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@Ian Um that is not good.
by lillymunster 10/27/2011 1:24:17 PM

@Ian We have a couple of Peter's articles on the site. They are done in the context of him contributing or as a guest post so it is clear we are republishing what he originally had on his blog.
by lillymunster 10/27/2011 1:25:11 PM

Ongoing discussions to lower annual internal dose from 5 mSv to 1.25 MSV mainichi.jp
by lillymunster 10/27/2011 1:30:52 PM

@all. I have noticed less Fuku news in the English language papers but there still seems to be lots in the JP language versions. We may need to modify our news hunting?
by lillymunster 10/27/2011 1:36:52 PM

Roasting technique could separate cesium from soil ajw.asahi.com
by lillymunster 10/27/2011 1:40:09 PM

@lillymunster, what's not good? What Peter's blog do you refer to?
by Ian 10/27/2011 1:42:19 PM

there are some blummin high readings outside the zone on the gov figures radioactivity.mext.go.jp
by elainekirk 10/27/2011 1:45:25 PM

@Ian that they published your article with another author's name. Peter's blog brainmindinst.blogspot.com
by lillymunster 10/27/2011 1:46:17 PM

reading about the blogger I think it possible someone else has complained about this which is why he is now trying to get permissions
by elainekirk 10/27/2011 1:46:34 PM

@elainekirk I had to read that twice. I thought the Futuba readings were close to the plant. They are outside the evac zone Yikes.
by lillymunster 10/27/2011 1:49:06 PM

@lillymunster, misunderstanding, the proper author is cited. I sent him a link to the article, but I didn't write it.
by Ian 10/27/2011 1:49:09 PM

@elainekirk, good point, by getting permission from x he could say "posted by x" is accurate, which it isn't. But I'd approach it not that he's got bad intention.
by Ian 10/27/2011 1:50:57 PM

@lillymunster, these guys have a Geiger counter outside Futaba Hospital www.youtube.com They get over 100 μSv/h !! That area was evacuated. They also go inside the hospital. That's the same hospital where 45 intensive-care patents reportedly died after the staff evacuated and left them there mdn.mainichi.jp .
by Ian 10/27/2011 1:58:50 PM

@Ian I remember that video of the hospital a total mess and abandoned.
by lillymunster 10/27/2011 2:06:06 PM

@lillymunster, chances are the air dose there has fallen a good bit with the decay of iodine, as that video was shot back in March.
by Ian 10/27/2011 2:19:53 PM

Not sure if you've seen this or not... Fukushima may have spewed more than 2x the radiation estimated.
by Dawn M. Barker 10/27/2011 2:38:15 PM

news.businessweek.com
by Dawn M. Barker 10/27/2011 2:38:16 PM

@Dawn M. Barker Thanks! That article has some new information other ones on that report did not.
by lillymunster 10/27/2011 2:39:56 PM

I have notes on the unit 5-6 concerns. If you have info or ideas to add either post them here or in the comments on the notes and I can update as needed. Thinking maybe try to write something up Sunday-Monday

I also still have a pile of information related to the Seismic safety issues at Fuku, how they compare to Hamaoka and an article on how fuku didn't properly upgrade their electrical. I will try to get that compiled into something for peer review around Monday. These are the links I have gathered on that

cnic.jp

www.chuden.co.jp

www.chuden.co.jp

www.chuden.co.jp
www.chuden.co.jp

ajw.asahi.com
by lillymunster 10/27/2011 2:53:02 PM

@all - we have lots of people lurking today. So Hi! If you have something you want to talk about feel free or if you have questions post them and we can see if we can find an answer.
by lillymunster 10/27/2011 3:05:55 PM

Plan to mine uranium near the grand canyon scuttled motherjones.com
by lillymunster 10/27/2011 3:33:46 PM

@all Hello!
by smoss 10/27/2011 3:39:34 PM

@all Armenian nuclear power plant to resume operation on Friday evening
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by smoss 10/27/2011 3:40:09 PM

Kansai region eying 10% power conservation behavior over winter to assure power supply sankei.jp.msn.com
by lillymunster 10/27/2011 3:40:48 PM

@smoss Hi! caught the MOX US plant story via Twitter last week. Can't believe the national media hasn't caught on to this waste of money!
by lillymunster 10/27/2011 3:41:40 PM

@lillymunster I don't really know what to think of the main stream media these days...they focus too much on "drama" or "fluff". To a certain extent I'm feeling like the US has truly become the "Roman Empire".. bread and circuses=content general populous!
by smoss 10/27/2011 3:53:08 PM

@smoss very much so. Between following Fukushima and the Occupy events in the US. I see what is actually going on and then what the media decides to tell people and see such a horrible gap in what people are told.
by lillymunster 10/27/2011 3:57:50 PM

radiation releases show damage to nuke plant before tsunami www.bloomberg.com
by lillymunster 10/27/2011 4:05:55 PM

@lillymunster Maybe it's time to examine Pu holdings for the US, as they pertain to MOX fuel? I just might make it my task for a 3 day weekend. At first glance, I'm seeing 4.6MT Pu contained in unirradiated MOX fuel or other fabricated products at reactor sites or elsewhere (end of 2010). www.iaea.org
by smoss 10/27/2011 4:09:50 PM

Worker tweets
But wait if (^ O ^) Today was a scene of cold and warm Tetara think. Good luck and I fit in about 250 people working with the turbine building began in earnest in Unit 1 reactor gas processing. We also Temashita 750t crane was used to dismantle De Rinku's No. 1 Cover. And considerable force was seen nearby.
One more: I recently because of the way, I feel I've got to feel for campus workers ... reduced. Contaminated water treatment tank workers are still still I'm making such a little .... The town is quiet I can Iwaki.
Well I think the workers safe from Kappa's full-featured front. Periodic inspection of the replacement of the CRD when we oiler is also filled with water exposure values from the furnace. Reactor water'm a little warm. I think there was a similar problem a few times in the conditions of the Fukushima. That's a complete human error this time.
What I was introduced 30 years decommissioning oiler to take more ... I feel like. Today, I was the person I was transferred to the hospital What hurts my heart, myocardial infarction What also surprised. I do not know details yet, apparently I look like pneumonia. In the safe is good.
If you are a worker you watching it if I never have and take it easy a lot of people coming from miles away. When I was a little sick but without leaving the ground. Since the field is not so sweet place. But it is also important work, please remember that love and family and I just worry about even.

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One more: tweet about the topic in today's budget talks a little apart in the field TEPCO. TEPCO is now a huge compensation because they think the future will take, I drastically cut the budget according to the primary convergence.
by lillymunster 10/27/2011 4:12:38 PM

@smoss Yea - why do we have that much MOX fuel in the US? Nobody is using it.
by lillymunster 10/27/2011 4:14:15 PM

@lillymunster Don't know the answer to that, I know Catawba #1 ran some test assemblies back in 2005....
by smoss 10/27/2011 4:32:38 PM

@smoss I found one reference to Duke energy running mox as an experiment and then abandoning it. Maybe Catawba is that unit? If there is a stockpile of unused MOX in the US that is information that needs to get out there along with repeating the findings of Japan's mox being a waste of money and the US plant that has sucked down billions of dollars to no end.
by lillymunster 10/27/2011 4:34:30 PM

@lillymunster I would agree! The INFCIRC documents filed with the IAEA, annual declaration of plutonium holdings, are where I dug up the info on Japanese Pu holdings. The line of interest is phrased: Plutonium contained in unirradiated MOX fuel or other fabricated products at reactor sites or elsewhere ( the concern to me has always been in the phrasing "other fabricated products", not sure which products that indicates... because unirradiated separated Pu is line itemed elsewhere).
by smoss 10/27/2011 4:42:58 PM

@smoss right and it seems to talk of end of military use plutonium as in this report does not deal with military arsenal at all. So what is it? Would fabricated products include plutonium fused into ceramic or glass? I assumed that would be listed elsewhere since it is then an "inert" (more or less) product
by lillymunster 10/27/2011 4:45:05 PM

@lillymunster Ironically, these documents were supposed to increase transparency and accountability of civil Pu stockpiles...I don't know what those other "products" could be...
by smoss 10/27/2011 4:50:20 PM

Hi@all, did you see this yet? Critigen Wins Contract to Design World-Class Physical Security Program at U.S. Nuclear Facility
Critigen Team Brings Deep Expertise with World’s Most Stringent Government and Commercial Access Control Environments
Critigen, a global technology consultancy, today announced it has been selected as the security subcontractor to design the installation of the United States Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argus security system at the National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) Mixed Oxide (MOX) Fuel Fabrication Facility at DOE’s Savannah River Site (SRS) near Aiken, South Carolina. Experts on the Critigen team have played key roles in every complete Argus design and installation project subcontracted at DOE NNSA sites.
The MOX Fuel Fabrication Facility will be a major component in the United States’ nuclear non-proliferation program, converting at least 34 metric tons of surplus weapon-grade plutonium into MOX fuel pellets for reactor fuel assemblies. These assemblies will be irradiated in commercial nuclear power reactors.
“We often talk about ‘critical infrastructure’ in today’s world – and infrastructure doesn’t get more critical than this,” said Ken Hill, Vice President, Critigen.
Argus is an integrated security system for protection of high-consequence U.S. Government assets which includes, but is not limited to, nuclear materials. Argus provides intrusion detection and access control functions and supports closed circuit television assessment. The system was originally developed at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in 1988.
“The MOX Project requires the most sophisticated security protocols and systems in the world,” said Hill. “But whether it is Argus technology in a government installation or a Pelco, Bosch, Verint, Lenel, Software House, or AMAG system in commercial or public sector environments, we bring significant experience to bear on physical security.”
For the MOX Project, Critigen partnered with CH2M HILL to deliver end-to-end security systems engineering. Specifically, Critigen is providing project management, network design, security design and specification. CH2M HILL is providing the traditional architectural and civil, electrical, mechanical and structural engineering design.
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by Liz 10/27/2011 4:52:15 PM

@Liz Ugh. This has to stop. It is a complete waste of money. Nobody elsewhere in the world will buy MOX. None of the power companies wanted it before FUKU and I doubt any would after and locals are not going to let it happen after Fuku.
by lillymunster 10/27/2011 4:54:33 PM

@Liz Good Find!
by smoss 10/27/2011 4:57:00 PM

@lillymunster i think most of the german nukes load mox.
by Edano 10/27/2011 4:57:22 PM

@Edano do they buy it from France? I didn't think Germany had a domestic mox program?
by lillymunster 10/27/2011 4:58:05 PM

and they will go on running with mox until their (early) end. here is no discussion about mox. never was. we didn't know about it.
by Edano 10/27/2011 4:58:19 PM