Fukushima News 6/16/15: Bags of Contaminated Soil Damaged at Storage Sit...
Study: Fukushima radiation will cause long-term harm to Pacific salmon
population — Efforts needed to protect species from possible extinction —
Radiation monitoring is critical to avoid human health problems — “US
inland areas also at risk of exposure”
http://enenews.com/study-fukushima-wi...
Gov’t:
“This is unprecedented in extent and magnitude”… toxic bloom may
stretch from Calif. to Alaska — Largest event ever recorded? — Official:
“It’s new territory… we’ve never had to close essentially half our
coast” — Fish washing up “extremely poisonous” — “Serious concern for
coastal communities”
http://enenews.com/govt-unprecedented...
CIA
Agent: Gov’t covering up effects of radiation; I hope public becomes
more aware of threat to their health — Study: Actual radiation risks are
“orders of magnitude greater” than official estimates; “Completely
changes the picture… a serious public health hazard” (VIDEO)
http://enenews.com/cia-agent-govt-cov...
Bags of contaminated soil damaged at storage sites
Nuclear & EnergyJun. 16, 2015 - Updated 18:25 UTC-4
A
survey by the Environment Ministry has found that bags containing soil
and debris from decontamination efforts in Fukushima Prefecture are
damaged at dozens of initial storage sites.
The ministry last year
examined 580 sites that hold soil, grass and other materials tainted
with radioactive substances from the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear
plant accident. The survey didn't cover evacuation zones.
Ministry
officials say bags and water-proof sheets were found to be damaged at 78
sites. At 113 sites, part of the ground where bags had been placed had
crumbled due to rain or other causes.
The officials say there were no
leaks of contaminated soil to areas outside the holding sites. But the
survey underlines the challenge of ensuring safety while keeping waste
at such sites for extended periods.
Screening sought for another Hamaoka reactor
Nuclear & EnergyJun. 16, 2015 - Updated 04:39 UTC-4
Chubu
Electric Power Company has applied for screening of a second reactor at
its Hamaoka nuclear plant in central Japan, to determine whether
related safety measures meet new government requirements.
The plant
on the Pacific coast of Shizuoka Prefecture is in an area where,
scientists say, a major earthquake could occur in the near future.
Chubu
Electric filed an application for the plant's No. 3 reactor with the
Nuclear Regulation Authority on Tuesday. The screening is a prerequisite
for restarting the reactor.
The utility last year applied for screening of the plant's No. 4 reactor, which is under the regulator's scrutiny.
The
firm says that like safety measures taken for the No. 4 reactor, those
for the No. 3 are based on a higher estimate of maximum acceleration
during an earthquake.
The firm also built a 22-meter-high breakwater
to protect the plant from tsunami after revising its estimate for
tsunami height to about 21 meters.
The utility's senior official
Hiromu Masuda said it's important to explain the safety measures in
detail to not only the regulator but also local residents.
Following the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident, Chubu Electric halted 2 reactors at Hamaoka at the request of the government.
7000 Tochigi residents seek damages from TEPCO
Nuclear & EnergyJun. 15, 2015 - Updated 06:12 UTC-4
More
than 7,000 residents of Tochigi Prefecture have filed for damages with a
state arbitrator over contamination from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear
accident.
The residents are from more than 2,200 families in
Nasushiobara City and 2 other municipalities in the northern part of
Tochigi, close to Fukushima Prefecture.
On Monday, the group's leaders filed for arbitration with the Center for Settlement of Fukushima Nuclear Damage Claims.
They
are demanding that the plant's operator, Tokyo Electric Power Company,
pay about 970 to 5,800 dollars to each of them for the disruptions to
their daily lives from radioactive contamination.
Their claims total about 15 million dollars.
Analysis shows elements not acting in nature as previously modeled
http://phys.org/news/2015-06-analysis...
Eric Schlosser recounts the United States’ clumsy history with nuclear weapons. And it's terrifying.
http://www.vox.com/2015/6/16/8785987/...
Horribly compelling: Bruce Conner's nuclear test film still holds us in rapture
http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesi...
population — Efforts needed to protect species from possible extinction —
Radiation monitoring is critical to avoid human health problems — “US
inland areas also at risk of exposure”
http://enenews.com/study-fukushima-wi...
Gov’t:
“This is unprecedented in extent and magnitude”… toxic bloom may
stretch from Calif. to Alaska — Largest event ever recorded? — Official:
“It’s new territory… we’ve never had to close essentially half our
coast” — Fish washing up “extremely poisonous” — “Serious concern for
coastal communities”
http://enenews.com/govt-unprecedented...
CIA
Agent: Gov’t covering up effects of radiation; I hope public becomes
more aware of threat to their health — Study: Actual radiation risks are
“orders of magnitude greater” than official estimates; “Completely
changes the picture… a serious public health hazard” (VIDEO)
http://enenews.com/cia-agent-govt-cov...
Bags of contaminated soil damaged at storage sites
Nuclear & EnergyJun. 16, 2015 - Updated 18:25 UTC-4
A
survey by the Environment Ministry has found that bags containing soil
and debris from decontamination efforts in Fukushima Prefecture are
damaged at dozens of initial storage sites.
The ministry last year
examined 580 sites that hold soil, grass and other materials tainted
with radioactive substances from the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear
plant accident. The survey didn't cover evacuation zones.
Ministry
officials say bags and water-proof sheets were found to be damaged at 78
sites. At 113 sites, part of the ground where bags had been placed had
crumbled due to rain or other causes.
The officials say there were no
leaks of contaminated soil to areas outside the holding sites. But the
survey underlines the challenge of ensuring safety while keeping waste
at such sites for extended periods.
Screening sought for another Hamaoka reactor
Nuclear & EnergyJun. 16, 2015 - Updated 04:39 UTC-4
Chubu
Electric Power Company has applied for screening of a second reactor at
its Hamaoka nuclear plant in central Japan, to determine whether
related safety measures meet new government requirements.
The plant
on the Pacific coast of Shizuoka Prefecture is in an area where,
scientists say, a major earthquake could occur in the near future.
Chubu
Electric filed an application for the plant's No. 3 reactor with the
Nuclear Regulation Authority on Tuesday. The screening is a prerequisite
for restarting the reactor.
The utility last year applied for screening of the plant's No. 4 reactor, which is under the regulator's scrutiny.
The
firm says that like safety measures taken for the No. 4 reactor, those
for the No. 3 are based on a higher estimate of maximum acceleration
during an earthquake.
The firm also built a 22-meter-high breakwater
to protect the plant from tsunami after revising its estimate for
tsunami height to about 21 meters.
The utility's senior official
Hiromu Masuda said it's important to explain the safety measures in
detail to not only the regulator but also local residents.
Following the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident, Chubu Electric halted 2 reactors at Hamaoka at the request of the government.
7000 Tochigi residents seek damages from TEPCO
Nuclear & EnergyJun. 15, 2015 - Updated 06:12 UTC-4
More
than 7,000 residents of Tochigi Prefecture have filed for damages with a
state arbitrator over contamination from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear
accident.
The residents are from more than 2,200 families in
Nasushiobara City and 2 other municipalities in the northern part of
Tochigi, close to Fukushima Prefecture.
On Monday, the group's leaders filed for arbitration with the Center for Settlement of Fukushima Nuclear Damage Claims.
They
are demanding that the plant's operator, Tokyo Electric Power Company,
pay about 970 to 5,800 dollars to each of them for the disruptions to
their daily lives from radioactive contamination.
Their claims total about 15 million dollars.
Analysis shows elements not acting in nature as previously modeled
http://phys.org/news/2015-06-analysis...
Eric Schlosser recounts the United States’ clumsy history with nuclear weapons. And it's terrifying.
http://www.vox.com/2015/6/16/8785987/...
Horribly compelling: Bruce Conner's nuclear test film still holds us in rapture
http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesi...
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