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@MaryW interesting, do you know more about it?by lillymunster 12/26/2011 4:35:54 PM
November 15, 2011
Fukushima Disaster: What was the key factor which brought about the Nuclear Power Plant Disaster? ("Questioning the nature of FUKUSHIMA" English translation)
(Reactor Pressure Vessel: RPV) .
Note: The Pressure Vessel and piping Structure of the No.1 Reactor of the Fukushima No.1 Power Plant. The RCIC was implemented instead of the IC in the No.2 and No.3 reactors. All of these reactors have the ability to function without external power sources. (Provided by Professor Yamaguchi) translate.googleusercontent.comby MaryW 12/26/2011 4:47:44 PM
the nuclear power plant accident in Fukushima, Japan, the world is now faced with a serious decision. Can we live with the fear of a similar accident occurring yet again? On January 14-15 2012, the Global Conference for a Nuclear Power Free World will be held in Yokohama, Japan. Participants from Japan and all over the world will gather to consider the issues surrounding nuclear power and discuss steps that can be taken towards a nuclear power free world. Come and be a part of this conference.
Follow the link for details: http://npfree.jp/english.htmlby Ian 12/26/2011 4:50:09 PM- Fukushima Disaster: What was the key factor which brought about the Nuclear Power Plant Disaster? ("Questioning the nature of FUKUSHIMA" English version) (2 / 5 pages)
The situation worsened due to slow decision making on the management side.
Q. On March 12, a little after 7:00 pm, workers started to pour seawater onto the core. This means that it took them even after the situation had become out of control it still took them an additional 20 hours to decide what to do . What could have possibly taken them so long to deliberate on the situation?
translate.googleusercontent.comby MaryW 12/26/2011 4:52:29 PM - Fukushima Disaster: What was the key factor which brought about the Nuclear Power Plant Disaster? ("Questioning the nature of FUKUSHIMA" English translation) (3 / 5 pages)
Why did this 100% predictable accident happen in the first place?
Q. Was the Fukuchiyama Line accident caused by a mistake made on the technology management side?
Prof. Yamaguchi:
The accident was reported as a derailment from initially having been going too fast. However, if the accident had really been due to derailment, the damaged train coaches would have fallen down inside of the arc of the railroad track. Since they all of the train cars fell outside of the curve, this implies that they instead actually first fell over due to the centrifugal force. Although it is hard to really account for all of the reasons derailment occurs; Turnovers, on the other hand, are relatively easier to predict and prepare countermeasures against. translate.googleusercontent.comby MaryW 12/26/2011 4:55:33 PM - Fukushima Disaster: What was the key factor which brought about the Nuclear Power Plant Disaster? ("Questioning the nature of FUKUSHIMA" English version) (4 / 5 pages) ...I felt shocked to find out that TEPCO had decided to be so sneaky as to intentionally release ambiguous information. At that time, I really felt a strong sense of urgency, as though it were my mission, in needing to find out the facts and get them to the public as best I could.
translate.googleusercontent.comby MaryW 12/26/2011 4:57:18 PM - Fukushima Disaster: What was the key factor which brought about the Nuclear Power Plant Disaster? ("Questioning the nature of FUKUSHIMA" English translation) (5 / 5 pages)
The Day when the Fukushima will Rise again
Q. Why do you think TEPCO would choose to pursue such a strategy?
Prof. Yamaguchi:
It would have to have something to do with TEPCO wanting to protect the nuclear reactors and / or related administration of nuclear policy after the accident occurred. However, if evidence proving that the cause of the accident was ultimately made by errors on the technology management side were to surface, then the President and other executives would end up getting prosecuted for criminal offenses. The Nuclear Disaster Countermeasures Headquarters together with the proclamation of the nuclear contingency at 16:36 on March 11 that the PM Mr. Kan (at the time) , should assume responsibility for the mistakes. There have been similar cases where the executive managers of the associated company (in this case TEPCO) would have been held responsible as well on grounds of criminal offense. translate.googleusercontent.comby MaryW 12/26/2011 4:58:59 PM - Wow! Interesting breakthrough on fuku rice!
High radiation doses in rice produced here are not necessarily linked to soil radiation levels, and could be linked to a lack of potassium and insufficient cultivation of rice paddies, a joint governmental survey has revealed. mdn.mainichi.jpby lillymunster 12/26/2011 4:59:39 PM - @lillymunster They sure are trying to weasel their way out of any liability!by MaryW 12/26/2011 5:00:51 PM
- lack of ability to recharge wireless phones at the plant contributed to failures news.businessweek.com
They refer to cell phones but it appears they are more of a wireless phone system used at the plant than some sort of personal cell phoneby lillymunster 12/26/2011 5:05:24 PM 
Report scathing of response to Fukushima nuclear crisis www.ft.comby Mid Valley 12/26/2011 5:09:26 PM- @lillymunster Yes, I read that article also. They must have filed the walkie-talkies in the recycle file. Next we will hear, the cell towers were destroyed by the tsunami, so its not our fault! Lets blame the lack of communication at a highly dangerous nuclear plant on the cell phone companies bad design on their cell towers. ...and on and on...by MaryW 12/26/2011 5:09:36 PM
- ...if evidence proving that the cause of the accident was ultimately made by errors on the technology management side were to surface, then the President and other executives would end up getting prosecuted for criminal offenses. The Nuclear Disaster Countermeasures Headquarters together with the proclamation of the nuclear contingency at 16:36 on March 11 that the PM Mr. Kan (at the time) , should assume responsibility for the mistakes. There have been similar cases where the executive managers of the associated company (in this case TEPCO) would have been held responsible as well on grounds of criminal offense. translate.googleusercontent.comby MaryW 12/26/2011 5:12:39 PM
- @MaryW What is commonly used instead of walkie talkies are a more sophisticated form of walkie talkie that works off wireless signal in a warehouse, large building, plant etc. They allow better communication as you can dial who you need to converse with and also usually have some sort of broadcast mode so you can call everyone with a message. These don't need typical cell towers like you need for your cell phone. Just like a walkie talkie these units need to be recharged periodically. With no power they could not charge batteries on anything. More spare batteries and a solar charger with a small battery bank would be enough to solve this.
I find this and the rice stories interesting because both are such simple solutions to major problems.by lillymunster 12/26/2011 5:17:50 PM 
Feeding an ostrich a doughnut in the evac zone. :-) a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net
by lillymunster via A6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net 12/26/2011 5:23:05 PM- Report Condemns Japan's Response to Nuclear Accident. December 27.2011. The problems, which the panel said had exacerbated the extent of the disaster, were outlined in a 500-page interim report detailing an investigation into Japan's response to the calamitous events that unfolded at the Fukushima plant after the March 11 quake and tsunami knocked out all of the site's power. mobile.nytimes.comby MaryW 12/26/2011 5:24:34 PM
- @MaryW oooh yea the disaster commission report comes out today! I wonder if a copy is somewhere in English?by lillymunster 12/26/2011 5:25:27 PM
- Experts Decry Initial Response to the Nuclear Incident in Fukushima
The problems at the nuclear plant after the incident were related to the failure to take preventive measures for the unexpected, said the document of the panel, led by Yotaro Hatamura, emeritus professor at the University of Tokyo.
According to experts, the operators of the Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) dealt with the situation in the wrong way in several reactors that collapsed and fused their cores.
www.plenglish.comby MaryW 12/26/2011 5:28:28 PM - -Evacuate FUKUSHIMA - 福島の子供を - The whole international press have blackout the worst catastrophe in modern history. So this is a humble reminder of what really is going on in Fukushima and beyond today ! There is a crime against humanity happening right under our nose and all we can hear is a deafening silence. Please spread this video as much as you can ... in the name of humanity ! Thanks ! vimeo.com vimeo.comby MaryW 12/26/2011 5:39:23 PM
- @lillymunster How can this vimeo video be embedded. It just did't work for meby MaryW 12/26/2011 5:41:21 PM
- @all - I created a Financial Times (ft.com) account so everyone doesn't have to go through sign up to read their articles use: info@simplyinfo.org and simplyinfo as the password.by lillymunster 12/26/2011 5:41:44 PM
- Report slams crisis response www.ft.comby lillymunster 12/26/2011 5:42:06 PM
- @lillymunster Thanksby MaryW 12/26/2011 5:42:17 PM
- If someone knows how to put this Evacuate Fukushima video from vimeo on the blog, that would be great. At on part of the video Japan reporting plutonium is safer that salt! TEPCO workers actually posing with reactors, etc Its a great watch. vimeo.comby MaryW 12/26/2011 5:55:40 PM
- More ostriches running wild is Fukushima Prefecture: www.youtube.comby Ian 12/26/2011 6:15:38 PM
Evacuate FUKUSHIMA - 福島の子供を守れ
by Edano 12/26/2011 7:02:45 PM- @MaryW :)by Edano 12/26/2011 7:02:54 PM
- quakes.globalincidentmap.com lots of big quakes in south pacific, but nothing in the northby Edano 12/26/2011 7:06:03 PM
- Added a link to the group website. www.ambersharick.com
An archive of some expert correspondence of the Fukushima disaster.by lillymunster 12/26/2011 7:39:52 PM - Does anyone have a clue where to look for the disaster committee report? www.bbc.co.ukby lillymunster 12/26/2011 8:13:07 PM
- The preliminary report isn't fully translated on this link, they explain. But summary is icanps.go.jpby M.I.A. 12/26/2011 8:23:26 PM
- @M.I.A. Thanks! How did you find it? I tried the Prime Minister's office, the Diet and googling with no luck.by lillymunster 12/26/2011 8:27:15 PM
- @Edano Oh, you did it (the video)! thanks :)by MaryW 12/26/2011 8:36:01 PM
- @lillymunster Dumb luck :)by M.I.A. 12/26/2011 9:05:13 PM
- @lillymunster I put in ICANPS+December 2011 in ask.comby M.I.A. 12/26/2011 9:15:24 PM
- by Ian 12/26/2011 9:16:19 PM
- My new 5mb hard drive has arrived! www.retronaut.co :-)by lillymunster 12/26/2011 9:43:36 PM
The HDD weighed over a ton and stored 5 MB of data.
by Edano via 1-ps.googleusercontent 12/26/2011 9:48:27 PM- that is the same time when the nukes were built. :(by Edano 12/26/2011 9:50:09 PM
- @lillymunster, and so compact! Will wonders never cease?!by Ian 12/26/2011 9:50:57 PM
- @Ian That's my portable driveby lillymunster 12/26/2011 9:57:58 PM
- @Edano have all the old nukes declared historical sites so they must be shut and turned into museums :-)by lillymunster 12/26/2011 10:04:41 PM
- Past comments from Dr Kakinuma who is the Team Leader for the Investigating Committee on the Accident at Fukushima Nuclear Power Stations of TEPCO. Interim Report out today, December 26 --Shizuko Kakinuma, a researcher at Japan's National Institute of Radiological Sciences who sits on an independent committee investigating the Fukushima Daiichi accident. "With a Japanese diet, that's unlikely," she said in an interview with The Wall Street Journal. One or two meals wouldn't have much effect.
...said Ms. Kakinuma, as IT IS POSSIBLE TO LOWER the amount of radioactive CESIUM IN CONTAMINATED ANIMALS TO SAFE LEVELS.
www.foxnews.com -- "The levels found in the beef, though, would become a HEALTH CONCERN ONLY IF A PERSON ATE LARGE QUANTITIES EVERY DAY FOR A YEAR, said Shizuko Kakinuma, a researcher at Japan's National Institute of Radiological Sciences who sits on an independent committee investigating the Fukushima Daiichi accident.
http://forums.online-sweepstakes.com/showthread.php?t=978929&page=62 --...government ought to increase its testing of cattle for radiation contamination to at least one animal from each herd, said Ms. Kakinuma, as it is possible to lower the amount of radioactive cesium in contaminated animals to safe levels.
health.foxnews.mobiby MaryW 12/26/2011 10:23:29 PM - Confirmed: Tepco to drill hole in Reactor No. 2 containment vessel — Will start in January (VIDEO) December 26.2011 enenews.com TEPCO to conduct endoscopy of Fukushima reactors
Tokyo Electric Power Company says it will use an industrial endoscope to study the inside of a damaged reactor at the Fukushima Nuclear power plant. www3.nhk.or.jpby MaryW 12/26/2011 10:40:02 PM - Oh no! January looking like a 'pins and needles' month. I hope TEPCO practices drilling holes before they attempt it on the reactor.by MaryW 12/26/2011 10:41:26 PM
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