Japanese nuclear plant may only have a few hours....

[Suzu]

What exactly ever happened with this situation in Japan and all the radiation dumping into the ocean? Are they all set over there now or hiding the news and such?

It's still leaking into the Pacific. I wouldn't trust any fish from that ocean now -- especially the bigger ones and the bottom feeders.

 

[NiceGoing]

Methinks the whole story is fishy!

 

[Dr.3D]

It's still leaking into the Pacific. I wouldn't trust any fish from that ocean now -- especially the bigger ones and the bottom feeders.

So how are we going to know if the tuna from the store came from the Pacific ocean?

 

[idiom]

But the Americans, French and British dumping nuclear waste into the Pacific and evaporating entire islands with tests was completely safe!

 

[talkingpointes]

But the Americans, French and British dumping nuclear waste into the Pacific and evaporating entire islands with tests was completely safe!

Moreso: Cancer rates in the US have nothing to do with the fact we have exploded 2000 atom bombs on our continent, all smoking!

 

[Zippyjuan]

The US has not conducted any above ground nuclear testing since July 1962. Our last underground test was in 1992. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_weapons_testing Total nulear test explosions for the US is 1,054.

 

[HOLLYWOOD]

Japan's NHK just had a very informative special covering TEPCO and the Japan's governmental plans on sealing/securing Fukushima damaged plant/radiation contamination... the recovery designed plan now stands at 40 years.

They are dealing with core meltdowns in: #1, #2, & #3 reactors

External structure damage from Hydrogen explosions are to: #1, #2, & #4 reactor buildings

 

[coastie]

So how are we going to know if the tuna from the store came from the Pacific ocean?

Bring one of these with you, duh:

 

[Dr.3D]

Bring one of these with you, duh:

LOL

But the can would act as shielding and throw off the amount of radiation recorded. /s

 

[John F Kennedy III]

Moreso: Cancer rates in the US have nothing to do with the fact we have exploded 2000 atom bombs on our continent, all smoking!

Or all the nuclear bombs that have been set off in the atmosphere, weather modifications, weather weapons, etc

Nothing to see here. We're taking you to a secure location. For your safety.

It's for the children.

 

[AFPVet]

Radiation levels are actually pretty 'normal' for the most part. Heavier particles usually drop before they get anywhere populated. It takes a lot of radiation to build up in areas. Radioactive cesium and iodine are the ones you have to worry about... but we aren't seeing too much of that from the disaster.

http://www.radiationnetwork.com/

 

[XNavyNuke]

Radiation levels are actually pretty 'normal' for the most part. Heavier particles usually drop before they get anywhere populated. It takes a lot of radiation to build up in areas. Radioactive cesium and iodine are the ones you have to worry about... but we aren't seeing too much of that from the disaster.

http://www.radiationnetwork.com/

From Last Fall
Stanford researchers calculate global health impacts of the Fukushima nuclear disaster

Radiation from Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster may eventually cause approximately 130 deaths and 180 cases of cancer, mostly in Japan, Stanford researchers have calculated.

Japanese government agencies, for example, evacuated a 20-kilometer radius around the plant, distributed iodine tablets to prevent radioiodine uptake and prohibited cultivation of crops above a radiation threshold – steps that Ten Hoeve said "people have applauded."

But the paper also notes that nearly 600 deaths were reported as a result of the evacuation process itself, mostly due to fatigue and exposure among the elderly and chronically ill. According to the model, the evacuation prevented at most 245 radiation-related deaths – meaning the evacuation process may have cost more lives than it saved.

So basically the government DID kill 600 to possibly save the lives of 245 of a total of 375 POTENTIAL deaths. Many in the Japanese government have said the evacuations were not extensive enough. This of course would have led to more evacuation related deaths, but the politicians would have looked darned good in their overly compassionate silks.

XNN

 

[Suzu]

So how are we going to know if the tuna from the store came from the Pacific ocean?

Often the origin of tinned fish is listed on the label.

 

[ghengis86]

Often the origin of tinned fish is listed on the label.

Yes, the genus and species, the ocean and the location (usually just a number) are on fish product labels. I thinks it's a government reg/requirement. Only thing is, 84% of chunk white tuna was recently found to actually be Escolar, a fish that among other bad things, can cause an oily anal discharge.

Know your source and don't trust anyone but your own two eyes

 

[Carson]

What exactly ever happened with this situation in Japan and all the radiation dumping into the ocean? Are they all set over there now or hiding the news and such?

Here is a dog and pony show that was put on just for people with that question.

Well at least it looked to me like they all showed up briefly for the camera.

http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/03/08/17234000-rare-tour-of-fukushima-reveals-colossal-decontamination-efforts

 

[NiceGoing]

Here is a dog and pony show that was put on just for people with that question.

Well at least it looked to me like they all showed up briefly for the camera.

http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/03/08/17234000-rare-tour-of-fukushima-reveals-colossal-decontamination-efforts

A few crumbs for the curious is most certainly how it looks.

Hey, we the major media, wouldn't never lie to you guys..

 

[HOLLYWOOD]

FYI... 58 years old

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wor...ushima-nuclear-plant-boss-dies-of-cancer.html

Former Fukushima nuclear plant boss dies of cancer

The former boss of the Fukushima nuclear plant, who stayed at his post to try to tame reactors after Japan's earthquake and tsunami in 2011, has died of throat cancer.

Former chief of Japan's crippled Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant, Masao Yoshida Photo: AP
By AFP
12:58PM BST 09 Jul 2013

Masao Yoshida, 58, was at the Japanese power station on March 11, 2011, when towering waves swamped cooling systems and sparked meltdowns that released plumes of radiation.

Yoshida led the subsequent effort to get the crippled complex under control, as workers battled frequent aftershocks to try to prevent the disaster worsening.

Government contingency plans revealed after the event showed how scientists feared a chain reaction if Fukushima spiralled out of control, a scenario that could have seen other nuclear plants engulfed and would have meant evacuating Tokyo.

His selfless work is contrasted in the public mind with the attitude of his employers, who seemed willing to abandon the complex and are popularly believed to have shirked their responsibility.

"He died of oesophagal cancer at 11:32am today at a Tokyo hospital," said a spokesman for plant operator Tokyo Electric Power (TEPCO).

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Yoshida left the plant soon after being suddenly admitted to hospital in late November 2011.

TEPCO has said his cancer was unlikely to be linked to radiation exposure in the months after the disaster.

The company has said it would take at least five years and normally 10 years to develop this particular condition if radiation exposure were to blame.
Soon after he underwent surgery for cancer, Yoshida was felled by a brain haemorrhage and underwent another operation in July 2012, TEPCO said.
He was still employed by the company at the time of his death.
The disaster saw three reactors go into meltdown, spewing radiation into the air, sea and food chain in the worst nuclear accident since the 1986 Chernobyl disaster.
No deaths have been directly attributed to the radiation released by the accident, but it has displaced tens of thousands of people and left large areas of land uninhabitable, possibly for decades.
Edited by Chris Irvine for telegraph.co.uk

 

[libertyjam]

Fukushima Groundwater Shows Record Radiation Levels

Reuters | Posted: 07/09/2013 7:06 am EDT | Updated: 07/10/2013 8:25 am EDT
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/09/fukushima-groundwater-radiation_n_3565767.html

 

[osan]

FYI... 58 years old

Nothing to see here prole scum. Now move the hell along before I demonstrate the brute force of The State.

Vermin filth.

 

[HOLLYWOOD]

Fukushima Sounds awful... any independent monitors on the Pacific ocean region around Migayi prefecture?

The tested water, which had been mixing with ground water and flowing into the ocean, contained 2.35 billion Becquerels of cesium per liter – some 16 million times above the limit.

Radioactive water overruns Fukushima barrier - TEPCO

http://rt.com/news/fukushima-water-overrun-barrier-335/
Published time: August 10, 2013 14:16
Edited time: August 10, 2013 15:13

An aerial view shows workers wearing protective suits and masks work at a construction site (C) of the shore barrier to stop radioactive water from leaking into the sea at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant on August 9, 2013. (Reuters/Kyodo)

Water leaks at Fukushima could contaminate entire Pacific Ocean

http://rt.com/op-edge/japan-fukushima-contamination-environment-229/

Published time: August 08, 2013 14:16

This photo taken on August 6, 2013 shows local government officials and nuclear experts inspecting a construction site to prevent the seepage of contamination water into the sea, at Tokyo Electric Power's (TEPCO) Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant in Okuma, Fukushima prefecture. (AFP Photo / Jiji Press)

Fukushima leaking radioactive water for ‘2 years, 300 tons flowing into Pacific daily’

http://rt.com/news/japan-fukushima-nuclear-disaster-164/
Published time: August 07, 2013 10:07
Edited time: August 08, 2013 11:05 Get short URL

A laboratory technician uses a Geiger counter to measure radiation levels in fish, which was caught close to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant (Reuters / Issei Kato)