Never mind the radioactive waste under the Arctic sea: Shell is keen to drill there
Shell still optimistic about Arctic drilling
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/business/breaking-news/shell-still-optimistic-about-arctic-drilling/story-e6frf7ko-1226485643427 AP October 01, 2012 THE stars lined up – almost – for Shell Oil to drill exploratory wells this year in waters off Alaska’s north coast.
The Arctic Ocean was on record pace for low sea ice. The Obama administration gave a qualified green light to drilling. Two drill ships and a flotilla of support vessels were staged off prospects.
But as the open water season wound down, Shell announced last week it would limit drilling to time-consuming preparation for an offshore well. The final straw for the decision: damage during testing September 15 to an undersea containment dome, a key to the company’s spill response system.
Environmentalists cheered the setback. Shell Oil President Marvin Odum says he considers it a temporary impediment in the long-term quest to open a petroleum frontier.
High levels of radiation on Lanyu (Orchid Island)
“Two Japanese academics have found unusual levels of radiation at more than 10 locations around Lanyu, with the level at one location as high as 500 times more than the environment background value — this shows that the issue of radioactive pollution is very serious on the island,”
Activists demand survey of Lanyu radiation levels, Taipei 
Times, 29 Sept 12, PARADISE LOST? Professors warn that radiation levels pose a threat to both residents and visitors of the island and may cause cancers and cardiovascular diseases By Loa Iok-sin / Staff reporter Environmentalists yesterday called on the Atomic Energy Council (AEC) to conduct a thorough survey around Lanyu (蘭嶼, also known as Orchid Island) as a report released by Japanese academics shows that an unusual amount of radiation has been
found on the island and that the nuclear waste storage facility on the island may be leaking. Continue reading
Danger as oil companies plan drilling in nuclear waste ocean dump
The Kara Sea is so remote that the Soviet Union used it as a dumping ground for radioactive material for more than 25 years. The two oil companies have avoided calls for the nuclear waste, estimated to consist of over 17,000 barrels of radioactive waste, worn-out reactors, and even an old nuclear submarine, to be cleared up before any exploration takes place.
The most dangerous item down on the sea floor in that area is the K-27 nuclear submarine, which was dumped their by the Soviet navy in 1981. The NRPA said that any significant corrosion could damage the ships reactor and cause an environmental disaster.
Exxon, Rosneft eye oil in nuclear wasteland http://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/Energy-Voices/2012/0927/Exxon-Rosneft-eye-oil-in-nuclear-wasteland
Exxon Mobil and Rosneft are planning to drill for oil in the Kara Sea, which the Soviet Union used as a dumping ground for radioactive material for more than 25 years, according to OilPrice.com. By James Burgess, September 27, 2012 It has been well documented that oil majors from around the world are looking at oil exploration in the Arctic, where they believe that some of the largest untapped fields in the world still lie.
Environmentalists have been fighting efforts to start exploring for oil, fearing that any serious oil spill could mean the destruction of one of the last pristine wildernesses on the planet. Continue reading
Radioactivity from Fukushima nuclear accident detected in Lisbon,
Portugal http://sciencealerts.com/stories/2015645/Radioactivity_from_Fukushima_nuclear_accident_detected_in_Lisbon_Portugal.html#.UGX5NpjA9
The radioactivity released from the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear
accident was transported around the globe by atmospheric processes.
Several artificial radionuclides were detected and measured in
aerosols and atmospheric surface depositions in the Lisbon area during
late March and early April 201The highest concentrations measured in
aerosols were those of particulate 131I, 1.39 ± 0.08 mBq m-3.
Cesium-134, 137Cs and 132Te were also determined but at lower
concentrations. The total atmospheric depositions on the ground were
higher on the first week of April with values for 131I, 134Cs, and
137Cs of 0.92 ± 0.11, 0.59 ± 0.06, and 0.62 ± 0.12 Bq m-2,
respectively. The four artificial radionuclides measurable, 131I,
132Te 134Cs, and 137Cs, caused little radiation exposure to the
members of the public, that was five orders of magnitude lower than
the ionizing radiation effective dose limits for members of the public
for one year (1 mSv y-1). Radionuclides from Fukushima nuclear
accident were measured in aerosols at Lisbon, Portugal. Cesium-137 and
iodine-131 were measured in atmospheric precipitation. Radiation dose
to members of the public was much lower than dose limit of 1 mSv/y.
Deformities in butterflies – effects of Fukushima radiation
More images of deformed butterflies after Fukushima — Wings folded over, rumpled, much different sizes (PHOTOS)
September 21st, 2012
By ENENews
The biological impacts of the Fukushima nuclear accident on the pale grass blue butterfly
Scientific Reports
Volume 2; 2012 See more photos here
China still has poor record on nuclear safety, uranium environmental damage
Should China be involved in the UK’s nuclear energy infrastructure? Guardian UK, Paul Dorfman, 21 Sept 12“….In Tibet, the Chinese nuclear industry is engaged in a determined effort to secure uranium deposits located in Amdo, where leaching and open pit extraction are reported to have resulted in significant environmental contamination. Regulation of safety oversight mechanisms is relatively weak in the Chinese nuclear industry, and according to a recent Nuclear Materials Security Index report, China ranks 29th among the group of 32 nuclear nations in terms of nuclear security and materials transparency. Although it’s to be hoped that greater corporate social responsibility and sensitivity to vulnerable industrial communities is evolving in both Russia and China, it’s still troubling to reflect on their respective human rights situations, documented by Amnesty International……http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/blog/2012/sep/21/nuclearpower-energy?newsfeed=true
Radiation Maps of Children of Belarus
Children Radiation Maps, Blog by Jan Hemmer April 14, 2012 by Mikkai
http://www.scribd.com/doc/15770206/NesterenkoBelrad Continue reading
Radioactivity at high levels in Louisiana sinkhole
Testing of total alpha and total beta radiation showed that these were at levels about twice the natural background.
The State of Louisiana found much higher levels of radiation in deeper parts of the sink hole than the place where we received our surface sample
Sinkhole: Radioactivity at 5,900 picocuries per kilogram from uranium and thorium floating on surface, about double background — “Much higher levels of radiation” down deeper — Residents’ frustration growing (VIDEO)
September 21st, 2012
By ENENews Title: Sampling Continues at Bayou Corne as Sinkhole Expands http://enenews.com/sinkhole-surface-radioactivity-at-5900-picocuries-per-kg-from-uranium-and-thorium-about-double-background-levels-much-higher-levels-of-radiation-down-deeper
Source: Louisiana Environmental Action Network
Author: Wilma Subra
Date: Sept 22, 2012 Continue reading
Radioactive air, water, marine life, debris from Fukushima to USA West Coast
reports of radioactive air, water, marine life, and weather reaching the US Pacific Coast in such significant quantities
Impact to US West Coast from Fukushima disaster likely larger than anticipated, several reports indicate, Bellona 21 Sept 12, Part of: Nuclear meltdown in Japan The massive release of anthropogenic – or non-naturally occurring radionuclides such as cesium 137 and cesium 134 – by the meltdowns and explosions that rocked Fukushima Daiichi occurred in the five days following the beginning of the accident, according to a new report. www.greenpeace.org
Non-naturally occurring radionuclides from the Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear power plant’s triple meltdown last year radioactively contaminated the entire northern hemisphere within days and the US west coast bore a significant brunt of so called hot particles, an independent scientific paper released yesterday claims. Charles Digges, 19/09-2012
US government environmental monitoring agencies have either declared as safe, refused to comment on, or – say several independent researchers – vastly understated what impacts, if any, this could have for America’s western coastal population. Significant omissions in data reporting and hobbling of radioactive monitoring systems, say many, make it seem unlikely that hard government facts will be forthcoming to support evidence presented by independent researchers. Continue reading
Sea ice at record low – climate change nears crisis point
What the scientific community understands is that Arctic ice is melting at an accelerated rate — and that humans play a role in these changes.
includes VIDEO Arctic Sea Ice Levels Hit Record Low, Scientists Say We’re ‘Running Out Of Time’, HUFFINGTON POST Joanna 
Zelman James Gerken
09/19/2012 As Arctic sea ice levels hit a new record low this month, scientists and activists gathered to discuss how to bridge the gap between scientific facts and the public’s limited understanding that we are, in their words, “really running out of time.”
The National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) released preliminary findings Wednesday suggesting that on Sept. 16, Arctic ice covered just 1.32 million square miles — the lowest extent ever recorded. This minimum is 49 percent below the 1979 average, when satellite records began. Continue reading
Caesium-137 – toxic decay products underground,a Chernobyl hazard
Chernobyl zone in Belarus reduced, Charter 97 Mirror, “……….Meanwhile, according to the head of Kyiv coordination and analytical centre of Ecology and Health, Professor Yury Bandazheuski,
in case a radioactive counter do not trace radiocaesium on the surface of the ground, it simply means that radioactive elements had migrated into the earth stratum and are at the level of the root system. The expert says that transformation of radioactive elements into the ones more dangerous for human health occurs.
For instance, Caesium-137 decays into barium, and barium is very toxic for a human being. People at “conditionally clean” territories get it with plants and animals’ meat.
http://charter97.mirror.tengu.ch/en/news/2010/8/3/31033/index.html
Cattle with strange skin lesions near Fukushima Diiachi
Skin lesions, LIvestock, a few Kms from Fukushima Diiachi
http://nuclearhistory.wordpress.com/2012/09/18/skin-lesions-livestock-a-few-kms-from-fukushima-diiachi/
http://fukushima-farmsanctuary.blogzine.jp/blog/2012/09/post_1af1.html
Translation of salient text by KM (Japan):
“Spots in the hair of cattle appeared
“I have never seen like this symptoms before” Mr.Yoshizawa said. 10 of
380 cattle in the Ranch have similar to a little less symptoms.
Diagnosis by veterinarians is mycosis with no identification of
bacteria. While a year and half, cattle pasture in Namie have been
grazing and drinking from groundwater
We require strongly detailed examination of this disease.
Our ranch farm is 14km(about 9miles) from Fukushima Daiichi nukes
plants and cesium measured in the air is 3~4mS/h now at here.”
Screen captures from website:……
A warning on the genetic effects of low dose radiation
“Radioactive waste – the source of which is mostly human-made, like nuclear power plants, nuclear testing, wrong disposal of nuclear or radioactive medicines by hospitals and so on — can cause serious impact on marine and land species,”
There is a link between other species and humans via the associated food chain,”
‘Man-made radiation makes repairing broken genes harder’ The Gulf Today BY A STAFF REPORTER September 15, 2012 DUBAI: All living things on earth and in the oceans live with exposure to natural levels of ionising radiation, which is high-frequency radiation with enough energy to change the DNA of organisms.
Most such genetic damage heals, but the addition of human-made radiation can make it harder for the body to repair broken genes, according to Master Pritvik Sinhadc, the world’s youngest author on palaeontology, the earth science that studies fossil organisms and related remains. Continue reading
Russia’s nuclear waste storage ship
Nuclear waste storage ship Lepse leaves Murmansk for decomissioning, Kola Peninsula, Russia http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guPem_guPUk
Nuclear waste storage ship Lepse leaves Murmansk for decomissioning, Kola Peninsula, Russia Sep 14, 2012 by bellonafoundation
The Lepse, which in its heyday had been used as a support vessel for Russia’s nuclear icebreaker fleet, has been bobbing at dockside at the Atomflot port four kilometers north of Murmansk’s more than a quarter of a million-strong population since 1988. In the holds of the Lepse are filled with casks and caissons holding 639 spent nuclear fuel assemblies –equaling hundreds of tons of radioactive materials — a significant portion of which have been damaged, including assemblies that were damaged during offloading from the nuclear icebreaker Lenin. On September 14, 2012, Lepse was towed to Nerpa shipyard on the Kola Peninsula for decommissioning. Bellona has been instrumental in Lepse project. Bellona’s President Frederic Hauge is in Murmansk to see Lepse leaving the Kola Bay.
Russian scientists find high levels of cesium 137 in Pacific ocean near Fukushima
[The Voice of Russia] Cs137 in Pacific ocean 500~800km from Fukushima, “10 times higher than norm” http://fukushima-diary.com/2012/09/the-voice-of-russia-cesium137-detected-in-pacific-ocean-500800km-from-fukushima-10-times-higher-than-normal/#.UFOPru59MAQ.facebook by Mochizuki on September 14th, 2012
<Quote> [The voice of Russia]
Russian scientists find radiation off Fukushima coast
Russian scientists have detected radiation in the north-west of the
Pacific Ocean at a distance between 500-800 km to the east from
Japan’s troubled Fukushima-1 nuclear power plant.
The expedition of the Russian geographical society has detected that
the concentration of cesium-137 in that area exceeds the norm 10
times.
This is the first time when concentration of cesium 137 was found in
the local sea waters while the air is clean.
The level of radiation near the Russian coast is normal.
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