Published: October 24th, 2012 at 11:41 pm ET
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Watch the video compiled from Tepco’s October 24, 2012 photos here
Excerpt from a October 24, 2012 report by the SimplyInfo research team:
TEPCO did another inspection of unit 1 [... the] balloon appears to be a promotional balloon shaped like a lightbulb complete with brass screw in base. Besides the creative use of an advertising tool, the effort did manage to inspect all floors. The radiation readings were in the 20-150 mSv/h range.
Published: October 24th, 2012 at 11:41 pm ET
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hahaha, I wonder if GE came up with that one!
GE, We Bring Radiation Levels To New Heights….
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Dear Jebus,
Absolutely reprehensible!! GE should have been positively proactive in providing EKG monitoring of Fukushima affected children! This, another misstep! Shame upon GE, your greed and lack of leadership is now responsible for the death of thousands of children's dreams!
Aloha.
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Wouldn't calling it GE-Hitachi be more accurate?
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When is the US government going to realize that the Japanese branch of the nuclear industry cares nothing about life and knows absolutely nothing about nuclear technology and safety?
GE, Hitachi win U.S. approval for laser-tech uranium plant
WILMINGTON, N.C., Sept 25 | Tue Sep 25, 2012 10:39pm EDT
“(Reuters) – The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued a license on Tuesday to a partnership between General Electric Co. and Japan's Hitachi Ltd to build and run a uranium enrichment plant using laser technology.
“The license, which came after three years of safety and environmental reviews, allows GE and Hitachi to use laser enrichment technology which could produce half the amount of enriched uranium the U.S. needs each year for its nuclear reactors, according to the Energy Information Administration.
“GE plans to build the first laser enrichment plant on its 1,600 acre (647 hectares) campus north of Wilmington in North Carolina, home to GE Nuclear's world headquarters, GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy, and a GE Aviation facility.
"The technology we've developed could be one of the keys to the nation's long-term energy security," said Chris Monetta, President and CEO of Global Laser Enrichment, the GE-Hitachi partnership which will build the facility. It did not say when building would start.
“The laser enrichment technology was designed by Australia-based Silex Systems Ltd.
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"At a minimum, it could provide a steady supply of uranium enriched right here in the U.S. to the country's nuclear reactors. These reactors provide approximately 20 percent of the nation's electricity today and will continue to be an important part of the energy mix for decades to come", Monetta said.
“GE's partners Hitachi and Cameco Corp., the world's largest uranium producer, hold stakes of 25 percent and 24 percent respectively in Global Laser Enrichment.”
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/09/26/ge-uranium-idUSL1E8KPOJ620120926
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Way to go Anne!!
“GE's partners Hitachi and Cameco Corp., the world's largest uranium producer, hold stakes of 25 percent and 24 percent respectively in Global Laser Enrichment.”
Aloha.
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We need a global effort working on new technologies to extract radiation from food and that's just on major hurdle. ASAP Rector SFP 4 and with I just hope people have been working on innovative products all along. I wish I had the intelligence to handle such a task but I can keep learning, as we all do, and maybe one of us we come up with something that truly saves the world.
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I apologize for the grammatical errors, I should have edited. Forgive me.
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moonshellblue,
You can't uncontaminate a country, you cant unirradiate a child, you can't unnuke an ocean, you can't unradionuclide a tunafish, you can't unkill a planet. I wish we could turn the clock back on this, but you can't do that either. We now have a GOM that is screwed, we now have an entire ocean polluted with toxins from centurie's of not giving a fuck. Now we have that same ocean topped off with millions of gallons of radioactive poisons. It's an entire ecosystem that may well not ever recover from this.
More greedy technology is not the answer anymore. Look at where it has gotten us.
The only possible answer right now is…. well, I really don't know anymore, because conservation is almost depleted. There just might not be anything left to conserve…
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Just a rant moonshellblue, not directed at you…
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Jebus, nature will correct this mess eventually. The question is: Who will be left besides cockroaches, viruses and bacteria? Oh, and all the people who don't see this as a problem…
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Explain that to your grandchild…
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Using seaweed, fungi and certain plants is a proven method to sequester various forms of pollutants from water and soil, but then the contaminated plants are collected and buried in designated areas. I don't know about extracting radiation from produce intended for human consumption. I imagine it would have to be accomplished prior to harvest, while the plants are still growing.
While they are at it, they need to come up with a way to remove GMOs from the environment. [sigh]
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"Workers took about a 3.81 mSv dose for their work."
- from article link
It does look like a light bulb.
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Hormesis; What Does Not Kill You, Is Good For You; via A Green Road http://agreenroad.blogspot.com/2012/05/hormesis-what-does-not-kill-you-is-good.html
Children's Cancer Rate Is Increasing Every Year; WHY?; via A Green Road http://agreenroad.blogspot.com/2012/10/childrens-cancer-rate-is-increasing.html
Why or why? Maybe someday a light bulb will go off in some of these pro nuke heads and they will 'get it'.
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Seems China is going to build more nuke plants…
http://news.yahoo.com/china-ends-nuke-plant-ban-set-japan-disaster-005125777–finance.html
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Firstly, i'm sorry for the workers. Secondly, my 12 year old niece could have come up with this idea. Wow, but, TEPCO is a bit shorthanded in the good ideas department at the moment. I'd send my niece over to help, but, i love her too much. Thirdly, not so good news hearing about the crane having landed on top of the other crane blocking the removal of nuclear fuel. Fourthly, now they know in what order to play pick-up-sticks.
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ps, if there is fuel to be found…
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Well what ever is not left in the containment chambers, you can track where the wind blows.. more info for weather persons finding it.
http://www.intellicast.com/National/Wind/JetStream.aspx
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Mr Edison, turning in his grave, emerges this Halloween with a message for Japan and the world:
"WE'RE ALL SCREWED"
as teh black goo drools off his chin and down his lapel…
(Happy Halloween)
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