Thursday 7 November 2013

Fukushima Update - 11/06/2013

Events are happening so quickly and there is so much news coming out of Fukushima that it is hard to keep up. The information maybe passed on in a more abbreviated form while I try to keep up and keep an eye on other events and trends

Radioactive Reality (05 November 2013) Fukushima "A new and disturbing development"





ENENews headlines


01:27 AM EST on November 6th, 2013 | 124 comments

Former Ambassador to President Obama: Fukushima Unit 4 can cause “major global catastrophe” — This is the “most pressing global security issue”

07:23 PM EST on November 5th, 2013 | 130 comments


Reactor Designer: “It was a nuclear explosion” at Fukushima Unit 3; Plutonium scattered after blast — ABC: “There’s willful denial and lying going on here, even at the highest levels” (AUDIO)

05:56 PM EST on November 5th, 2013 | 30 comments

Reporter in Japan: I’m stunned by brazen cover-up and lies over effects of Fukushima radiation; An epic, unfolding tragedy — Physician: Response has been ‘unthinkable’ (VIDEO)

04:01 PM EST on November 5th, 2013 | 43 comments

U.N. cover-up of Fukushima exposed on TV — Medical Doctor: There’s now many more cancer cases than we expected from Fukushima, UNSCEAR report has falsified estimations (VIDEO)

11:21 PM EST on November 4th, 2013 | 60 comments

ABC Radio: “Cancer cases in Fukushima emerging faster than expected” — Japan Surgeon: I’m very angry, it’s very strange officials won’t release basic data (AUDIO)

09:05 PM EST on November 4th, 2013 | 67 comments

PHOTOS: Sea star began “ripping itself into pieces” — Like a horror movie — AP: Deaths from Alaska to S. California — Biologist: Related to an environmental change? “An early warning that we aren’t picking up on?” — Professor: “None of us had ever seen anything like this before”

04:17 PM EST on November 4th, 2013 | 114 comments

Postponed: Fuel removal attempt at Fukushima Unit 4 delayed, possibly for weeks — Gov’t safety agency wants tests conducted, as another ~M5 quake hits Eastern Japan

02:37 PM EST on November 4th, 2013 | 33 comments

Japan Nuclear Engineer: I don’t think they’ll ever get Fukushima’s melted cores; Will probably start covering reactors in concrete — German Expert: May encase areas in sarcophagus

11:40 AM EST on November 4th, 2013 | 36 comments

Nuclear Expert Invited by Japan: Melted fuel may have ‘sprayed up’ rather than flowing down at Fukushima — Not known where molten mass went

10:22 AM EST on November 4th, 2013 | 62 comments

Fukushima Workers: I wanted to escape from nuclear plant, but feared they might hurt me — At ‘parties’ we were forced to eat radioactive mushrooms and bee larvae gathered from inside evacuation zone — “They called my mother to tell her I was in trouble” (VIDEO)

08:11 AM EST on November 4th, 2013 | 52 comments

ABC Correspondent: Nobody knows where Fukushima’s melted cores are now, expert says — Tepco admitted fuel “is actually eating through the concrete… hopefully it’s not eating through any further” (AUDIO)

12:15 AM EST on November 4th, 2013 | 63 comments


Michigan Fish Are Full Of Tumors






Status of Fukushima & the Pacific Ocean (enhanced edited version)


Leuren Moret & Christina Consolo aka RadChick -
Hosted by James Fetzer of "The Real Deal" and Veteran's Today







What Iori means here is that the American representatives did not turn up to the meeting.

The Americans are making any form of assistance conditional on the Japanese signing an agreement whereby the operator TEPCO would take on COMPLETE liability, letting US corporations off the hook.

Until then, as far as the US is concerned, the Japanese are on their own, Again, money trumps over human lives.

One wonders if the Japanese ever responded to an earlier Russian offer of assistance

Only American representatives made default in the 1st meeting of international group for Fukushima decommissioning



6 November, 2013


According to the government of Japan, 2 American representatives made default in the meeting of the expert’s group for Fukushima decommissioning. It’s also an advisory group for the fuel removal of reactor4 pool. It was their 1st meeting.
Among 6 members, only American members were absent from this meeting. They are Douglas Chapin, the principal of MPR and Rosa Yang, the Senior Technical Executive from Electric Power Research Institute. These members are the chairman and vice chairman of the expert’s group. As the substitute conferee of Douglas Chapin, who is the chairman of the expert group, Bob Coward attended the meeting.
The group is called International Expert Group, which is to give advice to IRID (International Research Institute for Nuclear Decommissioning). IRID is a research institute to develop technology and grow the human resource for Fukushima decommissioning.
The meeting was held from 9/23~9/27/2013.
Other members are from England, France, the Ukraine and Russia.
The reason of absence was not announced.




Fukushima News 11/6/13: Tepco Prepares New Lie/Report; Reactor 4 Media Tour; Removing Spent Fuel



TEPCO preparing new report on Fukushima:

The head of Tokyo Electric Power Company says the utility is preparing a new report on what caused the crisis at its Fukushima plant.


The step is seen as part of the company's efforts to gain understanding for restarting 2 reactors in Niigata Prefecture, central Japan.


TEPCO President Naomi Hirose told a Lower House panel on Wednesday that the company plans to shortly release its findings on Fukushima.


Hirose said TEPCO has continued to examine the cause of the March 2011 disaster through an expert panel. Members include US and British nuclear power experts


The new report follows one released in June 2012 on the results of the company's own investigations. But the first report left many questions unanswered.


Hirose said TEPCO will also present the report to Niigata Prefecture for review.
A prefectural technical panel is examining safety features of the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant, where the utility hopes to restart 2 reactors.


TEPCO apparently decided a further probe into Fukushima was needed to gain the prefecture's approval.

Nuclear Expert: Fuel rods are "in a jumble" at Fukushima Unit 4 pool; Unclear if they are cracked — US pressing Japan on removal, fears terrorist activity at plant (VIDEO)
http://enenews.com/nuclear-expert-fue...

Japan to revise downward greenhouse gas cut plan


Japan plans to revise sharply downward its greenhouse gas reduction target because of the nuclear accident at the Fukushima Daiichi plant.


The crisis resulted in all the reactors in the country being shut down. The setback is expected to come under international criticism.


The move comes after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe instructed relevant ministers in January to work out a new target from scratch. It will be submitted to a UN climate change convention that opens on Monday in Poland.


The government says it now plans to reduce the country's greenhouse gas emissions by 3.8 percent from the volume in 2005 by 2020.


That would effectively be an increase of about 3 percent from 1990, a sharp reverse from the previous plan set by the former government.


In 2009, the Democrats-led administration set a reduction target at 25 percent from 1990 by 2020.

U.S. Ambassador's letter from former Japan Ambassador: "Worsening radioactive contamination of the sea will soon awaken whole world" — Problem at Fukushima is "beyond control"
http://enenews.com/ambassadors-letter...

Fukushima Worker "Removed fuel can produce hydrogen gas inside of the cask"
http://fukushima-diary.com/2013/11/fu...

Tepco "Fuel removal of reactor1~3 is more challenging than reactor4 pool
http://fukushima-diary.com/2013/11/te...

Only American representatives made default in the 1st meeting of international group for Fukushima decommissioning
http://fukushima-diary.com/2013/11/on...

Fukushima is Here - San Francisco Human Mural
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBqdut...

UN nuclear inspectors in Japan as China demands openness
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/wo...

China urges to address Fukushima fallout
http://europe.chinadaily.com.cn/world...

Fukushima nuclear plant set for risky operation
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-env...
http://enenews.com/nuclear-expert-wat...
http://online.kitp.ucsb.edu/online/pl...


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Fukushima ☢ Spent Fuel Pool #4 Rod Removal Preparations Update 11/6/13




No.4 reactor pool shown to media

Disclaimer: the RT video starting at 2:52 into the video of SFP #4 looks highly suspicious to me. I do not endorse the validity of the video.


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