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Govt releases nuclear safety test results

The Japanese government has begun posting the results of nuclear reactor safety tests on a government website.

Industry minister Yukio Edano said on Tuesday that the government aims to boost transparency before idled reactors now undergoing stress tests are restarted.

Kansai Electric Power Company submitted test results on its No.3 reactor at Ohi power plant late last month.

Edano told reporters that the results, along with exchanges of views between the government and utility, are now available on the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency website.

The industry minister said he wants the public to send opinions and questions over the test, and that the government will respond. He said exchanges of views could lead to a better understanding of the nuclear safety examination process.

Tuesday, November 08, 2011 13:05 +0900 (JST)
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by Edano via Www3.nhk.or.jp 11/8/2011 10:25:20 AM

@elainekirk go search :) we can submit bad rumors !
by Edano 11/8/2011 10:26:38 AM

english.kyodonews.jp

Tsunami victim's body found in car wreck
Photo shows a car wreck (L) in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, on Nov. 8, 2011, in which the body of a man who had been missing since the March 11 tsunami was found nearly eight months later on Nov. 2. (Kyodo) english.kyodonews.jp
by Edano via English.kyodonews.jp 11/8/2011 10:29:16 AM

Residents seek court order not to restart Tsuruga reactors

OTSU, Japan, Nov. 8, Kyodo english.kyodonews.jp
by Edano 11/8/2011 10:30:01 AM

Nuclear accident to raise electricity costs by up to 1.6 yen per kwh

TOKYO, Nov. 8, Kyodo english.kyodonews.jp
by Edano 11/8/2011 10:30:33 AM

@Edano I notice @Veenie posted a run of quakes so why they are starting any reactors is beyond comprehension
by elainekirk 11/8/2011 10:31:31 AM

@elainekirk have to check quakes ...
by Edano 11/8/2011 10:32:51 AM

www.jma.go.jp M6.8 no tsunami
by Edano via Jma.go.jp 11/8/2011 10:34:18 AM

www.jma.go.jp harmless M4.1 in fuku
by Edano via Jma.go.jp 11/8/2011 10:37:31 AM

the 6.8 near taiwan could mark a new "hot spot"... maybe a pre-quake.
by Edano 11/8/2011 10:42:24 AM

@Edano that is a real cluster
by elainekirk 11/8/2011 10:47:55 AM

there are a few npp's near them taiwan end of Japan arent there?
by elainekirk 11/8/2011 10:48:49 AM

"Smaller tremors follow record-setting 5.6 magnitude earthquake in central Oklahoma" www.washingtonpost.com
by Pedro Jesus 11/8/2011 10:50:02 AM

Oklahoma looks at fracking link to quakes - World - NZ Herald News nzh.tw via @nzherald
by elainekirk 11/8/2011 10:53:04 AM

Morning all!

@Elaine there is a NPP in Hokkaido, would need to look at a map to see proximity but I think that is the northern most one in Japan
by lillymunster 11/8/2011 12:49:15 PM

@lillymunster morning Lilly
by elainekirk 11/8/2011 12:55:22 PM

The sampling point TEPCO used in that document Elaine posted about 3 hours ago, that spot is where the BWR accident manual says that model reactor would suffer a failure in the containment and the containment cap first.
by lillymunster 11/8/2011 12:55:25 PM

700 radiation meters sent to Fukushima municipalities mdn.mainichi.jp
by lillymunster 11/8/2011 1:08:53 PM

Video testimony claiming a rescue worker from Osaka who was digging through rubble before July in Fukushima and Iwate. Claimed the workers all got ill and her friend had been vomiting up blood and eventually died of kidney failure. fukushima-diary.com
by lillymunster 11/8/2011 1:12:43 PM

Hi folks, back in HIroshima!
by bo 11/8/2011 1:20:07 PM

@bo hi bo welcome
by elainekirk 11/8/2011 1:22:07 PM

It's good to be home and among friends again!
by bo 11/8/2011 1:24:37 PM

@bo I have been checking your fbook to see what you were up to
by elainekirk 11/8/2011 1:34:22 PM

Ah cool. I had, again, limited online access, or was too busy to be online much. It's nice to be home! Back online all day, and back in the swing of our community. Looks like the big news up in Tohoku was the criticality in the corium. Anything else of note?
by bo 11/8/2011 1:35:54 PM

Unit 3. Looks new, haven't seen it all yet.
by Ian 11/8/2011 1:37:03 PM

As I mentioned on FB, I've only been home for two weeks since mid-August. I'm just beat, and glad to finally be home, at least for a while. I have two symposiums on Fukushima to attend in the next month here, I'll report the gist of the talks here when they happen.
by bo 11/8/2011 1:38:04 PM

@bo thank you
by elainekirk 11/8/2011 1:50:30 PM

@bo news has been very slow coming out , it is a case of looking in every nook and cranny for titbits
by elainekirk 11/8/2011 1:51:33 PM

Wakarimashita (I understand)
by bo 11/8/2011 1:55:50 PM

@bo :)
by elainekirk 11/8/2011 1:59:46 PM

The Fukushima worker's tweets tonight. R1's gas control system (?)
will do a test run next week, and then, will start running around at
the end of this month. A gas control system need to be done in R3, but
radiation level is still high inside the reactor. Workers will have to
work in the environment where robots have barely been working... It
must be harder than doing it in R1 or R2. These days, we have been
observing many breakdowns/failures of pumps, including the water
cleaning system and desalination system. It may not be avoidable
because the systems have to run continuously without maintenance. I
think that they should create better systems, which are not band-aids,
but there is no money to do it. The other day I read TEPCO's project
plan. According to the plan, manufacturers (Toshiba, Hitachi, and IHI)
seem to get less work; instead TEPCO's affiliated companies did get
more tasks. On the other hand, Mitsubishi got a big project. It seems
like conglomerates (eg, Mitsubishi) have bigger power than others.
Conglomerates may be able to offer competitive quotation, and stronger
political power. I am not sure that this kind of stuff (politics and
corruption) will effect in the future...
By the way, full-face mask requirement was relaxed as of today. Yet,
my group members all wear full-face ones.
from rockhopper
by elainekirk 11/8/2011 2:01:08 PM

One interesting paper that I saw in Cleveland talked about a professor at Tokyo University, Ryugo Hayano. He had over 150,000 followers on twitter soon after the quake since he was tweeting about radiation. He was told within a few weeks by Tokyo University that he was not allowed to make public statements about radiation
by bo 11/8/2011 2:05:00 PM

Hi Bo! Good seeing you again
by lillymunster 11/8/2011 2:10:14 PM

@bo there is a lot of bullying and divide and conquer strategising going on
by elainekirk 11/8/2011 2:12:07 PM

Hi @lillymunster! @elainekirk especially at Tokyo University!
by bo 11/8/2011 2:12:44 PM

@elainekirk I have seen more "everything is fine" stuff in the news lately also. Like the FT story from last night that looked like a propaganda piece.
by lillymunster 11/8/2011 2:13:29 PM

@bo, good to read ya Bo. Geez, we should collect those examples. The overall effect is probably intense. They'll silence the most important and qualified voices of dissent. There needs to be some movement / group that shines a light on such suppression gives people the strength to speak their minds.
by Ian 11/8/2011 2:13:39 PM

@Ian good to read you too. Good to be back. I agree, and this is especially true in a consensus society like Japan
by bo 11/8/2011 2:15:09 PM

Anyone know what's the deal with this report, that radiation levels have gotten so high at the platn that now workers need to wear lead suits so heavy they need leg-support to walk : www.youtube.com It sure seems to imply that something is getting worse, not better.
by Ian 11/8/2011 2:15:15 PM

@bo, thanks! A "consensus society", yeah, interesting perspective. A social meme that the "we" must always form a consensus and outliers need to be brought in line. Auto-Orwellian. :(
by Ian 11/8/2011 2:17:44 PM

@Ian not heard will go have a trawl though
by elainekirk 11/8/2011 2:18:36 PM

As a friend of mine said here, there is a Japanese saying that the nail that sticks up needs to be pounded into place
by bo 11/8/2011 2:19:28 PM

Another Japanese saying, when you need support, lean against the biggest tree. This shows why there is so much trust in large corporations.
by bo 11/8/2011 2:21:15 PM

@Ian - my understanding of the lead suits was the need to get workers into the areas where the radiation is persistently high like unit 3. They just can't get the levels inside down and need to do work in there. The lead suits are extremely heavy and prohibit work. Last week they found 620 mSv/h near one of the containment doors.
by lillymunster 11/8/2011 2:22:24 PM

Meanwhile, the chairman of the western Japan branch of a volunteer organisation has been arrested on suspicion of embezzling Y10.9 million (£86,972) that had been donated to victims of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.
Yoshiharu Tsuji, who was also the president of a company that operated supermarkets in and around Osaka, has admitted transferring the money to his personal bank account, Kyodo News reported.

www.telegraph.co.uk
by lillymunster 11/8/2011 2:30:25 PM