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THE MOSCOW TIMES: Anonymous Letter Prompts New Investigation of Nuclear Plant
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read it allby elainekirk via Anti-atom.ru 9/17/2011 11:40:30 PM
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Alik Nuryshev, 20, a local resident suffering from childhood disability, including epilepsy and cerebral palsy, sits in his house in the village of Muslyumovo, Nov. 18, 2010. The village is located on the banks of the Techa River in Russia's Urals, one of the country's most lethal nuclear dumping grounds. The Mayak nuclear complex, located 18 miles from Muslyumovo, currently processes foreign radioactive waste, and it dumped 2.68 billion cubic feet of highly radioactive waste into the river from 1949 to 1956.
Russians in the town of Muslyumovo suffer from long-term nuclear contamination
Muslyumovo is the only settlement left along the banks of the contaminated Techa river. Several other settlements were evacuated following huge radioactive discharges from the upstream nuclear reprocessing plant in the early 1950s.
The local government passed a resolution 1994 to relocate the residents of Muslyumovo who have suffered the most, but poor economic conditions caused no action to be taken photoblog.msnbc.msn.comby elainekirk via Msnbcmedia.msn 9/17/2011 11:41:46 PM- And this sadly is probably the future for many in Japan www.greenpeace.org
So the research is out there and Japan have ignored itby elainekirk 9/17/2011 11:53:36 PM
The Most Polluted Spot on Earth - standing on the banks of this lake for 1 hour will kill you.
According to a Worldwatch Institute report on nuclear waste, the "most polluted spot" on earth is Lake Karachai in the South Ural mountains.
Until the 1960s, Lake Karachai was used as a repository for high-level radioactive wastes from the nearby Mayak nuclear plant. The plant, also known as Chelyabinsk-40, is one of three Russian nuclear reprocessing facilities, which together have discharged approximately 1.7 billion curies of radioactive waste into rivers, lakes, and the ground.
It is estimated that the 50-acre lake contains 120 million curies of radioactivity, which is comparable to the total amount released at Chernobyl. Another point of comparison offered by a 1995 U.S. Department of Energy report is that the total amount of radioactive discharges from the Russian Navy's fleets adds up to only half of one percent of the radioactivity in Lake Karachai.
The same report explains that, in October 1991, DOE officials observed a dose rate of 300 to 600 millirems per hour near the shores of the lake, which is three to six times the exposure permitted per year by U.S. regulations.
www.gearthhacks.comby elainekirk 9/18/2011 12:15:05 AM
@elainekirk wow. I need to do some looking at what what the total estimated contamination for Mayak vs. Fukushima.by lillymunster 9/18/2011 12:15:11 AM- @lillymunster yes that would be the next stepby elainekirk 9/18/2011 12:15:54 AM
- @elainekirk I will probably keep digging on it and making notes. What a mindboggling mess. It makes Hanford look like a park.by lillymunster 9/18/2011 12:17:25 AM
- @lillymunster certainly doesby elainekirk 9/18/2011 12:20:28 AM
just stumbled on this: wikileaks.org Viewing cable 06FUKUOKA9, NUCLEAR ENERGY POLITICS IN WESTERN JAPAN: KYUSHU ELECTRIC'S
If you are new to these pages, please read an introduction on the structure of a cable as well as how to discuss them with others. See also the FAQsby Mid Valley 9/18/2011 1:13:45 AM
that needs keeping good findby elainekirk 9/18/2011 1:36:13 AM
@lillymunster , I cite from the NRC presentation on Mayak: "In the U.S an occupational dose limit of 0.1 rem per day (36 rem per year) that was originally recommended by a predecessor of the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements (NCRP) was used in the Manhattan Project (4)." According to the presentation, the limit was lowered in 1949. At that time the project had run a decade. Hence, some workers could have accumulated doses as high as 360 rem or 3.6 Sv legally without needing to quit their job. Note the diseases that the Russian workers developed through chronic exposure of similar doses. Perhaps you find similar symptoms among the early Manhattan Project workers.by Peter 9/18/2011 1:58:39 AM- 30 minute show aired recently on Al-Jazeera English: Asia's nuclear addiction
Worth a look -http://english.aljazeera.net/programmes/101east/2011/09/20119147571781154.htmlby Diane_NJ 9/18/2011 2:03:56 AM - @Peter I will do some looking if there was something put out publicly. It seems weird we would have more information on Russia's workers than our own.by lillymunster 9/18/2011 2:05:27 AM
- @lillymunster , watch for respiratory pathway diseases.by Peter 9/18/2011 2:08:31 AM
- ...the GI tract tissue changes.by Peter 9/18/2011 2:09:31 AM
- @Peter there seems to be something. Got some results out of Manhattan Project Workers Health. At least one study from 1979by lillymunster 9/18/2011 2:12:20 AM
- Related to Ian's video from this morning about unit 4 explosion/fire and the store/office in the video. www.sendo.jp This is a grocery chain.by lillymunster 9/18/2011 2:16:17 AM
- More of the money story: TEPCO doles out money to greedy municipalities www.asahi.comby Mid Valley 9/18/2011 2:41:31 AM
- @Mid Valley makes me wonder how many corporate sponsorships are more of a kickback.
by lillymunster 9/18/2011 2:59:22 AM - Reading this web page on the Manhattan Project's secret health physics program. Reads like and X-files episode, written by the DOE www.hss.energy.govby lillymunster 9/18/2011 3:22:13 AM
@lillymunster, thanks! The Sendo chain happens to be headquartered in the same island as the volcano. I did some GoogleStreet views there and it seems there can be bare trees like in the mystery video. www.youtube.com While obviously bare trees could happen anywhere, it might be a sign that it's not south enough to be immune from seasonal foliage shedding. The bicyclist in the video is dressed up likes it's cold. The region of the volcano is roughly as south as North Carolina. Of course that doesn't ensure similar seasonal variation. But all in all, I'm suspecting the video of the volcano, and Daiichi due to the persistence of the smoke output. All the Daiichi explosion plumes should have been heaviest for a brief time and dissipating thereafter, but this one is outputting a heavy plume continuously over at least 10 minutes I'd estimate.by Ian 9/18/2011 3:48:25 AM- Correction: I'm suspecting the video of the volcano, and not Daiichi due to the persistence of the smoke output.by Ian 9/18/2011 3:49:41 AM
- @Ian I was going though the locations trying to suss one out that fell within the region of Tohoku, that would explain why I didn't recognize any of the cities.by lillymunster 9/18/2011 3:55:31 AM
- @lillymunster, though the Sendo chain is likely throughout Japan. Someone noted that the poster posted the video under the 'comedy' category. So maybe they were hoping to trick Fuku-watchers with the description stating Fukushima. On the other hand, categorization defaults to one's prior categorized videos, and they have more channel views on their account than that video had during its few hours of being up. Whatever, I'm moving on form it, I think it's probably not Fuku related.by Ian 9/18/2011 5:04:04 AM
bump bumpby Mid Valley 9/18/2011 6:32:34 AM- bumpby elainekirk 9/18/2011 9:24:47 AM
- Not surprisingly, local governments in Fukushima are finding it hard to decontaminate areas and are also faced with the problem of where to store the waste. Local governments in Fukushima experiment with radiation-removing techniques mdn.mainichi.jpby Luisa 9/18/2011 9:25:56 AM
- 80 Bavarian Opera members refuse to tour in Japan on radiation fears mdn.mainichi.jpby Luisa 9/18/2011 9:25:59 AM
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wow, within 48 hours they brought #3 below 100°C !by Edano via Houseoffoust 9/18/2011 10:33:59 AM- at least, they cooled the thermometers down. :)by Edano 9/18/2011 10:37:08 AM
- @Edano that is the more believable scenarioby elainekirk 9/18/2011 10:39:02 AM
- @elainekirk :)by Edano 9/18/2011 10:46:59 AM
www3.nhk.or.jp
Future radiation levels forecast on electronic map
A group of Japanese researchers has drawn up an electronic map which shows changing radiation levels at about 2,200 locations in a 5-year period.
The map was made by a research group led by Professor Isao Tanihata at Osaka University's Research Center for Nuclear Physics.
The group calculated estimated radiation levels at each of about 2,200 points over the next 5 years based on data released by the education and science ministry.
Most of the locations are in Fukushima Prefecture, where a nuclear accident was triggered in March by the massive earthquake and tsunami.
The group took into account the level of radioactive cesium, which drops as time passes.
By using Google Earth services, the group forecast the level at individual sites and point of time with a bar graph. Possible changes in level naturally caused by rain and wind and the decontamination effort are not included.
For example, the map shows that a radiation level of 4.36 microsieverts per hour detected in June in Kawamata Town about 30 kilometers northwest of the troubled plant will fall to 1.75 microsieverts 5 years later.
Professor Tanihata hopes that the map will help state and local authorities to work out a specific plan to decontaminate areas to get people to return to their hometowns.
The map will be made public at the research center's Website on Monday.
Sunday, September 18, 2011 14:59 +0900 (JST)
www3.nhk.or.jpby Edano via Www3.nhk.or.jp 9/18/2011 10:50:12 AM- @edano the link won't work :(by elainekirk 9/18/2011 10:55:15 AM
- sounds like nonsense. a 70% drop of cesium-137 within 5 years is nonsense.by Edano 9/18/2011 10:55:45 AM
- @elainekirk works for me.by Edano 9/18/2011 10:56:20 AM
- @Edano works for me?! stranger thngs happen at seaby elainekirk 9/18/2011 10:57:16 AM
- by Edano 9/18/2011 10:57:29 AM
- Missing railway company president found dead off Hokkaido
SAPPORO, Sept. 18, Kyodo
The president of Hokkaido Railway Co., who went missing Monday after leaving suicide notes, was found dead off the coast of Otaru, Hokkaido, on Sunday, local police said.
The body of Naotoshi Nakajima, 64, was discovered by an angler around 7:50 a.m., the police said, adding they believed Nakajima, who left apparent suicide notes, died from drowning as there were no injuries on his body.
The police said they identified the body, clothed in a beige shirt and navy trousers, by a fingerprint match. Nakajima went missing Monday morning. english.kyodonews.jpby Edano 9/18/2011 11:01:03 AM 
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Siemens steigt aus Atomgeschäft aus Siemens quits nuke business www.zeit.deby Edano via Images.zeit.de 9/18/2011 11:13:04 AM- Siemens now supports the boost of renewables and says that the change from nukes is possible.by Edano 9/18/2011 11:14:16 AM
- a little more about this topic: www.maerkischeallgemeine.deby Edano 9/18/2011 11:18:24 AM
- @Edano that is the best news todayby elainekirk 9/18/2011 11:24:28 AM
- tepco have put yesterdays photo release into a doc and note the absence of shots of the ground www.tepco.co.jpby elainekirk 9/18/2011 11:30:05 AM
if there are no steaming cracks in the ground what are we to assume this is? maybe somebody has put the kettle on for a brew...
by elainekirk 9/18/2011 11:38:09 AM
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