Radiation News: 05/23/11

Monday, May 23, 2011

5/23/2011 | Another nail in the coffin for the "nuclear renaissance"

Source: Greenpeace
Date: May 23, 2011 at 14:30
by: Jarred Cobb

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) released a statement on Friday about the new Westinghouse AP1000 nuclear reactor. In the grand tradition of breaking bad news on a Friday, the NRC was trying to bury a significant blow to the so-called "nuclear renaissance." After a review of the Toshiba-designed reactor, the NRC found: "more problems regarding the AP1000's shield building, as well as the peak accident pressures expected within containment."
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5/23/2011 | Hiroshima protesters stage sit-in against new U.S. plutonium tests+

Source: AP via Breitbart
Date: May 23 05:57 AM US/Eastern

HIROSHIMA, May 23 (AP) - (Kyodo)—Around 50 antinuclear protesters staged a sit-in Monday in the city of Hiroshima against new experiments conducted by the United States to examine the effectiveness of its nuclear weapons using minute amounts of plutonium.

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5/23/2011 | Fukushima Reactor 1 Radiation Spike

Source: http://atmc.jp/plant/rad/?n=1
Date: 5/22/2011 (Snapshot of live chart data 3:26 PM CST)

Location: Unit 1 nuclear power plant Hukushima

Date: Mar 15, 2011 (Tuesday) to May 23, 2011 (Mon)

Current values: D / W: 0.425 Sv / h , S / C: two hundred and one Sv / h

Date D / W S / C

5 / 23 0.425 201

5 / 22 0.518 196

5 / 21 0.627 36.2

5 / 20 0.784 46.5

5 / 19 0.969 36.3

5 / 18 1.31 45.4

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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.

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5/23/2011 | Live Stream Radiation Meters lite version available

The 50+ meters page Live Streaming Radiation Meters has been broken in to regions, for those of you with less powerful computers, mobile devices or low memory. Just click the navigation bar at the top of this page for each region which only has a smaller number of meters on each page compared with the original page.

5/22/2011 | The Implications of the Fukushima Accident on the World's Operating Reactors

Source: Fairewinds Associates
Date: 5/22/2011
by: Arnie Gunderson

Arnie Gundersen explains how containment vents were added to the GE Mark 1 BWR as a "band aid" 20 years after the plants built in order to prevent an explosion of the notoriously weak Mark 1 containment system. Obviously the containment vent band aid fix did not work since all three units have lost containment integrity and are leaking radioactivity. Gundersen also discusses seismic design flaws, inadequate evacuation planning, and the taxpayer supported nuclear industry liability fund.

5/23/2011 JST | Tainted water storage soon to reach capacity at Fukushima plant

Source: Japan Today
Date: Monday 23rd May, 01:30 PM JST

TOKYO — A nuclear waste disposal facility at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi power plant will be filled up in several days with radioactive floodwater diverted from near its No. 2 and 3 reactors, officials of Tokyo Electric Power Co, the plant’s operator, said Monday.
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5/23/2011 JST | Gov't, commission present conflicting views over seawater injection

Source: Japan Today
Date: Monday 23rd May, 06:34 AM JST

TOKYO — The Nuclear Safety Commission of Japan and the government have presented conflicting views over why the injection of seawater into the troubled No. 1 reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant was temporarily suspended a day after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.
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Older Radiation News

Date	Source	Headline
4/29/2011	Japan Times	Tepco, and state, responsible: Kan No player exempt from nuclear crisis redress burden, as government promoted atomic power
4/29/2011	Japan Times	Tohoku bullet trains fully resume
4/29/201109:15 -0400	Zero Hedge	TEPCO Releases Video Of Spent Fuel Rod Pool At Reactor 4
4/29/2011 06:59AM JST	Japan Today	Mitsubishi Heavy develops forklift with radiation-proof cabin
4/29/2011 06:14AM JST	Japan Today	Japan to launch nuclear accident investigation panel in mid-May: Kan
4/28/2011	Truth Frequency News	US Government Takes Down HAARP Website to Conceal Evidence of US Weather Modification and Earthquake Inducing Warfare
4/28/2011	Russia Today	VIDEO: Fukushima - gross miscarriage of radiation science
4/28/2011	EX-SKF Blog	#Fukushima I Nuke Plant: A Rare Ground-Level Video Footage
4/28/2011	IAEA.org	Fukushima Nuclear Accident Update Log
4/28/2011	NIKKEI.com	Japan Nuclear Operator Postpones Plan To Flood Reactor Vessel
4/28/2011	EX-SKF Blog	Chubu Electric Wants to Restart Hamaoka Nuclear Power Plant in July
4/28/2011	Washington's Blog	Storms Knock Out 3 Nuclear Reactors in Alabama ... No Leak, But a Reminder of Nuclear Vulnerability
4/28/2011	Kyodo News	FOCUS: Chinese journalists change image of Japan after covering March disaster
4/28/2011 11:33AM EDT	Reuters	Japanese to mark long holiday with volunteer work, not travel
4/28/2011	The Japan Times	Tepco woman took three times radiation limit
4/28/2011	The Japan Times	Fukushima city removing schools' topsoil
4/27/2011 03:50 PM JST	Japan Today	Big tank may be put under nuclear plant to store tainted water
4/27/2011	Prisonplanet.com	Eyewitness in Illinois Reports High Radiation Levels on Forsythia Bush
4/26/2011	Fairewinds Associates	VIDEO: Gundersen Postulates Unit 3 Explosion May Have Been Prompt Criticality in Fuel Pool
4/26/2011	EX-SKF Blog	#Fukushima I Nuke Plant: Contamination Map (Survey Map) by TEPCO
4/26/2011	EX-SKF Blog	#Fukushima I Nuke Plant: Reactor 4 Spent Fuel Pool May Be Leaking
4/26/2011	Washington's Blog	Is a Rogue Computer Virus Shutting Down Nuclear Plants Worldwide?
4/25/2011	Washington's Blog	Something Odd Is Happening at Reactor Number 4
4/24/2011 03:20 PM JST	Japan Today	Vets to enter evacuation zone to deal with abandoned animals
4/24/2011 02:21 PM JST	Japan Today	Gov't to launch massive 2-day search for quake bodies
4/24/2011 06:20 AM JST	Japan Today	Workers locked in battle at nuclear plant; exposure to radiation rising
4/23/2011	Japan Today	Is U.S. military relief effort Operation Tomodachi really about friendship?
4/23/2011	Reuters	China, S. Korea rebuff Japan on import restrictions after quake
4/23/2011	Lewis Whitefield Hixson	Hi-res photographic proof reactor core exploded at unit 3
4/23/2011	Propheticseer.com	VIDEO: Radioactive America! What the Mainstream media is NOT TELLING YOU!
4/23/2011	EX-SKF Blog	#Fukushima I Nuke Plant: "Radiation Contamination Map" of the Plant Exists, But TEPCO Hasn't Released It to Public
4/23/2011	EX-SKF Blog	#Fukushima I Nuke Plant: Control Over the Independent Press Getting Tighter
4/23/2011	EX-SKF Blog	#Fukushima I Nuke Plant: Unintended "Water Entombment" of Reactor 1
4/22/2011	Reuters	Japan earmarks first $50 billion for post-quake rebuild
4/22/2011	PressTV	Japan's radiation 20,000 times limit
4/22/2011	Next Big Future	China’s nuclear plans could resume by August
4/22/2011 10:06 AM JST	Japan Today	Gov't seals off no-go zone around nuclear plant
4/22/2011 07:00 AM JST	Japan Today	Aomori business groups ask TEPCO, others to resume building nuclear plants
4/21/2011	Bloomberg	Tepco to Build Wall for Nuclear Plant After Fukushima Disaster
4/21/2011	Bloomberg	Tepco Must End ‘Whack-a-Mole,’ Cover Fukushima Reactors as Typhoons Loom
4/21/2011	Lucas Whitefield Hixson	EPA RADnet Reports Show Plutonium in US since March 18th
4/21/2011	The Intel Hub	Dr. Steven Wing And Arnie Gundersen Discuss Global Radiation Exposure and Consequences
4/21/2011	Alexander Higgins Blog	Japan Nuclear Radiation Detected In Drinking Water In 20 US Cities
4/21/2011	Scientific American	The Japan nuclear crisis at Fukushima: A video summary
4/21/2011	Wired Science	Op-Ed: Psychiatric Disorder Could Complicate Japan Quake Recovery
4/21/2011	Washington's Blog	"The Risk of a Nuclear Catastrophe ... Could Total Trillions of Dollars and Even BANKRUPT A COUNTRY"
4/21/2011	The Japan Times	Kan to make 20-km no-entry zone binding Holdout households face ouster; some evacuees may get short visits
4/21/2011	Japan Today	Co-op sells banned spinach to consumers in eastern Japan
4/21/2011	The Japan Times	Carrier returns to Yokosuka as concerns ease
4/21/2011	Japan Today	Toshiba's U.S. partner withdraws from Texas nuclear power project
4/21/2011	The Japan Times	21 mini FM stations helping survivors
4/21/2011	Washington's Blog	It's Not Just Alternative Energy Versus Fossil Fuels or Nuclear - Energy Has to Become DECENTRALIZED
4/20/2011	ZeroHedge	TEPCO Releases First Robot-Captured Video From Inside Reactors 2 And 3
4/20/2011	The Japan Times	Pneumonia cases rise in Tohoku
4/19/2011 09:46 PM	ENENEWS	JUST IN: Unpublished radiation forecast showed much larger Cesium-137 cloud over North America (VIDEO)
4/20/2011 09:40 AM JST	Japan Today	Nuclear plant workers at risk of depression, death from overwork: doctor
4/20/2011 07:15 AM JST	Japan Today	Gov't may hike power charges to help cover damages payments
4/20/2011 07:10 AM JST	Japan Today	Tsukuba demanded evacuees show radiation certificates
4/20/2011 (Kyodo Time)	Japan Times	Powder to remove radiation developed
4/19/2011	CRYPTOME	Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Photos 10
4/19/2011	Washington's Blog	FDA Refuses to Test Fish for Radioactivity ... Government Pretends Radioactive Fish Is Safe
4/19/2011	NHK World (English)	TEPCO to check if plutonium leaked to seabed
4/19/2011	Bloomberg	Areva to Deliver Water-Treatment Unit to Tepco's Crippled Fukushima Plant
4/19/2011	NHK World (English)	Death toll in Japan disaster exceeds 14,000
4/19/2011	Japan Today	TEPCO starts moving highly radioactive water to storage facility
4/19/2011	Reuters	WRAPUP 1-With much at stake, Japan voices confidence in US debt after S&P move
4/19/2011	Bloomberg	Tepco Robots Find High Radiation Levels in Reactor Buildings
4/18/2011	Associated Press	Radiation near Japan reactors too high for workers
4/18/2011	Reuters	Japan "eyes sales tax rise" to pay for post-quake rebuild
4/18/2011	The Intel Hub	US Nuclear Plant Without Power After Being Hit By Tornado
4/18/2011	Washington's Blog	Nuclear Overseers Are "Fake" Agencies Funded and Controlled by the Nuclear Power Industry
4/16/2011	Bloomberg	Noda Says Quake, Tsunami Reconstruction Will Help Japan's Economy Recover
4/16/2011	Truth Frequency News	(VIDEO) What the Japan Earthquake Sounded Like Under the Water
4/15/2011	Reuters	Calls grow for Japan PM to quit in wake of quake
4/15/2011	Japan Today	TEPCO to pay Y1 mil in provisional damages to 50,000 households
4/15/2011	Global Security Newswire	Japan Plant Fuel Melted Partway Through Reactors: Report
4/15/2011	The Intel Hub	Dr. Mark Sircus: Running For Our Lives
4/15/2011	Scientific American	Dose Detectives: Device Analyzes Radiation Exposure through Teeth and Nails [Slide Show]
4/14/2011	Washington's Blog	U.S. Providing Inadequate Radiation Readings to the Public
4/14/2011	Washington's Blog	What Foods Are Highest in Antioxidants? Some Inexpensive Foods Are Higher In Antioxidants than the Newest Pricey "Superfoods"
4/14/2011	Associated Press	Japanese risk radiation to rescue stranded dogs
4/14/2011	Truth Frequency News	(VIDEO) 400,000 to develop cancer in 200 km radius of Fukushima
4/14/2011	Press TV	Japan hit by more nuclear crisis
4/14/2011	Japan Today	Workers struggle to remove highly toxic water at nuclear plant
4/14/2011	The American Dream	Much Of Northern Japan Uninhabitable Due To Nuclear Radiation?
4/14/2011	Sofia News Agency	Japan Mulls to Move Capital over Disaster Worries
4/13/2011	Fairewinds Associates	Fukushima Accident Severity Level Raised to '7': Gundersen Discusses Lack of US Radiation Monitoring Data
4/13/2011	The Intel Hub	Record Levels of Fukushima Japan Nuclear Radiation Detected In Pacific Ocean Will Be Carried Toward US
4/13/2011	Zero Hedge	TEPCO Confirms Reactor 4 Spent Fuel Pool Is Now An Uncontrolled, Open Air Fission Process
4/13/2011	Washington's Blog	No, Japan's Nuclear Reactors Are Not "Stable"
4/12/2011	Washington's Blog	A U.S. Nuclear Accident Could Be a Lot Worse than Japan
4/12/2011 (4/13/2011 Kyodo)	Kyodo News	Workers start removing toxic water in level 7-rated nuke crisis
4/12/2011	PrisonPlanet.com	Fukushima Introduces Deadly Strontium Into Environment
4/12/2011	Zero Hedge	Fukushima Vs Chernobyl - Compare And Contrast
4/12/2011 11:16pm EDT	Reuters	TEPCO wary of Fukushima radiation leak exceeding Chernobyl
4/11/2011	CRYPTOME	Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Photos 6
4/11/2011	Russia Today	Radioactive Japanese cars detained in Russia’s Far East
4/11/2011 3:50 PM	Energy News	Japan raises Fukushima to Level 7, same as Chernobyl
4/11/2011	Russia Today	Radiation caught on tape: RT talks to Fukushima zone stalker
4/11/2011	The Intel Hub	Japan Nuclear Radiation In Hawaii Milk At LEAST 600% Above Federal Drinking Water Limits
4/11/2011 10:02AM BST	The Telegraph	Japan earthquake: Fukushima nuclear plant evacuated following aftershock
4/9/2011	Forbes	Radiation Detected In Drinking Water In 13 More US Cities, Cesium-137 In Vermont Milk
4/9/2011	The Independent	Japan to pump radioactive water into sea until Sunday
4/8/2011	Washington's Blog	Japan's Nuclear Meltdown, the Economic Meltdown, and the Gulf Oil Meltdown All Happened for the SAME REASON
4/8/2011	Bloomberg	Sony, Nikon Plants Knocked Out by Aftershock, Delaying Recovery
4/8/2011	PrisonPlanet.com	Inside report from Fukushima nuclear reactor evacuation zone
4/8/2011	Alexander Higgins Blog	Japan Nuclear Radiation Found In Food Being Bought In California Stores
4/7/2011	ZeroHedge	Water Leak Found At Onagawa Nuclear Power Plant
4/7/2011	Washington's Blog	South Koreans Wear Masks Out of Fear of Radiation from Japan
4/7/2011	PrisonPlanet.com	Onagawa Nuclear Plant Loses Power After Earthquake
4/7/2011	The Intel Hub	“Blinding”Blue Light/ Flash Seen During Earthquake In Japan, Nuclear Plant Loses Power
4/7/2011	Natural News	Fukushima dumping of radioactive water into Pacific Ocean violates international law
4/6/2011	Alexander Higgins Blog	True Horrors Of Japan Nuclear Disaster Revealed In Confidential Leaked Government Document
4/6/2011	Truth Frequency News	Great, now our oceans are sewers…
4/6/2011	The Intel Hub	Fukushima Daiichi Radioactive Seawater Model, Spent Fuel Rods DID Explode Into Atmosphere
4/6/2011	Japan Today	TEPCO to inject nitrogen into No. 1 reactor to prevent explosion
4/5/2011 14:02	Activist Post	America and EU Agree: Raise Radiation Levels for Food
4/5/2011 14:02	Financial Times	Tepco seals leak at nuclear plant
4/5/2011	The New York Times	U.S. Sees Array of New Threats at Japan’s Nuclear Plant
4/5/2011	The Economic Times	Imported food items from Japan banned due to radiation fears
4/5/2011 5:58 AM	Business Insider	Japan Finds Toxic Fish, As Ocean Radiation Soars To 7.5 Million Times Legal Limit
4/5/2011	Kyodo News	11,500 TONS of radioctive water dumped in to ocean by TEPCO
4/4/2011	Prisonplanet.com	UNBELIEVABLE: Fukushima Workers Trying To Plug Radiation Leaks With Bits Of Newspaper, Garbage Bags, Diaper Like Material
4/4/2011	IMVA	End of Week Three
4/3/2011	The Intel Hub	Rainwater in California Measured 181 Times The Acceptable Limit For Drinking Water
4/2/2011	Washington's Blog	Update on Japan's Nuclear Crisis
4/2/2011	Bearishtrader's Trading Blog	Valuable Information for Dietary Protection From Radioactivity
3/28/2011	Activist Post	EPA to Help Mainstream Media Obscure The Truth About Radiation Exposure to Americans
3/17/2011	RogueGovernment.com	Japanese Nuclear Disaster Being Used To Justify The Elimination Of Nuclear Power To Ensure Supremacy Of Space Based Weapons
3/15/2011	UK Mail Online	America on radiation alert: Japan faces world's worst nuclear accident since Chernobyl as experts warn fallout may reach U.S.
3/14/2011	Bearishtrader's Trading Blog	Japan Earthquake Causes Fukashima Nuclear Reactor Explosion: Potassium Iodide Recommended by Some
3/11/2011	The Intel Hub	Massive 8.9 Magnitude Earthquake Rocks Japan: Tsunami Warning In 20 Countries
3/11/2011	Bloomberg	Japanese Quake Forces Evacuation Near Nuclear Reactor; Oil Refinery Burns

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