Source: EX-SKF Blog
Date: 11/18/2013
In this, I don't blame TEPCO for not having posted a video of the entire work (9 to 10 hours) on November 18, 2013.
The preparation for submerging the cask started in the morning, with the cask submerged completely at 12:30PM. The removal of unused (new) fuel assemblies into the cask started at 3:18PM, and by 6:45PM 4 unused fuel assemblies were transferred into the cask.
The names of the companies and the names of the workers are blurred in the video. They could be TEPCO workers, but most likely from one of the primary contractors.
From TEPCO's photos and videos library (11/19/2013):
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Tuesday, November 19, 2013
Monday, November 18, 2013
11/18/2013 Removal of nuclear fuel rods begins at Fukushima I
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| Fukushima I Unit 4, Spent Fuel Rod Removal Training Photo Credit: NHK World |
Thursday, November 14, 2013
8/9/2013 Taiwan says nuclear plant may have leaked toxic water
Source: Reuters
Date:
(Reuters) - A
nuclear power plant in Taiwan may have been leaking radioactive water
for three years, according to a report published by the government's
watchdog, adding to uncertainty over the fate of a new fourth nuclear
power plant.
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Editor's Note: Map of the Jinshan Nuclear Power Plant appears below.
Date:
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An employee inspects a water-gate, which is
designed to block a tsunami, during a safety drill at the First Nuclear
Power Plant in Shihmen, northern Taiwan in this September 4, 2012 file
photo.
Credit: Reuters/Pichi Chuang/Filers
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Editor's Note: Map of the Jinshan Nuclear Power Plant appears below.
Wednesday, November 13, 2013
11/10/2013 What You Should Be Doing NOW to Protect Yourself from Radiation
Source:
[Editor's Note: Great financial blog with many insightful Fukushima articles as well.]
Date: 11/10/2013
For example, the World Health Organization notes:
Washington's Blog
[Editor's Note: Great financial blog with many insightful Fukushima articles as well.]
Date: 11/10/2013
Easy, Inexpensive Ways to Help Protect Your Family from Radiation
It is well-known that potassium iodide works to protect against damage from radioactive iodine by saturating our body (the thyroid gland, specifically) with harmless iodine, so that our bodies are unable to absorb radioactive iodine from nuclear accidents.For example, the World Health Organization notes:
The thyroid gland is at particular risk from irradiation from radioactive iodine because the thyroid uses iodine to produce hormones that regulate the body’s metabolism. The thyroid gland does not differentiate between non-radioactive and radioactive iodine.
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When taken at the appropriate dosage and within the correct time interval around exposure to radioactive iodine, KI [i.e. potassium iodide] saturates the thyroid gland with stable (non-radioactive) iodine. As a result, radioactive iodine will not be taken up and stored by the thyroid gland.
Tuesday, November 12, 2013
11/11/2013 Radioactive water leak shuts down SC reactor.
Source: Reuters via The State
Date: November 11, 2013
COLUMBIA, S.C. — A small
radioactive water leak prompted Duke Energy to shut down a reactor
Monday at the Oconee Nuclear Station in South Carolina.
Utility officials said the leak in Unit 1 poses no danger, but it is the second time in less than three weeks a problem has shut down a reactor at the nuclear plant near Seneca built 40 years ago.
Engineers first noticed the possibility of the leak Friday in the airtight, steel-lined concrete containment building designed to prevent any radiation from leaking into the air or ground. They spent the weekend trying to pinpoint its location and severity, Duke Energy spokeswoman Valerie Patterson said.
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Date: November 11, 2013
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| Oconee Nuclear Station, Seneca (Oconee County, South Carolina) Credit:Wikipedia |
Utility officials said the leak in Unit 1 poses no danger, but it is the second time in less than three weeks a problem has shut down a reactor at the nuclear plant near Seneca built 40 years ago.
Engineers first noticed the possibility of the leak Friday in the airtight, steel-lined concrete containment building designed to prevent any radiation from leaking into the air or ground. They spent the weekend trying to pinpoint its location and severity, Duke Energy spokeswoman Valerie Patterson said.
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Read the rest here.
Thursday, November 7, 2013
11/7/2013 Saudi Arabia said to have bought nukes from Pakistan
Source: The Times of Israel via TruNews
Date: November 7, 2013, 10:10 am
Saudi Arabia may be prepared to field nuclear bombs it has purchased
from Pakistan in response to Iran’s alleged military nuclear program,
and may already have deployed missile systems capable of delivering the bombs, the BBC reported on Wednesday.
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Editor's Note: Infowars also had an article from the BBC linked on their site titled Saudi nuclear weapons 'on order' from Pakistan.
Date: November 7, 2013, 10:10 am
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| Test launch of a Pakistan-made Shaheen ballistic missile (screen capture: Youtube/Al Jazeera English) |
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Editor's Note: Infowars also had an article from the BBC linked on their site titled Saudi nuclear weapons 'on order' from Pakistan.
Tuesday, November 5, 2013
11/4/2013 Island of debris the size of TEXAS from 2011 Japanese tsunami is headed straight for the U.S.
Source: MailOnline via TruNews
Date: 22:41 EST, 4 November 2013 | UPDATED: 05:32 EST, 5 November 2013
Five million tons of wreckage - the remains of homes, boats, and other remnants of shattered lives in eastern Japan - were swallowed by the ocean that day in March, and more than one million tons of flotsam continues to head towards the west coast of the US.
While the first documented debris from the tragedy has already been found in California, scientists fear these new findings mean there could be a lot more to come and it might arrive all at once.
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Date: 22:41 EST, 4 November 2013 | UPDATED: 05:32 EST, 5 November 2013
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| Gigantic: A floating island of debris the size of Texas is floating toward California coast after washing into the Pacific in Japan's horrific 2011 tsunami Photo Credit: MailOnline |
- Part of the over one million tons of debris dispersed in the Pacific, the trash island is located northeast of the Hawaiian Islands
- The first documented tsunami debris to reach California arrived in April 2013
- Boats, a dock, a soccer ball, and motorcycle have all been identified on the West Coast as confirmed tsunami debris
Five million tons of wreckage - the remains of homes, boats, and other remnants of shattered lives in eastern Japan - were swallowed by the ocean that day in March, and more than one million tons of flotsam continues to head towards the west coast of the US.
While the first documented debris from the tragedy has already been found in California, scientists fear these new findings mean there could be a lot more to come and it might arrive all at once.
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Read the rest here.
Friday, October 18, 2013
10/17/2013 Toxic flush: Typhoon causes radioactive leaks at Fukushima
Source: Russia Today
Date: 10/17/2013 15:34
A powerful typhoon which swept through Japan led to highly
radioactive water near the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant being
released into a nearby drainage ditch, increasing the risk of it flowing
into the sea.
On Wednesday, Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO), the plant’s operator, said it had detected high levels of radiation in a ditch leading to the Pacific Ocean, and that it suspected heavy rains had lifted contaminated soil.
Workers say that Strontium-90 – a radioactive isotope of the alkaline earth metal strontium produced by nuclear fission – along with other isotopes that emit beta rays measuring 1,400 becquerels (Bq) per liter were detected in the ditch, which is located about 150 meters from the ocean, The Asahi Shimbun reported.
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Editor's Note: See more video reporting below concerning Typhoon Wipha and the radioactive water.
Date: 10/17/2013 15:34
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On Wednesday, Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO), the plant’s operator, said it had detected high levels of radiation in a ditch leading to the Pacific Ocean, and that it suspected heavy rains had lifted contaminated soil.
Workers say that Strontium-90 – a radioactive isotope of the alkaline earth metal strontium produced by nuclear fission – along with other isotopes that emit beta rays measuring 1,400 becquerels (Bq) per liter were detected in the ditch, which is located about 150 meters from the ocean, The Asahi Shimbun reported.
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Read the rest here.
Editor's Note: See more video reporting below concerning Typhoon Wipha and the radioactive water.
Tuesday, October 8, 2013
10/8/2013 S. Korea confirms North's Yongbyon plutonium reactor restart
Source: AFP (Agence France-Presse) via Infowars.com
Date: October 8, 2013 08:53
Editor's Note: Map of Yongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Center appears below.
Date: October 8, 2013 08:53
The National Intelligence Service (NIS) said in a report to parliament that the five megawatt reactor at the North's Yongbyon nuclear complex had resumed operations, according to a joint briefing by ruling and opposition party lawmakers.
South Korea's spy agency confirmed Tuesday that the North has restarted an aging plutonium reactor that could help boost its nuclear weapons programme. Read the rest here from AFP. |
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Editor's Note: Map of Yongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Center appears below.
Friday, September 20, 2013
9/19/2013 Magnitude 5.8 Earthquake hits near Fukushima I Nuclear Plant Area
Source(s): ENENews, USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Date: 2013-09-19 17:25:09 UTC (2013-09-19 11:25:09 CST)
I grabbed the earthquake report off of the ENENews feed which collates several articles together, which are available here from ENENews. In summary TEPCO has been checking for earthquake damage and leaks but state they have not found anything (yet). Below is a map of the M5.8 Earthquake.
Date: 2013-09-19 17:25:09 UTC (2013-09-19 11:25:09 CST)
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| M5.3 - 19km ESE of Ishikawa, Japan 2013-09-19 17:25:09 UTC |
I grabbed the earthquake report off of the ENENews feed which collates several articles together, which are available here from ENENews. In summary TEPCO has been checking for earthquake damage and leaks but state they have not found anything (yet). Below is a map of the M5.8 Earthquake.
Wednesday, September 18, 2013
9/17/2013 Russia Warns of 'Catastrophe' If N. Korea Restarts Reactor
Source: The Jewish Voice
Date: Tuesday, 17 September 2013 20:35
by: Anna Malpas
On Thursday, September 12, Russia warned of a potential “man-made
catastrophe” if North Korea restarts an aging plutonium reactor to boost
its stockpile of nuclear weapons, after US experts spotted steam rising
from the Yongbyon facility.
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Read full article here.
Editor's Note: See also articles by AFP, AP and Bloomberg.
Map of Yongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Center appears below.
Date: Tuesday, 17 September 2013 20:35
by: Anna Malpas
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Commercial satellite images taken in
recent months had indicated preparations for restarting the reactor were
progressing rapidly Photo: IHS JANE'S/DIGITALGLOBE
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Read full article here.
Editor's Note: See also articles by AFP, AP and Bloomberg.
Map of Yongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Center appears below.
Monday, September 16, 2013
9/16/2013 Typhoon hits Japan as Fukushima operator releases water into sea
Source: AFP via Yahoo News
Date: 9/16/2013 ~5 PM CST
Typhoon Man-yi hit Japan Monday, leaving three people dead and forcing the operator of the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant to release rainwater with low levels of radiation into the ocean.
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Read full article here.
Editor's Note: More details from NHK World on the Rainwater released from Fukushima plant into sea caused by Typhoon Man-Yi. Maps of Typhoon Man-Yi's progress appear below.
Date: 9/16/2013 ~5 PM CST
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| Typhoon Man-Yi in Kyoto overturns sightseeing boat on Katsura River which is now stuck on a bridge. Photo Credit: AP/Kyodo News |
Typhoon Man-yi hit Japan Monday, leaving three people dead and forcing the operator of the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant to release rainwater with low levels of radiation into the ocean.
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Read full article here.
Editor's Note: More details from NHK World on the Rainwater released from Fukushima plant into sea caused by Typhoon Man-Yi. Maps of Typhoon Man-Yi's progress appear below.
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