Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster
Fukushima unit 2 liquification of uranium core. never seen before in history of nuclear power
Posted by admin / Under Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Disaster
Unit 2 we now know completely liquified. We’ve never seen this before in the history of nuclear power. A 100% liquification of a uranium core.
Published on Sunday 20th of May 2012 08:05:36 PM
Institute of Applied Energy: Corium Could Be 2 Meters Deep into Concrete (Fukushima)
Posted by admin / Under Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Disaster
TEPCO's worst-case scenario (here and here) pales in comparison with the analysis by the Institute of Applied Energy, also presented on November 30 at the workshop held by the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency. From what Yomiuri Shinbun reported (01:01AM JST 12/1/2011): The analysis done by the Institute of Applied Energy commissioned by the national government, 85% of fuel dropped to the Containment Vessel in Reactor 1, and 70% of fuel dropped to the Containment Vessels in Reactors 2 and 3. The researchers at the Institute pointed out the possibility of the damage to the stainless-steel shroud that surrounds the...
Published on Sunday 20th of May 2012 08:05:36 PM
Nuclear Power Is Extremely Safe -- That's the Truth About What We Learned From Japan
Posted by admin / Under Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Disaster
In the midst of a still struggling and fragile global economy, Germany has announced that it will shut down seven nuclear plants by the end of the year--which means that Germans will be left to run their factories, heat their homes, and power their economy with 10% less electrical generating capacity. Nine more plants will be shut down over the next decade and tens of billions of dollars in investment will be lost. The grounds for this move, and similar proposals in Switzerland, Italy, and other countries, is safety. As the Swiss energy minister put it, “Fukushima showed that the...
Published on Sunday 20th of May 2012 08:05:36 PM
America and EU Agree: Raise Radiation Levels for Food
Posted by admin / Under Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Disaster
On March 28, 2011, I wrote an article entitled EPA to Help Mainstream Media Obscure The Truth About Radiation Exposure to Americans, in which I discussed the changes to the PAGs (Protective Action Guides) being proposed by the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) that would raise the acceptable levels of radiation allowed in the environment, food, and even the general public themselves in the event of a nuclear emergency. Interestingly enough, an article was published on April 3, 2011, by Alexander Higgins citing Kopp Online and Xander News, stating that a similar rule change was occurring in the European Union. PAGs...
Published on Sunday 20th of May 2012 08:05:36 PM
Plutonium detected in rice paddy by a food manufacturer more than 50 kms away from Fukushima
Posted by admin / Under Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Disaster
Plutonium detected in rice paddy by a food manufacturer more than 50 kms away from Fukushima power plant: http://jbpress.ismedia.jp/articles/-/7890?page=2 ã¾ãŸã€ã‚る食å“メーカーãŒç‹¬è‡ªã«èª¿æŸ»ã—ãŸçµæžœã§ã¯ã€ç¦å³¶ç¬¬ä¸€åŽŸç™ºã‹ã‚‰50ã‚ãƒä»¥ä¸Šé›¢ã‚ŒãŸæ°´ç”°ã®åœŸã‹ã‚‰ã€æ”¿åºœ ãŒç™ºè¡¨ã—ã¦ã„る数値よりケタé•ã„ã«é«˜ã„放射線ãŒæ¤œå‡ºã•ã‚ŒãŸã¨ã„ã†ã€‚ Additionally, a certain food manufacturing company conducted a survey by themselves. In a rice field is more than 50kms away from the Fukushima power plant, it was found that there was very high radiation that is very different to what the government released. (heading) 原発ã‹ã‚‰50ã‚ãƒä»¥ä¸Šé›¢ã‚ŒãŸç”°ã‚“ã¼ã®åœŸã‹ã‚‰é«˜æ¿ƒåº¦ã®ãƒ—ルトニウムHigh density plutonium is in the rice field that was mentioned previously. ã“ã®é£Ÿå“メーカーã«ã‚ˆã‚‹ã¨ã€ç¾æ™‚点ã§ãã®çµæžœã‚’公表ã™ã‚‹ã®ã¯å½±éŸ¿ãŒå¤§ãã™ãŽã‚‹ãŸã‚発表ã¯æŽ§ãˆã¦ã„ã‚‹ã¨ã®ã“㨠ã ãŒã€ãã®ç”°ã‚“ã¼ã®åœŸã‹ã‚‰ã¯é«˜ã„濃度ã®ãƒ—ルトニウムも検出ã•ã‚ŒãŸãã†ã 。 According to this food manufacturing company, they currently don't announce these results due to the large influence* that this rice...
Published on Sunday 20th of May 2012 08:05:36 PM
Japan’s finding it’s not so easy to go nuclear-free
Posted by admin / Under Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Disaster
On Saturday, Japan will turn off its last operational nuclear reactor, the Tomari plant on the island of Hokkaido. That means, since last year’s disaster in Fukushima, the country will have shut down all 54 of its nuclear power plants.
Published on Sunday 20th of May 2012 08:05:36 PM
Radioactive Japan: Small Children Polish Mailboxes in High Radiation Area of Date City,Fukushima
Posted by admin / Under Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Disaster
Horror never ends. I posted the photo of a peach juice can from JA Date City in Fukushima the other day. The juice had 34 becquerels/kg of radioactive cesium. Here's the photo of kindergarten children in the same Date City cleaning the mailbox in appreciation for the hard work by mailmen every day. This particular district of Date City, Ryozen-machi, is 50 kilometers from Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant. The district is dotted with known "hot spots" with elevated radiation. Many locations measured by the city exceeded 1 microsievert/hour at 1 meter off the ground, some exceeding 3 microsieverts/hour (parks)...
Published on Sunday 20th of May 2012 08:05:36 PM
Radioactive Japan: People Invited to Eat Cesium Beef from Iwate (Fukushima)
Posted by admin / Under Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Disaster
This is the copy of the printed version of Fukushima Minpo on April 25, 2012, a local newspaper in Fukushima: snip What does it say? The series title in the upper right corner: "New Happiness in Japan - Measure" The article title in the middle: "Think what "food safety" means" The subtitle of the article: "Cesium beef offered at an event" From this information, if you conjure up the image of the gist of the article as "OK, the happiness in Japan in post-Fukushima is to gladly eat beef known to contain radioactive cesium to help producers as long as...
Published on Sunday 20th of May 2012 08:05:36 PM
Audit Confirms EPA Radiation Monitors Broken During Fukushima Crisis
Posted by admin / Under Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Disaster
WASHINGTON – An internal audit has confirmed observers’ concerns that many of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s radiation monitors were out of service at the height of the 2011 Fukushima power plant meltdown in Japan, a finding one critic said raises “serious questions” about the federal government’s ability to respond to nuclear emergencies and to alert the public of their consequences (see GSN, Dec. 21, 2011). The April 19 report by the EPA Inspector General’s Office also casts further doubt on the agency’s already controversial claims that radiation from Fukushima did not pose any public health threat on U.S. soil,...
Published on Sunday 20th of May 2012 08:05:36 PM
Bicycle Baskets Imported from China Found with Cobalt-60, Bridgestone to Recall
Posted by admin / Under Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Disaster
It was first reported to Bridgestone by a buyer of the bicycle, alerting the company that the basket attached to the bicycle was emitting radiation. Bridgestone had the baskets tested, and found the source of radiation to be cobalt-60. The baskets were imported from China, according to Bridgestone. From the press release by the Ministry of Education and Science (MEXT) on April 18, 2012: Report from Bridgestone Cycle Company to MEXT at about 4:10PM on April 17 that radiation was detected from the baskets installed on the bicycles that the company sells. The bicycles were assembled at the Ageo Factory...
Published on Sunday 20th of May 2012 08:05:36 PM
Share this!