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@dean that test looks pretty basic and although I couldnt do it I would expect people working in npp's to be able to pass it!!by elainekirk 10/17/2011 2:38:52 PM
@Will , so do they use the same variety of tea for matcha as for the leafy kind?by Peter 10/17/2011 2:39:20 PM- I found a potential polluter: Rokkasho, up on the very northeast end of the island on the pacific coast. en.wikipedia.orgby Peter 10/17/2011 2:40:48 PM
yes @ elaine... there are more sets of tests.. one on components, one on thermodynamics, one on reactor theory and then the simulator exam where they have to startup and shut down and go through a series of accidentsby dean 10/17/2011 2:41:29 PM- @Peter my computer must be slow.. I can't get that to openby dean 10/17/2011 2:44:00 PM
- @dean, works here though, ;)by Peter 10/17/2011 2:44:55 PM
- got it nowby dean 10/17/2011 2:48:17 PM
- I need to run to the gym for a bit.. will return ...by dean 10/17/2011 2:53:59 PM
EDF on Trial in French Cloak-and-Dagger Greenpeace Spy Case www.businessweek.comby lillymunster 10/17/2011 2:59:02 PM- I'm at the National Library of Medicine again and found the reason why simplyinfo is blocked. It's beasue it's a "Parked Domain" and such domains are automatically classified as a security risk. But still not sure why my Unit-3 report is selectively blocked from my website from here. I can access other Fuku sites.by Ian 10/17/2011 3:43:25 PM
- @Ian It isn't a parked domain - it points to our website on my server and that is in the DNS info. Can you see what type of net filtering program they are using? Sometimes it will show in the nag screeen when you get a blocked site.by lillymunster 10/17/2011 3:45:36 PM
- Not sure why it's classified as a Parked Domain, I thought that means it's idle, but it's not.
by Ian 10/17/2011 3:45:46 PM 
rokkasho is too far away and against the ocean direction. i would vote for tokai. that's a mess there. en.wikipedia.orgby Edano 10/17/2011 3:46:55 PM- @Ian NIH needs to get better quality web filtering software. ;-)by lillymunster 10/17/2011 3:47:32 PM
- @Edano Tokai is older and more likely to have been randomly dumpingby lillymunster 10/17/2011 3:47:58 PM
- @lillymunster they had a magnox reactor there in the 60s.by Edano 10/17/2011 3:48:41 PM
- @lillymunster, ah, now I notice that it's blocking access to houseoffoust where the pages are located. It allows one to see the homepage of simplyinfo, but all the formatting is lost, it's just an html list. But I can access other sites like Enformable.com without loss of the formatting. I can't find what software they're using, but they do give this contact:
NIH IT Service Desk
Online: itservicedesk.nih.gov
Telephone: 301-496-4357 (6-HELP) (local)
866-319-4357 (toll free)
301-496-8294 (TTY)by Ian 10/17/2011 3:52:04 PM - When I click on a link for more info after it blocks access to houseoffoust, it says:
Security risk blocked for your protection
The page you tried to access was categorized as "Parked Domain"by Ian 10/17/2011 3:53:58 PM - strange again. the german wikipedia de.wikipedia.org mentions a reprocessing plant and the "Japan Power Demonstration Reactor" de.wikipedia.org in tokai.by Edano 10/17/2011 3:55:48 PM
- @lillymunster, it might be worth looking into as this might not be the only place this is happening, and you observed it at the Stanford Hosptial too, perhaps due to the same software/domain interface snafu.by Ian 10/17/2011 4:00:04 PM
- NIH requires me to register as a customer in order to send in an question about anything IT related. Ughby lillymunster 10/17/2011 4:02:14 PM
- We oppose removal and dismantling of Tokai Reactor
By Gan Nemoto (Ibaraki Anti-Nuclear Collective) cnic.jpby Edano 10/17/2011 4:02:53 PM - Tokaimura nuclear accident en.wikipedia.org
The Tokaimura nuclear accident (Japanese: Tōkai-mura JCO-rinkai-jiko), which occurred on 30 September 1999,[1][2][3] resulted in two deaths.[4] At that time, it was Japan's worst civilian nuclear radiation accident. The criticality accident occurred in a uranium reprocessing facility operated by JCO (formerly Japan Nuclear Fuel Conversion Co.), a subsidiary of Sumitomo Metal Mining Co. in the village of Tōkai, Naka District, Ibaraki.[5]
The accident occurred as three workers were preparing a small batch of fuel for the Jōyō experimental fast breeder reactor, using uranium enriched to 18.8% with the fissionable radionuclide (radioisotope) known as U‑235 (with the remainder being the non-fissile U‑238). It was JCO's first batch of fuel for that reactor in three years, and no proper qualification and training requirements appear to have been established to prepare those workers for the job. At around 10:35 a.m., a precipitation tank reached critical mass when its fill level, containing about 16 kilograms of uranium, reached about 40 liters (about 35 pounds and 11 gallons respectively).
......by Edano 10/17/2011 4:08:45 PM - that's why i said tokai is a mess, there are more facilities than just a nuke plant.by Edano 10/17/2011 4:11:47 PM
- so, until now we have 2 reactors (1 active), 1 "demonstration reactor", 1 reprosessing facility and 1 "experimental fast breeder" in tokai.by Edano 10/17/2011 4:15:12 PM
- Criticality was reached upon the technicians adding a seventh bucket of an aqueous uranium solution known as uranyl nitrate to the tank. The nuclear fission chain reaction became self-sustaining and began to emit intense gamma and neutron radiation. The technicians, one of whom had his body draped over the tank, observed a blue flash of Cherenkov radiation and gamma-radiation alarms sounded.[4][6] The two technicians closest to the tank immediately experienced pain, nausea, difficulty breathing, and other symptoms. The technician closest to the tank lost consciousness in the decontamination room a few minutes later and began to vomit.[7] There was no explosion, but fission products (fission fragments of U‑235 with atomic masses typically around 95 and 137, such as yttrium‑94 and barium‑140) were progressively released inside the building. en.wikipedia.orgby Edano 10/17/2011 4:17:17 PM
upload.wikimedia.org
5-yen-coin serving as dosimeter:
Following the nuclear accident at Tokai, Ibaraki in 1999, physicists Masuchika Kohno and Yoshinobu Koizumi showed how this coin could be used to estimate neutron dosage to the surrounding population, by measuring its zinc isotope ratios. They write:
The Japanese 5-yen coin is about 22 millimeters in diameter and 1.5 mm thick, weighs 3.75 grams and has a central hole 5 mm wide. We chose this coin for monitoring neutron exposure because it is widely circulated, the zinc content is precisely controlled, and the 65Zn generated has a convenient half-life (244.1 days) and gamma ray energy emission (1,115.5 keV). To obtain a record of the dosage of neutrons released as a result of the accident, we collected exposed coins from people's houses at distances 100–550 m from the facility.[1] www.nature.com
They concluded that the coin could offer information about the total neutron effect during the accident, and about shielding by modern Japanese houses, given that the coins were recovered from indoors.
en.wikipedia.orgby Edano via Upload.wikimedia.org 10/17/2011 4:24:31 PM- On Oct 11, 2000, six former executives and current employees of JCO Co. were arrested on suspicion of negligence resulting in two employees' deaths. Ibaraki Prefectural Police spent more than one year investigating the nuclear accident and have apparently concluded that JCO's systematic rule violations and a lack of safety measures jointly caused the disaster. Ibaraki police arrested Kenzo Koshijima, 54, who was the head of the JCO Tokai plant where the accident took place on Sept. 30, and five other officials of the company. (Mainichi Shimbun Oct. 12, 2000)
Six former top officials at JCO Co. pleaded guilty to charges of negligence resulting in death as the trial opened into Japan's worst nuclear accident. The pleas were entered at the initial hearing at the Mito District Court in Ibaraki Also, current JCO Co. president Tomoyuki Inami admitted to a charge that the company violated the nation's nuclear regulations law, said Mito District Court spokesman Michiru Sakurai. (Reuters Apr 23, 2001)
Three residents of Tokai, Ibaraki Prefecture, who were exposed to radiation during a nuclear fuel plant accident in 1999, are set to sue the plant's operator and its parent company for damages. The three will file a suit in early September 2002 with the Mito District Court demanding that JCO Co. and its parent company, Sumitomo Metal Mining Co. pay them compensation for damages to their health and mental anguish caused by the accident. They have not yet decided on the amount of damages they will demand from JCO and Sumitomo. (Mainichi Shimbun August 19, 2002)
www.wise-uranium.orgby Edano 10/17/2011 4:40:34 PM - @Edano just catching up fascinating factsby elainekirk 10/17/2011 4:51:01 PM
- @elainekirk this happened not long ago, i find many articles stating that the japanese view on nukes will change due to tokaimura ......... ? deja vu ?by Edano 10/17/2011 4:53:00 PM
by Edano via 1.bp.blogspot 10/17/2011 4:55:06 PM
by Edano via Lh3.googleusercontent 10/17/2011 4:57:35 PM- @Edano wtf!! where is that?by elainekirk 10/17/2011 4:57:56 PM
- @elainekirk tokaiby Edano 10/17/2011 4:58:15 PM
- @Edano that island is begining to look uninhabitableby elainekirk 10/17/2011 4:58:57 PM
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tokai, too. news.de.msn.comby Edano via Db3.stb.s-msn 10/17/2011 5:01:15 PM
mr ouchi died 83 days later.
by Edano via N-tv.de 10/17/2011 5:02:39 PM
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Shut It Down — Mayor Calls to Decommission Tokaimura Reactor
October 13, 2011 By Charis Michelsen
cleantechnica.comby Edano via C1cleantechnicacom.wpengine.netdna-cdn 10/17/2011 5:07:03 PM- @lillymunster, same here, I went through the apply as a customer and after it all get: "We're experiencing problems with our system and sincerely apologize for the inconvenience. Please contact us by telephone if you have an urgent issue or emergency." Same numbers given. I could call tomorrow as I'm local.
by Ian 10/17/2011 5:11:29 PM - @Edano looking at that it needs shutting downby elainekirk 10/17/2011 5:13:00 PM
- there is a german report about the tokai accident and the death of mr ouchi. cannot find it in english. there is also a book called "38 Tage".
videos.arte.tvby Edano 10/17/2011 5:14:48 PM - @Edano gifs need making with these picsby elainekirk 10/17/2011 5:14:57 PM
- Radiation-hormesis advocates are always touting some small sample of NPP workers living longer. But in 2007 the largest epidemiological study of radiation workers in 15 countries including 407,391 workers reported: "A significant association was seen between radiation dose and all-cause mortality [...]. This was mainly attributable to a dose-related increase in all cancer mortality." www.ncbi.nlm.nih.govby Ian 10/17/2011 5:17:38 PM
- Still pictures or animations Elaine?by lillymunster 10/17/2011 5:19:18 PM
- @lillymunster I not sure but something even put the still into a video maybe I could try thatby elainekirk 10/17/2011 5:21:06 PM
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