China – Fukushima contamination reaches the 20 degrees north latitude – IAEA are still silent on lack of monitoring.

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Author- Arclight2011
25 August 2013

Below is a collection of links in which I try to describe the IAEA`s part in the lack of monitoring of radionuclides off the coast of Japan and some of the politics involved. The Iaea quickly became the central organisation that the pacific countries had to rely on for testing of radionuclides in water, fish and sediment in the whole of the Pacific.

I could find little results for measured data and China have commented that the pollution is continuing to spread in Japanese waters. China claims its territorial waters are apparently at an acceptable levels of contamination.

The Chinese report outlines the need for testing off the coast of Japan and states that the contamination has reached the 20 degrees north latitude (see diagram below )

The Chinese are working with the IAEA. The IAEA has done little research these past few years and now are just setting up groups and training to monitor the situation. This is the same thing they have been saying all along. As the IAEA  speak but dont DO! There seems precious little testing being done and therefore little data for scientists to work with.

China has done testing but needs to save a much pressed Chinese Sea fisheries from collapse. The Chinese are starting to target bloggers who say “illegal thoughts ” concerning Fukushima et al. (link provided) to bring them in line with the censorship and harassment of their Japanese anti nuclear blogger counterparts.

It might be worth noting that China has a BIG investments in nuclear technology and have many trade deals with the west that are NOT impacted by other disputes (Japan for example). This is helped by the IAEA and those they represent.

China is developing a MOX plutonium fuel cycle and waste processing technology. So, China needs to play down the Daichi Number 3 MOX explosion and the contamination from MOX during normal processing operations. The IAEA is fully supporting China with their MOX future plans and covering up the MOX explosion so as to not burden the MOX industry with new Fukushima style regulations.

Despite Fukushima, IAEA sees global progress on nuclear safety

Fri Aug 23, 2013 12:31pm BST

* IAEA says significant progress made on safety globally

* Greenpeace disagrees, says “not much” achieved

Aug 23 (Reuters) – Japan may be suffering persistent problems with its wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant, but the U.N. atomic agency says “considerable progress” has been made globally in the past year to strengthen reactor safety.

http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/08/23/nuclear-iaea-safety-idUKL6N0GO1BD20130823

Extracts from supporting articles

08-25-2013

China’s State Oceanic Administration says the seas within China’s territory have not been directly affected by radioactive pollutants from Japan’s Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant.

The State Oceanic Administration has been monitoring the open seas in the west Pacific Ocean for three consecutive years since the Fukushima Nuclear disaster.

Results show the impact of radioactive pollutants in the sea has expanded, with radioactive substances from the Fukushima plant detected at around 20 degrees north latitude. It says, however, that the pollutants do not threaten the safety of seas administered by China.

http://english.cntv.cn/program/newsupdate/20130825/102557.shtml

10 August 2013

An IAEA expert mission composed of 16 experts from eight countries and IAEA staff visited Fukushima Prefecture from July 21 to 26, to start implementation of the “Practical Arrangements,” a set of signed agreements between the Fukushima Prefecture and the IAEA.

The three-year assistance plan focuses on issues of remediation, decontamination and low level radioactive waste management in Fukushima Prefecture. The remediation efforts aim to prevent the movement of radioactive contaminants into waterways, the food chain or air.

The IAEA team also conferred with Fukushima Prefectural officials on the various steps taken for the safe management of materials that contain traces of low level of radioactive nuclides, assistance for temporary storages sites for possible contaminated materials. Another issue discussed during the meeting was to undertake a survey of radionuclides in the environment, including its absorption in soil, and the examination of status radionuclides in rivers and lakes and mapping surveys of the Fukushima Prefecture for dissemination to the public.

http://ens-newswire.com/2013/08/10/fukushimas-radioactive-leaks-to-the-pacific-alarm-japan/

Beijing  August 25, 2013

The latest monitoring data showed that contaminated water areas have expanded, but no immediate impact on waters under the jurisdiction of China has been reported, the State Oceanic Administration (SOA) said.

The SOA has carried out regular monitoring of the Western Pacific Ocean since the Fukushima nuclear accident in March 2011, state-run Xinhua news agency reported today.

Follow-up monitoring will be continued to safeguard China’s maritime rights and interests, it said, adding monitoring can also be conducted in waters near Fukushima to detect new developments in the nuclear crisis.

http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/fukushima-plant-radiation-leak-yet-to-threaten-china-official-113082500198_1.html

The Fukushima Monitoring Database

(FMD) was developed by the IAEA’s Incident and Emergency Centre (IEC) to provide Member States and the public with a record of the results of radiological monitoring performed in Japan that was officially reported to the IAEA during the emergency phase of the accident, which ended on 16 December 2011 when Cold Shutdown Condition was achieved.

The IAEA would like to acknowledge the cooperation of the Government of Japan during the preparation of this database.

https://iec.iaea.org/fmd/

12 December 2012

A joint project between the IAEA, 20 IAEA Member States and three non-Member States from the Asia and Pacific region is building the analytical skills and infrastructure needed to monitor the region’s marine environment and derive high-quality data to evaluate the possible impact of the release of radioactivity.

Launched in July 2011, training events and expert missions have taken place at the IAEA’s Environment Laboratory in Monaco and in Korea during the first year of the project. Member States are gaining experience in using quality management systems for marine water radioactivity measurements, as well as on quality assurance and data management.

http://www.iaea.org/newscenter/news/2012/radioactiverelease.html

Prime minister Noda goes to China to cut a secret deal on nuclear in late 2011. does this ensure Chinese co-operation on matters concerning food contamination etc??

http://www.forbes.com/sites/stephenharner/2011/12/27/japan-china-relations-pm-nodas-21-hours-in-beijing/

CNNC 18/11/11 China fuel cycle

The China Institute for Atomic Energy expects two 40t/yr MOX plants to be operating by about 2018.

http://www.world-nuclear.org/WNA/Publications/Weekly-Digest/Archive/Archive-2011/#.UhoU1rxx0nk

China says that its transparent in nuclear matters and this is supported by the IAEA. Yet we see worrying articles such as this:

August 25, 2013 - Posted by arclight2011part2 | Uncategorized