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by dean 11/4/2011 2:18:56 PM
I think EDI may be violating the rules on federal contracts and federal employees
federalsoup.federaldaily.comby lillymunster 11/4/2011 2:28:09 PM
@lilly.. it's obvious to me.. probably one of many types of contracts given to former govt people
by dean 11/4/2011 2:31:20 PM
@dean it appears they had the contract while she still worked there, double checking a few things to confirm.
by lillymunster 11/4/2011 2:43:48 PM
Radnet quarterly data had not been updated since 2009 as of april of this year
pstuph.wordpress.comby lillymunster 11/4/2011 2:44:21 PM
EPA quarterly data does indeed end at 2009
www.epa.govby lillymunster 11/4/2011 2:45:13 PM
Dean, is there somewhere to look up federal contracts online? Trying to determine how far back EDI had this contract. If it was past her tenure at the DOD then it isn't violating anything.
by lillymunster 11/4/2011 2:47:34 PM
will have to check that out @lilly
by dean 11/4/2011 2:48:43 PM
would be nice to see the contract number
by dean 11/4/2011 2:48:52 PM
I found what might be their contracts - looks like 2008-2009 but they still have the contract. BTW, no quarterly rad data posted by EPA since 2009 - about the time they start this contract.
www.usaspending.govby lillymunster 11/4/2011 2:50:42 PM
This page has their 2011 contract extension
pstuph.wordpress.comby lillymunster 11/4/2011 2:51:48 PM
@M.I.A. didnt even think of wolframalpha having rad calcuators.
by lillymunster 11/4/2011 2:52:57 PM
@Ian that is what LIz said, so they are not forensic (bummer) but interesting models. It makes me wonder if they used any basis for them or just made models go boom?
by lillymunster 11/4/2011 2:53:37 PM
@Ian I have noticed recently that Fukushima-Diary has considerably improved their reporting. They almost always cite a source and when they can't like a twitter post they at least are citing it was a twitter post and from whom. So maybe your saying something to them has helped? Lucas Hixson has been doing some good reporting lately. He has been digging through these FOIA documents and either found in those or another FOIA that NRC handed off radiation monitoring to NEI. I think some of the bloggers have been actively improving how they operate, this is a good thing.
by lillymunster 11/4/2011 2:56:11 PM
reading @lilly
by dean 11/4/2011 2:58:00 PM
@lilly.. this is a soul source contract which should have come under detailed scrutiny before granting.. clearly there are many other companies that are probably 8A classified who could perform this.
by dean 11/4/2011 3:03:21 PM
EPA RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK PROCUREMENT OPERATIONS DIVISION
by dean 11/4/2011 3:05:04 PM
CONTRACT NUMBER... EP-D-08-068
by dean 11/4/2011 3:05:39 PM
"The synthetic element curium is usually made from plutonium and mostly decays to this again."
images-of-elements.comby Edano 11/4/2011 3:05:48 PM
"Some possibilities put forth by TEPCO to explain the detection of xenon-133 and -135 include:
“Neutrons that exist inside the reactor hitting uranium or plutonium”
“Curium-244, -242, causing ‘spontaneous fission’” "
enenews.combut i still don't see how curium decays to xenon...
by Edano 11/4/2011 3:17:33 PM
CNN: Tepco’s claim of ‘spontaneous’ fission is an “improbable phenomenon” says nuke professor — Strange that such a “rare” event was detected almost immediately after sampling began?Nov. 3 — “A rare type of radioactive decay, not a renewed chain reaction, appears to have produced the radioactive xenon gas,” reports CNN. ( http://edition.cnn.com/2011/11/03/world/asia/japan-nuclear/ )
According to the report, on Thursday Tepco said “it believed the gases were produced by ‘spontaneous fission’ of uranium, since the shorter-lived isotope persisted after the use of boric acid”.
Gary Was, a nuclear engineering professor at the University of Michigan, told CNN that ‘spontaneous’ fission occurs when an element like uranium splits on its own, though it’s an “improbable phenomenon”.
Professor Was noted that the detection of xenon happened less than a week after Japan began taking new gas samples from the reactors.
It is highly coincidental that so soon after the sampling began an “improbable phenomenon” like ‘spontaneous’ fission would occur.
Unfortunately, no report has mentioned the massive increase in Krypton-85 in the same location as the small rise in xenon. Krypton-85 is used to detect plutonium fission.
enenews.com by Edano 11/4/2011 3:20:42 PM
www.edi-nm.com @ LILLY.. when i get back from appointment an email will go to these folks at EPA and ask why on the contract..
by dean 11/4/2011 3:22:41 PM
will return
by dean 11/4/2011 3:22:44 PM
@Ian radon is ungodly common in the US. It is a major problem in some places. So far I have not heard anyone else say radon is involved in the Fuku fallout.
by lillymunster 11/4/2011 3:26:06 PM
MIA are you going to be around tonight? I want to write this up but need help to make sure I have the technical aspects correct when I do.
by lillymunster 11/4/2011 3:26:38 PM
i really don't understand why tepco is not asked to explain their theories on radioactive decay instead of leaving the world puzzled.
by Edano 11/4/2011 3:28:28 PM
Cesium-contaminated mushrooms served in foodRadioactive cesium exceeding the government standard has been found in mushrooms grown at a facility in Yokohama City, near Tokyo. About 800 people were served food containing the mushrooms from March through October.
The city says high levels of radioactive cesium were found in dried shiitake mushrooms harvested in both months. The contamination is believed to have been caused by the Fukushima nuclear accident.
The contamination in March was up to 2,770 becquerels of cesium per kilogram; in October, 955 becquerels per kilogram.
Each exceeded the government's standard of 500 becquerels.
The facility checked the mushrooms for radioactive contamination this week after concerned citizens inquired about possible contamination in food served there.
Yokohama is around 250 kilometers from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.
The mushrooms were reportedly not sold on the market.
Friday, November 04, 2011 21:26 +0900 (JST)
www3.nhk.or.jp by Edano 11/4/2011 3:30:18 PM
Initial article on the US handing off radiation monitoring to the nuclear lobbyists at NEI
houseoffoust.com Will do a follow up on this EPA contract as we gather a bit more information on the contracts. This whole thing is a huge mess.
by lillymunster 11/4/2011 3:32:40 PM
TEPCO to post huge net loss for FY2011Tokyo Electric Power Company will post a second straight loss for the business year through next March due to costs associated with the Fukushima nuclear disaster.
TEPCO estimated on Friday its net loss for fiscal 2011 will total 600 billion yen, or about 7.7 billion dollars.
The utility attributed the massive loss to the cost of ongoing efforts to stabilize the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. Another factor is the expected increase in fuel costs of thermal power plants to cope with power shortages.
TEPCO also estimates energy-saving efforts by households and businesses will cause consumption to fall by up to 9 percent. As a result, annual energy sales are projected to decline by one percent from the previous year.
The utility plans to book an extraordinary loss of about 13 billion dollars to compensate those affected by the Fukushima nuclear disaster.
A government-backed fund is expected to contribute about 11.5 billion dollars worth of public funds to assist TEPCO make the payments.
TEPCO president Toshio Nishizawa says the company will certainly face financial difficulties without the support of the fund.
Friday, November 04, 2011 19:37 +0900 (JST)
www3.nhk.or.jp by Edano 11/4/2011 3:32:54 PM
Govt to study ways to confirm lack of criticalityJapan's government plans to study ways to confirm that sustained nuclear fission has not resumed at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant.
The minister in charge of the nuclear crisis, Goshi Hosono, told this to reporters on Friday after radioactive xenon was found at the plant's No. 2 reactor this week.
The presence of xenon indicates that nuclear fission occurred recently.
Hosono said xenon was detected not because of new developments, but due to detailed radiation monitoring by the Tokyo Electric Power Company.
He also said he supports the utility's view that xenon was produced through spontaneous fission, not sustained fission, or criticality.
Hosono said a precondition for putting the plant's reactors into a cold shutdown is ensuring that the accident will no longer escalate. He added that an absence of criticality is one way to achieve such a state.
He suggested that the government hopes to present related measures this month to coincide with a monthly review of the timetable for bringing the plant under control.
Friday, November 04, 2011 16:48 +0900 (JST)
www3.nhk.or.jp by Edano 11/4/2011 3:33:52 PM
@All G'morning.Currently OT, but
@lillymunster, surely those Chernobyl-explosion photos are simulated.by Ian 11/4/2011 2:52:24 PM
@M.I.A. , edano is correct. Curium is not produced by decay. That is why you could not find it. It is produced by bombarding plutonium with alpha particles: en.wikipedia.orgby Peter Melzer 11/4/2011 3:11:08 PM
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