11/2011 11:26:49 AM

when i read the headline i thought wow, finally there are intntl experts in fuku, but hey, it is just a propaganda mashine.
by Edano 9/11/2011 11:27:04 AM

@elainekirk the reactor water ? levels dropped because of scram and cold shutdown.
by Edano 9/11/2011 11:31:44 AM

and they rose in sfp because of insufficient cooling ?
by Edano 9/11/2011 11:33:07 AM

@Edano ah right showing my non techi side :) it is a floor show put on for PR purposes and it galls me cos these prats are financed by the very public they seek to decieve
by elainekirk 9/11/2011 11:34:05 AM

they are taking over now.
by Edano 9/11/2011 11:35:48 AM

the nippon foundation:
en.wikipedia.org"Despite its funding of many public health and welfare programs, the foundation has been criticized, primarily by scholars and journalists on the left, as an organization with right-wing, nationalist motives"
"The article states that although many Japanese institutions refrain from seeking a grant from The Nippon Foundation, the combination of reduced US funding for Japanese studies and the efforts of the Japan Lobby for many years have virtually deprived the US and other countries of an independent capability for research and teaching on Japan. Further, it contends that The Nippon Foundation has also had considerable success in reducing the range of opinion and advice on which US government policy is based"
"The Nippon Foundation, alongside the United Nations, USAID, and other international aid agencies, supported a massive family planning campaign in Peru, known as Voluntary Surgical Contraception. It was later revealed that under the campaign, undertaken by Alberto Fujimori's administration in Peru from 1996 to 2000, nearly 300,000, mostly indigenous, women were forcibly sterilized."
strange organization.
by Edano 9/11/2011 11:44:26 AM

"... In response to the recent nuclear accident in Fukushima, The Nippon Foundation will be hosting a symposium
on the truth about the radioactivity involved. At the symposium, three individuals who stand at the forefront of the radiology field will offer a brief explaination of the current state and future prospects of the plant.
Among the speakers will be
Professor Shunichi Yamashita, MD, PhD. Dean of Nagasaki University and newly-appointed adviser to Fukushima Prefecture on radiation-related health risk management. Yamashita is an authority on the subject, with 20 years of experience in the treatment of patients exposed to radiation, such as the Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster.
Speakers will share their views, based on experience gained from such events as the Chernobyl disaster and the Tokai Village JCO Criticality Accident. They hope to correct the misconceptions and confusion that have spread, not only among the Japanese people, but around the world, as a result of lack of detailed information on the dispersion of radioactivity and the inconsistent announcements by the Japanese government. ..."
www.nippon-foundation.or.jphere we go again ! :)
by Edano 9/11/2011 11:47:55 AM

@Majj @Peter how can you own a creature of the sea?
by elainekirk 9/11/2011 11:56:02 AM

The IAEA with it’s partners the atomic industry and military are thinking, that the public opinion is now weak enough, to blast a propaganda symposium into it and all media, along with strong pro nuclear advocats and criminals against humanity WITH: The International Expert Symposium in Fukushima - Radiation and Health Risks - September 11-12, 2011, Fukushima Medical University:
The symposium is the direct successor to the “Chernobyl forum” by the IAEA. At the Chernobyl IAEA forum the term “Radiophobia” was invented and used: “What’s worse, the IAEA is going public these days with statements ridiculing the so called “radiophobia” of the population and calling for an end of aid programs, which, according to the IAEA report of 2005, only serve to instil a victim mentality in a totally healthy population – a claim not only cynical, but potentially dangerous for the health of the affected population.”
Their goal: Blaming the victim !
This year’s 9/11 will be Japan’s 2nd Fukushima: Quote form the site “…There will be a total of 30 participants representing 14 countries including Russia and the United States as well as from international organizations including the WHO and IAEA.”
tekknorg.wordpress.comby Edano 9/11/2011 11:59:43 AM

@Peter it is a ridiculous assumption I think one day such an attitude will turn round and bite people on the bum
by elainekirk 9/11/2011 12:03:01 PM