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Edited on Thu Jul-14-11 03:29 AM by stockholmer
http://www.doh.wa.gov/ehp/rp/rep/aerial.htmA helicopter flying over some urban areas of King and Pierce counties will gather radiological readings July 11-28, 2011. The U.S. Department of Energy’s Remote Sensing Laboratory Aerial Measurement System will collect baseline levels of radioactive materials. <...> Some of the data may be withheld for national security purposes. <...> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9a0Q1v93SA&feature=player_embeddedReport: 50,000+ Bq/kg of radioactive cesium found in soil near Tokyo — “Terrifying” that sample was from side of street where children walk everydayI got the test results back from the 2 different labs that I sent soil samples to, and it was found to be much higher. 23,663 Bq/Kg of Cesium-134 and 28,884 Bq/Kg of Cesium-137 http://www.examiner.com/civil-rights-in-jersey-city/52-547-bq-kg-off-cesium-radiation-found-soil-just-outside-tokyoI live in japan 135 miles / 220 Km south of Fukushima, in Kashiwa. I had the soil in Kashiwa professionally tested here are the official results for the levels of Cesium-137 and 134 and Iodine-131 only. No lab in Japan offers testing for any of the other dangerous radioactive elements like Plutonium / Strontium / Tellurium or Curium, all elements that were released in the explosion Use these results as you see fit, yes I know the results are nothing less than horrifying, what is even more terrifying is that the soil sample was taken from the side of the street where children walk everyday and not from where the elements could accumulate. This is the Cesium-137/134 and Iodine-131 levels of the soil in Kashiwa, that I had sent in and officially tested by a lab here in Japan. Jon-in-Japan --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110713004736.htmEntire area of major city 60km from Fukushima meltdown to be decontaminated — Officials expect process may take 20 yearsThe Fukushima municipal government likely will decontaminate the city’s entire area in response to the ongoing crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, according to city government sources. <...> Fear of radioactive contamination is widespread among the city’s residents as radiation levels in some areas of the city have been confirmed as higher than those within the 20-kilometer-radius no-entry zone surrounding the nuclear power plant. <...> The city government expects it will take at least several years–and possibly close to 20–to decontaminate the whole city. <...> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.thestate.com/2011/07/12/1894714/radioactive-waste-leaks-at-nuclear.htmlRadioactive leak at South Carolina nuke plant — Found July 7, repairs still underwayFederal nuclear safety inspectors are investigating a radioactive waste leak at SCE&G’s atomic power plant in Fairfield County. An estimated 100 gallons of liquid waste spilled at the utility’s V.C. Summer plant, apparently from a pipe that leaked, according to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The discovery was made late last week. <...> http://www.wltx.com/news/health/article/143263/291/Officials-Investigate-Leak-at-Nuclear-PlantEmployees of South Carolina Electric & Gas say they found the leak on July 7, contained it and isolated the problem. They say repairs are underway. <...> Mary Nguyen Bright with the Department of Health and Environmental Control said the leak began in piping inside the facility and caused water to land on a concrete pad, posing no immediate concern. <...> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.lvrj.com/news/-la-madre-fire-continues-to-burn-125444338.htmlAnother blaze starts at nuclear test site near Las Vegas — Fire located at Area 19<... A>nother blaze began at the Nevada National Security Site, the former nuclear test site 65 miles northwest of Las Vegas. Last week, fires consumed more than 6,000 acres near the site. Officials at the test site monitored radiation levels <...> The fire was located at the north-central portion of the site, commonly known as Area 19. <...> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/07/12/us-monsoons-wildfire-new-mexico-idUSTRE76A7DH20110712Los Alamos lab begins removing radioactive soil from canyons to prevent contamination from spreading after fire<...> crews at the Los Alamos National Laboratory have begun removing contaminated soil from nearby canyons out of a concern that flash flooding could wash toxins into the Rio Grande officials said on Monday. <...>
The soil in the canyons above Los Alamos National Laboratory, the linchpin of American’s nuclear weapons industry, contains materials with trace amounts of radiation <...>
Over the weekend, about 1,200 cubic yards of contaminated soil was removed primarily from two canyons — Los Alamos and Pajarito — that run through lab property, < Fred deSousa, spokesman for the lab's environmental control division> said.
http://www.rwma.com/LANL%20Waste%20Disposal%20Inventory%2011.18.09.pdf
Since the beginning of its operations LANL has disposed of millions of gallons of radioactive and hazardous waste throughout the laboratory grounds and in the canyons that surround the laboratory. <...>
The waste discharge at LANL began in 1944 during the development of the atomic bomb. Due to time pressures, secrecy of the project, and general lack of knowledge at the time about the dangers of radioactive materials, the laboratory took poor precautions in its disposal of radioactive and other hazardous wastes during its early years of operations. Initially, the waste, in the form of liquids, drums and cardboard boxes, was released into the canyons or deposited into unlined pits completely untreated; poor records were maintained about the volumes and activities of these releases. By the 1960s, the waste disposal practices significantly improved and better records were kept. <...>
This report compiles the available information about the waste disposed of at each Material Disposal Area and into the three canyons, including any recent soil and water sampling results. Some of the sites with the highest deposits of radioactive contaminants include MDA’s C, G, and H with respective inventories of up to 49,679 curies, 1,383,700 curies, and 391 curies. Routine sampling of soil and water is regularly performed and radionuclide contamination above background levels is often found at the burial sites (e.g. TA-21). <...>
Hundreds of stacks throughout the laboratory released unfiltered gaseous waste directly from plutonium-processing hoods. The LAHDRA Project Team has developed a system of priority indices and determined that between 1944 and 1966, plutonium was the most significant contaminant released. LAHDRA estimated that the total amount of plutonium released by LANL throughout its history, even with the improved filtering systems in later years, exceeded 170 curies. <...>
The potential for LANL-origin contaminants to reach the Rio Grande River may vary, depending on the underground formations and the types of waste disposed of at each disposal site. The potential may be quite large, as the 2006 Santa Fe Water Quality Report stated a “qualified detection of plutonium-238”was detected in Santa Fe drinking water supplies4. The US DOE has also reported the detection of LANL radionuclides in Santa Fe drinking water since the late 1990s5. Plutonium is the main ingredient in the core or trigger of the nuclear weapons that were developed and produced at LANL, and approximately 423,776 cubic feet (ft3) (12,000 cubic meters (m3)) of plutonium contaminated waste is buried in unlined disposal pits, trenches, and shafts at the LANL site. This early detection of plutonium in Santa Fe drinking water may be an indicator of an approaching plutonium contamination plume in Santa Fe groundwater. And of course, plutonium is only one of many LANL-origin contaminants. <...>
As previously discussed, information pertaining to the wastes disposed of by LANL is not always complete or fully available and so many of the types and quantities of waste disposed of at various LANL technical areas remain unknown. <...>
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http://www.enviroreporter.com/radiation-station-stats/
Report: Peaches in Los Angeles-area found with radiation at more than double site background levels
10:05 pm 10-minute INTERIOR average: 39.9 CPM
9:50 pm 10-minute EXTERIOR average: 45.6 CPM NORMAL
4:00 pm INTERIOR spot reading in Santa Monica market with approximate background of 39 CPM – Two peaches sustained 81 CPM and above or over two times background (208% of site background).
3:40 pm 10-minute INTERIOR average: 39.6 CPM
3:25 pm 10-minute EXTERIOR average: 47.0 CPM
1:05 pm 10-minute INTERIOR average: 39.6 CPM
12:45 pm 10-minute EXTERIOR average: 45.8 CPM <...>
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http://www.arirang.co.kr/News/News_View.asp?nseq=118053&code=Ne8&category=1
Shock? Cow meat with high levels of radiation now circulating all over Japan — Cattle had previously only been screened for radioactivity on skin
Various Japanese media outlets reported Tuesday that beef containing radioactive cesium was found to have been distributed nationwide, including major cities such as Tokyo and Osaka.
Media reports say that some 190 kilograms of meat has already been distributed and a good amount has gone into the hands of Japanese consumers, leaving them, as well as the government, in shock. <...>
http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/07/12/japan.radioactive.cows/
A Japanese health official downplayed the dangers Tuesday after cesium contaminated meat from six Fukushima cows was delivered to Japanese markets and probably ingested. <...>
Up until now, cattle in Fukushima were only subject to a screening test, to inspect for radioactive particles adhering to the skin, and farmers were ordered to self-report how it the cattle feed was being stocked. <...>
On Saturday, the health and welfare office at Tokyo Metropolitan government found that meat from 11 cows from a Fukushima farm, which was about to be delivered, contained high levels of radiation. As a precaution, the office was ordered to trace meat from six cows from the same farm and realized that the meat is now circulating not only in Tokyo, but all over Japan.
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http://vimeo.com/25887054
Expert: Appears that more nuclear fuel damaged at Fukushima than all other reactor accidents in history combined (VIDEO)
Duxbury Presentation with Gundersen, Fairewinds, July 1, 2011:
At 7:27 in: It appears that more fuel damaged at Fukushima than all other reactor accidents combined
At 34:40 in: Fukushima probably worse than I ever thought could happen
At 36:15 in: Fukushima was well beyond what we could have ever anticipated
At 1:02:00 in: During April, the people in Seattle could have just as easily been in Tokyo for the amount of hot particles that were there
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http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/news/20110709p2a00m0na013000c.html
Elderly woman hangs herself over nuclear crisis — Please tell your readers why she committed suicide, son tells Mainichi
A 93-year-old woman, dejected over the ongoing nuclear crisis, was found hanged at her home in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, in late June, leaving behind suicide notes that said in part, “I will evacuate to the grave. I am sorry.”
After hydrogen explosions at the Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant in March, the woman was forced to evacuate to the house of her second daughter in Soma and was later hospitalized for two weeks before returning May 3 to her house in Minamisoma, subject to a possible emergency evacuation order due to the nuclear disaster.
“If we have to evacuate again, elderly people (like me) will become a drag,” her suicide note said. <...>
Her four suicide notes addressed to her family, ancestors and a close neighborhood friend were later found in the house. “My heart is in my mouth everyday due to news of the nuclear power plant,” she wrote to her family. <...>
Her son and his wife told the Mainichi, “Please tell your readers why she killed herself.”
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http://www.omaha.com/article/20110710/NEWS01/707109923
Miltary helicopters looking for new signs of trouble at flooded Ft. Calhoun nuke plant
The military helicopter’s black shadow dances on an engorged Missouri River as the aircraft slowly loops the flood-encircled Fort Calhoun Nuclear Station — the same left-leaning turns the pilot navigated two days prior.
Warrant Officer Boe Searight, 32, with the Nebraska Air National Guard <...> and his colleague Chief Warrant Officer 2 Eric Schriner also are looking for new signs of trouble for the flooded plant.
“Keep daily eyes on it and see if anything changes,” says Schriner, 31. <...>
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http://blogs.forbes.com/jeffmcmahon/2011/07/09/harm-from-fukushima-radiation-a-matter-of-perspective/
Forbes.com: Leading biophysicist casts critical light on gov’t reassurances that Americans were never at risk from Fukushima fallout
A leading biophysicist has cast a critical light on the government’s reassurances that Americans were never at risk from Fukushima fallout, saying “we really don’t know for sure.”
When radioactive fallout from Japan’s nuclear disaster began appearing in the United States this spring, the Obama Administration’s open-data policy obligated the government to inform the public, in some detail, what was landing here.
Covering the story, I watched the government pursue what appeared to be two strategies to minimize public alarm:
1. It framed the data with reassurances like this oft-repeated sentence from the EPA: “The level detected is far below a level of public health concern.” The question, of course, is whose concern.
2. The EPA seemed to be timing its data releases to avoid media coverage. <...>
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http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110713005375.htm
Kyushu Electric e-mail scam skewed meet result (nuke employees rigging poll, surprise, surprise!)
The number of messages in support of restarting the Nos. 2 and 3 reactors at the Genkai nuclear power plant in Saga Prefecture would not have exceeded those against the restart, if not for messages sent by employees of Kyushu Electric Power Co. and its subsidiary companies.
More than 130 people acted on an e-mail sent by management urging them to e-mail positive opinions to a public meeting, it was learned Wednesday. In the meeting on June 26, the utility explained the need to resume operations at the Nos. 2 and 3 reactors.
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According to an in-house investigation into the scandal by the power corporation, 226 e-mails and 60 faxes were in favor of the restoration, while 119 e-mails and 44 faxes were against it. If Kyushu Electric and its subsidiaries' employees are subtracted from those in favor of the restart, those against the restart would have been in the majority.
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According to the investigation, prior to the explanatory meeting, Dangami was worried about negative opinions regarding reactivation. He directly told the Saga branch manager and subordinates in the nuclear power generation department, saying: "It's not good that there is so much negative sentiment. Please help us balance ." As a result, a division chief in the nuclear power generation department sent an e-mail, on June 22, to the firm's four subsidiary partners and three offices such as the Genkai nuclear power plant, instructing employees to submit opinions positive on the restart.
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http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201107130354.html
EDITORIAL/ Seeking a society without nuclear power generation: Japan must change course to create a nuclear-free society
This is the first of a five-part editorial series proposing ways for Japan to achieve a society that does not depend on nuclear power generation for its energy supply.
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A major shift in Japan's energy policy is necessary to wean our society off nuclear power generation as soon as possible.
Many people believe so, considering there is no end in sight to the disaster at the Fukushima No. 1 plant that started in March. A recent Asahi Shimbun survey found 77 percent of respondents in favor of a phased decommissioning of nuclear power plants. The Fukushima meltdowns have taught us the fearsome power of nuclear energy that cannot be shut down at will. Japan sits on a veritable "nest" of earthquakes, and experts say we have entered a period of increased seismic activity. If there is another nuclear accident, our society may not recover.
That is why we are proposing a "zero nuclear power generation society" as our long-term target. First, we need to set a timeline.
We have so far relied on nuclear energy for nearly 30 percent of our power needs. We cannot slash it to zero right now, as the resultant power shortage will seriously affect our daily lives and economic activities. It is obviously much more realistic to gradually reduce our dependence on nuclear power generation--an approach that should get us faster to the target over the long run.
It is generally understood that the life expectancy of nuclear reactors is 40 years. If we stop building new reactors and scrap existing reactors over the next 40 years, all reactors will be gone by 2050. This would be too far down the road, but we could make it happen sooner with stepped-up efforts to develop and introduce alternative energy sources and save electricity. Our best hope lies in renewable energy, such as solar and wind.
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http://news.lucaswhitefieldhixson.com/2011/07/japanese-mothers-sick-of-playing.html
Japanese Mothers Sick Of Playing Radiation Roulette - Fukushima Internal Radiation Testing Might Take Years To Complete
A group of Japanese mothers have established a nationwide network to protect the children from contaminated food. The organization will be centered in Tokyo, but will be comprised of members from around the country. People in the country are growing more and more aware of the glaring need for protection from radiation, and also more discontent with the inadequate central response.
A mother from Fukushima said that the national and local governments simply repeat that food on the market is safe, but she cannot trust their words. She said the group should urge prefectural governments to take sufficient measures to ensure children can eat safe food. Another mother said she now knows that many parents share their worries. She said that she hopes their efforts will gain momentum and bring about change.
Kyoto Governor Keiji Yamada has also criticized the central government for its slow response in addressing the March 11 disaster. He said many problems have surfaced since the disaster, but the slow response of the central government is causing major delays in administrative work. He said local municipalities must represent the voices of the affected people and correct the central government's ways.
This after an atomic energy research facility in Ibaraki Prefecture has finally begun screening residents from neighboring Fukushima in northeast Japan for internal radiation. Fukushima Prefecture plans to check its entire population of about 2 million to assess the effect of the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. Currently, the facility is only capable of examining about 2,800 from Fukushima Prefecture per month. At that rate it would take over 60 years to test all the residents of the embattled prefecture.
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another day, another hot particle :(
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