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Japan insurers not to renew contract for Fukushima nuclear plant

TOKYO, Nov. 28, Kyodo

A consortium of 23 Japanese property and casualty insurers has told Tokyo Electric Power Co. that it will not renew insurance expiring Jan. 15 on the utility's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, source of the nation's worst-ever nuclear accident, sources close to the matter said Monday.

The damaged nuclear plant is expected to face far greater risks than other nuclear plants during planned post-accident damage control and decommissioning, they said.

Under the law, the government insures nuclear plants against accidents caused by natural disasters such as earthquakes and tsunami waves, and private-sector insurers cover other accidents. As the Fukushima accident caused by the March disaster was subject to government insurance, TEPCO has received 120 billion yen in insurance money from the government. english.kyodonews.jp
by Edano 11/28/2011 2:18:27 PM

German envoy urges Japan to abandon nuclear power

YAMAGATA, Japan, Nov. 28, Kyodo english.kyodonews.jp
by Edano 11/28/2011 2:19:30 PM

Kyushu Electric to idle reactor at Genkai nuclear plant Thurs.

SAGA, Japan, Nov. 28, Kyodo english.kyodonews.jp
by Edano 11/28/2011 2:20:03 PM

Nice critique of an IAEA psychopath advising Japan to keep the public exposed to nuclear waste more so than ethical concerns might dictate.
by Ian 11/28/2011 3:13:07 PM

@all Good Morning...Good Evening...Hello!
by smoss 11/28/2011 3:28:14 PM

@Ian wow. The IAEA has been playing PR with this issue. First they told the JP govt. to only decontaminate areas where people are at frequently. IE: ignore the forests, focus on city centers. While that makes sense as a priority it is an admission that meaningful decontamination is impossible. If you add the IAEA's various comments to the recent news articles pointing out that decontamination simply isn't working to lower rad levels, it isn't a good picture. Someone quoted a local fisherman the other day where he said all this decontamination is just going to wash it all into the rivers and eventually into the ocean. The untreated forest areas seem like they are just going to keep recontaminating any area that is cleaned up.

The comment that the Russians/Ukranians gave up on decontamination around Chernobyl. Did they give up easily because it was heavily rural or because it is an impossible task? Japan is a densely populated island. If this can never fully be addressed and cleaned up people have a right to an honest proclamation.
by lillymunster 11/28/2011 3:29:24 PM

@smoss hi!
by lillymunster 11/28/2011 3:29:29 PM

@all Piggy-backing on the Genkai story that @Edano posted Inspections at Genkai asian-power.com
by smoss 11/28/2011 3:30:45 PM

@all Genkai is nearing the end of the first fuel cycle with the MOX load (12-13 months), it will be interesting to see when and if they come back on line, and with what fuel in the cores. Is Ikata still shut down?
by smoss 11/28/2011 3:36:07 PM

@smoss Didn't Ikata just go offline? As far as I know there have been no restarts? With the exception of maybe one of Kyushu's but I don't know if that was stopped from happening?
by lillymunster 11/28/2011 3:37:16 PM

@lillymunster, I don't know about the Chernobyl clean up, I hadn't previously heard of the success or failure of it. Good points. And I saw a report about radioactive pollen, if true, contaminated wilderness can keep contaminating the other area via that mechanism as well.

by Ian 11/28/2011 3:58:33 PM

@Ian cedar pollen. The forestry ministry tested it since cedar pollen is such a pain. People are highly allergic to it and it goes in big clouds, gets on everything. They tested leaves and made some calculations that the cesium in the leaves would transfer to the pollen. Thus, radioactive pollen.
by lillymunster 11/28/2011 4:00:27 PM

The longer people are left in temporary housing, living in exposed areas and not getting on with life the harder it will be at a later date. Longer time jobless, more financial strain as commitments go unpaid, plus the morale hit of living in limbo, temp housing etc. They need a jobs program, a major effort to move people to other parts of the island into vacant housing. It would have a double benefit of helping people and getting vacant properties rented or sold that have been a drag on their economy for years.
by lillymunster 11/28/2011 4:02:48 PM

contaminated forests will spread radiation, not only into the food chain. decontaminating only cities (with forests around) is a cosmetical action to ease the public concerns and improve the statistics. basically, it is senseless. that's exactly what the iaea moron wanted to express.
by Edano 11/28/2011 4:33:18 PM

@Edano so how do we compile all of this nonsense and avoiding of the real problems into one demand, issue, etc? People are being left on their own, screwed over, lied to.
by lillymunster 11/28/2011 4:35:13 PM

“The atomic industry can take catastrophes like Chernobyl every year.” Hans Blix, IAEA Drector, 1986. www.ippnw-students.org
by Edano 11/28/2011 4:42:11 PM

now, this is calming, isn't it ?
by Edano 11/28/2011 4:43:26 PM

20 years after Chernobyl
- The ongoing health effects -
www.ippnw-students.org
by Edano 11/28/2011 4:44:06 PM

@Edano If you call total denial and a psychopathic attitude towards your fellow humans calming..
by lillymunster 11/28/2011 4:44:10 PM

gotta love those iaea idiots.
by Edano 11/28/2011 4:44:49 PM

How do you reform an international agency? It doesn't seem like the people have any direct say what is going on there
by lillymunster 11/28/2011 4:44:51 PM

IAEAdiots
by lillymunster 11/28/2011 4:45:08 PM

we should not expect anything from the iaea but ignorance. one catastrophe every 25 years is completely okay for them.
by Edano 11/28/2011 4:47:16 PM

Two sides of the same coin - Nuclear Power powers the Bomb www.ippnw-students.org
this is our theme,lilly
by Edano 11/28/2011 4:49:47 PM

@Edano It seems so, when pushed countries admit their nuclear power is an excuse to have bomb materials. But that means everywhere, not just Iran.
by lillymunster 11/28/2011 4:51:18 PM

Complicit oversight agencies, no solution for spent fuel, proliferation issues.
by lillymunster 11/28/2011 4:52:21 PM

The probability of a Nuclear Meltdown
- Playing with dice -
according to the calculation below, a meltown probability in 40 years is 16% in germany and 40% worldwide. but we had 3 meltdowns including tmi.
www.ippnw-students.org
by Edano 11/28/2011 4:52:46 PM

We should ask Bo when he stops by about the connection between NPP and proliferation. I am sure he would have some relevant insight. It makes me wonder if it is just political will that stops commercial power from being dragged into proliferation issues.
by lillymunster 11/28/2011 4:55:23 PM

@Edano Plus major accidents at non commercial facilities
by lillymunster 11/28/2011 4:56:12 PM

The number of reactors since the 1970's has gone down or stayed the same so with that number of units worldwide we are averaging a major catastrophe less than every 25 years if you count TMI. The technology of most reactors is still 1970's era or older with the exception of maybe the spurt of units japan built in the early 80's
by lillymunster 11/28/2011 4:57:57 PM

the castor trucks are loaded but still not moving. there are major clashes on the road to gorleben. castorticker.de
by Edano 11/28/2011 4:59:06 PM

If you look at both Japan and worldwide these problems seem to boil down to a couple of aspects

Worldwide
complicity - spent fuel - proliferation

Japan govt
contamination - evacuees - general public safety (environment-food)
by lillymunster 11/28/2011 4:59:50 PM

by Edano via Bz-berlin.de 11/28/2011 5:03:14 PM

by Edano via Bz-berlin.de 11/28/2011 5:03:40 PM

by Edano via Bz-berlin.de 11/28/2011 5:03:57 PM

@Edano the material in the casks. Is it vitrified or otherwise stabilized?
by lillymunster 11/28/2011 5:04:51 PM

@lillymunster vitrified.
by Edano 11/28/2011 5:05:06 PM

Tochigi Prefecture
by Ian 11/28/2011 5:08:27 PM

by Edano 11/28/2011 5:09:42 PM

@Edano do you have a link for the info about the salt dome storage being possibly explosive? You mentioned it recently. Would like to add it to an article I am compiling on spent fuel and storage issues.
by lillymunster 11/28/2011 5:10:27 PM