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

[XNavyNuke]

Some more recent updates here: http://www.nuclearhotseat.com/2008/

The recent update being the Reagan battlegroup sailors are still working their lawsuit.....

http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?435750-Can-anyone-factcheck-this-story-Sailors-from-USS-Ronald-Reagan-dying-from-radiation-exposure&highlight=Fukushima

...and we can make fun of children playing in the ocean where the Cesium levels in the North Pacific are the equivalent of a pimple on a horses ass when added the the global fallout loading that's already there.

XNN

 

[HOLLYWOOD]

Latest techno...



also

UPDATE 1-Fukushima court rules against nuclear operator in suicide suit

Aug 26 (Reuters) - A court has ruled that Fukushima nuclear operator Tokyo Electric was responsible for a woman's suicide following the March 2011 disaster and must pay compensation, in a landmark ruling that could set a precedent for other claims against the utility.
The civil suit by Mikio Watanabe claimed that Tokyo Electric Power Co Inc (Tepco) was to blame for the July 2011 death of his wife, Hamako, 58, who doused herself in kerosene and set herself on fire after falling into depression.

 

[XNavyNuke]

Over 2 Trillion Becquerels of Radioactive Waste in Pacific in Only 10 Months

. (MONTREAL) - At least 2 trillion becquerels’ worth of radioactive material flowed from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean between August 2013 and May 2014, plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) has admitted.

This is about fifty curies. The graphic associated with the article is misleading. The text of the article uses trillions of becquerels and the graphic uses billions of curies. The journalist makes no effort draw a relationship between the two units of measures for the lay reader. Clearly it is meant to imply that the magnitude of the discharge is unprecedented.

XNN

 

[tangent4ronpaul]

I forgot to post. they OK'd the re-activation of 2 reactors a few weeks ago.

-t

 

[tangent4ronpaul]

Over 2 Trillion Becquerels of Radioactive Waste in Pacific in Only 10 Months



This is about fifty curies. The graphic associated with the article is misleading. The text of the article uses trillions of becquerels and the graphic uses billions of curies. The journalist makes no effort draw a relationship between the two units of measures for the lay reader. Clearly it is meant to imply that the magnitude of the discharge is unprecedented.

XNN

Will my children grow gills if I let them swim in that?

-t

 

[HOLLYWOOD]

latest...
The Japan Times

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/20...-plant-typhoon-effect-suspected/#.VDyH3uG4eXw

Tritium up tenfold in Fukushima groundwater after Typhoon Phanfone
Oct 12, 2014
Article history

The radioactive water woes at the stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant got worse over the weekend after the tritium concentration in a groundwater sample surged more than tenfold this month.
A spokesman for Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Saturday that heavy rain caused by Typhoon Phanfone probably affected the groundwater after the storm whipped through Japan last week.
Some 150,000 becquerels of tritium per liter were measured in a groundwater sample taken Thursday from a well east of the No. 2 reactor. The figure is a record for the well and over 10 times the level measured the previous week.
In addition, materials that emit beta rays, such as strontium-90, which causes bone cancer, also shattered records with a reading of 1.2 million becquerels, the utility said of the sample.

The well is close to the plant’s port in the Pacific.

The water crisis could get worse as the nation braces for Typhoon Vongfong this week. Although downgraded from supertyphoon status, the storm was still packing winds of up to 180 kph and on course to hit Kyushu by Monday.
The Meteorological Agency said it could reach Tokyo on Tuesday before gradually losing strength as it races north toward Tohoku.
The storm dumped heavy rain on Okinawa, and at least 35 people have been reported injured in both Okinawa and Kyushu, where authorities told 150,000 people to evacuate as the typhoon toppled trees, flooded streets and cut power to more than 60,000 homes.
Tepco also revealed that, at a separate well also east of the No. 2 reactor, a groundwater sample was giving off a record 2.1 million becquerels of a beta ray-emitting substance, nearly double the level from a week earlier.

The cesium activity in the sample was 70 percent higher at 68,000 becquerels.
Tepco has been periodically measuring the concentration of radioactive materials in groundwater at 34 points east of the reactors 1 through 4.
Readings hit record highs at three points after the heavy rain caused by the typhoon, but the utility said it does not know why.

 

[devil21]

Yep, fuel has melted through the vessel. No bueno.



I love seafood but have stopped eating it almost entirely but especially anything from the Pacific.

 

[Zippyjuan]

No longer in the core does not necessarily mean it is not still contained within the reactor or the building. http://enenews.com/images-show-fuel...inment-vessel-need-check-one-day-photos-video

AFP, Mar 20, 2015: Nuclear experts said Friday that the test showed the nuclear fuel rods had melted beyond recognition… “But there has been no evidence that the fuel has melted through the nuclear containment buildings and reached the outer environment,” [Hiroshi Miyano, a visiting professor at Hosei University] told AFP. However, the test… did not look at the bottom part of the reactor, with some experts suggesting it was not possible to tell if the fuel was still contained… “Eventually, TEPCO is aiming to scoop out the melted fuel little by little, rather than burying it in concrete“… Miyano said… [The process] reveals exactly where the fuel is — or isn’t — lying… “We presume that despite the meltdown, the fuel is still in the containment vessel,” said Tomohisa Ito, a spokesman for the International Research Institute for Nuclear Decommissioning [which includes both TEPCO and Hitachi-GE as members]… “But we still need to directly check the situation one day using remote-controlled robots,” he said

 

[Acala]

Yep, fuel has melted through the vessel. No bueno.



I love seafood but have stopped eating it almost entirely but especially anything from the Pacific.

The damage to your health from reducing your intake of anti-inflammatory omega-3 fatty acids almost certainly outweighs any tiny benefit you might obtain from avoiding the miniscule radioactive material in Pacific seafood.

 

[devil21]

The damage to your health from reducing your intake of anti-inflammatory omega-3 fatty acids almost certainly outweighs any tiny benefit you might obtain from avoiding the miniscule radioactive material in Pacific seafood.

Fortunately, my SO is a vegan so I've learned alternative sources for omegas from her. I do eat Atlantic tuna occasionally for natural omegas. But yeah, definitely not something one should stop eating entirely without doing homework first.

 

[Acala]

Fortunately, my SO is a vegan so I've learned alternative sources for omegas from her. I do eat Atlantic tuna occasionally for natural omegas. But yeah, definitely not something one should stop eating entirely without doing homework first.

Good! Does she eat algae? I think that's pretty much the only vegan source of EPA and DHA.

 

[devil21]

Good! Does she eat algae? I think that's pretty much the only vegan source of EPA and DHA.

Mainly flaxseed and chia seed derivatives.

 

[Acala]

Mainly flaxseed and chia seed derivatives.

Have her read this blog post:
http://rawfoodsos.com/for-vegans/

 

[Acala]

Fortunately, my SO is a vegan so I've learned alternative sources for omegas from her. I do eat Atlantic tuna occasionally for natural omegas. But yeah, definitely not something one should stop eating entirely without doing homework first.

For your vegan SO, I highly recommend wakame seaweed. It is high in EPA (the omega-3 that is hardest to get for vegans), is high in iodine (which is a really important nutrient and coincidentally helps protect the thyroid from radiation damage), and is super-convenient. Buy a bag of dried wakame and toss a spoonful into any kind of soup or cooked meal. You can also do what I do, which is rehydrate a spoonful (it takes only a couple minutes) and add it to daily salads.

 

[XNavyNuke]

The Pacific Standard, pillar of conservative reporting, questions effects of Fukashima evacuation on elderly nursing home residents.

http://www.psmag.com/health-and-behavior/for-some-fukushima-evacuations-were-worse-than-radiation

Nuclear radiation is the kind of thing that strikes fear in the hearts of just about everybody. So strong is this fear, however, that it may lead us to overlook more serious hazards associated with nuclear accidents. For example, a team of Japanese researchers report that evacuation following the Fukushima nuclear accident may have been much worse for Japanese citizen's health than nuclear radiation.

I'm confused. I thought the old and infirm were supposed to die off anyway so that the young and healthy have more government benefits.

XNN

 

[Suzu]

 

[Lucille]

https://www.lewrockwell.com/political-theatre/radioactive-fish-off-west-coast/

Officials Admit Radioactive Fish Off U.S. West Coast Have "Disturbing Fingerprint Of Fukushima"
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-...t-coast-have-disturbing-fingerprint-fukushima

Of course, the idea that radiation was reaching California and the West Coast, and that fish were being contaminated by Fukushima radiation from thousands of miles across the Pacific was considered – yep – “fake news” at the time. The alarmist cries of conspiracy theorists and hypochondriacs were just non-sense, jibberish, delusions and paranoia. Typical hyperbolic non-sense from people caught up in an echo chamber.

But now, it is an admitted fact that Fukushima radiation is impacting U.S. shores.

Fukushima radiation reaches United States shores for first time
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2016...d-States-shores-for-first-time/8491481288714/

"Not to downplay it, but the levels we are seeing are quite low," Buesseler told UPI.

He said it wouldn't stop him from eating seafood or swimming in the Pacific Ocean.

Go ahead and eat it, they say.

 

[jllundqu]

Slow kill = engaged

 

[Zippyjuan]

From the UPI link:

It's a minuscule amount -- less than one-thousandth the standard for drinking water or a dental X-ray. But it's notable considering the amount was detected 5,000 miles from Japan five years after the disaster.

"Even if the levels were twice as high, you could still swim in the ocean for six hours every day for a year and receive a dose more than a thousand times less than a single dental X-ray," Buesseler told the Statesman Journal at the time.

 

[Lucille]

From the UPI link:

Please go ahead and eat as much as you possibly can.

Of course, they claim that it is “safe” because the levels are low. USA Today emphasized the ridiculously minuscule dose of radiation that say, a swimmer would get at the beach – while admitted for the first time that those warning about the spreading radiation were, in fact, correct. exposure:
[...]
So, as far as nuclear waste goes, cesium-134 is not as bad as strontium-90, but that doesn’t mean there are no harmful effects, and it doesn’t mean that strontium isotopes aren’t affecting the Pacific and West Coast as well – because it has been detected there, and more can be expected to be found:
[...]
The biomagnification of the food chain – as low levels of radiation build up in lower life forms and in turn become consumed (and often concentrated) by higher life forms – will increase human exposure in ways that simple measures for exposure time simply do not account for. Its effects will be masked, but not impotent.

What happens to man and the environment when he is exposed to low levels of radiation over the decades and many years that make up his life? What about its impact on DNA through epigenetics? science now knows that gene expression is changed when it is exposed to dangerous materials in the body.

When blue fin tuna that migrate from Japan to the West Coast were found to contain radioactive particles, again, via Ken Buesseler, the mainstream media downplayed the risks, while alternative media sources sounded the alarm – something that shouldn’t be happening is:
[...]
While the facts in the report remain the same, Forbes, among other mainstream outlets, downplayed the perception of the problem, and essentially giving credence to that idea that there isn’t a problem at all:
[...]
Ignored since just after it happened in 2011, the authorities have FINALLY officially acknowledged what they dared not admit since the cover-up began in the wake of the earthquake and tsunami that crippled the nuclear power plant and began the long, slow poisoning of the Pacific Ocean, and all the life that is sustained from it.

This is a horror, and the mainstream media as it is, with your interests above all others, has assured you that this ongoing disaster is, nonetheless, perfectly safe. Everything is fine, back to your regularly scheduled program….

So the paranoid, lunatic, nutjob conspiracy theorists were right again!