Japan farm ministry ready to set no-grazing zone for cows, cattle

BY SATOSHI OTANI, STAFF WRITER3 May 2011 Concerns over consumption of milk and meat contaminated with radioactivity have prompted the farm ministry to plan a zone where cattle and dairy cows will be prohibited from grazing and feeding on the grass, sources said. Radioactive materials at levels far higher than safety standards for grazing have […]

High-level radiation found on seabed near Japan’s crippled nuclear plant

TOKYO, May 3 (Xinhua) – Radiation readings that are 100-1,000 times the normal level have been found on the Pacific seabed near the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, local media reported Tuesday. The high levels of radioactive materials were detected from samples taken Friday from the seabed at points 20-30 meters deep, Kyodo […]

Japan radiation evacuees to make temporary visits home in May, June

May 1 (Asahi Shimbun) — The central government will allow evacuees from no-entry zones–areas within a 20-kilometer radius of the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant–to return home temporarily from early May to early June, local government officials said April 29. The government will also divide nine municipalities, totally or partially located in the no-entry […]

Japan Nuclear Technology Institute expert: ‘The fuel rods are completely melted’

By arevamirpal::laprimavera30 April 2011 More on 77-year-old Michio Ishikawa of the Japan Nuclear Technology Institute on the situation at Fukushima I Nuke Plant, as he appeared on Asahi TV on April 29. A Todai as-hole though he may be, I started to like this guy as I watched. He didn’t mince his words and said […]

Japan radiation adviser quits in rebuke to government – Radiation limits too high at schools near the Fukushima nuclear site

April 30 (VOA News) –A key Japanese adviser on radiation leaks at the country’s disabled Fukushima nuclear power facility has quit in protest over the government’s handling of the disaster. The adviser, Toshiso Kosako, a radiation safety expert at the University of Tokyo, said the government-set limits for radiation exposure at schools near the nuclear […]

Workers at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant exposed to more radiation than expected

[Keep in mind that 250 millisieverts/year is the maximum radiation dose allowed by Japan. Every 100-millisievert exposure increases the risk of cancer by about 1%.] By arevamirpal::laprimavera30 April 2011 2 workers exceeded 200 milli-sieverts: This number is the total of external and internal exposures, as of the end of March. The reason why TEPCO is […]

Fukushima nuclear plant: Murphy wins, TEPCO stops ‘water entombment’ experiment on Reactor 1

By arevamirpal::laprimavera29 April 2011 After the pressure inside the Containment Vessel of the Reactor 1 dropped down very, very close to the atmospheric pressure, TEPCO decided to stop the experiment of pumping extra water into the Pressure Vessel of the Reactor 1. The idea was to pump extra water into the Pressure Vessel, which then […]

Fukushima Unit 3 explosion may have been ‘prompt criticality’ event in fuel pool

When building 3 of the Fukushima Daiichi plant exploded last month, those who saw the video footage were left to wonder why it was more severe than the other explosions. Adding to the mystery were reports that the containment and reactor in building 3 were still intact. Gundersen discusses several known facts about Fukushima 3 […]

Video: Inside the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, 22 April 2011

By arevamirpal::laprimavera28 April 2011 FNN News Network in Japan has rare footage of Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant from the ground-level. The video was taken by Shigeharu Aoyama, a member of Japan’s Nuclear Safety Commission on April 22. Mr. Aoyama, a former Kyodo News correspondent, went into Fukushima I Nuke Plant on April 22 as […]

High radiation levels in Fukushima nuclear plant suggest core leak – ‘Water entombment’ procedure started anyway

By arevamirpal::laprimavera 27 April 2011 Fukushima 1 nuke plant: 1120 millisieverts/hr – That high level of radiation would indicate the highly radioactive water from the Pressure Vessel may be leaking outside the Containment Vessel, but TEPCO has decided to go ahead with the plan. From Yomiuri Shinbun (1:17 PM JST 4/27/2011): 東京電力は27日、福島第一原子力発電所1号機の原子炉に行っている注水の量を一時的に増やす試験を始めた。 On April 27, […]

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