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Over 260 Copies Of Ann Frank Diary Destroyed Clearly by Fasicst Right Wing in Tokyo Libraries

Jon Doe

Published on 24 Feb 2014

February 25, 2014 Posted by arclight2011part2 | Uncategorized | 1 Comment

Living Near Fukushima Daiichi In The US (Arnie Gundersen)

rumorecurioso

Published on 23 Feb 2014

http://fairewinds.org/media/fairewind…

Maggie and Arnie speak at The Green Mountain Global Forum about the risks of living near one of the twenty-three US nuclear reactors that are identical to the four that exploded at Fukushima Daiichi (Mark 1 Boiling Water Reactors). The “Lake Wobegone” effect (where each community thinks their nuclear plant is better than average) convinces the 23 local communities in which there is a Mark 1 BWR that a nuclear accident couldn’t possibly happen at their nuclear reactor. The experiences at Fukushima Daiichi, Chernobyl and Three Mile Island, prove that faith in nuclear safety is unfounded.

Arnie Gundersen/Fairewinds Energy Education:
http://www.fairewinds.com/
http://fairewinds.org/
http://www.youtube.com/user/fairewind…
in Japanese: http://www.fairewinds.com/ja
Maggie Gundersen http://tinyurl.com/ms8ufgp
http://www.fairewinds.org/donations

February 25, 2014 Posted by arclight2011part2 | Uncategorized | 4 Comments

Japanese post secresy law version of “Radiation dose rates now and in the future for residents neighboring restricted areas of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant ”

DO NOT SHOOT THE MESSENGER! – ARCLIGHT2011 

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….This assessment was derived from short-term observation with uncertainties and

did not evaluate the first-year dose and radioiodine exposure.[?????WTF? ARCLIGHT2011]

Nevertheless, this estimate PRovides PeRspective [PR for short] on the long-term radiation exposure levels in the three regions……

http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2014/02/19/1315684111.abstract?sid=ca09296d-a927-45aa-af46-04a4654b74b9

February 25, 2014 Posted by arclight2011part2 | Uncategorized | 1 Comment

Noam Chomsky: Talking About Iran Sanctions Is ’Surreal’ – Video

http://www.irdiplomacy.ir/en/page/1929197/Noam+Chomsky+Talking+About+Iran+Sanctions+Is+rsquo%3BSurrealrsquo%3B.html

publish date : 24 Monday February 2014

Iran and six world leaders agreed to a plan Thursday for negotiating an agreement to freeze Iran’s nuclear program in exchange for eased economic sanctions. But author and activist Noam Chomsky isn’t convinced the United States has the right to impose sanctions at all.

“My feeling is that the entire discussion is kind of surreal,” Chomsky said last month during an interview with HuffPost Live. “There are more fundamental questions to ask. What justification does the United States have to impose sanctions in the first place?”

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WATCH Chomsky’s comments in the video above.

or here…  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/23/noam-chomsky-iran_n_4833461.html?utm_hp_ref=politics

The United States, Britain and the United Nations Security Council have already levied significant economic sanctions against Iran in an attempt to persuade the nation to abandon what the U.S. believes could be a potential nuclear weapons program. President Hassan Rouhani, who replaced hard-liner Mahmoud Ahmadinejad last year, forged an agreement in November with the U.S. and several other countries to help boost the struggling Iranian economy.

Chomsky argued that reports from U.S. intelligence agencies have not confirmed Iran is developing nuclear weapons.

“As far as U.S. intelligence knows, Iran is developing nuclear capacities, but they don’t know if they are trying to develop nuclear weapons or not,” Chomsky told HuffPost Live. “Chances are they’re developing what’s called ‘nuclear capability,’ which many states have. That is the ability to have nuclear weapons if they decide to do it. That’s not a crime.”

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February 25, 2014 Posted by arclight2011part2 | Uncategorized | Leave a comment

The Inconceivable Atomic Legacy of New Mexico – Vice

…..As Jennifer Richter told me, “That eternal legacy is thought-provoking, in a way that we are not trained to provoke our thoughts.”

I suppose it’s only fitting that New Mexico, where the atomic age began, is also the primary resting place of its excess. And at the WIPP site, New Mexico’s atomic legacy will outlive us all……

http://www.vice.com/en_ca/read/the-atomic-legacy-of-new-mexico

By Sam Gilbert

24 February 2014

In 1945, the world’s first nuclear weapon was detonated at the Trinity site in the Chihuahuan Desert in New Mexico. The massive blast pulled the white desert sand up into an atomic fireball, the heat transforming the granules into green glass that fell back to the desert floor.

Days before and a few hundreds miles north, the world’s first ever nuclear weapons scientists mused over whether or not the atmosphere above the test site would be incinerated by the atomic reaction, ushering in a new age of apocalyptic fear that would define the next couple of generations.

A replica of the Fat Man bomb dropped over Nagasaki at the Trinity site (photo via)

Growing up in New Mexico, this history surrounds you. We had family trips to the Trinity site and school visits to the Bradbury Museum In Los Alamos, where we were thrust in front of full-sized replicas of the bombs that leveled Hiroshima and Nagasaki, before being subjected to goofy museum movies about the wonders of atomic energy.

My childhood home was situated almost directly between the two primary nuclear research and development sites in the country, Sandia and Los Alamos national labs. My university sat just a few miles from the single largest nuclear weapons cache in the world.

“In New Mexico, we live in a radioactive web,” said Jennifer Richter, former University of New Mexico professor.

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February 25, 2014 Posted by arclight2011part2 | Uncategorized | 1 Comment

Preparing for nuclear power plant licensing beyond 60 years

It was agreed that EDF NDL would stay flexible and adapt to any unforseen situations and any future planning or research in this area could be avoided (likely as to keep the costs down). Though they did admit this;

“for example it has been identified that the extreme maximum ambient air temperature is likely to be beyond the current design basis within the lifetime of some stations. Suitable safety case amendments are being prepared.”

[…]

“….. there is little quantified information currently available. ONR acknowledges that generation of this information was not practicable within the timescales of producing the stress tests reports. Significant work is required, particularly to evaluate margins to equipment failure against extreme wind and temperature” http://www.oecd-nea.org/nsd/fukushima/documents/UK_ST_Final_National_Report.pdf

Preparing for licensing beyond 60 years

http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/RS-Preparing-for-licensing-beyond-60-years-2402144.html

24 February 2014

….Licence extensions to 60 years mean that major mid-life refurbishing, such as replacement of steam generators and upgrades of instrument and control systems, can be justified….

US nuclear utilities could start applying to the regulator from 2017 for operating licence extensions beyond 60 years. Staff at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) say they are preparing for this.

Under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, the NRC is allowed to issue licences for nuclear power reactors to operate for up to 40 years. The original 40-year period was more to do with amortisation of capital than implying that reactors were designed for only that lifespan. Regulations allow the NRC to extend licences for additional 20-year periods provided the reactor is deemed safe to continue operating. There is no restrictions on how many times a licence can be extended.

First licence renewal extending operation beyond the original 40 years was issued to the two-unit Calvert Cliffs nuclear power plant in March 2000. Of the USA’s 100 operating nuclear power reactors, the NRC has so far renewed 72 of their operating licences and is currently reviewing a further 18. As of the end of last year, 20 reactors had entered the period of extended operation between 40 and 60 years.

In a paper to the commission, NRC staff said, “Based on discussions with the nuclear industry, the staff believes the first application for subsequent licence renewal may be submitted as early as 2017.”

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February 25, 2014 Posted by arclight2011part2 | Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Vessel checks for more Swedish reactors but WENRA wants all European reactors reviewed!

In 2013 the Western European Nuclear Regulators Association (WENRA) recommended that standardized reviews should be carried out at all European reactor pressure vessels, regardless of manufacturer, to verify materials quality and structural integrity.

24 February 2014

http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/RS-Vessel-checks-for-more-Swedish-reactors-2402147.html

Sweden’s nuclear regulator has instructed the operators of two more of the country’s reactors to review the conditions of the units’ pressure vessels to check for defects that may have been introduced in the manufacturing process.

The Swedish Radiation Safety Authority (Strålsäkerhetsmyndigheten, or SSM) wants the operators of Oskarshamn 3 and Forsmark 3 to review and analyse documentation from the manufacture of the units’ pressure vessels to see whether similar flaws to those discovered in two Belgian units are likely to be present. The operators must then decide whether the vessels need to undergo further tests. The review – and any decision on the need for further tests – must be completed by 30 June 2015.

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February 25, 2014 Posted by arclight2011part2 | Uncategorized | Leave a comment

UK – Nuclear bomb plant facing crackdown for failing to make radioactive waste safe

…Aldermaston plant that makes enriched uranium components for nuclear warheads and fuel for nuclear submarines closed because of corrosion in structural steelwork….

http://www.robedwards.com/2014/02/nuclear-bomb-plant-facing-crackdown-for-failing-to-make-radioactive-waste-safe.html

February 25, 2014 Posted by arclight2011part2 | Uncategorized | 1 Comment

Corroded storage barrels found at nuclear power plant in Germany

02/24/2014

http://www.power-eng.com/articles/2014/02/corroded-storage-barrels-found-at-nuclear-power-plant-in-germany.html

A quarter of the barrels holding radioactive materials at Vattenfall’s nuclear power plant in Germany are showing signs of rust or corrosion, according to The Local.

A thorough inspection of the store rooms at the Brunsbüttel nuclear power plant revealed that 18 of the 70 barrels were affected by corrosion, the article said. Inspectors had previously found a rusted nuclear waste barrel at the plant in 2011.

The barrels are stored underground surrounded by thick concrete walls. The article said the moisture inside of the containers themselves may have caused the rusting. The state Environment Ministry said the rust did not pose a threat to the public, the article said.

February 25, 2014 Posted by arclight2011part2 | Uncategorized | Leave a comment

LA Times: Top NRC official in Japan compared Fukushima to ‘never-never land’ — At same time, US warned France about publishing ‘extremely high’ radiation doses for infants in Tokyo

Published: February 23rd, 2014 at 11:14 pm ET
By ENENews

http://enenews.com/la-times-top-nrc-official-in-japan-compared-fukushima-to-never-never-land-at-same-time-as-us-warning-france-about-publishing-extremely-high-radiation-doses-for-infants-in-tokyo

Los Angeles Times, Feb. 20, 2014: On March 18, 2011, an official from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission named Chuck Casto called together the NRC delegation on assignment with him in Tokyo. “We’re in never-never land,” he told them. […] “Never-never land” barely did justice to the situation. Casto and his team had been flown to Japan to help deal with the crisis, but all that they knew was that the Japanese government and [Tepco], were at an almost complete loss about how to deal with the catastrophe […] These events and more are meticulously reconstructed in “Fukushima: The Story of a Nuclear Disaster” […]

Here’s what was also going on behind the scenes at nearly the same time as Casto was comparing the situation to ‘never-never land’:

Conference call with HSE (UK), CNSC (Canada), IRSN (France), ASN (France) & NRC (pdf), March 17, 2011: […] IRSN stated that they plan to put this entire simulation […] on their IRSN website (publically available) in the next 6-12 hours […] IRSN stated that this simulated data shows that for a 1-yr child, the estimated thyroid dose in Tokyo would be between 0.1-1 mSv [millisievert] thyroid uptake (inhalation only) […] (US, Canada, and UK) stressed to the French that these estimates appeared to be extremely high for a child inhalation dose. We stressed to the IRSN that great care should be given in providing the assumptions […]

Thyroid doses for a 1-yr child in Tokyo would end up being many times the French estimate:

Radiation Dose Estimate Report Tokyo, Japan for Child between the ages of 1 and 2 years (pdf): [US] Department of Defense estimated whole-body and thyroid radiation doses […] over the period from March 12, 2011 to May 11, 2011. […] Tokyo, Japan; Child between the ages of 1 and 2 years, your radiation dose estimates for the 60-day period are: […] Thyroid Radiation Dose Estimate: 1.40 rem (≒ 14 millisieverts)

Asahi Shimbun, May 24, 2012: The WHO […] thyroid gland dose estimates for 1-year-old infants were […] 10-100 millisieverts in Tokyo and Osaka. Tokyo sent health ministry officials to the WHO headquarters and went through diplomatic channels to call for revisions. “The figures are just impossibly high,” a government official said at the time. “If they are released, that will not only arouse unnecessary anxiety among the Japanese public but also serve as negative publicity.”

See also: US gov’t kept worst-case Fukushima scenario secret from public — “Possibility of radiation exceeding safe levels for thyroid doses in Alaska”

February 25, 2014 Posted by arclight2011part2 | Uncategorized | Leave a comment