nuclear-news

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Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Taro Aso caused a stir Monday in talks on social security reforms when he said the medical system should be changed so that the many terminal patients now using “government money” for expensive treatment “can quickly pass away.”
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20130122a5.html

NHK News;
Contractors fail to pay decontamination workers
NHK has learned that some contractors failed to pay a special allowance to workers who remove radioactive fallout from the Fukushima nuclear accident.

Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority has drafted an outline of new safety standards for nuclear power plants. The new rules are expected to ensure that the country’s nuclear power plants can withstand severe accidents like the one at the Fukushima Daiichi plant.

Nuclear plant operators payout amount revealed
NHK has learned that nuclear power plant operators in Japan have charged users about 90 million dollars a year to cover payouts to local authorities hosting their facilities.

http://fukushima-diary.com/
Issued thermometers in reactor2 indicate 208℃ and 134℃

Decontamination on asphalt can decrease the radiation level only by 20%

Black substance in a pool of Soma city, “25.58 μSv/h of α, β, γ and X”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=uc842aYQB1o