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  • @Ian , that statement seems totally out of context with the details on the effects of focal irradiation given further down in the abstract. I cannot think of the possibility of irradiating the whole body for the treatment of cancer, be it with low doses.
    by Peter 2/6/2012 2:45:31 AM

  • @MaryW LOL. :-)

    Nite all...peace.
    by lillymunster 2/6/2012 2:47:39 AM

  • @Peter, the part further down in the abstract is about, "The question of the genetic effects of irradiation," and then goes on to talk about focal doses. I just quickly pulled a few studies that demonstrate that radiation has generalized effects on sexual matters. I don't think you've demonstrated anything to the contrary.
    by Ian 2/6/2012 3:10:49 AM

  • Here is a one page blog site that still exists from March 11, although most the links it refers to are blackouts. Translated link Reputable sources and links to the Fukushima power plant accident translate.google.com Original link www.scienceblogs.de
    by MaryW 2/6/2012 3:13:13 AM

  • Radiats Biol Radioecol (2000) : "The influence of chronic internal and external irradiation in low doses on sexual behavior and fertility of sexual active animals keeping within the 30-km Chernobyl exclusion zone was studied. After the 1.5 month consumption of drinking water containing radionuclides of natural Chernobyl spectrum the decrease in proportion of sexual active animals and suppression of sexual motivation and erection were observed. This deviations resulted in the reducing of the inseminated females number. The dependence between the magnitude of total absorbed dose and the working of the sexual behavior regulative mechanisms was obtained. In addition, the reduction of rat fertility took place because of the increase of preimplantation, but not post-implantation death in in irradiated females coupled with irradiated males. The irradiation of males with total absorbed dose on testis 0.23 cGy decreased the fertility because of sexual behavior disturbance, and this effect was intensified by negative influence of ionizing radiation in the range of 0.7-7.0 cGy on male gametes." www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
    by Ian edited by IanGoddard 2/6/2012 3:58:38 AM

  • bump
    by Mid Valley 2/6/2012 5:49:02 AM

  • new data is out still no 4:00 reading with 71,7 degrees....wth ?
    by Edano 2/6/2012 6:48:35 AM

  • Anti-Nuclear Tokyo Mayor Challenges Big Utilities, blogs.wsj.com "But Setagaya’s mayor is determined to turn this city ward of 840,000 people, the largest in Tokyo, into the front-runner of a movement that will put an end to Japan’s reliance on atomic power and accelerate the use of renewable energy."
    by RonD 2/6/2012 6:55:04 AM

  • 6.8m earthquake in Negros island, Philippines.

    Local tsunami warning, level 2 (out of a 1 to 3 scale) for the Tanon Strait between Negros and Cebu.
    by Pedro Jesus 2/6/2012 9:55:54 AM

  • @Edano the tendency of temperature at the upper
    head of the bottom of PCV. The temperature was around 70.0 °C (approx.
    70.3 °C at 11:00 pm on February 5) and in order to prevent further
    temperature increase, we decided to increase the amount of water injected
    to the reactor. At 1:29 pm on February 6, the water injection volume to
    the Unit 2 reactor through the feed water system was changed from approx.
    5.8 m3/h to approx. 6.8 m3/h (the water injection through the reactor
    core spray system remains approx. 3.8 m3/h). At this moment, temperature
    indicates approx. 70.6 °C (as of 5:00 am on February 6). We will monitor www.tepco.co.jp
    by elainekirk 2/6/2012 10:31:30 AM

  • @Ian, the Chernobyl animal study is the least confounded. The animals did not seem to have developed tumors and certainly did not know about their condition. I don't doubt that patients irradiated in the pelvis area because of tumors develop libido problems. Moreover, irradiation therapy wherever focused may pose a strain on the body. But the irradiated patients had cancer to begin with, which poses a confound. The animals did not.
    by Peter 2/6/2012 11:04:41 AM

  • @Peter The question with us humans is: what part do psychological aspects play in such situations?
    by Pedro Jesus 2/6/2012 11:26:22 AM

  • @Pedro Jesus , yes, for example a symptom that often seems to occur during modern cancer therapies is nicknamed 'chemo blues'. Patients complain about it frequently. Nobody knows the precise cause.
    by Peter 2/6/2012 11:46:59 AM

  • unit 2 .... system remains approx. 3.8 m3/h). At this moment, temperature
    indicates approx. 71.0 °C (as of 11:00 am on February 6). We will monitor
    it continuously. www.tepco.co.jp
    by elainekirk 2/6/2012 12:25:03 PM

  • This was in an email update from Dr. Saji. It explains the thyroid exposures via milk at Chernobyl. It is interesting vs. Fukushima. I remember some stoppage of milk delivery but I don't remember how geographically wide it was.

    "Radiation Monitoring on the Early Phase of Chernobyl Accident
    - Radiation monitoring of the agricultural production contamination was arranged in 1-2 weeks after the beginning of the accident at the large milk plants and in the collective farms:
    - Urban population was mainly protected against consumption of the radioactive contaminated agricultural products, especially milk, through the distribution network (foodstuffs were delivered from the clean regions)
    - rural population that had cows in the private farms was not informed about contamination of milk with I-131, which resulted in the high doses to thyroid gland and increase of the thyroid cancer morbidity in children after the accident"
    by lillymunster 2/6/2012 12:50:36 PM

  • Kyushu men sent to Fukushima nuke plant under falsified labor deals mdn.mainichi.jp
    by lillymunster 2/6/2012 12:53:51 PM

  • On March 31, the last day of the JP govt fiscal year officials in Tokyo pulled the budget for radiation monitoring for the next fiscal year sending the meteorological agency into a tailspin. ajw.asahi.com
    by lillymunster 2/6/2012 1:07:21 PM

  • update on unit 2 ajw.asahi.com

    TEPCO will analyze gas in the reactor within a few days to check whether a chain of nuclear fission has occurred again in the melted fuel.
    by lillymunster 2/6/2012 1:12:44 PM

  • @lillymunster , again! When was the last time a chain reaction unfolded according to tepco?
    by Peter 2/6/2012 1:15:28 PM

  • good morning
    by dean 2/6/2012 1:22:54 PM

  • Hi Dean!

    @Peter. Asahi is talking about it and Happy is also. Translating some of his tweets right now. They have another flu outbreak among the workers
    by lillymunster 2/6/2012 1:43:13 PM

  • Happy's tweets:

    A continued: Today is a substantial one I might have developed in a single day. Today I've been out in the morning seems to have a lot more workers to Medical Center of Village J I've heard other workers. It looks like a group of workers was also our ... OIRA.
    Environment'm A lot of people vulnerable to infection After the onset of a human worker from staying together in a group that lodgings and inns, to hotels: 2 continued. If I go home Ranked # Tokyo house even if the onset, or those who come from far Kyushu and Aomori I can not go back, I also harder ... What quarantine at an inn.
    I not I but the instrument of the flu, you can see in the instrument but also pollution dose ... I can not even see: three followed. What we worry about this week's OIRA invisible enemy that is so. OIRA is hand washing and disinfection did was gargle more than 20 times in one day today. I feel like a raccoon like (-. - ;)
    Circumstances clearly do not know or have changed the flow of water or near the thermometer fell to fragments of fuel, but has been speculated or failure of various thermometer Unit also continued 4:2. I It is also likely to re-criticality in neutron slowing-down when a large amount of water into blindly, it seems just to be sure ... put boric acid.
    5 Continued: The thermometer we just have not say OIRA MI cable. I feel a bit of thick wire and clearly expressed. Has led to the bottom from the repeats in RPV. Guess we have to measure the temperature or color of their location or have expired during failure of its location but because I can do the connecting portion in one place ... even in the dry well.
    Priority right now I'm lowering the temperature not be considered a bug: But six more. From contaminated water and put out more filtered water problem, You should be able to irrigate the treated water perhaps. This month it's also reside NISA, I would not have a lot of instructions from Tokyo Electric Power from entering the campus ... the mass media.
    115 I did not count on it does not support knowledge of severe accident can have NISA, because people do not know nuclear power itself. Leadership was not only a matter of course. OIRA is the technology was never heard of concrete measures from NISA so far. If you did not like to see people who are counting on NISA in the field.
    @ Bluemonkshood workers were injected all disciples. New people came in but it still might.
    Village is located in J What is a poster "Caution flu alert in progress." Unit 2 is not. Sorry to disturbed you.

    No. 4 is being dismantled and Opefuro steadily.
    may have gone down and mass ... Goso~tsu. By the way only a physical condition is okay?
    the top floor of No. 4!
    by lillymunster 2/6/2012 1:46:57 PM

  • I ran into a report suggesting possible fission back on nov 2 -11
    by dean 2/6/2012 1:48:43 PM

  • @dean they had issues with unit 2 before where they were finding xenon and hydrogen increased.
    by lillymunster 2/6/2012 1:54:39 PM

  • TEPCO is taking samples near the charcoal filter of the containment gas system today.
    www.tepco.co.jp
    by lillymunster 2/6/2012 1:57:39 PM

  • enformable.com san onofre damage seen in multiple reactors across united states
    by dean 2/6/2012 1:59:27 PM

  • @lilly, that's what the article said but it led some doubts due to other fission gasses not being detected
    by dean 2/6/2012 2:00:23 PM

  • fubarandgrill.org The lawless mob at San Onofre... testimony by the spouse of a Licensed Nuclear Reactor Operator... - by Ace Hoffman.... several interesting poin"A spokesperson for the federal OSHA, in a letter to this author, stated that OSHA does not inspect nuclear facilities -- that's the job of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission."
    by dean 2/6/2012 2:10:46 PM

  • by eyes 2/6/2012 2:14:48 PM

  • thanks Edano
    by eyes 2/6/2012 2:15:29 PM

  • @eyes was this recent?
    by dean 2/6/2012 2:17:36 PM

  • what is supposed to be in the video?
    by lillymunster 2/6/2012 2:18:38 PM

  • @dean, time stamp at the top, lilly, spewing again...
    by eyes 2/6/2012 2:20:52 PM

  • the fog towards the end?
    by lillymunster 2/6/2012 2:21:22 PM

  • www.justice.gov October 5, 1990, Congress passed the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA or the
    Act). The Act offers an apology and monetary compensation to individuals who contracted
    certain cancers and other serious diseases as a result of their exposure to radiation released
    during above-ground atmospheric nuclear
    weapons tests or as a result of their occupational
    exposure while employed in the uranium
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    This unique program was designed as an
    alternative to litigation in that the statutory
    criteria do not require claimants to establish
    causality. Specifically, if the claimant can
    satisfy the requirements outlined in the statute,
    which include demonstrating that he or she
    contracted a compensable disease after working
    or residing in a designated location for a
    specified period of time, he or she qualifies for
    compensation. The amount of the award is
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    Congress charged the Attorney General with responsibility for adjudicating claims under the Act.
    by dean 2/6/2012 2:25:40 PM

  • lilly, if you go back one hour you will see the beginning of the vertical movement of the fog in the vicinity of #3 www.youtube.com/watch?v=JK5plJZbppY&list=UUDu1KkkwuzybKx6MXQgGHuw&index=5&feature=plcp
    by eyes 2/6/2012 2:27:00 PM

  • @dean, sadly, some of the Rocky Flats people are still waiting...
    by eyes 2/6/2012 2:33:08 PM

  • @eyes it does appear the vicinity of 3 is where it comes from. Odd to see it back again
    by lillymunster 2/6/2012 2:35:42 PM

  • tweets that seem to originate from a TEPCO email
    Also 3) ○ [breaking], water injection until the end of boric acid from boric acid water injection preparation, are expected to be approximately four hours. ○ With regard to the actual operation of the reactor coolant flow rate change operation, the operation after the implementation, we will contact you again. Connection (Note 4) ○ [breaking], although it is we are now extending our detailed evaluation, in a gas sampling containment reactor No. 2 was carried out), June (2 today, xenon 135 has not been detected at the moment . (At least, e-mail from TEPCO) connection (As measures to prevent re-criticality 2) ○ [breaking], just in case, has been conducted about 30 minutes from 9:00 pm to prepare boric acid water injection to the reactor, the future, after the end of boric acid water injection, reactor will conduct a water injection flow rate change operation. (Temperature at the bottom of the reactor pressure vessel is currently at 9 pm today, 70.4 ℃: reference values) continue (
    by lillymunster 2/6/2012 2:58:13 PM

  • No xenon, no recriticality at unit 2 headlines.yahoo.co.jp
    by lillymunster 2/6/2012 3:07:11 PM

  • will return
    by dean 2/6/2012 3:08:47 PM

  • @lillymunster Regarding stoppage of milk and how geographically wide it was, I don't think there was much stoppage or that it was very wide. I was living in Japan at the time and didn't get a sense that much was being done along those lines. I have a flyer I picked up from the Japanese Post Office advertising fresh yogurt from Fukushima (from Koriyama to be exact). Our daughter's school thought it was funny that we should be concerned about the milk our daughter was drinking. Perhaps such experiences are not typical...sadly I doubt it though.
    by Will 2/6/2012 3:17:34 PM

  • @lilly please check gmail
    by dean 2/6/2012 4:02:39 PM

  • by Ian 2/6/2012 5:15:43 PM

  • Greenpeace briefing on the EPR reactor (.pdf).
    by VesaVA 2/6/2012 6:20:10 PM

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