Published: April 22nd, 2012 at 9:18 pm ET
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Title: One dead, 22 hurt as glue factory blows
Source: Kyodo
Date: 9:00a JST Monday, April 23, 2012
Mitsui Chemicals plant racked by explosions while shutting down; radiation risks dismissed
[...] There was no confirmation that toxic fumes were produced by the blaze.
The plant, run by Mitsui Chemicals Inc., was attempting to suspend operations because of technical problems when explosions started breaking out around 2:15 a.m., killing 22-year-old employee Shota Sunakawa, police said.
The plant had 3,400 drums of used catalytic agent containing radioactive materials on the premises, but the explosions did not appear to have any effect on radiation levels.
The radioactive agent is harmless to people, Mitsui Chemicals claimed.
The final sentence above had one word changed from Kyodo’s previous report on the explosions:
The radioactive agent is harmless to people, Mitsui Chemicals said.
Published: April 22nd, 2012 at 9:18 pm ET
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It must be a horrible level of radioactive pollutant released if they have to claim that "The radioactive agent is harmless to people." How long do they think they will get away with such lies? And it is all blowing onto the US and beyond. Where is the US government to protect its people? What do they think they were elected to do? Fiddle while Rome burns?
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Pray the people do not believe any more lies from these people !
They should quickly test the areas themselves !
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Japan is poisoning the World. Not even an open acknowledgement or apology. I am certain Japan would object to the same in reverse. I just feel like my life is a bad dream on some levels. They obviously prove they lack the capacity to safely operate in these industries without putting themselves and the rest of us in peril for our lives.
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We will see what appears on the resident owned Geiger counters in the US in a few days to a week.. All of that stuff is going to float over here and give us a good dose of whatever they let loose.
As happened right after FUKU, we expect the EPA to shut off all radiation detectors, or declare a maintenance shutdown, or some glitch will occur that forces them to shut down the whole system.
Thanks for the free gift.. NOT.
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That's a good point, Anthony. Imagine that a disaster like Fukushima was happening in China and the radiation was hitting Japan hard. Do you think the Japanese government would calmly take the position that it was an industrial accident and the Chinese power company should be allowed to take a year or ten to solve it ?
Not likely! They would be at the UN demanding action.
That's what the rest of world should have been doing since March of last year.
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even deuterium is harmful. When substituted for hydrogen, it stops RNA from unzipping.
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Exactly, Anne. Obviously, the government is too busy smuggling drugs from Afghanistan to care about us.
It's time for people to wake up and realize the government is a band of criminals that only cares about its own survival.
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something like this perhaps?? emphasis added :/
PROMETIUM
A "highly" radioactive cadmium-promethium compound, used as a catalytic agent in the manufacturing of thrusters,
reactor units
and shield emitters, among other things?????
http://wiki.eveonline.com/en/wiki/Prometium
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Promethium is also used in…
Nuclear batteries
it is a rare earth mineral
http://www.propertytalk.com/forum/showthread.php?27766-Rare-Earth-Metals-and-uses
also from that thread
"…..Mitsui & Co. and Sumitomo Corp. are interested in Siberian rare-earth deposits that weren’t expected to be mined until 2030 as Russia tries to fill the gap left when China slashed exports, Yakutia Governor Yegor Borisov said.
Tokyo-based Mitsui and Sumitomo, Japan’s second- and third- biggest trading companies, have held talks with regional officials about niobium and scandium resources …….., a group of elements used in products ranging from electric cars and laptops to guided missiles and satellites, have soared since July, when China cut second-half export quotas by more than 70 percent. China accounted for 97 percent of rare-earth output in 2009 and more than half of consumption, U.S. government data show.
South Korea and Japan have begun to go hungry,” Borisov said in the Ural Mountains city of Ufa, where he attended a meeting with President Dmitry Medvedev. “Now there’s good reason to reconsider our position on rare-earth deposits in Yakutia that were scheduled for development after 2030.”
Mitsui and Sumitomo officials in Moscow and Tokyo declined to comment when contacted by Bloomberg. They declined to be identified, citing company policies….."
MILITARY!!= DEATH
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The only isotope used in industry is promethium-147, which is used (as 147Pm2O3) in radioionizators, light producers, and atomic batteries; the last of these are used in guided missiles. Since natural promethium is exceedingly scarce, the element is typically man-made by bombarding uranium-235 (enriched uranium) with thermal neutrons (for promethium-147).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Promethium
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Judgeing by the videos the surrounding areas are definitely being affected by some nasty toxic fumes. As for a radioactive release who knows?? I bet theres something ugly brewing there.
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Product Type
Examples
inorganic industrial
ammonia, nitrogen, sodium hydroxide, sulfuric acid, nitric acid
organic industrial
acrylonitrile, phenol, ethylene oxide, urea
ceramic products
silica brick, frit
petrochemicals
ethylene, propylene, benzene, styrene
agrochemicals
fertilizers, insecticides, herbicides
polymers
polyethylene, Bakelite, polyester
elastomers
polyisoprene, neoprene, polyurethane
oleochemicals
lard, soybean oil, stearic acid
explosives
nitroglycerin, ammonium nitrate, nitrocellulose
fragrances and flavors
benzyl benzoate, coumarin, vanillin
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemical_industry
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Sounds like a recipe for disaster. Anyone living around the area just increased their risk for developing cancer.
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Dr.Strangelove.
Yes and an Ill wind blows our Way, also from there !
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Fallout patterns ~
Japan Weather
http://www.weather.com/maps/news/julynonactive/japansatellite_large_animated.html
http://www.weather-forecast.com/locations/Yamaguchi/forecasts/latest
Satalite
http://www.jma.go.jp/en/gms/
Fukushima Fallout Forecast ~ http://ggtms.com/you9.cgi?youtubeid=gELpXbIbtPc&type=3
GOES Weather Pattern Across Pacific ~
http://wwwghcc.msfc.nasa.gov/GOES/globalir.html
Location~ http://maps.google.co.jp/maps?q=%E4%B8%89%E4%BA%95%E5%8C%96%E5%AD%A6%E5%B2%A9%E5%9B%BD%E5%A4%A7%E7%AB%B9%E5%B7%A5%E5%A0%B4&hl=ja&ie=UTF8&ll=34.204225%2C132.238784&spn=0.009689%2C0.01929&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&hq=%E4%B8%89%E4%BA%95%E5%8C%96%E5%AD%A6%E5%B2%A9%E5%9B%BD%E5%A4%A7%E7%AB%B9%E5%B7%A5%E5%A0%B4&radius=15000&t=h&z=16&brcurrent=3%2C0x355ab5548a40dd95%3A0xe8fbb5eebc73f72d%2C0
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Why are there barrels of radiation at a glue factory?
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its does military and nuclear development and seems to be where they produce rare earth element compounds for the above industries.. my take..
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Are we going to find out what the technical problems were? The nuclear industry lied about the sequence of events at Fukushima Daiichi. It was the earthquake that broke the pipes that were part of an old, failing infrastructure.
Why should we believe that at this chemical plant they were trying to shut down the facility when the explosions happened? Everything seems to be stated to avoid insurance or moral liability.
How long will it be before we find that the nuclear waste incinerated? Perhaps with all the incineration going on in Japan, it was an explosion of an incineration operation.
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Umm, maybe this will clear some questions up about Resorcinol
Yes, there is a Nuclear Bond here, pun intended!
Not good, if you ask me, after reading this:
Spherical Resorcinol-Formaldehyde Synthesis by Inverse
Suspension Polymerization
http://sti.srs.gov/fulltext/2005/ms2005628.pdf
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I believe the nuclear waste is/was for testing, to see if Resorcinol can be an agent to remove Cesium from the Nuclear waste products that Japan seems to have an abundance of….
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Nice link Jebus. Certainly explains the barrels of radiation at a glue factory.
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I zoomed into the google map reference whoopie provided earlier.
Here's a close up pic ..
http://i1240.photobucket.com/albums/gg499/fukushima3dmap/YamaguchiBase.png
Because I've been taking a closer look at the layout of the reactors of fukushima, i felt that the building to the north-east of the tower looks like a reactor container. It doesn't have the same power generators externally like fuku has – but it sure has a loading dock and a secure, large windowless building next to a tower – and lots/heaps of plumbing and ducting.
Just my thoughts, nothing to confirm it.
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That is probably a reactor, but not the kind you are thinking of. It is a chemical reactor. See my post and PDF above…
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A chemical reactor to deal with radioactive waste? Alchemy? There is no way to get rid of radiation or to reduce it. It is here for a million years or more. There is no closed fuel cycle. There never will be. The failures are ELE's.
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No Anne,
A chemical reactor to make spherical polymers, to filter out cesium from radioactive waste…Read the PDF above
There is another PDF trying to get about Hanfords use of Resorcinol to do the same. Is this a preface to what could happen at Hanford????
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I am being blocked from the sti.srs.gov site now, go figure.
But here is something else on this…
Resorcinol-Formaldehyde Ion Exchange Resin Chemistry for High Level Waste
Treatment – 10161
http://www.wmsym.org/app/2010cd/wm2010/pdfs/10161.pdf
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woah, too many 'inols, 'mers and 'hydes for me, i never was good at chemistry, but i know when i see those suffixes we are in trouble
i'll try to read up on it later – i've still got my day job to worry about for now.
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From here:
http://www.keywordspy.com/organic/domain.aspx?q=sti.srs.gov
I cut and pasted the url for bioremediation bacteria, but couldn't reach the site on my computer:
bioremediation bacteria 2 1,600 $1.45 1.20 4.85 20 2,870,000 http://sti¬.srs.gov/f¬ulltext/ms-2001058/ms¬2001058.ht¬ml
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http://sti.srs.gov/fulltext/ms2001058/ms2001058.html
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HYDROLOGICAL METHODS CAN SEPARATE CESIUM FROM NUCLEAR WASTE SALT CAKE
Bldg. 773-A, Savannah River Site
Westinghouse Savannah River Company
Aiken, SC 29808
http://sti.srs.gov/fulltext/tr9900358/tr9900358.pdf
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Resorcinol-Formaldehyde cation-exchange resin was developed for the selective removal of cesium (for which there is some isotopic fraction of 137Cs) from highly alkaline supernates. The resin is prepared by caustic condensation polymerization of resorcinol (C6H6O2) and formaldehyde (HCHO). The high selectivity has been attributed to the two weakly acidic hydroxyl groups on resorcinol, which ionize and become functional at high pH. Due to its weak
acid nature, the resin has strong preference for H+ and can be eluted using acid to remove Cs+and its competitors. Our current estimate for the relative affinities of RF resin for ion-exchange are H+ >> Cs+ >> K+ > Na+. Resorcinol-formaldehyde has been manufactured in crushed or granular form, similar to SuperLig®644, and in the spherical form.
From link above.
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Ion Exchange Modeling for Removal of Cesium from
Hanford Waste Using Resorcinol-Formaldehyde Resin
http://sti.srs.gov/fulltext/tr2004100/tr2004100.pdf
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Thats the one I can't get. Wont load IE or Firefox…
No big deal. Hey, We could be way off base, but logic says, that is part of what they WERE doing there, till all hell broke loose…
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It downloaded on my Firefox. I can quote some.
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Anne,
Toss it on here…
http://www.datafilehost.com/
…and post the link to it.
I wouldn't mind seeing some of what they are up to in my backyard!
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Ion Exchange Modeling for Removal of Cesium from…
Download link
http://www.datafilehost.com/download-1d8f1922.html
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Thank ya Anne,
Big hug for you, an if ya wern't so far away, I kiss ya too…
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Thanks, anytime.
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@Anne
You always come out with handy stuff, even wierd ones like the earth deep down is a fast reactor!
Thanks.
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p.6: "Only Stage 1 analyses have been presented within this report and follow-on analyses are planned
during Stage 2 and Stage 3 activities."
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p.6:
"1.7 Discrepancies and Follow-on Analyses
"In the process of performing this work no significant discrepancies (i.e., full-scale facility
performance not being able to meet or exceed design objectives) were observed. However, two
issues are worthy of mentioning:
"• For Hot Commissioning Operation the predicted breakthrough values are very close to the
current design specification (i.e., slightly higher for fresh resin and slightly lower for 20%
degraded resin). These are best estimate predictions and any accounting for uncertainties
would reduce these estimates.
"• A major negative impact is predicted in breakthrough performance when the sodium feed
concentration is increased. For example, upon a 20% increase in sodium from 4.75 M to
5.48 M, initial breakthrough of the lead column went from ~55 BV to ~7 BV. The premature
breakthrough at high sodium concentration is due to highly reduced cesium pore diffusivity.
This impact has not been quantified experimentally and it is highly recommend that such
testing be performed.
"Only Stage 1 analyses have been presented within this report and follow-on analyses are planned
during Stage 2 and Stage 3 activities…."
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http://sti.srs.gov/fulltext/tr2004100/tr2004100.pdf
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There can only be one ELE! That is, it only takes one! Then there's no one left to notice.
Kind of like the quip, "If a tree falls in a forest and no one is there to hear it, did the tree really fall?"
I think, therefore I am, or at least I think I am.
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Obviously, Mitsui's experimenting is a failure and it is now killing us.
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I;m pretty sure this wasn't an "Ok, we're going to idle this facility because business is bad…" kinda shutdown. I'm betting it was more of an "Oh my god, oh my god! Shut it down, shut it down!!!" kinda shutdown. Just my guess.
Remember a few days ago when we were all really stressing about SFP#4? I want the writers on this show fired. FIRED!
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heres a few links to their pages
http://www.mitsuichem.com/service/search/products.htm
a search of catalytic agent gives this page
http://www.mitsuichem.com/service/basic_chemicals/industrial/
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JUST TELL IT LIKE IT IS . Japan has no safety concerns for anyone, look at their nuclear plants falling apart,lying about their safety and changing daily reports and their industry no safety either. Probably every business in Japan is unsafe to the point they false all their records to make the all Mighty dollar and then there is a disaster and they lie and turn their backs in shame.
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For a little entertainment, while we wait for the toxic airborne brew to do whatever it is going to do.
The Fallacy Of High Level Nuclear Waste Geological Storage; via A Green Road Blog
http://agreenroad.blogspot.com/2012/04/fallacy-of-high-level-nuclear-waste.html
Dr. Chris Busby; Consequences of Burning Radioactive Waste In Japan; via A Green Road Blog
http://agreenroad.blogspot.com/2012/04/dr-chris-busby-consequences-of-burning.html
No Solutions For Nuclear Disasters Or Nuclear Waste; via A Green Road Blog
http://agreenroad.blogspot.com/2012/04/no-solutions-for-nuclear-disasters.html
What Happens To Nuclear Waste In Your Country? via A Green Road Blog
http://agreenroad.blogspot.com/2012/03/what-happens-to-nuclear-waste-in-your.html
93 Long life Radiation Contaminants, A Problem For Billions Of Years; via A Green Road Blog
http://agreenroad.blogspot.com/2012/03/93-long-lived-nuclear-elements.html
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Howdy @AGreenRoad…small troll jousting with your post. very helpful. thanks and night all.
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=78121152#post78121152
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Not only harmless ,but beneficial to People!
It help evolution of people!
Go ahead,Japan you are the most developed civilization on this earth.
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I do not belive it is just Japan. We all are tecnology and power driven slavery system. Remember you are individuals with the capacity of chosing! Make your own peronal choices with resposibility and morality.
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This section and comments are so so useful for the general picture, the fuller one:
http://enenews.com/kyodo-suspicious-owner-claimed-radioactive-agent-harmless-people-radiation-mentioned-4-times-explosions-started-breaking-shutting-down-plant/comment-page-1#comment-238023
Thanks to all of you and enenews admin
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As far as Japan is concerned, I'm willing to bet that as damaged as some nuke plants are, other infrastructure probably faired much worse. There are probably lots of plants where critical parts of their physical plant was shaken and is set to fail much sooner than their maint. cycles will catch. This could be just the tip of the proverbial iceberg…..
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