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@Ian I prefer Alex, no this cat.by MaryW 1/16/2012 3:57:52 AMthis video is of underground layout of nuclear weapons plant, under nuke plant. I think @Dean was speaking of this a couple days ago.
by MaryW 1/16/2012 4:01:58 AM
radioactive gravel used in farms, golf courses etc. www.yomiuri.co.jpby lillymunster 1/16/2012 4:06:17 AM- Irradiated gravel used for Fukushima condominium. January 15. 2012.
Officials in Fukushima Prefecture say they have detected high levels of radiation in a new building. They say a construction material may have been tainted with radioactive substances from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.
The officials say the contamination was found at a 3-story apartment building in Nihonmatsu City that was completed last July.
The city checked the condo for radiation in December after regular monitoring found that children living there had been exposed to higher levels of radiation than other children over a 3-month period.
The city found that the radioactive cesium level on the first floor was 1.24 microsieverts per hour, which is higher than outside.
Radiation levels on the second and third floors were much lower.
The officials say that the gravel used on the first floor came from a stone-crushing site in Namie Town in a no-entry zone near the crippled plant.
The city says it will ask the tenants of the first-floor apartments to move out and will interview the other residents.
The city and the central government will confirm the cause of the contamination and check if gravel from the same site has been used elsewhere.
Sunday, January 15, 2012 22:48 +0900 (JST) www3.nhk.or.jp…..15_28.htmlby MaryW 1/16/2012 4:07:08 AM - @lillymunster I see you posted the pictures. Looks like they are building 'the wall' around the plant. At least on the sea side view. I am sure eventually it will be higher and around the entire plant.by MaryW 1/16/2012 4:12:05 AM
- Evacuees can take contractors on visits to homes near Fukushima plant mdn.mainichi.jpby lillymunster 1/16/2012 4:13:58 AM
- @MaryW where did you see a wall?by lillymunster 1/16/2012 4:14:15 AM
- @lillymunster Look at the full view pic from the sea side, that wall has all been built since the quake.by MaryW 1/16/2012 4:18:13 AM
fukushima-diary.com Minister of Economy cried July 29.2011
by MaryW via Fukushima-diary 1/16/2012 4:25:19 AM- @MaryW you mean the big concrete rock things? They replaced some of the existing sea wall that was broken during the tsunami.by lillymunster 1/16/2012 4:30:43 AM
@MaryW, why this photo of just someone crying? What's the context?by Ian 1/16/2012 5:41:12 AM- by Ian 1/16/2012 5:55:43 AM
barumpby bo 1/16/2012 7:28:04 AM- Decontamination site in no-go area shown to press: www.yomiuri.co.jpby bo 1/16/2012 9:15:37 AM
- Doctors try to explain increase in thyroid cancers: yourlife.usatoday.com
"Thyroid cancer, which strikes about 11 people per 100,000 each year, seems to be on the rise. It's a trend that baffles medical researchers."
Denial, it's the most beautiful river in the entire world.by bo 1/16/2012 9:16:37 AM 
"Strong earthquake hits off Antarctica's coast" (CNN staff) edition.cnn.comby Pedro Jesus 1/16/2012 9:36:36 AM
power blackout near Ewogawa-ku, Tokyo an hour agoby Cryptococcus 1/16/2012 10:15:47 AM- en.wikipedia.org
Thyroid cancer incidence in children and adolescents from Belarus after the Chernobyl accident.
Yellow: Adults (19–34)
Blue: Adolescents (15–18)
Red: Children (0–14)
@bo, Chernobyl is a possible cause swept away by that river of Denial. The U.S. got dosed too, but low enough that the quick increase seen right around Chernobyl would be too small to detect. However, as this graph shows, unto 2002, thyroid cancer was still increasing for those who were adolescent or adult at the time of Chernobyl. Assuming the cases are still increasing, it might have taken a decade for the increase to be detectable in lower-dosed areas. It's mind boggling that with a huge thyroid-cancer monster wreaking havoc out there, it's ignored re thyroid cancer increase.by Ian 1/16/2012 11:33:52 AM - @Ian thanks. I agree that it is amazing that there is no mention of these monstrous releases of radio-iodine into the atmosphere are not even mentioned, but instead, doctors "wonder."by bo 1/16/2012 11:51:05 AM
www.houseoffoust.com blue thermometer in #2 is still ticking out - looks frightening, but is most probably an artifact.
by Edano via Houseoffoust 1/16/2012 12:42:33 PM- @Edano thermo-corium?by bo 1/16/2012 12:44:33 PM
- @bo that should be much hotter imho :)by Edano 1/16/2012 12:45:49 PM
- TEPCO sees no board member as responsible for Fukushima disaster
TOKYO, Jan. 16, Kyodo
Tokyo Electric Power Co., in a document sent by Monday to its shareholders, denies that any current or former board members hold responsibility for the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant disaster triggered by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan.
The denial comes in a TEPCO auditor's notice to shareholders who have asked the utility to file a damages suit against current and former board members, a lawyer for the shareholders, Hiroyuki Kawai, said at a press conference.
After considering reasons cited in the notice against such a suit, TEPCO shareholders will file a suit with the Tokyo District Court possibly later this month urging current and some former board members to pay a total of 5.5 trillion yen in damages to the company for the disaster.
english.kyodonews.jpby Edano 1/16/2012 1:00:28 PM - City to sell floating storage used at Fukushima to TEPCO
SHIZUOKA, Jan. 16, Kyodo
english.kyodonews.jpby Edano 1/16/2012 1:01:19 PM - Shareholders to sue TEPCO executives
Tokyo Electric Power Company shareholders will be suing the utility's current and former executives over the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident.
Last November, 42 shareholders demanded the company's auditors file a lawsuit against 60 people who held executive posts.
They requested over 5.5 trillion yen, or about 71 billion dollars, in compensation.
But on Monday, TEPCO notified the shareholders in writing that it will not take legal action against them. The utility stated that the size of the March 11th tsunami was unforeseeable. It said because of this, the executives cannot be held responsible for the nuclear disaster.
In response, the shareholders say they want to file a suit with the Tokyo District Court by the end of January.
Hiroyuki Kawai, a lawyer representing the shareholders, criticized TEPCO auditors for claiming the tsunami was unforeseeable and expressing no remorse.
Monday, January 16, 2012 18:36 +0900 (JST)
www3.nhk.or.jpby Edano 1/16/2012 1:02:15 PM - Concrete sold to over 200 firms may be tainted
The Japanese government is investigating the distribution of crushed stones that may contain radioactivity from the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. It has found that concrete made of the stones has been sold to more than 200 firms.
The probe comes after radioactive cesium was detected in a new apartment building in Nihonmatsu, Fukushima Prefecture where the concrete was used. Readings of up to 1.24 microsieverts per hour have been recorded inside the building which is higher than outside.
The gravel comes from a quarry in Namie that was designated as an evacuation zone in April.
The quarry operator says it shipped more than 5,000 tons of crushed stones to 19 firms in the weeks after the accident. The government has set no limit on radiation in stones and sand used for construction even after the nuclear accident.
The company president told reporters on Monday that he never imagined that stones from his quarry would cause such a problem and that he wants to apologize to residents of the building for their exposure to radiation.
The economy ministry says 2 of the 19 firms sold concrete made of the stones to more than 200 companies. It believes that the concrete was used in housing construction and on roads.
Monday, January 16, 2012 13:54 +0900 (JST)
www3.nhk.or.jpby Edano 1/16/2012 1:02:46 PM - spread and dilute !!!!! well done ! :)by Edano 1/16/2012 1:03:00 PM
- "The gravel comes from a quarry in Namie that was designated as an evacuation zone in April. [....] The government has set no limit on radiation in stones and sand used for construction even after the nuclear accident."
wow, this is a muppets show. incredible !!!by Edano 1/16/2012 1:04:19 PM - TEPCO submits results of first stress test
Tokyo Electric Power Company has submitted to the government the results of stress tests on 2 nuclear reactors along the Japan Sea coast.
TEPCO handed over to the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency on Monday test results of the No.1 and No.7 reactors at the Kashiwazaki Kariwa nuclear power plant in Niigata Prefecture.
It says the tests show that the facilities are capable of surviving an earthquake 1.3 times the strength the plant was designed to withstand. It also says it could endure a tsunami of up to 15 meters - nearly five times that of the safety standard set by the company.
This is the first time TEPCO has filed its test results.
The assessment on the safety of nuclear power plants is a precondition for restarting reactors that have been suspended for regular inspections.
Utilities across Japan have so far submitted stress test results on 14 reactors, which account for nearly 30 percent of the reactors that have been shut down for regular inspections.
TEPCO's senior vice president, Zengo Aizawa told NHK that the utility considers the 2 reactors as being safe.
However, he said the company wants to explain the results to the local authorities and residents, and that it is still not the right time to restart the reactors.
Meanwhile, Niigata Governor Hirohiko Izumida says he questions the wisdom of carrying out such a test when the accident at the Fukushima nuclear plant has not yet been fully inspected.
He says that it's still too early to decide whether to restart the reactors.
Monday, January 16, 2012 19:20 +0900 (JST)
www3.nhk.or.jpby Edano 1/16/2012 1:06:22 PM - Irradiated gravel used for Fukushima condominium
Officials in Fukushima Prefecture say they have detected high levels of radiation in a new building. They say a construction material may have been tainted with radioactive substances from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.
The officials say the contamination was found at a 3-story apartment building in Nihonmatsu City that was completed last July.
The city checked the condo for radiation in December after regular monitoring found that children living there had been exposed to higher levels of radiation than other children over a 3-month period.
The city found that the radioactive cesium level on the first floor was 1.24 microsieverts per hour, which is higher than outside.
Radiation levels on the second and third floors were much lower.
The officials say that the gravel used on the first floor came from a stone-crushing site in Namie Town in an evacuation zone near the crippled plant.
The city says it will ask the tenants of the first-floor apartments to move out and will interview the other residents.
The city and the central government will confirm the cause of the contamination and check if gravel from the same site has been used elsewhere.
Sunday, January 15, 2012 22:48 +0900 (JST)
www3.nhk.or.jpby Edano 1/16/2012 1:07:27 PM - oh boy. so stupid. so embarrassingly stupid.by Edano 1/16/2012 1:08:34 PM
- @Edano, this'll probably just be the tip of an iceberg of irradiated construction material. Unless media attention stops it. I wonder how many of these cases were spotted by citizen Geiger counters.by Ian 1/16/2012 1:11:42 PM
@edano symbol for japan nuclear politicsby Puc 1/16/2012 1:27:18 PM- @Ian the stones came from namie. imagine, right next to the plants. and noone dared to ask.by Edano 1/16/2012 1:28:42 PM
- and there were lots of people who worked with the cement, in the dust, over hours... at the construction sites and the production sites ....by Edano 1/16/2012 1:33:40 PM
Morning-afternoon-evening! Bo's news article earlier about the US doctors wondering why we have an increase in thyroid cancer in the US. Someone needs to show them this
www.ki4u.com
and this
www.youtube.comby lillymunster via Ki4u 1/16/2012 3:31:31 PM- Currently people who evacuated but their home was not destroyed do not qualify to move into public housing anywhere. A minister is looking into changing the law so anyone who evacuated can move into public run apartment complexes. mainichi.jp
My understanding of Japan's public housing system is drastically different than in the US. It is a public-private run system that manages apartment buildings so they are standardized and have some rent controls. Bo et al may have more insight into the system.by lillymunster 1/16/2012 4:04:34 PM 
Global Nuclear Weapons Tests 1945 - 1996 chart www.brookings.edu
by MaryW via Brookings.edu 1/16/2012 4:06:47 PM- Nuclear Facts
Nuclear Power Plant Accidents A timeline and short description of nuclear power plant accidents.
The Chernobyl Disaster A deeper look into the most severe nuclear accident to date.
Nuclear Testing A look at the effects of nuclear testing.
Nuclear Fallout The effects after a nuclear explosion.
www-personal.umich.eduby MaryW 1/16/2012 4:10:01 PM - US military had SPEEDI data during early days of disaster www3.nhk.or.jpby lillymunster 1/16/2012 4:19:52 PM
- Wood in Nagano contaminated with cesium www.pref.nagano.jpby lillymunster 1/16/2012 4:32:30 PM
- TEPCO employee arrested for attacking passerby while drunk. January 15. 2012 TOKYO —
Police said Saturday that they have arrested a 30-year-old employee of Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO) for allegedly punching and kicking a passerby in the street in Tokyo while drunk.
According to police, the suspect, identified as Hidemi Fujino, is an employee at the Ginza branch of the power utility. Police say Fujino was drinking with coworkers before the incident took place around 1 a.m. on Thursday, TV Asahi reported.
Investigators said Fujino began kicking a traffic cone while he was walking intoxicated down a street in Shibuya. When a passerby admonished him, Fujino allegedly flew into a rage and began attacking the man, TV Asahi reported.
The victim sustained minor injuries to his face and head in the attack.
Japan Today www.japantoday.comby MaryW 1/16/2012 4:36:37 PM - We need to get someone in these bars to get info on the plant :)by MaryW 1/16/2012 4:38:28 PM
- @MaryW you want information go to Iwaki. That is where most of the plant workers are staying. :-)by lillymunster 1/16/2012 4:41:29 PM
- @lillymunster We'll ask Bo, he's the closest to this area:0by MaryW 1/16/2012 4:42:39 PM
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