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February 16, 2012
In a special session on Tuesday, Feb. 21, during the 2012 Ocean Sciences Meeting in Salt Lake City, researchers will present early results from several field and modeling studies examining the fate of more than a dozen radioactive isotopes in the air, water, and organisms impacted by the Fukushima releases. This is the largest international gathering to date of experts in this area. The session will feature 15 talks, including two by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) scientists.
http://www.sciencecodex.com/special_fukushima_session_at_2012_ocean_sciences_meeting-86200
February 16, 2012
20 Times More Japanese Earthquakes in the 6 Months Following March 2011 than in the Previous 9 YEARS … Quake May Have “Awakened” Fukushima Fault
http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2012/02/pandora’s-box-fukushima-fault/
February 16, 2012
Cesium 137 in Berkeley milk doubled between August 2011 and February 2012
http://www.nuc.berkeley.edu/UCBAirSampling/MilkSampling
February 17, 2012
Nuclear crisis turns Japan ex-PM Kan into energy apostle
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/17/us-japan-kan-idUSTRE81G08P20120217
February 17, 2012
Vermont battle could determine U.S. nuclear future
http://cnnpresents.blogs.cnn.com/2012/02/17/vermont-battle-could-determine-u-s-nuclear-future/
February 19, 2012
Silence and contamination, legacies of the Fukushima nuclear disaster
February 20, 2012
ENVIRONMENT MINISTER: JGOV “ONLY” PLANNING TO INCINERATE 33 KG OF DISASTER DEBRIS PER PERSON IN JAPAN
February 20, 2012
Radioactive medicine can be made without nuclear reactors, scientists show
By developing a cyclotron-based technology for producing
medical isotopes Canada will be contributing to non-proliferation efforts by removing, once and for all, any civilian justification for the use of highly enriched weapons-grade uranium.
Gordon Edwards.
February 20, 2012
Here is a recent photo, below, of the Unit No. 4 reactor at the Fukushima-Daichi nuclear ruins provided by Akio Matsumura. It is quite sobering.
[The photo was taken February 20 2012. It was published by the Asahi Shimbun newspaper and forwarded by Akio Matsumura: see http://tinyurl.com/85wztyv ]
The pool at Unit No. 4 contains 1,538 fuel assemblies, including a full core that was freshly discharged prior to the accident.
Based on data from the U.S. Department of Energy, a spent fuel assembly from a typical boiling water reactor contains about 30,181 curies (about 1.1 million billion becquerels) of long-lived radioactivity. [In thescientific notation used by Bob Alvarez, this is ~1.1E+15 Bq]
So the Unit No. 4 pool contains roughly 49 million curies (about 1.8 million million million becquerels), of which about 40 percent is cesium-137. [In the scientific notation used by Bob Alvarez, this is ~1.8E+18 Bq]
(Source: U.S. Department of Energy, Final Environmental Impact Statement, for a Geologic Repository for the Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Waste at Yucca Mountain, Nye County, Nevada, 2002, Appendix A, Tables A-7, A-8, A-9, A-10, BWR/ Burn up = 36,600 MWd/MTHM, fuel enrichment = 3.03 percent, decay time = 23 years.)
The risk of yet another highly destructive earthquake occurring even closer to the Fukushima reactors has increased, according to the European Geosciences Union;
This is particularly worrisome for Daiichi’s structurally damaged spent fuel pool at Reactor No. 4 sitting 100 feet above ground, exposed to the elements.
Drainage of water from this pool, resulting from another quake, could trigger a catastrophic radiological fire involving about eight times more radioactive cesium than was released at Chernobyl.
February 20, 1012
Uranium filled “Buckyballs” may be headed for the west coast
https://www.enviroreporter.com/2012/02/beta-watch/all/1/
February 21, 2012
“Unthinkable”: Reports surfacing of radioactive sheep in parts of Norway containing 4,000 Bq/kg (from Chernobyl)
http://theforeigner.no/pages/news/chernobyl-still-affects-norway/
February 23, 2012
Portland-area had highest Iodine-131 deposition in US at 5,100 Bq/m² by April 5 -Gov’t Study
February 23, 2012
How The New Mexico Anti–Nuclear Campaign Achieved A Major Victory
http://www.countercurrents.org/banerjee230212.htm
February 23, 2012
City councilor to measure radiation in Mizumoto park the first was found dead
February 23, 2012
New Study Confirms Low Levels of Fallout from Fukushima
February 24, 2012
Cancer deaths near N-plant not normal
http://www.dnaindia.com/health/report_cancer-deaths-near-n-plant-not-normal_1654061
February 24, 2012
Lessons from Fukushima
(see all the active organizations at the bottom)
http://www.todaysfacilitymanager.com/facilityblog/2012/02/lessons-from-fukushima.html
February 25, 2012
Evacuate Tokyo and All US Forces From Japan
http://www.veteranstoday.com/2012/02/25/evacuate-tokyo-and-all-us-forces-from-japan/
February 26, 2012
Fukushima – worse than Chernobyl
by Janette D. Sherman, M.D., and Joseph J. Mangano, M.P.H.
http://sfbayview.com/2012/fukushima-worse-than-chernobyl/
February 26, 2012
Japan Nuclear Disaster: Fukushima Power Plant Remains Fragile, Plant Chief Says equipment that serves as the lifeline of the cooling system is shockingly feeble-looking. Plastic hoses cracked by freezing temperatures have been mended with tape. A set of three pumps sits on the back of a pickup truck.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/28/japan-nuclear-disaster-plant-remains-fragile_n_1307203.html
February 27, 2012
Fukushima radioactivity discovered in samples taken in Bennington
http://www.benningtonbanner.com/ci_20057768
February 28, 2012
Inside Japan’s Nuclear Meltdown.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/japans-nuclear-meltdown/
February 28, 2012
Greenpeace releases 52 page report: Lessons from Fukushima – End of the “Nuclear Safety Paradigm”
February 28, 2012
The Fukushima Psychiatrist – it’s amazing how traumatized they are
http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,818054,00.html
February 28, 2012
MARKS TO MARKET: AMERICA’S NUCLEAR TIME BOMBS
http://fukushimaupdate.com/marks-to-market-americas-nuclear-time-bombs/
February 28, 2012
INTERVIEW WITH PAUL GUNTER ON GE MARK I BWRS: “AMERICA’S FUKUSHIMAS”
http://fukushimaupdate.com/interview-with-paul-gunter-on-ge-mark-i-bwrs-americas-fukushimas/
February 29, 2012
Japan Struggles with Tainted Reactor Water at Fukushima
February 29, 2012
Far more cesium released from Fukushima than previously thought says Japan gov’t agency — 40,000 trillion becquerels estimated –Asahi
February 29, 2012
Japan Struggles with Tainted Reactor Water at Fukushima
Background:
When the huge earthquake struck Japan on March 11 2011 the
three operating nuclear reactors at the Fukushima Dai-ichi
plant immediately and safely shut down. The nuclear reaction
in all three reactors was completely stopped long before the
tsunami hit. The shutdown systems worked perfectly.
But no one knows how to shut off radioactivity. In the core of
each reactor, such an enormous inventory of radioactive materials has been created by the splitting of uranium and plutonium atoms that large quantities of heat will continue to be produced for many years after the nuclear chain reaction has stopped. This heat is caused by the unstoppable radioactive disintegrations of dozens of varieties of radioactive materials called “fission products”.
Fission products — such as cesium-137, iodine-131, strontium-90 —
are the broken pieces of uranium and plutonium atoms that were
split in order to get energy to boil water to produce electricity. The fission products are fiercely radioactive. The heat they produce is called “decay heat”, because it is the result of radioactive decay.
And no one knows how to speed it up, slow it down, start it, or
stop it. Like the tsunami itself, the decay heat is an unstoppable force of nature.
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@what the; The US is not assisting in this because GE is a USA company and therefore would have to admit to being a huge part of the problem. And we have several type of reactors made by GE on line in the USA. Admitting fault would be a financial disaster for both GE and the government. And even the best scientists who can assist are held hostage from the arms of the corporate government. Sad, but I believe, true.
Why is this still not a priority in the US (or anywhere?)??????? I know it will hurt business, and it’ll hurt the very thing i’d been putting so much effort into working and supporting – local organic farming. And people i mention it to often act like i didn’t say anything at all, because acknowledging it means completely CHANGING something essential in one’s life, and beliefs, and sense of “security”. Is there even hope for human consciousness to awaken to what’s right in our faces (and in our food and air!!)… let alone to make a significant impact on the way things are going??!! What else can we do about it to express the imminence of the global situation??? The US has the technology to assist in this dilemma, yet it’s not. What else do they know that we don’t???
I agree, Brian – people should be yelling their heads off – but why aren’t they?
Why Aren’t people yelling their heads off?
Last year, J.H. Bartlett wrote a novel called “Last Summer at the Compound”. It’s about a family in Plymouth who meet at their summer compound that is just a few miles from the Pilgrim nuclear power plant. The disaster at Fukushima has made them realize how close they are to this Mark 1 Boiling Water Reactor and the book is about how they grapple with the decision about selling this summer estate that has been in the family for 5 generations. To quote from the book, the “children, the thirty to fifty year olds were the ones most consumed with safety. Have a Healthy and Safe New Year was the message on their Christmas cards. Merry and Happy were out of fashion, pushed aside by healthy and safe. Accidents, disasters, diseases, even death, could be avoided with sufficient vigilance. Seat belts and helmets were called for, sturdy SUV’s that would not crush on impact were encouraged. Fire alarms and burglar alarms were installed. They enthusiastically lighted up dangerous, dark nights. Regular checkups were made of their bodies, X-rays, MRIs, mammograms, colonoscopies, camera probes were sent down the throat to meet those going up the rear end, blood pressure readings were taken, and electrocardiograms. Some wore gizmos to keep a daily check on heart beat, blood pressure and sugar levels. They had flu shots, took pills to lower cholesterol, relieve arthritis, rejuvenate the blood and thicken the bones. Women took hormones, and then men took Viagra to satisfy their wives’ new hormonal induced sex drive. Dogs were fixed and children were driven to play dates, potholes were filled, roads widened. Smoking was abandoned as was the eating of red meat. Defibrillators were installed at parks, schools and playing fields. There were hand sanitizers inside the doors of most public buildings and bowls of condoms in some.” …”Yet they had little time to do anything about the nuclear plant; they did not show up at meetings or demonstrations or go door to door collecting signatures”….
So people aren’t yelling – but not because they don’t care about health and safety.
A friend of mine says it could be because radiation is so new to human beings. The atom was split in 1917 – less than 100 years ago.
He says “it is truly fascinating, but not too complicated, why most people don’t care or cannot comprehend what’s happening. I think it’s partly the genetic marker. Unfortunately the human race has no genetic marker for radiation. There is nothing for us to latch on to at the instinctive level. So the general public fails to recognize the threat. Can you imagine if Fkushima Daiichi was a biological weapons lab? Now that would get everyone’s attention.”
He goes on to say:
“I think it takes an interdisciplinary mind, background, and personality, an investigative, mentality, interest in earth and life sciences, curiosity, truth-seeking nature (void of politics, religion, belief systems, or any exterior motivations) and the ability to think not only linearly but abstractly and certainly from at least 50,000 feet up as well as down into the microscope to be able to gasp at the epic severity of the situation and to be able to visualize and understand what’s happening. It also helps to be educated in and understand public relations and how things work, so you can laugh at the corporate/govt BS in their mainstream media distraction entertainment money junk science parade. Not many in today’s distraction-based entertainment brainwashed world have those qualifications.”
“For some people, they need to see ‘numbers’ and need to hear from ‘official sources’, they need to be told they should be worried by official sources.”
“The health effects of nuclear power and associated accidents are devastating. Cancer is a side track. Other fallout-related health problems will affect many people first, including heart attack and stroke, before they get to cancer. It’s a cakewalk for the thinktanks and the highest of public relations geniuses to generate misinformation and perception that dismiss all health-related problems. The various forms of disease will not come with a Made in Fukushima tag and good luck proving it in a court of law. Sadly,it is highly likely that the general public will never realize what has happened to them.”
People should be yelling their heads off. It won’t be long before the water off California will be too radioactive to swim in. Reactor 1 is back in fission mode because it is emitting radioactive Krypton and Xenon. Reactors 2 and 3 are putting out isotopes as well. And the Japanese are dumping 1000 tons a day of radioactive water into the Pacific. The plume is reportedly 3500 kilometers out to sea. And if the reactor 4 building collapses? The spent fuel pool will start to burn and the site will have to be abandoned. Do I need to say more?
An excellent timeline historical document!
I clicked on “View All” and just scrolled.
two nuclear bombs. four nuclear power plants. it’s called karma
We would have been better off without the invention as it is so really dangerous unlike anyhing else.Thanks to uranium fluoridation was given boost because nothing was to be allowed to stand in the way of this warlike invention.Still many suffer with the infliction of fluoridation today and without any advantages except as a way to dispose of dangerous fluorides.