ENE News shows photos of how TEPCO doctored reactor damage pictures
Tepco edits ‘photoshopped’ image — Removes original alteration (PHOTO) http://enenews.com/tepco-edits-altered-image-removes-original-alteration-photo
Japanese citizens want answers about altered Fukushima photo: “What do you think they were hiding, and why do you think they were hiding it?” (VIDEO) »
Tepco edits ‘photoshopped’ image — Removes original alteration (PHOTO) September 4th, 2012 By ENENews
UPDATED HERE: Tepco: We fabricated part of the photo
The altered area has been cropped out of the new image. See:http://photo.tepco.co.jp/library/20120830_03/120830_28.jpg
French losing faith in nuclear industry following latest incident
confidence is taking a further hit because on 5 September Electricite de France, denied reports of a fire at the Fessenheim nuclear power plant (NPP) in eastern France
Not quite what France’s BFM television reported,…that local authorities said the incident was “the beginning of a fire.”
the “incident” at Fessenheim NPP in fact raises troubling issues about aging French NPPs.
French Nuclear “Incident” Raises Concerns By John Daly | Wed, 05 September 2012 In the 1960s, as the U.S. “Atoms for Peace” program got into full swing, promoting civilian nuclear electricity propagation, no European country bought into the concept more deeply than France.
Seduced by the concept of electricity “too cheap to measure,” France began developing a massive nuclear energy program with minimal public debate after the first oil crisis in 1974 and continued to support nuclear power even after the 1986 Soviet Chernobyl disaster.
The March 2011 debacle at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex heightened the French public’s concerns, but France abandoning nuclear power is an order of magnitude more difficult than neighbouring Germany. Continue reading
Serious threat to Pakistan nuclear facility from Taliban
Sources in the military and Punjab Police, on condition of anonymity, told The Express Tribune that the nature of threat at the nuclear installation is ‘serious,’ with an 80% chance of occurrence.
Taliban threat; nuclear site in D G Khan cordoned off, 
Express Tribune, Pakistan,By Abdul Manan : September 6, 2012, LAHORE: It could be the first-ever security threat to a nuclear facility in Pakistan, and the Army and security forces are taking no risks.
Following ‘serious’ security threats from the homegrown Taliban, the Army and Punjab police have deployed heavy forces at one of Pakistan’s largest nuclear facilities in Dera Ghazi Khan (DG Khan), credible sources told The Express Tribune.
Besides the deployment inside and around the nuclear installation, three divisions in South Punjab have also been asked to launch a crackdown against banned outfits, sources added.
“DG Khan houses one of the largest nuclear facilities in the country, and has faced the first-ever serious security threat from the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP),” said a high ranking military officer currently serving at the installation.
According to an official who works at the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission, a key military and civilian fuel cycle site is located 40 kilometres from DG Khan. The site comprises uranium milling and mining operations, and a uranium hexaflouride conversion plant. Continue reading
No radiation dose records kept for over 3,000 Fukushima cleanup workers
Over 3,000 workers at Fukushima Daiichi have no dosimetry records
http://enformable.com/2012/09/over-3000-workers-at-fukushima-daiichi-have-no-dosimetry-records/ 5 Sept 12, Some 3,077 workers at TEPCO’s crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant have no records of the radiation levels that they may have been exposed to during the first 3 weeks of the nuclear disaster. These workers were dispatched in work groups, with only representatives of the entire group wearing dosimeters.
Earlier this summer, it was discovered that other workers had covered their dosimeters with lead shields to lower their recorded radiation exposures in order to not exceed the national limits. Source: JiJi Press
Confusion in Aomori Prefecture about importing radioactive waste
Aomori Pref. mulling rejecting nuclear waste The Yomiuri Shimbun , 6 Sept 12, AOMORI—The Aomori prefectural government is considering refusing to accept highly radioactive 
waste scheduled to be returned from reprocessing overseas if the central government abolishes its nuclear fuel cycle policy.
The prefectural government was likely prompted to act by recent moves by the central government toward abandoning nuclear power generation.
The village of Rokkasho in the prefecture is home to a spent nuclear fuel reprocessing plant that is considered to be the foundation of the nuclear fuel cycle, in which plutonium and uranium are extracted from spent fuel to be reused.
The plant has yet to begin operating, and spent nuclear fuel from the nation’s nuclear reactors are currently stored at nuclear power plants or at the Rokkasho facility. Some spent nuclear fuel is reprocessed in France and Britain. Vitrified radioactive waste, the highly radioactive waste that is produced in the reprocessing process, has been shipped from Europe to the Vitrified Waste Storage Center at the Rokkasho facility. So far, the plant has received 1,414 containers of vitrified waste, and 28 more are scheduled to be shipped from Britain in October at the earliest. Continue reading
TEPCO not capable of Fukushima cleanup – Gundersen press conference in Japan
Gundersen gets to question Tepco and NISA: “Frankly, I was surprised and appalled” — “It was as if they were wearing blinders” (VIDEO) http://enenews.com/gundersen-gets-to-question-tepco-and-nisa-frankly-i-was-surprised-and-appalled-it-was-as-if-they-were-wearing-blinders-video September 5th, 2012 By ENENews Arnie Gundersen Press Conference Sept 5, 2012
I was able to ask [Tepco and NISA] questions for the very first time since the accident.
And frankly, I was surprised and appalled by their responses.
It was as if they were wearing blinders.
TEPCO again alters photo of damage at nuclear reactor
Tepco Alters Again: “We replaced photo for physical protection of nuclear materials” September 5th, 2012 By ENENews FirstTepco released the badly altered photo, which was deleted and replaced with an alteration of the original alteration. Now Tepco has altered their original statement on the alterations.
Perhaps they will elaborate on what ‘nuclear materials’ are visible in that area around Unit 4, and why the materials need ‘physical protection’.
Source: TOKYO ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY – Photos and Videos Library
Date: September 4, 2012…… http://enenews.com/tepco-admits-we-replaced-photo-for-physical-protection-of-nuclear-materials
Photo tampered with by TEPCO to minimise damage at Fukushima Unit 4
Report: Tepco reveals damage to Unit 4 near ‘photoshopped’ area (PHOTO) http://enenews.com/report-tepco-reveals-damage-to-area-near-photoshopped-location-at-fukushima-unit-4-photo September 5th, 2012 By ENENews Title: TEPCO Soundness Report On Unit 4 Admits Larger Failures Source: SimplyInfo Date: Sept 5, 2012
TEPCO released two reports in Japanese last week on order of NISA to explain the soundness of unit 4.
[…]
The new reports make some key admissions. The west and south walls are degrading and also may have been worse than TEPCO had previously admitted. Floor damage is also expanded from what was previously reported. Cracks on the inside of the west wall was also reported for the first time. It appears some of this is building degradation and some is new findings as they gain access to more areas of the building for closer inspections.
[…]
The August 2012 report in Japanese shows the west wall […] 4th floor as failed with the entire 3rd floor now failed with half of the 2nd floor now partially failed. In May 2011 the 2nd floor was assumed sound. This newly declared partially damaged area is above the garage door opening TEPCO has attempted to photoshop out of recent images.
Nuclear energy – yesterday’s news.Let’s co-operate with Iran on renewables
Renewable Energy Sources Could Be the Key to Reaching Through to Iran Turkish Weekly , 5 September 2012, by Jen Alic, Oilprice Why are we even talking about Iran’s nuclear program when renewable energy offers a clear way out of this conundrum? If we can remove bad politics from the equation for a moment and get back to business as usual, energy diplomacy with 
Iran could render the nuclear question irrelevant altogether.
The West is not alone in the pursuit of renewable energy capacity. Middle Eastern countries are on the same path, and that includes Iran. Iran’s nuclear energy efforts were initially a reflection of the reality that oil and gas resources will not last forever. The answer to this reality was to fall back on nuclear energy, which has in turn become the focal point of a bitter conflict between Iran and the West.
But even nuclear energy is becoming yesterday’s news, both because of the push to harness renewable energy sources and also as a result of nuclear disasters, most recently that in Fukushima-which very clearly demonstrated the inability to protect nuclear facilities from Mother Nature. Continue reading
Incident at France’s old Fessenheim nuclear power plant
Accident at France’s oldest nuclear plant. THE AUSTRALIAN, AFP ,September 06, 2012 A STEAM leak due to an accidental chemical reaction at France’s oldest nuclear plant led to two people being slightly burnt and renewed calls to reduce the country’s heavy reliance on atomic energy.
The accident occurred at the Fessenheim nuclear power plant in northeastern France within 1.5km of the border with Germany and about 40km from Switzerland.
“It was not a fire,” the local prefecture said, adding that oxygenated steam had escaped after hydrogen peroxide reacted with water in a reservoir.
About 50 firefighters were deployed, an official from the service said……
France is the world’s most nuclear-dependent country, operates 58 reactors and has been a leading international proponent of atomic energy.
But in a deal with the Greens before this year’s parliamentary and presidential elections, President Francois Hollande’s Socialist party promised to reduce reliance on nuclear energy from more than 75 percent to 50 per cent by shutting 24 reactors by 2025.
France’s reliance on nuclear power has been increasingly called into question since the Fukushima disaster in Japan, which prompted Germany to announce plans to shut all of its reactors by the end of 2022…..
France’s ecology ministry said there was no safety threat. Ecology Minister Delphine Batho termed it a “workplace accident” and promised that “a complete report on this incident will be made public.”
On stream since 1977, Fessenheim has two water reactors. It is built along a huge canal and draws water for cooling from the Rhine river.
Due to its location, it is considered vulnerable to seismic activity and flooding and is provisionally scheduled to close in 2017.
After the scare, former Green presidential candidate Noel Mamere said: “This incident proves that we must close Fessenheim as soon as possible,” adding that it would be better to spend “billions of euros” on developing renewable energy. http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/accident-at-frances-oldest-nuclear-plant/story-e6frg6so-1226466141232
Opposition to nuclear power for Nigeria
critics are worried that the project will do the country more harm than good. They say the effect of radioactive substance cuts across both geography and politics, and if not properly managed, may compromise not only the lives of the present generation but also several generations yet unborn.
What Nigeria needs now is investment in safe alternatives that will not harm the environment and the people.
Furore over nuclear power plant in Nigeria The Guardian, 06 SEPTEMBER 2012 00:00 FROM CHUKWUMA MUANYA AND EMEKA ANUFORO, FOCUS PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan and the relevant agencies set up to actualize Nigeria’s dream of becoming a “nuclear power” are excited that the national nuclear power programme has reached an advanced stage.
Nigeria and Russian had in June begun implementation of a nuclear power generation agreement signed in June 2009, to facilitate cooperation on the development of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes. Continue reading
Suffolk Council joins Virginia Beach and Norfolk in opposing uranium mining
Councils in Virginia Beach and Norfolk adopted similar resolutions earlier this summer. Chesapeake’s council is set to take up the matter Tuesday.
Suffolk council OKs resolution against uranium mining By Jeff 
Sheler The Virginian-Pilot September 6, 2012 SUFFOLK The City Council added its voice to those of other Hampton Roads cities calling for the continuation of a 30-year ban on uranium mining in Virginia.
By a unanimous vote, the council adopted a resolution Wednesday that opposes the mining and milling of uranium in Pittsylvania County, which it described as a potential threat to the region’s water supply. Continue reading
Diplomacy the only realistic way to keep Iran away from nuclear weapons
Diplomacy: Best Way to Keep Iran Away From the Bomb Forever
HUFFINGTON POST, Kate Gould, : 09/05/20123 Things You Need to Know about the IAEA Report As Iran war-fever again breaks out upon the release of the latest IAEA report on Iran’s nuclear program, the single most important determinant of ‘how many years Iran is from a nuclear weapon’ bears repeating: according to U.S. and Israeli intelligence , Iran has not decided to build a nuclear weapon. Amidst this media frenzy, one can forget that centrifuges spinning on their own don’t speed toward nuclear weapons. People (in governments) make the political decision about whether or not to make nuclear weapons. As countless top national security experts have pointed out , diplomacy is the best way to persuade the people in Iran — yes, there are living breathing people behind those centrifuges — to never make that decision.
1. The Report Confirms (Again): Iran Is Still Not Building Nuclear Weapons
The IAEA report highlights troubling developments about Iran’s nuclear program, but it also confirms what every other Iran report from the U.N.’s nuclear watchdog has verified: Iran is still using its enriched uranium strictly for peaceful purposes. The report further confirms U.S. and Israeli intelligence assessments that Iran is not building a nuclear weapon . Continue reading
Kazakhstan’s nuclear fuel bank or nuclear graveyard?
Nuclear fuel bank or nuclear graveyard? Asia Times, 5 Sept 12, By Zhulduz Baizakova Kazakhstan plans to build an international nuclear fuel bank in Ust-Kamenogorsk (Oskemen), in the country’s east, at the site of Ulba Metallurgic Plant, part of the giant national company Kazatomprom, which produces fuel tablets for nuclear power plants.
While the authorities are keen on the plan, some citizens are seriously questioning it – questions that are likely to remain largely unanswered. Continue reading
Japan’s Economy Minister call for renewable energy revolution, with nuclear shutdown
Fukushima Watch: The No-Nukes Minister, WSJ, September 6, 2012, By Takashi Mochizuki As the government finalizes its long-term energy plan, one cabinet member, Economy Minister Motohisa Furukawa, is ramping up a public campaign for zeroing out nuclear power. “It’s sad that people will become unable to go back to places where they were born, and nuclearpower has such risk.
It’s an important mission of the government, and mine as a policy maker, to eliminate such a sad risk,” Mr. Furukawa said in a speech at a conference on renewable energy Thursday….. Mr. Furukawa says dropping nukes could be good for Japan’s economy, by spurring renewable energy production. “I see great possibilities in green energy, where innovation will give birth to more innovation,” he said in his speech…..
In his latest speech, Mr. Furukawa compared Japan’s economy to the U.S. a decade ago. The U.S. succeeded, he said, in propelling economic expansion by letting information technology industries flourish. He said it’s time for Japan to do the same by feeding renewable energies
and dumping nukes.
http://blogs.wsj.com/japanrealtime/2012/09/06/fukushima-watch-the-no-nukes-minister/
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