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Nuclear reactors near dams – damn dangerous

Occupy the NRC (Nuclear Regulatory Commission)The NRC’s job is to PROTECT citizens from the dangers of nuclear power. SO WE HAVE JUST ONE QUESTION: Since when is purposefully concealing information about the potential failings of the nuclear power plants near us part of protecting us???? In a letter submitted Friday with the NRC Office of Inspector General, Richard Perkins, an NRC reliability and risk engineer, said the Nuclear Regulatory Commission “intentionally mischaracterized relevant and noteworthy safety information as sensitive, security information in an effort to conceal the information from the public.” An engineer with the NRC says that a reactor meltdown is an “absolute certainty” if a dam upstream of a nuclear plant fails

October 22, 2012 Posted by | general | Leave a comment

VIDEO: Masaki KITO, Attorney in Tokyo, on Fukushima and fishing

Tokyo Legal Expert: Once a nuclear accident occurs EVERYTHING is over!  http://enenews.com/tokyo-legal-expert-once-a-nuclear-accident-occurs-everything-is-over-zero-prospect-of-ever-restoring-fishing-grounds-warns-california-residents-of-risks-all-will-be-lost-this-is-the-realit— Zero prospect of ever restoring fishing grounds — Warns Californians of quake risks, “All will be lost, this is the reality of nuclear energy” (VIDEO)

Watch the video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmdILRvIdck Title: Masaki KITO, Attorney in Tokyo, on Fukushima and fishing  Oct 19, 2012

Masaki KITO, an attorney in Tokyo, is suing Tepco for ongoing damages caused by the Fukushima nuclear disaster: Let me be clear: Once an accident occurs EVERYTHING is over! Those who make a living from fishing will have zero prospects of ever restoring their fishing grounds after a single accident. […]

Accidents are more likely from mistakes in the siting of a nuclear plant. […]

Diablo Canyon [California, US] also needs a thorough study of its faults. The current assumption of seismic force seems to be grossly underestimatedbased on what we experienced in Japan. We’ve already experienced a M9.0 quake here. Similar sized faults anywhere in the world could produce another M9.0 quake. […]

Please understand once that happens, all will be lost. This is the reality of nuclear energy today.

October 22, 2012 Posted by | Resources -audiovicual | Leave a comment

Warning to Taiwan on its special danger from nuclear power

Taiwan has one of the highest densities of nuclear power plants in the world

 the population density in northern Taiwan is so high that it would be very difficult to evacuate people if a nuclear accident were to occur at the Fourth Nuclear Power Plant in Gongliao District (貢寮), New Taipei City (新北市).
“The evacuation efficiency in northern Taiwan is virtually zero,”

Scientist warns of dangers of Taiwan nuclear mishap Taipei Times 21 Oct 12, By Lee I-chia  A Japanese nuclear scientist and researcher says that if a nuclear accident occurred at one of northern Taiwan’s nuclear power plants, about 30,000 people would die within a short period of time and up to 7 million people could develop cancer from exposure to the nuclear radiation. Continue reading →

October 22, 2012 Posted by | safety, Taiwan | Leave a comment

Need for diplomacy with Iran, on the nuclear issue

no one gets respect like those who have the bomb. And those who stop reaching for it tend to get killed.

Israel Has Nuclear Weapons, But Only Iran Has Nuclear Power Forbes.com James Conca, 21 Oct 12,  With all the uproar over Iran’s nuclear weapons program, reckless speculation on attacks and the latest Iranian cyberthreat, does anyone care that Iran just brought up to full power the only commercial nuclear energy reactor in the Middle East? Of the kind you can’t really make weapons from?
It’s easy to forget that Iran has had a 50-year nuclear program, begun by the United States in the 1960’s Continue reading →

October 22, 2012 Posted by | general | Leave a comment

French research confirms childhood leukaemia rates up, near nuclear power plants

Fukushima’s Hot Water: Now Fallout in Our Kitchens? On The Issue,   by Kimberly Roberson, 21 Oct 12, “……Just this year, French researchers confirmed that childhood leukemia rates are greatly elevated among children living near nuclear power plants. The January 2012 International Journal of Cancer published the study,Childhood Leukemia Around French Nuclear Power Plants — the Geocap Study 2002-2007.

The inherent function of nuclear reactors requires routine invisible releases of cancer-causing radionuclides via the towers. Researchers also continue to see increases in cancer clusters — especially of thyroid cancer, breast cancer and leukemia — in areas near nuclear power plants.

In addition, how to handle the waste from nuclear power plants is still unsolved. The question is: how to safely store the millions of pounds of so-called “spent fuel” created by nuclear power production. The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission was recently forced to halt licenses for new nuclear plants until a solution can be found to store deadly radioactive waste that will remain hazardous for millennia at best. http://www.ontheissuesmagazine.com/2012fall/2012fall_Roberson.php

October 22, 2012 Posted by | France, health | Leave a comment

Cesium above new limit in Miyagi beef http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20121019a2.html Jiji SENDAI — Radioactive cesium levels above the government’s new limit have been found in beef from Miyagi Prefecture, the prefectural government said.

 Meat from a cow shipped by a farmer in Tome was found to contain more than 150 becquerels of radioactive cesium per kilogram, the Miyagi Prefectural Government said Wednesday.

The stricter limit of 150 becquerels for beef and rice took effect Oct. 1. The previous limit was 500 becquerels per kilogram.

It is the first time beef with radioactive cesium levels above the tightened limit has been found.

The cow was shipped to a slaughterhouse in the Shibaura district in Tokyo and a radioactivity check on the meat was conducted Tuesday, the prefecture said. The meat was discarded, officials said.

The prefecture is investigating, suspecting that rice straw eaten by the cow was contaminated by fallout from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant disaster.Miyagi Prefecture told the farmer not to ship any more cows until the investigation is completed, and asked nearby ranchers to suspend shipments voluntarily.

October 22, 2012 Posted by | environment, Japan | Leave a comment

Putin – tough guy in Russia’s nuclear arsenal tests

Putin flexes muscle in big test of Russia’s nuclear arsenal Russia says it is modernizing a nuclear arsenal that was largely created during the Cold War Live Mint Steve Gutterman  Oct 21 2012.  Moscow: President Vladimir Putin took a leading role in the latest tests of Russia’s strategic nuclear arsenal, the most comprehensive since the 1991 Soviet collapse, the Kremlin said on Saturday. Continue reading →

October 22, 2012 Posted by | Russia, weapons and war | Leave a comment

VIDEO: discharging Fukushima radioactive water underground

Japan Engineer: Fukushima contaminated water to go in giant pit — “It can easily be discharged underground” (VIDEO) http://enenews.com/japan-engineer-fukushima-contaminated-water-giant-pit-dug-tepco-easily-be-discharged-underground-video October 19th, 2012

 Follow-up to: Radioactive waste to be buried underground at Fukushima Daiichi? (PHOTOS) <<

Mr. Yastel Yamada, a retired engineer and founder of the Fukushima Skilled Veterans Corps
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Filmed: Oct. 18, 2012 at Chabot College
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Mr. Yastel Yamada, a retired engineer and founder of the Fukushima Skilled Veterans Corps: Now we need the storage of the excess water. It increases day by day. You can see some tank here, storage tank of the excess water.

Tanks are not sufficient at this moment. Tepco has dug a pit and lined with bentonite and polyethylene seal, and stored water underground, and then cover.

But if there were any earthquake again here, a crack would generate, I guess. And I don’t know why Tepco has decided to make underground [inaudible] for excess water. It can easily be discharged into the underground water.

October 22, 2012 Posted by | Resources -audiovicual | Leave a comment

  Land of Hope – love, loss and nuclear power in Japan, Montreal Gazette October 21, 2012 Land of Hope is nothing like Sion Sono’s exuberant Love
Exposure (shown in Montreal at the Fantasia Film Festival).

It’s a sad, sober, quiet film that provides food for thought. I’m assuming that the titles is a bit of a sad joke because there isn’t too much hope here, actually. What hope that there is would probably die if exposed to the light of truth.

The movie imagines an additional nuclear power disaster, in Nagashima, Japan, after the one that really did happen in Fukishima, as a result of the earthquake and tsunami in 2011…..
http://blogs.montrealgazette.com/2012/10/21/fnc-2012-land-of-hope-love-loss-and-nuclear-power/

October 22, 2012 Posted by | Resources -audiovicual | Leave a comment

Singapore minister: Nuclear technology ‘not yet suitable’ Asahi Shimbun October 17, 2012
By DAISUKE FURUTA/ Correspondent SINGAPORE–Tiny Singapore will not introduce nuclear power in the foreseeable future, a Cabinet minister said.

October 22, 2012 Posted by | ASIA, politics | Leave a comment

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