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  • @Edano So now Germany has stopped sending nuclear waste for reprocessing, in the video below. Now, what happens to this nuclear waste, is it safer being stored without having it reprocessed for storage?
    by MaryW 11/25/2011 7:55:06 PM

  • @MaryW i did not understand that either. they say it is the last castor transport. but we still have nuke waste. i am not sure what that means.
    by Edano 11/25/2011 7:56:44 PM

  • Before I stand on a railroad track to block a nuclear transport , I would want to know what will be the result of my action.
    by MaryW 11/25/2011 7:57:10 PM

  • @MaryW public awareness and rising costs for the nuke industry.
    by Edano 11/25/2011 7:57:58 PM

  • Since Merkel has agreed to end the nuclear power industry in Germany and it sounds like the Castor protests had something to do with it. Being a piece of ending commercial nuclear power seems to be the result.
    by lillymunster 11/25/2011 8:00:40 PM

  • I see the media here reporting a lot of protests in France/Germany, which presents itself as a negative for Germany, who decided to put an end to nuclear power in its country. Other countries will be hesitant to put an end to their nuclear plants since it will stir up a lot of protests and conflict from the media. I'm just a bit confused here, Germany is doing the right thing and there seems to be opposition here.
    by MaryW 11/25/2011 8:05:34 PM

  • Makes me wonder who is really behind these protests in France.
    by MaryW 11/25/2011 8:06:36 PM

  • @MaryW the protests now are not harder than in the 30 years before. the difference is, that they did not make it into abroad news before.
    by Edano 11/25/2011 8:07:49 PM

  • Yes, I agree since Fukushima disaster, the media is on the hot topic.
    by MaryW 11/25/2011 8:09:15 PM

  • in october 2010, we had one million protesters in berlin on a rally.
    by Edano 11/25/2011 8:09:58 PM

  • Busby's response to attacks.

    by Ian 11/25/2011 8:10:49 PM

  • imagine, we only have 3.5 million inhabitants in berlin.
    by Edano 11/25/2011 8:11:02 PM

  • Thermo-images filmed by GreenPeace shows the intense heat in the train cars carrying the nuclear waste.VIDEO www.aljazeera.com
    by MaryW 11/25/2011 8:26:05 PM

  • lol, today i read about the "shit boxes" that the police was equipped with. last time they were complaining about having no toilets on the transport route. :)
    by Edano 11/25/2011 8:51:28 PM

  • i don't think that the boxes satisfy their needs. :)
    by Edano 11/25/2011 8:52:40 PM

  • @Edano Thanks for sharing that, I'm about to eat lunch :0
    by MaryW 11/25/2011 8:53:57 PM

  • aljazeera video

    by Edano 11/25/2011 8:55:08 PM

  • More Fukushima rice tainted with cesium

    Fukushima Prefecture says it has found rice tainted with radioactive cesium above the tentative government limit from five more farms.

    The prefecture said on Friday that the five farms are in the Oonami district of Fukushima City, about 56 kilometers from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

    The highest level of cesium detected was 1,270 becquerels per kilogram. The government's maximum allowable level is 500 becquerels per kilogram.

    Earlier this month, the prefectural government found rice samples from a field in the district also containing radioactive cesium above the limit.

    Shipments of rice harvested from the area have been suspended by central government since last Thursday.

    Fukushima Prefecture subsequently ordered tests on rice samples from all 154 farms in the Oonami district.

    Friday, November 25, 2011 21:04 +0900 (JST)
    www3.nhk.or.jp
    by Edano 11/25/2011 9:38:07 PM

  • @Mary, the protests are against bringing nuclear waste into Germany. They are not protesting the end of nuclear power in Germany.
    by lillymunster 11/25/2011 9:41:13 PM

  • I am trying to get this right. So now Busby represents all of the groups that are against nuclear power and everyone who is against nuclear power believes Busby. But people questioning his flawed theories and his bizarre behavior is because of things the US military is doing in Iraq and because he holds some "secret" about Fukushima and that everyone is going to die yet he has provided no factual evidence to back either of these up. But all of this and everyone who thinks his claims lack merit are all agents of the government effort to discredit him.

    LMAO!
    by lillymunster 11/25/2011 10:04:29 PM

  • Asahi put their English content behind a paywall today, Kyodo did months ago. Both are asking exorbitant amounts of money for subscriptions. Does anyone have any ideas around this? Is the content available without the paywall through any organizations?
    by lillymunster 11/25/2011 10:24:44 PM

  • Protests Greet Train Carrying Nuclear Waste as It Travels From France into Germany. Activists in Germany say neither the waste containers nor the Gorleben site, a temporary storage facility, are safe. photoblog.msnbc.msn.com
    by MaryW 11/25/2011 10:32:57 PM

  • @lillymunster I did not say the protestors in France, per article posted earlier, were 'protesting the end of nuclear power in Germany'. As I am a German-American, I would not go against my heritage.
    by MaryW 11/25/2011 10:44:32 PM

  • @MaryW , I hope that the pictures of these protests open American eyes to the legacy that the spent fuel entails. At North Anna NPS, for example, such containers sit on an open-air fenced-in parking lot until .... never, never!
    by Peter 11/25/2011 10:49:23 PM

  • Quick question. Would anyone worry about drinking this season's green tea from Shikoku, western Japan? I am confident that the tea is from Shikoku and has not been blended with tea from elsewhere. It was bought from a local producer in a 'town' (small district) next to one where my wife's grandparents live and farm. I ask this partly in light of the maps of western Japan that came out recently and showed estimated (at least I think only estimated at this point in time) cesium in the soil in western Japan. This area is one where cesium was (estimated) to be...in low levels... . Anyone have an opinion? Thanks.
    by Will 11/25/2011 10:56:07 PM

  • @MaryW I think the article may have miss-stated, the people protesting the shipments don't want the waste brought back to Germany or transported through their areas. These people are pretty anti-nuclear.
    by lillymunster 11/25/2011 10:56:45 PM

  • @Will hmm. Where is Shikoku?
    by lillymunster 11/25/2011 10:57:32 PM

  • @lillymunster Shikoku is one of Japan's main four islands; the other three being Kyushu, Honshu and Hokkaido. It is in southern (usually called western!) Japan.
    by Will edited by lillymunster 11/25/2011 11:00:52 PM

  • map

    by lillymunster 11/25/2011 11:03:21 PM

  • @lillymunster Brilliant! Yes, that's it...the brown highlighted island.
    by Will 11/25/2011 11:04:56 PM

  • Now looking at the govt rad map ramap.jaea.go.jp
    by lillymunster 11/25/2011 11:06:02 PM

  • That doesn't seem to be showing anything. Hmm. Has the govt. done any surveys down there yet? What about the local prefecture?
    by lillymunster 11/25/2011 11:07:54 PM

  • This map is showing some contamination in Shikoku
    www.simplyinfo.org
    by lillymunster 11/25/2011 11:10:19 PM

  • hmmm ... there is no battle between french and german activists. we all protest against nukes and nuke waste transports, no matter in what country. something has been confused this night. it is all against the nuke industry.
    by Edano 11/25/2011 11:11:51 PM

  • Looks like soil there has 0-25 bq/kg. The tea might be ok but I think, me personally I would want some testing to prove it.
    by lillymunster 11/25/2011 11:12:23 PM

  • i think shikoku is far enough away. the contaminated tea was from shizuoko, wasn't it.
    by Edano 11/25/2011 11:15:04 PM

  • @Edano yes
    by lillymunster 11/25/2011 11:15:23 PM

  • @Edano the prefecture does have some cesium contamination. Not sure if it is high enough to contaminate tea.
    by lillymunster 11/25/2011 11:16:05 PM

  • @lillymunster it accumulates in the leaves. so to be sure, prefer chinese tea.
    by Edano 11/25/2011 11:17:06 PM

  • Shizuoka is much closer to Tokyo upload.wikimedia.org

    by lillymunster via Upload.wikimedia.org 11/25/2011 11:17:19 PM

  • @lillymunster @Edano Indeed there was (is?) contaminated tea from Shizuoka...at levels above the Japanese government's safety limits. I am worried about lower levels (what I am pretty sure would be well under the Japanese safety limits) and the consequences over time. Obviously, tea is not the only concern - though that was my question. What can you eat and drink in Japan now that is definitely not contaminated (even at low levels) by Fukushima? In relation to the testing, I wonder where I could get it done? I am now in the UK, having moved back from Japan this September.
    by Will 11/25/2011 11:23:01 PM

  • @Will the contamination spreads around and gets into the food chain. the only chance to be sure is to avoid japanese food or eat canned food from last year.
    by Edano 11/25/2011 11:28:59 PM

  • @Will In the UK? Not sure, a university or anti-nuclear group that has their own testing equipment. There is a guy Marco Kaltofan (sp?)
    in the US that has been doing some testing of Fukushima soil etc. to build a study. He might if you ship him a sample.
    by lillymunster 11/25/2011 11:31:59 PM

  • @Will On November 14.2011 an international team of researchers and the University of Nagoya did two studies on Cesium contamination. "...Cesium-137 did reach up to the northwest island of Hokkaido, and even the regions of Chugoku and SHIKOKU in western Japan at more then 500 kilometers from the Fukushima plant". This quoted info is towards the end of this article under the heading, Computer Simulations of Cesium Contamination. en.wikipedia.org Radiation Effects From Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Disaster.
    by MaryW 11/25/2011 11:32:50 PM

  • www.abendblatt.de
    one activist managed to climb the castor train. i don't know if this is a good idea.

    by Edano via Abendblatt.de 11/25/2011 11:34:11 PM

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