Rating the Fukushima damage on a nuclear danger scale
On Saturday, before emergency measures were announced at a second reactor at that plant, Japanese nuclear safety experts rated the accident a four, putting it just behind the Three Mile Island accident in 1979 near Harrisburg, Pa. That accident, the worst in United States history, was designated a five……..The government issued evacuation orders for about 170,000 people in the surrounding area……..
Nuclear Emergency Is Worst in Decades, NYTimes.com, By ANAHAD O’CONNOR March 12, 2011 The earthquake and tsunami that battered northern Japan on Friday set in motion one of the worst nuclear accidents in over two decades. The International Atomic Energy Agency rates the severity of radiological events, with a scale starting at one, an “anomaly,” and rising to seven, a “major” accident. A six and seven designate full meltdown, where the nuclear fuel or core of a reactor overheats and melts. The scale of the ensuing uncontrolled release of radiation that follows differentiates the two. Partial meltdowns, in which the fuel is damaged, are rated a four or a five. Continue reading
Technical information on the Fukushima nuclear loss of coolant
Moreover, in the spent fuel pools usually situated next to nuclear power plants, there are large numbers of additional fuel rods, used ones, disposed of as waste. There must be constant water circulation in the spent fuel pools. In what is labeled a “loss-of-water’ accident in a spent fuel pool, the zirconium cladding of the fuel rods is projected as exploding—sending into the environment the lethal nuclear poisons in a spent fuel pool…….
Behind the Hydrogen Explosion at the Fukushima Nuclear Plant, Common Dreams, by Karl Grossman, 12 March 11, The explosion at the Fukushima nuclear power plant is being described as caused by a “hydrogen build-up” The situation harks back to the “hydrogen bubble” that was feared would explode when the Three Mile Island plant in 1979 underwent a partial meltdown…… Continue reading
Japan could be the new Chernobyl, as nuclear radiation emergency continues
Given the large quantity of irradiated nuclear fuel in the pool, the radioactivity release could be worse than the Chernobyl nuclear reactor catastrophe of 25 years ago.”
Risk of Nuclear Catastrophe Escalates in Japan – ‘Worse than Chernobyl’, Forbes, William Pentland -m Mar. 11 2011 The Institute for Public Accuracy issued the following statement by nuclear expert, Kevin Kamp, about the risk of nuclear disaster in post-Earthquake Japan:
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Nuclear emergency in Japan
Radiation 1000 times above normal at nuclear plant
Radiation 1000 times above normal at nuclear plant | The Australian
Japan earthquake forces thousands to evacuate in nuclear plant emergency- Thousands of people were being evacuated from their homes as Japan scrambled to shut down reactors and prevent a catastrophic meltdown
Japan earthquake forces thousands to evacuate in nuclear plant emergency | World news |
Japan earthquake: nuclear disaster fears as reactor overheats Japan was battling to avoid a nuclear disaster after a reactor was critically damaged by the country’s biggest earthquake. Japan earthquake: nuclear disaster fears as reactor overheats – Telegraph
Japan Reactor Damaged in Quake May Need to Vent Radiation, Official Says,
Japan Reactor Damaged in Quake May Need to Vent Radiation, Official Says – Bloomberg
Fire breaks out at Japanese nuclear power plant, World affairs | Fire breaks out at Japanese nuclear power plant
Hundreds perish in 8.9 earthquake, tsunamis as minister warns of nuclear radiation Hundreds perish in 8.9 earthquake, tsunamis as minister warns of nuclear radiation | The Australian
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Japan Earthquake: The Energy Players Who Stand to Benefit | BNET, 12 Marcg 11,
Japan Earthquake: The Energy Players Who Stand to Benefit | BNET
Factbox: Japan quake tears through commodity, energy sectorsFactbox: Japan quake tears through commodity, energy sectors | Reuters
Japanese tax-payers should not pay up for risky Texas nuclear project
Clearly the state has other cleaner and cheaper alternatives, such as wind power or even natural gas. Overall, this looks like a bad deal all around: for Texas, for the Japan Bank for International Cooperation, and for Japanese taxpayers.
Why Japan Should Say ‘No’ To Funding U.S. Nuclear Plants, Change.org News, by Zachary Shahan · February 18, 2011 Nuclear energy, even if it were the cleanest, greenest, safest thing on the planet (which it is definitely not), is extremely financially risky. For this reason, it is nearly impossible for nuclear projects in the U.S. to get enough funding to get off the ground. Instead, companies rely on loan guarantees from the federal government, which ensures lenders that if the projects fail, taxpayers foot the bill and bail out the failed nuclear companies—to the tune of several billion dollars. Continue reading
Japan unhappy with nuclear deal that might promote India’s nuclear weapons
India is demanding that the upcoming accord,….include a clause to ensure the deal’s conclusion will not hamper its nuclear weapons program
India nuke tech pact hits snags | The Japan Times Online, Jan. 25, 2011 Kyodo News. Japan and India are at odds over provisions attached to a civil nuclear cooperation pact, including one that bans the transfer of “sensitive technology” from Japan that could be used to develop atomic weapons, sources close to the bilateral negotiations said. Continue reading
Cancer a late result of low level radiation, Nagasaki study shows.
the researchers looked at about 86,000 people who survived the bombing of Nagasaki….the recent study gave credence to the fact that radiation even at moderately low doses was hazardous.
A-bomb survivors still getting sick | hc2d.co.uk | Healthcare News16th Luisetta Mudie December 2010 People who survived the atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki during World War II still get radiation-related illnesses, according to a recent Japanese study. Continue reading
Ionising radiation’s cancer risk just as great for older persons
Recent analysis of the statistical evidence from long-term studies of atomic bomb survivors in Japan indicates that for radiation exposure after about age 30, the risk of developing radiation-induced cancer does not continue to decrease.
Radiation exposure: cancer risk in middle age, The Hindu , K.S. PARTHASARATHY, 4 Nov 10, The risk of cancer associated with radiation exposure in middle age may not be lower than the risk with exposure at younger ages. Continue reading
General Electric and AREVA negotiating with Japan to further their nuclear sales
The launch of bilateral talks in June on the nuclear cooperation accord triggered an immediate outcry from survivors of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945……
Uncertainty over tests stymies India nuclear pact, The Japan Times Online, By MAYA KANEKO, Kyodo, 26 Oct 10, Torn between economic gains and a national credo of abolishing nuclear weapons as the only country struck by them, Japan faces a dilemma in negotiating a civilian nuclear cooperation pact with India. Continue reading
Obama – Nobel Peace Prize winner, but nuclear weapons tester
He was even awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. What was that all about? How will the U.S. government apologize to A-bomb survivors?”….
A-bomb survivors outraged at Obama over subcritical nuclear test – The Mainichi Daily News, 14 Oct 10, Victims of atomic bombings expressed their disappointment at U.S. President Barack Obama after his administration carried out its first subcritical nuclear test last month. Continue reading
Further proof of radiation-caused cancers in large scale research study
Study of Japanese atomic bomb survivors shows radiation exposure poses similar risk of first and second cancers, Health Canal.com, 17 Sept 10, First large-scale study to assess how radiation influences risk of multiple cancers Continue reading
Very high radiation releases from Japanese nuclear reactor
Radiation rose to 2,100 times the normal level at Niigata plant. Japan Today: 17th September, NIIGATA —Radiation at about 2,100 times the normal level was detected in gaseous waste at a nuclear reactor at Tokyo Electric Power Co’s Kashiwazaki-Kariwa power plant in Niigata Prefecture on Thursday but no harm was done to the surrounding environment, according to the company…..
.The power company said Sept 10 that it detected radiation at 27 times the normal level in gaseous waste at the reactor and was closely monitoring the situation.
In July last year, the company halted operation of the No.7 reactor after radioactive gas leaked from the capsular vessel in the fuel pin. The company replaced the fuel after the incident. Radiation rose to 2,100 times the normal level at Niigata plant › Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Japan warns India against nuclear weapons testing
Japan should stop working with India on atomic energy if it conducts nuke tests, The Mainichi Daily News, 24 Aug 2010, During negotiations on a bilateral civil nuclear pact, Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada told his Indian counterpart that Tokyo will immediately discontinue its cooperation with India over atomic energy technology if it conducts a nuclear test…….India conducted nuclear tests in 1974 and 1998. Cooperation with any country like India on atomic energy could make the NPT a dead letter and give Iran and other countries that are suspected of developing nuclear weapons even though they are parties to the treaty an excuse to develop nuclear arms…………Japan should stop working with India on atomic energy if it conducts nuke test – The Mainichi Daily News
Censorship of radiation effects from atomic bombing of Nagasaki
Nagasaki was “forgotten” from the very start, thanks to a blatant act of press censorship…..the real reason for the censorship was the United States did not want the world to learn about the morally troubling radiation effects
Press Censorship: How the Truth Was Hidden About Nagasaki | The Nation, 9 Aug 2010, Greg Mitchell “………..many who support the first atomic bombing have expressed severe misgivings about number two because of the failure of United States to give the Japanese at least a few more days to consider surrender after the first blast (and the Soviets’ declaration of war). Kurt Vonnegut Jr. once said in an interview that the “nastiest act by this country, after human slavery, was the bombing of Nagasaki.” Continue reading
Hiroshima atomic bomb survivors bear witness today
It was a black rain with big drops……
This It How It Feels To Be Under A Nuclear Attack | Gizmodo Australia, By Akiko Takakura and others on August 6, 2010 “………..Since Hiroshima was completely enveloped in flames, we felt terribly hot and could not breathe well at all. After a while, a whirlpool of fire approached us from the south. It was like a big tornado of fire spreading over the full width of the street. Whenever the fire touched, wherever the fire touched, it burned. It burned my ear and leg, I didn’t realise that I had burned myself at that moment, but I noticed it later….
The whirlpool of fire that was covering the entire street approached us from Ote-machi. So everyone just tried so hard to keep away from the fire. It was just like a living hell. After a while, it began to rain. The fire and the smoke made us so thirsty and there was nothing to drink, no water, and the smoke even disturbed our eyes. As it began to rain, people opened their mouths and turned their faces towards the sky and try to drink the rain, but it wasn’t easy to catch the rain drops in our mouths. It was a black rain with big drops……
This It How It Feels To Be Under A Nuclear Attack | Gizmodo Australia
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