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Experts discount claims of U.S. deaths from Japan radiation
By Linda Carroll
A provocative new study released this week suggests as many as 14,000 Americans may have died as a result of exposure to radioactive particles blown here from Japan after the Fukushima nuclear reactor meltdown in March. But even though the report is gaining some attention, experts say there is no scientific basis for its claims.

Congressman Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) released the following statement after the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) voted to approve the final rule for the Westinghouse AP1000 design and which also granted a rule change requested by Southern Company to allow construction to begin before the NRC staff have incorporated and published all reactor design changes adopted by the Commission today. One of NRC’s longest-serving staff warned in NRC documents that the reactor’s containment could shatter “like a glass cup” due to flaws in the design of the shield building if impacted by an earthquake or commercial aircraft. In the publicly released votes on the matter, Chairman Greg Jaczko disapproved the proposal to allow the acceleration of reactor construction, Commissioner George Apostolakis voted to approve it, and Commissioner William Magwood’s vote did not refer to it. In the final vote, Chairman Jaczko was overridden by his colleagues.
markey.house.gov So that's what the letter to WH was about, maybe?

@lillymunster YES! Discredit Jazco, bitch-slap him to shut him up, and then CHANGE the liscensing process? SLIMY

@M.I.A. :)

@MaryW Gift them with Fuku shimi and a gieger counter? :)

I wonder how we could find out the name of the 'senior staff' engineer who's worried. It would be so fine if he would whistle-blow.

Certainly the four units will go up quickly, since the construction and liscensing is concurrent now. How many steps must that take out of the process? How little public input and hearings does that allow? This steams me...

they just had another, 5.3

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Evacuations as large quake rocks Christchurch ONE News reporter Jack Tame described the shake as "pretty fast and pretty violent", while Christchurch Mayor Bob Parker said "we are very concerned"
Mobile phone lines around Canterbury are now jammed. Telecom has appealed for people to keep mobile calls for emergency use where possible for the moment, and to use text instead. tvnz.co.nz

3:10PM:
Police have issued an update, confirming four people have been rescued by the Coastguard after a rockfall in Boulder Bay, and a WINZ office in New Brighton has been damaged. All workers were evacuated safely.
This is a breaking news story. The earlier story is below;


Read more: www.3news.co.nz

Now, they are tweeting another larger quake than the 5.8 reported is expected!??

@MaryW Those tweets are something. Sounds like they're cathing hell.

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Very sad to hear about the Christchurch quakes. Liquefaction can be so frightening and destructive. CHCH sits in a bowl, when there you can imagine it filled with liquid. I was at an emergency response training meeting in my area last week and was told that our area has the same soil conditions as CHCH. This was the first time, I've heard the recommendation to have a personal floatation device in your car/emergency kit. Not the kind of thing, anyone wants to hear.

Fukushima food has 8 times more cesium than in Tokyo ajw.asahi.com