10/27/2011 "No More Nuclear Power" 100 Women from Fukushima: A Sit-in Action in Tokyo

Source: tokyobrowntabby YouTube channel
Date: 10/27/2011

【Please scroll down】On Oct 27-29, the action will be on Ustream broadcast from 10am to 3pm.
URL: http://ustre.am/usAQ

"No more Nuclear Power"
"Evacuate children living in contaminated areas"

100 women from Fukushima will be sitting in front of Agency of Ministry and Trade located in Tokyo, giving a peaceful appeal for three days. Another 100 from all areas in Japan will be sitting from 10/30-11/5.

Ustream broadcast by Independent Web Journal (Tokyo)

This is a mirrored video from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEnrd_ZRwIo.

10/24/2011 Radiation check in Japan October 24 2011 over 11µSv/h

Source: asuperdry YouTube channel
Date: 10/24/2011 upload date


Hello again from Kashiwa, this is a drain pipe check right in my own back yard. It could be any drain pipe in any yard here in Kashiwa. I have checked a few other drain pipes in other peoples yards and the ones that don't have good run-off have high readings as well.

10/27/2011 Panel advises limiting lifetime radiation exposure to 100 millisieverts

Source: Kyodo News
Date: 10/27/2011

TOKYO, Oct. 27, Kyodo

A government food safety panel finalized its report Thursday calling for limiting cumulative internal radiation exposure during a person's lifetime to below 100 millisieverts, a benchmark beyond which the risk of cancer increases.

Following the Food Safety Commission's conclusion, which updates an evaluation by its working group in July, the health ministry will convene an advisory panel meeting Monday to revise its provisional limits for radioactive substances in food set after the Fukushima nuclear crisis triggered by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

The current provisional limits such as 500 becquerels of radioactive cesium for rice, vegetables, meat and fish per kilogram, and 200 becquerels for drinking water and milk are expected to be lowered with the commission's advice.
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10/27/2011 Nuclear pollution of sea from Fukushima was world's biggest

Source: AFP (Agence France-Presse)
Date: October 27, 2011 6:05 AM

The IRSN cites deep-water fish, fish at the top of the marine food chain and molluscs and other filtrating organisms as "the species that are the most sensitive" to caesium pollution. 

Photograph by: REUTERS/Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force/Handout, xx

 

PARIS - France's nuclear monitor said on Thursday that the amount of caesium 137 that leaked into the Pacific from the Fukushima disaster was the greatest single nuclear contamination of the sea ever seen.
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10/27/2011 Fukushima Station Discharged More Radiation Than Estimated

Source: Bloomberg
Date: October 27, 2011, 4:45 AM EDT
by: Tsuyoshi Inajima

(Updates with NISA comment in fifth paragraph.)

Oct. 27 (Bloomberg) -- The wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan may have released more than twice the amount of radiation estimated by the Japanese government, a study by European and U.S.-based scientists said.

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10/27/2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster lifts Shell profit

Source: The Indepedent
Date: 10/27/2011
by: Peter Cripps


Spiralling oil prices and strong demand for gas after the Fukushima nuclear disaster helped Shell double its profits between July and September.

Europe's largest oil company reported profits of $7.2 billion (£4.5 billion), up from $3.5 billion (£2.2 billion), at a time of continued fuel price misery for British motorists.

Shell has benefited from a 48% rise in oil prices - partly caused by unrest in the Middle East and North Africa - as well as a 2% increase in production, excluding asset sales.
Natural gas prices have risen nearly a third after the Fukushima nuclear disaster boosted demand as Japan sought alternative sources of power.

Today's figures, which were in line with City expectations, come two days after BP reported a three-fold increase in profits to $5.1 billion (£3.2 billion) for the three months to September.
The Hague-based group said its investments in big new projects including in Canada and Qatar were paying off, while the result was also boosted by stronger refining margins. It plans 20 new investments between 2011 and 2014.

Earnings at its downstream business, which includes its petrol stations, increased by 24% to $1.8 billion (£1.1 billion).

Chief executive Peter Voser also said that although Shell had already met its target of $5 billion (£3.1 billion) of disposals this year, including the $1.2 billion (£750 million) sale of Stanlow refinery in Cheshire, sales of "non-core" assets would continue.
Shares rose 0.7% today. Richard Hunter, head of equities at Hargreaves Lansdown stockbrokers, said the results were a reminder of why some investors adhere to the adage "never sell Shell".
He added: "The update may be the cause of some admiring glances from arch rival BP, currently in the midst of its own transformation."
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