[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.
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. ...
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.
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:
[...]
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.
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 decontaminationYasuhiro 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
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.
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.
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.
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。
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.
... Read full article here
