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When this mess first started I said there needs to be a central govt. office dealing with worker injury, medical care and post work illness etc. They can't leave this to TEPCo and a murky network of who is responsible among contractors.
by lillymunster 10/18/2011 7:13:07 PM

@lillymunster the doc the scrib one has a phone number at the bottom the number and script next to it are in this doc here so kawasaki features somewhere www.city.kawasaki.jp
by elainekirk 10/18/2011 7:13:07 PM

@elainekirk Ah, your amazing. :-) Link to the doc itself www.city.kawasaki.jp
by lillymunster 10/18/2011 7:15:44 PM

@lillymunster brilliant glad you found it
by elainekirk 10/18/2011 7:16:39 PM

@elainekirk Iodine 131 in dewatered sludge Oct 13, Kawasaki City
by lillymunster 10/18/2011 7:17:27 PM

The Bq/kg never goes over about 70. Is it possible to be from medical treatment? It shows 140 in May then up and down below 100 from then to now with nothing on a few weeks.
by lillymunster 10/18/2011 7:20:04 PM

@lillymunster do you find iodine as a product of medical?
by elainekirk 10/18/2011 7:23:32 PM

iodine 131 is used for treatment and as contrast medium in medicine. but it is not produced.
by Edano 10/18/2011 7:27:03 PM

@Edano thankyou
by elainekirk 10/18/2011 7:34:42 PM

@Edano I thought it could shop up in sewage through urine or is that incorrect? IIRC medical use was the excuse used in PA this spring.
by lillymunster 10/18/2011 7:45:07 PM

Anyone interested in going to Japan, free airfare offer by JP government latimesblogs.latimes.com
by MaryW 10/18/2011 7:50:24 PM

@all Noticed some inconsistancies in these posts related to MOX production at Sellafield: Mox proposal would pay nuclear firms to use recycled plutonium
The Mox plant at Sellafield has produced 15 tonnes of fuel in nine years of operation, against an original target of 560 tonnes over 10 years. It is not expected to be able to convert the remaining plutonium stockpile before its scheduled closure. The small amount of fuel that has been produced has been shipped to Japan to be burned by reactors there.
www.guardian.co.uk
by smoss 10/18/2011 7:55:13 PM

@all Please consider the following 2 as comparisons with accuracy as to amount produced and shipments made Decision soon on new UK MOX plant
14 January 2011

The construction of the existing MOX plant at Sellafield was completed in 1997 but, due to a lengthy justification process, operation did not commence until 2001. The plant produced its first fuel assembly suitable for export in 2005, but was then downrated to 40 tonnes per year from its 120 tonne design capacity. In August 2009, it was reported that SMP had produced only 8 tonnes of fuel (24 assemblies) in eight years.
www.world-nuclear-news.org Closure of Japanese plant casts doubt on viability of Sellafield's Mox operation
If the power plant at Hamaoka, 200km from Tokyo, closes, shipments of nuclear fuel to Japan from the Sellafield Mox Plant would stop before they had even started.
www.independent.co.uk
by smoss 10/18/2011 7:58:35 PM

@smoss if you can word an foi I could put one in ?
by elainekirk 10/18/2011 8:06:45 PM

@smoss I thought one of the first shipments of MOX from the UK happened in 1999 and is the bad one that was sent back? If that is the case the 2001 start of production doesn't match.

Date: 7/1999
Ship: Pacific Pintail
Leaving Facility: BNFL – Cumbria
Ending Facility: ?
Designated Reactor: Takahama-4
Power Company: Kansai
Number of Assemblies: 8 MOX assemblies, with 255kg of plutonium
Installed in Reactor: N
Documentation: Source 1 Source 2 Source 3 Source 4
Notes: BNFL falsified records, Kansai returned rods to BNFL, British produced MOX. Fuel was stored in SFP for 4 years before being returned to UK. Fuel suffered 15% degradation to americum during the 4 years in SFP. Kansai Electric had rejected one-quarter of the fuel that had been manufactured for use in its Takahama-3 and -4 reactors.
houseoffoust.com
by lillymunster 10/18/2011 8:12:53 PM

Oh one of the animal groups brought up a very bad thing. Winter hits, not roads plowed in the evac zone. They will become impassible.
by lillymunster 10/18/2011 8:26:01 PM

Had to step away from my desk ....still too many inconsistencies with these MOX shipments for my comfort level. Hope to pop back in later. :-)
by smoss 10/18/2011 8:30:21 PM

These are rather nifty. From the website Peter has mentioned that calibrates cold war geiger counters. A keychain rad detector. Fairly crude - it just beeps when near a source but the beeps can tell you how high the rad level is by how fast it beeps so you can try to avoid the source. If I had kids in Japan I would tag them with one of these. www.nukalert.com
by lillymunster 10/18/2011 9:02:14 PM

they llook good
by elainekirk 10/18/2011 9:13:07 PM

October 18, 2011

OPENING REMARKS OF NRC CHAIRMAN GREGORY B. JACZKO AT THE
MEETING TO DISCUSS SAFETY CHALLENGES OF THE BROWN’S FERRY
NUCLEAR POWER PLANT

Good morning. The Commission meets today to discuss the safety challenges
experienced by the Brown’s Ferry nuclear power plant and the steps being taken to strengthen
the safety of the plant.

In May 2011, Brown’s Ferry Unit 1 was placed in Column 4 of the Reactor Oversight
Process (ROP) Action Matrix after it received a red finding when a reactor-core cooling valve
failed. Under the ROP, the NRC will place a plant in Column 4 only after identifying highly
safety significant issues. That designation triggers heightened NRC inspections to ensure that the
needed remedial measures are taken.

This is not the only significant issue the Brown’s Ferry plant has experienced in recent
years. In 2009, all three units at Brown’s Ferry were placed in Column 3 after receiving a yellow
finding for fire protection issues. Given this recent history of issues, I’m sure that we can all
agree that we want to see the plant perform more safely. To achieve that, there needs to be a
strong commitment from the licensee’s entire organization—from its senior leadership to its
front-line engineers—to do what needs to be done for safety.

Less than two weeks ago, I visited the Brown’s Ferry plant with Senator Lamar
Alexander to assess the plant’s progress in addressing its equipment reliability issues. While
some steps have been taken, there still remains a great deal of work for the licensee to perform.
In the presentations from the staff and the licensees, we will hear in greater detail about exactly
what needs to be done. It is important that we stay on top of this issue in order to ensure this
matter is not indicative of broader issues at the plant. docs.google.com
by elainekirk 10/18/2011 9:34:14 PM

No: II-11-059
CONTACT: Roger Hannah (404) 997-4417
Joey Ledford (404) 997-4416

October 14, 2011
E-mail: OPA2.Resource@nrc.gov

NRC SCHEDULES MEETING OCT. 20 TO DISCUSS
AREVA EAGLE ROCK ENRICHMENT FACILITY

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff has scheduled a public meeting to discuss the
status of the AREVA Eagle Rock Enrichment Facility, which has just received a license and will
be constructed in Idaho Falls, Idaho.

The meeting is scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 20, at 1 p.m. EDT at the NRC’s Region II
offices, located at 245 Peachtree Center Ave., NE, in Atlanta. The meeting will be open to
observation by the public and NRC staff will be available to answer questions after the business
portion of the meeting.

The meeting will include presentations by the licensee, AREVA Enrichment Services
LLC, on the status of the project and the facility’s quality assurance plan. The NRC staff will
also discuss the agency’s construction inspection program and inspection plans for the facility.

Media representatives and members of the public interested in participating by telephone
should contact the NRC's Denise Edwards at 404-997-4432 or denise.edwards@nrc.gov . docs.google.com
by elainekirk 10/18/2011 9:36:31 PM

@elainekirk SEPA finds over 60 radioactive samples in one weekend at Dalgety Bay
More than 60 radioactive samples were removed from Dalgety Bay beach over the weekend. www.thecourier.co.uk
by Majj 10/18/2011 9:39:09 PM

@elainekirk makes me wonder if anyone in JP has bought similar. Makes sense with all the hot spots showing up.
by lillymunster 10/18/2011 9:42:54 PM

@Majj aaaaaaaarrrrrrrrgggggghhhhhhh
by elainekirk 10/18/2011 9:44:30 PM

@lillymunster they are getting savvy and not just in fuku great to see
by elainekirk 10/18/2011 9:44:59 PM

Important meta-economic arguments against nuclear. At about 0:20 it switches to English.
by Ian 10/18/2011 9:56:09 PM

back for a bit
by dean 10/18/2011 10:19:07 PM

@dean hi dean
by elainekirk 10/18/2011 10:19:54 PM

@ elaine.. how was the day in here today
by dean 10/18/2011 10:21:37 PM

time for dinner.. back later
by dean 10/18/2011 10:29:55 PM

link for $50,000 wife relief.jprn.org
by artnuke 10/18/2011 10:30:25 PM

Japan relief blog

Wife to seek work accident compensation over Fukushima plant worker's death / 福島第１原発：東芝協力企業の作業員死亡　労災申請へ

Nobukatsu Osumi's bereaved wife holds up his photo in Omaezaki, Shizuoka Prefecture. (Mainichi)

For full text, please visit: http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/news/20110712p2a00m0na008000c.html

記事全文はこちらから：
mainichi.jp

The wife of a man who died from a heart attack while working at the crippled Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant plans to seek recognition of his death as a workplace accident, it has been learned.

The 60-year-old worker, Nobukatsu Osumi, a plumber from the Shizuoka Prefecture city of Omaezaki, died on May 14, after being dispatched to the nuclear power plant from a company cooperating with Toshiba Corp. to help bring the nuclear crisis under control.

Osumi's 53-year-old wife, a Thai national, plans to file to have his death recognized as a workplace accident eligible for compensation at the Yokohama Minami Labor Standards Inspection Office, which deals with Toshiba's workplace accident insurance, as early as this week.

Toshiba and other sources said that Osumi had experience working at the Hamaoka and Shimane nuclear power plants in the past. From Toshiba's perspective he was a temporary employee for a construction company designated as a fourth-level subcontractor.

　◇遺族「短期間の過重業務が原因」
by artnuke via Relief.jprn.org 10/18/2011 10:30:27 PM

@artnuke That link didn't seem to have the dollar amount and the article I read this morning was in Yen.
by lillymunster 10/18/2011 10:33:56 PM

Mainichi Daily: TEPCO definition of "cold shutdown" blasted as "vague and ambiguous" t.co
by elainekirk 10/18/2011 10:43:30 PM

Extremely high radiation in compost used at agricultural school. ajw.asahi.com
by lillymunster 10/19/2011 12:32:00 AM

Women to stage METI occupation Oct 30th www.beyondnuclear.org
by lillymunster 10/19/2011 12:34:19 AM

@lillymunster ah was wondering what the compost story was
by elainekirk 10/19/2011 12:47:58 AM

Some fishy sounding project called Lollipops of Life www.LollipopsOfLife.org and a video on it www.youtube.com The lollipops are to be distributed to Fukushima children. I can't figure what the lollipops are supposed to do or contain. It sounds like she implies they contain radionuclide blocking nutrients, but that's also not clear. She also implies they'll help acquire health data. Wtf?! Just looked at this for a couple minutes. The woman who speaks says www.youtube.com a month ago the level of radiation in Tokyo was 1000X that of the Chernobyl-exclusion criterion, nonsense!
by Ian 10/19/2011 1:27:13 AM

@Ian Reality - she has none. :-) It claims Busby will be distributing them?
by lillymunster 10/19/2011 1:32:39 AM

Oy, google her name for a big dose of crazy rima.e.laibow.m.d
by lillymunster 10/19/2011 1:35:24 AM

@lillymunster argh what have I walked into that kiddie pill pushers out in force are they
by elainekirk 10/19/2011 1:39:43 AM

@Ian good find
by elainekirk 10/19/2011 1:44:17 AM

@elainekirk I was honestly surprised that Busby would get mucked up with her. Though this might be one of those situations where he hasn't but they are claiming it? Either way this one looks like utter nonsense. In order to put enough of any substance (clay, minerals etc) to do any good you could not make a clear candy.
by lillymunster 10/19/2011 1:56:18 AM

@elainekirk @lillymunster, in Busby's latest video he backed off being involved in distributed supps, which was a good idea. My sense is this woman and entangling Busby w/o his direct consent. She implies there are nutrients involved with the lollipops, but I can never find that expressly stated. Fishy fishy!
by Ian 10/19/2011 2:00:58 AM