11/29/2011 Radioactive Scare Shuts Down Haymarket Station

Source: CBS
Date: 11/29/2011

BOSTON (CBS) – A radiation scare shut down Haymarket MBTA station to passengers Tuesday morning.
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11/26/2011 Nuclear waste shipment draws ire of angry nuclear protesters in both France and Germany

Date: 11/24/2011 and 11/26/2011
Sources: CCTV News, Associated Press and NHK World

According to CCTV News, a train shipment of nuclear waste from France's La Hague facility met resistance first in France as it departed Wednesday and then in Germany.  French anti-nuclear protesters, some of whom damaged rail tracks, managed to delay the shipment.  300 French protesters in Northern France were met by police with batons and tear gas.

Per the Associated Press, further resistance by German anti-nuclear protesters has taken the form of a peaceful protest in Dannenberg where 23,000 activists showed up to demonstrate, as well as 50 protesters who attempted to sabotage train tracks. 300 protesters in Berlin threw rocks and fireworks at police.

11/25/2011 Radioactive strontium found in 3 locations in Tokyo

Source: Japan Today
Date: Nov. 25, 2011 - 05:09PM JST

TOKYO — A citizens’ group has discovered radioactive strontium in soil in three locations in Tokyo, peaking at 51 becquerels per kilogram.

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11/22/2011 Experts Admit Fukushima is Causing Hidden Cancer Deaths

Source: Activist Post
Date: 11/22/2011
by: Anthony Gucciardi

Dees Illustration

Health and radiation experts are now admitting that the Fukushima disaster is contributing to an unknown number of deaths as a result of increasing cancer rates around the globe.
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11/24/2011 -- 6.2 magnitude earthquake in Japan after yesterdays 6.1M

Source: Dutchsinse
Date: 11/24/2011


See also:  M6.1 quake strikes off south coast of Hokkaido

Editor's Note: USGS Report and map of quake below.

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11/22/2011 Fukushima: “China Syndrome Is Inevitable” … “Huge Steam Explosions”, “Massive Hydrovolcanic Explosion” or a “Nuclear Bomb-Type Explosion” May Occur

Source: Washington's Blog
Date: 11/22/2011

Fukushima May Blow

I’ve repeatedly noted that we may experience a “China syndrome” type of accident at Fukushima.
For example, I pointed out in September:

Mainichi Dailly News notes:

As a radiation meteorology and nuclear safety expert at Kyoto University’s Research Reactor Institute, Hiroaki Koide [says]:
The nuclear disaster is ongoing.
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At present, I believe that there is a possibility that massive amounts of radioactive materials will be released into the environment again.
At the No. 1 reactor, there’s a chance that melted fuel has burned through the bottom of the pressure vessel, the containment vessel and the floor of the reactor building, and has sunk into the ground. From there, radioactive materials may be seeping into the ocean and groundwater.
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The government and plant operator TEPCO are trumpeting the operation of the circulation cooling system, as if it marks a successful resolution to the disaster. However, radiation continues to leak from the reactors. The longer the circulation cooling system keeps running, the more radioactive waste it will accumulate. It isn’t really leading us in the direction we need to go.
It’s doubtful that there’s even a need to keep pouring water into the No.1 reactor, where nuclear fuel is suspected to have burned through the pressure vessel. Meanwhile, it is necessary to keep cooling the No. 2 and 3 reactors, which are believed to still contain some fuel, but the cooling system itself is unstable. If the fuel were to become overheated again and melt, coming into contact with water and trigger a steam explosion, more radioactive materials will be released.
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 We are now head to head with a situation that mankind has never faced before.

11/20/2011 RealistNews: Advice on radiation detection and water filtration

Source: Realist News YouTube channel
Date: 11/20/2011
by: jsnip4


Editor's Note: Per jsnip4 reverse osmosis water filtration systems help remove hot particles. He has some good silver (physical) investment videos as well.  Using his Digalert+ meter, jsnip4 measured his air filters in his house and found them to be 4-5x the normal background radiation.  

Startling: If you scroll forwards to 12:40 or view the video below, a concerned mother says her daughter was caught in a rainstorm and got a radiation burn and mysterious flu-like symptoms.  Unconfirmed but something worth investigating.  Here is the original source video which jsnip4 embedded in his own:

11/19/2011 NRC to Investigate Brunswick Nuclear Generating Station Radioactive Water Leak

On Wednesday (11/16/2011) after having completed scheduled maintenance Unit 2 of the two reactor Brunswick Nuclear Generating Station run by Progress Energy was found to have a radioactive water leak from the reactor core, after the reactor had been ramped up to 7% power. [1]  Brunswick discovered the problem the next morning and has since shut down the reactor. Unit 1 is still running at full power.  The NRC (Nuclear Regulatory Commission) will investigate and produce a report within 45 days. [1]

See also:

1. Nuclear plant water leak probed, John Murawski, Charlotte Observer
2. Nuclear Engineer shares concerns about Brunswick Nuclear Leak, Lucas Whitefield Hixson, Enformable

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11/17/2011 Radiation Mystery Solved? Budapest 'Probably' the Source

Source: ABC News
Date: 11/17/2011
by: LEE FERRAN and DRAGANA JOVANOVIC

Chain Bridge and Houses of Parliament in Budapest, Hungary, are seen in this elevated view. (Getty Images)

Nuclear officials said today they believe they have traced the source of a massive, but harmless, radiation plume that has spread across the atmosphere in Europe to an institute in Hungary, but the head of the institute disagrees.  

The Hungary Atomic Energy Authority said the Budapest-based Institute of Isotopes was "most probably" the source of the continued leak of trace amounts of Iodine-131 into the atmosphere, according to a statement by the International Atomic Energy Institute. Last week the IAEA first announced they received reports of trace iodine-131 detections from countries "across Europe," but had no idea from where the radiation was leaking. 

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11/17/2011 Fukushima, Tokyo log fewer births

Source: The Japan Times
Date: Friday, Nov. 18, 2011 JST

 

Kyodo

The number of births between April and June slumped 25 percent in Fukushima Prefecture and also declined significantly in Tokyo, Chiba and Kanagawa prefectures, but the tally rose in northern and western Japan, a recent survey showed.

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11/16/2011 Former IAEA Inspector: Misleading Iran report proves nothing

Source: TheRealNews
Date: 11/14/2011 (part 1), 11/16/2011 (part 2)

Part 1: Robert Kelley: Latest IAEA report recycles old intelligence and is meant to bolster hard liners

Part 2: Robert Kelley: IAEA Iran Report Fit Facts to Strengthen Hardliners


The full history of U.S. and British foreign policy concerning Iran: What every person should know

11/16/2011 Airstrike Against Iranian Nuclear Facilities Could Kill 100s of North Koreans and Russians

Source: OilPrice.com
Date: Wednesday, 16 November 2011 23:25
by: John Daly

As the drums for direct military intervention to derail Iran’s purported covert military nuclear weapons program beat louder in both Jerusalem and Washington, an overlooked issue is the possibility of international “collateral damage,” to use the Pentagon’s favourite euphemism for civilian casualties.
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11/15/2011 Europe Bans X-Ray Body Scanners Used at US Airports

Source: TruthOut
Date: 11/15/2011
by: Michael Grabell of ProPublica

The European Union on Monday prohibited the use of X-ray body scanners in European airports, parting ways with the U.S. Transportation Security Administration, which has deployed hundreds of the scanners as a way to screen millions of airline passengers for explosives hidden under clothing.
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11/16/2011 Low-level radiation in Europe still a mystery: IAEA

Source: Reuters
Date: Wed Nov 16, 2011 1:38pm EST


(Reuters) - The source of low levels of radioactive iodine-131 detected in several European countries over the past few weeks is still unclear, the U.N. nuclear agency said on Wednesday.

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) first announced on Friday that traces had been detected in Europe, after it was tipped off by authorities in the Czech Republic.
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11/16/2011 Land in parts of Japan 'too radioactive to farm'

Source: The Telegraph
Date: 1:33PM GMT 15 Nov 2011

Farmland in parts of Japan is no longer safe because of high levels of radiation in the soil, scientists have warned, as the country struggles to recover from the Fukushima atomic disaster.

A deserted field and buildings inside the contaminated exclusion zone Photo: David Guttenfelder/Bloomberg

A team of international researchers said food production would likely be "severely impaired" by the elevated levels of caesium found in soil samples across eastern Fukushima in the wake of meltdowns at the tsunami-hit plant.
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11/15/2011 Radiation Spreads to France

Source: Washington's Blog
Date: 11/15/2011

France Hit with Radiation


I reported yesterday that a blanket of radioactive iodine – indicating a new nuclear release – has hit Germany, Russia, Sweden, Denmark, Austria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia.
Today, Agence France Presse reports that it has hit France as well:

France´s nuclear watchdog on Tuesday said it had detected traces of radioactive iodine in the air last week ….
Concentrations of iodine 131 measuring a few microbecquerels per cubic metre were detected last week at four monitoring stations in northern and eastern France, the Institute for Radiological Protection and Nuclear Safety (IRSN) said.
“Although the presence of iodine 131 over national territory is quite exceptional… the level of concentrations that have been observed are of no risk for public health,” it said in a press release.
“The source and date of the radioactive emissions which caused this pollution are currently unknown,” the IRSN said.
Iodine is a very short-lived isotope that decays to half of its radioactivity in only eight days.

As I noted yesterday, mainstream authorities are saying – without proof – that it can’t be from Fukushima.

11/14/2011 Are Fukushima Reactors 5 and 6 In Trouble Also?

Source: Washington's Blog
Date: 11/14/2011

Are All 6 Fukushima Reactors In Trouble?

Everyone knows that Fukushima reactors 1-3 have melted down, and the fuel pool at reactor 4 is ruined.
But reactors 5 and 6 have been almost entirely ignored since the earthquake because – we were assured – the reactors were in controlled shutdown prior to the earthquake, and so all was safe.
However, there are rumors of problems.

11/12/2011 IAEA Iran Report Spins Intelligence

Source: TheRealNews
Date: 11/12/2011

Gareth Porter: Dubious intelligence used as pretext for tougher sanctions


Editor's Note: The UN nuclear watchdog the IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) is 80% funded by the nuclear industry. Is this more dubious intelligence such as presented to the public to get them on board with an invasion of Iraq? There was no "yellow cake" or WMD (Weapons of Mass Destruction) as you recall.  This same war drum has been beaten in the past regarding Iran being on the verge of developing nuclear weapons.

Back in 1951 Iran was actually a friend and had a democratically elected leader Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh.  However, the Iranian government decided to nationalize their oil fields, which were previously all controlled by the British owned Anglo-Iranian Oil Company.  As a result, the CIA and MI5 organized a coup (Operation Ajax) to overthrow that friendly regime, causing eventually the Shah (a brutal dictator) to be installed.  The Shah was overthrown by the Mullahs and this is the current regime in place today.  These are historical facts and can be verified via Wikipedia.


Essentially we have only ourselves to blame with regards to the current regime which is in place in Iran, which is the result of more of the same terrible hegemonic foreign policy.

11/11/2011 Radiation Levels Up in Europe, Depleted Uranium & More: Infowars Nightly News

Source: Infowars Nightly News
Date: 11/11/2011 (Veterans Day)
by: Alex Jones


See also:

1. United Nations Agency Downplays Increased Radiation in Europe  
2. Riddle of the radiation sweeping across Europe: UN nuclear agency mystified by soaring levels 
3. Why World War III: Destroy The Global Economy, Create A Greater Israel, And Establish A Global Authoritarian Government
4.  Japanese Debris to Start Hitting Western U.S. and Canada THIS WEEK 
5. Iran will be able to build nuclear bomb within months, IAEA says 
6. Ahmadinejad: IAEA chief is a tool for the US 
7. Israel may launch strike on Iran as soon as next month to prevent development of nuclear weapons

11/6/2011 Los Angeles rain water found 3x normal background by EnviroReporter

Source: EnviroReporter YouTube channel
Date: 11/6/2011


[11/6/2011] 6:30 pm 10-minute INTERIOR average of SECOND SANTA MONICA RAIN: 140.0 CPM^ or 221% HIGHER THAN PREVIOUS BACKGROUND! 

This stunning detection suggests radon progeny generated by continuing fissile re-criticality at the three melted down and out Fukushima nuclear reactors and perhaps additional radiation caused by the Japanese government's decision to burn over 550,000 tons of radioactive waste in October, much of which will end up as fallout.

11/6/2011 IAEA report to detail efforts by Iran to develop a nuclear weapon

Source: CNN
Date: 11/6/2011
By Elise Labott



Washington (CNN) -- The upcoming report by the International Atomic Energy Agency will make the most detailed charges to date that Iran's nuclear program is geared toward weapons development and military use, several Western diplomats briefed on the report told CNN.
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11/8/2011 Tokyo Starts Burning Radioactive Waste from Other Areas … Tokyo Governor Tells Residents to “Shut Up” and Stop Complaining About It

Source: Washington's Blog
Date: 11/8/2011

Tokyo Governor Tells Residents to “Shut Up” Instead of Complain About Burning of Radioactive Debris

I noted in August:

Nuclear expert Arnie Gundersen says in a new interview that the Japanese are burning radioactive materials. The radioactivity originated from Fukushima, but various prefectures are burning radioactive materials in their terroritories.
Gundersen says that this radioactivity ends up not only in neighboring prefectures, but in Hawaii, British Columbia, Oregon, Washington and California.

Now Tokyo is starting to burn radioactive debris from other prefectures.

11/3/2011 Criticality Confusion at Fukushima Daiichi

After checking the RadiationNews™ Google gadget, I noticed ENENEWS (the tab one to the right of this feed) has highlighted that The Japan Times is calling for an investigation to determine the true seriousness of the condition now at the melted down Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.  In The Japan Times article Find out true reactor conditions from 11/4/2011 JST it is reported that re-criticality (a sustained fission reaction) has occurred and that TEPCO has initially (on Tuesday 11/1/2011 JST) reported localized temporary criticality:

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Because the half life of xenon-133 is 5.25 days and that of xeon-135 is 9.14 hours, criticality is very likely to have occurred just before the gases were analyzed.

Although more than seven months have passed since the start of the nuclear fiasco, clearly the reactor has not yet been stabilized. Tepco's plan to achieve "cold shutdown" of the Nos. 1, 2 and 3 reactors by the end of this year may face difficulty.

The fact that Tepco cannot deny the possibility of criticality irrespective of its scale is a grave situation. The conditions are similar in the Nos. 1, 2 and 3 reactors. It is thought that nuclear fuel in them melted and has collected in the bottom of both the pressure and containment vessels.

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After claiming that possible criticality was indicated by release of various isotopes of Xenon gas TEPCO has now backtracked to say it is only a spontaneous fission reaction of curium (a less serious condition).  So what is really true?  TEPCO has had a tendency to lie, downplay and delay releasing news concerning their crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant so it is likely that something more serious is going on than what they are attempting to present to the public.  For example, per the ENENEWS article Krypton-85 up over 14,000% in one day at Reactor No. 2 — Kr-85 used to detect “plutonium separations” the existence of Krypton-85 in Fukushima Daiichi reactor 2 is indicative of plutonium fission.

11/1/2011 Japanese MP drinks Fukushima water under pressure from journalists

Source: UK Guardian
Date: 11/1/2011
by: Justin McCurry

Yasuhiro Sonoda's hands shake as he drinks water collected from the plant to back up government claims of decontamination  Yasuhiro Sonoda drinks a glass of decontaminated water taken from puddles inside the buildings housing reactors 5 and 6 at the Fukushima Daiichi plant. Photograph: Jiji Press/AFP/Getty Images

It was a simple gulp of water, but one that Japan's government hopes will carry symbolic importance as it seeks to ease concern over decontamination efforts at the scene of the country's nuclear crisis.
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11/1/2011 (Video) Xenon found in reactor 2 indicative of possible fission reaction

Source: NHK World
Date: 11/1/2011
by: Catherine Kobayashi

Part 1 from http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/02_10.html

The operator of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant has poured water containing boric acid into the No. 2 reactor.

The move followed the detection of a radioactive substance, xenon, in the reactor's containment vessel, indicating that nuclear fission may have resumed.

Tokyo Electric Power Company poured boric acid solution into the No. 2 reactor for one hour from shortly before 3 AM on Wednesday.

Last Friday, TEPCO began operating equipment to remove radioactive substances from the No. 2 reactor.
The device sucks out gas from the containment vessel and filters out radioactive materials. The company has been analyzing the types of radioactive substances and their density near the outlet of the device.

On Tuesday, TEPCO detected xenon-133 and xenon-135, substances that are produced during the nuclear fission of uranium-235. The company says the possibility of nuclear fission inside the reactor cannot be excluded.

TEPCO says even if nuclear fission has resumed, it should be on a small scale as there have been no major changes in the temperature or pressure of the reactor, or radiation levels at monitoring posts around the compound.

The government's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency says it is unlikely that nuclear fuel has begun melting again as the density of the xenon is low and there has been no change in the reactor temperatures. The agency says it will continue to monitor the xenon in the reactor.

Wednesday, November 02, 2011 07:27 +0900 (JST)

Part 2 from http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/02_13.html

A nuclear energy expert says the presence of xenon in the No.2 reactor leaves open the possibility that localized and temporary fission could still occur.

Professor Koji Okamoto of the University of Tokyo Graduate School says substances from melted fuel that could undergo fission are probably scattered around, but are unlikely to react.

He says, however, that neutrons from radioactive materials could react with the uranium fuel and other substances.

Okamoto says a self-sustaining chain reaction that creates criticality is unlikely to happen because huge amounts of boric acid have been poured into the reactor.

He adds that these neutrons must be closely monitored to make sure fission does not take place.

The professor also referred to a plan by the government and TEPCO to achieve a state of cold shutdown by the end of the year. He says that if fission reactions are not under control, it would not be a cold shutdown.

Okamoto says TEPCO must locate the melted fuel inside and outside the reactor in order to prevent further reactions.

Wednesday, November 02, 2011 10:24 +0900 (JST)