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Fukushima Rad News 6/20/13: Nuclear Emergency Response Center Opens; Robot Surveys Fuku Reactor

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Published on 20 Jun 2013

Robot carries out survey inside Fukushima reactor
A remote-controlled robot with a 7-meter-long arm has carried out a survey inside a reactor building at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.

Nuclear emergency response center opens
Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority has unveiled its new emergency response center.
The facility is designed to be an improvement on the old response center run by the authority’s predecessor, the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency. The agency’s crisis response during the Fukushima accident was severely criticized.

US releases new guidance on nuclear arms
The US administration has released new guidance on nuclear weapons for the first time in 11 years, calling for reducing reliance on nuclear weapons while maintaining a credible deterrent.
The Defense Department on Wednesday released a report on the US Nuclear Weapons Employment Strategy.

Ohi reactors likely to remain online beyond July
Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority will allow the country’s only 2 running reactors to stay online after new nuclear safety guidelines take effect in July.
The guidelines for the first time oblige utilities to beef up measures against serious accidents like the one that occurred in Fukushima 2 years ago.

Obama calls for further arms cuts
US President Barack Obama is calling for further reductions to US and Russian strategic nuclear weapon stockpiles.
Obama addressed about 6,000 people in front of the Brandenburg Gate in central Berlin on Wednesday.
He stressed the importance for the Untied States and European nations to work together to address global issues, including climate change, terrorism and the economy.

[Fuel in the upper floor ?] Radiation level higher near the equipment on the ceiling
Posted by Mochizuki on June 20th, 2013
http://fukushima-diary.com/2013/06/fu…

No temperature change in reactor1 after reducing nitrogen gas into the PCV
Posted by Mochizuki on June 20th, 2013
http://fukushima-diary.com/2013/06/no…

Former Fukushima worker “It’s not nobody died from Fukushima, it’s nobody was arrested for Fukushima”
Posted by Mochizuki on June 20th, 2013
http://fukushima-diary.com/2013/06/fo…

Ebina city board of education to shut down their educational facilities for the potential eruption of Mt. Fuji
Posted by Mochizuki on June 18th, 2013
http://fukushima-diary.com/2013/06/eb…

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TV: Western U.S. turned into “radiant wasteland” by nuclear-related facilities
http://enenews.com/tv-western-u-s-tur…

New photos show growing leak in Hanford tank
New photographs obtained by KING 5 show additional chemically contaminated and radioactive waste leaked from a massive underground double-shell tank at the Hanford Site.
http://www.king5.com/news/investigato…

EPA to Hold Public Meeting Tuesday, June 25, at Pattonville High School to Discuss Activities at West Lake Landfill Site
Release Date: 06/20/2013
Contact Information: Chris Whitley, 913-551-7394 (office), 816-518-2794 (cell), whitley.christopher@epa.gov
http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress….

June 20, 2013 - Posted by arclight2011part2 | Uncategorized