Radioactive Metal Thieves Get 8 Years
http://en.rian.ru/crime/20120828/175476124.html
MOSCOW, August 28 (RIA Novosti)
“….A Ukrainian court sentenced eight members of a criminal group to up to eight and a half years in prison for trading in radioactive materials stolen from the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, the Kiev City Prosecutor’s Office said on Tuesday.
The men sold depleted uranium items stolen from the Chernobyl exclusion zone.
The court found them guilty of “illegal handling of radioactive materials committed by an organized group.”
Depleted uranium is used in aircraft and rocket building, medical equipment and the transport and defense industry, in particular to manufacture armor sheets and armor piercing shells….”
the term Depleted Uranium is a puzzle in this article, it may have meant used as depleted uranium or meant some other isotope..
Elderly Evacuees from Futaba-machi Living in School Bldg in Saitama Will Be Made to Pay for Their Boxed Meals, Starting September 1st
http://ex-skf.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/elderly-evacuees-from-futaba-machi.html
“….Just remember that this country (Japan) is still the third largest economy in the world. But after more than 17 months since the earthquake/tsunami/nuclear accident, hardly anyone cares that these people are still living in school classrooms. It’s worse than not caring, because now they will charge for the bento (meal in a box), which will cost these elderly residents 30,000 to 40,000 yen per person per month (US$381 to 508 per person per month).
Where do they have such money? No one cares. The evacuees from the same town, Futaba-machi, who have moved to temporary housing and other rental properties, have complained that they are not getting free meals, so everyone gotta pay, to be fair….”
From Yomiuri Shinbun (8/24/2012):
“….Due to conflict with the Futaba-machi residents living on their own, evacuees at the Futaba-machi shelter [in Saitama] will have to pay for their bento (meal in a box)
Starting September, the evacuees staying in the school building of former Kisai High School in Kazo City in Saitama Prefecture will have to pay for the bento meals that they receive.
The reason why the town has decided to charge for bento was the strong demand for equality from the town residents who have already left the school building and live on their own. However, the residents who still remain in the school building are resentful of the new charge. The conflict between the residents could be the result of the extended stay in the shelter for nearly one and a half year, with inadequate support for self-reliance and recovery…..”
“…..Starting September 1, a bento distributor in Kazu City will sell bento meals for 1,100 to 1,250 yen [US$14 to 16] per three meals per day. It will cost 30,000 to 40,000 yen [US$381 to 508] per person per month.
On the night of August 21, about 70 evacuees at the school gathered together talked. According to people who participated, most were against paying for the meals. There was an elderly man who lamented, “So, if I cannot pay for the bento, that means they are telling me to just die.” In fact, most of the evacuees who remain in the shelter are over 65 years old, and some need medical assistance…….”
“…….The Ministry official says, “We don’t think it’s right to have these people in the shelter for such a long time. We would like to consult with Fukushima Prefecture so that the residents can move to houses and facilities where they can live comfortably.”….”
NISA’s New Safety Standard May Allow Nuclear Reactors on Top of Active Faults to Continue Operation
http://ex-skf.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/nisas-new-safety-standard-may-allow.html
“…Totally, absolutely in line with Prime Minister Noda’s intention of seeking the “fourth way” for the future energy policy on reliance on nuclear power, the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency (which is still the one and only regulatory agency over the nuclear industry in Japan) is now considering installing a new safety standard:
You can continue to operate a nuclear reactor even if the reactor happens to sit on top of an active fault, as long as the expected size of dislocation is small enough.
This Kyodo News has the largest number of retweets I’ve seen on the websites of the Japanese mainstream media, currently with 9,015 retweets……”
“…In the meantime, the prime minister who seeks the “fourth way” further elaborated on his stance. According to Jiji Tsushin (8/28/2012), Mr. Noda had a casual dinner in Tokyo with the DPJ’s newbies (and apparently open to the press), where he told them and the press that he couldn’t commit easily to “zero nuclear” because of national security concerns….”
Japan Newspaper: Hospitals refused to treat Fukushima plant workers
http://enenews.com/japan-newspaper-hospitals-refused-to-treat-fukushima-plant-workers
Published: August 28th, 2012 at 4:03 am ET
By ENENews
Title: Survey revealed psychological trauma in Fukushima nuclear plant workers
Source: The Denki Shimbun (The Electric Daily News)
Date: Aug. 28, 2012
“…The survey was conducted over the period from May to June 2011 following the great earthquake. While the survey result found that the workers at the Fukushima I and II have suffered various forms of stress, the damage that had the greatest impact on the workers was the experience of discrimination and slander. According to Shigemura, some of the workers have been the victims of verbal abuse at evacuation centers, harassment over the lease of apartments, refusal of care at hospitals and other traumatic experiences….”
Chemical Expert: Residents will be exposed to extremely dangerous alpha radiation coming from sinkhole — Radioactive dust inhaled after carried by wind, surface water
http://enenews.com/expert-concerned-residents-will-be-exposed-to-extremely-dangerous-alpha-radiation-coming-from-sinkhole-radioactive-dust-inhaled-after-carried-by-wind-surface-water
Published: August 28th, 2012 at 12:36 am ET
By ENENews
Title: Threat to Bayou Corne grows as tests show elevated levels of radium, butane traces in and near sinkhole
Source: Stuart H. Smith
Date: Aug 22, 2012
[…]
[Marco] Kaltofen, a civil engineer and president of Boston Chemical Data Corp., noted that test results posted by the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality, or DEQ, show elevated rates of Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material, or NORM, in the liquid sinkhole. NORM is a frequent byproduct of the oil and gas drilling process, creating wastes that the industry has often then dumped improperly. Here’s Kaltofen’s analysis of the situation in Bayou Corne:
Radium in the body is absorbed because it is chemically similar to calcium. The normal maximum guideline level for radium in surface water is 5 picoCuries per liter, (pCi/L). The state’s testing found 82 pCi/L in the water of the growing sinkhole. Radium gives off “alpha” radiation. This form of radiation is extremely dangerous if inhaled or ingested, and less dangerous if exposed by skin contact.
Radium decays to produce the dangerous radioactive gas, radon. EPA warns that radon gas causes lung cancer, and that radon gas exposure can be as hazardous to your lungs as a serious cigarette habit.
In simple terms, skin usually protects the body from alpha radiation, but radon is highly worrisome because humans can be exposed by breathing it in. In the Bayou Corne situation, as Kaltofen notes: “Over time, some of the mud and crap in the pit will be carried away by wind, surface water, and even the tires of truck traffic, until it is inhaled as dust by local residents. This will expose them to alpha radiation, and increase their chances of getting lung cancer.”
[…]
Kaltofen said the air testing of the Bayou Corne area shows increasing traces of chemicals associated with butane, which would confirm some of the worst fears of local residents. Authorities have noted that the sinkhole is about 1,600 feet from a cavern containing over 900,000 barrels of liquid butane — a highly volatile and explosive compound, and there are fears the butane facility will be compromised.
[…]
Radiation Expert: “There are immediate radiation dose concerns” from sinkhole — Gov’t is in denial — “They don’t know what to do about the radioactive contamination”
Title: Update: Expert says Louisiana officials “in denial” over radium risk at sinkhole
Source: Stuart H. Smith
Date: Aug 24, 2012
[…]
Stanley Waligora — a New Mexico-based radiation protection consultant and leading authority on the health risks of naturally occurring radioactive material, or NORM — confirmed earlier reports that radium levels at the site about 70 miles west of New Orleans are not within limits but roughly 15 times higher than the acceptable level set by the state.
Waligora said officials with the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality need to launch immediate additional testing to ensure that the hazardous radium is not leaking into nearby groundwater and posing a threat to human health as well as livestock.
[…]
I sought an analysis of the recent DEQ test results from Waligora, who since a stint as a nuclear weapons officer in the U.S. military has been teaching, consulting and testifying as an expert witness in radiation litigation for more than 45 years.
He expressed concern that the state reported its findings of radium-226 and radium-228 as below acceptable levels, when in fact the results were 15 times higher than the state’s own standard for soil contamination. “Well, once again the Louisiana DEQ is in denial because they don’t know what to do about the radioactive contamination in the Bayou Corne subsidence,” Waligora wrote.
He added these findings:
There are immediate radiation dose concerns.
The release could reach the usable aquifer and contaminate drinking water along with livestock and irrigated crops. […]
Airborne particulate might become entrained and cause contamination to be inhaled by the public. […]
Radon gas emanating from the radium could be inhaled by members of the public. […]
[…]
WSJ MarketWatch: Cancer was “bound to happen” to animal grazing 5 miles downwind of Connecticut nuclear power plant
Published: August 27th, 2012 at 6:48 pm ET
By ENENews
Title: Commentary: The charmed life of Katie, the radioactive goat
Source: MarketWatch (Wall St. Journal)
Author: Al Lewis
Date: Aug 15, 2012
Katie the goat died Sunday.
Inoperable cancer. It was bound to happen eventually, grazing the way she did, downwind from a nuclear power plant.
[…]
She was found as a stray wandering down a rural road [and] ended up as a pet on a sloping meadow in Waterford, Conn. And there, she ate the sweet grasses growing five miles north of the Millstone Nuclear Power Station.
Lab techs would come by and test Katie’s milk. In a 2001 report, Dominion Resources Inc. (US:D), owner of the Millstone plant, acknowledged Katie’s milk contained radioactive isotope strontium-90, among other frightening carcinogens.
[…] the plant, which generates about half of Connecticut’s electricity, denied it was the cause of this toxicity. Apparently the radiation in Katie’s milk must have come from somewhere else.
The state’s Department of Environmental Protection also concluded Dominion wasn’t to blame. The agency’s then-director, Regina McCarthy, eventually went on to become assistant administrator for air and radiation at the Environmental Protection Agency under President Barack Obama. So breathe that.
[…]
Burton, founder of the Connecticut Coalition Against Millstone, has been trying to shut down the plant for years. Nuclear power, she contends, is simply too expensive and too dangerous. And the radiation it produces ends up in milk, even human mother’s milk, said Burton who is also co-director of a group called the Mother’s Milk Project.
Burton is a bit of a firebrand who was disbarred as an attorney in 2001. A judge apparently took issue with her fierce critiques of state’s judiciary, calling them an “assault” on the court’s integrity. This didn’t stop her from running, unsuccessfully, for Connecticut attorney general on the Green Party ticket in 2006 or for filing lawsuits against Dominion attempting to shutter its plant.
After discovering the nugget of disclosure in Dominion’s report about strontium-90, Burton tracked down Katie the goat and eventually adopted her. She would take the goat to anti-nuke rallies across Connecticut, even appearing beside renowned consumer activist Ralph Nader. Katie the goat sometimes sported a sign that read “Got Strontium?”
[…]
Gundersen on Gamma Rays: “Implies rubble was activated by neutrons, or that activation products like Cobalt-60 are in rubble — Interesting”
http://enenews.com/gundersen-gamma-rays-implies-rubble-activated-neutrons-activation-products-like-cobalt-60-rubble-interesting
Published: August 27th, 2012 at 2:50 pm ET
By ENENews
Regarding the recent news that Japanese officials report concerns about gamma rays being emitted from Fukushima plant debris, Fairewinds’ Arnie Gundersen writes to ENENews:
Gamma rays from rubble implies that the rubble was activated by neutrons or that activation products like Co60 are in the rubble. Interesting.
Some interesting comments on this thread.
Pacific cod fish shipments 200 miles from Fukushima suspended — “High levels of radioactive caesium found”
Published: August 27th, 2012 at 11:16 am ET
By ENENews
ABC Australia’s Mark Willacy, August 27, 2012 at 10:26a ET:
Mark Willacy@markwillacyShipments of Pacific cod caught off Aomori, 320km north of Fukushima, suspended after high levels of radioactive caesium found in fish there
Aomori ordered to suspend cod shipment after excessive cesium found
TOKYO, Aug. 27, Kyodo
“…
The government ordered Aomori Prefecture on Monday to suspend shipment of Pacific cod hauled off Hachinohe in the northeastern prefecture as excessive levels of radioactive cesium were detected in them, implementing such a ban for the prefecture for the first time after last year’s Fukushima nuclear disaster.
Radioactive cesium exceeding the government’s allowable safety level of 100 becquerels per kilogram was detected twice in the cod hauled off Hachinohe, the government said.
The government limited the shipment suspension to cod hauled off Hachinohe as Pacific cod habitat is not large compared with other migratory fish and those containing the maximum allowable level of cesium were caught in areas close to each other, according to the government….”
Message to humanity by Mr. Chaplin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKSI-iHaGuc
Published on Aug 26, 2012 by aristoman007
The ultimate speech for all human kind!
Atomic Lighthouses and missing nuclear material.
http://www.blinkx.com/watch-video/atomic-lighthouses-jupiter-nite-9-29-10/kJ2i7h5enVUPknjLmb257Q
9.29.10
We take a look at the abandoned nuclear lighthouses that line the northern border. ;We move on from these crazy left overs of a fallen empire and spotlight a new endeavor to build a nuclear power-plant on top of a barge.
Australia’s atomic confessions (video)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WMsJxTe-hU
[…]
Uploaded by GrahamHancockDotCom on Feb 3, 2012
Sacrificial Lambs on the High Alter of Science
Australian servicemen and nomadic Aboriginals reveal the devastating effects of atomic weapons testing carried out in Australia by the British during the 1950s. For the first time, members of the Royal Australian Army, Air Force and Navy describe former top secret aspects of those tests. With the use of rare archival film and photographs, as well as eye witness accounts, Australian Atomic Confessions chronicles the hidden history and exposes previously hidden Governemnet cover-ups. The consequences of nuclear testing imposed on the Australian people and land are not just skeletons of the past. Sydneys’ new nuclear reactor continues to pose a threat to the environment and civilians, and the problem of removing and disposing of the old nuclear reactor remains an unanswered question. Prominent Aboriginal Elders also warn that an imminent catastrophe may occur in Central Australia as a result of two uranium mines. Australian Atomic Confessions is a chilling expose of nuclear testing and its damaging legacy, one that continues to this day.
To buy this dvd with extra extended interviews, music and Dreamtime stories, or to make a donation to the filmmakers, please go tohttp://www.australianatomicconfessions.com/
[…]
Operation Free Assange’: Anonymous take down Interpol website
http://rt.com/news/anonymous-interpol-free-assange-607/
“….Hactivist group Anonymous claims to have taken down the websites of Interpol and a British police force as part of a campaign calling for the freedom of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.
Several Twitter accounts associated with the loose-knit Anonymous collective have announced that the website of International Criminal Police Organization was taken down. The site was unavailable as of 9:18 pm GMT but resumed functioning soon after.
The hackers also claim to have taken down the website of the Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA), a UK police unit responsible for operations against serious and organized crime….”
giggle! 🙂
nice to see i wasnt the only one with computer problems this week!
UK wants to resume talks with Ecuador over Assange
“….Tensions between the UK and Ecuador over the Assange case have eased as Britain has withdrawn a threat to raid its embassy to arrest the WikiLeaks founder, adding it wanted to resume talks over the issue.
On Saturday the Ecuadorian government revealed that it received “a communication from the British Foreign Office which said that there was no threat to enter the embassy.”
“We consider this unfortunate incident over, after a grave diplomatic error by the British in which they said they would enter our embassy,” Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa said in a weekly media address.
After the address Britain stated that it remains committed to a diplomatic solution to the standoff and expressed willingness to restart talks with Ecuador….”
Nationalist manga author joins anti-nuclear fight
TOKYO —
“…Japan’s anti-nuclear movement has a new supporter: bestselling nationalist manga author Yoshinori Kobayashi, known for his controversial defense of Tokyo’s wartime aggression, has joined the growing ranks of those who want the country to end its reliance on atomic power in the wake of the Fukushima crisis..”
“…Echoing other nuclear critics, Kobayashi’s manga takes aim at Japan’s “nuclear village”, a powerful nexus of politicians, utilities and bureaucrats, backed by the media, who for decades promoted nuclear energy as safe, cheap and clean.
He also dismisses the argument made by Japan’s business lobbies that the resource-poor economy will suffer if the country shuts down the reactors that before Fukushima supplied almost 30 percent of electricity needs.
“Morality and economic growth are possible without nuclear power,” he concludes….”
(video) Japanese Anti-Nuclear Movement Protest Entire Government | Aug. 24 2012 | Despite Police Limits
Published on Aug 26, 2012 by freedomwv
Japanese Anti-Nuclear movement refuses to give up despite continued limits placed on them by the Tokyo Metro Police. Thousands of people in attendance protesting in solidarity.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wntc20E_Wa0
This video is Ryan from Tokyo, an American Blogger who has been covering the Japanese protests with english commentary
We are living in age of global ignorance.
Some interesting thoughts here from Henri in Sendai
Published on Aug 26, 2012 by aristoman007
NHK: Testing 10% o fFukushima kids thyroid lumps took 1 year — Testing outside Fukushima to begin, will take 7 months with UK University complicity?
“….[Fukushima] prefecture had conducted thyroid checks on 38,000 children by the end of March.
No-one was diagnosed with cancer, but lumps were found in 36 percent of the children.
The prefecture explained that lumps can be found in healthy children, so no special measures are needed, but parents voiced strong concerns over the finding.
Thyroid checks will now be conducted on 4,500 children aged 18 years old or younger in 3 areas outside Fukushima Prefecture by the end of March….”
This is all i could find available on the public access on submitted papers by the Japan Thyroid Society
none relevant this year.. this link is from the japan societies own website..
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1447-0756
funny that such a large society has stopped publishing papers?? especially now?? speaks volumes to me..
did find this on that list though…
“Ionizing Radiation
DECONTAMINATION OF FRESH AND MINIMALLY PROCESSED PRODUCE
Published Online : 20 FEB 2012″
and this
“Ionizing Radiation
Standard Article
PATTY’S TOXICOLOGY
Henry Spitz and Roy E. Albert
Published Online : 27 JAN 2012″
“Ionizing radiation is undoubtedly one of the most intensely studied of all toxic agents.”
You have to wonder how they get it so wrong then? and why there is so much debate over dose?
Why aren’t mass studies of children being done?
What was the Fukushima Symposium all about in September 2011? They discussed thyroid testing and analysis but don’t seem to be doing much in the way of testing? Many international health industry “professionals” were present.
heres some amateur analysis of that symposium here.
International Expert Symposium Ignores Fukushima Residents: Citizens Group
September 10, 2011
“The International Expert Symposium that will be held from 11 September includes this Professor Yamashita on its organizing committee and will bring together experts who underestimate low-dose exposure risks. The Symposium must not be allowed to provide a justification for the Japanese Government’s exposure policy and confer international authority on the “Prefectural People’s Health Management Survey.” This is a threat against not only the people of Fukushima Prefecture but the whole of humankind.
We have submitted an open letter to the Symposium and will also oppose the Symposium with a protest demonstration. Please communicate the injustice of this Symposium to the whole world.
What we, the residents of Fukushima, need most of all is to evacuate to safe areas. The evacuation of children should be carried out with the utmost urgency. The tragedy of Chernobyl must not be repeated in Fukushima.
Seiichi Nakate is Executive Director of Fukushima Network for Saving Children from Radiation”
International Expert Symposium in Fukushima
—Radiation and Health Risks –
September 11-12, 2011, at Fukushima, Japan
9:30-11:00 Session IV: Lessons Learned from the Chernobyl Accident
Chernobyl thyroid tissue bank: integrating research on radiation-induced thyroid cancer
G A Thomas (Imperial College London, UK)
11:15-12:45 Session V: Radiation Safety and Guidelines Regarding Health Risks
Cancer models and radiation protection
Richard Wakeford (University of Manchester, UK)
http://www.nippon-foundation.or.jp/eng/news/8f0j6k00000ayayz-att/8f0j6k00000aybcf.pdf
at 1.36 approx Gerry Thomas
shes talking about the missed chance of Chernobyl and the opportunities of studying the cancer in the fukushima prefecture and developing oncology treatments.. her main issue is coallation of data.. her tissue bank only started in 1998.. at 1.46 approx says saving data is what is important not saving tissue samples and then goes on to say that the 4000 reviewed tissue samples do not include any from Belarus, and that it is a small number anyway! No questions taken from the audience!!
http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/17222333
at 21.17 Richard Wakeford
says anything below 100 mgray no worry goes on to discuss thresholds and small risk of low dose damage. Says that figures are clear at 1+ gray but lower down admits things are “not so clear” 50 to 100 milligray data shows some damage.. mainly talks of xray not particulate radiation concerning pregnant women..
@38.38 when asked about internal and external radiation differences he said he sat on a difficult committee for three years which he sniped about.. audience laughs!!. he said that the claims made by the radiological committee “don’t hold water” . lots of help from the audience to divert the question too!
http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/17224132
There is a full reply from Geraldine Thomas to inquiries to the wording “saving data is what is important not saving tissue samples” and the obvious conflict that might have on future victim litigation..
The reply stated that the focus should be more on the idea that the data would be sufficient to draw conclusions than on the idea of destroying anything.. more or less..
But the videos show active participation from the worlds health professionals and physicists in deciding and planning a future health study for the people of Fukushima without their input and against their wishes..
A well into the future health study, seemingly.
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4 May -West Suburban Peace Coalition to discuss Iran war at May Educational Forum
Monday, May 4, 7:00 – 8:00 PM Central Standard Time
Title: : How Trump’s Narrative Tries to Shape the Reality of the War on Iran.
Contact Walt Zlotow, zlotow@hotmail.com 630 442 3045 for further information
14 May – online event From Bombs to Data Centres: the Face of Nuclear Colonialism
Pine Ridge Uranium is the real threat, not Tehran- Tell Burgum: Stop the Extraction.
Chernobyl: The Lost Tapes – A good documentary on Chernobyl on SBS available On Demand for the next 3 weeks– https://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/tv-program/chernobyl-the-lost-tapes/2352741955560
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