Discussion Thread for September 12

Discussion Thread for September 12 – 18, 2011

Published: September 12th, 2011 at 12:00 am ET
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Published: September 12th, 2011 at 12:00 am ET
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Heart of the Rose

September 19, 2011 at 7:29 am

Why that’s cool..I’m on the live chat on the site above ..although I have meetings for awhile..
Let’s see the action…Grace..let’s get it ..folks.

Heart of the Rose

September 19, 2011 at 7:36 am

Oh ya.Grace..How are those cupcakes coming..?
Grace

September 19, 2011 at 8:10 am

what site above?

Grace

September 19, 2011 at 8:06 am

Akshually, me an’ ma girl did make cup cakes; we raised a tenner for Greenpeace, she also painted a banner of the Rainbow Warrior.

She’s delighted, they sent her a thank you note and now she’s taken it to her school to set up an eco-awareness council.
She is anti-nuclear as well, bless her.

Cupcakes for Peace and Love.

BreadAndButter

September 19, 2011 at 10:41 am

Well done Grace!
I’d be happy if someone would’ve offered us cupcakes at Cattenom on Saturday…freeeezing.

September 19, 2011 at 10:23 am

Here’s the link…grow up and wake up Grace
http://www.livestream.com/globalrevolution

Anthony

September 19, 2011 at 10:48 am

Sunflowers not much help in decontamination efforts
Malaysia Star – ‎Sep 17, 2011‎
TOKYO: Authorities trying to decontaminate radioactive soil in the aftermath of the accident at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant have found that sunflowers, despite their reputation for absorbing radioactive caesium, have little effect, …

http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2011/9/18/focus/9518349&sec=focus

September 19, 2011 at 10:49 am

Fukushima residents fear being stuck with radioactive soil

2011/09/16

FUKUSHIMA–Distrust is hampering plans on all levels in the struggle to dispose of the mountains of radioactive soil piling up through decontamination efforts in Fukushima Prefecture.

Residents don’t trust local authorities, and local officials are wary of the central government’s plans, feeling they could become stuck with the contaminated soil in the long term if they accept the hazardous waste on a “temporary” basis.

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201109150422.html

September 19, 2011 at 10:50 am

Contamination of Fukushima forests being studied
Kyodo Saturday, Sep. 17, 2011

FUKUSHIMA — The Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, is investigating how badly the wooded areas of Fukushima Prefecture have been contaminated with radioactive fallout.

The government has been concentrating on how to decontaminate residential areas, but forests cover 70 percent of the prefecture and nothing has been done to remove fallout from the forests

http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20110917a6.html

September 19, 2011 at 10:52 am

Local governments in Fukushima experiment with radiation-removing techniques
Workers experiment with draining radioactively contaminated mud from a paddy field, left, onto a tarp-covered adjacent field in Iitate, Fukushima Prefecture, on Aug. 24. (Mainichi)
Workers experiment with draining radioactively contaminated mud from a paddy field, left, onto a tarp-covered adjacent field in Iitate, Fukushima Prefecture, on Aug. 24. (Mainichi)

Local governments in Fukushima Prefecture are experimenting with efforts to remove radioactive material spread from the crippled nuclear power plant following a request by the national government.

In August, the national government asked that local governments handle decontamination work in areas with under 20 millisieverts of radiation per year.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/news/20110918p2a00m0na003000c.html