Fukushima care worker exposed to internal radiation emitter
the worker in question, who is in her 40s, was found to have suffered more internal than external radiation exposure, with the internal exposure reaching 6.71 millisieverts.
She was providing care to workers who had become sick at a building on site that was being used as the operation center for the crisis, the utility known as Tepco said.
Second woman over legally set limit, Worker found overexposed to radiation, Japan Times, 2 May 11, Kyodo, Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Sunday that a woman at the crippled Fukushima No. 1 power plant has been overexposed to radiation, making her the second at the plant to be subjected to more than the legal limit. Continue reading
Japanese parents fight government over changed radiation limits
Parents and lobbyists are scheduled to meet bureaucrats today to hand over a petition demanding the withdrawal of the new radiation standard
Parents fight back over raised radiation limits, Independent, 2 May 11, By David McNeill in Fukushima City, Thousands of parents living near Japan’s stricken Fukushima Daiichi power plant have condemned a government decision to lift radiation limits for schools in the area by 20 times, saying the move is based on incomplete science and could put children in danger. Continue reading
Uncertainties about radiation in Fukushima region
The disagreements came to the forefront on Friday, when a government adviser on radiation safety quit, calling on Japan to lower the permissible radiation dose of 20 millisieverts per year that the Education Ministry has set for schools for younger children, including elementary and junior high, in affected areas.
Life in Limbo for Japanese Near Nuclear Plant, New York Times, By MARTIN FACKLER and MATTHEW L. WALD, May 1, 2011 TENEI, Japan — For seven generations, Yoshitoshi Sewa and his ancestors have tilled this farm in a gently curving valley filled with green rice paddies. But now he will not let his young grandchildren play outside their tile-roofed home for fear of an invisible and potentially long-lasting threat, radiation. Continue reading
Thousands of Taiwanese in anti nuclear protest
Thousands protest against nuclear plant in Taiwan, Google News, (AFP) 1 May 11, TAIPEI — Thousands of Taiwanese took to the streets on Saturday to protest against a new nuclear power station as safety concerns mounted in the wake of the atomic crisis in Japan, an organiser said. Continue reading
Dissatisfied, Japanese Nuclear Adviser quits
Japanese Nuclear Adviser Quits, Wall Street Journal, By WILLIAM SPOSATO, 30 April 11, TOKYO—A special advisor to the Japanese government on radiation safety resigned Friday, saying that he was dissatisfied with the handling of the ongoing crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Continue reading
At last, attention to the irradiated animals at Fukushima
“We can’t turn a blind eye to Japan’s abandoned animals that have not received adequate food or water for more than a month and continue to receive dangerous levels of radiation.”…
Animal Attraction: IFAW convenes nuclear radiation experts for landmark animal rescue summit in Japan, by Stacy Fox, khou.com, April 29, 2011, The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW – www.ifaw.org) is organizing a gathering of radiation and animal rescue experts from the United States and Japan to discuss the current crisis and develop steps to provide aid to animals inside the evacuation zone. The team of experts will meet from May 2 -3 at the International House of Japan in Tokyo. Continue reading
Another nuclear capable missile test by Pakistan
Pakistan military says it has test fired another nuclear-capable cruise missile, Google News, 30 April 11, ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s military says it has successfully test fired a cruise missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead. An army statement says the air-launched missile was fired on Friday.
It says the missile, named Hatf-8, has been developed in Pakistan and has a range of 220 miles (350 kilometres).
Pakistan routinely tests nuclear-capable missiles that are designed to match those of nuclear-armed neighbouring archrival India. The two nations have fought three wars since gaining independence from Britain in 1947…http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5iBK602GZVqYKuSa6TJFGxtOd3NWQ?docId=6701612
Roundup of news on Fukushima nuclear reactor crisis
There is no known “safe dose” of ionizing radiation, and the government is under increasing pressure to do a full analysis of health impacts that radioactive fallout could have on nursing mothers and infants
Japan Nuclear Update, Clean Energy.org, April 28th,
2011 Sara Barczak › “……..the ongoing nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant continues to present new challenges. The nuclear fuel in reactor Unit 1 is apparently melting with emergency cooling efforts requiring 6 tons of water injected every hour. Continue reading
India’s Environmental Body Urges Delay in Nuclear Power Program
the Environment Appraisal Committee said the data provided by India’s state-run monopoly nuclear power producers, NPCIL, were from 2004 and hence dated.
“Due to various environmental problems including the adverse impact on the marine life, the present proposal is not acceptable,”
India green panel recommends deferment of nuclear plant plans, By Krittivas Mukherjee, NEW DELHI, April 28 , (Reuters) – A panel backed by India’s environment ministry has suggested holding off green approvals for four proposed nuclear reactors on concerns over coastal degradation and safety that intensified after last month’s nuclear disaster in Japan. Continue reading
Japan stopping Greenpeace from monitoring seawater radiation
Greenpeace says Japan restricting its radiation , Straits Times, 29 April 11, TOKYO – GREENPEACE said on Thursday Japan had blocked it from testing seawater and marine life for radiation from a stricken nuclear plant in territorial waters that extend 20km offshore. Continue reading
Highest radiation readings now at Fukushima No 1 nuclear reactor
| Radiation Readings at TEPCO Plant Rise to Highest Arirang, 28 April 11The operator of the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant says the level of radiation is the highest at the number one reactor showing readings of 1,120 milisieverts per hour. This is the highest level detected since the March 11th earthquake and tsunami that hit the country and led to the ongoing nuclear crisis there. That’s also more than four times the annual dose of radiation allowed for the plant’s workers. http://www.arirang.co.kr/News/News_View.asp?nseq=115402&code=Ne2&category=2 |
Latest information on Fukushima’s nuclear power plant
What’s going on at Japan’s damaged nuclear power plant?, Reuters, 27 April 11, “…… WILL THE SITE BECOME A NO-MAN’S LAND?
Most likely, yes. Even after a cold shutdown there are tonnes of nuclear waste sitting at the site of the nuclear reactors.
Entombing the reactors in concrete would make them safe to work and live a few kilometres away from the site, but is not a long-term solution for the disposal of spent fuel, which will decay and emit radiation over several thousand years.
The spent nuclear fuel in Fukushima has been damaged by sea water, so recycling it is probably not an option, while transporting it elsewhere is unlikely because of the opposition that proposal would bring.
Experts say the clean-up will take decades. (Additional reporting by Shinichi Saoshiro and Yoko Kubota; Editing by Alex Richardson) MORE AT….http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/04/27/japan-plant-idUSL3E7FR2IV20110427
Japan makes convenient new rules on “acceptable” nuclear radiation
it has the effect of legalizing illness and deaths from nuclear radiation, or at least the state’s responsibility for them…..the state’s concern appears to be less the health of employees and more the cost of caring for nuclear victims.
Dying for TEPCO? Fukushima’s Nuclear Contract Workers, The Asia Pacific Journal , Paul Jobin 28 April 11“……On March 14th, the Ministry of Health and Labor raised the maximum dose for workers to 250 mSv a year, where previously it was set at 100 mSv over 5 years (either 20 mSv a year for five years or 50 mSv for 2 years, which is in itself a strange interpretation of the recommendations of the International Commission on Radiological Protection’s guideline stipulating a maximum of 20 mSv a year. Continue reading
Resistance growing to Jaitapur nuclear plan in seismic area
Former nuclear safety regulator Dr A. Gopalkrishnan revealed that he had been told in 1995 by American nuclear authorities that India would be well advised to close the reactors.
Fears rise in India of Fukushima-style nuclear disaster, By Julian O’Halloran, BBC News, 27 April 2011 Jaitapur, India A leading campaigner against a massive nuclear power plant in India has pledged that villagers are ready to sacrifice their lives in order to prevent a repeat of Japan’s nuclear disaster. Continue reading
Fukushima’s unsolved nuclear radiation problem
Fukushima Radiation Readings at Their Highest, Japan Is Contaminated Financial Feed, by Chris Hartley on Apr 27, 2011 Robots sent to get Japan’s Fukushima Dai-Ichi reactor No. 1’s radiation readings reflected 1,120 millisierverts of radiation per hour, said the general manager of Tokyo Electric Power Co (Tepco) Junichi Matsumoto. The reading is 4 times higher than the yearly dose a nuclear worker is allowed to be exposed to……..Tepco said it is not possible to push through with the planned flooding of more water to reactor No. 1 to expedite its emergency cooling efforts. Kyoto University nuclear engineering professor Hironobu Unesaki said Tepco must figure out the high radiation’s source. If it’s from contaminated water leaking from inside the reactor, Tepco’s so-called water tomb may be jeopardized because flooding the containment vessel will result in more radiation in the building, added the professor. The explosion at the plant damaged reactors 1, 2, and 3’s cores and reactor 4’s fuel rods. Tepco has used several emergency measures to cool the units, such as pouring millions of liters of water.
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