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@dean there is another doc I will go find

@dean 34 is futaba and the reading there today is 3.9 so still high but not as high as some radioactivity.mext.go.jp

@elainekirk still shocked about the #1 reading. i don't understand it.

Cold shutdown will be achieved within this year

The Japanese government and Tokyo Electric and Power Company say that a cold shutdown of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant will be achieved by the end of this year.

It will be included in a revised timetable for containing the nuclear crisis that will be issued on Monday.

They say the temperatures around the No.1, No.2, and No.3 reactors are less than 100 degrees Celsius and the amount of radioactive material being emitted has dropped to about half the level of a month ago.

The latest survey showed estimated radiation levels of about 100 million becquerels per hour.

Also a giant polyester covering for the No.1 reactor building will be completed by the end of October.

The government and TEPCO say measures to achieve the state of a stable cold shutdown are progressing steadily.

On Monday TEPCO will submit to the government nuclear safety measures that will apply to its work to maintain a state of cold shutdown over the coming 3 years.

Goshi Hosono, the minister in charge of the nuclear disaster said in September that they would try to achieve cold shutdown by the end of this year. It had originally been planned for January next year.

Monday, October 17, 2011 05:54 +0900 (JST)
www3.nhk.or.jp

Japan mulls asking China to lease pandas to tsunami-affected city

TOKYO, Oct. 17, Kyodo english.kyodonews.jp

@elainekirk IIRC we don't own the ones at the national zoo in DC. China still owns them and has strict rules about their care.

@elainekirk The problem with the free flights thing is the media didn't exactly report it right in some circumstances and people didn't read the whole article. They did say it wouldn't start til april and was dependent on approval but half the newspapers didn't mention that. :-)

@dean it is that :) did you see the monitoring post readings

@elaine.. at this point it seems there are so many monitoring groups conducting surveys I wonder who is the central point to keep track

@elaine.. I was hoping that the prefecture would have good sources that would be trustworthy

@dean I think safecast are probably the most relible

Is there a way we could maybe collect all the radiation monitoring sources in one place now? It is very confusing and then all the local citizens groups, they have bits of good data but for just that area.

Higher radiation in Niigata in the mountains www.yomiuri.co.jp

and what is in the mountains today only needs wind and rain to fetch it down

you seen this ! fukushima-diary.com it hasnt got a link to verify it but the doc attached looks pretty intense

@Edano omg thank you

@lillymunster this is only kyodo news ;)

@Edano @lillymunster it is making my brain seize up I really cannot fathom what japan gov is playing at I must sleep g'night all

i think many people would prefer the rice from the farmers' union.

basically, it's a free market. the govmt is happy when they can give their okay because below limit, and then they are out of it. the promotion and marketing is not the govmt's problem.

@Edano IIRC they said they were going to mark levels on bags? If they can pull it off and if other farmers groups can do the same. I see it as the only way to restore customer trust in food products.