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“Russia admits over 20,000 underwater radioactive waste objects”
http://enformable.com/2011/12/russia-admits-over-20000-underwater-radioactive-waste-sites/
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“Nuclear sub narrowly avoided collision in Strait of Juan de Fuca”
http://nuclear-news.net/2011/12/26/nuclear-ballistic-missile-submarine-almost-hit-cargo-vessel/
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IAEA chief Director General Yukiya Amano says nuclear power plants will increase by 90 to 350 units in the world by 2030.
Amano said, ““The perception currently dominant in the world is that nuclear power continues to be a necessity” from the perspective of mitigating global warming and ensuring energy security.”
http://enformable.com/2011/12/iaea-chief-predicts-number-of-nuclear-power-stations-will-triple-by-2030/
DO YOUR PART IN EDUCATING PEOPLE THAT NUCLEAR ENERGY DOES NOT “MITIGATE GLOBAL WARMING.”
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“2011: The Year in Extreme Weather:
In the U.S.:
Record-shattering tornadoes
Scorching summer
Raging wildfires and rainfalls
http://www.hlntv.com/article/2011/12/26/2011-unusual-year-extreme-weather?hpt=hp_t2
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Nor does it contribute anything toward “ensuring energy security”. Just the opposite, in fact and experience.
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StillJill at 5:06 pm:
From other thread, just tryin to stay on topic, safe here !
: o
And forgion armies to help coral the folks, BO $85mil. Shaken my head, bio fuel, algea in the GOM ! Nothin to stop drilling in a dead zone !
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Yes,….I am still trying to digest all of that myself. That man had his bloody facts with him too today. Quite compelling. I’m glad I caught what I did,….makes my tinfoil hat fit a little better this evening! ::-)
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StillJill, http://www.picassodreams.com/.a/6a00d83455ad0369e20162fe8a8dd5970d-pi
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Japan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7sa92YTonY
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UK Taxpayers face extra 250m bill for nuclear waste clean-up:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2011/dec/25/energy-industry-nuclear-waste?newsfeed=true
The taxpayer will have to stump up almost £250m more to bail out the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority in the next financial year after falling asset sales and rising expenditure cut its income by 17.5%.
The shortfall is revealed in the NDA’s just-published draft business plan for 2012-15, which shows the impact of being unable to offload land to the private sector for new nuclear plants and the end of the contracts to supply Japan with mixed-oxide fuel.
The setback will give more ammunition to environmentalists and other critics who argue that the wider nuclear industry is infamous for cost overruns and calls on public funds.
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…The ostrich is being offered a bit of food from one of the animal rescuers in the evacuation zone. The ostriches belonged to a farm near the Fukushima Daiichi plant. After everyone evacuated someone let those still alive loose so they could forage for food. They are frequently spotted by people in the zone and on security cameras. They have become an odd juxtaposition among the abandoned towns as they wander looking for something to eat. Thanks to Kimiko for the picture!
http://www.simplyinfo.org/?p=4386
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Bankruptcies up 30%
…The research firm says the failed businesses suffered a drop in exports and domestic orders, as their products became more expensive than foreign equivalents.
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20111226_11.html
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TEPCO to conduct endoscopy of Fukushima reactors
Tokyo Electric Power Company says it will use an industrial endoscope to study the inside of a damaged reactor at the Fukushima Nuclear power plant.
The utility says the 10-meter long and 8-millimeter wide device will be deployed from next month to measure temperatures and observe other conditions inside the containment vessel at the No.2 reactor.
The government …
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/society.html
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SOMEONE mentioned Tavistock….
http://merlintm.zxq.net/tavistock.html
Beware of those that seem to have their data “at their elbow”.
Google… Tavistock and HAARP..
The Tavies are never far off…
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The “cold war” warms up…
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/12/26/russia-spy-idINDEE7BP0BS20111226
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OT…Antarctica..from a chap with a bloody good accent..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzZC_X8Gtr0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtNdAvVJf5I&feature=related
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What do you know about nuclear fracking?
What do you know about an Aug. 19, 2009 nuclear blast?
Transmutation on the Ocean Bottom
June 20, 2011
“With the large releases of methane under the Gulf of Mexico by deep drilling and nuclear fracking of the basalt plain large quantities of methane ice have piled up on the bottom. Given time the bacteria will eat all the methane keeping the Gulf deep waters cool and making a lot of fish food. The use of Corexit emulsifier sinking the red coloured petroleum to the bottom will in time be transmuted by the bacteria.
“The radioactivity in the petroleum, fall-out from the August 19 2009 nuclear blast 10 kilometres under the alluvial fan of the Mississippi will also be transmuted by the bacteria. In biological systems radioactivity drops fifteen times faster than in a test tube.
“The practise of the US Navy to drop decommissioned nuclear reactors in the ocean depths may be the best solution for long term elimination of such materials. The bacteria eats the iron into “rusticles” as seen on the Titanic at 10,000 feet deep and transmutes toxic radioactive elements fifteen times faster than in underground bunkers….”
http://educate-yourself.org/zsl/transmutationoean20jun11.shtml
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Nuclear Proliferation with Particle Accelerators
2005
“The use of accelerators to produce 239Pu or 233U is compared to the production of these materials in a small nuclear reactor. The comparison is given in terms relevant to an entry-level proliferator. Production rates, technological complexity, methods of acquisition, costs, and detection methods are compared.
INTRODUCTION
“It is generally recognized that the acquisition of fissile material is the largest obstacle to making nuclear weapons. Traditionally, this involves either enrichment technologies, used to extract fissile 235U from natural uranium; or nuclear reactors, used to produce man-made fissile materials, namely 239Pu or 233U. Both routes have long been the focus of nonproliferation controls. Particle accelerators, by contrast, have not been accounted for by nonproliferation controls, but can also produce weapon-usable fissile material….”
http://www.princeton.edu/~rskemp/Kemp%20-%20Nuclear%20Proliferation%20with%20Particle%20Accelerators.pdf
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Zerohedge takes notice, with lots of links
http://www.zerohedge.com/contributed/study-fukushima-radiation-has-already-killed-14000-americans
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Yes and now my aunt is among them. She just passed away on Christmas Day.
Looking at the obituary here and it is uncanny as to how many have fallen to leukemia and cancers in this area.
Check your local Obit and take notes as to how many young people are dropping of like flies and for what reasons.
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I hope she was not in too much pain. My sympathy goes out to you. I am sorry for your loss.
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I know you said she was 90 years old and that is wonderful that she had a blessed life and family around her.
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I am sorry for the loss of your Aunt. My roommate told me of a ‘friend’ who also died Christmas eve. Yes,….my little one horse town has a third or fourth obit. column these days.
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I’m sorry Tekton. Hugs to you.
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Posted this link a while back of sudden deaths, here are the lastest,…
http://www.parentheartwatch.org/IntheNews.aspx
And the list gose on, and on, and on ….
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Thank you everyone.
Bless.
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@JamesTekton..My deepest sympathy……
If we could all be so loved…..
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Egyptian judge frees anti-junta blogger…
Alaa Abd El Fattah was detained for two months, pending investigation into charges that he incited violence against military
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/dec/25/egyptian-judge-frees-blogger
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Anonymous targets US security thinktank Stratfor
Hacking movement boasts of stealing confidential client list and mining it for credit card numbers
Anonymous targets US security thinktank Stratfor
Hacking movement boasts of stealing confidential client list and mining it for credit card numbers
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/dec/25/anonymous-security-thinktank-stratfor
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UK Treasury plans for the fall of the euro…
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financialcrisis/8976204/Treasury-plans-for-euro-failure.html
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What to do in case of a nuclear accident – Learning from Fukushima: http://aamjanata.com/what-to-do-in-case-of-a-nuclear-accident-learning-from-fukushima/
Wrote this for absolute laymen – things they can just remember somewhere in the back of mind – like we remember what to do in case of fire, earthquake, electric shock, etc
Would appreciate suggestions.
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I LIKE IT VIDYUT. TY! POSTED TO HP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/26/japan-fukushima-disaster-probe_n_1169837.html about a 30 min wait.
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Thanks
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The best laypersons guide i have yet to find
Emergency Shelter List Updated 040311
http://www.box.com/shared/uvqso4xgv6
@ http://oahutrading.blogspot.com/p/japan-nuclear-information.html
rc is under site maintanance til morning or so but also has many rad shelter/guide links for reference to browse
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rc back up for rad guides
http://realitycheck.no-ip.info/forum/index.php/topic,9.0.html
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I can see the end of truth sites in the future check out this bill that was introduced. http://publicintelligence.net/house-homeland-security-committee-introduces-bill-to-create-national-cybersecurity-authority/
Here is the bilderberger participants list from 2011 alot of social networking and internet participants. Just seeing who is on this list will be the precursor of things to come in 2012.
http://publicintelligence.net/2011-bilderberg-meeting-participant-list/
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Bildeberger’s boooooooed
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North Korea’s ambitions and creation of a deadly flu
http://bangordailynews.com/2011/12/26/opinion/contributors/north-koreas-ambitions-and-creation-of-a-deadly-flu/
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Earthquake Switzerland..near several Npp.
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/read/index.php?pageid=seism_read&rid=223994
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Earthquake.. Japan..
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/read/index.php?pageid=seism_read&rid=223996
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Hi all, I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and were able to get your minds and souls some rest….
Though OT, I wanted to re-post this fossil-fuel-funded ad about “ethical oil”, because it really gets to me. Those lobbyists are going further I expected them to.
And I’m afraid there are dumbnuts out there who think this is a good idea…..
Enjoy /sarc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=1SjZlqbDudI
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Unforeseen … Winter cold may freeze and break the water purifying system
Water purifying system of Fukushima has the hose which runs over tens of kilometers, outside. Most of the parts are made of usual vinyl chloride material, which you can buy at a supermarket.
There is a possibility that it is frozen and has blownout because of the cold weather.
Tepco states that if the weather is not unusually cold – it …
http://fukushima-diary.com/2011/12/winter-cold-may-freeze-and-break-the-water-purifying-system/
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Strontium-89 from the air of Tokyo
Following up this article about Strontium 90 in the air of Tokyo
It turned out that Tokyo Metropolitan Industrial and Vocational center knew but hid the fact that they measured Strontium-89 from the air of Tokyo on 3/15/2011.
The half life of Strontium-89 is …
http://fukushima-diary.com/2011/12/strontium-89-air-tokyo/
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Ministry to buy up cesium-tainted rice from Fukushima Pref.
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/news/20111227p2g00m0dm078000c.html
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New plants to clean Fukushima debris
FUKUSHIMA — Three experimental plants are scheduled to open next month in Fukushima Prefecture to test ways to reduce the amount of radioactive material in debris and soil there, sources said Monday.
Under the aegis of the Japan Atomic Energy Agency, a government-backed research organization, the small plants will be built in Okuma, one of the two towns on which the crippled Fukushima No. 1 power plant sits, and in the towns of Tomioka and Naraha, which are straddled by the Fukushima No. 2 power plant, the sources said.
The project is designed to cut radioactive contamination from the world’s worst nuclear plant accident …
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20111227a4.html
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WASH soil to remove radiation..is one plant’s concept. Now..just where do they think the WATER runoff goes? Or the radioactive smoke from burning?
TEPCO probably gives contracts to any company who uses three engineers to change a lightblub..one to hold the old bulb, one to hold the new bulb, and one to screw in the light…
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jec, same for this idea going foward:
Japan looks to giant washer to clean Fukushima debris
Dec 2, 2011 … Japan looks to giant washer to clean Fukushima debris … a giant washing machine to get rid of radiation from the Fukushima nuclear accident, …
http://www.mysinchew.com/node/67283
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Japan looks to giant washer to clean Fukushima debris
Dec 2, 2011 … Tokyo (AFP) Dec 2, 2011 – Japan is looking to launder tsunami debris in a giant washing machine to get rid of radiation from the Fukushima …
http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Japan_looks_to_giant_washer_to_clean_Fukushima_debris_999.html
TEPCO Confused, …
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Airline passengers face random frisks
CHIBA — The transport ministry is thinking of launching random body searches at international airports in April to bolster counterterrorism measures, airport sources said Sunday.
Departing passengers who …
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20111227a7.html
Something else is spreading !
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Radioactive travelers..bet the agents will just LOVE getting close and friendly with glow in the dark Fukushima victims..
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Brace for the year of the dragon, when all shall be revealed
…The year of the dragon, which is now very nearly upon us, certainly looks to be a year that will bear all of the fearsome characteristics of its zodiac namesake. It seems to me that much of what happened this year had the air of a preview, or a rehearsal perhaps, for the actual drama set to unfold next year. …
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nb20111226jp.html
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Japan to start purchasing Chinese government bonds
BEIJING — Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao agreed Sunday to step up cooperation in international finance, with Japan to begin purchases of Chinese government bonds and both to encourage the use of their own currencies instead of the dollar when settling bilateral trades, officials said.
The two leaders also …
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nb20111226a1.html
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Quake prediction myth debunked
Professor’s new book blows cover off panic-driven ¥10 trillion industry
…To say that certain areas in Japan are dangerous and others are less at risk when that’s actually proven not to be the case is obviously against the public interest.”
This argument is at the heart of Geller’s recently published book “(Nihonjin wa shiranai) Jishin Yochi no Shotai,” (“The Truth About Quake Prediction (that the Japanese don’t know)”).
In it, he brings into question Japan’s fascination with quake prediction research, …
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20111227f1.html
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Proposed dioxin limit draws farm concerns
Critics: EPA rules would scare people from common foods
Dec. 26, 2011
WASHINGTON — Farmers and the food industry are trying to kill a proposed safety standard for dioxins, chemicals that can cause cancer and are widely found in meat, seafood and dairy products.
Industry groups say a daily exposure limit for dioxin proposed by the Environmental Protection Agency isn’t justified and could unnecessarily scare consumers away from meat and milk products. An person could ingest more than the proposed daily limit of dioxin in a single meal, the groups say.
“The implications of this action are chilling,” they said in …
http://www.argusleader.com/article/20111227/NEWS/312270010/Proposed-dioxin-limit-draws-farm-concerns
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Whale back on the menu
It’s an irony not lost on the townsfolk of Shimonoseki, which is proud to be the home base for Japan’s Antarctic whaling fleet and is mystified that the trade can cause so much angst in Australia, the US and other Western countries where whaling was once a way of life.
Amid warnings from both sides of the most aggressive battles yet seen …
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/features/whale-back-on-the-menu/story-e6frg6z6-1226231318382
Sea Shepherd Now Using Drones To Hunt Whalers
Sea Shepherd — the environmental organisation defending whales against arsehole Japanese whalers on “researcher” cosplay — have a powerful new weapon: unmanned aerial vehicles. They have located a Japanese whaling fleet 1600km north of the Southern Ocean whale sanctuary using a drone.
The good news is that one of their new drones has intercepted the fleet before any captures. Sea Shepherd …
http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2011/12/sea-shepherd-now-using-drones-to-hunt-whalers/
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I love the Sea Shepherd crew. They are AWESOME – thanks for posting xdrfox.
They DO make a difference – and their new ship is unbelievable.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRa-me-d_ok
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“It’s too bad they (the drones) don’t have Predators carrying torpedeos or some AGM-65 Mavericks. That would save a lot of fuel and provide with some nice underwater environments. Heck, give me an old Avenger and I will do the grunt job myself.”
Hear hear.
The Japanese hired extra security for the whaling fleet, by using money donated worldwide for the tsunami relief effort.
Yep, they didn’t use the money to help tsunami victims, they used it to KILL WHALES.
I say terminate that fleet with extreme prejudice.
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Japanese security boats shadow anti-whaling ship
Dec 27, 2011
…The Steve Irwin is closing in on the whaling fleet’s factory vessel Nisshin Maru as the groups head south for the start of this year’s battle over Japan’s plan to kill more than 900 whales. …
http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/breaking/12459316/japanese-security-boats-shadow-anti-whaling-ship/
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“Capt. Watson said rancid butter bombs were the worst thing the conservationists would be using against the whalers this year.”
Love it.
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There’s more than two million pounds of dead whales — slaughtered by a fleet of whalers subsidized by the Japanese government — wasting away in Japan’s freezers
When I read the letter from …
http://eslkevin.wordpress.com/2011/12/27/theres-more-than-two-million-pounds-of-dead-whales-slaughtered-by-a-fleet-of-whalers-subsidized-by-the-japanese-government-wasting-away-in-japans-freezers/
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Japan Tsunami Funds Aid Whaling Fleet
Dec 8, 2011 … Japan admits using tsunami recovery funds to support its whaling … earmarked for earthquake and tsunami reconstruction to subsidize the fleet’s operations. … “It is absolutely disgraceful for the Japanese government to pump …
http://news.discovery.com/earth/japan-uses-tsunami-funds-to-support-whaling-fleet-111208.html
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TEPCO seeks extra Y689.4 billion from gov’t-backed fund
Dec. 27, 2011
Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) Tuesday asked for an extra 689.4 billion yen in aid from a government-backed fund to help it compensate families affected…
http://www.japantoday.com/category/national/view/tepco-seeks-extra-y689-4-billion-from-govt-backed-fund
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Thanks again xdrfox for adding this important topic to the discussion. I agree, it’s a disgrace for the Japanese govmt to use those funds for whaling.
And not A WORD from any foreign government!!
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Japan extends detention of Dutch activist
28 Dec 2011
The Japanese authorities on Tuesday extended the detention of Dutch anti-whaling activist Erwin Vermeulen by 10 days.
He was arrested on 16 December when attempting to film the transfer of dolphins from the sea to holding pens at the Japanese resort of Tajii. An employee claims that Erwin pushed him but there were no other witnesses to this allegation.
Mr Vermeulen is a volunteer with the Sea Shepherd organisation, which has since launched a campaign to obtain his release. The anti-whaling organisation urges visitors to its Facebook account to make calls and write letters to the Japanese foreign ministry and other authorities.
Every year, Tajii is the scene of a massive dolphin hunt, with the Japanese authorities issuing 23,000 licenses to coastal areas for dolphin slaughter. Some animals are … Mr Vermeulen’s sister fears Japan will keep her brother in custody for the duration of the whaling season, “As a means of putting pressure on Sea Shepherd.” …
http://www.rnw.nl/english/bulletin/japan-extends-detention-dutch-activist
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Huge waves damage Sea Shepherd boat during chase
Dec. 29, 2011
Anti-whaling activists chasing the Japanese harpoon fleet suffered a major setback Thursday when the hull of one of their ships…
http://www.japantoday.com/category/national/view/huge-waves-damage-sea-shepherd-boat-while-chasing-whalers
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I got a Fed Ex notice that my GammaScout detector will be arriving today. Any advise on things to check out? I know the smoke detector and possibly the toilet fixture may have some radioactive elements. I don’t have any antiques, watches, lantern mantels, or things painted with radium or whatever. I do live close to a cemetery with many different types of marble and granite headstones. It’s probably kind of tacky to be bringing in a GM to a cemetery.
I live in the Chicago area, very close to the Lake and a quick bike ride from one of the sewage treatment facilities.
It’s been over 20 years since I took my health physics classes. We mainly dealt with mRem, mRad, and Bq for units. I knew that mSv existed, but it was something we never used.
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howdy waddirum! great discussion here about rad measurements. remember to read the archive from sept 16 on
http://enenews.com/forum-post-radiation-monitoring-data-dec-17-2011-present
also, rc Measurement, Exposure and Effects of Radiation forum has conversion and measurement links (was running a little slow for me this morning, so please give a few moments to load..well worth the effort i do believe
http://realitycheck.no-ip.info/forum/index.php/board,24.0.html
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Yes, howdy W,
Welcome to the crew.
Ditto to what Chemfood is saying here. Come on over with your measurements and check in on the link above.
There is a post I put up there some time back regarding suggested measurements we use here for simplicity. Please let me know if you need any more info.
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JT, you got a link for that comment? i’ll refrence at rc and spread the news. lots of clicky treats arriving in the mail. Halleluja
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More to baby’s health than what you eat
Gary Payinda MD December 27, 2011
I have been reading your column since it began and look forward to it every week. I have a question I’d like answered. I have been hearing what a pregnant mum can and can’t eat these days and it just seems diabolical the foods she must avoid. Surely the advisers are going over the top. For instance, no cabinet foods or deli meats, so no quick lunches during the early part of the pregnancy, no sushi, no this, that, and the other. My daughter-in-law, who is expecting our first grandchild, is always wary when eating with us in case it’s something on the list she has to avoid, and the list is long. She says she is getting …
http://www.hawkesbaytoday.co.nz/news/more-to-babys-health-than-what-you-eat/1219591/
Good read expecting mothers !
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Half Life—The Lethal Legacy of America’s Nuclear Waste
…A long-deferred cleanup is now under way at 114 of the nation’s nuclear facilities, which encompass an acreage equivalent to Rhode Island and Delaware combined. Many smaller sites, the easy ones, have been cleansed, but the big challenges remain. What’s to be done with 52,000 tons (47,174 metric tons) of dangerously radioactive spent fuel from commercial and defense nuclear reactors? With 91 million gallons (344.5 million liters) of high-level waste left over from plutonium processing, scores of tons of plutonium, more than half a million tons (453,592 metric tons) of depleted uranium, millions of cubic feet of contaminated tools, metal scraps, clothing, oils, solvents, and other waste? And with some 265 million tons (240 million metric tons) of tailings from milling uranium ore—less than half stabilized—littering landscapes? …
http://science.nationalgeographic.com/science/earth/inside-the-earth/nuclear-waste/
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Pilgrim Nuclear plant
On Monday, December 26, 2011, at 1250 hours, with the reactor at 100% core thermal power, the station entered a 24-hour action statement to initiate a controlled shutdown and be less than 104 psig reactor pressure due to suspected leakage across the first stage of safety relief valve (SRV) RV-203-3D and subsequent declaration of the SRV inoperable due to criteria specified in Pilgrim plant procedure 2.2.23.
“As background; the Pressure Relief System includes four (4) SRVs and two (2) spring safety valves (SSVs). The SRVs discharge through their individual discharge piping, terminating below the minimum suppression pool (torus) water level. The four SRVs and the two SSVs are installed on the Main Steam piping in containment between the reactor pressure vessel and the flow restrictors.
“While at full power, indication of a steam leak across the first stage pilot of RV-203-3D was determined in accordance with criteria specified in procedure 2.2.23. Specifically, the SRV is inoperable if the pilot stage thermocouple temperature is 35 degrees F below its baseline temperature (with a lower decrease at the 2nd stage thermocouple) and cannot he explained by a corresponding downpower. The safety relief valve was subsequently declared inoperable and the Limiting Condition for Operation (LCO) for Technical Specification (TS) 3.6.D was entered. Due to the valve being declared inoperable, the station is required to be shutdown and reactor coolant pressure below 104 prig within 24 hours per T.S. 3.6.D.2.
“Currently, preparations are being completed to conduct the reactor shutdown and to initiate safety relief valve repairs.
“This event had no impact on the health and/or safety of the public …”
http://enformable.com/2011/12/pilgrim-nuclear-power-plant-srv-inoperable-due-to-suspected-leakage-in-first-stage/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pilgrim-nuclear-power-plant-srv-inoperable-due-to-suspected-leakage-in-first-stage
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http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/?pageid=event_summary&edis_id=NC-20111227-33556-USA
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Not everyone is having a Merry Christmas WARNING very graphic disturbing pictures
Uploaded by EndNuclearAgenda21 on Dec 25, 2011
http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=4ZX6f8O9IFo&feature=endscreen
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Who crucified Christ and continues to do so?
http://www.wga.hu/support/viewer/z.html
Commercial Christmas has nothing to do with Christianity. Equating criminals with Christianity is the epitome of prejudice and hatred.
Luke 23:32
[ Jesus is crucified with two criminals ] Two criminals were also led out with him for execution, and when they came to the place called The Skull, they crucified him with the criminals, one on either side of him. But Jesus himself was saying, “Father, forgive them; they do not know what they are doing.” Then they shared out his clothes by casting lots.
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http://www.lostseed.com/extras/free-graphics/images/jesus-pictures/passion-of-the-christ.php
http://web.me.com/danielbonnell/Site_2/Painting_15.html
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Nuclear event..Pilgrim Npp
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=NC-20111227-33556-USA
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You may want to think twice about vacationing in Florida !
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Scientists test sick Alaska seals for radiation
Experts not sure if woes, from hair loss to bloody lesions, tied to Fukushima nuclear plant
By Bill Rigby
SEATTLE — Scientists in Alaska are investigating whether local seals are being sickened by radiation from Japan’s crippled Fukushima nuclear plant.
Scores of ring seals have washed up on Alaska’s Arctic coastline since July, suffering or killed by a mysterious disease marked by bleeding lesions on the hind flippers, irritated skin around the nose and eyes and patchy hair loss on the animals’ fur coats.
Biologists at first thought the seals were suffering from a virus, but they have so far been unable to identify one, and tests are now underway to find out if radiation is a factor.
“We recently received samples of seal tissue from diseased animals captured near St. Lawrence Island with a request to examine the material for radioactivity,” said John Kelley, Professor Emeritus at the Institute of Marine Science at the University of Alaska Fairbanks.
“There is concern expressed by some members of the local communities that there may be some relationship to the Fukushima nuclear reactor’s damage,” he said.
The results of the tests would not be available for “several weeks,” Kelley said….
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45800485/ns/technology_and_science-science/
http://msnbcmedia4.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/111013-alaskaseals-608p.grid-6×2.jpg
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This guy has the credentials…
Affiliations
Chairman, North Slope Borough Science Advisory
Vice President, U.S. Corp. Arctic Institute of North America
Specialties
sea ice
air-sea-gas transfer
marine acoustics
atmospheric chemistry, radioactivity, and contaminants
http://www.sfos.uaf.edu/directory/faculty/kelley/
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So sad.. yesterday I read this
http://newsminer.com/bookmark/16895861-Officials-No-Alaska-radiation-from-Fukushima
ridiculous as we read early on “… keeping information about possible high Iodine-131 doses in Midway and Alaska out of the document collections subject to FOIA and away from everybody outside the NRC itself became a regular Big Deal…”
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/10/18/1027725/-Fukushima-Docs-5:-A-Marathon,-Not-a-Sprint
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2011, The Year of the Rabbit…
http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/animals/photos/the-top-11-animal-stories-of-2011/year-of-the-rabbit
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also..close 2nd.. 2011-Year of the Sheeple.
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BREAKING!
Just announced on Corbet report on RBN.com:
SEEKING LINKS FOR STORY NOW.
Reactor number two just blew a hole through the side of the reactor.
RED ALERT!! START THE COUNT DOWN TO IMPACT ON NORTH AMERICA IF THIS IS TRUE!!
ALL HANDS ON DECK!!!
COUNTERS BE ALERT. YOU HAVE THREE TO FOUR DAYS UNTIL YOU ARE HIT IN THE WEST COAST.
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STILL CHECKING FOR THE LINK OR STORY…NOT SURE YET.
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“Good Luck to You” us…all.
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I’m searching but cannot find anything yet…
Probably will be hidden if true as long as possible…
Can you provide link for Corbett report where you heard please…
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmiq5CtF3N0
Blow it up to full screen. I use the ctrl key and the scroll on my mouse to zoom in on the hole in the corner of #2 on the south end.
The large black hole appeared a week or two ago. The smaller hole toward the middle of the south wall, appeared first as a photoshopped tree on the wall an 80 foot tall tree – where one didn’t exist before.
The two holes appear to be merging now, and the flames that appear visible through the holes look exactly like the burning I was describing on #3 last week – BTW go back and look at #3 – they parked a crane in front of it, but the the flames are there still too.
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James are you sure it is breaking news, or are they finally unable to hide it any longer?
I think the hole was blown last week.
At one point I thought I could see fire through it – and speculated that it was possibly the SFP2 collapsing – it’s right in that spot.
Then they put a fake tree – an 80 foot tall fake tree on the cam view and I couldn’t tell what the heck was real or not.
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Here is the link to the radio show that this was just on.
Go to min 33. He says this just after the break.
http://216.240.133.177/archives32/Corbett/2011/12/Corbett_1_122711_230000.mp3
Please help figure this out people, but it might be that you are close to being right James 2 and if so, we need to really be aware of the jet stream and when this happened so we can prepare for the onslaught of more contaminating poisons from this event if it is true.
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It’s already here. #3 was burning a week ago.
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Sorry James, I cannot download the file, so I can’t help you.
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James Tekton
the Corbett report references Enformable as the source
Here is the archive for Dec at Enformable
http://enformable.com/2011/12/
Lucas, of Enformable, is a great source of information.
I vaguely recall reading about the hole in unit 2 earlier (some time back–I cannot recall if it was days or a little longer)
I’m having trouble finding the specific link…
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Corbett 11/2/11
http://www.corbettreport.com/breaking-new-hole-in-fukushima-unit-2/
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As other comments have already pointed out, this breaking news was reported Nov. 1:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9Vw1tEx9Tw
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http://www.naturalnews.com/034492_Dow_AgroScience_deregulation_2-4-D.html
“Dow AgroScience, LLC, is petitioning the U.S. government to deregulate a genetically engineered variety of corn that is resistant to 2,4-D, an extremely toxic pesticide that was 50% of the recipe to making Agent Orange (used in the Vietnam War as a weapon of mass destruction).
Learn more: http://www.naturalnews.com/034492_Dow_AgroScience_deregulation_2-4-D.html#ixzz1hnzKz54h
http://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2011/12/27/2011-33009/dow-agroscience-llc-availability-of-petition-plant-pest-risk-assessment-and-environmental-assessment
We are advising the public that the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has received a petition from Dow AgroScience LLC seeking a determination of nonregulated status of corn designated as DAS-40278-9, which has been genetically engineered for increased resistance to broadleaf herbicides in the phenoxy auxin group (such as the herbicide 2,4-D) and resistance to grass herbicides in the aryloxyphenoxypropionate acetyl coenzyme A carboxylase inhibitor group (such as quizalofop herbicides).”
“This article has a comment period that ends in 62 days (02/27/2012)”
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Don’t forget to listen to Michael Collins and Yoichi Shimatsu’s podcasts every week.
Always full of interesting information.
http://www.rense.com (scroll down for the podcasts)
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On Michael Collins 12/26 podcast:
He measured radiation from an airline flight and on face masks worn during the flight.
Interesting what he found.
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