Published: July 16th, 2011 at 1:24 pm ET
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Japan Operator Shutting Down Nuclear Reactor After Malfunction, New York Times, July 16, 2011:
Japan’s second-largest nuclear operator said Saturday that it was manually shutting down a reactor in central Japan after a technical malfunction. [...]
[Yoshihiko Kondo, a spokesman for the plant’s operator, Kansai Electric Power] said that a loss of pressure had been detected late Friday in an accumulator tank needed to cool the reactor core in an emergency, forcing the utility to shut down the reactor. [...]
Published: July 16th, 2011 at 1:24 pm ET
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The pressure is off.
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Now it is on the executives.
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so how long until We come together to shutdown GE? http://realitycheck.no-ip.info/nnn.html
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My proposed boycott car sticker is:
“BE FREE: NO GE”.
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Our 4 year old GE washer-dryer set just melted down: I called the local home-store and asked for replacement prices on everything but GE, and ended up with Ropers with a 5 year guarantee, and no elevated fuel pool.
Wishing others would make the same protest purchase.
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Just bought a Samsung washer dryer set last month myself and I try not to spend a red cent toward the GE empire. GE paid zero dollars in taxes last year on $150 billion income so I guess you could say they OWN the US government and the top politicians. Kinda like the drug cartel in Mexico, just different consumer goods and services. Inveterate liars and vicious thieves abound in the two empires.
Boy are the Koreans (both countries) going to be ticked off at the spillover effect of Fukushima…both physical and financial. While Samsung may find a place as an world-wide alternative to Japanese products or GE products, the average US consumer may get confused and say hey that Maytag (Whirlpool) looks pretty good to me! Still, much better than enriching GE…They bring good things to glow!
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and this
Saturday, July 16, 2011
Hosono vows funds to remove waste
“Hosono was responding to Sato’s demand that all expenses for radioactive waste disposal in connection with the crisis are covered by the central government. Sato complained that the Cabinet of Prime Minister Naoto Kan has no unified view on handling the waste issue and needs to act swiftly.”
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20110716x3.html
oh and fair and balanced!?
Tokyo international students: Did you stay in Tokyo or go after the March 11 disasters?
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/fl20110712vf.html
errr interesting?
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suppose that means a hot spot in the reactor then? any melting?
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suppose that means a hot spot in the shareholders? liquiditity melting?
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@jumpball i think that the financial pressures going up
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ZEROHEDGE WHERE ARE YOU?…………
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Headline screwed up…Japan’s second-largest reactor
needs to be
Japan’s second-largest nuclear operator
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too true!!
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Still smells like STUXNET to me. Too many incidents, too wide spread.
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good start.
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that makes 36 down – only 18 left to go
– maybe they lost their nerve with the approaching superstorm?
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Believe it or not it’s situated on Obama Bay – no kidding!
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Close them all down now!!! Thank goodness some of the local governments in Japan have COURAGE!!! The overthrow of neo-fascist or neo-corporativist (same thing) governments MUST commence.
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Kansai Electric shuts down reactor
A power company in western Japan shut down a reactor on Saturday night at its nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture following trouble in an emergency cooling system.
Kansai Electric said the trouble with a system to inject water into a reactor in the event of an emergency occurred at the Number One reactor in the Ohi plant.
The Fukui prefectural government says it will not approve resumption of the operation of the reactor even after the utility determines the cause of the trouble and comes up with measures to prevent a repetition.
It says the national government’s safety stress test of nuclear power plants should take place before any reactors resume operation.
Of the 54 reactors in Japan, 18 now remain in operation.
Sunday, July 17, 2011 11:02 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/society.html
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this seems right here!
“In Europe there is considerable concern on the funds necessary to finance final decommissioning. In many countries either the funds do not appear sufficient to pay the financial decommissioning, and in other countries the (substantial) funds are being used (too) freely for activities other than decommissioning, putting the funds at risk, and distorting competition with parties who do not have nuclear decommissioning funds available.
Currently (2008) the European Commission is looking into this issue.
Similar concerns exist in the United States, where the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has located apparent decommissioning funding assurance shortfalls and requested 18 nuclear power plants to address that issue.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reactor_decommissioning
everything you wanted to know about the decommissioning process and their friends!
http://www.orau.gov/ddsc/projects/oecd-nea.pdf
and finaly a list of all reactors giving decommission status
http://www.thefullwiki.org/List_of_nuclear_reactors
peace
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This is a public emergency. Money should be no object.
As Christopher Busby stated, the nuclear industry should foot the bill. They have had a subsidized free ride for sixty years. It’s now time to pay the piper.
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Gov. Ishihara says new power plant to be built in Tokyo
TOKYO — Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara said Friday a new power plant will be built in Tokyo, which could help ease the power shortage the Japanese capital now faces in the wake of the Fukushima nuclear crisis.
The Tokyo government “will build a power plant with the electricity generation capacity of at least 1 million kilowatts,” Ishihara told a press conference. But he declined to explain details, saying only “I will announce it in the near future.”…
http://www.japantoday.com/category/national/view/gov-ishihara-says-new-power-plant-to-be-built-in-tokyo
Moderate quake felt in Tokyo, but causes no damage
TOKYO — A moderate earthquake has been felt in Tokyo.
But the minor shaking caused no apparent damage and no tsunami.
The magnitude 5.5 quake hit at 9:01 p.m. Friday. The epicenter was about 70 kilometers (43 miles) north of Tokyo in southern Ibaraki prefecture. It was about 60 kilometers (37 miles) underground.
A magnitude 9.0 earthquake and tsunami on March 11 devastated Japan’s northeast coast. Nearly 23,000 people are dead or missing in the disaster that also crippled a nuclear power plant.
Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Friday’s quake was felt at the Fukushima Dai-ichi power plant but caused no further damage to it.
http://www.japantoday.com/category/national/view/moderate-quake-felt-in-tokyo-but-causes-no-damage
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“On March 17th the Health Labor and Welfare Ministry significantly raised the safety levels of drinking water. The change came days after the explosions at Fukushima Daiichi.
It is very concerning not just that they raised levels but that they did so with no real public notice. The previous level was 10 bq/liter for both cesium and iodine. The new levels are 200 bq/liter for cesium and 300 bq/liter for iodine.”
By contrast here are levels for the WHO, Germany and the US:
WHO=1Bq/liter
Germany=0.5 bq/liter
US=0.111 bq/liter
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Hi Moonkai, Don’t you think its interesting they did that in March at a time when tepco saying problem wasn’t that bad? Like their not bothering to evacuate many people but they are getting ready by just raising limmits. So very sad and criminal what governments do these days. Japan a free and democratic society, like USA, like Canada.
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Yes … it is simply unreal! This is genocide! I am fucking pissed as hell. I have not paid my electricity bill … so I am waiting for someone from TEPCO to come to my office anyday now. When I meet him, I am going to embarass the heck out of him “How do you feel about your comany killing hundreds of innocent children ?” Believe me I so will do that ! And I dont care he is just an employee … I really dont care !
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And so it begins……
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Odakyu department store may have sold 100kg cesium beef at Shinkuku,Machida and Fujisawa branch.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/Fukushima.informations?id=238366446185106
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http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20110717-00000062-jij-soci
sorry this is the right link
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One of the major supermarkets Aeon sold cesium beef at 14 branches in 5 prefectures, Tokyo, Kanagawa, Chiba, Shizuoka, Ishikawa – 4/27～6/20.
http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20110716-00000075-jij-bus_all
Odakyu department store may have sold 100kg cesium beef at ShinJuku, Machida and Fujisawa branch. Bon Appetit! I will continue to track where it has been sold ! Stay tuned.
http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20110717-00000062-jij-soci
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moonkai, are you able to leave where you are? Stay safe.
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it is getting a bit stressful to say the least. One of the store in question is a few blocks from my house … will leave soon …
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…to Barcelona, woohooo! Though we’ll probably never meet, It’s good to know you’ll be safe with your family almost “next door”.
Hurry up, moonkai
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Viva l Espana !!
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moonkai, just an idea: you know we’re all keen on your news! If you have too much info to post here, why don’t you put your docs on a “transfer server” and post the link here – so we can download the info / pics / whatever directly from there?
Just a thought, and maybe less work for you.
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I have friends in Barcelona. I can contact them if it will help you adjust…how good is your Spanish? (the friends are English but speak the language)
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and I shudder to think that things could be *crazier* than they are now.
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@Breadandbutter
It is a good idea indeed. Cause I want to lay it off all over. I will host a simple free web thingy and post everything there … please spread it all over … this is really going be live “from Japan”. I have a Japanese friend that is all over it and will help translate the Japanese. I hooked up also into a few Twitters account from people living in Fukushima and the Northern part of Japan … including nurses, TEPCO workers and residents mostly … they are so fucking scared, it breaks my heart !
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@MilkandCheese
you are very kind. I can definetely get connected with new friends there. I will contact you once I get there …. if I ever get the hell out of here in time !
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moonkai, when you get there, I can provide you with an offsite email and I will contact my friends and explain your situation. Safe travels, and SOON. Really, I’d leave as soon as possible.
And give that TEPCO man hell…
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200 dishes of cesium steak were served in 5/13-30 in a Hotel of Niigata shi.
http://mainichi.jp/area/niigata/news/20110717ddlk15040033000c.html
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I’d take the steak knives and use them.
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Gosh, milk and cheese, I wish we were there….not really, but..you know.
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Moonkai,
Thank you for your posts! We need to hear more voices of people from Japan who are being directly affected. The world needs their voices. Good luck on your website!
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A troll was right, in a way. We are really chasing our tails here. How much horror does it take before people take action? The Japanese are closest to the fire, but we all should be supporting Helen Caldicott and others who are trying to stop the building of new plants. Use less power, turn off the lights (yes, it sounds trivial, but if everyone did it, there would not be a need for the new plants!) But ultimately, no one will really listen.
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I heard in the early post-Fuku days that one of the main reasons for so many nuclear reactors was the huge amount of electricity required by the USA bases.
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Hmmmm….I bet they could get rid of at least 2 reactors if they learned how to switch off the illuminated advertising in Tokyo.
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That’s another thing.
But of course the military IS the U.S. economy now.
They use ridiculous amounts of resources and do nothing but destroy things.
Keep them around, but have them come home and rebuild the infrastructure, employ local people.
It’ll never happen, but it’s an idea.
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Fukushima pork detected cesium.(but it’s lower than the “safety standard”.)Not the original safety standard that was originally set before 3/11.
http://www.mhlw.go.jp/stf/houdou/2r9852000001jbtn-att/2r9852000001jc0k.pdf
There you go … everything is contaminated there . PERIOD. The faster they face that fact, the more people will be saved !
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moonkai, wait. I see something saying 6.6, 10 and 500 bq/kg.
Meaning what? Which were the limits before 3/11?
Now they are 500 bq/kg, right?
Maybe you could clarify what the document says? Thanks!!
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actually it is a little less than the standard limit that was set before 3/11 …the “safety standard” was around 14beq/kg if I recall correctly. My bad, but still! … 1 and 2 are the contamination detected in two separate pigs !
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So….chickens next?
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and EGGS … coming up !!
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They have to stop any type of shipments from the prefecture … and now !!
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Moonkai, Whoopie posted an interview with Chris Busby who stated: “Whatever happens, northern pacific fish and seafood will become contaminated. All individuals within 200 km of the site should be evacuated if the local air dose is greater than 1 microSievert per hour. If they stay and the air dose is higher than 0.5uSv/h, have food and water imported from elsewhere.”
Do YOU happen to know how high the air dose in Fukushima is right now? Or do you know a link where we could find out?
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yeah I just saw that . thx! I know Tokyo is doomed … and wow, we are making history here! Don’t want to become a stat though …
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btw .. I have never seen that one. Have you ? Back on the 27th I think ! Scary!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhw79NyM6hE&feature=related
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Could someone post the conversion for Bq/kg? How does that relate to microsieverts/hour? Also, If I bought a kilo of meat contaminated at 500 Bq/kg how many clicks above background on the G counter would that register in a minute?
I do know that eating/breathing radioactive particles is far more dangerous than contact, so a comparison of just being next to contaminated meat is less of a factor.
It is good to see actual numbers being posted, just difficult to compare various kinds of units. Thanks
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Tsunami reached record 40.4 meters in Miyako
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110717002475.htm
The Yomiuri Shimbun
The Omoeaneyoshi district of Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, was hit by a 40.4 meter tsunami–the largest on record–following the Great East Japan Earthquake, according to a national joint survey.
A group of about 150 researchers from 48 research organizations presented the results at a meeting held in Osaka Prefecture on Saturday.
The data was collected from 5,400 locations from Hokkaido to Okinawa Prefecture.
The researchers surveyed the runup height of tsunami from the traces of waves left on building walls or trees, and compared the data with observation data compiled by the central and local governments.
In a survey conducted in April, it was confirmed Omoeaneyoshi was hit by a tsunami measuring 38.9 meters during the March 11 disaster, beating the 38.2-meter record set in 1896 when the area was hit by the Meiji Sanriku Earthquake. But the latest survey has revealed the March 11 tsunami reached a massive 40.4 meters elsewhere in the district.
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Study shows reactors are safe
At least 37 of the 54 nuclear reactors in this country would be able to withstand tsunami as powerful as the one that hit the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant on March 11, an organization of industrial facility maintenance experts claims to have proved through its research.
The Japan Society of Maintenology recently investigated reactors’ resistance to tsunami, applying assessment criteria almost the same as those that will be used for reactor stress tests being planned by the government.
The research covered 37 reactors–specifically, all the reactors in the nation that are not operated by Tokyo Electric Power Co.
Taking into account emergency safety measures implemented at nuclear power plants after the March 11 disaster, which included raising the respective plants’ maximum expected tsunami height by 9.5 meters, the JSM concluded that should tsunami strike, a serious accident–such as damage to a reactor’s core–would not occur.
The cooling functions of reactors would continue to operate safely, even if they were hit by tsunami as large as the one that struck the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant on March 11, the JSM concluded.
The research was based on a scenario in which external and emergency power sources were disabled due to an earthquake and subsequent tsunami.
(Jul. 18, 2011)
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More “reassurance”?
http://www.mcot.net/cfcustom/cache_page/239108.html
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Moonkai, eat foreign produce if you can get it, and I hope you can get to
Barcelona as soon as possible. Safe travels.
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