Japan Earthquake

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@ Edano, lets have a drink with neutrino and see how fast he can down a whisky
by dean 9/25/2011 10:22:39 PM

but wait. .the bartender said no serving neutrino's....that are faster than light.. so that neutrino was one of those special slow ones
by dean 9/25/2011 10:24:16 PM

"come in" -"neutrino" - "who's there ?" - toc-toc.
by Edano 9/25/2011 10:24:43 PM

Who controls whether or not a state is subject to use nuclear power to provide energy to it’s constituents?

Where does the proverbial ‘buck’ stop when it comes to decisions made about the reliability and safety of nuclear power?

Is it the citizens, utilities, state government, or national regulators responsibility to decide what options are available?

Vermont Yankee’s future is in question, as the initial license expires next March, and the state of Vermont is blocking a permit that it needs to run beyond then, citing radioactive leaks, misstatements in testimony by plant officials and other problems. Entergy officials said the company has tried to sell the troubled reactor, but no buyers stepped forward.
by dean 9/25/2011 10:26:05 PM

@dean theoretically the people
by elainekirk 9/25/2011 10:26:47 PM

Edano.. ha...
by dean 9/25/2011 10:26:59 PM

cuz Edano is faster than a neutrino..
by dean 9/25/2011 10:27:13 PM

:)
by Edano 9/25/2011 10:27:37 PM

;) he he
by dean 9/25/2011 10:27:47 PM

sorry .. my cerebral cortex just was blasted with a neutrino.. ouch
by dean 9/25/2011 10:28:11 PM

"cold shutdown" is a un obtainable state at fuku... common.. TEPCO.. get real
by dean 9/25/2011 10:29:55 PM

@dean they would have to find the fuel first
by elainekirk 9/25/2011 10:37:54 PM

The issue at Vermont Yankee reminds me of a law they slipped into SD laws. The people who were demanding full disclosure on the Pathfinder plant put a ballot issue on during an election. The law required any nuclear waste storage in SD must be brought to a state vote of the citizens. It pretty much prevented any nuclear dump or new reactors from being built in the state.
by lillymunster 9/25/2011 10:40:38 PM

@lilly.. I think we will see more and more resistance from the state, local and citizens in months or years to come when it comes to nuclear,,, even if the property is owned by the govt
by dean 9/25/2011 10:46:14 PM

@lillymunster excellent idea get them in campaign mode
by elainekirk 9/25/2011 10:46:35 PM

@ lilly, ,by the same token i want to see the same treatment for all those emission belching industries that contaminate the air and water...
by dean 9/25/2011 10:48:24 PM

@dean yes and the oil industry with their numerous leaks
by elainekirk 9/25/2011 10:56:53 PM

Mr. Kan said if staff had been withdrawn, there wouldn't be anybody living in Tokyo now.

He disclosed that he received a report that said 30 million residents in the Tokyo metropolitan area would have to be evacuated in a worst-case scenario. In reality, such a large-scale evacuation would have been impossible.

Irrespective of their opinion about nuclear power generation, people should pay serious attention to Mr. Kan's remark: "It was a crucial moment when I wasn't sure whether Japan could continue to function as a state." In the first week of the nuclear accidents, he said he was so worried that he felt chills going down his spine.

Mr. Kan was apparently irritated by the apparent bad communication between the Tepco head office and the plant. Despite Mr. Kan's repeated requests, Tepco could not vent radioactive steam from the stricken reactors on March 11 and Tepco officials could not explain to him why this was not being done.

The nuclear energy establishment should humbly listen to Mr. Kan's indictment that "the myth of infallible safety (of nuclear power) was not born but was created" by Tepco and the government, which he said suppressed discussions on the dangers of nuclear energy. search.japantimes.co.jp
by elainekirk 9/25/2011 10:59:14 PM

@dean SD got sold a really bad bill of goods in recent years. The keystone pipeline was told to be a line to a new refinery near the NE border that would bring lots of jobs. So people didn't fight it. Now the plan is changed and it will just run through the state so all the risk, no benefit.

The bill they passed here in nuclear waste was pure genius. It didn't ban nuclear power plants, just waste, so a defacto ban on power plants without the pushback or controversy. It would be useful to see more states slide that by.
by lillymunster 9/25/2011 11:01:58 PM

@Dean, our biggest pollution problem here is farm runoff. The amount of chemicals they put on crops to grow soybeans and corn are killing the rivers. In spring the nitrates in our water are so high the tap water killed some of our fish in the tank one year.
by lillymunster 9/25/2011 11:03:41 PM

very interesting lilly

by dean 9/25/2011 11:04:50 PM

@ lilly .. some farms out here have what's called sink holes where the field water runs off and it's been a big issue for EPA, that goes directly to the acquifer... other than that the same run off of farm chemicals does the same thing... and just think.. there are those politicians who want to BAN EPA..
by dean 9/25/2011 11:06:16 PM

@dean it makes me cringe when I hear people talk about banning the epa, they already can't keep up. The state was considering putting limits on farm chemical use in the SE corridor of the state due to so much run off.
by lillymunster 9/25/2011 11:13:49 PM

makes me cringe as well @ lilly, the politicians in this country need to be changed out... I need to step away.. will return in a bit
by dean 9/25/2011 11:23:26 PM

The central emergency center near Fukushima that was inoperable was due to a generator failing because it's systems were not earthquake proof. www.yomiuri.co.jp
by lillymunster 9/26/2011 1:09:21 AM

@lillymunster it is terrible how we are not even suprised anymore
by elainekirk 9/26/2011 1:34:10 AM

:)
by Edano 9/26/2011 8:00:04 AM

@Ian ooooops
by elainekirk 9/26/2011 9:11:16 AM

@elainekirk you deleted ian ?
by Edano 9/26/2011 9:20:44 AM

I deleted my mistake that he pointed out and that made Ians look odd maybe I should have left Ian's apologies Ian
by elainekirk 9/26/2011 9:23:07 AM

Assembly in city near Hamaoka nuclear plant demands permanent shutdown

SHIZUOKA, Japan, Sept. 26, Kyodo

The assembly of a city less than 10 kilometers from the Hamaoka nuclear power plant on Monday called for its permanent closure, citing fears of a major earthquake in the area.

The resolution passed by the legislature of Makinohara, Shizuoka Prefecture, says the Hamaoka plant ''should remain shut for good unless its safety is fully guaranteed,'' a position also backed by Mayor Shigeki Nishihara.

The resolution said it urged the permanent shutdown as the plant ''sits on the presumed epicenter of the Tokai Earthquake,'' which the government has warned could occur in the near future in and around the prefecture, a part of the Tokai region, southwest of Tokyo. english.kyodonews.jp
by Edano 9/26/2011 9:23:36 AM

@elainekirk bad girl.
by Edano 9/26/2011 9:23:44 AM

TEPCO execs should be paid in line with public servants: Edano

TOKYO, Sept. 26, Kyodo

Industry minister Yukio Edano said Monday that Tokyo Electric Power Co. needs root-and-branch cost-cutting efforts to secure funds for compensation payments over Japan's nuclear crisis, saying that the utility's executives should be lowered to the level of remuneration as public servants.

''While utilities are in a situation that is not exposed to competition...I think it is contradictory that, for example, (TEPCO) executive remuneration is decided in line with private companies that are facing competition,'' Edano said at a ceremony to mark the opening of the office of a state-backed entity to financially assist the operator of the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

''It is natural that the company's remuneration or company salaries are around the same level as public servants' or independent administrative institutions','' he said. english.kyodonews.jp
by Edano 9/26/2011 9:25:33 AM

english.kyodonews.jp

Nuclear compensation support body
Industry minister Yukio Edano (L) and education minister Masaharu Nakagawa hang a wooden sign plate in Tokyo on Sept. 26, 2011, during an opening ceremony of the office of the state-backed entity set up to support the payment of compensation by Tokyo Electric Power Co. over damages caused by the nuclear crisis at its Fukushima Daiichi power plant. The body started fully operating the same day. (Kyodo) english.kyodonews.jp
by Edano via English.kyodonews.jp 9/26/2011 9:26:34 AM

Gov't to freeze research into fast-breeder reactor

TOKYO, Sept. 26, Kyodo

The science ministry plans to effectively freeze research related to the trouble-prone Monju prototype fast-breeder reactor in Fukui Prefecture by cutting 70 to 80 percent of its current 10 billion yen budget for the next fiscal year from April, ministry sources said Monday.

The ministry, however, plans to request 20 billion yen for maintaining the reactor, roughly the same amount budgeted for the current fiscal year, the sources said, a move likely to draw criticism amid uncertainty over the need for a new type of nuclear reactor in the wake of the nation's worst nuclear plant disaster.

The cut is envisaged in the budget, which will be requested by the ministry soon, for research into an experimental fast-breeder reactor -- the next phase of the prototype Monju reactor -- because the country has yet to formulate a future energy policy following Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda's and his predecessor's plan to wean the country from nuclear power. english.kyodonews.jp
by Edano via English.kyodonews.jp 9/26/2011 9:28:25 AM

@Edano all very fancy and noble looking but at the end of the day when a layperson has to fill in a 60pg doc 7months after the event in the hope of eventually being compensated the system that is behind the office is clogged with red tape
by elainekirk 9/26/2011 9:29:39 AM

english.kyodonews.jp

Pro-nuclear plant mayor reelected
Shigemi Kashiwabara (C), mayor of Kaminoseki in Yamaguchi Prefecture, bows to supporters in the town after reelection to a third four-year term on Sept. 25, 2011. Kashiwabara, an advocate of a Chugoku Electric Power Co. proposal to build a nuclear power station in the town, defeated antinuclear challenger Sadao Yamato, who heads a civic group opposed to the plan. (Kyodo) english.kyodonews.jp
by Edano via English.kyodonews.jp 9/26/2011 9:33:50 AM

the nukies on his shoulders make him bow.
by Edano 9/26/2011 9:34:31 AM

City assembly calls on shutdown of Hamaoka plant

A city assembly in central Japan has adopted a resolution calling on the permanent shutdown of a local nuclear power plant unless its safety is guaranteed.

The Makinohara City Assembly in Shizuoka Prefecture adopted the resolution on Monday. The city is located within 10 kilometers from the Hamaoka nuclear plant.

Mayor Shigeki Nishihara said he views the resolution seriously and shares the assembly's concern for the safety of the city's residents. He also said automaker Suzuki is considering moving its factories out of the prefecture because of the risk of a nuclear accident.

Chubu Electric, the plant operator, says it will do all it can to improve the safety of the Hamaoka plant.

As part of a nationwide government mandate, 3 of the plant's 5 reactors went offline following the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. The 2 other reactors had already been shut down for decommissioning.

Chubu Electric is now building a breakwater to improve safety measures against future tsunami. It hopes to resume operations of the 3 reactors.

The utility had previously signed a pact to assure nuclear power plant safety with Makinohara and 3 other cities within 10 kilometers from the plant, as well as the prefecture.

The prefecture usually approves a plant's operation if local municipalities give their consent.

Monday's resolution is likely to affect the utility's plan to restart the reactors.

Monday, September 26, 2011 16:47 +0900 (JST)
www3.nhk.or.jp
by Edano 9/26/2011 9:36:42 AM

@Edano @Edano I cannot really see how a town has voted to effectively have a new power plant in its midst .... madness
by elainekirk 9/26/2011 9:36:47 AM

@elainekirk i thought the same. for us it is unreal.
by Edano 9/26/2011 9:37:32 AM

@Edano suzuki threatening to pull out is a real plus for the people
by elainekirk 9/26/2011 9:38:18 AM

i bet the election was manipulated.
by Edano 9/26/2011 9:40:17 AM

@Edano ". He also said automaker Suzuki is considering moving its factories out of the prefecture because of the risk of a nuclear accident."
from your article it shows the people have support from business
by elainekirk 9/26/2011 9:41:15 AM