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Fukushima released 13,000,000,000 times more neutrons than initially estimated — “Obvious implication for human health”

We estimated a lower limit of 5.2 × 10²¹ slow neutrons m^–2 sec^–1 [m^–2 sec^–1 = per sq. meter per second] were emitted from the nuclear fuel rods to the sea water injected in the reactors
Priyadarshi et al. (2011) have estimated a release amount of 4 × 10¹¹ slow neutrons m^–2. The large difference with our estimation [13,000,000,000 times higher] comes from the intrinsic limit of the box model study by Priyadarshi et al.
Our model directly estimates the amount of material released from the reactor core
The estimated… number of neutron represent a lower limit of the amount of radiation emitted from the nuclear reactors… These values can be used as a proxy to the total amount of radiation emitted since the melt down
[The authors] express their gratitude to… the Japanese Ministry of Environment…Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, and Technology (MEXT)… [and] the Cabinet Office

Source: Scientists from Tokyo Institute of Technology, U. of California San Diego & Kyushu U., made available Oct 16, 2014

http://www.researchgate.net/publication/253330134_An_estimation_of_the_radioactive_S-35_emitted_into_the_atmospheric_from_the_Fukushima_Daiichi_Nuclear_Power_Plant_by_using

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Evidence of neutron leakage at the Fukushima nuclear plant… Despite the obvious implication for human health and the surrounding ecology, there are no quantitative estimates of the neutron flux leakage… Heat must be removed by cooling the system to prevent… meltdown, which results in injection of neutrons and other fission products into the atmosphere… [T]ons of seawater were used as a coolant… A consequence is that salts and minerals present in seawater become radioactive by reaction with thermal neutrons… We calculated the total number of neutrons that leaked from the reactor core [and] estimate that a total of 4 × 10¹¹ neutrons per m² were released before March 20.

Source: Priyadarshi et al.:

http://www.pnas.org/content/108/35/14422.full

Slow Neutrons: “In water-cooled reactors like the ones at Fukushima, the right combination of slow neutrons and enriched fuel leads to a self-sustaining process… [Water] acts as a so-called moderator, slowing down the neutrons and keeping the reaction going.”

Health effects of neutron radiation:

Wikipedia: [Neutron] radiation is considered to be the most severe and dangerous radiation to the whole body when it is exposed to external radiation sources [and] roughly ten times more effective at causing biological damage compared to gamma or beta
Dr. Robert Gale, MD (In 2011 Gale was called to Japan to deal with medical consequences of the Fukushima disaster): All three types of particles… can harm humans. Neutrons are the most dangerous because they are very energetic, can penetrate deeply, and deposit large amounts of energy into tissues.
US Nuclear Regulatory Commission: Neutrons… have an exceptional ability to penetrate other material… neutrons are the only [type of ionizing radiation] that can make objects radioactive… neutrons can travel great distances in air.
Dept. of Health & Human Services: Neutrons… are significantly more potent carcinogens [and] induces… chromosomal aberrations, mutations, and DNA damage… more efficiently

Source: Enenews

http://enenews.com/fukushima-released-13000000000-times-neutrons-initially-estimated

January 14, 2015 Posted by dunrenard | Japan | Fukushima Daiichi | 1 Comment

Radioactive contamination level jumped over 57 times outside of underground wall

January 13, 2015

Cs-134/137 and all β nuclides (including Sr-90) density showed the rapid increase in groundwater, according to Tepco.

The sample was taken in the seaside of Reactor 2. Sampling date was 1/12/2015.

Compared to the previous measurement of 1/8/2015, Cs-134/137 density rose up by 57 times, all β nuclides density also rose up by 57 times.

This is the highest reading measured from this boring. Tepco hasn’t identified the reason. This boring is located outside of the underground wall to stop contaminated groundwater flowing to the sea.

TEPCO groundwater plume mapping assumed the contaminated water released from the unit 1 turbine building would eventually reach this area.

TEPCO said within recent weeks that the portions of this trench that were not yet filled in with concrete were seeing contaminated water re-fill the trench as they pumped it out and that both ends of the trench seem to rise and fall with each other.

The concreting of the unit 2 trench that had been full of highly contaminated water since 2011 has caused leaking contaminated water to divert over to this area.

Theoretically, it is natural to assume the high level of contamination is flowing to the sea without anything to stop.

http://www.tepco.co.jp/nu/fukushima-np/f1/smp/2015/images/2tb-east_15011202-j.pdf

http://www.tepco.co.jp/cc/press/2015/1247139_6818.html

Source: Fukushima Diary

Radioactive contamination level jumped over 57 times outside of underground wall

January 14, 2015 Posted by dunrenard | Japan | Fukushima Daiichi | Leave a comment

Number of injured workers soars at Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant

Jan 6, 2015

The number of workers injured at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant this fiscal year, which ends March 31, far exceeded the 2013 figure by November, Tokyo Electric Power Co. officials said.

The rise mainly reflects an increase in the overall number of workers at the disaster-hit plant, according to the officials.

Thirty-nine workers were injured at the plant between April and November 2014, while one became ill. In fiscal 2013, which ended in March last year, 23 were injured, including one who died.

Last Sept. 22, a worker from a partner company suffered a broken back after being hit by a falling iron pipe while building a storage tank for contaminated water.

During work to build a tank on Nov. 7, three workers were injured by falling steel weighing 390 kg. One was left temporarily unconscious, while another broke both ankles.

The average number of workers per day has continued to increase at the plant. It has exceeded 6,000 since September, nearly double the year-earlier level, due in part to the need to prepare new storage tanks for contaminated water.

Tepco believes the injuries were caused by poor on-site coordination and management by the partner company, according to the officials.

The utility has started holding monthly meetings with contractor firms to analyze the causes of problems and implement countermeasures, they said.

Source: Japan Times

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/01/06/national/number-of-injured-workers-soars-at-fukushima-no-1-nuclear-plant/#.VKxrinu0OKF

January 6, 2015 Posted by dunrenard | Japan | Fukushima Daiichi | Leave a comment

New method for contaminated water may be failing

Dec. 26, 2014

Tokyo Electric Power Company has indicated that a new method aimed at tackling a large volume of highly radioactive wastewater at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has not been entirely successful.

TEPCO gave a progress report on its work to a panel of experts at the Nuclear Regulation Authority on Friday.

The utility last month began pouring cement into underground tunnels filled with the contaminated water from the reactor buildings to stop the water inflow. The water is believed to be leaking into the sea.

TEPCO officials told the panel that workers have completely filled the U-shaped tunnels except for 4 vertical pits that connect the tunnels to the ground surface. They removed 2,500 tons of radioactive water.

But the officials said that when they pumped water up from one of the pits, the water level at another pit changed. That suggests that gaps exist in the concrete-filled tunnels.

The officials argued that they can stop the water from flowing into the tunnels once the 4 vertical pits are filled. But panel members and authority commissioners said more thorough inspections are needed.

TEPCO plans to monitor water levels for a month, look for gaps, and study more effective ways to block the water.

The utility initially planned to freeze wastewater at the end of the tunnel to stop inflow from the reactor buildings and remove the water. But the plan did not work.
Source: http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20141226_37.html

December 26, 2014 Posted by dunrenard | Japan | Fukushima Daiichi | 1 Comment

Risk in Fukushima No. 4 reactor mitigated as last of nuclear fuel removed

December 21, 2014

OKUMA, Fukushima Prefecture–Tokyo Electric Power Co. removed the last four nuclear fuel assemblies that remained in the No. 4 reactor building of the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant from its storage pool on Dec. 20.

The No. 4 reactor was offline at the time of the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami. However, an explosion occurred in the building four days later, seriously damaging it.

After the accident, experts pointed to the risk of nuclear fuel in the pool melting from insufficient cooling and releasing a large amount of radioactive materials. However, the threat has been mitigated with the removal of the last assemblies.

On Dec. 20, TEPCO allowed the media to watch the removal work.

Workers pulled up from the pool a cask containing the last four unspent nuclear fuel assemblies. They plan to transfer it to the No. 6 reactor building, which sustained relatively minor damage in the disaster, within a few days after decontaminating the outside of the cask.

The transfer will mean that all of the nuclear fuel in the No. 4 building has been removed from the building as scheduled by year-end.

The pool had held a total of 1,535 nuclear fuel assemblies, which consisted of 1,331 spent and 204 unspent nuclear fuel assemblies.

TEPCO started the removal of those assemblies from the pool in November 2013 after installing a new roof and a crane on the building. The removal of spent nuclear fuel assemblies concluded in November this year.

There will be no work in the No. 4 reactor building for the time being. TEPCO will be engaged in efforts at the No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3 reactor buildings and in dealing with the growing volume of contaminated water partly resulting from efforts to keep the reactors from overheating.

Source: http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201412210014

Workers use a cask to remove unspent nuclear fuel assemblies from a storage pool at the No. 4 reactor building of the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant on Dec. 20.

December 22, 2014 Posted by dunrenard | Uncategorized | Fukushima Daiichi | Leave a comment

More radioactive materials released after crisis

The Japan Atomic Energy Agency says 75 percent of the radioactive substances released from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant came more than 4 days after the accident.

The government’s investigation has not released what happened during this period. Experts say the reason needs to be determined as to why massive amounts of radioactive materials continued to be released for a prolonged period.

The nuclear accident in Fukushima has been evaluated as the worst, at level 7, on a par with the Chernobyl accident in 1986, due to the large amount of radioactive substances that were released. But the details on how the substances were released remain unknown.

A research group at the Japan Atomic Energy Agency collected new data on radiation detected near the plant over time to analyze how radioactive materials were released into the air.

The research has found that an estimated 470,000 terabecquerels of radioactive substances had been released by the end of March 2011, when the discharge is believed to have mostly subsided.

The research group says 25 percent of the radioactive materials were released during the first 4 days of the accident, as the meltdown and hydrogen explosions were happening, while 75 percent were released over the 2-week period that followed.

The group also analyzed how the radioactive materials spread, using the climate data at the time. They found that contamination in places where former residents are still not allowed to return became serious on March 15th — 4 days after the accident.

They also say radioactive substances released between March 20th and 21st spread to a wider area, including the Kanto region, and are believed to have contaminated drinking water supplies.

The outcome of the analyses indicates that radioactive materials continued to be released after the first 4 days, which is believed to be the critical time during which the situation was deteriorating out of control.

The government’s investigation has focused on the first 4 days, and has not determined the cause of the massive release of radioactive substances following that period.

Masamichi Chino of the research group says the cause needs to be determined to prevent future accidents and to bring the situation under control quickly if another accident happens.

More than 120,000 people are still forced to live in temporary shelters.

Six municipalities remain off limits due to high levels of contamination.

http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20141221_16.html

December 22, 2014 Posted by dunrenard | Japan | Fukushima Daiichi | Leave a comment

NRA head signals massive release of tainted water to help decommission Fukushima site

NRA Chairman Shunichi Tanaka, foreground, inspects storage tanks holding water contaminated with radioactive substances at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant.

December 13, 2014

The head of Japan’s nuclear watchdog said contaminated water stored at the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant should be released into the ocean to ensure safe decommissioning of the reactors.

Shunichi Tanaka, the chairman of the Nuclear Regulation Authority, made the comment Dec. 12 after visiting the facility to observe progress in dismantling the six reactors. The site was severely damaged in the tsunami generated by the 2011 earthquake.

“I was overwhelmed by the sheer number of tanks (holding water tainted with radioactive substances),” Tanaka told reporters, indicating they pose a danger to decommissioning work. “We have to dispose of the water.”

With regard to expected protests by local fishermen over the discharge, Tanaka said, “We also have to obtain the consent of local residents in carrying out the work, so we can somehow mitigate (the increase in tainted water).”

Tanaka has said previously that to proceed with decommissioning, tainted water stored on the site would need to be released into the sea so long as it had been decontaminated to accepted safety standards.

“While (the idea) may upset people, we must do our utmost to satisfy residents of Fukushima,” Tanaka said, adding that the NRA would provide information to local residents based on continuing studies of radioactive elements in local waters.

The inspection tour was Tanaka’s second since he became NRA chief in September 2012. He last visited in April 2013.

During his visit, Tanaka observed work at a trench on the ocean side of the No. 2 reactor building, where highly contaminated water is being pumped out. He also inspected barriers set up around the storage tanks to prevent leaks of tainted water.

Tanaka praised the completion in November of work to remove all spent nuclear fuel from the No. 4 reactor building, as well as changes to work procedures that he said allows for the completion of the work at the No. 2 reactor trench.

Source: Asahi Shimbun

http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201412130042

December 13, 2014 Posted by dunrenard | Japan | Fukushima Daiichi | Leave a comment

Fukushima News Links for November 2014

TEPCO removes section of radiation cover above Fukushima reactor building

http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201411010028

Scrapping of Fukushima No. 1 reactor pushed back

http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0001682743

Koizumi calls for society without nuclear plants

http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20141102_05.html

Miyazawa visits Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant

http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20141101_21.html

NRA rebuts claim that Fukushima cleanup affected far away rice paddies

http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201411010037

Tepco posts solid first-half profit sans reactors, rate hikes

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/11/01/business/corporate-business/tepco-posts-solid-first-half-profit-sans-reactors-rate-hikes/

TEPCO, 7 other power firms report profits in April-Sept.

http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0001685718

No law suit focusing on health in Japan!

http://savekidsjapan.blogspot.jp/2014/11/why-no-lawsuit-focusing-on-health-in.html

Japan conducts nuclear disaster drill

http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20141102_10.html

Official: Fukushima “destroyed our life… it can destroy history itself” —Professor: “Very hard to imagine a future beyond Fukushima, it’s so uncontainable” — Filmmaker: Meltdowns “opened up a fissure in time and space… Horror of radiation menaces the future in the present” (VIDEOS)

http://enenews.com/mayor-fukushima-nuclear-power-destroy-history-destroyed-life-professor-very-hard-imagine-future-beyond-fukushima-filmmakers-meltdowns-opened-fissure-time-space-horror-radiation-menaces-future-pr

Tepco postponed removing molten fuel from Reactor 1 until 2025

http://fukushima-diary.com/2014/11/tepco-postponed-removing-molten-fuel-reactor-1-2025/

Cash-strapped nuclear power company secretly donates 1.54 billion yen to city

http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/social_affairs/AJ201411020032

Results of Radioactive Analysis around Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station

http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/nu/fukushima-np/f1/smp/index-e.html

Japanese civil society and that from 7 other countries request the reports of the United Nations Scientific Committee on Fukushima to be revised

http://hrn.or.jp/eng/news/2014/10/29/japanese-civil-society-and-that-from-7-other-countries-request-the-reports-of-the-united-nations-scientific-committee-on-fukushima-to-be-revised/

METI chief Miyazawa pays first visit to Fukushima No. 1 plant

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/11/02/national/meti-chief-miyazawa-pays-first-visit-fukushima-1-plant/

Fukushima mother’s tweet

http://www.opednews.com/articles/Fukushima-mother-s-tweet-by-carol-wolman-MD-Denial_Fukushima_Heart_Radiation-141102-693.html

Japan’s Natural Perils and Promises, in the Wake of Fukushima

http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/27195-japan-s-natural-perils-and-promises-in-the-wake-of-fukushima

Undermining Nuclear Non-Proliferation: Energy and Security Politics in the Australia-India-Japan-U.S. Nuclear Nexus

http://www.japanfocus.org/-Adam-Broinowski/4226

Murakami says Japan ignoring WWII, Fukushima role

http://news.asiaone.com/news/asia/murakami-says-japan-ignoring-wwii-fukushima-role

ANALYSIS: Abe bereft of reasons to continue nuclear recycling program

http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/social_affairs/AJ201411030052

fukushima fallout deaths breaking news

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1t7NYuPaqn4

Food products ‘heavily contaminated’ by Fukushima found in US; Over30,000 pCi/kg of cesium, also had Cobalt-60 and Antimony-124 — FDA: We found no Fukushima contamination in US food supply during our routine monitoring

http://enenews.com/food-products-heavily-contaminated-fukushima-found-30000-pcikg-cesium-cobalt-60-antimony-124-seaweed-green-tea-10000-pcikg-fda-found-fukushima-contamination-food-supply-during-routine-monitoring

Fukushima Unit 2 Subdrain Has Larger Problem

http://www.fukuleaks.org/web/?p=14006

Retained water underground temperature went up by 10℃ near Reactor 2 / Tepco“Still investigating the cause”

http://fukushima-diary.com/2014/11/retained-water-underground-temperature-went-10%E2%84%83-near-reactor-2-tepco-still-investigating-cause/

Volcano experts call for guideline review

http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20141103_10.html

Radiation Rape – Crimes of Eternity against Us

http://jhaines6.wordpress.com/2014/11/03/radiation-rape-crimes-of-eternity-against-us/
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Storage site for radioactive debris near Fukushima No. 1 is one step closer

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/11/04/national/kagoshima-governor-positive-meti-briefing-reactor-restart/

Numerous sardines washed ashore in Pacific coastal area of Hokkaido – Photos

http://fukushima-diary.com/2014/11/numerous-sardines-washed-ashore-pacific-coastal-area-hokkaido-photos/

‘Mysterious Phenomena’ off West Coast: Fish disappeared, whales nearly absent, no krill, high rates of egg failure among birds — Official:“There’s almost nothing down there, just a lot of warm clearwater” in S. California

http://enenews.com/mysterious-phenomena-off-west-coast-fish-disappeared-whales-nearly-absent-no-krill-high-rates-of-egg-failure-among-birds-official-theres-almost-nothing-down-there-just-a-lot-of-warm-c

Discarded protective suits piling up at Fukushima nuclear plant

http://mainichi.jp/english/english/newsselect/news/20141104p2a00m0na008000c.ht

LowerHouse approves Fukushima waste bill

http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20141104_24.html

Japan Atomic-Fuel Processing Plant Now 19 Years Behind Schedule

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2014-11-04/japan-atomic-fuel-processing-plant-now-19-years-behind-schedule

Japanese grant for tritium removal technology

http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/RS-Japanese-grant-for-tritium-removal-technology-0401148.html

IRID Shows New Robot To Inspect Fukushima Unit 2 Pedestal

http://www.fukuleaks.org/web/?p=14021

Senior Scientist: Fukushima nuclear fuel burned holes through the containment vessels, it’s “a pretty close approximation” of‘The China Syndrome’ scenario — Material went below reactor structures and is mixing with groundwater — “You have essentially a machine that’s washing radioactivity into the sea” (AUDIO)

http://enenews.com/senior-scientist-fukushima-reactor-cores-burned-containment-vessels-pretty-close-approximation-china-syndrome-scenario-material-ended-below-reactor-structures-mixing-groundwater-essentially-mach

TEPCO to conclude most vital phase in fuel rod extraction from No. 4 reactor

http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201411050045

EDITORIAL: Measures needed to reduce financial fears over decommissioning reactors

http://ajw.asahi.com/article/views/editorial/AJ201411040028

Survey: Nearly half of local government leaders want a say in restarting nuclear reactors

http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/politics/AJ201411040025

Fukushima and Samurai

http://ianthomasash.blogspot.jp/2014/11/fukushima-and-samurai.html

All spent fuel removed from Fukushima No.4 reactor

http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20141105_02.html

‘Abenomics’ struggle to boost Japan’s economy

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2014/11/struggle-boost-japan-economy-2014114124542355829.html

TV:“This is really kind of scary… a grim reality” for West Coast —Alarm as baby whales keep dying; Since 2011 none have survived over a year — Biologist: We see them pregnant for weeks, then no longer pregnant — NOAA: “Not what we’re used to… Incredibly poor condition… Skeleton with skin” (VIDEO)

http://enenews.com/tv-really-kind-scary-grim-reality-west-coast-orcas-alarm-babies-keep-dying-2011-survived-year-biologists-whales-pregnant-weeks-theyre-longer-pregnant-video

Fukushima rice farmers seeking restoration of land suffer setback

http://mainichi.jp/english/english/features/news/20141105p2a00m0na017000c.html

All spent fuel removed from Fukushima No.4 reactor

http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20141105_02.html

Kagoshima Pref. assembly debates reactor restart

http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20141105_23.html

All Spent Fuel Out Of Fukushima Daiichi Unit 4

http://www.fukuleaks.org/web/?p=14030

Press Release (Nov 05,2014)ADVANCES IN CLEANING WATER, SAFELY REMOVING NUCLEAR FUEL AT FUKUSHIMA CITED IN TEPCO’S MOST RECENT PROGRESS REPORT

http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/press/corp-com/release/2014/1243826_5892.html

Japan’s wrecked nuclear plant removes first set of spent fuel rods

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-fukushima-fuel-rods-cleanup-20141105-story.html

Taiwan to check waste shipments from Japan for radiation

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/11/05/national/taiwan-to-check-waste-shipments-from-japan-for-radiation/#.VFpkQzTF_To

Fukushima disaster site ‘like a science fiction film’

http://www.dw.de/fukushima-disaster-site-like-a-science-fiction-film/a-18039892

Emergency radiation testing program used for Democrat and Republicanconventions after Fukushima — Also implemented for Obama Inauguration — Seafood, meat, fruits, vegetables, milk, water all checked for nuclear material… as top officials agree to publicly downplay Japan crisis — Tests find nearly 50% of Florida milk samples had ‘significant’ cesium-137

http://enenews.com/emergency-govt-network-radiation-testing-food-supply-democrat-republican-conventions-after-fukushima-obama-inauguration-seafood-meat-fruits-vegetables-milk-water-all-checked-radiological-contami

Anatomy of a Failing State: Japan’s Budgetary Nightmare

http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2014/11/anatomy-failing-state-japans-budgetary-nightmare.html

Local Rifts on Display in Japan’s Nuclear Restart

http://thediplomat.com/2014/11/local-rifts-on-display-in-japans-nuclear-restart/

Fuel Removal from Unit 4

http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/decommision/index-e.html

Japan’s wrecked nuclear plant removes first set of spent fuel rods

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/11/05/japan-nuclear-idUSL4N0SV3HN20141105

COMMENTARY: Birth defects never increased in Fukushima Prefecture

http://ajw.asahi.com/article/views/column/AJ201411050012

EDITORIAL: Proper evacuation plans needed before reactor restarts

http://ajw.asahi.com/article/views/editorial/AJ201411050033

Fukushima dismantling crew removes 400 tons of spent fuel from crippled reactor

http://rt.com/news/202367-fukushima-spent-fuel-removed/

Study Points to Overdiagnosis of Thyroid Cancer

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/06/health/study-warns-against-overdiagnosis-of-thyroid-cancer.html?_r=1

Lessons from Fukushima

http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/nuclearwatch/20141105.html
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Fuel removal from SFP4 – Abridged ver. – Published on 11/6/2014

http://youtu.be/Be87suQ2fIA

Tepco“All the spent fuel assemblies removed from SFP 4″ – Videos and Photos

http://fukushima-diary.com/2014/11/tepco-spent-fuel-assemblies-removed-sfp-4-videos-photos/

Multiple Safety Issues Being Ignored In Japan’s Nuclear Restart

http://www.fukuleaks.org/web/?p=14033

Town offers counterproposal on radioactive waste

http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20141107_02.html

TEPCO Demands Family Pay Back Compensation Because Daughter Goes To College

http://www.fukuleaks.org/web/?p=14036

The Sorrow of Living in Fukushima 福島は日本か：ツイッターで綴る震災後の日々

http://www.save-children-from-radiation.org/2014/11/03/the-sorrow-of-living-in-fukushima-%E7%A6%8F%E5%B3%B6%E3%81%AF%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC%E3%81%8B-%E3%83%84%E3%82%A4%E3%83%83%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC%E3%81%A7%E7%B6%B4%E3%82%8B%E9%9C%87%E7%81%BD%E5%BE%8C%E3%81%AE%E6%97%A5%E3%80%85/

Kagoshima assembly, governor green-light restart of Sendai reactors

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/11/07/national/kagoshima-assembly-oks-restart-two-sendai-reactors/#.VFxQ2_nF-70

Plant restart approved by Kagoshima assembly

http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20141107_22.html

Kagoshima Governor agrees to plant restart

http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20141107_26.html

Mochiduki comments on nuclear waste disposal

http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20141107_21.html

Fukushima construction workers hurt: operator

http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Regional/2014/11/07/Fukushima-construction-workers-hurt-operator/

Approx.100 t of sardines washed ashore in Pacific coastal area of Hokkaido again – Photos

http://fukushima-diary.com/2014/11/approx-100-t-sardines-washed-ashore-pacific-coastal-area-hokkaido-photos/

NYTimes: Doctors call for banning of thyroid cancer screening — “A tsunami of thyroid cancer… Stop the diagnosis… We need to actively discourage early detection” — WSJ: Judge rules releases from nuclear reactors are causing thyroid cancers

http://enenews.com/nytimes-doctors-call-banning-thyroid-cancer-screening-tsunami-thyroid-cancer-stop-diagnosis-decrease-screening-need-actively-discourage-early-detection

Radioactive waste storage in Fukushima likely to be delayed

http://english.kyodonews.jp/news/2014/11/321129.html

Gov. denies holding talks over restart of Kashiwazaki nuclear plant

http://english.kyodonews.jp/news/2014/11/321202.html

IRID Documents Detailed Plans For Fukushima Daiichi

http://www.fukuleaks.org/web/?p=14039

Fukushima workers injured as steel material for coolant tank collapses

http://rt.com/news/203171-fukushima-collapsed-storage-injured/

Japanese Governor Ito ignores lessons of Fukushima to approve the Sendai reactor restarts

http://m.greenpeace.org/international/en/high/news/Blogs/nuclear-reaction/japanese-governor-ito-ignores-lessons-of-fuku/blog/51281/

Scandal-RiddenJapan Descends Into Pit Of Moral Degeneracy And Radioactive Hell

http://www.activistpost.com/2014/11/scandal-ridden-japan-descends-into-pit.html

Fukushima sends out wrong thyroid test results

http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/nuclear.html

Anti-nuclear rally against plant restart

http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20141107_37.html

Denuclearize or lose our species: Multigenerational effects of exposure to radiation

http://stop-u238.blogspot.com.au/2014/11/multigenerational-effects-of-exposure.html

Recent topics: MAJOR MILESTONE AT FUKUSHIMA: ALL SPENT FUEL REMOVED FROM UNIT4, REMAINING UNUSED FUEL ASSEMBLIES WILL BE REMOVED BY YEAR END

http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/press/corp-com/release/2014/1243876_5892.html

Indian Researcher Says Radiation May Cause Brain Tumors

http://www.indiawest.com/life_and_style/health_beauty/indian-researcher-says-radiation-may-cause-brain-tumors/article_8399f754-66a9-11e4-ba5b-ef4866d796b7.html

Regional Politicians Approve Restart of Nuclear Plant in South of Japan

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/08/world/asia/regional-politicians-approve-restart-of-nuclear-plant-in-south-of-japan.html

Japan in Depth / Gov. limits approval scope for restart of N-reactors

http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0001704813

Hundreds in Tokyo protest Japan’s decision to restart nuclear plant

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-11-08/protests-as-japan-to-restart-sendai-nuclear-plant/5877040

Still 102,900 Bq/Kg of Cs-134/137 measured from Matsutake mushroom in Minamisoma city

http://fukushima-diary.com/2014/11/still-102900-bqkg-cs-134137-measured-matsutake-mushroom-minamisoma-city/

Gov’t says interim nuclear waste storage facilities delayed

http://www.japantoday.com/category/national/view/govt-says-interim-nuclear-waste-storage-facilities-delayed

Robot brings safety, dexterity to Fukushima cleanup arsenal

http://ajw.asahi.com/article/business/AJ201411080026

Right-wing witch hunt signals dark days in Japan

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2014/11/08/commentary/japan-commentary/right-wing-witch-hunt-signals-dark-days-japan/

Public universities to aid revitalization

http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0001704831

Editorial: Safety questions remain over Sendai nuclear plant

http://mainichi.jp/english/english/perspectives/news/20141108p2a00m0na014000c.html

EDITORIAL: Sendai nuclear plant should not be model for reactor restarts

http://ajw.asahi.com/article/views/editorial/AJ201411080035

VOXPOPULI: Green light for Sendai reactor restart signals return to‘happy fantasy

http://ajw.asahi.com/article/views/vox/AJ201411080019

Fukushima update 11-8-14- Good news and bad news

http://www.opednews.com/articles/Fukushima-update-11-8-14–by-carol-wolman–

MD-Fukushima_Fukushima-Cover-up_Water-141109-495.html

Protests erupt after Japan local government OKs first reactor restart

http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2014/11/08/protests-erupt-after-japan-local-government-oks-first-reactor-restart

Minamata disease group opposes restart of Sendai nuclear plant

http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201411090008

Tokyo restaurant to host event to cheer up Fukushima natives

http://mainichi.jp/english/english/newsselect/news/20141107p2a00m0na019000c.html

Fukushima: le Japon a choisi d’incinérer des tonnes de déchets radioactifs

http://blog.serge-angeles.com/2014/11/09/japon-2014-fukushima324/

Uranium Destroys DNA Through Chemical Action AND Radioactive Decay

http://majiasblog.blogspot.fr/2014/11/uranium-destroys-dna-through-chemical.html

Another part of cover removed from reactor bldg.

http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20141110_11.html

TEPCO removes 2nd canopy panel covering Fukushima reactor building

http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201411100047

Fukushima Daiichi and Other Horror Stories

http://nf2045.blogspot.fr/2014/11/fukushima-daiichi-and-other-horror.html

Fukushima Unit 1, 2nd Cover Section Removed

http://www.fukuleaks.org/web/?p=14063

Fukushima Radioactivity Detected Off West Coast

http://www.ourradioactiveocean.org/results.html

Fukushima Contamination Found 150km Off Eureka California

http://www.fukuleaks.org/web/?p=14060

Fukushima radiation detected 100 miles off California coast

http://www.cnbc.com/id/102169649

Fukushima radiation identified off northern California

http://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/tech/science/environment/2014/11/09/fukushima-radiation-identified-northern-california/18752871/

Top Headline: ‘Fukushima radiation identified off northern California’— 50% of samples around West Coast test positive — 7.7 Bq/m3 of cesium near California shore, expected to keep rising for years to come (MAP)

http://enenews.com/headline-fukushima-radiation-identified-northern-california-50-west-coast-samples-test-positive-7-bqm3-cesium-137-shore-expected-keep-rising-years-map

Fukushima Radioactivity Detected Off West Coast

http://www.whoi.edu/news-release/Fukushima-detection

Most Recent Measurements of Fukushima Derived Isotopes in the Northeast Pacific Ocean

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/11/10/1343812/-Most-Recent-Measurements-of-Fukushima-Derived-Isotopes-in-the-Northeast-Pacific-Ocean

Gov’t Scientists: Significant concentrations of radioactive material detected off West Coast; Levels doubled in months since previous tests — Marine Chemist: ‘Much greater concern’ over Fukushima releases that will be hitting shores of US and Canada; Lack of data‘ really disturbing’ (AUDIO)

http://enenews.com/govt-scientists-significant-concentrations-radioactive-material-detected-west-coast-levels-doubled-months-previous-tests-marine-chemist-greater-concern-fukushima-releases-will-be-hitting-shores-can

Fukushima cesium contained in common mineral

http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20141111_09.html

FukushimaNews 11/10/14: ‘Fukushima Radiation Identified Off Northern California’

http://youtu.be/HsPBvbsZG_Y

TheSorrow of Living in Fukushima

http://www.evacuate-fukushima.com/2014/11/sorrow-living-fukushima/

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TEPCO Publishes Arrogant Press Release To The US On Fukushima

http://www.fukuleaks.org/web/?p=14080

TEPCO ISSUES STATEMENT ON WOODS HOLE REPORT FINDING VERY LOW LEVEL OFCESIUM 134 FROM FUKUSHIMA OFF CALIFORNIA COAST

http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/press/corp-com/release/2014/1243939_5892.html

Thyroid abnormality found among 63% of children in 5 prefectures of Kanto area

http://fukushima-diary.com/2014/11/thyroid-abnormality-found-among-63-children-5-prefectures-kanto-area/

Nuclear disaster drill held at plant in Niigata

http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20141111_24.html

Municipalities seek Hamaoka plant safety agreement

http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20141111_33.html

TEPCO to refrain from taking legal action over repayment of nuclear compensation （Mainichi）

http://mainichi.jp/english/english/newsselect/news/20141111p2a00m0na010000c.html

Fukushima Contaminated Food Was Found In US Right After The Meltdowns

http://www.fukuleaks.org/web/?p=14071

UNITS RELATED TO RADIATION EXPOSURE AND RADIOACTIVITY IN MASS MEDIA: THE FUKUSHIMA CASE STUDY IN EUROPE AND RUSSIA

http://rpd.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2014/11/11/rpd.ncu328.short

Fukushima Radiation Reaches California Coast, Contamination to Increase in Two Years?

http://www.travelerstoday.com/articles/14049/20141111/fukushima,radiation,reaches,california,coast,contamination,increase,two,years.htm

Small amount of Fukushima radiation detected in water off North Coast

http://www.pressdemocrat.com/news/3094619-181/small-amount-of-fukushima-radiation?page=0

Birth Defects in Fukushima

http://majiasblog.blogspot.jp/2014/11/birth-defects-in-fukushima.html?m=1

Estimated Dietary Intake of Radionuclides and Health Risks for the Citizens of Fukushima City, Tokyo, and Osaka after the 2011 Nuclear Accident

http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0112791

Energy plan overlooked flat-out opposition to nuclear power, analysis shows

http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201411120044

First bags of contaminated debris prepared for transfer to Fukushima interim facility

http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201411120042

Earthquakes suddenly increased all around in Japan on 11/12/2014

http://fukushima-diary.com/2014/11/earthquakes-suddenly-increased-around-japan-11122014/

More post-nuclear accident interviews released

http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20141112_40.html

Nuclear Watch: Earning Consumer Trust

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smxwrfePmVY&feature=youtu.be

Residents object to NRA go-ahead for Sendai plant

http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20141112_29.html

Panel Cites Critical Error in Asahi Story on Ex-Fukushima N-Plant Chief

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2014111200873

Japan’s Nuclear Cleanup Stymied by Water Woes

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/japans-nuclear-cleanup-stymied-water-woes-26850428

Fukushima Governor Opposes Call for Waste Disposal

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/i?g=eco&k=2014111200702

Japan’s Fukushima cleanup 3 years on: little key work done

http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/japan-s-fukushima-cleanup-3-years-on-little-key-work-done-1.2832270

Nuclear Watch: Japan Update Residents object to NRA+A Shimbun errors + Abefall 11/12/2014

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-s5J0675eAA

Fukushima Radiation Reaches U.S. Coast

http://www.springfieldnewssun.com/videos/news/fukushima-radiation-reaches-us-coast/vC2pCP/

Bad precedent for nuclear restarts

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2014/11/12/editorials/bad-precedent-nuclear-restarts/#.VGOarDTF_To

Records Show N-Safety Authority’s Regret over Fukushima No. 1 Plant Power Loss

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2014111200925

reflections on Fukushima Daiichi

http://www.opednews.com/populum/pagem.php?f=reflections-on-Fukushima-D-by-carol–

wolman-MD-Fukushima_Olympics_Radiation-141112-373.html

NuclearHotseat #177: Fukushima Update – Arnie Gundersen

http://www.nuclearhotseat.com/2200/

Japanese doctors threatened for revealing data on how bad Fukushima-related illnesses have become — Gundersen: We had pregnant sisters in Tokyo deliver two dead babies and one with deformities that’s alive; Gov’t refuses to disclose miscarriages or stillbirths around Fukushima (AUDIO)

http://enenews.com/japanese-medical-experts-threatened-bad-radioactive-illnesses-really

Fukushima Mushrooms Still As High As 102,900 Bq/Kg

http://www.fukuleaks.org/web/?p=14077

How to Best Guard Your Health in a Fukushima Radiation World

http://blogs.naturalnews.com/best-guard-health-fukushima-radiation-world/

highschooler in Tokyo sells “canned Fukushima air” / 600 yen each

http://fukushima-diary.com/2014/11/high-schooler-tokyo-sells-canned-fukushima-air-600-yen/

Nuclear cleanup at Fukushima plant stymied by water woes

http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201411130092

Study: Fukushima health risks under-estimated

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2014/11/will-japan-reopen-nuclear-plants-fukushima-20141111112653560643.html

Kepco mulls operating two reactors beyond 40-year limit

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/11/13/national/kansai-electric-mulls-operating-two-reactors-beyond-40-year-limit/#.VGTQNcm-mKF

Dates set for sequel on Fukushima community ripped apart by nuclear disaster

http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201411140003

Fukushima £11bn cleanup progresses, but there is no cause for optimism

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/nov/13/fukushima-11bn-cleanup-will-take-another-40-years

9 prefectures face severe shortage of obstetricians

http://mainichi.jp/english/english/features/news/20141113p2a00m0na013000c.html

Fukushima Student in Documentary: “Japan is clearly going insane, it seems like we are about to get killed” — “Nothing has gotten better…Our government abandoned us… Anyone, please, please save the lives of Fukushima people and children” (VIDEO)

http://enenews.com/fukushima-student-documentary-japan-going-insane-like-about-killed-gotten-better-government-abandoned-anyone-please-please-save-lives-fukushima-people-children-video

Things That Make You Go Hmmm… Like Japan’s Inevitable Apocalypse

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-11-13/things-make-you-go-hmmm-japans-inevitable-apocalypse

IEA: $100 bil. in costs to retire 200 reactors

http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20141113_29.html

Radioactive water may still be entering tunnels

http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20141114_05.html

Utility mulls restart of 40-year-old reactors

http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20141114_02.html

Municipalities briefed on Oma plant construction

http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20141113_40.html

Geiger Counter Interpretation Simplified

http://nukeprofessional.blogspot.fr/2012/04/geiger-counter-interpretation.html

Bioaccumulation: Cesium is One Among the 1000 Radionuclides Unleashed by Fukushima Now Bioaccumulating in Flora and Fauna

http://majiasblog.blogspot.fr/2014/11/bioaccumulation-cesium-is-one-among.html

The Ballad of Fukushima

http://youtu.be/cWdO0FpkqAc

Radiation is Safe – So Don’t Worry About a Thing

http://drsircus.com/medicine/radiation-is-safe-so-dont-worry-about-a-thing#utm_source=Dr+Sircus+Newsletter&utm_campaign=8a9f15e22f-Article_218&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_ea98c09673-8a9f15e22f-10698525&mc_cid=8a9f15e22f&mc_eid=9d745b281e

Nuclear operators push to open new plant, extend life of aging reactors

http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201411140068

TV: Attempt to stop flow of highly radioactive liquid at Fukushima “in doubt” — AP: Much of it is pouring in trenches going out into Pacific —Experts: Amount entering ocean “increasing by 400 tons daily” —Problem “so severe” it’s consuming nearly all workers at site — Top Plant Official: “Little cause for optimism” (VIDEO)

http://enenews.com/tv-attempt-stop-flow-highly-radioactive-liquid-fukushima-doubt-ap-pouring-trenches-pacific-ocean-experts-amount-entering-sea-increasing-400-tons-daily-video

Radioactive water discharge from Fukushima Daiichi NPP into ocean continues

http://en.itar-tass.com/world/759657

Relatives of man who killed himself to sue TEPCO

http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20141114_30.html

Nuclear evacuees seek rise in TEPCO compensation

http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20141114_34.html

Radioactive waste site surveys to go beyond Nov.

http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20141114_42.html

Groundwater coming up in seaside of Reactor 2 again / Overflowing up-ground around 18th December

http://fukushima-diary.com/2014/11/groundwater-coming-seaside-reactor-2-overflowing-ground-around-18th-december/

METI played key role in TEPCO-Chubu Electric tie-up

http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0001716087

Avec le nucléaire, on tourne en rond !

http://www.agoravox.fr/actualites/international/article/avec-le-nucleaire-on-tourne-en-159404

New Fukushima Governor Inspects Plant

http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20141115_05.html

Dimming Prospects for Solar Energy

http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/onbusiness/20141114.html

Asahi Shimbun president resigns; aboard member to take over

http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/social_affairs/AJ201411140092

Massive radiation spike at Fukushima: 40,000% increase below ground between Units 1 & 2 this month — Order of magnitude above record high set last year

http://enenews.com/massive-radiation-spike-fukushima-40000-increase-month-below-ground-between-units-1-2-order-magnitude-higher-previous-records

Estimated Dietary Intake of Radionuclides and Health Risks for the Citizens of Fukushima City, Tokyo, and Osaka after the 2011 Nuclear Accident.

http://whatarethesymptomsof.info/2014/11/estimated-dietary-intake-of-radionuclides-and-health-risks-for-the-citizens-of-fukushima-city-tokyo-and-osaka-after-the-2011-nuclear-accident/

Welsh Fukushima visitor returns from fact finding mission to declare ‘It was worse than I could have imagined’

http://www.walesonline.co.uk/whats-on/arts-culture-news/welsh-fukushima-visitor-returns-factfinding-8112269

Fukushima News 11/14/14: Tepco Can’t Stop Poisoning The Pacific Ocean-“Little Cause For Optimism”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bVN6zVEbPM

Resource Spreadsheet: Strontium Biological Half Life
http://nukeprofessional.blogspot.fr/2014/11/resource-spreadsheet-strontium.html?__scoop_post=187e4cb0-6deb-11e4-c67e-001018304b75&__scoop_topic=431752#__scoop_post=187e4cb0-6deb-11e4-c67e-001018304b75&__scoop_topic=431752

Nouvelles de Fukushima à l’automne 2014

http://www.fukushima-blog.com/2014/11/nouvelles-de-fukushima-a-l-automne-2014.html

Cesium-137 density spiked over 300 × in groundwater of Reactor 2 seaside

http://fukushima-diary.com/2014/11/cesium-137-density-spiked-300-x-groundwater-reactor-2-seaside/

DAIICHI: Study: Fukushima health risks underestimated

http://www.4-traders.com/DAIICHI-CO-LTD-14116186/news/DAIICHI–Study-Fukushima-health-risks-underestimated-19399087/

Debate over ‘right to know’ versus ‘right to be forgotten’ accelerates in Japan

http://mainichi.jp/english/english/perspectives/news/20141115p2a00m0na001000c.html

Bus companies face uphill battle over nuclear disaster compensation

http://mainichi.jp/english/english/newsselect/news/20141115p2a00m0na006000c.html

Japan’s 21st-century tsunami stones

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2014/11/15/commentary/japan-commentary/japans-21st-century-tsunami-stones/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=japans-21st-century-tsunami-stones#.VGjwHMm-mKE

US institution “Very low level of contaminant from Fukushima detected in West coast”/ Large areas left untested

http://fukushima-diary.com/2014/11/us-institution-low-level-contaminant-fukushima-detected-west-coast-large-areas-left-untested/

US Nuclear Professor: Fukushima “a really major event here”, Washington had radioactive aerosols 100,000 times normal; “Far more bigger accident than we’re hearing” — Model shows West Coast completely blacked out due to particles covering area — Gundersen: Lung cancers to start increasing in Pacific Northwest (AUDIO)

http://enenews.com/nuclear-professor-fukushima-really-major-event-washington-radioactive-aerosols-100000-times-above-normal-thought-wow-bigger-accident-hearing-audio

Mock test to retrieve radioactive waste starts

http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20141117_01.html

Contaminated water swamps Fukushima No. 1 cleanup

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/11/16/national/contaminated-water-swamps-fukushima-no-1-cleanup/#.VGtXvsm-mKF

http://www.fukushima-is-still-news.com/2014/11/water-an-enormously-distracting-problem-1.html

Fukushima chief urges govt. to respect local voice

http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20141117_26.html

Fukushima Gov. seeks Daini plant decommissioning

http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20141117_40.html

I-131 density spiked in sewage plant of Fukushima

http://fukushima-diary.com/2014/11/131-density-spiked-sewage-plant-fukushima/

TEPCO Begins Draining Unit 2 Trench Of Radioactive Water

http://www.fukuleaks.org/web/?p=14132

Thierry Ribault, Le désastre de Fukushima et les sept principes du national-nucléarisme, 2014

http://sniadecki.wordpress.com/2014/11/17/ribault-sept-principes/

Fukushima nuclear cleanup stymied by water woes

http://www.japantoday.com/smartphone/view/national/fukushima-nuclear-cleanup-stymied-by-water-woes-2

Radioactive water to tunnels unlikely stopped

http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20141118_03.html

Fukushima Daiichi Updates From IRID Part 1

http://www.fukuleaks.org/web/?p=14093

Fukushima News 11/17/14: Pacific Bluefin Tuna At Risk of Extinction

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FPDlyMlcVk

Citizen scientists’ collect B.C. seawater for Fukushima radiation research

http://metronews.ca/news/vancouver/1215129/citizen-scientists-collect-b-c-seawater-for-fukushima-radiation-research/

Continuing Fukushima Nuclear Crisis

http://www.projectcensored.org/continuing-fukushima-nuclear-crisis/

Anonymous NISA staff “All NISA staff escaped Fukushima plant by 3/12/2011″/”It’s meaningless for us to go back”

http://fukushima-diary.com/2014/11/anonymous-nisa-staff-all-nisa-staff-escaped-fukushima-plant-by-3122011its-meaningless-for-us-to-go-back/

Experts: Seemingly benign virus on West Coast “causing ecological upheaval the likes of which we’ve never seen” — Very peculiar, differentfrom all known viruses — Mutations could be helping it spread —Something may have recently caused it to go rogue… we’ve never seen anything like this — Why now, what changed to allow outbreak?(VIDEO)

http://enenews.com/expert-seemingly-benign-virus-west-coast-causing-ecological-upheaval-likes-weve-never-very-peculiar-different-all-other-viruses-question-changed-allow-outbreak-happened-recently-caused-rogue

Tepco unable to halt tainted water flowing into tunnels at Fukushima

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/11/18/national/tepco-unable-halt-tainted-water-flowing-tunnels-fukushima/#.VGuEx8m-mKE

Op-Ed: Fukushima disaster — Ignorance is bliss despite the dangers

http://www.digitaljournal.com/news/environment/op-ed-fukushima-disaster-ignorance-is-bliss-despite-the-dangers/article/415588

TEPCO Declares Effort To Drain Fukushima Daiichi Unit 2 Trench Futile

http://www.fukuleaks.org/web/?p=14156

Radioactive water leak found at Ikata plant

http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20141118_39.html

Attempt to stop water flowing into trench at Fukushima plant fails

http://mainichi.jp/english/english/newsselect/news/20141118p2a00m0na005000c.ht

Nuclear Hotseat #178: Fukushima Kids, Moms & Thyroids – Filmmaker IanThomas Ash, Voices from Japan w/Beverly Findlay-Kaneko

http://www.nuclearhotseat.com/2228/

NRA panel: Fault under Tsuruga reactor could move

http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20141119_41.html

Diet approves nuclear compensation treaty

http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20141119_23.html

Diet approves Fukushima waste disposal bill

http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20141119_22.html

The Long Haul for Fukushima

http://thediplomat.com/2014/11/the-long-haul-for-fukushima/

Japan’s 2011 earthquake and nuclear disaster still fracturing families

http://www.latimes.com/world/asia/la-fg-japan-fukushima-recovery-20141119-story.html#page=1

TEPCO to bury Fukushima plant trench with concrete to control radioactive water

http://mainichi.jp/english/english/newsselect/news/20141122p2a00m0na015000c.html

TV:“Barrier is not holding” at Fukushima plant — All efforts have failed to stop very high levels of radioactive materials flowing into ocean — Officials: More water’s coming in than we were pumping out — Workers now trying to prevent overflow (VIDEO)

http://enenews.com/barrier-holding-very-highly-radioactive-liquid-flowing-fukushima-reactor-building-observers-escaping-pacific-ocean-workers-trying-prevent-overflow-video

You Won´t Believe The Truth About Fukushima The Japanese Government Is Hiding From The World

http://www.trueactivist.com/you-wont-believe-the-truth-about-fukushima-the-japanese-government-is-hiding-from-the-world/

Dead fish at Kapoho tide pools puzzle researcher, trouble neighbors – See more at: http://westhawaiitoday.com/news/local-news/dead-fish-kapoho-tide-pools-puzzle-researcher-trouble-neighbors#sthash.00Qlt6A4.dpuf

US fails to properly monitor Fukushima fallout

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hr2CZDLhQRw&feature=youtu.be

Photographer Explores the Effects of Fukushima Three Years Later

http://vdoop.com/photographer-explores-the-effects-of-fukushima-three-years-later/

Nuclear watchdog panel: Fault under Tsuruga reactor is active

http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201411200043

Fukushima rice cultivated in decontaminated fields served at Environment Ministry

http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201411200068

Can Cement Stop Contaminated Water Leak at Fukushima?

http://www.breakbulk.com/breakbulk-news/cargo-by-region/asia/tepcos-cement-injections-likely-insufficient-to-stop-contaminated-leaks/

French Nuclear Cycle Crash

http://www.fairewinds.org/french-nuclear-cycle-crash/

Twice as much Fukushima radiation near California than originally reported; Most contaminated sample from Eastern Pacific — Official: Levels are ‘interesting’ — Scientist: Very little we can do… This is unprecedented… God forbid anything else happens — Gundersen: Multiple plumes now along west coast… Will be coming “for century or more”

http://enenews.com/fukushima-radiation-actually-high-california-coast-reported-sample-contaminated-around-north-america-official-levels-ive-interesting-scientist-very-little-unprecedented-god-forbid-happens

Diet passes legislation to remove nuclear waste from Fukushima in 30 years

http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201411200041

Even Foods Considered Most Healthy Need Radiation Testing

http://blogs.naturalnews.com/even-foods-considered-most-healthy-need-radiation-testing/

TEPCO starts transferring remaining unspent fuel from Fukushima No. 4 reactor

http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201411210037

Comparing the Environmental Impacts of the Chernobyl and Fukushima Disasters

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/11/21/1346593/-Comparing-the-Environmental-Impacts-fo-the-Chernobyl-and-Fukushima-Disasters#

Giving up on freezing water

http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20141121_36.html

40 of 47 given A2 in thyroid test of Matsudo city/City gov “Result not guarantee potential health in future”

http://fukushima-diary.com/2014/11/40-47-given-a2-thyroid-test-matsudo-citycity-gov-result-guarantee-potential-health-future/

Tepco fails to halt toxic water inflow at Fukushima No. 1 trenches

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/11/22/national/tepco-fails-to-halt-toxic-water-inflow-at-fukushima-no-1-trenches/#.VHCYysm-mKE

After failures, TEPCO to use special cement to prevent contaminated water leaks

http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201411220029

TEPCO to bury Fukushima plant trench with concrete to control radioactive water

http://mainichi.jp/english/english/newsselect/news/20141122p2a00m0na015000c.html

Kepco weights new lease of life for geriatric reactors

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/11/23/national/kepco-weights-new-lease-life-geriatric-reactors/#.VHImEMm-mKE

Officials have “admitted failure” at Fukushima plant — Giving up on attempts “to prevent highly contaminated water from pouring into ocean” — Regulator asks “What was all the trouble over the past months for?” — Gov’t experts worried cement barrier is going to crack (VIDEO)

http://enenews.com/officials-admitted-failure-fukushima-plant-giving-attempts-prevent-highly-contaminated-water-pouring-ocean-regulator-asks-all-trouble-months-govt-experts-worried-cement-barrier-going-crack-vi

Restart depends also on Government’s stability

http://www.fukushima-is-still-news.com/2014/11/restart-depends-also-on-government-s-stability.html

Damage worse than thought in Nagano earthquake

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/11/24/national/damage-worse-than-thought-in-nagano-earthquake/#.VHMC_jSUdvA

FukushimaI NPP: Plan C Also Failed in Plugging Reactor 2 Trench… Now What?

http://ex-skf.blogspot.fr/2014/11/fukushima-i-npp-plan-c-also-failed-in.html

Fukushima’s Radioactive Waste Elements Three Years Later: Plutonium and Cesium

http://www.decodedscience.com/fukushimas-radioactive-waste-elements-three-years-later-plutonium-cesium/50843

Plutonium Inventories at Fukushima Dai-ichii Nuclear Power Plant: Did Unit 3’s MOX Fuel Matter?

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/11/24/1347192/-Plutonium-Inventories-at-Fukushima-Dai-ichii-Nuclear-Power-Plant-Did-Unit-3-s-MOX-Fuel-Matter#

Nuclear Proliferation in the Australia-India-Japan-U.S. Nuclear Nexus

http://www.globalresearch.ca/nuclear-proliferation-in-the-australia-india-japan-u-s-nuclear-nexus/5415955

LDP Government in Japan on Suicide Mission

http://majiasblog.blogspot.jp/2014/11/ldp-government-in-japan-on-suicide.html?m=1

The Asia-Pacific Journal, Vol. 12, Issue 46, No. 1, November 24,2014. Beyond reality – or – An illusory ideal: pro-nuclear Japan’s management of migratory flows in a nuclear catastrophe

http://japanfocus.org/-C__cile-Asanuma_Brice/4221

No One Wants You to Know How Bad Fukushima Might Still Be

https://news.vice.com/article/no-one-wants-you-to-know-how-bad-fukushima-might-still-be

Drs Threatened For Revealing Fukushima ILL❢

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4XYLyuhTKw&feature=youtu.be

Tachyarrhythmia increased 8× as 2010 in a hospital of Sendai

http://fukushima-diary.com/2014/11/tachyarrhythmia-increased-8x-2010-hospital-sendai/

Work starts to fill tainted underground tunnels

http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20141125_28.html

Nuclear power’s dark future

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2014/11/25/commentary/world-commentary/nuclear-powers-dark-future/#.VHT7Esm-mKE

TEPCO’s Trench Saga Could Have Unintended Consequences
http://www.fukuleaks.org/web/?p=14165

TEPCO Starts Work to Fill N-Plant Trench with Cement

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2014112500859

To Fukushima and Back with Hiro

http://notesfromhadano.wordpress.com/2014/11/25/to-fukushima-and-back-with-hiro/

Tepco starts filling cable trench with cement as it pumps out radioactive water

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/11/26/national/tepco-starts-filling-cable-trench-cement-pumps-radioactive-water/#.VHUmaMm-mKE

Strontium-90 density rose up 3 × in groundwater / 490,000,000 Bq/m3 from Reactor2 seaside

http://fukushima-diary.com/2014/11/strontium-90-density-rose-3-x-groundwater-490000000-bqm3-reactor-2-seaside/

Utility to conduct special inspections on reactors

http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20141126_38.html

Kansai Electric to seek operation of 2 old reactors beyond 40 yrs

http://english.kyodonews.jp/news/2014/11/324381.html

Experts: Debris removal not cause of tainted rice

http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20141126_31.html

Radioactive waste incinerator built in Fukushima

http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20141126_27.html

Don’t forget secrecy law, reactor restarts, DPJ’s Kaieda urges voters

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/11/26/national/politics-diplomacy/dont-forget-secrecy-law-reactor-restarts-dpjs-kaieda-urges-voters/#.VHZAj8m-mKE

“Barrier Is Not Holding” at Fukushima Plant

http://www.thedailysheeple.com/barrier-is-not-holding-at-fukushima-plant_112014

Japan Eyes Restart of Next-Generation N-Reactor

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2014112600724

JAEA eyes restart of next-generation nuclear reactor

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/11/26/national/science-health/jaea-eyes-restart-next–

generation-nuclear-reactor/#.VHe0Asm-mKF

Suit against Fukui reactor restarts fails

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/11/27/national/suit-against-fukui-reactor-restarts-fails/#.VHcat8m-mKE

METI group looking for ways for utilities to offset reactor-decommissioning costs

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/11/26/business/meti-group-looking-ways-utilities-offset-reactor-decommissioning-costs/#.VHdQ1Mm-mKE

After liberalization, consumers still to pay for N-plant decommissioning

http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0001747428

Fukushima fallout on vegetation in South Florida exceeded gov’t notification limit by over 1,000% — Nearly triple the highest level reported anywhere on West Coast

http://enenews.com/radioactive-vegetation-south-florida-1000-above-nrc-reporting-level-due-fukushima-fallout

WHERE DOES FUKUSHIMA GO – Pacific and Atmosphere

https://nuclear-news.net/2014/11/27/where-does-fukushima-go-pacific-and-atmosphere/

Japan seals up Fukushima reactor trenches (VIDEO)

http://www.themalaymailonline.com/world/article/japan-seals-up-fukushima-reactor-trenches-video

Restart of Sendai plant in February at earliest

http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20141127_27.html

Experts call for more child thyroid checks

http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20141127_13.html

Courtrejects demand to prevent reactors’ restart

http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20141127_29.html

Largest Japanese active volcano spews ash and rocks, disrupts flights

http://rt.com/news/209487-japan-vocano-aso-erupts/

Fukushima Engineer: “They’re covering up how badly the groundwater is contaminated” —Scientist: “We’re measuring higher levels off Japan” —Radiation near California already exceeds expectations, and will be rising for years to come — TV: “Cleanup can’t be done… They lied from the start, Tepco is a den of inequity” (VIDEOS)

http://enenews.com/fukushima-engineer-theyre-covering-badly-groundwater-contaminated-scientist-measuring-higher-levels-japan-levels-california-already-exceed-expectations-will-keep-rising-years-tv-cleanup-be-li

“Public Health Emergency in the US” from Fukushima Radioactive Material: Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Official

http://www.globalresearch.ca/public-health-emergency-in-the-us-from-fukushima-radioactive-material-centers-for-disease-control-cdc-official/5416577

More difficulty in cleaning up reactor building

http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20141128_02.html

Japan’s ruling party accused of shying from election questions

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/afp/article-2852891/Japans-ruling-party-accused-shying-election-questions.html

Fukushima workers still in murky labour contracts

http://news.asiaone.com/news/asia/fukushima-workers-still-murky-labour-contracts

Fukushima Watch: Japan Confident It Can Process All Highly Contaminated Water by End-March

http://blogs.wsj.com/japanrealtime/2014/11/28/fukushima-watch-japan-confident-it-can-process-all-highly-contaminated-water-by-end-march/
Nuclear Watch: Fukushima More difficulty Cleaning up reactor + Seals trenches +Lessons 11/28/2014
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAH3TRDhS_k#t=88

Coolant system of Reactor 2 pool stopped / “Someone turned off a related switch”

http://fukushima-diary.com/2014/11/coolant-system-reactor-2-pool-stopped-someone-turned-related-switch/

Asahi Shimbun to Punish 6 over Report on Ex-Fukushima N-Plant Chief

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2014112800702

Asahi reporters slapped with pay cut over Fukushima story retraction

http://english.kyodonews.jp/news/2014/11/324777.html

Concerns simmer over access to nuclear info as enforcement of secrets law nears

http://mainichi.jp/english/english/newsselect/news/20141128p2a00m0na016000c.html

Electricity firms in Japan Solar shambles Japan has failed to learn from Germany’s renewable-energy mess

http://www.economist.com/news/business/21635013-japan-has-failed-learn-germanys-renewable-energy-mess-solar-shambles

Op-Ed: Fukushima — Another failure and another attempt at a fix

http://www.digitaljournal.com/news/environment/op-ed-fukushima-another-failure-and-another-attempt-at-a-fix/article/417868

Fukushima Clean-Up Based On Shady Science And Tax Payer Rip-Off

http://www.activistpost.com/2014/11/fukushima-clean-up-based-on-shady.html

Japan Atomic Power eyes decommissioning as new field

http://asia.nikkei.com/Japan-Update/Japan-Atomic-Power-eyes-decommissioning-as-new-field

Tepco mistakenly published concealed data of activation product in groundwater

http://fukushima-diary.com/2014/11/tepco-mistakenly-published-concealed-data-activation-product-groundwater/

NEWLEAK AT FUKUSHIMA DAIICHI

https://www.youtube.com/embed/M5zSBI06nps

Strontium-90 density jumped up double in groundwater / 990,000,000 Bq/m3 fromReactor 2 seaside

http://fukushima-diary.com/2014/11/strontium-90-density-jumped-double-groundwater-990000000-bqm3-reactor-2-seaside/

Under new law, about 460,000 documents likely to be called ‘specialsecrets’

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/11/30/national/politics-diplomacy/new-law-460000-documents-likely-called-special-secrets/#.VHtMMcm-mKG

Fukushima ‘dark tourism’ aims to rebuild city

http://khon2.com/2014/11/30/fukushima-dark-tourism-aims-to-rebuild-city/

SimplyInfo.org Fukushima & Nuclear News Roundup, Nov 30, 2014

http://www.fukuleaks.org/web/?p=14131

Fukushima Radiation: The Fatal Lie & Its Ultimate Toll

http://www.thelibertybeacon.com/2014/11/30/fukushima-radiation-the-fatal-lie-its-ultimate-toll/

December 3, 2014 Posted by dunrenard | Uncategorized | Fukushima Daiichi | Leave a comment

Tepco starts filling cable trench with cement as it pumps out radioactive water

Nov 26, 2014

IWAKI, FUKUSHIMA PREF. – Tokyo Electric Power Co. started work Tuesday to fill an underground trench at the disaster-stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant with cement while pumping up radioactive water inside at the same time.

The power company reported the beginning of the cement-pouring work for the cable trench for reactor 2 at a meeting in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, with government representatives on measures to deal with increasing radioactive water at the power station.

Tepco expects to finish the work by the end of next March. The company will begin next month pouring cement in reactor 3′s trench, hoping to complete the work also by the end of March.

The trenches for the two reactors are estimated to hold 11,000 tons of radioactive water in total. The water is believed to be causing the pollution of groundwater under the seaside section of the power plant.

On Tuesday, Tepco injected 80 cu. meters of cement in the reactor 2 trench in an operation that lasted two and a half hours from around 9:30 a.m. The trench holds radioactive water that has flowed from the reactor’s turbine building.

At first, Tepco planned to stop the flow by freezing water inside the joints between the turbine building and the trench so that it can entirely remove the radioactive water from there.

But Tepco could not fully freeze the water or block the flow. So, the firm switched to the current plan to inject cement in and remove the radioactive water from the trench simultaneously.

Source: Japan Times

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/11/26/national/tepco-starts-filling-cable-trench-cement-pumps-radioactive-water/#.VHVI88m-mKF

November 26, 2014 Posted by dunrenard | Japan | Fukushima Daiichi | Leave a comment

Fukushima I NPP: Plan C Also Failed in Plugging Reactor 2 Trench… Now What?

November 24, 2014

Plan D of Course!

But first, recall that Plan A was to install freezing pipes at the head of the trench leading from Reactor 2 turbine building to create an ice plug so that the extremely contaminated water that had been sitting in the trench since the very beginning of the nuclear accident could be pumped out. TEPCO started the work in April this year.

That failed. The ice plug didn’t quite form.

Then recall that Plan B was to dump tons (literally) of ice and dry ice in the trench near the freezing pipes to lower the temperature of the water around the freezing pipes so that the ice plug would finally form. Workers dumped ice all day and all night, in the high ambient radiation right at the trench. That was in hot August. Try to freeze the trench with ice in hot August.

That also failed. Dry ice clogged the pipe, and the ice plug didn’t quite form, and TEPCO admitted there was water still coming into the trench from the turbine building. The water sitting in the turbine building comes from the reactor building after it cools the molten core somewhere in the building, and it is warm.

So TEPCO came up with Plan C.

What was Plan C? It was to fill the gap between the incomplete ice plug and the turbine building wall with fillers. TEPCO chose the combination of grout and concrete. A plug of ice, grout and concrete was formed. Sort of.

From TEPCO’s document uploaded at Nuclear Regulation Authority’s site on 11/21/2014, the plug – pink and light green in the diagram is grout (different types), dark green is concrete:

That failed, just as I predicted.

TEPCO finally admitted on November 17 that it was a failure after pumping out some 200 tonnes of this highly contaminated water on November 17 and seeing that the water level in the trench didn’t go down as much as they had calculated. The water was still coming in from the turbine building, and the groundwater was probably seeping in.

But not to worry. TEPCO has Plan D, and it has been already approved by Nuclear Regulation Authority.

So what is Plan D? To fill the trench with cement while pumping out the water that gets displaced (in theory) by the cement.

(Do you want to bet whether that is going to fail?)

From Mainichi English (11/18/2014), from the original Japanese article on 11/17/2014:

An effort to stop contaminated water from flowing into a trench at the crippled Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant failed to completely halt the flow, announced Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO), the plant’s operator, on Nov. 17.

A TEPCO representative said, “We believe we have not completely stopped the water. Groundwater may also be entering the trench. We will closely analyze the changes in water level in the trench.”

TEPCO says that when around 200 tons of contaminated water was removed from the trench, the water level in the trench should have fallen by around 80 centimeters if the point of leakage between the plant’s No. 2 reactor turbine building and the trench had been fully sealed. However, the water level only fell by 21 centimeters, so TEPCO determined that the leak must be continuing.

…While the water remains in the trench, TEPCO cannot create a planned underground wall of frozen soil around the No. 1 through 4 reactor buildings to stop water leakages.

And this image from Tokyo Shinbun (11/21/2014):

and reference to Plan D:

トンネルから汚染水を少しずつ抜きながら、水中で薄く広がる特殊なセメントを流し込んでトンネルをふさぐ方法への切り替えを提案する

(TEPCO) will propose (to Nuclear Regulation Authority) a new method of plugging the trench by pouring in the special cement that spread thin and wide in the water while removing the contaminated water in the trench gradually.

Special cement?

TEPCO says in the document (page 9) they submitted to NRA that it will be a mixture of cement, fly ash and underwater-inseparable admixtures (セメント、フライアッシュおよび水中不分離混和剤などの配合調整). They will use the tremie concrete placement method.

(Do you want to bet whether that is going to fail?)

The NRA meeting on November 21, 2014 was funny without participants intending to be funny, from what I read in the tweets by people watching the meeting.

At one point, Commissioner Fuketa exasperatedly asked TEPCO representatives, “So what was the point of trying to freeze the water? Was freezing even necessary at all?”

The answer was no. TEPCO’s Shirai admitted (according to the tweet by @jaikoman on 11/21/2014) that there was a talk inside TEPCO that the ice plug was not necessary.

So why did they do it, and why did NRA approve it?

No one knows and no one is held accountable, while workers had to set up freezing pipes, then to pour ice, dry ice, grout, concrete, and to pump this highly contaminated water over the past 8 months in high radiation exposure. TEPCO hasn’t disclosed the radiation exposure for the workers.

Source: EXSKF

http://ex-skf.blogspot.nl/2014/11/fukushima-i-npp-plan-c-also-failed-in.html

November 26, 2014 Posted by dunrenard | Japan | Fukushima Daiichi | Leave a comment

Work starts to fill tainted underground tunnels

Nov. 25, 2014

Workers at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant have started pouring cement into underground tunnels filled with highly radioactive water.

The effort is aimed at replacing the water with cement. The water is believed to be leaking into the nearby sea after mixing with groundwater.

Workers on Tuesday poured into the tunnels 80 cubic meters of cement that can solidify in water. The plant’s operator, Tokyo Electric Power Company, said the water did not overflow during the work.

The operator says it plans to check the effectiveness of the measure in about a month after suspending the work temporarily. It says if there are no problems, it will resume the work to finish it by March.

The firm initially planned to freeze water at the ends of the tunnels to stop inflow from reactor buildings, and remove the contaminated water. But the plan did not work. By last week, the utility had decided to adopt the new method.

Workers using the method are likely exposed to more radiation than under the original plan.

Source: NHK

http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20141125_28.html

November 25, 2014 Posted by dunrenard | Japan | Fukushima Daiichi | 1 Comment

After failures, TEPCO to use special cement to prevent contaminated water leaks

November 22, 2014

The operator of the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant plans to fill in trenches on the coastline in yet another attempt to prevent highly contaminated water from pouring into the sea.

Under the plan, approved by the Nuclear Regulation Authority on Nov. 21, Tokyo Electric Power Co. will inject a special cement mixture into the seaside trenches of the No. 2 and No. 3 reactors while pumping up radioactive water accumulating in them.

The special mixture does not absorb water so it can spread more easily along the bottom of the trenches, displacing the tainted water.

The new method will allow radioactive materials to remain in the surrounding soil, but TEPCO decided to employ the technique because it puts high priority on preventing massive amounts of highly contaminated water from leaking into the ocean.

This spring, TEPCO tried to stop the water influx at the trench for the No. 2 reactor by freezing the junction of the turbine building and the trench, but the operation was tough-going.

The company then attempted to stop the water inflow with a cement mixture, but was unable to do so completely.

Source: Asahi Shimbun

http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201411220029

November 22, 2014 Posted by dunrenard | Japan | Fukushima Daiichi | Leave a comment

TEPCO gives up on freezing tainted water

Nov. 21, 2014

The operator of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant is drastically changing its plan to remove highly radioactive water from underground tunnels at the facility.

The tunnels have been inundated with water from the plant’s heavily contaminated reactor buildings.

Tokyo Electric Power Company, or TEPCO, this year began work to freeze water at the ends of the tunnels to block the inflow. The firm finished the work early this month.

But TEPCO officials found that water levels in the tunnels were still changing in sync with volumes in the reactor buildings.

The officials admitted to the Nuclear Regulation Authority on Friday that the tunnels hadn’t been plugged.

They said they’re giving up on the plan, and proposed pouring cement into the flooded tunnels while removing water from them. They said they want this done from late November.

The authority’s commissioners asked whether the new method can really halt the inflow. They also spoke of the risk of cracks forming in cement.

The authority approved TEPCO’s plan in the end, on condition that the procedure be halted in late December to see whether it’s working.

Commenting on the change, one commissioner asked what all the trouble over the past months was for.

Source: NHK

http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20141121_36.html

November 22, 2014 Posted by dunrenard | Japan | Fukushima Daiichi | Leave a comment

Tepco fails to halt toxic water inflow at Fukushima No. 1 trenches

Nov 22, 2014

Tokyo Electric Power Co. admitted failure Friday in its bid to halt the flow of toxic water into underground tunnels alongside the ocean at the Fukushima No. 1 plant and said that it will try using a specially developed cement instead.

Some 11,000 tons of highly radioactive water have accumulated in the tunnels, trenches dug to house pipes and cables that are connected to the reactor 2 and 3 turbine buildings of the wrecked facility, according to Tepco.

There are fears that this toxic buildup, which is being caused by the jury-rigged cooling system and groundwater seepage in the reactor basements, could pour into the Pacific, which is already being polluted by other radioactive leaks. Groundwater is entering the complex at 400 tons a day.

Extracting the toxic water is a critical step in Tepco’s plan to build a huge underground ice wall around the four destroyed reactors to keep groundwater out.

Initially, Tepco sought to freeze the water in a section of tunnel connected to the No. 2 reactor building. This was intended to stop the inflow and allow the accumulated water to be pumped out. The utility said it took additional measures that also failed.

On Friday, Tepco proposed a new technique for the tunnels: injection of a cement filler especially developed for the task while pumping out as much of the accumulated water as possible.

Under the new method, however, it would be difficult to drain all of this water and some of it would be left behind, endangering plant workers, Tepco acknowledged.

Nevertheless, a Nuclear Regulation Authority panel of experts green-lighted the new strategy at a recent meeting. Some of the experts argued that Tepco should stick to the original plan and draw out all of the water. Others said giving up on it may hamper the construction of the ice wall.

Source: Japan Times

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/11/22/national/tepco-fails-to-halt-toxic-water-inflow-at-fukushima-no-1-trenches/#.VHDOesm-mKF

November 22, 2014 Posted by dunrenard | Japan | Fukushima Daiichi | Leave a comment

Tepco unable to halt tainted water flowing into tunnels at Fukushima

Nov 18, 2014

Tokyo Electric Power Co. appears unable to stem the flow of radioactive water from the No. 2 reactor building to underground tunnels at the Fukushima No. 1 power plant, officials said.

Tepco has injected cement into the joints that connect the tunnels, which are used to run cables, and the building to halt the flow of contaminated water and remove accumulations from the tunnels.

But water levels suggest the effort has remained unsuccessful so far, the officials said. The company began the cement injections after failing to create an “ice wall” over the summer by freezing water inside the joints that would have blocked the flows.

After the cement injections, Tepco pumped 200 tons of tainted water out of the tunnels Monday, causing levels inside to fall around 20 cm, the officials said.

However, if the joints were completely sealed, water levels would have fallen roughly 80 cm, the officials said, indicating the possibility that contaminated water is still flowing into the tunnels.

The officials also noted the possibility that groundwater may be flowing into the tunnels. However, recent data has shown that the amount of radioactive materials in the tunnel water was very high, an official in the Nuclear Regulation Authority said.

“Concentrations should have been lower if large amounts of groundwater are really flowing in,” the official noted.

If the cement injections end in failure, too, Tepco plans to remove radioactive water while injecting cement into the tunnel — an operation that could put plant workers at greater risk of radiation exposure.

The tunnels are believed to contain some 5,000 tons of tainted water. Some observers believe the water may be leaking into the ground and reaching the Pacific.

Source: Japan Times

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/11/18/national/tepco-unable-halt-tainted-water-flowing-tunnels-fukushima/#.VGuRRMm-mKF

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