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@Edano Gingrich is an opportunistic idiot.
by lillymunster 12/11/2011 6:43:23 PM

@RonD oooh that sounds ..... sick.
by Edano 12/11/2011 6:49:05 PM

@Edano Gingrich and all the Republican candidates all believe in "American exceptionalism", it is 1 of the checklist items to be in the party and run for president.
by RonD 12/11/2011 6:56:13 PM

www.jma.go.jp

04:51 JST 12 Dec 2011 36.2N 141.0E 30 km 4.6 Ibaraki-ken Oki

no danger for our ruins.
by Edano via Jma.go.jp 12/11/2011 8:52:33 PM

bump
by lillymunster 12/11/2011 9:15:31 PM

25 year conference and report on Chernobyl via Ukraine govt www.chornobyl25.gov.ua
by lillymunster 12/11/2011 9:19:06 PM

Global #climate change treaty in sight after Durban breakthrough gu.com
by lillymunster 12/11/2011 9:33:41 PM

LMAO! #3 in environment ministry admits nobody trusts govt readings. ex-skf.blogspot.com finally some honesty
by lillymunster 12/11/2011 9:37:09 PM

Full decontamination to start in Fukushima in Mar.

Japan's Environment Ministry says it will delay the start of full decontamination work for no-entry zones and government-designated evacuation zones in Fukushima Prefecture until late March.

A law taking effect next month requires the state to decontaminate areas with high radiation levels. The restricted areas were designated after the March accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. The government is now conducting a model project to seek effective ways to clean up the contaminated areas.

The Environment Ministry had said it would start decontamination work for these areas in January or later. However, it revealed on Sunday that full decontamination efforts for houses and farmland will begin in late March.

The ministry said it will start decontaminating infrastructure, including roads as well as water and electricity supply systems, in late January.

The ministry said it will take time to get permission from evacuees to decontaminate their homes and agricultural land. It also cited the difficulty of securing temporary storage sites for topsoil removed during decontamination work.

Regarding areas with annual radiation far above 20 millisieverts, the ministry said it will only start decontamination after launching a new model project to decide ways to do so and ensure the safety of workers.

The government is legally obliged to aim to end the transfer of decontaminated soil to temporary storage spots by the end of March 2014, except for areas with particularly high radiation levels.

Monday, December 12, 2011 05:35 +0900 (JST)
www3.nhk.or.jp
by Edano 12/11/2011 11:58:24 PM

@Edano hmm. So much for everyone going home very soon. I'm sure this has nothing to do with it not working well
by lillymunster 12/12/2011 12:05:19 AM

@lillymunster sounds more like a life time job.
by Edano 12/12/2011 12:07:14 AM

I think it is a delay tactic to avoid admitting people need relocation
by lillymunster 12/12/2011 12:07:56 AM

they want to make it better than in chernobyl, but they will end up similar.
by Edano 12/12/2011 12:11:01 AM

@Edano Some of the more odd experiments people are trying like the debris washing machines and tagging monkeys with radiation detectors are the kind of thing that might result in some new technique or ability to understand thing. But until they find new decontamination technology that actually works I think this is all time wasting of people who need help. If people move on they won't come back.
by lillymunster 12/12/2011 12:13:40 AM

300 bq/kg rice in Myagi to be used as animal feed. news.savechild.net
by lillymunster 12/12/2011 12:33:11 AM

people in temporary housing did this with candles news.searchina.ne.jp news.searchina.ne.jp
by lillymunster via News.searchina.ne.jp 12/12/2011 12:38:00 AM

Tsunami Debris From Japan Expected to Reach Midway Atoll and Northwestern Hawaiian Islands in Coming Weeks bit.ly
by lillymunster 12/12/2011 12:55:18 AM

Hakodate mayor asked the city council to freeze the construction of nuclear power in the country Oma(Updated 12/09 09:57,12 / 09 10:39)
　Power Development [Hakodate] (Tokyo) for primary Oma (Oma-machi, Aomori Prefecture) and the resumption of construction, Toshiki Kudo mayor in Hakodate City Council's regular 08 "The situation in the new year, countries and businesses to convey thoughts want, "he said, asking again showed the idea of building a permanent freeze. Because there is a movement toward resuming construction, development and national power, appeals to the Democratic Party.

　Oma nuclear power plant for the reasonable safety measures and report on November 10 in Aomori Prefecture verification committee, has asked the Ministry to resume construction on the same 29 Oma mayor. Kudo mayor the city council "in the absence of anything to talk about investment in nuclear power plants within 30 km from Oma, and shall not resume construction," he said.

　Kudo mayor is doing a similar request in June activity. www.hokkaido-np.co.jp
by lillymunster 12/12/2011 12:59:51 AM

Armenia plans to set 6 seismic stations near Metsamor nuke plant: International Atomic Energy Agency considers t... bit.ly
by lillymunster 12/12/2011 2:33:28 AM

Health ministry to offer grief counseling to Tohoku orphans | Japan Times bit.ly
by lillymunster 12/12/2011 3:05:41 AM

4.8 quake 41 minutes ago near the east coast of Honshu, Japan in the Pacific, about 29 miles ESE of Sendai, around 50 miles north of the Diiachi nukes
by RonD 12/12/2011 3:18:45 AM

Fukushima sets no cesium in farm produce goal ajw.asahi.com
by lillymunster 12/12/2011 3:35:38 AM

Fukushima fallout slows nuclear industry www.skynews.com.au
by Mid Valley 12/12/2011 5:30:53 AM

Europe Bans X-Ray Body Scanners Used at U.S. Airports
by Ian 12/12/2011 5:48:16 AM

"Japan launches spy satellite, second this year" www.washingtonpost.com
by Pedro Jesus 12/12/2011 9:23:20 AM

Fukushima Ocean Radiation Was 50 Million Times Above Normal, But No Threat: Scientists www.forbes.com
by Majj 12/12/2011 11:07:44 AM

english.kyodonews.jp

Continued survival of 'miracle pine' in doubt

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan, Dec. 12, Kyodo

The continued survival of an ancient pine tree that withstood the March 11 tsunami in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, and has become a symbol for the city's reconstruction is in doubt as its roots have begun to rot due to exposure to saline water.

The tree is the only survivor among around 70,000 pines that stood in a scenic area of the coastal city, and it has been dubbed by residents ''the miracle pine.''

However, the saline water will eventually bring it down, the Japan Greenery Research and Development Center, a body that has been working for nine months to keep the tree alive, reported to Mayor Futoshi Toba on Monday.

But the 30-meter-high, more than 260-year-old pine tree has produced four grafts that have been raised at a breeding station, raising hopes that the line of pine trees can eventually be restored.

''It will take around 300 years to restore the lines of pine trees, but we will get the job done,'' said Yoshihisa Suzuki, 66, who heads a local conservation group.

==Kyodo english.kyodonews.jp
by Edano via English.kyodonews.jp 12/12/2011 11:32:15 AM

Morning! (afternoon-evening) off to look for news
by lillymunster 12/12/2011 12:41:19 PM

Editorial: Decommissioning of Fukushima plant will need cooperation and vigilance mdn.mainichi.jp
by lillymunster 12/12/2011 12:43:51 PM

Scuffle at NRC has stench of industry influence behind it www.lasvegassun.com
by lillymunster 12/12/2011 12:44:24 PM

Areva shares suspended before nuclear giant's results www.google.com

Radiation exposure of Fukushima residents measured at alarming levels
www.tokyotimes.co.jp
by lillymunster 12/12/2011 12:46:38 PM

Low dose radiation working groups proposes 1 mSv/year goal After the accident TEPCO's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, a low-dose radiationExposure
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Working group of government was considering the health effects of 12 days, whether the increased mortality in exposures below 100 mSv, but not scientifically proven, in residential high radiation dose, the public prepared the draft of the report and the annual goal of 1 millisievert per year threshold exposure.

　Hosono also be submitted to the primary phase 15 days.

　Based on this report, the government has set a 20 kilometer radius from the primary criteria, the amount of radiation released in the area set out the idea of warning had not been set, the report's release as a guide concrete figures are not shown. Therefore, the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) is expected to be among the political decision of 1-20 mSv shows the situation after convergence as a goal.

( 28 minutes on December 12, 2011 21:00 Yomiuri Shimbun) www.yomiuri.co.jp
by lillymunster 12/12/2011 12:52:11 PM

@lillymunster How do they plan to enforce that? Here in Portugal it would be very hard for a regular person, regardless of his/her job to stay within the 1mSv/year limit. There must be something wrong there. Japan has a much higher background radiation than Portugal even if we don't include Fukushima releases in the equation. I think that is impossible.
by Pedro Jesus 12/12/2011 12:59:23 PM

Greenpeace fukushima update (has some stories that are new ) www.greenpeace.org
by lillymunster 12/12/2011 1:02:57 PM

I estimate that the average inhabitant in Portugal is exposed to between .876 and 1.752 mSv/year, based on the official background radiation data. I'm not sure how Japan plans to uphold a 1 mSv/year limit anywhere in Japan, let alone inside a nuclear power plant.
by Pedro Jesus 12/12/2011 1:04:44 PM

@Pedro Jesus I don't either.
by lillymunster 12/12/2011 1:05:25 PM

I wonder if they mean above background level? I wonder if the goal is to create more situations where the govt is forced to come up with alternative plans like moving people, importing food etc.
by lillymunster 12/12/2011 1:05:41 PM

@lillymunster I was just going to suggest that. But then, they don't provide the average background level, do they? So we don't know what they're really talking about.
by Pedro Jesus 12/12/2011 1:06:49 PM

@Pedro Jesus the article was really brief. I think getting a translated copy of the actual final statement of the group would be helpful
by lillymunster 12/12/2011 1:07:47 PM

@lillymunster Probably. That short article doesn't give us much to reason with.
by Pedro Jesus 12/12/2011 1:08:49 PM

@Pedro Jesus no it doesn't. It also doesn't say how or what context it would be implemented in. If it would be law, a stated goal or what. The inability to force action on any government entity is a problem. There are many situations where the levels still are not safe and people are being forced to just deal with it on their own.
by lillymunster 12/12/2011 1:10:26 PM

Some soil tests in Japan
Yokosuka city nights (Bq / kg) in soil
Pu-236 2.72
2.08 Pu-241
Sr-89 -62.53
15.84 90 Sr-
Sr-7.29 Total

Nakahata Gotemba, Shizuoka Prefecture (Bq / kg) in soil
Pu-236 1.35
22.72 Sr-89
Sr-90 -9.51
2.61 Total Sr-
www.asyura2.com

This page cites the US DoE as source for the soil readings unitingforpeace.seesaa.net
by lillymunster 12/12/2011 1:14:55 PM

New food testing results www.mhlw.go.jp
by lillymunster 12/12/2011 1:18:35 PM

Decontamination worker in Date city found dead in car at work site ex-skf.blogspot.com
by lillymunster 12/12/2011 1:21:59 PM

@lillymunster The article is also susceptible to spreading confusing about the exposure limits. They don't state whether it is 1 mSv/year overall limit (which doesn't make any sense), or if it is 1 mSv/year above background radiation, and in this latter case, to what average background radiation levels are they referring to: pre-Fukushima-Daiichi-nuclear-accident or post-F-D-n-a?
by Pedro Jesus 12/12/2011 1:22:52 PM