Published: October 6th, 2011 at 11:11 am ET
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Kashiwa, Chiba Prefecture SOURCE: Google Maps
SOURCE: Cesium surges in ash halt Kashiwa incinerator, Japan Times by HIROKO NAKATA, October 6, 2011
An incinerator in Kashiwa, Chiba Prefecture, has been shut down following the discovery of high levels of radioactive cesium in incinerated ash, a city official said Thursday in the first such case since the March nuclear meltdowns [...]
Kashiwa stopped the operation at the Nanbu center, one of the city’s two waste disposal facilities, on Sept. 7 after the city found in late June that its incinerated ash contained 70,800 becquerels of radioactive cesium per kilogram — higher than the national limit of 8,000 becquerels for landfill. [...]
Published: October 6th, 2011 at 11:11 am ET
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Am surprised not to hear Japanese Nationals ending up in foreign countries and simply claiming “refugee status”.
…Can u imagine 100 million of’em landing all over the world?
…What about the clothes and items they bring with’em?
red red wine
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“incinerated ash contained 70,800 becquerels of radioactive cesium per kilogram”
Incinerated ash? Isn’t that like closing the stable door after the horse has bolted?
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If they keep burning that crap the ENTIRE OZONE will probably be depleted.
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Japan To Cover US With
Radiation For 2.5 YEARS
rense.com
9-30-11
Move the blue plume on this map down to Tokyo as the start point and you will see how the Japanese burn program will launch massive amountss of radioactive material into the air….and how it will be carried on the winds to America.
And the Obama administration does NOTHING to protect us…
http://rense.com/general94/jp25.htm
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Anthony,
Solar heat and flares will kill us before all the ozone is completely Depleted !
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Japan is a dangerous wounded animal at this point. their country is lost, and they are just coming to terms with it. Their efforts are futile, but they are trying anything they can to recover. The nuclear industry knows little about waist management, and has adopted the practice of diluting radiation into the environment. I waited you in the desperation they will start hiding waist, or batting it out to sea…
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Exactly
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too many words …
here is my petition
No More Nuclear Power.
sign here
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Quote: Japan is a dangerous wounded animal at this point.
Since they can’t stop this from spewing, Canada, US, and Mexico will also be a dangerous wounded animal, that’s if we aren’t already.
I believe, we are going to be just as toxic as they are.
The burning has to stop and somehow there has to be a way to stop the spewing, I don’t see that happening.
If there was a fix, it would have already happened.
Chernobyl isn’t fixed, how can we expect this to get fixed.
We talk about Japan..We are Japan..Fukushima is here..
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Yeah, the whole rule of thumb from Chernobyl was that the next continent in line geographically gets a serious radioactive hit that causes extensive health impacts and long-term contamination. During Chernobyl, the next continent in line was Europe.
Now, during Fukushima (which is undeniably bigger than Chernobyl), North America is it.
I’m surprised that more people & news commentators don’t catch onto to this simple analogy & fact.
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” The times are changing. If you cant help get out of the way!” http://signon.org/sign/increase-government-support.fb1?source=c.fb&r_by=548645
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I have thought about signing this petition several times, but every time I re-read it and stop. I am concerned about the wording It advocates “Solar technology and other clean energy technology.” Have you not noticed that many in Washington, including our president, have been classifying nuclear power as “clean” energy lately?
Because I do not see an explicit rejection of nuclear in the wording of this petition, I am concerned that to sign it will only give more force to those who are playing this “nuclear is clean energy” game.
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I would sign a standard snail mail petition, but not an online one with personal information viewable to all…
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Hi Cindy,
I understand your concern. I didn’t realize at first that my city of residence was going to be displayed whenever I sign a petition or create one. I’d worked hard to keep that private this time, but now it’s out here online again.
Personally, I think nothing posted online is private, and a truly motivated person can probably find almost anyone these days, so I’ve (somewhat) given up. But that loss of privacy is an important and personal consideration, and I won’t fault anyone for choosing not to go public!
For those brave souls, however, please consider signing a petition to end nuclear energy in the U.S. It only takes a few moments, and maybe — just maybe — it could start a discussion in the White House about ending our unhealthy dependence on nuclear power.
https://wwws.whitehouse.gov/petitions/%21/petition/end-use-nuclear-energy-united-states/H0Pd79B1?utm_source=wh.gov&utm_medium=shorturl&utm_campaign=shorturl
Thank you!
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@Erin -
Try e-mailing your petition to every organization on this list. Don’t give up:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-nuclear_groups_in_the_United_States
Good luck.
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Awesome link, Mack! Thank you so much!!!
Gotta go make dinner for the kiddies, but I’ll get on that first thing tomorrow.
G’night everyone
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Unfortunately, some of the groups at that link are no longer around, but I think I covered all of the national ones still in existence this morning. Thanks again, Mack!
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Meanwhile the Tokyo Disneyland resort park in Chiba continues to stay open despite the radiation risks. Small wonder…they were closed fof 10 days after March 11 and lost $400 million in profits for those ten days. 69,000 visitors were in thd park March 11 and the parking area flooded from liquefaction (the park was built in 1983 on landfill like Fukushima. It is by thr Edo River that flows to Tokyo.
So what exactly is the Japanese pyro death wish with all the incinerators? Religious purification? Tepco’s attempts to equalize the levels of contamination country-wide? Or just ignorant maniacs at the helm in Tokyo?
If it’s the latter then maybe Truman made a serious mistake choosing Nagasaki to get the second a-bomb. Clearing out the war lords and bureaucrats might have been a better choice. But revisionistic historical daydreaming is a crapshoot… We can’t change the past and it’s damn hard to change the future where dictators ard concerned. Syria being a current example.
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