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October 20, 2011
From Activist Post:
Fukushima rages on. A combination of corporate media spin and downplaying from Japanese officials has made Fukushima the largest disaster in history that is being forgotten while it still gets worse. It is not something that any of us wish to think about, but this ongoing nuclear holocaust of the entire northern hemisphere has the potential to contaminate air, water, and soil, and our food supply for generations to come. Japan resident and alternative news presenter James Corbett, of the Corbett Report, has introduced FukushimaUpdate.com to keep this issue at the forefront of the news cycle.
October 22, 2011
By September estimates of released contamination had risen to over 3,500 terabecquerels of cesium-137 released into the sea directly from the plant between March 11 and the end of May. Another 10,000 terabecquerels of cesium fell into the ocean after escaping from the reactors in the form of steam.
Initially reports had quieted concerns by stating that the materials would be diluted so vastly that the radioactivity would not be able to accumulate, and would not affect the environment. The experts claimed they would track the deposition and floating radioactive debris field making its way on a trans-Pacific trip to the United States.
October 25, 2011
Radiation released from Fukushima much bigger than Japanese government said:
The new model shows that Fukushima released 3.5 × 1016 Bq caesium-137.
https://mail.google.com/mail/?shva=1#inbox/1333f411a1be3875
October 25, 2011
Fukushima Dai-ichi Unit 4 Spent Fuel Pool: The Most Serious Threat for Further Massive Radioactive Releases
https://mail.google.com/mail/?shva=1#inbox/1333f40bbe492a28
October 27, 2011
Fukushima may have emitted 35,800 terabecquerels of radioactive cesium 137 at the height of the disaster, according to a study in the Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Journal
October 27, 2011
France’s nuclear monitor said on Thursday that the amount of caesium 137 that leaked into the Pacific from the Fukushima disaster was the greatest single nuclear contamination of the sea ever seen
October 29, 2011
Radiation doses of 1,769 health care workers under-reported for four years by up to 40%!
October 29, 2011
27.1 Quadrillion becquerels of cesium alone flowed into sea — Doesn’t include first week of crisis! — Still 30 times what TEPCO claimed — Warning that ‘significant’ pollution to remain
According to the French report, an estimated an estimated 27.1 quadrillion becquerels of caesium-137 spilled into the ocean between March 21 to mid-July, Kyodo news agency reported. A quadrillion is equivalent to 1,000 trillion.
Cesium-137 flow into sea 30 times greater than stated by TEPCO: report, Kyodo, October 29, 2011.
October 30, 2011
“But in April, it is clear that, at the worst of the accident, hot particles were wafted across the Pacific and deposited in Seattle and in Boston at least. There is also data that indicates contamination on the ground in the Cascades, which are a mountain range right up against the Pacific Ocean.
So I think we have two problems here. In Japan, there is a personal health issue and what that means is that individuals have received enough radiation that there is going to be a statistically meaningful increase in cancers in Tokyo and especially in Fukushima Prefecture.
In the United States, it is a different story. It is a public health issue and not a personal health issue. What that means is that we will never know who is the individual who got cancer from Fukushima. But we can be sure that the radiation did reach here and that there will be an increase in cancers, especially on the West Coast where the Rocky Mountains stopped most of the radiation and deposited it on the ground.”
http://www.fairewinds.com/content/scientist-marco-kaltofen-presents-data-confirming-hot-particles
October 31, 2011
All of the radioactive materials released into the environment
during Japan’s ongoing nuclear disaster are modified forms
of uranium atoms. Radioactive iodine atoms and radioactive
cesium atoms are just two of the many varieties of “fission
products” — broken pieces of uranium atoms that have been
split inside the reactor core to obtain energy.
The same is true of the “fission gases”, such as radioactive
xenon gas and krypton gas. Their atoms all started out as
uranium atoms. Even the plutonium that has been found
off-site is derived directly from uranium — when an atom
of uranium-238 absorbs a neutron inside the reactor, it turns
into an atom of plutonium-239.
http://www.ccnr.org/breeding_ana.html
To the extent that Sasktachewan uranium was used in the
Fukushima Dai-ichi reactors, then, it can be said that a good
deal of the radioactive contamination in the ocean and the
soil and the food and the playgrounds in Japan are materials
that originated (in a different form) from Saskatchewan.
Gordon Edwards.
October 31, 2011
Tokyo Electric (TEPCO) says it has no plans to sell uranium stakes
see also “Saskatchewan Uranium Mines create toxic legacy
http://digitaljournal.com/article/296676
October 31, 2011
“US air filter and dusts samples did not contain hot particles, except for air samples collected from Seattle, WA during the month of April 2011. The samples of Japanese children’s shoes were found to have relatively high radiocesium contamination levels. Isolated US soil samples contained up to 8 nanoCuries per Kg of radiocesium, while control samples showed no detectable radiocesium.”
http://apha.confex.com/apha/139am/webprogram/Paper254015.html
October 31, 2011
A Japanese government panel says it will take at least 30 years to safely close the tsunami-hobbled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2011/10/30/japan-nuclear-closing-reactor.html
November 2, 2011
Total Releases from Fukushima: Andreas Stohl says ” Fukushima released 3.5 × 1016 Bq caesium-137, roughly twice the official government figure, and half the release from Chernobyl
https://mail.google.com/mail/?shva=1#inbox/1336554ed3eefcc1
November 2, 2011
In dangerous new development, TEPCO detects nuclear fission occurring in destroyed reactors at Fukushima Daiichi
Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO) detected signs of a nuclear chain reaction at its crippled Fukushima Daiichi power plant, raising the risk of increased radiation emissions as trace amounts of radioactive Xenon gas isotopes were discovered at the wrecked plant’s reactor No 2, officials said.
http://www.bellona.org/articles/articles_2011/fission_fukushima
Background information
Nuclear fission refers to the splitting of a fissile atom — usually an atom of uranium-235 in the case of a power reactor. When such an atom is struck by a tiny subatomic projectile called a neutron, it becomes very unstable and splits (“fissions”) into two pieces. At the same time two or three additional neutrons are given off, and a lot of energy is released — “fission energy”.
This fission energy can only be harnessed if a self-sustaining
“nuclear chain reaction” can be achieved. For this two things
are generally needed: (1) a stock of fissile material — the nuclear fuel; and (2) a way of slowing down the neutrons — the moderator.
In most of the world’s power reactors, ordinary water (called
“light water”) is used as the moderator. Without that moderator, the self-sustaining chain reaction is impossible because the neutrons are going too fast and too many of them are “lost”.
In a moderated environment, the neutrons given off by one splitting atom can go on to split other atoms, which in turn give off more neutrons that can be used to split even more atoms, and so on. This is a nuclear fission chain reaction, yielding lots of energy.
To control or stop a nuclear chain reaction, all you have to do
is control or stop the flow of neutrons. This can be done by adding
a neutron-absorbing material — such as boron — to the moderator, so that the neutrons are not just slowed down but halted. When enough neutrons are absorbed, the fission process stops. In certain circumstances, when uranium fuel in an unusual geometrical configuration is immersed in water, a nuclear fission chain reaction can take place all by itself, quite accidentally — this is called a “criticality accident”. Such accidents are potentially dangerous because they can very rapidly get out of control, leading tooverheating and potential explosions.
This appears to be what has happened with the melted fuel in the
bottom of the reactor vessel of Unit 2 at Fukushima. The water that is used to cool the irradiated fuel is also acting as a moderator, causing the nuclear fission process to restart at a low level.
TEPCO is adding boric acid to the water in Unit 4 so that the boron (in the boric acid) will absorb neutrons and prevent any further accidental criticality (nuclear fission) from occurring.
November 4, 2011
Pakistan carting around nukes in delivery vans
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/11/pakistan-nukes-delivery-vans/
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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.