“Russia stands ready to help create a comprehensive nuclear power industry in South Africa,” Putin said on Thursday after a meeting with South African President Jacob Zuma in the Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi."
NUCLEAR MATTERS: Plymouth zoning and Entergy’s nuclear waste storage
May 17 2013
"On the shores of Cape Cod Bay in Plymouth, where the Pilgrims landed almost 400 years ago, Entergy Corporation is building a long-term, $160 million storage facility for the highly radioactive waste from Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station."
Since the nuclear companies DONT HAVE TO COVER any major accidents why should they worry? On going CHEAP fixes, finding old parts for reactors on EBAY -they are acting like its just a little genset running 24X7. No worry about making the systems SAFE, why? The insurance coverage required by the US government is only 300 Million, the US government will cover the rest. REALLY? Like BP damage was covered? Great warm feeling this gives me..
Hi Heart
Another unsung hero , thank you . Imo if it means anything , i think police should have your bosses at gunpoint arrested for possible attempt to genocide for greed , instead of you fired so he don't lose a bonus or something..while willfully participating in extinction …
And we will have to write until there is a wave of fear turning in to open eyes courage around the globe so they finally dare to follow each-other's example fast enough so they can not wipe a cascade under the carpet.
SOS KILL NUKES !
Excerpts: "we can expect a nuclear meltdown to occur every six years on average"
Page 2: "During the meltdown, the nuclear fuel in Chernobyl’s core turned into slag hot enough to burn through four feet of concrete and steel. The slag flowed like lava down steam pipes into the floors below, where it solidified into glassy black blobs straight out of a science-fiction movie. Scientists categorize these blobs as “fuel-containing materials,” or FCMs. About 200 tons of extremely radioactive FCMs are buried in the rubble of Unit 4, and they are the source of plutonium-laced “fuel dust.”"
"Many basement rooms are knee-deep in water that, as it evaporates, causes FCMs to oxidize and shed tiny particles of fuel dust into the air. Scientists estimate that the Shelter contains 33 tons of the stuff, a daily hazard and a disaster in the making."
Page 4: "Nuclear and radiological waste cannot be “cleaned up.” It cannot be eradicated. It can only be sealed in drums or concrete coffins and moved from one place to another, or buried in pits and surrounded by razor wire. In fact, no one yet has a plan for what to do with the FCMs."
SP: Most followup comments from pro-nukers debunking the article with old lies of "benefits of radiation, coal is worse, etc…" One adjective for them:…
It would be remiss not to discuss Russia's building of nuclear power plants.
First..a cautionary word.
There used to be a saying.."I wouldn't wish that upon one's enemy".
(Not that is holds true in any manner in modern times)
The Russian are making a grave mistake..
The lessons of Fukushima are yet to be learned.
Old lessons to be learned..
Russian nuclear station designs ‘most successful worldwide’
May 17 2013
Fears of child thyroid cancer after Fukushima nuclear disaster (Video)
30/11/2012
“Alerted by the precedent set after Chernobyl, Japanese doctors have set about testing all children who might have been exposed to radiation after last year's nuclear disaster at Fukushima. They're looking for signs of thyroid cancer, and out of the 100,000 children tested so far, 40% have shown some sign of abnormality. With parents struggling to get advice from the authorities, the Fukushima Medical University has had to organise meetings where information can be given out.” http://www.france24.com/en/20121129-fears-of-rise-in-child-thyroid-cancer-after-Fukushima
“In December 2011, 9 months after Fukushima, there is also a significant deficit in the number of live births in Japan. A similar decline in birth numbers was found in February 1987 in southern Bavaria, the German region most affected by Chernobyl fallout. In Japan as well as Bavaria, the effect is limited to a single month.” http://www.strahlentelex.de/Infant_mortality_in_Japan_after_Fukushima.pdf
“The most important consideration is the generally accepted value judgment that early embryonic losses are of little personal or social concern.” Dr R. Mole, 1979, a member of ICRP – The international committee which makes the dose limits WORLDWIDE ignores LIFE
That's a great National Geographic article you posted regarding the millions of fewer girls born due to nuclear radiation.
These quotes in the article stuck out:
>> "We do not know how much radioactivity was emitted through Fukushima and how it will spread throughout the world," Dr. Scherb said.
>> "Maybe it's confined to just Japan … but if it gets in the water and the air, it's possible that we could see a similar effect, especially on the West Coast of America."
>> "The findings challenge the conventional belief that exposure to nuclear radiation has no, or negligible, genetic effects in humans…"
At the Fukushima Symposium, Dr. Yablokov talked about there being at least one MILLION less girls born in areas around Chernobyl after Chernobyl's nuclear meltdown.
"Town of Leverett, MA Votes to Abolish NRC and Extend VT Yankee Evacuation Zone"
"On Saturday, April 27, 2013 the Town of Leverett, Massachusetts voted in their annual spring Town Meeting to abolish the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and to demand that Entergy expand the emergency evacuation zone from 10 to 50 miles from the troubled Vermont Yankee nuclear plant."
Thanks Mack, that is great news. As it says in the comments below the article, every town within 50 miles of a reactor should do this. Of course not all of the complaints would apply but many of them would. And the broader recognition of the NRC's history of failing to protect people from the hazards stemming from the negligence and corruption of the nuclear industry is universal. Hell, people in Europe could make a case against the NRC. I guess I need to look into state and local response plans for our reactors.
Notifying people in a timely manor might cause people to think.
If people 'think', then it might shed a negative light on the Nuclear Industry. Negativity regarding Radioactivity must be avoided at all cost. I'm pretty sure that's one of the main rules in the Nuclear playbook.
Informing people 'after the fact' always carries a lesser impact. So it's happened, what are you going to do? …and if you're already dead, then it really doesn't matter.
OSHA Rules For Whistleblower At Kansas Nuclear Plant
An engineer fired for reporting unsafe conditions created by a contractor at a Kansas nuclear power plant says he was just being responsible.
The man's attorneys announced earlier Friday that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration has ordered Enercon Services, of Kennesaw, Ga., to reinstate him at the Wolf Creek plant with back pay. OSHA also ordered the engineering firm to pay $50,650 in damages plus attorneys' fees and costs.
JAEA president resigns over insufficient safety at Monju reactor
The president of the Japan Atomic Energy Agency that operates the Monju prototype fast-breeder reactor in Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture, resigned on May 17 apparently to take responsibility for its insufficient safety management system.
EXCELLENT LONG IN-DEPTH HISTORY OF FUKUSHIMA SO FAR!
Counterpunch, "Weekend Edition March 15-17, 2013
Don't Be So Sure
Fukushima isn’t Chernobyl?
by SARAH D. PHILLIPS
The March 11, 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami caused the deaths of approximately 16,000 persons, left more than 6,000 injured and 2,713 missing, destroyed or partially damaged nearly one million buildings, and produced at least $14.5 billion in damages. The earthquake also caused a triple meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant on Japan’s eastern coast. After reading the first news reports about what the Japanese call “3.11,” I immediately drew associations between the accident in Fukushima and the Chernobyl nuclear disaster of 1986 in what was then the Soviet Union. This was only natural, since studying the cultural fallout of Chernobyl has been part of my life’s work as an anthropologist for the past 17 years….." http://www.counterpunch.org/2013/03/15/fukushima-isnt-chernobyl/
From this article:
In Yamagata City, the Nakamura girls continue to have health problems such as sore throat, canker sores, swollen lymph nodes, and dark circles under their eyes, which their mother believes to be related to the nuclear accident.
Be aware of similar symptoms no matter where you live.
Lindsey Graham:
“It’s good for the country; it’s good for the world,” Sen. Graham said, adding that the plutonium at SRS is sufficient for 17,000 warheads."
Obama says he is going to reduce the amounts of warheads..(maybe true..maybe not..like Gitmo).
What they don't say..is the reason the military..in charge of the system are unhappy..because they are being phased out for 'more' appropriate- 'Space Wars' type weapons.
Paranoia and lack of diplomacy, has put the anti-nuclear proliferation efforts..back decades.
Not sure if this is new news or not about proposed restarting of some of Japan's NPPs, but here's one view of the dim financial prospects for the country's impaired energy structure, but caution, it's from a very conservative source (not the Heritage Foundation):
Letters show rift over San Onofre nuclear repairs
May 19 2013
Letters show inability of Southern California Edison and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries to agree on a long-range repair plan for the facility, off-line since January 2012.
Read it and weep West Coast US residents. It may take years for significant levels of radiation to bio-accumulate but the radioactive releases have been ongoing for 2+ years. Some of it is being deposited by the air but much more is being transported by the ocean. The radioactive doses coming across the ocean are only now starting to arrive. As the surf deposits mist and debris on the beaches the levels of exposure will increase. By the time our government will admit the extent it will be too late. Your children's DNA will be forever changed. More cancers, more miscarriages, more strain on failing health care systems and social safety nets, more strain on the effected states budgets as worker productivity falls, companies relocate to non knuckle drager regions.
Gulf states are likely next to suffer noticeable effects as runoff from the plains states begins to bio-accumulate in waterways and the gulf. The impact of COREXIT on the Gulf will be magnified by the immune system weakening effect of the deposited radiation. Physical deformities will be the norm. No, you will probably not wake up tomorrow or next week and notice. It has been 25 years now since Chernobyl and still it is hard to prove the connection but undeniably linked to radiation exposure and genetic damage over generations.
The sad thing is that the nucleorats keep playing global Russian roulette with unsafe, aging nuclear plants and the lesser super powers are rushing to build scores more to bring their billions into the troubled Brave New World.
The problem is the gamblers' guns are always fully loaded and don't have any blank cylinders.
There will be another Fukushima and then another and another. Naked apes in charge have no social conscience about the health of the planet or the survival of humanity. It's just a mad rush to pile up the biggest stack of toys and material goodies with no thought for tomorrow. But they will cry much more than us when they face the Day after Tomorrow.
"Chubu Electric Power Co.’s Hamaoka Nuclear Power Station in Japan is located at water level next to a beach. It is also widely reported to be one of the world’s most dangerous nuclear plants as it sits close to a major fault line – not unlike the one that caused the Fukushima nuclear disaster."
they are still sticking to their story that they havent reached a decision yet over there at songs, sce. My ass! Close that m-fer down and before you do anything else,
FIGURE OUT HOW TO DISPOSE OF THE THOUSANDS OF TONS OF HIGHLY RADIOACTIVE WASTE YOU ARE STORING IN SPFs and in the ABANDONED REACTOR#1.
So..they crank them up..so..
Do you think that the anti-nuclear activists are going to be blinded by such efforts..take our marbles and go home?..Be consumed with the tit for tat of the anti-nuclear movement?
Well…it won't happen.
Why?..because of the children of Fukushima..who still are in open confinement.. in lethal conditions…in Fukushima..and perhaps..(no real perhaps)..all over the world.
A little worshipping of money..and a few sweaty hands shakes..means very little.
We the undersigned are deeply concerned about the radiation danger from the ongoing disaster at the Japanese nuclear complex at Fukushima-Daiichi. We are asking you to conduct a thorough investigation of the continuing damage to West Coast states, and the potential danger of another catastrophe.
This would include a detailed inspection of the facility by a team of experts who are independent of the nuclear industry, as well as ongoing monitoring of West Coast and Hawaii water, air and food for radiation. We are especially concerned about making sure the site is safe in case of another huge earthquake, which is not unlikely.
Another big concern is pollution of the Pacific Ocean from ongoing discharge of radioactive water from the plant. Already, radioactive fish are migrating to the West Coast. Mammals at the top of the oceanic food chain are exhibiting strange symptoms, such as the epidemic of sea lion strandings in California."
I think Markey may just want to have Congress back up the Executuve Orders…allegedly regarding cyber security, which IMO is NOT the major worry for the grid going down ..more likely to be caused by a Carrington-tyoe event or EMP…unless of course WE do it, like Stuxnet. Nuclear and other vulnerable infrastructure is NOT connected to the Internet, which by implication…is part of this emphasis… Soooo, by inference, this initiative affects internet freedoms. Yes? From your link…On February 12, 2013, President Obama signed an executive order identifying sectors that will be considered critical infrastructure, requiring improvements in government-to-private sector information sharing, requiring the creation of a voluntary Cyber-security Framework for critical infrastructure entities, and directing agencies to reevaluate and improve their regulations based on the Cyber-security Framework. However, the Executive Order can not provide agencies with additional statutory authority with which to address cyber risks. That can only be accomplished through an act of Congress.
Well, then! An act of Congress can certainly shut us up.
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When I hit the lotto I have to get s couple of these:
http://www.bncscientific.com/images/stories/products/Nuclear_Rad/Baltic/Handy/HPGe_Datasheet.pdf
I'm guessing 200 grand for a price quote.
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Go Higgins!!!!
Hitler Finds Out The Radioactive Fukushima Truth!
Thursday, May 16, 2013 6:57
http://beforeitsnews.com/conspiracy-theories/2013/05/hitler-finds-out-the-radioactive-fukushima-truth-2451168.html
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SENATE ENERGY COMMITTEE "DISCUSSION DRAFT" RADWASTE BILL IS UNACCEPTABLE
COMMENT TO COMMITTEE BY FRIDAY, MAY 24
http://org2.salsalabs.com/o/5502/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=14113
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Tell the EPA: Strengthen radiation protection standards; drop current PAGs
http://org2.salsalabs.com/o/5502/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=14094
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“Russia stands ready to help create a comprehensive nuclear power industry in South Africa,” Putin said on Thursday after a meeting with South African President Jacob Zuma in the Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi."
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2013/05/17/303972/russia-helps-s-africa-in-nuclear-tech/
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'Unplanned shutdowns' at Turkey Point nuclear plant lead to more oversight
May 17 2013
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/business/fl-fpl-turkey-point-oversight-20130517,0,4825698.story
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NUCLEAR MATTERS: Plymouth zoning and Entergy’s nuclear waste storage
May 17 2013
"On the shores of Cape Cod Bay in Plymouth, where the Pilgrims landed almost 400 years ago, Entergy Corporation is building a long-term, $160 million storage facility for the highly radioactive waste from Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station."
http://www.wickedlocal.com/kingston/topstories/x1409968598/NUCLEAR-MATTERS-Plymouth-zoning-and-Entergy-s-nuclear-waste-storage#ixzz2TY4yCEZB
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The nuke industry is banking on Moniz…
Nuclear Energy Industry Congratulates Moniz on Confirmation as Secretary of Energy
http://finance.boston.com/boston/news/read?GUID=24211064
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Nuclear plant having in-depth inspection
Unusual inspection ordered at Browns Ferry after safety violations
May 17 2013
http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/article/20130517/NEWS/130519822/1291/WVUA
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Since the nuclear companies DONT HAVE TO COVER any major accidents why should they worry? On going CHEAP fixes, finding old parts for reactors on EBAY -they are acting like its just a little genset running 24X7. No worry about making the systems SAFE, why? The insurance coverage required by the US government is only 300 Million, the US government will cover the rest. REALLY? Like BP damage was covered? Great warm feeling this gives me..
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OSHA rules for whistleblower at Kan. nuclear plant
May 17 2013
http://www.walb.com/story/22284052/osha-rules-for-whistleblower-at-kan-nuclear-plant
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Hi Heart
Another unsung hero , thank you . Imo if it means anything , i think police should have your bosses at gunpoint arrested for possible attempt to genocide for greed , instead of you fired so he don't lose a bonus or something..while willfully participating in extinction …
And we will have to write until there is a wave of fear turning in to open eyes courage around the globe so they finally dare to follow each-other's example fast enough so they can not wipe a cascade under the carpet.
SOS KILL NUKES !
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Hi..DID.. He's a brave man..excellent.
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An excellent article from Steve Featherstone last year about Chernobyl with information of interest to Fukushima researchers:
http://m.popsci.com/science/article/2012-06/chernobyl-now
Excerpts: "we can expect a nuclear meltdown to occur every six years on average"
Page 2: "During the meltdown, the nuclear fuel in Chernobyl’s core turned into slag hot enough to burn through four feet of concrete and steel. The slag flowed like lava down steam pipes into the floors below, where it solidified into glassy black blobs straight out of a science-fiction movie. Scientists categorize these blobs as “fuel-containing materials,” or FCMs. About 200 tons of extremely radioactive FCMs are buried in the rubble of Unit 4, and they are the source of plutonium-laced “fuel dust.”"
"Many basement rooms are knee-deep in water that, as it evaporates, causes FCMs to oxidize and shed tiny particles of fuel dust into the air. Scientists estimate that the Shelter contains 33 tons of the stuff, a daily hazard and a disaster in the making."
Page 4: "Nuclear and radiological waste cannot be “cleaned up.” It cannot be eradicated. It can only be sealed in drums or concrete coffins and moved from one place to another, or buried in pits and surrounded by razor wire. In fact, no one yet has a plan for what to do with the FCMs."
SP: Most followup comments from pro-nukers debunking the article with old lies of "benefits of radiation, coal is worse, etc…" One adjective for them:…
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…Delusional.
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It would be remiss not to discuss Russia's building of nuclear power plants.
First..a cautionary word.
There used to be a saying.."I wouldn't wish that upon one's enemy".
(Not that is holds true in any manner in modern times)
The Russian are making a grave mistake..
The lessons of Fukushima are yet to be learned.
Old lessons to be learned..
Russian nuclear station designs ‘most successful worldwide’
May 17 2013
http://news.belta.by/en/news/econom?id=715383
Note: Belarus..is named among the countries involved.
Radiation maps from Belarus (Chernobyl)
http://tekknorg.wordpress.com/2008/07/10/radiation-maps-from-belarus-chernobyl/
A land and people conpletely disposable in the eyes of their government.
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6.1 about 30 miles from Fukushima, quake in the ocean. That will be felt there, more releases and rising temperature I bet.
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/usb000gy67
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Fears of child thyroid cancer after Fukushima nuclear disaster (Video)
30/11/2012
“Alerted by the precedent set after Chernobyl, Japanese doctors have set about testing all children who might have been exposed to radiation after last year's nuclear disaster at Fukushima. They're looking for signs of thyroid cancer, and out of the 100,000 children tested so far, 40% have shown some sign of abnormality. With parents struggling to get advice from the authorities, the Fukushima Medical University has had to organise meetings where information can be given out.”
http://www.france24.com/en/20121129-fears-of-rise-in-child-thyroid-cancer-after-Fukushima
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6.0 Earthquake right beside Fukushima.
Sat May 18, 2013
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/World/2013/05/18/20832101.html
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Most of you know the main part of this article, but it is such a good summary:
More Reactors = Less Children
http://tekknorg.wordpress.com/2013/05/18/more-reactors-less-children/
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More Reactors = Less Children
May 18, 2013 by Mikkai
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Millions Fewer Girls Born: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/06/110602-millions-fewer-girls-nuclear-radiation-births-science/
“In December 2011, 9 months after Fukushima, there is also a significant deficit in the number of live births in Japan. A similar decline in birth numbers was found in February 1987 in southern Bavaria, the German region most affected by Chernobyl fallout. In Japan as well as Bavaria, the effect is limited to a single month.” http://www.strahlentelex.de/Infant_mortality_in_Japan_after_Fukushima.pdf
“The most important consideration is the generally accepted value judgment that early embryonic losses are of little personal or social concern.” Dr R. Mole, 1979, a member of ICRP – The international committee which makes the dose limits WORLDWIDE ignores LIFE
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@pure water
That's a great National Geographic article you posted regarding the millions of fewer girls born due to nuclear radiation.
These quotes in the article stuck out:
>> "We do not know how much radioactivity was emitted through Fukushima and how it will spread throughout the world," Dr. Scherb said.
>> "Maybe it's confined to just Japan … but if it gets in the water and the air, it's possible that we could see a similar effect, especially on the West Coast of America."
>> "The findings challenge the conventional belief that exposure to nuclear radiation has no, or negligible, genetic effects in humans…"
At the Fukushima Symposium, Dr. Yablokov talked about there being at least one MILLION less girls born in areas around Chernobyl after Chernobyl's nuclear meltdown.
http://www.totalwebcasting.com/view/?id=hcf
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this is interesting…
"Town of Leverett, MA Votes to Abolish NRC and Extend VT Yankee Evacuation Zone"
"On Saturday, April 27, 2013 the Town of Leverett, Massachusetts voted in their annual spring Town Meeting to abolish the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and to demand that Entergy expand the emergency evacuation zone from 10 to 50 miles from the troubled Vermont Yankee nuclear plant."
http://enviroshow.wordpress.com/2013/04/28/town-of-leverett-ma-votes-to-abolish-nrc-and-extend-vt-yankee-evacuation-zone/
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Thanks Mack, that is great news. As it says in the comments below the article, every town within 50 miles of a reactor should do this. Of course not all of the complaints would apply but many of them would. And the broader recognition of the NRC's history of failing to protect people from the hazards stemming from the negligence and corruption of the nuclear industry is universal. Hell, people in Europe could make a case against the NRC. I guess I need to look into state and local response plans for our reactors.
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I live in the "red zone" of this map, of an event that apparently happened that I was never notified of http://www.nuclearpowerdanger.com/plume-maps/riverbend-radiation-plume-map.php
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Notifying people in a timely manor might cause people to think.
If people 'think', then it might shed a negative light on the Nuclear Industry. Negativity regarding Radioactivity must be avoided at all cost. I'm pretty sure that's one of the main rules in the Nuclear playbook.
Informing people 'after the fact' always carries a lesser impact. So it's happened, what are you going to do? …and if you're already dead, then it really doesn't matter.
Can you move?
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OSHA Rules For Whistleblower At Kansas Nuclear Plant
An engineer fired for reporting unsafe conditions created by a contractor at a Kansas nuclear power plant says he was just being responsible.
The man's attorneys announced earlier Friday that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration has ordered Enercon Services, of Kennesaw, Ga., to reinstate him at the Wolf Creek plant with back pay. OSHA also ordered the engineering firm to pay $50,650 in damages plus attorneys' fees and costs.
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sorry for repost
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JAEA president resigns over insufficient safety at Monju reactor
The president of the Japan Atomic Energy Agency that operates the Monju prototype fast-breeder reactor in Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture, resigned on May 17 apparently to take responsibility for its insufficient safety management system.
http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/social_affairs/AJ201305170072
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EXCELLENT LONG IN-DEPTH HISTORY OF FUKUSHIMA SO FAR!
Counterpunch, "Weekend Edition March 15-17, 2013
Don't Be So Sure
Fukushima isn’t Chernobyl?
by SARAH D. PHILLIPS
The March 11, 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami caused the deaths of approximately 16,000 persons, left more than 6,000 injured and 2,713 missing, destroyed or partially damaged nearly one million buildings, and produced at least $14.5 billion in damages. The earthquake also caused a triple meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant on Japan’s eastern coast. After reading the first news reports about what the Japanese call “3.11,” I immediately drew associations between the accident in Fukushima and the Chernobyl nuclear disaster of 1986 in what was then the Soviet Union. This was only natural, since studying the cultural fallout of Chernobyl has been part of my life’s work as an anthropologist for the past 17 years….." http://www.counterpunch.org/2013/03/15/fukushima-isnt-chernobyl/
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From this article:
In Yamagata City, the Nakamura girls continue to have health problems such as sore throat, canker sores, swollen lymph nodes, and dark circles under their eyes, which their mother believes to be related to the nuclear accident.
Be aware of similar symptoms no matter where you live.
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EDITORIAL: Kansai Electric Power should end resistance to tougher nuclear safety standards
May 18 2013
http://ajw.asahi.com/article/views/editorial/AJ201305180030
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Sens. Blast DOE Budget Over Nuclear Project Concerns
May 15 2013
http://www.law360.com/articles/441793/sens-blast-doe-budget-over-nuclear-project-concerns
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Build MOX plant — and restart Yucca
Lindsey Graham:
“It’s good for the country; it’s good for the world,” Sen. Graham said, adding that the plutonium at SRS is sufficient for 17,000 warheads."
http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20130519/PC1002/130519185/1021/build-mox-plant-x2014-and-restart-yucca
Obama says he is going to reduce the amounts of warheads..(maybe true..maybe not..like Gitmo).
What they don't say..is the reason the military..in charge of the system are unhappy..because they are being phased out for 'more' appropriate- 'Space Wars' type weapons.
Paranoia and lack of diplomacy, has put the anti-nuclear proliferation efforts..back decades.
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Concerted propaganda campaign to hide the severity of Fukushima radioactivity
May 18 2013
http://nuclear-news.net/2013/05/18/concerted-propaganda-campaign-to-hide-the-severity-of-fukushima-radioactivity/
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Not sure if this is new news or not about proposed restarting of some of Japan's NPPs, but here's one view of the dim financial prospects for the country's impaired energy structure, but caution, it's from a very conservative source (not the Heritage Foundation):
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-05-19/crushed-soaring-energy-costs-japan-prepares-reactivate-its-nuclear-power-plants
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Letters show rift over San Onofre nuclear repairs
May 19 2013
Letters show inability of Southern California Edison and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries to agree on a long-range repair plan for the facility, off-line since January 2012.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-san-onofre-20130520,0,2851283.story?track=rss
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International nuclear inspector supports pumping groundwater to sea at Fukushima plant
May 20 2013
http://japandailypress.com/international-nuclear-inspector-supports-pumping-groundwater-to-sea-at-fukushima-plant-2029136
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Generations have health affected by nuclear reactor accident radiation exposure (Video)
May 19 2013
http://www.examiner.com/article/generations-have-health-affected-by-nuclear-reactor-accident-radiation-exposure
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Read it and weep West Coast US residents. It may take years for significant levels of radiation to bio-accumulate but the radioactive releases have been ongoing for 2+ years. Some of it is being deposited by the air but much more is being transported by the ocean. The radioactive doses coming across the ocean are only now starting to arrive. As the surf deposits mist and debris on the beaches the levels of exposure will increase. By the time our government will admit the extent it will be too late. Your children's DNA will be forever changed. More cancers, more miscarriages, more strain on failing health care systems and social safety nets, more strain on the effected states budgets as worker productivity falls, companies relocate to non knuckle drager regions.
Gulf states are likely next to suffer noticeable effects as runoff from the plains states begins to bio-accumulate in waterways and the gulf. The impact of COREXIT on the Gulf will be magnified by the immune system weakening effect of the deposited radiation. Physical deformities will be the norm. No, you will probably not wake up tomorrow or next week and notice. It has been 25 years now since Chernobyl and still it is hard to prove the connection but undeniably linked to radiation exposure and genetic damage over generations.
Enjoy our new reality.
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The sad thing is that the nucleorats keep playing global Russian roulette with unsafe, aging nuclear plants and the lesser super powers are rushing to build scores more to bring their billions into the troubled Brave New World.
The problem is the gamblers' guns are always fully loaded and don't have any blank cylinders.
There will be another Fukushima and then another and another. Naked apes in charge have no social conscience about the health of the planet or the survival of humanity. It's just a mad rush to pile up the biggest stack of toys and material goodies with no thought for tomorrow. But they will cry much more than us when they face the Day after Tomorrow.
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Please sign the petition from Change.org: http://www.change.org/petitions/west-coast-senators-investigate-the-ongoing-danger-from-the-fukushima-nuclear-reactors?utm_source=supporter_message&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=petition_message_notice
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Any thoughts about xenon in clouds in the tornadoes in Oklahoma and in Joplin?
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Hundreds outside Fukushima affected by Japanese nuclear disaster seek compensation
May 21 2013
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/05/21/hundreds-outside-fukushima-affected-by-japanese-nuclear-disaster-seek/#ixzz2TwuCGr1T
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Seaside nuclear power
May 21 2013
"Chubu Electric Power Co.’s Hamaoka Nuclear Power Station in Japan is located at water level next to a beach. It is also widely reported to be one of the world’s most dangerous nuclear plants as it sits close to a major fault line – not unlike the one that caused the Fukushima nuclear disaster."
http://blogs.reuters.com/photographers-blog/2013/05/21/seaside-nuclear-power/
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City approves $107M in taxpayer assistance for Harbor Point, Exelon HQ
May 13 2013
http://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore/blog/morning-edition/2013/05/city-approves-107m-in-taxpayer.html
Dumb..dumb move by Baltimore..
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Federal agency indefinitely delays decision on restart of troubled nuclear plant in California
May 20 2013..
http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/federal-agency-indefinitely-delays-decision-on-restart-of-troubled-nuclear-plant-in-california/2013/05/20/d1e4137e-c171-11e2-9aa6-fc21ae807a8a_story.html
The government loves that word indefinite..
As if.. they have ever contemplated the transitory in light of the eternity of the end.
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they are still sticking to their story that they havent reached a decision yet over there at songs, sce. My ass! Close that m-fer down and before you do anything else,
FIGURE OUT HOW TO DISPOSE OF THE THOUSANDS OF TONS OF HIGHLY RADIOACTIVE WASTE YOU ARE STORING IN SPFs and in the ABANDONED REACTOR#1.
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Tepco stock..up 400%..on speculation.
CHART OF THE DAY: Thanks To Abenomics, Japan's Most Controversial Company Is Up 400% This Year
May 21 2013
http://www.businessinsider.com/abenomics-sends-tepco-shares-surging-2013-5#ixzz2TwxtvuU4
Those investing..draw another card..everyday we get closer to read'em and weep time.
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Japan Prepares To Reactivate Its Nuclear Power Plants
May 20 2013
http://www.stockhouse.com/bullboards/messagedetail.aspx?s=DML&t=LIST&m=32588584&l=0&pd=0&r=0#GRE4vLmVUDfeXP7S.99
So..they crank them up..so..
Do you think that the anti-nuclear activists are going to be blinded by such efforts..take our marbles and go home?..Be consumed with the tit for tat of the anti-nuclear movement?
Well…it won't happen.
Why?..because of the children of Fukushima..who still are in open confinement.. in lethal conditions…in Fukushima..and perhaps..(no real perhaps)..all over the world.
A little worshipping of money..and a few sweaty hands shakes..means very little.
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Oh..here ..see this..the new and improved NRC..
May 20 2013
Nuclear commission silent on public hearings issue
http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2013/may/20/more-delays-San-Onofre/
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West Coast Senators: : Investigate the ongoing danger from the Fukushima nuclear reactors
http://www.change.org/petitions/west-coast-senators-investigate-the-ongoing-danger-from-the-fukushima-nuclear-reactors?utm_source=supporter_message&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=petition_message_notice
"Dear West Coast Senators:
We the undersigned are deeply concerned about the radiation danger from the ongoing disaster at the Japanese nuclear complex at Fukushima-Daiichi. We are asking you to conduct a thorough investigation of the continuing damage to West Coast states, and the potential danger of another catastrophe.
This would include a detailed inspection of the facility by a team of experts who are independent of the nuclear industry, as well as ongoing monitoring of West Coast and Hawaii water, air and food for radiation. We are especially concerned about making sure the site is safe in case of another huge earthquake, which is not unlikely.
Another big concern is pollution of the Pacific Ocean from ongoing discharge of radioactive water from the plant. Already, radioactive fish are migrating to the West Coast. Mammals at the top of the oceanic food chain are exhibiting strange symptoms, such as the epidemic of sea lion strandings in California."
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Markey thinks theres quite a problem with "the grid"
Read on and see some bits about CME's…
http://markey.house.gov/sites/markey.house.gov/files/documents/Markey%20Grid%20Report_05.21.13.pdf
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I think Markey may just want to have Congress back up the Executuve Orders…allegedly regarding cyber security, which IMO is NOT the major worry for the grid going down ..more likely to be caused by a Carrington-tyoe event or EMP…unless of course WE do it, like Stuxnet. Nuclear and other vulnerable infrastructure is NOT connected to the Internet, which by implication…is part of this emphasis… Soooo, by inference, this initiative affects internet freedoms. Yes? From your link…On February 12, 2013, President Obama signed an executive order identifying sectors that will be considered critical infrastructure, requiring improvements in government-to-private sector information sharing, requiring the creation of a voluntary Cyber-security Framework for critical infrastructure entities, and directing agencies to reevaluate and improve their regulations based on the Cyber-security Framework. However, the Executive Order can not provide agencies with additional statutory authority with which to address cyber risks. That can only be accomplished through an act of Congress.
Well, then! An act of Congress can certainly shut us up.
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Well, I'm sure there's a conspiracy in every sentence of that PDF and I think that too much can be read into it.
If I know my fellow americans, that would probably be the "last act of congress", if everyone was banned from their Puters and IPhones…
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