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Follow-up to: Trouble injecting water into Fukushima Reactors 1-3 — Flow falls despite increasing coolant level — Tepco unable to identify cause, thinks pipes are clogged August 31, 2012 report by Kyodo News translated by EXSKF: After the amount of water being injected into Reactors 1, 2, and 3′s Reactor Pressure Vessels at Fukushima . . . → Read More: Tepco: “Unknown whether the flow will recover” — No conclusive evidence of why reactors had sudden drop in water injections Title: Earthquake Information Source: Japan Meteorological Agency Date: Sept. 1, 2012 Title: Call for caution on Fukushima effects Source: The Australian Author: by: Rick Wallace Date: September 01, 2012 12:00AM [...] The symposium [in Tokyo organised by the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War] heard claims that the Fukushima disaster [...] could see a spike in birth defects, heart and pancreas problems and . . . → Read More: Symposium in Japan: Gov’t must be stopped from burying effects of Fukushima radiation — Official: Russian authorities did more for citizens post-Chernobyl than Japan has after Fukushima Title: Doctor group urges radiation actionSource: KyodoDate: Aug. 31, 2012 [The International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, which won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1985] has implored the government to take urgent and comprehensive steps to limit annual radiation exposure from the Fukushima nuclear crisis to less than 1 millisievert. [...] The . . . → Read More: Kyodo: Doctors urge radiation action — Gov’t should pay to evacuate irradiated areas, women and children first Title: Government to study genetic effects of radiation Source: NHK Date: Aug 31, 2012 Environment Minister Goshi Hosono: “Understanding the effects of radiation on a genetic level will help prepare us for the future” The Japanese government plans to study the possible effects of radiation on genes of people affected by the Fukushima nuclear . . . → Read More: NHK: Gov’t to study humans for genetic effects of Fukushima radiation — “Residents have been voicing concerns” — Health to be monitored for next 50+ years (VIDEO) Follow-up to: Kyodo: Sharp drop in water at Fukushima Reactors No. 1-3 — “Below level regarded as necessary to keep fuel inside cool” (Subscription Only) Title: TEPCO facing difficulties in water injection at Daiichi plant Source: Kyodo Date: 8:42a ET, August 31, 2012 The operator of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant on . . . → Read More: Trouble injecting water into Fukushima Reactors 1-3 — Flow falls despite increasing coolant level — Tepco unable to identify cause, thinks pipes are clogged (Subscription Only) Title: TEPCO: No. 4 reactor building can withstand 6-plus intensity quakeSource: THE ASAHI SHIMBUNDate: August 31, 2012 The heavily damaged No. 4 reactor building and its spent fuel pool at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant can withstand earthquakes with intensities of upper 6 on the Japanese scale of 7, Tokyo Electric . . . → Read More: Tepco: No. 4 reactor building can withstand 6-plus intensity quake -Asahi Interview with Nuclear Engineer Chris Harris Nutrimedical Report Aug 30, 2012 Transcript Chris Harris, former licensed Senior Reactor Operator and engineer: … two new fuel assemblies [were removed] from the Fukushima Unit 4 spent fuel pool… actually it’s not a spent fuel pool, they’re in their own storage area. So it wasn’t indicative of . . . → Read More: Nuclear Engineer: Removed fuel assemblies NOT from spent fuel pool (VIDEO) Interview with Nuclear Engineer Chris Harris Nutrimedical Report Aug 30, 2012 Transcript Chris Harris, former licensed Senior Reactor Operator and engineer: Most importantly they’re saying there’s no damage [...] But there are embedded in in — I don’t really understand how they got in there — due to the explosion there are chunks of . . . → Read More: Nuclear Engineer: I don’t really understand how concrete chunks got embedded inside fuel assembly removed from Unit 4 pool (VIDEO) Title: Calvert Cliffs-3 Reactor License Denied; NRC Licensing Board Rules In Favor Of Intervenors, Says Atomic Energy Act Source: PR Newswire Author: Nuclear Information and Resource Service Date: Aug 30, 2012 Emphasis Added A three judge Nuclear Regulatory Commission Atomic Safety and Licensing Board (ASLB) today denied a license for the proposed Calvert Cliffs-3 . . . → Read More: U.S. denies reactor license — Only 2nd time in history Title: It Could Have Been WorseSource: Fairewinds Energy EducationDate: Aug 30, 2012 ~At 9:00 in I think Fukushima Daiichi released somewhat more radiation than Chernobyl. Title: It Could Have Been Worse Source: Fairewinds Energy Education Date: Aug 30, 2012 At ~8:30 in Arnie Gundersen:There is a citizen scientist in Pennsylvania who has suggested, and I think it is a great suggestion, that we add a level to the international nuclear scale to address the fact that when more than . . . → Read More: Gundersen: Level 8 on INES Scale is needed for Fukushima-like disasters (VIDEO) Title: Nuclide Analysis Results of Marine Soil – Inside the Port Entrance of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Source: Tepco Tested: July 23, 2012 Published: August 30, 2012 At sample points furthest from the reactors, cesium levels drop rapidly as the samples deepen: ① (0～10cm) Cs-134 @ 19,000 Bq/kg; Cs-137 @ 29,000 Bq/kg ① . . . → Read More: Underground cesium near Fukushima reactors increases the deeper samples get — Other locations tested are much different, with higher radioactivity on top August 18, 2012 post by Noro Mika, chairman of Bridges to Chernobyl, translated by Fukushima Diary: I didn’t know how serious it (radiation exposure of sexual organs) can be until I actually went to see the medical situation in Belarus. I didn’t know how risky it can be to let children play sports or . . . → Read More: NPO Chairman from Japan: I saw girls who changed to be boys when visiting Chernobyl area Follow-up to: Japanese Veterinary Physician: Rate of deformed babies in Tokyo area will skyrocket from Fukushima disaster — “People who were there should not marry at all costs” (Subscription Only) Title: Fukushima blasts environmentalist’s remark about marriage, deformed babies Source: Asahi Date: Aug 30, 2012 Fukushima city assembly members lashed out at the leader . . . → Read More: Asahi: Fukushima gov’t trying to stamp out ‘harmful rumors’ — Officials target group leader who discussed deformed babies Title: 9:00 a.m. Sinkhole update Source: Assumption Parish Police Jury Date: Aug 30, 2012 This morning, LA Department of Wildlife & Fisheries and State Police are evaluating the sinkhole. DNR has advised that they will perform an evaluation today, as well. It will take Texas Brine and all industries involved in the drilling 2-3 . . . → Read More: Official 10:40a ET Update: Preliminary evaluations of sinkhole show no ‘significant’ changes to size — Three state agencies investigating area August 30, 2012 report in the Fukushima Minpo translated by EXSKF: Regarding the remarks that have been condemned as inappropriate by Mr. Hobun Ikeya (age 70) of the Ecosystem Conservation Society of Japan in a lecture in Tokyo, Mr. Ikeya released part of the transcript of the lecture to the press on August 29. . . . → Read More: Japanese Veterinary Physician: Rate of deformed babies in Tokyo area will skyrocket from Fukushima disaster — “People who were there should not marry at all costs” (Subscription Only) Title: Fukushima reactors briefly did not get enough coolant water: TEPCOSource: KyodoDate: 21:23 30 August The operator of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant said Thursday that the amount of water injected into the crippled Nos. 1 to 3 reactors temporarily dropped below the level regarded as necessary to keep the fuel . . . → Read More: Kyodo: Sharp drop in water at Fukushima Reactors No. 1-3 — “Below level regarded as necessary to keep fuel inside cool” Title: TEPCO TV Conference of Evacuation from Fukushima Daiichi Author: dm_5020e6f6cdc3a Upload Date: August 19, 2012 This video was taken on March 14, 2011. Top left:Fukushima Daiichi Top center: Fukushima Off-site Center Top right: Kashiwazaki Nuclear Power Plant At 4:00 in Right now [Daini's] plants are not safe, so we use emergency power . . . → Read More: Fukushima Tapes in English: Daini workers needed emergency room after being at Unit 4 — Unable to decontaminate exposed people — “Plants are not safe” (VIDEO) Title: Strong quake hits northeast Japan Source: NHK Date: Aug. 29, 2012 “Strongest quake to hit region since last April” [...] In Miyagi Prefecture, it measured 5 plus of the Japanese scale of 7. [...] Tokyo Electric Power Company says no new problems have been reported at the disabled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. . . . → Read More: NHK: Today’s quake was strongest to hit region since April 2011 — Tepco says no new problems reported (VIDEO) Title: Hurricane Isaac’s Eye Wall Expected to Barrel ‘Right Over’ Louisiana Sinkhole Source: ABC News Author: Christina Ng Date: Aug 29, 2012 [...] Greg Hancock, a professor of geology at the College of William and Mary, said it’s hard to predict how the hurricane could affect the sinkhole. “The fact that we’re going to . . . → Read More: ABC Expert on Sinkhole Hurricane: The last thing we want is for it to be really wet — Could lead to collapse in sidewalls Title: Earthquake Information Source: Japan Meteorological Agency Date: Aug 29, 2012 at 3:05p ET h/t Anonymous tip |
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