Source: Japan 7 Days
Date: Saturday September 24, 2011
by: Minori Takao
A new business model called the "social fund" is giving hope to
businesses in the areas afflicted by the March earthquake and tsunami.
The approach allows anyone who wants to help a organization revive
itself get the process going by contributing funds. As little as 10,000
yen ($130) is acceptable.
More than 40,000 small and midsize firms in
the three hardest-hit prefectures are thought to have suffered damage.
Many of them have been unable to take out new bank loans because of
existing debts for previous purchases. The "social fund" could be their
last resort.
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Saturday, October 1, 2011
10/1/2011 Decontamination efforts accelerate in Fukushima
Source: NHK World
Date: Saturday, October 01, 2011 22:32 +0900 (JST)
by: Kanako Sachno
Municipalities in Fukushima Prefecture affected by the nuclear accident in March are stepping up efforts to decontaminate public buildings and restore key infrastructures.
The move comes after the Japanese government lifted an evacuation advisory on Friday for 5 municipalities located between 20 and 30 kilometers from the troubled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.
After the March 11th disaster, residents in these municipalities were advised to prepare to evacuate in case of an emergency at the nuclear plant.
The city of Minamisoma has placed priority on removing radioactive substances from public facilities such as parks, schools and roads.
Contractors are replacing surface soil with uncontaminated soil. But they say it's becoming difficult to procure the necessary amount of soil due to increasing demand.
In Kawauchi Village, residents have begun to patrol the community against burglaries. It is feared that the cancellation of the government advisory could make it easier for burglars to prey on the community.
The central government has yet to come up with concrete measures, including financial assistance, to support the municipalities' restoration efforts.
Date: Saturday, October 01, 2011 22:32 +0900 (JST)
by: Kanako Sachno
Municipalities in Fukushima Prefecture affected by the nuclear accident in March are stepping up efforts to decontaminate public buildings and restore key infrastructures.
The move comes after the Japanese government lifted an evacuation advisory on Friday for 5 municipalities located between 20 and 30 kilometers from the troubled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.
After the March 11th disaster, residents in these municipalities were advised to prepare to evacuate in case of an emergency at the nuclear plant.
The city of Minamisoma has placed priority on removing radioactive substances from public facilities such as parks, schools and roads.
Contractors are replacing surface soil with uncontaminated soil. But they say it's becoming difficult to procure the necessary amount of soil due to increasing demand.
In Kawauchi Village, residents have begun to patrol the community against burglaries. It is feared that the cancellation of the government advisory could make it easier for burglars to prey on the community.
The central government has yet to come up with concrete measures, including financial assistance, to support the municipalities' restoration efforts.
Friday, September 30, 2011
3/23/2011 Nuclear Illinois Helped Shape Obama View on Energy in Dealings With Exelon
Source: Bloomberg
Date: Mar 23, 2011 9:58 AM CT
by: John McCormick
If Illinois were a country, it would have the world’s 12th-largest number of nuclear power reactors, behind China and ahead of Sweden.
No other U.S. state generates more energy through fission. Exelon Corp. (EXC), which operates all 11 of the state’s reactors, is no stranger to President Barack Obama. The Chicago- based company has served as a source of campaign contributions and also created environmental and political challenges to navigate.
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Date: Mar 23, 2011 9:58 AM CT
by: John McCormick
If Illinois were a country, it would have the world’s 12th-largest number of nuclear power reactors, behind China and ahead of Sweden.
No other U.S. state generates more energy through fission. Exelon Corp. (EXC), which operates all 11 of the state’s reactors, is no stranger to President Barack Obama. The Chicago- based company has served as a source of campaign contributions and also created environmental and political challenges to navigate.
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Thursday, September 29, 2011
9/29/2011 Fukushima prefecture struck by major tremor
Source: NHK World
Date: Thursday, September 29, 2011 20:07 +0900 (JST)
An earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 5.4 jolted Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Thursday.
The Meteorological Agency says the tremor occurred shortly after 7 PM, centered off Fukushima Prefecture.
The agency says there was no tsunami.
The quake registered a maximum intensity of 5-plus on the Japanese scale of zero to 7.
Tokyo Electric Power Company says the quake has not interfered with its attempts to stabilize three reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, crippled since the nuclear crisis began in March.
The utility adds that no changes have been observed in data on radiation levels measured at monitoring posts near the crippled plant.
Editor's Note: This quake was downgraded to a Magnitude 5.1 by the USGS.
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Date: Thursday, September 29, 2011 20:07 +0900 (JST)
An earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 5.4 jolted Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Thursday.
The Meteorological Agency says the tremor occurred shortly after 7 PM, centered off Fukushima Prefecture.
The agency says there was no tsunami.
The quake registered a maximum intensity of 5-plus on the Japanese scale of zero to 7.
Tokyo Electric Power Company says the quake has not interfered with its attempts to stabilize three reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, crippled since the nuclear crisis began in March.
The utility adds that no changes have been observed in data on radiation levels measured at monitoring posts near the crippled plant.
Editor's Note: This quake was downgraded to a Magnitude 5.1 by the USGS.
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9/27/2011 U.S. secretly asked Japan to help dump nuclear reactors
Source: asahi.com
Date: 9/27/2011
The United States secretly sought Japan's support in 1972 to enable it to dump decommissioned nuclear reactors into the world's oceans under the London Convention, an international treaty being drawn up at the time.
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Date: 9/27/2011
The United States secretly sought Japan's support in 1972 to enable it to dump decommissioned nuclear reactors into the world's oceans under the London Convention, an international treaty being drawn up at the time.
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Wednesday, September 28, 2011
9/28/2011 Reactor temperatures said near cold shutdown
Source: The Japan Times
Date: 9/29/2011 JST
By KAZUAKI NAGATA
Tokyo Electric Power Co. reported Wednesday that the bottom of all three crippled reactors' pressure vessels at its Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant were now below 100 degrees — a collective first since the crisis erupted after the March 11 temblor-tsunami catastrophe.
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Editor's Note: I did confirm as below that the trend of the lower reactor (shown as "B" in the charts) temperature is trending down for the last 100 days.
Reactor 1 Snapshot (9/28/2011 3:40 PM CST)
Click here to check a live graph of all three reactor temperatures
Date: 9/29/2011 JST
By KAZUAKI NAGATA
Tokyo Electric Power Co. reported Wednesday that the bottom of all three crippled reactors' pressure vessels at its Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant were now below 100 degrees — a collective first since the crisis erupted after the March 11 temblor-tsunami catastrophe.
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Editor's Note: I did confirm as below that the trend of the lower reactor (shown as "B" in the charts) temperature is trending down for the last 100 days.
Reactor 1 Snapshot (9/28/2011 3:40 PM CST)
Graph of the temperature of the reactor / Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant in the past 100 days
Location: Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant Date: March 11, 2011 (Friday) - 01 January 1970 (Thu) Latest value: A: 76 ° C. , B: 78.1 ° C.
Date A B 9 / 28 76 78.1 9 / 27 76.3 78.4 9 / 26 76.2 78.3 9 / 25 76.3 78.3 9 / 24 76.2 78.2 9 / 23 76.4 78.4 9 / 22 76.4 78.4 9 / 21 78.1 80.3 9 / 20 84.2 83 9 / 19 88.6 83.8 9 / 18 89.3 84.4 9 / 17 89.7 84.7 9 / 16 90.5 85.5 9 / 15 90.4 85.5 9 / 14 90.1 85.2 9 / 13 90.2 85.3 9 / 12 90.2 85.3 9 / 11 90.6 85.8 9 / 10 90.9 86 9 / 09 90.7 85.9 9 / 08 90.7 85.9 9 / 07 91.3 86.4 9 / 06 91.1 86.3 9 / 05 90.5 85.8 9 / 04 90.4 85.7 9 / 03 91.4 86.6 9 / 02 92.5 87.7 9 / 01 92.8 88 8 / 31 92.6 87.9 8 / 30 92.6 88 8 / 29 92.5 87.9 8 / 28 92.3 87.9 8 / 27 92.2 87.9 8 / 26 92.3 88.1 8 / 25 92.5 88.2 8 / 24 91.5 87.7 8 / 23 91 87.7 8 / 22 93.2 88.6 8 / 21 97.6 90.4 8 / 20 98.2 91 8 / 19 101.8 92.5 8 / 18 102.4 93 8 / 17 102.5 93.1 8 / 16 102.6 93.2 8 / 15 102.5 93.3 8 / 14 103.1 93.8 8 / 13 103.7 94.2 8 / 12 103.6 94.2 8 / 11 104.5 94.1 8 / 10 105 94.5 8 / 09 104.9 94.4 8 / 08 104.8 94.5 8 / 07 104.7 94.3 8 / 06 104.6 94.2 8 / 05 105 94.4 8 / 04 104.5 93.9 8 / 03 104.4 93.9 8 / 02 104 93.5 8 / 01 104.6 93.9 7 / 31 106 95 7 / 30 107.3 96.3 7 / 29 107.6 96.4 7 / 28 107.8 96.5 7 / 27 108.4 96.8 7 / 26 108.5 96.8 7 / 25 108.6 97 7 / 24 109.1 97.5 7 / 23 108.6 97.2 7 / 22 107.9 96.9 7 / 21 108 96.9 7 / 20 111 99.2 7 / 19 112.5 100.4 7 / 18 113.7 101.2 7 / 17 114.8 101.9 7 / 16 115 101.8 7 / 15 116.1 102.4 7 / 14 117 102.8 7 / 13 117.1 102.8 7 / 12 117 102.8 7 / 11 117.6 103 7 / 10 117.7 103 7 / 09 117.5 102.7 7 / 08 117.3 102.5 7 / 07 117.1 102.4 7 / 06 117.1 102.3 7 / 05 117.5 102.3 7 / 04 118 102.6 7 / 03 117.8 102.4 7 / 02 117.9 102.3 7 / 01 118.2 102.5 6 / 30 117.9 102.3 6 / 29 117.3 101.9 6 / 28 116.3 101.2 6 / 27 116.4 101.4 6 / 26 117.9 102.4 6 / 25 119 103.1 6 / 24 119.2 103.2 6 / 23 118.5 102.6 6 / 22 117.2 101.5 6 / 21 114.9 99.7 
NISA has been announced that the plant parameters (reactor state), the temperature of the reactor has been graphed.
You can check the daily water temperature, pressure and radiation dose of No. 1-5, Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power reactors.
As soon as the data is published and updated as the chart.
All information is automatically graphed the information that is published by CSV. No. 4 is the value of CSV information has not been published, not shown.
Meaning of the terms in the chart below. A reactor feedwater nozzle temperature ... B ... lower temperature pressure vessel design temperature of the reactor ※ (maximum temperature resistance) is indicated by a dotted line at 302.
※ The value of the graph shows the maximum absolute value of the day.
9/28/2011 Swiss plan to phase out use of nuclear power gains full backing in parliament
Source: Associated Press
Date: September 28, 9:54 AM
BERN, Switzerland — A government plan to phase out nuclear power in Switzerland has moved a lot closer to becoming reality. Switzerland’s upper house, the Council of States, approved a measure Wednesday as expected to gradually shut down the country’s five nuclear reactors by 2034.
The endorsement, one month before federal elections, follows similar action by the lower house in June and reflects growing global skepticism over the use of atomic energy.
The Swiss use it to provide almost 40 percent of their country’s energy, which relies largely on hydropower.
The Cabinet favors decommissioning the country’s reactors after an average life span of 50 years and must now provide lawmakers with a detailed proposal on how to do that.
Date: September 28, 9:54 AM
BERN, Switzerland — A government plan to phase out nuclear power in Switzerland has moved a lot closer to becoming reality. Switzerland’s upper house, the Council of States, approved a measure Wednesday as expected to gradually shut down the country’s five nuclear reactors by 2034.
The endorsement, one month before federal elections, follows similar action by the lower house in June and reflects growing global skepticism over the use of atomic energy.
The Swiss use it to provide almost 40 percent of their country’s energy, which relies largely on hydropower.
The Cabinet favors decommissioning the country’s reactors after an average life span of 50 years and must now provide lawmakers with a detailed proposal on how to do that.
9/26/2011 Another shutdown at Entergy nuclear power plant
Source: Associated Press via Bloomberg Business Week
Date: September 26, 2011, 9:29AM ET
COVERT TOWNSHIP, Mich.
Entergy Corp.'s Palisades Nuclear Plant in southwestern Michigan has shut down five days after restarting from an earlier shutdown.
Entergy said the plant shut down automatically from full power about 3:10 p.m. Sunday because of an electrical breaker fault.
New Orleans-based Entergy said no one was hurt in the shutdown. Entergy said plant personnel are evaluating the problem and working toward "a repair and restoration schedule."
Palisades is in Van Buren County's Covert Township, about 55 miles southwest of Grand Rapids. It was shut down Sept. 16 because of a loss of water in a cooling system, then brought back on the grid last Tuesday.
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission inspected the plant in August after a water pump component failed.
Editor's Note: Two shutdowns in such a short span of time is definitely concerning to say the least.
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Date: September 26, 2011, 9:29AM ET
COVERT TOWNSHIP, Mich.
Entergy Corp.'s Palisades Nuclear Plant in southwestern Michigan has shut down five days after restarting from an earlier shutdown.
Entergy said the plant shut down automatically from full power about 3:10 p.m. Sunday because of an electrical breaker fault.
New Orleans-based Entergy said no one was hurt in the shutdown. Entergy said plant personnel are evaluating the problem and working toward "a repair and restoration schedule."
Palisades is in Van Buren County's Covert Township, about 55 miles southwest of Grand Rapids. It was shut down Sept. 16 because of a loss of water in a cooling system, then brought back on the grid last Tuesday.
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission inspected the plant in August after a water pump component failed.
Editor's Note: Two shutdowns in such a short span of time is definitely concerning to say the least.
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9/27/2011 Southern Gambles on First U.S. Nuclear Reactors in 30 Years
Source: Bloomberg Businessweek
Date: September 27, 2011, 7:23 PM EDT
by: Julie Johnsson
(Updates with comment from NRC’s Hatchett in sixth paragraph.)
Editor's Note: Vogtle Electric Generating Plant where the two new reactors will be added by Southern Companies is shown in the map below.
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Date: September 27, 2011, 7:23 PM EDT
by: Julie Johnsson
(Updates with comment from NRC’s Hatchett in sixth paragraph.)
Sept. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Southern Co. is poised to
end a three-decade freeze on nuclear development as the U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission considers granting it the first license to build
new reactors since the Three Mile Island accident.
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Editor's Note: Vogtle Electric Generating Plant where the two new reactors will be added by Southern Companies is shown in the map below.
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9/27/2011 (Video) Fukushima: Worst Since Nagasaki: Nightly News Report
Source: Infowars Nightly News
Date: 9/27/2011
by: Alex Jones
The EPA has indeed made safe radiation levels more lax, as Alex Jones states. The Bloomberg article Alex is referring to is
Date: 9/27/2011
by: Alex Jones
The EPA has indeed made safe radiation levels more lax, as Alex Jones states. The Bloomberg article Alex is referring to is
Fukushima Desolation Worst Since Nagasaki as Residents Flee
9/27/2011 Space Radiation Expected to Rise for Airline Passengers and Astronauts
Source: Space.com
Date: 27 September 2011 Time: 01:24 PM ET
by: by Charles Q. Cho
Radiation hazards are likely to increase for air travelers and
spacefarers in coming years due to changes in solar activity,
researchers say.
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Date: 27 September 2011 Time: 01:24 PM ET
by: by Charles Q. Cho
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