Nor’easter threatens weather-weary East Coast, 05 Nov 2012, POINT PLEASANT BEACH, N.J. (AP) — A week after Superstorm Sandy pummeled the East Coast, wiping out entire communities, residents were bracing for yet another potentially damaging storm.
A nor’easter taking shape Monday in the Gulf of Mexico was expected to begin its march up the coast, eventually passing within 50 to 100 miles of the wounded New Jersey coastline on Wednesday. The storm was expected to bring winds of up to 55 mph, coastal flooding, up to 2 inches of rain along the shore, and several inches of snow to Pennsylvania and New York.
One of the biggest fears was that the storm could bring renewed flooding to parts of the shore where Sandy wiped out natural beach defenses and protective dunes.
“It’s going to impact many areas that were devastated by Sandy,” said Bruce Terry, the lead forecaster for the National Weather Service. “It will not be good.”
Some communities were considering again evacuating neighborhoods that were hit hard by Sandy and where residents had only recently been allowed to return. No town had made a final decision to do so as of Monday evening.
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg decided against a new round of evacuations.
“When Sandy was coming in, all the signs said that we were going to have a very dangerous, damaging storm, and I ordered a mandatory evacuation of low-lying areas, something that a lot of people don’t like to hear,” he said. “In this case, we don’t think that it merits that. It is a different kind of storm; the wind is coming from a different direction.”….http://www.fox10tv.com/dpp/weather/us_wx_news/Noreaster-threatens-weatherweary-East-Coast_15723626?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
Ocean life endangered by proposed seismic imaging project
California energy agencies have recommended and PG&E has proposed the Central Coastal California Seismic Imaging Project (the project). Using high-intensity seismic surveys in ocean waters, PG&E intends to study faults and their connections deep under the seafloor near the plant.
The project would put sea birds, fish, squid, and other ocean life at risk, undermine the safeguards of Marine Protected Areas that local residents worked hard to create, and affect human communities that depend on thriving ocean life.
Given that less harmful studies likely will address high priority uncertainties in the hazard assessment, we urge the Coastal Commission to follow the staff recommendation and deny the permit
Can Nuclear Safety Be Improved Without Sacrificing Ocean Life? NRDC Switchboard, Karen Garrison, November 5, 2012 I was just a child when scientists in St. Louis found radioactive material in thousands of baby teeth collected nationwide. People around the world were shocked to learn that fallout from nuclear testing had worked its way into the food chain, as dairy cows ingested radioactive material that landed on pastures. A test ban treaty is now in place, but decades later, we’re still living with the risks of nuclear power. Continue reading
“Strong in the Rain” – new book about Fukushima’s catastrophe
Fukushima Daiichi Worker: “We’re looking at a Chernobyl-type situation, maybe worse” -Book http://enenews.com/fukushima-daiichi-worker-were-looking-at-a-chernobyl-type-situation-maybe-worse
November 4th, 2012
Title: Chapter 4: Meltdown
Source: The Asia-Pacific Journal
Authors: Lucy Birmingham and David McNeill
Date: November 5, 2012
Strong in the Rain, a new book co-authored by Japan Focus coordinator David McNeill and Lucy Birmingham, Time magazine’s Tokyo correspondent, tells the story of Japan’s 2001 [sic] triple disaster through the eyes of six ordinary Japanese people. […] In this except from Chapter Four, [a maintenance worker at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant] Watanabe Kai (a pseudonym) and Mayor Sakurai Katsunobu begin to realize the full scale of the triple meltdown at the Daiichi plant and what it will mean for their lives.
[…] It was just after 3:00 pm. Kai and thousands of workers had been allowed to leave to check on their families. […]
Trying to put together what happened at the refugee center in Iwaki, Kai feared the worst. The center was crowded with people from his town who sat fearful and transfixed in front of the TV, but few were as qualified as he was to imagine how bad this could get. A professor from the elite University of Tokyo was saying that there was no cause for alarm but it was obvious that there was no water in the reactors and that the fuel was melting. Why were they saying it isn’t melting down?, he wondered. We’re looking at a Chernobyl-type situation, maybe worse. Eventually, he thought, the evacuation area could stretch to 100km or perhaps 200 km. […]
Still, as soon as he saw the explosion on March 12, he began waiting for a call from his company, asking him to save the plant and clean up the mess. […]
The call came later, about a week after the crisis began. “We have to go back,” said Kai’s manager. He used a military term; “final battle orders.” […]
The biggest experiment in history – atomic bombing of Bikini Atoll
Bikini Atoll became the centerpiece of a colossal military operation.
The hydrogen bomb that was detonated on this spot on March 1, 1954, created a fireball four miles wide and raised the temperature of the lagoon water to 99,000 degrees. The blast was 1,000 times more powerful than the Hiroshima bomb and nearly three times stronger than its creators expected. It shook islands 250 miles away. It vaporized three islands in the atoll. And it killed every living thing in the air, on land, and in the sea for miles around.
PARADISE WITH AN ASTERISK, OUTSIDE MAGAZINE, OCTOBER 17, 2012“……..Operation Crossroads, the most spectacular and expensive science experiment in history, was first proposed in August 1945, a few weeks after the U.S. dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. President Harry Truman had ordered the Army and Navy to conduct further tests of nuclear weapons. The reason, which sounds implausible if not ridiculous today, was to see if atomic bombs, when dropped on warships at sea, would sink them. Continue reading
Uranium One posts 3Q loss despite production increase 11/5/2012 Stockhouse Editorial Uranium One Inc. (TSX: T.UUU, Stock Forum) announced its third quarter financial results on Monday and said total production rose 23% to 3.1 million pounds from 2.5 million pounds in the year earlier period.
Uranium One is a Toronto-based company with assets in Kazakhstan, the United States and Australia…..
The company posted a net loss of $61.6 million or 6 cents a share in the quarter. That compared to a net profit of $45.8 million or 5 cents a share a year earlier. Revenue in the quarter was $142.6 million, down from $157.7 million in the year ago period.
Down 1% Monday to $2, Uranium One has a market cap of $1.9 billion, based on 957.2 million shares outstanding. The 52-week range is $3.45 and $1.98. http://www.stockhouse.com/natural-resources-news/2012/nov/5/uranium-one-posts-3q-loss-despite-production-incre.aspx#uEqGXOEW55vDjfL4.99
South Korea shuts down 2 nuclear reactors for substandard parts -more to come?
Speaking at a press briefing, Knowledge Economy Minister Hong Suk-woo said eight part suppliers have faked 60 warranties for 234 parts since 2003 and so supplied 7,682 unqualified items worth 820 million won (S$920,000) to the Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co., KHNP, the state-run operator of the nation’s 23 nuclear reactors nationwide.
Of the total substandard items, 5,233 have actually been installed in five nuclear reactors and about 99 per cent of them were used in unit 5 and unit 6 of the nuclear power plant in Yeonggwang, which is located some 330 kilometers southwest of Seoul
Tuesday, Nov 06, 2012
SOUTH KOREA – The government shut down unit 5 and unit 6 of the nuclear power plant in Yeonggwang County, South Jeolla Province, on Monday, after finding a number of “substandard” components in the two nuclear reactors.
The government’s announcement of the use of unapproved parts in the nuclear power plants shocked the public, raising concerns over safety and power shortages during the upcoming winter.
Speaking at a press briefing, Knowledge Economy Minister Hong Suk-woo said eight part suppliers have faked 60 warranties for 234 parts since 2003 and so supplied 7,682 unqualified items worth 820 million won (S$920,000) to the Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co., KHNP, the state-run operator of the nation’s 23 nuclear reactors nationwide.
Of the total substandard items, 5,233 have actually been installed in five nuclear reactors and about 99 per cent of them were used in unit 5 and unit 6 of the nuclear power plant in Yeonggwang, which is located some 330 kilometers southwest of Seoul.
Australia -NLC IN TALKS ABOUT ALTERNATE NUCLEAR WASTE SITE
The Northern Land Council (NLC) doesn’t seem to care about the Aboriginal Traditional 
Owners, whose land s being threatened by a proposed nuclera waste dump. They didn’t even bother to consult them
Seems like the NLC is happy to go along with Australian govt’s determination to put nuclearwaste on to Aborignal land – they suggest another site in the same area – Christina Macpherson
By Michael Coggan, ABCNovember 6, 2012,
The Northern Land Council has confirmed it is about to start formal talks about a new site for a proposed nuclear waste facility in the Northern Territory.
The Federal Government is planning to build a national nuclear waste dump in the Territory.
The only site nominated is on Aboriginal land at Muckaty Station, about 120 kilometres north of Tennant Creek.
That nomination is being challenged in the Federal Court by local land owners opposed to the dump.
NLC chairman Wali Wunungmurra has confirmed that formal consultations will begin this week about a proposed second site on a different section of land on Muckaty Station.
The consultation process is expected to continue into next year.
South Africa signs agreement on sharing nuclear knowledge in africa -safe?
“ The criminals may have been part of a terrorist gang, the FSKN added.“
“The agreement co-ordinates the “work we want to do with the rest of the continent”, Dr Mjwara said. “How can we use our facilities to provide the training, knowhow and use of nuclearrelated technology for peaceful use in the broad areas?“”
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BY SARAH WILD, 06 NOVEMBER 2012, 05:15
South Africa is key to passing on knowledge in nuclear technology to the rest of Africa, International Atomic Energy Agency deputy director-general Kwaku Aning said on Monday, noting that the country would be pivotal in enabling African countries to develop nuclear power programmes.
South Africa is home to the only nuclear power plant in Africa. Although other countries such as Algeria, Egypt and Libya have research reactors, they are not as technologically advanced as South Africa.
However, several African countries, including Nigeria, have shown interest in nuclear power stations.
Fukushima Mothers: Daughter has so many thyroid cysts doctor can’t count them all — Hospital told not to test kids
Published: November 5th, 2012 at 7:44 pm ET
By ENENews
Source: Ian Thomas Ash
Date: November 05, 2012
h/t Fukushima Diary
[…] Last night, I had dinner with the Shibuya family, whom I had met last month. […]
When we met last month, Mr. and Mrs. Shibuya had just received the test results showing that both Ayumu and Mutsuki have thyroid cysts. […]
This morning I met Mrs. Shima. She had invited several other mothers over to her home to share with me their situations and the thyroid test results for their children. Mrs. Shima showed me the thyroid ultrasound for her daughter Shuri, 11. The government-sponsored test revealed her daughter had NO thyroid cysts, but she went to a private hospital to seek a second opinion. She was told her daughter in fact DOES have thyroid cysts[Emphasis Added]. In both tests, it was discovered that her son Kaito, 13, also has thyroid cysts.
[…] Mrs. Oyama worries for her son Yoshihiki, 11. Her daughter Nozomi, 17, has been found to have thyroid cysts.
Mrs. Kanno’s two children, daughter Yuika, 10, and son Naoki, 11, were both found to have no thyroid cysts in the government-sponsored test. When she went to the private hospital Mrs. Shima recommended for a second opinion, she was told that the hospital had received a directive from the national government to stop providing tests for children it had deemed had no thyroid cysts. Mrs. Kanno was refused a second thyroid test for her children. […]
Mrs. Tsuda’s son Naoki, 11, has thyroid cysts. Her daughter Yuika, 10, has so many thyroid cysts the doctor could not count them all (!).
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