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.
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Monday, November 14, 2011
Saturday, November 12, 2011
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:
Date: 11/11/2011 (Veterans Day)
by: Alex Jones
See also:
- United Nations Agency Downplays Increased Radiation in Europe
- Riddle of the radiation sweeping across Europe: UN nuclear agency mystified by soaring levels
- Why World War III: Destroy The Global Economy, Create A Greater Israel, And Establish A Global Authoritarian Government
- Japanese Debris to Start Hitting Western U.S. and Canada THIS WEEK
- Iran will be able to build nuclear bomb within months, IAEA says
- Ahmadinejad: IAEA chief is a tool for the US
- Israel may launch strike on Iran as soon as next month to prevent development of nuclear weapons
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
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.
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.
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
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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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
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.Now Tokyo is starting to burn radioactive debris from other prefectures.
Gundersen says that this radioactivity ends up not only in neighboring prefectures, but in Hawaii, British Columbia, Oregon, Washington and California.
Friday, November 4, 2011
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:
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.
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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.[...]
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.
Thursday, November 3, 2011
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
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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Read full article here
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....
Read full article here
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
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)
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)
Sunday, October 30, 2011
10/30/2011 The Lessons Of Fukushima-Interview Of Aileen Mioko Smith
Source: dahawaiiguy808 YouTube channel
Date: 10/30/2011 upload date
This is an interview with Aileen Mioko Smith, the Executive Director of Green Action Japan. Here she states the group's opposition to Japan's fast-breeder reactor program and re-processing to extract plutonium as fuel. In the interview Ms. Smith also describes that nuclear power is actually quite an expensive form of electricity for Japan and how monopolies have grown up within the nuclear industry. TEPCO and the Japanese government work together hand-in-glove. Electric utilities are one of the biggest advertisers in Japan and, as a result, the media does not adequately report on the dangers of nuclear power since they are beholden to their advertisers. The rationale behind not evacuating Fukushima City, which is about 60km away from the melted down Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant and the capital of Fukushima Prefecture, despite it being heavily contaminated is also explained.
Date: 10/30/2011 upload date
This is an interview with Aileen Mioko Smith, the Executive Director of Green Action Japan. Here she states the group's opposition to Japan's fast-breeder reactor program and re-processing to extract plutonium as fuel. In the interview Ms. Smith also describes that nuclear power is actually quite an expensive form of electricity for Japan and how monopolies have grown up within the nuclear industry. TEPCO and the Japanese government work together hand-in-glove. Electric utilities are one of the biggest advertisers in Japan and, as a result, the media does not adequately report on the dangers of nuclear power since they are beholden to their advertisers. The rationale behind not evacuating Fukushima City, which is about 60km away from the melted down Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant and the capital of Fukushima Prefecture, despite it being heavily contaminated is also explained.
Saturday, October 29, 2011
10/29/2011 3.52μSv/h road side sand, KASHIWA city El. School
Source: Birdhairjp YouTube channel
Date: 10/29/2011
On 29 Oct 2011, I measured radiation in front of a gate of an elementaly school in Kiwa city, Chiba pref. Japan
The monitorinig place is 200 km from Fukushima Nuclear power plant, and 35 or 40 km to Tokyo, called "Tokyo Hot Spot".
The monitor indicates 0.28 micro Sievert per hour in air at chest hight, 3.52 on roadside sand at ground level.
I am afraid that schildren's lung may chatch the dust from this sand in dry and windy days.
100m from this school, There is a Garbage Ash Landfill facilities of Kashiwa city.
It is told that radioactive materials are con densed in garbage ash. Kasiwa city laid such high polluted ash in the landfill place near this elememtary school till June 2011.
Measuring instrument is made of Ukraine. ECOTEST MKS-05. 3.52μSv/h、柏市富勢西小学校の校門前の砂の上で。
Date: 10/29/2011
On 29 Oct 2011, I measured radiation in front of a gate of an elementaly school in Kiwa city, Chiba pref. Japan
The monitorinig place is 200 km from Fukushima Nuclear power plant, and 35 or 40 km to Tokyo, called "Tokyo Hot Spot".
The monitor indicates 0.28 micro Sievert per hour in air at chest hight, 3.52 on roadside sand at ground level.
I am afraid that schildren's lung may chatch the dust from this sand in dry and windy days.
100m from this school, There is a Garbage Ash Landfill facilities of Kashiwa city.
It is told that radioactive materials are con densed in garbage ash. Kasiwa city laid such high polluted ash in the landfill place near this elememtary school till June 2011.
Measuring instrument is made of Ukraine. ECOTEST MKS-05. 3.52μSv/h、柏市富勢西小学校の校門前の砂の上で。
10/29/2011 Ocean Absorbed 79 Percent Of Fukushima Fallout
Source: Forbes
Date: 10/29/2011 @ 8:17AM
by: Jeff McMahon
About 19 percent of airborne fallout from the Fukushima nuclear disaster was deposited in Japan, and only about 2 percent made it to other land areas in Asia and North America, according to a study published this week by the European Geosciences Union. The bulk was absorbed by the Pacific Ocean.
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Date: 10/29/2011 @ 8:17AM
by: Jeff McMahon
About 19 percent of airborne fallout from the Fukushima nuclear disaster was deposited in Japan, and only about 2 percent made it to other land areas in Asia and North America, according to a study published this week by the European Geosciences Union. The bulk was absorbed by the Pacific Ocean.
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