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AsahinaKimi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-07-11 10:03 PM
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Unwanted radioactive sewage sludge piling up (JAPAN)

Bags of incineration ash are piled up on the passageway of a sewage treatment facility in Kawasaki. (Mikio Kano)

Radioactive sewage sludge is quickly filling up treatment facilities in eastern Japan as recycling companies have refused to accept it for safety reasons.

The central government, which has only presented guidelines for temporary storage, plans to set standards on final disposal.

Radioactive cesium was first detected in sludge at a sewage treatment facility in Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, on May 1.

Radioactive sewage sludge has since turned up at facilities in Tokyo, Kanagawa, Saitama and other prefectures.

Officials believe that radioactive materials from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant flowed into sewage pipes with rainwater and were condensed during sewage treatment.

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http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201106070178.html
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Gold turning up in the Sewage? Wow...
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Newest Reality Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-07-11 10:11 PM
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1. Well, I am glad it is not WANTED!
Meanwhile we have tons and tons of spent rods sitting in pools here, waiting for the day they will become a slow bomb for thousands of people, maybe millions.

They wait for the day where they will turn thousands of square miles of land into lethal dead zones, uninhabitable portals of doom for centuries to come.

We may never be able to find a clear way to warn future generations about the Grim Reaper theme parks we are leaving as our legacy. I guess they will realize something is wrong when they lose their hair, vomit, shit and bleed copiously after long-term exposure.

Our gifts to the future are nothing like those that some elders and indigenous tribes tried to leave as meaningful and life-affirming legacies.

Well, we sold out, lock stock and barrel. We are not about to give anything up, (including our dear little, short lives) to make sure it goes on in any way that resembles what brought us here and allowed us to live life our way.
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krispos42 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-07-11 10:12 PM
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2. I think "unwanted radioactive sewage" is like doubly redundant n/t
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