Video: Women of Fukushima (trailer)

Six Japanese women offer brutally honest views on the state of the clean-up, the cover-ups and untruths since the nuclear accident in Fukushima, and how it has affected their lives, homes and families. via Women-of-Fukushima.com / June 03, 2013 / Over a year since three reactors went into meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, a broad, disparate anti-nuclear movement is growing in Japan. Nowhere is that more apparent, … Continue reading

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Tokyo Anti-Nuclear Rally Draws Thousands (PICTURES)

via RT.com / June 2, 2013 / Thousands of demonstrators have gathered in Tokyo to protest restarting of nuclear reactors the government is considering. Around 7,500 people participated in the anti-nuclear protests in the Japanese capital, according to organizers cited by AFP. The demonstrators gathered in a park in central Tokyo, marched through the city and rallied outside the offices of Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO), operator of the Fukushima … Continue reading

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Frightened to return: A Fukushima father’s story

via Independent.co.uk / June 2, 2013 / Like most fathers, Yoji Fujimoto frets about the health of his young children. In addition to normal parental concerns about the food they eat, the air they breathe and the environment they will inherit, however, he must add one more: the radioactive fallout from a nuclear disaster. Three days after meltdown began at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant on 11 March 2011, Mr … Continue reading

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Gov’t suggests TEPCO freeze soil around Fukushima plant

via Japan Today / May 31, 2013 / A government panel of experts on Thursday recommended that Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO) consider freezing the soil around the stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant to reduce the amount of radioactive groundwater being generated by water flowing into the plant. According to the panel’s plan, pipes would be placed in the ground and filled with coolant at a temperature of minus … Continue reading

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Last no-go zone designation in Fukushima lifted

via JapanTimes.co.jp / via May 29, 2013 / The government lifted the last no-go zone designation in Fukushima Prefecture on Tuesday, more than 26 months after three reactors at the Fukushima No. 1 power plant suffered core meltdowns, but certain areas remain uninhabitable. In the town of Futaba, the last no-go zone has been reorganized into areas where the return of residents is deemed “difficult” and those where preparations can … Continue reading

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Ground freeze urged to curb seepage into Fukushima No. 1 radioactive basements

via JapanTimes.co.jp / May 30, 2013 / To reduce the flow of groundwater into the crippled reactor buildings at Tokyo Electric Power Co.’s Fukushima No. 1 atomic plant, the government told Tepco on Thursday to freeze the soil around them. Walls of frozen soil can be created by inserting pipes into the soil and injecting them with coolant. Tokyo-based major general contractor Kajima Corp. came up with the idea. A … Continue reading

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Exposed: Japanese Officials Upped Radiation Yardsticks to Dodge Compensation Costs

by Andrea Germanos / Common Dreams / May 26, 2013 / Japanese officials raised the level of acceptable radiation doses for evacuees of the Fukushima nuclear disaster to avoid increasing costs for compensation, Japan’s Asahi Shimbun reported on Saturday. A 5-millisieverts per year dose, the same level of exposure used as a yardstick to relocate residents after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, was proposed at an unofficial meeting of ministers in … Continue reading

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At Least 4 Nuclear Plants Will Apply for Restart in July

via EX-SKF / May 27, 2013 / If they are approved, there will be 8 additional reactors, including one with MOX fuel, will be online in Japan, in addition to two reactors at Ooi Nuclear Power Plant. These plants are: Takahama Nuclear Power Plant (pictured): Reactor 3 (MOX), Reactor 4, operated by Kansai Electric Power Company; Ikata Nuclear Power Plant: Reactor 3, operated by Shikoku Electric Power Company; Sendai Nuclear … Continue reading

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At Least 4 Nuclear Plants Will Apply for Restart in July

via EX-SKF / May 27, 2013 / If they are approved, there will be 8 additional reactors, including one with MOX fuel, will be online in Japan, in addition to two reactors at Ooi Nuclear Power Plant. These plants are: Takahama Nuclear Power Plant (pictured): Reactor 3 (MOX), Reactor 4, operated by Kansai Electric Power Company; Ikata Nuclear Power Plant: Reactor 3, operated by Shikoku Electric Power Company; Sendai Nuclear … Continue reading

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Fukushima subcontractor fires employees for whistle-blowing

via JapanDailyPress.com / May 27, 2013 / A subcontractor hired by the Fukushima Prefectural government to do nuclear disaster cleanup has been ordered by the Labor Standards Inspection Office to properly implement labor practices after it was reported that they fired three male employees without prior notice. The men claim that they were fired because they reported the company’s corner-cutting. The labor standards office said that the city of Fukushima … Continue reading

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Radiation Bulletin: Fuel Cycle/DOE: May 20th – 26th 2013

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The Nuclear Fuel Cycle is the Achilles heal of the nuclear industry. From uranium mining to the deadly spent fuel of reactors, here’s the news that never makes the national news for a reason. This edition of the Radiation Bulletin includes a lot of Department of Energy news.

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Radiation Bulletin: Government Docs: May 20th – 26th 2013

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This addition of the Radiation Bulletin focuses on documents submitted by government agencies from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), Department of Energy (DOE), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and state documents.

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Expand health survey beyond Fukushima: U.N

via The Japan Times / May 27, 2013 / Japan’s health survey on the effects of the March 2011 nuclear crisis should be expanded to include areas outside Fukushima Prefecture, a U.N. expert said. The health management survey should be provided to residents in all affected areas by radiation exposure higher than 1 millisievert per year, Anand Grover, the U.N. special rapporteur on health, said in a report. The report … Continue reading

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#Radioactive Materials Leak at Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex (J-PARC)

via EX-SKF / May 24, 2013 / Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA), who operates J-PARC, didn’t bother to notify the Nuclear Regulatory Agency (secretariat of the Nuclear Regulatory Authority, mostly made of people from NISA) for 2 days, because they did not think there was any leak of radioactive materials. According to Asahi, the researchers suffer internal radiation of exposure of 1.7 millisievert, and the contamination of the facility is … Continue reading

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U.N. mulls excluding nuclear accidents from disaster prevention plan

via Kyodo News / May 21, 2013 / The United Nations is considering excluding measures to prevent a nuclear accident caused by earthquake and tsunami from a new framework on disaster risk reduction expected to be adopted at the next world conference in 2015, U.N. sources said Tuesday. A Japanese government official involved in drafting the new framework, which will be discussed at the U.N.-sponsored World Conference on Disaster Reduction … Continue reading

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Fukushima plant struggles to keep staff

via Tokyo AP / May 23, 2013 / Keeping the meltdown-stricken Fukushima nuclear plant in northeastern Japan in stable condition requires a cast of thousands. Increasingly the plant’s operator is struggling to find enough workers, a trend that many expect to worsen and hamper progress in the decades-long effort to safely decommission it. Tokyo Electric Power Co., the utility that runs the Fukushima Dai-ichi plant that melted down in March … Continue reading

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Nuclear regulators acknowledge fault below Tsuruga reactor is active

via NewsOnJapan.com / May 23, 2013 / The Nuclear Regulation Authority accepted on Wednesday an assessment that a reactor at the Tsuruga plant in western Japan is sitting above an active fault, making it increasingly difficult for the facility to resume operation. It is the first time Japan’s regulatory authorities have acknowledged an existing reactor is located above a fault feared to move in the future, according to an NRA … Continue reading

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Farmers plant rice near crippled Fukushima site

via The Star / May 22, 2013 / Farmers have resumed planting rice for market only 15 kilometres (nine miles) from Japan’s crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station, a local official said Wednesday. It was the first time since the March 2011 earthquake-tsunami-nuclear disaster that farmers have gone inside the former 20-kilometre “no-go” zone around the doomed plant to sow rice intended for sale. The zone has been redefined to … Continue reading

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Radiation Bulletin: Fuel Cycle/DOE: May 13th – 19th 2013

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The Nuclear Fuel Cycle is the Achilles heal of the nuclear industry. From uranium mining to the deadly spent fuel of reactors, here’s the news that never makes the national news for a reason. This edition of the Radiation Bulletin includes a lot of Department of Energy news.

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Radiation Bulletin: Government Docs: May 13th – 19th 2013

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This addition of the Radiation Bulletin focuses on documents submitted by government agencies from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), Department of Energy (DOE), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and state documents.

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Terrorist drill held for Fukushima plant

via Japan Times / May 12, 2013 / Police and the Japan Coast Guard conducted a joint drill Saturday to prepare for a possible terrorist attack on the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant. About 150 officers and other people, including members of a special assault team of the police, participated in the drill at the Fukushima No. 2 nuclear power plant, about 10 km from Fukushima No. 1. Both … Continue reading

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Leaks, Rats and Radioactivity: Fukushima’s Nuclear Cleanup Is Faltering

by Bryan Walsh / via Time / May 1, 2013 / Honestly, if the consequences weren’t potentially so dire, the ongoing struggles to clean up the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in northern Japan would be the stuff of comedy. In March, an extended blackout disabled power to a vital cooling system for days. The cause: a rat that had apparently been chewing on cables in a switchboard. As if that’s … Continue reading

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New cover for fuel removal at Fukushima

via World Nuclear News / May 14, 2013 / A four-year process is planned to rebuild the cover over Fukushima Daiichi 1, equipping it to remove used reactor fuel still stored there. Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) will take away the roof of the temporary cover structure that was put in place to reduce radioactive emissions to air in the six months after the accident in 2011. This will give … Continue reading

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How Fukushima Contamination May Have Spread via Waterways

via Wall Street Journal / by Yuko Takeo / May 13, 2013 / A new study offers fresh insights into how radioactive contamination from the Fukushima nuclear disaster may have spread through Japan’s interconnected waterways, reaching some freshwater fish hundreds of kilometers away. The research by two Japanese academics published in “Nature” magazine late last month reports traces of cesium found in 2011 “even in Shizuoka prefecture, 400 km south-west from the … Continue reading

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Overview of active cesium contamination of freshwater fish in Fukushima and Eastern Japan

Toshiaki Mizuno1 Hideya Kubo1 Affiliations Contributions Corresponding author Scientific Reports 3, Article number: 1742 doi:10.1038/srep01742 Received 13 March 2012 Accepted 05 April 2013 Published 29 April 2013   Article tools PDF Download as PDF (536 KB) View interactive PDF in ReadCube Citation Reprints Rights & permissions Metrics This paper focuses on an overview of radioactive cesium 137 (quasi-Cs137 included Cs134) contamination of freshwater fish in Fukushima and eastern Japan based … Continue reading

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Radiation Bulletin: Fuel Cycle/DOE: May 6th – 12th 2013

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The Nuclear Fuel Cycle is the Achilles heal of the nuclear industry. From uranium mining to the deadly spent fuel of reactors, here’s the news that never makes the national news for a reason. This edition of the Radiation Bulletin includes a lot of Department of Energy news.

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Radiation Bulletin: Government Docs: May 6th – 11th 2013

radbullThe Radiation Bulletin is published by the Abalone Alliance Clearinghouse.

This addition of the Radiation Bulletin focuses on documents submitted by government agencies from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), Department of Energy (DOE), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and state documents.

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Radiation Bulletin: Fuel Cycle/DOE: April 29th – May 5th 2013

radbullThe Radiation Bulletin is published by the Abalone Alliance Clearinghouse.

The Nuclear Fuel Cycle is the Achilles heal of the nuclear industry. From uranium mining to the deadly spent fuel of reactors, here’s the news that never makes the national news for a reason. This edition of the Radiation Bulletin includes a lot of Department of Energy news.

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Radiation Bulletin: Government News: April 29th – May 4th 2013

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This addition of the Radiation Bulletin focuses on documents submitted by government agencies from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), Department of Energy (DOE), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and state documents.

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Radiation Bulletin: Fuel Cycle/DOE: April 22nd – 28th 2013

radbullThe Radiation Bulletin is published by the Abalone Alliance Clearinghouse.

The Nuclear Fuel Cycle is the Achilles heal of the nuclear industry. From uranium mining to the deadly spent fuel of reactors, here’s the news that never makes the national news for a reason. This edition of the Radiation Bulletin includes a lot of Department of Energy news.

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Radiation Bulletin: Government Docs: April 22nd – 28th 2013

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This addition of the Radiation Bulletin focuses on documents submitted by government agencies from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), Department of Energy (DOE), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and state documents.

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Radiation Bulletin: Fukushima News: April 22nd – 28th 2013

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The US main stream media fails to cover the Fukushima disaster as a favor to the nuclear industry. This edition of the Radiation Bulletin is a day by day listing by title of all the news on Fukushima coming from the english press in Japan.

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San Onofre Fukushima USA Hot Rense.com

 
A seaweed clump lying directly in front of San Onofre Nuke has a high reading.

Fukushima ‘Hot’ Levels in California 

The clumps of seaweeds in front of SCE San Onofre registered between 0.18 and 0.38 microsieverts, in the same range as those I measured on the shore of south Fukushima prefecture. The Catalina readngs of 0.12 to 0.18 microsieverts in seaweed and 0.28 in barnacles and 0.20 limpets is higher than my findings at the Abukuma River basin near the border of Fukushima and Miyagi prefectures. (Note: By comparison, readings taken on the Japanese coast just south of the Fukushima No.2 plant were extremely high, often more than 1.2 microsieverts per hour.)

By Yoichi Shimatsu
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4-23-13
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San Onofre Fukushima USA Hot Rense.com 

Aging Nuke Plants On Fault Lines In Tsunami Hazard Zones = Fukushimas… Any Questions?
PLEASE Turn off a light for Fukushima USA / San Onofre

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Emergency Preparedness in San Clemente Beachside Chat




Join us & the San Clemente Times for Beachside Chat Friday, April 19 at 8 a.m. at Café Calypso, at 114 Avenida Del Mar.

The guests for Beachside Chat Friday will include members of San Clemente’s Community Emergency Response Team, as well as city emergency planning officer Jen Tucker. They will discuss the CERT program and emergency response plans for the city.

Beachside Chat is held the first and third Fridays of each month at Café Calypso.

San Clemente California Fukushima USA
Don’t Let San Clemente California Become Fukushima USA 
Aging Nuke Plants On Fault Lines In Tsunami Hazard Zones = Fukushimas… Any Questions?
PLEASE Turn off a light for Fukushima USA / San Onofre

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Radiation Bulletin: Fuel Cycle/DOE: April 15th – 21st 2013

radbullThe Radiation Bulletin is published by the Abalone Alliance Clearinghouse.

The Nuclear Fuel Cycle is the Achilles heal of the nuclear industry. From uranium mining to the deadly spent fuel of reactors, here’s the news that never makes the national news for a reason. This edition of the Radiation Bulletin includes a lot of Department of Energy news.

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