Japan Earthquake

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@elainekirk - last 'transmission'
addendum: on cryptome.org
also last photo: gives a bird-view showing that all superstructers of that building have been blown off (March 20, 2011)

@all sorry for jumping in&out - but it's again past 2h - have a good any-time-of-day ;)
by Vivre 9/21/2011 12:22:48 AM

Residents furious over 60-page application, 160-page manual for TEPCO compensation

Residents affected by the ongoing crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant are furious after learning they will have to wade through a 60-page application form -- accompanied by a 160-page manual -- to seek compensation from the plant's operator, Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO).

The company, which on Sept. 12 started sending out documents for individual compensation claims for the period between March and August, says its careful explanation of the process resulted in a large amount of documentation. However, this hasn't appeased residents.

"One can only assume it's to prevent people from billing them," one resident commented.

Before the company started sending out the application forms, it was receiving about 1000 inquiries a day, but that figure has now jumped to about 3,000 a day.

"The application forms arrived a few days ago, but I can't understand them at all, so I haven't started on them yet," said one man in his 60s who is living in a temporary housing unit in Tamura, Fukushima Prefecture. "Unless I hear an explanation of the process directly at a meeting, it'll be impossible."

Fifty-nine-year-old Shigeru Sugioka, who attended an explanatory meeting for residents of the village of Iitate -- part of the evacuation zone around the plant -- on Sept. 20, commented, "We came the previous day as well, but there were too many people there so we came again today. We're worried about whether we'll get the amount we've claimed. But more than that, we're unhappy with TEPCO's attitude."

TEPCO now has 280 people handling explanatory meetings for residents in Fukushima Prefecture, but from October it will boost this number to 900. However, other residents who have ended up scattered across Japan in the wake of the disaster are unable to have the process explained to them directly, and have no option but to phone TEPCO.

Yoshio Suzuki, 44, took refuge in Kitakyushu in southern Japan after being forced out of his home about a dozen kilometers from the Fukushima nuclear complex, and he's angered by the lack of assistance.

"I don't know what to do. There's no way I can settle a problem that will determine the course of my future over the phone. TEPCO should visit each person and explain the process to them," he said.

Katsutaka Idogawa, mayor of the Fukushima Prefecture town of Futaba -- just north of the nuclear plant -- lambasted TEPCO over the application process.

"I'm angered at the company's high-handed approach in which it won't pay compensation unless people fill in a wad of forms," he said. On Sept. 17, he demanded that the company cease its explanatory meetings, and none have been held for the town since Sept. 18.

It has emerged that any claims for the period from September onwards will have to be filed every three months, and residents have called for simplification of subsequent applications, but as the situation stands, that seems unlikely.

"At the present stage we do not plan any alterations," a TEPCO representative said.
Source mdn.mainichi.jp www.scoop.it
by Edano via Mdn.mainichi.jp 9/21/2011 12:26:50 AM

this is full copy of wsj that cold shutdown will be sooner than expecte.d emissions of radioactive materials from the plant have been reduced to a maximum of 1/4,000,000th of the peak, due to the recent cooling of the reactors that has reduced the amount of tainted steam escaping into the atmosphere.

"By reducing emissions of radioactive materials, we hope to make it possible for evacuees to return to their homes as early as possible That would assume cesium can be cleaned up and residual emmissions are harmless????? Isn't safety of living next door based on it being a properly working plant, not one that's leaking like a sieve and still producing iodine and cesium in measurable quantities?? www.energia.gr
by artnuke 9/21/2011 12:29:36 AM

Homeopathic medicines to protectect against radioactive isotopes: (???) homeopathicmedicines.biz
by artnuke edited by Edano 9/21/2011 12:29:42 AM

@lillymunster perhaps, but give that, they're actually rather holding back. While they seem to be reporting facts better, they're not, afaik, doing documentaries that are needed to waken the public.
by Ian 9/21/2011 12:43:37 AM

Delaware treatment guide. I can't find any mention of people dying from cesium unless it's a massive 1-5 sievert dose by standing next to a huge amount of the stuff. The only other symptom is increased rates of cancers is possible, but can't find any evidence that anybody has measured just how high a rate these would increase. Is it possible that all that cesiuim all over the place isn't going to kill anybody, whether or not it exceeds government limits? www.dhss.delaware.gov

Treatment the same for thallium and rubidium)
Agent Information:
Cesium-137 (Cs-137) is a radioisotope and unstable chemical. Its radioactivity is measured by the number of atoms disintegrating per unit time. A Cs-137 atom emits radiation in the form of medium energy gamma rays, and to a lesser extent, high-energy beta particles, which disrupt molecules in cells and deposits energy in tissues, causing damage. Cs-137 is used in medical therapy for oncology, industrial radiography, radiation gauges, food irradiators and soil testing. It is also a potential plume component following a nuclear power plant incident.
Signs and Symptoms:
Very large doses of ionizing radiation cause observable health effects: hair loss, skin burns, nausea, gastrointestinal distress or death (Acute Radiation Syndrome). Long term health risks, including increased cancer risk, depend on the function of the specific radioisotope; and the route, magnitude and duration of exposure.
by artnuke 9/21/2011 12:44:16 AM

@artnuke radiation causes cell changes which can result in cancer, auto immune disease , and it is known that changes are intergenerational meaning the children inherit birth defects as well as all the nuke waste that will need managing for a few more generations. Chernobyl studies found the cancers started 5yrs after initial and ongoing exposure
by elainekirk 9/21/2011 1:04:23 AM

those front panels on #1 look to be very poorly fitted, are we expecting any wind with the typhooon?
by elainekirk 9/21/2011 1:17:59 AM

@elainekirk just a little bit.
by Edano 9/21/2011 1:20:43 AM

it seems tepco's compensation claim forms are somewhat comprehensive www.asahi.com bstrds!!
by elainekirk 9/21/2011 1:20:56 AM

Interesting article about internet and new media impact on Fukushima coverage bos.sagepub.com
by lillymunster 9/21/2011 1:52:17 AM

@lillymunster those front panels on #1 are bugging me
by elainekirk 9/21/2011 2:07:38 AM

@elainekirk what about them? They looked less than even this morning like they were out of alignment.
by lillymunster 9/21/2011 2:09:35 AM

@lillymunster where is that site that puts regular shots of webcam up?
by elainekirk 9/21/2011 2:10:53 AM

@elainekirk there was a youtube channel that had them? Let me look
by lillymunster 9/21/2011 2:13:48 AM

I can't find it.
by lillymunster 9/21/2011 2:16:18 AM

@lillymunster ah well it will come to me I should go to bed
by elainekirk 9/21/2011 2:24:34 AM

@elainekirk Nite!
by lillymunster 9/21/2011 2:25:58 AM

really bugging me
by elainekirk 9/21/2011 2:32:38 AM

@elainekirk left side or right side?
by lillymunster 9/21/2011 2:34:09 AM

I thought i had seen those panels on the right looking neat and tidy now the bottom one is skewiff
by elainekirk 9/21/2011 2:39:01 AM

@elainekirk I noticed that the other day. I don't know if the panels are off or if it isn't really a panel but a door of some sort. I think that is the side where the garage entrances are.
by lillymunster 9/21/2011 2:40:28 AM

@lillymunster time will tell no doubt :)
by elainekirk 9/21/2011 2:44:22 AM

@elainekirk it doesn't look like it did, still not totally sure. They had a panel on the crane the other day, swinging in the wind with shredded fabric hanging off of it.
by lillymunster 9/21/2011 2:47:19 AM

they have all had skirts but there is no sign of one there
by elainekirk 9/21/2011 2:48:39 AM

anyway change of scene I dont think we have seen this shot www.world-nuclear-news.org
by elainekirk 9/21/2011 2:49:05 AM

It was the skirt part that shredded. Does not give me confidence in the fabric's ability to handle typhoon winds
by lillymunster 9/21/2011 2:51:55 AM

mdn.mainichi.jp
.........At a farm house in the Onami district of the city of Fukushima with mountains behind it and rice paddy fields surrounding it, the Fukushima Prefectural Government experimented with decontamination techniques in late August.

Seven painters used to working at heights participated in the experiment. Wearing helmets, boots and rubber gloves and tied with safety ropes, they used high-pressure hoses to spray the entire roof with water. At one point, one of the painters slipped and lost his balance...............
mdn.mainichi.jp
And I thought I was crazy ..........
by elainekirk via Mdn.mainichi.jp 9/21/2011 2:53:28 AM

Fukushima's neighbors lobby in U.S. against nuclear energy www.cnn.com
by Mid Valley 9/21/2011 2:54:39 AM

@elainekirk The decontamination efforts are perplexing sometimes.
by lillymunster 9/21/2011 3:00:33 AM

Same story additional details: Japanese Families and Activists Call for Proper Protection - and Evacuation - of Fukushima Children and a Global End to Nuclear Power www.marketwatch.com
by Mid Valley 9/21/2011 3:05:37 AM

Here is another paper from 2009 about core melt/corium cooling in an ex-vessel accident: article.nuclear.or.kr
by M.I.A. 9/21/2011 3:14:34 AM

@M.I.A. cool find.
by lillymunster 9/21/2011 3:18:02 AM

Roke still headed to Fukushima flights being cancelled. www.bloomberg.com
by lillymunster 9/21/2011 3:21:26 AM

Japanese Premier Pushes Nuclear-Plant Restarts Noda Says Power Shortage Would 'Drag Down' Economy online.wsj.com
by Mid Valley 9/21/2011 3:24:31 AM

TABLE-Japan nuclear plant ops (Shika No.1 to enter maintenance) af.reuters.com
by Mid Valley 9/21/2011 3:31:22 AM

The dog has informed me I must go to bed - nite all!
by lillymunster 9/21/2011 3:38:25 AM

@lillymunster sweet dreams! You can't keep a good dog waiting :)
by Mid Valley 9/21/2011 3:58:51 AM

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by Edano 9/21/2011 7:01:31 AM

Fukushima plant workers to be eligible for free cancer exam

TOKYO, Sept. 21, Kyodo

The health ministry decided Wednesday that workers engaged in crisis control at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant should be screened for cancer every year for free from fiscal 2012 if they have been exposed to accumulated radiation of over 100 millisieverts.

As of Sept. 15, 99 workers had been exposed to over 100 millisieverts of radiation and 309 workers to amounts somewhere between over 50 millisieverts and 100 millisieverts, according to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare.

The ministry's decision is based on a draft report by its panel which has been debating the long-term effects on the health of the Fukushima plant workers. english.kyodonews.jp
by Edano 9/21/2011 7:09:31 AM