TEPCO expects 600 bil. yen net loss for FY 2011 on nuclear crisisTOKYO, Nov. 4, Kyodo
english.kyodonews.jp by Edano 11/4/2011 11:15:50 AM
TEPCO logs 627 bil. yen net loss for April-Sept. on nuclear crisisTOKYO, Nov. 4, Kyodo
english.kyodonews.jp by Edano 11/4/2011 11:16:38 AM
Gov't to compile detailed radiation map in FukushimaTOKYO, Nov. 4, Kyodo
english.kyodonews.jp by Edano 11/4/2011 11:17:35 AM
Buried bottle determined to be radiation sourceJapan's science ministry has determined that high radiation readings taken near a supermarket in Tokyo were caused by radium in a buried bottle.
On Wednesday, workers removed the reagent bottle along with some contaminated underground soil from the parking lot of a supermarket in Hachimanyama, Setagaya Ward.
After the removal, radiation in the area dropped to 25 microsieverts per hour, which is one-1,600th the previously observed level. The ministry says the source of the radiation was the radium 226 in the bottle.
The radioactive substance is used in cancer treatments and to make fluorescent paint.
Last week, the ministry reported detecting radiation of up to 170 microsieverts per hour at a height of 1 meter above the ground at 2 spots, one at an asphalt parking lot and the other at a sidewalk.
Officials say that during a survey on Wednesday, they found 15 other spots in the same area emitting relatively high radiation. The highest reading was 12 microsieverts per hour. They say all 15 spots registered far less radiation when measured at a height of 1 meter.
The science ministry decided to pile up sandbags at some of the spots to block the radiation.
In the middle of last month, radiation of up to 2,707 microsieverts per hour was observed at another spot in Setagaya Ward. Officials determined that the source of the radiation was some jars in a wooden box under the floor of a vacant house. An analysis indicates that the radioactive material may be radium 226.
Friday, November 04, 2011 10:41 +0900 (JST)
www3.nhk.or.jp by Edano 11/4/2011 11:23:53 AM
Govt approves TEPCO damages planThe government has approved a special business plan for Tokyo Electric Power Company, allowing the injection of about 11.5 billion dollars worth of public funds to help the utility pay compensation for the Fukushima nuclear accident.
On Friday, Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yukio Edano conveyed news of the approval to TEPCO president Toshio Nishizawa and to Kazuhiko Shimokobe, who chairs the decision-making board of a government-backed fund to help provide compensation for damages.
Under the business plan, jointly worked out by TEPCO and the fund, about 11.5 billion dollars worth of public funds will be offered to TEPCO to help it compensate the people and businesses affected by the nuclear accident.
TEPCO is called on to cut spending to the tune of about 32 billion dollars over 10 years, through measures including lowering the interest rates on corporate pensions for retirees from the current maximum 5.5 percent to less than half that.
The size of the financial aid package is the minimum that allows TEPCO to pay compensation without going into the red for the time being.
Despite the plan, TEPCO will continue to be financially strapped because of the huge estimated costs of decontaminating areas affected by the accident and of decommissioning the crippled reactors.
TEPCO will compile a new comprehensive business plan jointly with the fund next spring, and will be required to continue its drastic management restructuring.
Friday, November 04, 2011 13:19 +0900 (JST)
www3.nhk.or.jp by Edano 11/4/2011 11:26:01 AM
Japan offers nuclear assistance to TurkeyPrime Minister Yoshihiko Noda has told Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan that Japan is ready to cooperate in the construction of a nuclear power plant in Turkey.
The 2 leaders met in Cannes, France, on Thursday after the first day of talks at the G20 summit.
Noda explained Japan's earthquake-relief efforts for the country, including the provision of supplies and grants-in-aid. He added that Japan is ready to provide more support if asked.
On the Turkish government's plan to build a nuclear power plant, Noda said Japan is willing to share the knowledge it gained from the nuclear accident at the Fukushima Daiichi plant.
Erdogan expressed the hope that progress can be made in negotiations on the nuclear project.
He said his country wants to conclude a free trade agreement with Japan and expand economic ties.
Friday, November 04, 2011 11:16 +0900 (JST)
www3.nhk.or.jp by Edano 11/4/2011 11:26:45 AM
Shareholders to seek money from TEPCO managersTokyo Electric Power Company shareholders are poised to launch court procedures and demand that the utility's current and former management return more than 14 billion dollars to the firm.
About 30 shareholders plan to file a class-action lawsuit against roughly 60 executives who worked at TEPCO over the past 2 decades.
The investors say they will take legal action if the company refuses to demand that the executives return the large sum of money.
Observers say that if the shareholders go to court, the damages they would seek would be a record high in Japan's judicial history.
The shareholders claim that TEPCO executives failed to take adequate safety measures to protect the plant from an earthquake and tsunami waves.
One investor said that the executives repeatedly emphasized the safety of nuclear plants. However, the accident has caused irreparable damage.
The group claims that at shareholders' meetings the executives never heeded the safety concerns discussed involving nuclear power generation.
TEPCO says it can't comment on the lawsuit until it knows more details.
Friday, November 04, 2011 04:56 +0900 (JST)
www3.nhk.or.jp by Edano 11/4/2011 11:27:33 AM
Shareholders eye 1.1 tril. yen suit against 60 TEPCO directorsTOKYO, Nov. 4, Kyodo
english.kyodonews.jp by Edano 11/4/2011 11:28:29 AM
Morning! (afternoon-evening)
by lillymunster 11/4/2011 11:50:23 AM
Bumping this back up here MIA's post from late last night:
Curium does not occur naturally; it is typically
produced artificially in nuclear reactors through successive neutron captures by
plutonium and americium isotopes...(A very small fraction of curium-242, curium-244, and curium-246 decays are also by SF.)
www.evs.anl.gov Sooo, TEPCO, only a 'lil bit of curium ever decays into Xenon by spontaneous fission?
by lillymunster 11/4/2011 11:54:30 AM
I think she may have found the flaw in TEPCO's excuse. Elaine also posted earlier that they again increased how much hydrogen they injected in 2
by lillymunster 11/4/2011 11:55:49 AM
ABC news mentioned the power company in Connecticut didn't bother to spend money to properly trim trees to cut corners. This was cited as the cause for power to now be out for 3 days due to the recent storm. Now they want to raise rates to pay for all the work they have to do to fix their screw up.
by lillymunster 11/4/2011 12:18:04 PM
good morning to everyone
by dean 11/4/2011 12:44:27 PM
Morning Dean!
by lillymunster 11/4/2011 12:52:13 PM
@all - following up on Lucas Hixson's story from last night about radiation monitoring being handed over to NEI. EPA's Radnet is all handled under a $200k contract to a former Bush administration appointee who now runs this business out of a tiny rundown storefront. The EPA doesn't even handle their own monitoring equipment. This on top of what may be handing off a critical public safety function to the voluntary data submission of an industry lobbyist group is just mindboggling.
pstuph.wordpress.comby lillymunster 11/4/2011 12:54:16 PM
there's the right way.. the wrong way and the gov't way.. @ lilly
by dean 11/4/2011 1:05:57 PM
@lilly.. watch the early part of the chernobyl explosion and see the gas ball then the explosion.. similar to what we saw on #3... it's at about .19. any chance of capturing that explosion which was probably animated.. so we can compare to #3
www.youtube.comby dean 11/4/2011 1:13:55 PM
@dean Oh exactly. :-( The radnet contractor's mailing address is a rundown house in Albuquerque
by lillymunster 11/4/2011 1:14:22 PM
I can get some stills off the video,
by lillymunster 11/4/2011 1:15:31 PM
the company ceo isn't letting a good thing out of the bag
by dean 11/4/2011 1:18:17 PM
@dean what a mess. Something so critical to public safety pawned off on a no bid contract to someone who clearly is doing the bare minimum.
by lillymunster 11/4/2011 1:26:53 PM
time for letters to be sent off huh @lilly
by dean 11/4/2011 1:29:15 PM
@Dean - I did some additional research on the cat with the weird eye. I found nothing routine that matched that and never saw anything like it when I worked in animal health. The fact that the side of the cat's face is involved also, I think that one is a tumor or a genetic oddity. IIRC it was claimed that it matched a human mutation found after Chernobyl?
by lillymunster 11/4/2011 1:30:08 PM
doing a quick research into that company and officers then letter off to senator
by dean 11/4/2011 1:30:49 PM
@dean yes - looking back there were LOTS of problems with RADNet - monitor posts were not calibrated before March 11, many stations were not operating. If you find more on that company let me know. Compiling what I have found so far into a post.
by lillymunster 11/4/2011 1:31:26 PM
This link has documents on the company
pstuph.wordpress.comby lillymunster 11/4/2011 1:31:53 PM
@lilly.. I have also seen turmors on cattle and other animals.. a good veternariun would be able to provide insite into that .. the mommy cat in the photo really didn't look like she was in best of spirits.. would be nice to do a whole body count on the mommy cat
by dean 11/4/2011 1:32:25 PM
A needle biopsy could tell what kind of tumor that is, if it is a tumor. I worked for a vet that dealt with feral cat populations for a while. We saw lots of problems due to lack of vaccinations or medical care. Never saw anything like that. Cats also are not tumor machines like dogs are. Cancer in cats is very rare compared to dogs.
by lillymunster 11/4/2011 1:35:09 PM
Grabbing stills of the chernobyl video - will take me a few minutes to process and photo correct. I didn't know there was actual video of the explosion, was this from a security camera?
by lillymunster 11/4/2011 1:43:34 PM
from an article on Rad-Net "the EPA’s front-line, radiological detection network is severely flawed and suffers from maintenance and reliability issues.
The lack of consistent data and the number of units offline (a techie term for broken) at the time they were most needed shows that the EPA was not prepared for this emergency.
Besides that fact the broken system left us all unprotected; the confusion, apprehension and fear witnessed as people try to wade through the incomplete and inaccurate data online is evidenced by an exchange on the UC Berkely website".
The contract for Environmental Dimensions, Inc is a no-bid contract awarded to what is stated as a “Woman-owned 8(a) Small Disadvantaged Business“. The disadvantaged woman in this case is EDI company president Patricia S. Bradshaw, former Deputy Under Secretary of Defense appointed by George Bush.
The contract is worth $238,000 and is headquartered in a run down building as shown in the following web site
pstuph.wordpress.com As can be seen from the article this important system is not performing to expected standards to provide crucial information in the event of a nuclear crisis (similar to what radiation came to the United States from JAPAN.
I am requesting that your office looks closely into this and try to force the contract to bidders and take it off the no-bid list. We need these types of systems to be accurate and functioning, especially with the more resent shutdowns of nuclear power plants for unanticipated reasons...
by dean 11/4/2011 1:44:03 PM
@lilly.. I think explosion is probably animated but not sure.
by dean 11/4/2011 1:45:26 PM
@Liz.. good morning.. well evening if that's the time zone your in
by dean 11/4/2011 1:45:49 PM
watching the link @ Liz
by dean 11/4/2011 1:51:21 PM
Chernobyl pics incoming - I have larger format ones I can upload to the server if needed.
by lillymunster 11/4/2011 1:55:43 PM
good afternoon..
by dean 11/4/2011 1:55:46 PM
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by lillymunster 11/4/2011 1:57:08 PM
That company EDI was part of a 12 million dollar corps of engineers contract in 2010
www.edi-nm.comby lillymunster 11/4/2011 1:59:24 PM
So EDI has supposedly been in business since 1990 with Patricia Bradshaw as the president. But she was a Bush Appointee working with the DoD in 2006. Isn't there something that prohibits a federal employee from also bidding on federal contracts? This seems like it my violate some rules.
by lillymunster 11/4/2011 2:07:38 PM
Hi@all, hi Dean,
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