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Drilling will be on the NorthWest wall of reactor #2. Does anyone know the angle of TEPCO's web cam is facing?by MaryW 12/26/2011 10:49:38 PM90,000 Protest U.S. Base on Okinawa
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/26/world/asia/26okinawa.html Report on US base relocation sent to Okinawa
An environmental assessment report compiled by the government on a planned US base relocation within Okinawa is scheduled to arrive in the prefecture on Tuesday. http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20111227_06.htmlby MaryW 12/26/2011 11:09:21 PM- by MaryW 12/26/2011 11:11:32 PM
- John Feffer, spokesperson Network for Okinawa, stated the following in February: We urge all parties to exercise firm restraint. We call on the Japanese and American governments to respect the democratic wishes of Okinawans who have overwhelmingly voted to prevent new base construction on Okinawa. It is an incredible tragedy the Japanese and American governments insist on pushing forward with a construction plan that would cause irreparable damage to one of the world’s most diverse biosystems. During a time of economic crisis and mounting deficits, it is shocking that both countries have embraced a plan that cuts education and social welfare programs while supporting a construction plan that benefits only the military-industrial complex.”
The site the U.S. has chosen is a habitat for numerous endangered species unique to Okinawa, including the Okinawa woodpecker. The video (BELOW)shows the beauty that will be destroyed when US builds their base.by MaryW 12/26/2011 11:14:55 PM 
by Ian 12/26/2011 11:31:56 PM- I thought the ICs #1 were manually shut down but still operable?
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For example, the isolation condensers at reactor unit 1 lost their functionality after the tsunami struck, making it necessary to provide alternative water injection to cool the reactor core.
The committee states that, “misjudgment of the operational situation of the IC caused (a) delay in alternative water injection and primary containment vessel (PCV) venting. As a result, an earlier opportunity for core cooling was missed”.by artnuke 12/26/2011 11:56:54 PM - @MaryW The camera is on the NW side, but I'd guess the hole will be made on the lower floors, which aren't visible on tepcam. Hope they practise safe drilling!by M.I.A. 12/27/2011 12:54:20 AM
@MaryW land side, closer to the tepco camera. Unit 1 is north end of the plantby lillymunster 12/27/2011 12:54:46 AM- CEO of Entergy denies reality.. www.nytimes.comby lillymunster 12/27/2011 1:11:31 AM
- Seeing mentions on Twitter. I think people are putting the operation of Monju to a local vote! Will see if I can find something more coherentby lillymunster 12/27/2011 1:36:03 AM
- Amori governor wants Rokkosho reprocessing plant restarted www3.nhk.or.jpby lillymunster 12/27/2011 1:47:15 AM
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.
The utility says the 10-meter long and 8-millimeter wide device will be deployed from next month to measure temperatures and observe other conditions inside the containment vessel at the No.2 reactor.
The government announced on December 16th that all the reactors have been brought under control. But there is not much information on the inside of the containment vessels in the reactors.
The endoscopy will provide the first opportunity to see the inside of a containment vessel of one of the 3 reactors since nuclear fuel melted down in March.
At the bottom of the containment vessels, parts of the nuclear fuel are believed to be piled up after melting through the wall of the pressure vessels.
The firm will start drilling a hole in the northwest wall of the containment vessel at the No. 2 reactor next month so that the high-level radiation proof endoscope can be inserted through it.
TEPCO said it wants to study the extent to which existing technologies can be used for the decommissioning of the reactors before it develops new ones.
Tuesday, December 27, 2011 05:23 +0900 (JST)
www3.nhk.or.jpby Edano 12/27/2011 2:22:17 AM- Panel compiles interim report on nuclear accident
A panel looking into the disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has severely criticized both the operator and the government for mishandling the accident.
The government panel released an interim report on Monday. Its investigations were based on interviews with about 450 people, including workers at the Tokyo Electric Power Company and government officials.
The report says that the utility itself predicted in 2008 that a tsunami larger than 10 meters high could hit the plant but that it failed to take preventive measures.
The report says that after the plant lost all its electricity following the March 11th earthquake and tsunami, workers mishandled the emergency cooling system at No 1 and 3 reactors.
The report says if fire trucks had been dispatched earlier to pump water into the reactors, there would have been less damage to the fuel rods, and smaller amounts of radioactive substances released into the air.
The report also describes the government's handling of the crisis as problematic.
It says lack of communication within the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo prevented the government from making use of the so-called SPEEDI system that predicts the spread of radioactive substances.
Data from SPEEDI wasn't used when the government issued evacuation orders to residents living near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi power plant.
The report says the evacuation orders were not precise and failed to promptly reach the municipalities involved.
The panel intends to question Cabinet ministers and others to further learn how the government handled the crisis before it compiles a final report by next summer.
Monday, December 26, 2011 19:47 +0900 (JST)
www3.nhk.or.jpby Edano 12/27/2011 2:23:46 AM - Government to buy up contaminated rice
The Japanese government has decided to buy up contaminated rice from Fukushima Prefecture.
Farmers in 8 districts in Fukushima Prefecture have been ordered to stop rice sales after tests last month registered more than 100 becquerels of radiation per kilogram.
The Agriculture Ministry decided to buy all the rice produced in the 8 districts, as well as any other rice with radiation levels above 100 becquerels per kilogram.
The ministry is planning to negotiate with Tokyo Electric Power Company, the operator of the troubled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, to shoulder the cost of the purchase.
The ministry estimates that the total amount of rice will reach about 4,000 tons.
Agriculture Minister Michihiko Kano will announce details of the plan on Tuesday.
Tuesday, December 27, 2011 07:29 +0900 (JST)
www3.nhk.or.jpby Edano 12/27/2011 2:25:18 AM - Gov't to rezone evacuation zones
The Japanese government has decided to change the demarcation of no-entry and evacuation zones near the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant within 3 months.
The decision was made at a meeting of a government nuclear disaster task force on Monday. It follows a government declaration on December 16th that the reactors at the plant are once again stable.
The task force agreed to divide the districts near the plant into 3 zones based on the amount of radioactive exposure. In areas where cumulative radiation exposure is less than 20 millisieverts per year, the government says it will help residents return home as soon as possible.
In areas where radiation exposure is certain to exceed 20 millisieverts, the government will ask residents to keep away.
And in areas where exposure levels are higher than 50 millisieverts, residents will have to keep away indefinitely.
The demarcation of the zones will be completed by late March. There are strong concerns among residents that the demarcation will further break up communities. Taking such concerns into account, the government says it will consult with local governments.
Meanwhile, the task force on Monday also decided to lift evacuation orders for residents living within 8 kilometers of another nearby nuclear power plant, Fukushima Daini. It made the decision because it says sufficient safety measures are in place to maintain a state of cold shutdown.
Monday, December 26, 2011 20:42 +0900 (JST)
www3.nhk.or.jpby Edano 12/27/2011 2:26:14 AM - NEWS ADVISORY: TEPCO seeks additional 700 bil. yen from fund for damages payments (11:15) english.kyodonews.jpby Edano 12/27/2011 2:27:56 AM
- Nobody ever says what will happen to the rice...by lillymunster 12/27/2011 2:29:10 AM
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Genkai power plant's No. 4 reactor building
Undated file photo shows the building housing the No. 4 reactor at the Genkai nuclear power plant in the town of Genkai, Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan. Kyushu Electric Power Co. suspended the reactor's operation on Dec. 25, 2011, for a regular checkup. (Kyodo) english.kyodonews.jpby Edano via English.kyodonews.jp 12/27/2011 2:29:50 AM
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Fukushima accident shows need to prepare for unexpected
Yotaro Hatamura (L), a professor emeritus at the University of Tokyo, hands a report to Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda at the premier's office in Tokyo on Dec. 26, 2011. The report by a panel, led by Hatamura, investigating the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant said the accident shows the need to prepare for unexpected events if the consequences could be disastrous, referring to the poor emergency response of the plant operator and the government. (Kyodo) english.kyodonews.jpby Edano via English.kyodonews.jp 12/27/2011 2:32:48 AM
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Toshiba develops mobile device to clean up radioactive soil
ATSUGI, Japan, Dec. 26, Kyodo english.kyodonews.jpby Edano via Bts-europe.de 12/27/2011 2:35:28 AM- ooops, i mixed up the pics. sorry :)by Edano 12/27/2011 2:35:52 AM
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this is the right one !by Edano via Nunon.de 12/27/2011 2:36:44 AM- by Edano 12/27/2011 2:38:00 AM
- i am glad to hear that.by Edano 12/27/2011 2:38:45 AM
- maybe he means decommissioning of all plants ?by Edano 12/27/2011 2:39:27 AM
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Hello Kitty flight
An airplane decorated with Sanrio Co's Hello Kitty character takes off from Narita airport near Tokyo on Dec. 26, 2011. Taiwan's EVA Airways began flying the plane the same day between Taipei and Narita. (Kyodo) english.kyodonews.jpby Edano via English.kyodonews.jp 12/27/2011 2:40:29 AM
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Fukushima Daiichi plant
Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows (from front to back) the No. 4, No. 3, No. 2 and No. 1 reactors of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture on Dec. 4, 2011. (Kyodo) english.kyodonews.jpby Edano via English.kyodonews.jp 12/27/2011 2:43:04 AM- #4 looks still uncut on this pic from dec 4.by Edano 12/27/2011 2:43:54 AM
To all foreign nationals residing in Japan
Some changes will be made to the Immigration Control Act effective from July 2012
Start of a new residency management system! NOTE: Link opens pdf (EN).pdfby Mid Valley 12/27/2011 3:01:43 AM- FUKUSHIMA — Three experimental plants are scheduled to open next month in Fukushima Prefecture to test ways to reduce the amount of radioactive material in debris and soil there, sources said Monday. www.japantimes.co.jpby M.I.A. 12/27/2011 3:05:18 AM
- Water Underground Is Contaminated. Dec 26.2011. Ministry of the Environment measured cesium from well water at 4 locations in Minamisoma. It was about 1.3~14.7 Bq/kg ,it was for drinking. The samples were taken in October and November.
It turned out that there is no clean water left to drink.Contamination is spreading even to the underground water.
(Source) Mainichi fukushima-diary.comby MaryW 12/27/2011 3:10:07 AM - 1 Fukushima nuclear power plant: four of cesium from the well water detected Minamisoma
Ministry of Environment on January 26, the area of Fukushima Prefecture prepare emergency evacuation has been set after the first nuclear accident TEPCO Fukushima (released in late September) to examine the concentration of radioactive cesium in drinking well water in four of Minamisoma announced that a small amount was detected in a central location. Up to 1 liter of water (km) 14.7 per becquerel, the Provisional Regulations of the Ministry of Health (200 becquerel per kilogram) but below the new standard aims to force next April (10 becquerels same) than in the three locations other.
Hirono town and city survey conducted in October and November 1317 at the town 楢葉 force, other areas such as local governments are ongoing. In one location and two locations in the ward Kitahara 北長野 Minamisoma Haramachi District, 11.4 to 14.7 becquerels per liter were detected in 1.3 Bq 萱浜 ward. Detection limit is 5 Becquerel, other wells were not detected. That may be mixed with soil near the cesium According to the ministry. Wells are privately owned, and let me know the result, many people have no fear about drinking. Takeshi Noda [] mainichi.jp
Damn :-(by lillymunster 12/27/2011 3:12:07 AM - Strontium-89 from the air of Tokyo. Dec 26.2011. Following up this article fukushima-diary.com
It turned out that Tokyo Metropolitan Industrial and Vocational center knew but hid the fact that they measured Strontium-89 from the air of Tokyo on 3/15/2011.
The half life time of Strontium-89 is only 50 days so it’s assumed from Fukushima.
It was about 0.1 Bq / m3.
Having said it’s harmless because it’s a small amount ,they haven’t explained why they didn’t disclose the fact on 3/15.
(Source) Yomiuri fukushima-diary.comby MaryW 12/27/2011 3:13:08 AM - Rokkosho to restart first of year www.jiji.comby lillymunster 12/27/2011 3:17:05 AM
- Japanese report calls response to TEPCO nuclear meltdown at Fukushima confused, bumbling, AP Says
December 27, 2011 www.tokyoreporter.comby MaryW 12/27/2011 3:21:22 AM Fukushima: Hosono Nuclear Accident Minister Japan. 1/3 ENGLISH ONLY.
by MaryW 12/27/2011 3:35:25 AM- To Refresh Our Memories: -- Radiation poisoning patients on the rise in Japan
Indo-Asian News Service
Moscow, March 13, 2011 www.hindustantimes.com -- Three of the Fukushima Fifty rushed to hospital with radiation poisoning as panicked Tokyo residents clear shop shelves of bottled water
By RICHARD SHEARS and MATT BLAKE
Last updated at 7:03 PM on 24th March 2011
Read more: www.dailymail.co.uk -- European Hospital Ready to Handle Nuclear Radiation Victims
Fukushima : Japan | Mar 16, 2011 About 5,000 bone marrow transplant centers across Europe were asked to stand by to help increase the victims of nuclear radiation in Japan .http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/8492557-european-hospital-ready-to-handle-nuclear-radiation-victimsby MaryW 12/27/2011 4:01:33 AM - More: --- European Hospital Ready to Handle Nuclear Radiation Victims
Fukushima : Japan | Mar 16, 2011 at 8:36 AM www.allvoices.com
---AUGUST 12, 2011Decrease in White Blood Cells, Headache, Nausea in a Hospital in Sendai City, Miyagi ex-skf.blogspot.com --- ...The nearly 200 Japanese people who have been taken to the hospital with suspected radiation exposure and those who were living within roughly 12 miles of the Fukushima nuclear power plant (and have been asked to evacuate) are presumably at higher risk than others. Other risk groups, according to CBS News, include the cleanup workers who have been exposed to the radiation in the nuclear facilities as well as children under 18 and fetuses in the womb — they have the most actively dividing cells in their...
Read More: healthland.time.com exposure-fast-facts-about-thyroid-cancer-and-other-health-risks/by MaryW 12/27/2011 4:18:14 AM - NEC offers radiation measurement device, December 26.2011. NEC Corp. has released a radiation measurement device that can be installed at public sites--including schools, hospitals and convenience stores--to provide updated data at any time on the Internet.
The machine measures levels of airborne radiation automatically once a minute and sends the data to NEC’s server computers. Users can view radiation levels of the area they want to know about by accessing the company’s website.
ajw.asahi.comby MaryW 12/27/2011 5:02:44 AM - 45 New Photos Of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Show the Damage From The Great Tohoku-Chihou-Taiheiyou-Oki Earthquake And Subsequent Tsunami That Damaged The Nuclear Power Plant
Thanks to the diligent work of photographer Daisuke TSUDA we are able to bring you brand new pictures demonstrating the hazardous conditions at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. Piles of radioactive rubble litter the site making work to bring the reactors under control almost impossible. These never before published photos were captured in May, at great risk to the photography crew.
www.globalresearch.caby MaryW 12/27/2011 5:06:53 AM - SDF to End Fukushima Relief Operations, Complete Post-Disaster Mission. Dec 27. 2011. About 80,000 SDF members, including the Ground Self-Defense Force's Central Nuclear Biological Chemical Weapon Defense Unit, took part in efforts to contain the Fukushima crisis. On March 14, four SDF members were injured by the hydrogen explosion that destroyed the No. 3 reactor building at the plant. mdn.mainichi.jpby MaryW 12/27/2011 5:29:13 AM
- @MaryW Wow!Good stuffby M.I.A. 12/27/2011 6:27:43 AM
- bumpby M.I.A. 12/27/2011 7:30:52 AM
- A more interesting bump: Database of Radiological Incidents and Related Events www.johnstonsarchive.net check out the radiological homicides (from Russia with love)by M.I.A. 12/27/2011 7:33:07 AM
- URGENT: Edano asks TEPCO to consider temporary state control
TOKYO, Dec. 27, Kyodo english.kyodonews.jpby Edano 12/27/2011 11:12:34 AM
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