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PRESS RELEASE 20 September 2011
After Fukushima: Setting official radiation value limits for foodstuffs does not offer enough health protection to the population – foodwatch and IPPNW call for drastic improvement – a report on the risks to health from radioactively contaminated food
Berlin, 20 September 2011. Current radiation value limits for contaminated foodstuffs in the European Union and in Japan do not offer enough health protection since they permit the population to be unnecessarily exposed to high health risks. This is the conclusion reached in the report, Calculated Fatalities From Radiation: Officially Permissible Limits for Radioactively Contaminated Food in the European Union and Japan, released in Berlin today by the consumer advocacy organization foodwatch and the German Section of the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW). The report is based on a study by Thomas Dersee und Sebastian Pflugbeil (German Society for Radiation Protection). www.foodwatch.de
by MaryW 12/23/2011 3:42:52 AM

This is interesting assessment by Germany experts. The entire paper is worth the read. 1. Official limits are too high
• There are no ‘safe’ limits. Any dose of radiation, no matter how small, can lead to illness and death. The setting of any permissible limits always represents a decision on the number of fatalities that will be tolerated. According to calculation models used by the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP), the dietary intake of the lowest levels of radioactive contamination permitted in food in the EU – reflecting the official limits that apply to imports from Japan – would lead to at least roughly 150,000 additional cancer deaths in Germany alone each year. If all the food consumed by the German population were contaminated to an average of only five percent of the officially permitted level, statistically at least 7,700 additional deaths could be expected each year. www.foodwatch.de
by MaryW 12/23/2011 3:48:57 AM

Here is a link to a VIDEO on NZ earthquake, which has now been upgraded to a 6 mag. www.3news.co.nz
by MaryW 12/23/2011 3:54:57 AM

Nz just had a 5.0.
by M.I.A. 12/23/2011 4:08:27 AM

@M.I.A. Really? It seems odd, they just keep coming
by MaryW 12/23/2011 4:09:30 AM

Quake swarm. They've had 100's over 4.0 in Van, Turkey for maybe a month (?) now.
by M.I.A. 12/23/2011 4:11:14 AM

Room At The Inn for Fukushima Believers. Dec 23. 2011. TOKYO - Christmas for one homeless pastor and his itinerant flock, forced to flee when Japan's nuclear crisis erupted, will have echoes of its origins this year as they gather in a shelter far from home. ...Drawing parallels with Moses leading the Israelites out of Egypt, Sato says he took his parishioners from one church to the next, seeking refuge and something to eat,while caring for elderly believers stricken by pneumonia. ..."We were told we were dirty simply because we were from Fukushima," Sato said. "We were so frustrated. We were so sad. The disaster destroyed everything."
www.abs-cbnnews.com
by MaryW 12/23/2011 4:15:43 AM

@MaryW That is sad :-(
by M.I.A. 12/23/2011 4:19:51 AM

@M.I.A. As that pastor says, this will be a Christmas we will never forget. I'm hoping for everyone to smile a little bit despite their situation.
by MaryW 12/23/2011 4:23:03 AM

www.abs-cbnnews.com Live from Fukushima??? Don't know what this is..
by MaryW 12/23/2011 4:27:48 AM

here is a Christmas sharing site, run by a face book friend. Jeffry has been on the ground in Japan and has successfully organized several relief efforts. www.shareyourchristmas.org There is a tab for sharing a holiday message, for us too far away to share a gift.
by Mid Valley 12/23/2011 4:28:07 AM

@Mid Valley Thank You
by MaryW 12/23/2011 4:28:35 AM

Your welcome. I am a fan of Jeffery.
by Mid Valley 12/23/2011 4:29:37 AM

The live ustream tv is in Japanese :(
by MaryW 12/23/2011 4:29:47 AM

Over 91,000 watching that ustream live TV. Wish we has a translater!
by MaryW 12/23/2011 4:35:09 AM

Christchurch airport has reopened.
by MaryW 12/23/2011 4:44:49 AM

@Mid Valley I forwarded the 'share your christmas' link to a bunch of friends. What is great about it, messages can be received after Christmas since it is now celebrated be most Japanese. thanks again :)
by MaryW 12/23/2011 4:59:02 AM

Updated 10 minutes ago
Friday's swarm of substantial earthquakes in Christchurch have caused new flooding and liquefaction in the eastern suburbs, disrupting power supplies and closing some roads. www.radionz.co.nz
by MaryW 12/23/2011 5:07:12 AM

@MaryW USGS shows 5 quakes in 4 hours, 5.8, 5.3, 4.2, 5.9 and 4.8
by RonD 12/23/2011 5:09:42 AM

@RonD Yes! and they all were quite strong too
by MaryW 12/23/2011 5:10:38 AM

Entergy reports radioactive leak at St. Francisville nuclear plant
wwltv.com
Posted on December 22, 2011 at 8:19 AM
Updated today at 8:24 AM

ST. FRANCISVILLE, La. (AP) -- Officials at Entergy Corp.'s nuclear power plant near Baton Rouge say they have notified the Nuclear Regulatory Commission about a leak of radioactive hydrogen.
www.wwltv.com
by MaryW 12/23/2011 5:15:08 AM

Dec 22.2011. ... Damratoski said River Bend Station normally tests 13 of its 31 monitoring wells on a quarterly basis, but will now test the contaminated well and its surrounding wells on a monthly basis. The concentration in the monitoring well measured 48,000 picocuries per liter, or more than twice the 20,000 picocurie limit the Environmental Protection Agency allows for drinking water, Damratoski said.

However, that level of tritium would have to be consumed repeatedly for it to have an effect, Damratoski said.

“With the current level found, if a person would consume this level in water for an entire year... theadvocate.com
by MaryW 12/23/2011 5:41:21 AM

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by Mid Valley 12/23/2011 7:26:28 AM

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by Edano 12/23/2011 9:14:13 AM

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by Edano 12/23/2011 12:07:51 PM

morning! off to look for news
by lillymunster 12/23/2011 12:31:10 PM

Gov't should play leading role in decommissioning crippled nuclear reactors mdn.mainichi.jp
by lillymunster 12/23/2011 12:33:10 PM

Obstacles loom for TEPCO 'nationalization' plan ajw.asahi.com
by lillymunster 12/23/2011 12:34:09 PM

Lack of exercise a concern for Fukushima children ajw.asahi.com
by lillymunster 12/23/2011 12:34:50 PM

Govt announces lower food contamination levels mdn.mainichi.jp
by lillymunster 12/23/2011 12:37:18 PM

Past Haunts Tally of Japan's Nuke Crisis online.wsj.com
by lillymunster 12/23/2011 12:37:57 PM

@lillymunster, good morning, it would be great to find out the source of this info that Unit 3's HPCI was deliberately switched off, accelerating the meltdown. Tepco will release some type of 'clarification', I expect.
by Peter 12/23/2011 12:38:43 PM

Regarding the article of Nihon Keizai Newspaper (December 20) page 42 "Units 1 and 2 - misunderstanding in the status of cooling"
www.tepco.co.jp

Lots of additional details on the accident
by lillymunster 12/23/2011 12:38:52 PM

@Peter I hope so. I don't think the public has been privy to the complete TEPCO report or the final version does not carry details. IIRC the govt report coming out says it based on data and things in TEPCO's report?
by lillymunster 12/23/2011 12:41:06 PM

@Peter do we have early data for 3? I know they released a paper tape with reading information for 1. The focus has been on unit 1 so much.
by lillymunster 12/23/2011 12:49:53 PM

Nissan Leaf cars destroyed in the tsunami are providing some unique safety testing data. www.torquenews.com
by lillymunster 12/23/2011 12:52:09 PM

@Peter, this article has details about the cooling stop at 3 mdn.mainichi.jp
by lillymunster 12/23/2011 12:54:07 PM

@lillymunster, what I posted yesterday morning is pretty much it. I still remember a more detailed description of the efforts to re-establish power and compressed air to vital functions, and must dig for that. Regardless the table posted yesterday sums up the known facts.
by Peter 12/23/2011 12:54:24 PM

What I don't get is why the pressure dropped when they started the HPCI. Some reports say that the pressure drop was why they went to the fire pumps, others that the battery for HPCI was running out....
by lillymunster 12/23/2011 12:56:48 PM

@lillymunster , the mainichi article is good, keep it!
by Peter 12/23/2011 12:56:58 PM

@Peter will do. I will be pretty busy today but will try to assemble everything from yesterday and today into a peer review page so we can refer to it. That might help refine what data points we want and can go hunt for. It sounds like there is more to it than the simplistic explanations.
by lillymunster 12/23/2011 12:58:12 PM

The venting at 3 brings up something I think the NRC has overlooked in their task force review. I saw nothing that addresses the lack of power for the vent valves in a blackout. If there is no back up power to that valve you at best have to send a worker on a suicide mission to manually open it with a battery. At worst you can't get a worker inside for some reason and everything goes boom.
by lillymunster 12/23/2011 1:00:42 PM

QuakeAlert
DATE : 12/23/2011 13:32:44
TIME : 17 minutes ago
REG. : Gulf of California
MAG. : 4.7
DEP. : 10.0 km
ID : 155150
quakes.globalincidentmap.com
is that bad ?
by Edano 12/23/2011 1:02:40 PM