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Inspectors find possible cheating on security tests at Oak Ridge nuclear weapons plant WP. By Associated Press,  September 5 OAK RIDGE, Tenn. — A security official at Oak Ridge’s Y-12 nuclear weapons plant has been suspended after inspectors found evidence of possible cheating on security tests.

The Knoxville News Sentinel (http://bit.ly/Q59P9p ) reports that inspectors from the Department of Energy last week found copies of security quizzes, with answers, along with other documents related to the inspection in a patrol car at the plant…..
http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/inspectors-find-possible-cheating-on-security-tests-at-oak-ridge-nuclear-weapons-plant/2012/09/05/0687d616-f782-11e1-a93b-7185e3f88849_story.html

September 6, 2012 Posted by | general | Leave a comment

TEPCO worried about finances with nuclear power’s uncertain future

Tepco Head Fears End of Nuclear in Japan, WSJ,  By MARI IWATA, September 5, 2012,  TOKYO—The new head of Japan’s biggest electric company aired concerns about the possibility that Japan could phase out nuclear power, saying such a move would necessitate a “complete” revamping of its investment and fuel-procurement plans and could be detrimental to the country’s energy security as well…..
Mr. Hirose’s comments come the week before the administration of Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda is expected to announce a long-awaited decision on Japan’s future energy mix, following last year’s devastating accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear-power plant. Continue reading

September 6, 2012 Posted by | business and costs, Japan | Leave a comment

VIDEO: Plutonium probably reached critical mass n Fukushima reactor No 3

Busby: I think plutonium probably reached critical mass at Reactor 3 which caused explosion (VIDEO)  September 6th, 2012 By ENENews Nuked Radio Special: Busby Speaks September 4, 2012
Dr. Chris Busby: I think what happened originally was it got hot enough to volatilize the plutonium. See, in these reactors there’s always plutonium. In Reactor 3, there was plutonium they put in there in the first place.

And plutonium has a lower boiling point than uranium.

So in principal if you heat the thing high enough, the plutonium comes off first, like the fractional distillation of oil.

So as the plutonium comes off, it will then condense in the cooler part of whatever it is coming off into, the pressure vessel I guess… and you only need about 9 kg of plutonium to have critical mass, so that could then explode and blow everything up in the air.

I think that is probably what happened at Reactor 3……  http://enenews.com/busby-plutonium-reached-critical-mass-reactor-3-caused-explosion-video

September 6, 2012 Posted by | Resources -audiovicual | Leave a comment

AUDIO: Fukushima deposited more radioactive material than Chernobyl did

Nuclear Expert Back From Japan: Fukushima deposited a lot more radioactive material than Chernobyl, except for immediate area around
reactors (AUDIO)
http://enenews.com/listen-expert-back-from-japan-fukushima-deposited-a-lot-more-radioactive-material-than-chernobyl-except-for-immediate-area-around-reactors-audio  September 5th, 2012  Title: Clean Energy View: Fukushima’s History, Recovery & Future Source: The Organic View
Date: June 19, 2012 
Energy expert, Thomas S. Drolet, President of Drolet and Associates
Energy Services, Inc. recently visited Fukushima and was also at the
site shortly after the disaster occurred to assist with the recovery
process. Mr. Drolet has also been to Chernobyl and is a highly sought
after speaker on the subject of nuclear energy. Drolet: The land to
the northwest of Chernobyl Unit 4 was severely contaminated in
comparison to anything that happened at Fukushima Daiichi, and then
was less and less.

The only good news I can say about Chernobyl is the initial blast was
so strong and so powerful that a lot of it went up into the air, into
the stratosphere almost, and got carried by the jet stream around the
globe.

So the dispersion was far greater in distance, and the amount
deposited — except for the immediate area, say a 20 mile area around
Chernobyl — was a lot less.

So its just the way the vagaries of the explosion and the wind were at the time.

September 6, 2012 Posted by | Resources -audiovicual | Leave a comment

New! Nuked Radio Special: Busby Speaks. 9.4.2012

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdxTw0el6Lw

Published on Sep 5, 2012 by 

Interview with Dr Christopher Busby from his home in Wales via Skype. 

September 6, 2012 Posted by | Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Hiroshima: Postcards from Japan – Dave Sweeney. (Videos)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7sqkfL0X44

Published on Sep 4, 2012 by 

On the morning of August 6th 1945 the Japanese port city of Hiroshima was destroyed by the world’s first atomic bomb — and the nuclear age began. In August 2012 a major international medical conference was held in Hiroshima to explore ways to reduce all forms of nuclear threat. In the shadow of the continuing Fukushima nuclear crisis, this meeting was a powerful place for a renewed call for action from all countries — including Australia. ACF’s nuclear campaigner Dave Sweeney sends this message from Hiroshima.

Text and presentation: Dave Sweeney, ACF
Images and sound: James Norman, ACF

 

Postcards from Japan: Fukushima housing

 

Dave Sweeney sent this message from an ’interim’ accommodation facility housing residents affected by the stricken Fukushima nuclear complex.

Around 150,000 Japanese people remain unable to return to their homes because of continuing radiation contamination from the stricken Fukushima Daiici nuclear reactor complex. Their communities have been disrupted, lives turned upside down and the social impacts of the accident have been profound. In August 2012 ACF representatives visited and spoke with re-located residents in an ’interim’ accommodation facility that is now home to re-located residents from where ACF’s nuclear campaigner Dave Sweeney sends this message.

Text and presentation: Dave Sweeney
Images and sound: James Norman

 

http://www.acfonline.org.au/news-media/blog/postcards-japan-fukushima-housing

September 6, 2012 Posted by | Uncategorized | Leave a comment