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Japan crews facing 100 year battle at Fukushima: Nuclear Expert

By ENENews, on March 31st, 2011

ABC Australia, April 1, 2011 . . . → Read More: Japan crews facing 100 year battle at Fukushima: Nuclear Expert

Anaheim, CA has highest amount of radioactive fallout of any EPA air monitoring station in Continental U.S. for iodine-131

By ENENews, on March 31st, 2011

1.9 picocuries of radioactivity in each cubic meter of air in Anaheim . . . → Read More: Anaheim, CA has highest amount of radioactive fallout of any EPA air monitoring station in Continental U.S. for iodine-131

Radioactive Iodine-131 in rainwater sample near San Francisco 18,000% above federal drinking water standard

By ENENews, on March 31st, 2011

Iodine-131 in rainwater sample taken on the roof of Etcheverry Hall on UC Berkeley campus, March 23, 2011 from 9:06-18:00 PDT . . . → Read More: Radioactive Iodine-131 in rainwater sample near San Francisco 18,000% above federal drinking water standard

Groundwater contamination at 10,000 times above legal limit for radioactive iodine around Fukushima Daiichi: TEPCO

By ENENews, on March 31st, 2011

Groundwater at nuclear plant ‘highly’ radiation-contaminated: TEPCO, Kyodo, April 1, 2011:

More signs of serious radiation contamination in and near the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant were detected Thursday, with the latest data finding groundwater containing radioactive iodine 10,000 times the legal threshold and the concentration of radioactive iodine-131 in nearby seawater rising to . . . → Read More: Groundwater contamination at 10,000 times above legal limit for radioactive iodine around Fukushima Daiichi: TEPCO

Man arrested after breaking through gate at Fukushima Daini — Drove around for 10 minutes

By ENENews, on March 31st, 2011

Man arrested after breaking into Fukushima Daini plant premises, Kyodo, April 1, 2011:

An unemployed man from Tokyo was arrested Friday after allegedly intruding by car into the Fukushima Daini nuclear power plant premises, near the radiation-leaking Fukushima Daiichi plant in Fukushima Prefecture, police said.

Hikaru Watanabe, 25, from Shinjuku Ward, allegedly broke through . . . → Read More: Man arrested after breaking through gate at Fukushima Daini — Drove around for 10 minutes

Fukushima has at least 20 times more radioactive inventory than Chernobyl — Ongoing, massive release of radioactivity and not over by a long shot

By ENENews, on March 31st, 2011

Japan’s Creeping Meltdown: Optimism Evaporates, Arutz Sheva, March 30, 2011 . . . → Read More: Fukushima has at least 20 times more radioactive inventory than Chernobyl — Ongoing, massive release of radioactivity and not over by a long shot

Cancer risk increases with ANY level of radiation exposure says experts — “Self-interested parties” implying it’s OK

By ENENews, on March 31st, 2011

ABC Australia, March 31, 2011 . . . → Read More: Cancer risk increases with ANY level of radiation exposure says experts — “Self-interested parties” implying it’s OK

Don’t drink the rainwater says State of Virginia (VIDEO)

By ENENews, on March 31st, 2011

HEALTH OFFICIALS DISCUSS RADIATION MONITORING IN VIRGINIA, Virginia Department of Health, March 27, 2011:

“As a result of the incident with the nuclear power plant in Japan, several EPA air monitors have detected very low levels of radioactive material in the U.S.,” says State Health Commissioner Karen Remley, MD, MBA, FAAP. …

“Recent reports . . . → Read More: Don’t drink the rainwater says State of Virginia (VIDEO)

“Ethereal blue flash” may occur during “localized criticality” -Bloomberg

By ENENews, on March 31st, 2011

Fukushima Workers Threatened by Heat Bursts; Sea Radiation Rises, Bloomberg, March 31, 2011 at 2:04 am EDT:

A partial meltdown of fuel in the No. 1 reactor building may be causing isolated reactions, Denis Flory, nuclear safety director for the IAEA, said at a press conference in Vienna. …

Nuclear experts call such reactions . . . → Read More: “Ethereal blue flash” may occur during “localized criticality” -Bloomberg

“Very high levels of contamination” far away from Fukushima exclusion zone — More than double amount Soviets set for “relocation” at Chernobyl

By ENENews, on March 30th, 2011

IAEA Confirms Very High Levels of Contamination Far From Reactors, All Things Nuclear via Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS), March 30, 2011:

Today the IAEA has finally confirmed what some analysts have suspected for days: that the concentration per area of long-lived cesium-137 (Cs-137) is extremely high as far as tens of kilometers from . . . → Read More: “Very high levels of contamination” far away from Fukushima exclusion zone — More than double amount Soviets set for “relocation” at Chernobyl

Radioactive iodine now at 4,385 times legal limit in water near Fukushima plant — “Radiation may be leaking continuously into sea”: Japan

By ENENews, on March 30th, 2011

Kyodo, March 30, 2011 at 11:16 pm EDT: NEWS ADVISORY: Radioactive iodine 4,385 times legal limit found in seawater near plantJapan nuclear watchdog: radiation may be leaking continuously into sea, Reuters, March 30, 2011 at 11:06 pm EDT:

… “That is a possibility,” Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency Deputy Director-General Hidehiko Nishiyama told a . . . → Read More: Radioactive iodine now at 4,385 times legal limit in water near Fukushima plant — “Radiation may be leaking continuously into sea”: Japan

Radiation from Japan Found in Milk from Washington — EPA, FDA “stepping up nationwide monitoring”

By ENENews, on March 30th, 2011

Bloomberg, March 30, 2011 at 6:04 pm EDT . . . → Read More: Radiation from Japan Found in Milk from Washington — EPA, FDA “stepping up nationwide monitoring”

IAEA: “Uncontrolled nuclear chain reactions” may be coming from melted fuel in No. 1 reactor

By ENENews, on March 30th, 2011

“Japan will consider pouring concrete into its crippled Fukushima atomic plant” . . . → Read More: IAEA: “Uncontrolled nuclear chain reactions” may be coming from melted fuel in No. 1 reactor

IAEA says Fukushima reactors may have achieved “re-criticality” — Increased radiation releases possible

By ENENews, on March 30th, 2011

IAEA nuclear safety director Denis Flory said this at a press conference on Wednesday, according to Bloomberg News . . . → Read More: IAEA says Fukushima reactors may have achieved “re-criticality” — Increased radiation releases possible

Report on neutron beams — Has a reactor at Fukushima gone “critical”?

By ENENews, on March 30th, 2011

Has Fukushima’s Reactor No. 1 Gone Critical?, Time Magazine blog, March 30, 2011:

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On March 23, Dr. Ferenc Dalnoki-Veress, a Research Scientist at the Monterey Institute of International Studies saw a report by Kyodo news agency that caught his eye. It reported that Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) had observed a neutron . . . → Read More: Report on neutron beams — Has a reactor at Fukushima gone “critical”?

FLASH: Smoke seen rising from ANOTHER nuclear power plant 10 km away — Fukushima Daini

By ENENews, on March 30th, 2011

Smoke at second Fukushima plant finished – nuclear safety agency, Reuters, March 30, 2011 at 6:18 am EDT:

Smoke seen at a second power plant in Fukushima was from a so-called electrical distribution board and has dispersed, Japan’s nuclear safety body said on Wednesday.

Read the report here.

Reuters Flash, March 30, 2011 at . . . → Read More: FLASH: Smoke seen rising from ANOTHER nuclear power plant 10 km away — Fukushima Daini

CBS says “toxic plutonium pools” discovered at Fukushima

By ENENews, on March 30th, 2011

Japan: 3 workers “drenched” in radioactive water, CBS/AP, March 29, 2011:

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Somber prime minister addresses nation, says country on “maximum alert” following discovery of toxic plutonium pools…

Highly toxic plutonium was the latest contaminant found seeping into the soil outside the plant, Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Monday. …

The discovery of . . . → Read More: CBS says “toxic plutonium pools” discovered at Fukushima

Highest yet: 3,355 times legal limit of radioactive iodine-131 found in seawater — Reactor cores may have been continuously leaking into Pacific

By ENENews, on March 30th, 2011

Radioactive iodine 3,355 times legal limit found in seawater, Kyodo, March 30, 2011:

Radioactive iodine-131 at a concentration of 3,355 times the maximum allowable level under the law was detected in a seawater sample taken Tuesday afternoon near the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, the government’s nuclear agency said Wednesday.

The highest concentration observed . . . → Read More: Highest yet: 3,355 times legal limit of radioactive iodine-131 found in seawater — Reactor cores may have been continuously leaking into Pacific

Nuclear Peril: “Beginning of a 3-5 year effort” says expert — Risk that Japan could “export its nuclear problems” via air and sea -NYT

By ENENews, on March 30th, 2011

Confidence Slips Away as Japan Battles Nuclear Peril, New York Times, March 29, 2011:

… The risks that Japan could export its nuclear problems by allowing radioactive contaminants to get into the air and sea are among the reasons why the government and Tokyo Electric have enlisted the help of experts from France, the . . . → Read More: Nuclear Peril: “Beginning of a 3-5 year effort” says expert — Risk that Japan could “export its nuclear problems” via air and sea -NYT

Radioactive Iodine-131 in Pennsylvania rainwater sample over 3,000% of federal drinking water standard

By ENENews, on March 29th, 2011

Governor Corbett Says Public Water Supply Testing Finds No Risk to Public From Radioactivity Found in Rainwater, Pennsylvania Office of the Governor, March 28, 2011:

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… The [Iodine-131] numbers reported in the rainwater samples in Pennsylvania range from 40-100 picocuries per liter (pCi/L). Although these are levels above the background levels historically . . . → Read More: Radioactive Iodine-131 in Pennsylvania rainwater sample over 3,000% of federal drinking water standard