Source: WNN (World Nuclear News)
Date: 26 May 2011
Computer analysis of reactor damage at Fukushima Daiichi has indicated more serious fuel melt has probably occurred than previously thought at units 2 and 3.
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Thursday, May 26, 2011
5/26/2011 | DIY: Inexpensive USB Gieger Counter Hack To Measure Japan Nuclear Radiation
Source: Alexander Higgins Blog
Date: May 26, 2011 at 2:57 pm
by: Alexander Higgins
Learn how to use an inexpensive Geiger counter to build a Japan nuclear radiation monitor will use the USB port on your computer to monitor radioactivity.
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Date: May 26, 2011 at 2:57 pm
by: Alexander Higgins
Learn how to use an inexpensive Geiger counter to build a Japan nuclear radiation monitor will use the USB port on your computer to monitor radioactivity.
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5/26/2011 | Reactor 1 dry well radiation drops from 215 Sv/h to 43.7 Sv/h
Source: http://atmc.jp/plant/rad/?n=1
Date: May 26, 2011 Chart snapshot from 6:00 PM CST
A bit of good news with Fukushima reactor 1, it appears the radiation level has dropped drastically in the dry well from 215 Sv/h down to 43.7 Sv/h:
Date: May 26, 2011 Chart snapshot from 6:00 PM CST
A bit of good news with Fukushima reactor 1, it appears the radiation level has dropped drastically in the dry well from 215 Sv/h down to 43.7 Sv/h:
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Location: Unit 1 nuclear power plant Hukushima Date: Mar 15, 2011 (Tuesday) to May 26, 2011 (Thursday) Current values: D / W: 43.7 Sv / h , S / C: .958 Sv / h Status Instrument failure
Date D / W S / C 5 / 26 43.7 0.958 5 / 25 215 0.987 5 / 24 192 0.997 5 / 23 201 1.01 5 / 22 196 1.01 5 / 21 36.2 1.02 5 / 20 46.5 1.03 5 / 19 36.3 1.04 5 / 18 45.4 1.04 5 / 17 _ 1.04 5 / 16 _ 1.05 5 / 15 _ 1.06 5 / 14 _ 1.07 5 / 13 _ 1.08 5 / 12 _ 1.09 5 / 11 _ 1.10 5 / 10 _ 1.11 5 / 09 _ 1.13 5 / 08 _ 1.14 5 / 07 _ 1.15 5 / 06 _ 1.17 5 / 05 _ 1.18 5 / 04 _ 1.2 
Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency has announced that the plant parameters (reactor state) of the reactor radiation dose to the graph.
Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant reactor 1 can be checked on a daily basis - such as water temperature, pressure dose of 5 items.
As soon as the data is published and updated as the chart.
No. 4 in the absence of inspections stopped reactor fuel assemblies for, are excluded from the list.
Meaning of the terms in the graph below.
D / W stands for dry well .... The main thing containment. S / C ... Sapuresshonchenba stands. I pressure suppression chamber.
※ The value of the graph shows the maximum absolute value of the day.
5/26/2011 | Greenpeace slams Japan response to nuclear crisis
Source: Reuters
Date: Thu May 26, 2011 5:14am EDT
by: Nick Macfie
(Reuters) - Environmental group Greenpeace on Thursday slammed Japan's "continued inadequate response" to the nuclear disaster at a power plant after new data showed seaweed radiation levels 50 times higher than official limits.
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Date: Thu May 26, 2011 5:14am EDT
by: Nick Macfie
(Reuters) - Environmental group Greenpeace on Thursday slammed Japan's "continued inadequate response" to the nuclear disaster at a power plant after new data showed seaweed radiation levels 50 times higher than official limits.
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5/26/2011 | Japanese from nuke town make brief visit to homes
Source: AP via seattle pi
Date: Updated 04:36 a.m., Thursday, May 26, 2011
by: ERIC TALMADGE, Associated Press
TAMURA, Japan (AP) — Donning white protective suits and masks, neighbors of Japan's radiation-leaking nuclear plant were finally able to return home Thursday more than two months after the crisis began, but were only given two hours to stuff their belongings into garbage bags before leaving again.
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Date: Updated 04:36 a.m., Thursday, May 26, 2011
by: ERIC TALMADGE, Associated Press
TAMURA, Japan (AP) — Donning white protective suits and masks, neighbors of Japan's radiation-leaking nuclear plant were finally able to return home Thursday more than two months after the crisis began, but were only given two hours to stuff their belongings into garbage bags before leaving again.
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5/25/2011 | Japan Earthquake Appears to Increase Quake Risk Elsewhere in the Country
Source: Science Daily
Date: May 25, 2011
ScienceDaily (May 25, 2011) — Japan's recent magnitude 9.0 earthquake, which triggered a devastating tsunami, relieved stress along part of the quake fault but also has contributed to the build up of stress in other areas, putting some of the country at risk for up to years of sizeable aftershocks and perhaps new main shocks, scientists say.
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Date: May 25, 2011
ScienceDaily (May 25, 2011) — Japan's recent magnitude 9.0 earthquake, which triggered a devastating tsunami, relieved stress along part of the quake fault but also has contributed to the build up of stress in other areas, putting some of the country at risk for up to years of sizeable aftershocks and perhaps new main shocks, scientists say.
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5/26/2011 | Marine life soaking up radiation along Fukushima coast
Source: Greenpeace
Date: May 26, 2011 at 15:16
by: Greg McNevin
Two weeks ago we released preliminary results from our marine radiation monitoring work off the coast of Japan, near the melted-down and leaking Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. These results showed worrying levels of radioactive contamination in seaweed – a staple of the Japanese diet.
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Date: May 26, 2011 at 15:16
by: Greg McNevin
Two weeks ago we released preliminary results from our marine radiation monitoring work off the coast of Japan, near the melted-down and leaking Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. These results showed worrying levels of radioactive contamination in seaweed – a staple of the Japanese diet.
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5/26/2011 | New leak feared at stricken Japan nuclear plant
Source: Reuters
Date: Thu May 26, 2011 3:10am EDT
(Reuters) - Radioactive water appears to be leaking from a waste disposal building at Japan's Fukushima nuclear complex, operator Tokyo Electric Power said on Thursday, in a new setback to the battle to contain radiation from the crippled power plant.
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Date: Thu May 26, 2011 3:10am EDT
(Reuters) - Radioactive water appears to be leaking from a waste disposal building at Japan's Fukushima nuclear complex, operator Tokyo Electric Power said on Thursday, in a new setback to the battle to contain radiation from the crippled power plant.
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5/26/2011 | Demand for personal Geiger counters soars in Japan
Source: Reuters
Date: Thu May 26, 2011 2:23am EDT
by: Chiaki Kawase
(Reuters Life!) - With a nuclear plant just 240 km (150 miles) north of Tokyo still leaking radiation, demand for personal Geiger counters has skyrocketed in the Japanese capital and manufacturers are struggling to keep up with the demand.
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Date: Thu May 26, 2011 2:23am EDT
by: Chiaki Kawase
(Reuters Life!) - With a nuclear plant just 240 km (150 miles) north of Tokyo still leaking radiation, demand for personal Geiger counters has skyrocketed in the Japanese capital and manufacturers are struggling to keep up with the demand.
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5/26/2011 | TEPCO fax about seawater not passed to Kan for hours
Source: Daily Yomiuri Online
Date: May. 26, 2011
by: The Yomiuri Shimbun
Tokyo Electric Power Co. notified the government's nuclear safety agency by fax 3-1/2 hours before it started injecting seawater into the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant's No. 1 reactor, TEPCO said Wednesday.
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Date: May. 26, 2011
by: The Yomiuri Shimbun
Tokyo Electric Power Co. notified the government's nuclear safety agency by fax 3-1/2 hours before it started injecting seawater into the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant's No. 1 reactor, TEPCO said Wednesday.
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5/26/2011 | U.S. reactor retrofits in works to avoid blasts
Source: Bloomberg via The Japan Times
Date: Thursday, May 26, 2011
New York/New Delhi — Entergy Corp., the second-biggest nuclear operator in the U.S., and Duke Energy Corp. said the industry may need to retrofit reactors or bolster safety systems after a pressure-relief system failed at the Fukushima No. 1 plant, contributing to the disaster.
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Date: Thursday, May 26, 2011
New York/New Delhi — Entergy Corp., the second-biggest nuclear operator in the U.S., and Duke Energy Corp. said the industry may need to retrofit reactors or bolster safety systems after a pressure-relief system failed at the Fukushima No. 1 plant, contributing to the disaster.
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5/26/2011 | One tough job: selling Fukushima
Source: The Japan Times
Date: Thursday, May 26, 2011
FUKUSHIMA — Hands down, the workers at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant trying to cool off the reactors have one of the toughest jobs in Japan.
But in terms of the burden on one person's shoulders, Masaru Saga, director of the tourism division in the Fukushima Prefectural Government, also ranks high among those in a tight spot.
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Date: Thursday, May 26, 2011
FUKUSHIMA — Hands down, the workers at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant trying to cool off the reactors have one of the toughest jobs in Japan.
But in terms of the burden on one person's shoulders, Masaru Saga, director of the tourism division in the Fukushima Prefectural Government, also ranks high among those in a tight spot.
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5/26/2011 | Fukushima Considered for Nuclear Graveyard
Source: Bloomberg
Date: 5/26/2011
by: Shigeru Sato
Japan’s atomic energy specialists are discussing a plan to make the Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear plant a storage site for radioactive waste from the crippled station run by Tokyo Electric Power Co.
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Date: 5/26/2011
by: Shigeru Sato
Japan’s atomic energy specialists are discussing a plan to make the Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear plant a storage site for radioactive waste from the crippled station run by Tokyo Electric Power Co.
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5/26/2011 JST | Natural gas prices projected to rise as antinuclear backlash surges
Source: The Japan Times
Date: Thursday, May 26, 2011
Kyodo
The push to move away from nuclear power because of the crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 power plant has propelled demand for gas on a global basis — and the subsequent rise in its prices will inevitably hurt Japanese buyers, according to a department head of an Edinburgh-based research and consultancy firm.
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Date: Thursday, May 26, 2011
Kyodo
The push to move away from nuclear power because of the crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 power plant has propelled demand for gas on a global basis — and the subsequent rise in its prices will inevitably hurt Japanese buyers, according to a department head of an Edinburgh-based research and consultancy firm.
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5/26/2011 JST | No. 1 reactor pressure vessel likely damaged immediately after quake
Source: Japan Today
Date: Thursday 26th May, 07:12 AM JST
TOKYO — The pressure vessel housing nuclear fuel at the No. 1 reactor of the Fukushima Daiichi power plant or its accessory piping is likely to have been partially damaged immediately after the March 11 earthquake, possibly allowing steam to leak out to the containment vessel encasing it, according to data made public by its operator.
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Date: Thursday 26th May, 07:12 AM JST
TOKYO — The pressure vessel housing nuclear fuel at the No. 1 reactor of the Fukushima Daiichi power plant or its accessory piping is likely to have been partially damaged immediately after the March 11 earthquake, possibly allowing steam to leak out to the containment vessel encasing it, according to data made public by its operator.
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5/26/2011 JST | Ibaraki farmers to demand Y6.5 bil in damages from TEPCO
Source: Japan Today
Date: Thursday 26th May, 07:08 AM JST
MITO — A council of agricultural cooperatives in Ibaraki Prefecture and others have decided to demand 6.5 billion yen in damages from Tokyo Electric Power Co in compensation for their losses stemming from radioactive leaks from the utility’s crippled nuclear power plant, its officials said Wednesday.
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Date: Thursday 26th May, 07:08 AM JST
MITO — A council of agricultural cooperatives in Ibaraki Prefecture and others have decided to demand 6.5 billion yen in damages from Tokyo Electric Power Co in compensation for their losses stemming from radioactive leaks from the utility’s crippled nuclear power plant, its officials said Wednesday.
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5/25/2011 | Tepco: Newly Discovered Fukushima Nuclear Reactor Radiation Leaks May Exceed Chernobyl Levels
Source: Alexander Higgins Blog
Date: May 25, 2011 at 5:28 am
by: Alexander Higgins
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Date: May 25, 2011 at 5:28 am
by: Alexander Higgins
Tepco says newly identified leaks of radiation leaks from the Fukushima Nuclear Reactor may have been leaking radiation exceeding Chernobyl levels.
As I previously reported, the American media finally acknowledged TEPCO’s press release that nuclear meltdown had occurred in 3 reactors at the Fukushima nuclear power plant....
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