2014年12月24日水曜日

The Fukushima Daiich Nuclear Power Station - Situation is exponentially more dire than Chernobyl

The Fukushima Daiich Nuclear Power Station - Situation is exponentially more dire than Chernobyl

http://nuclear-news.net/2014/12/20/fukushima-situation-highly-radioactive-worse-than-chernobyl/



2014/12/12 に公開
Magazine Editor’s Final Words: Fukushima exponentially more dire than Chernobyl — Deteriorating plant threatens mass extinction around world — It’s made a deep impression on me recently — You have an obligation to be aware of conditions there (AUDIO)
http://enenews.com/magazine-editors-f...

NRA chief: Cementing tunnels will stop inflow
Nuclear & Energy Dec. 12, 2014 - Updated 06:23 UTC-5
The chief of Japan's nuclear overseer has inspected the Fukushima Daiichi plant where decommissioning work is underway.

Nuclear Regulation Authority Chairman Shunichi Tanaka visited the plant on Friday for the third time in 2 years.

He toured the plant for about 4 hours, inspecting each facility at the nuclear complex.
In a plant building which serves as a base for decommissioning work, Tanaka said he thinks the safety of the plant has gradually improved.

Tanaka inspected barriers around tanks storing contaminated water. Multiple barriers have been added to prevent a recurrence of the incident last year in which more than 300 tons of tainted water leaked away.

He also checked whether the new method to remove highly radioactive water from underground tunnels is working.
The plant operator, Tokyo Electric Power Company, is trying to stop the inflow of contaminated water from a reactor building by pouring cement into the flooded tunnels while removing water from them.

Tanaka said the tunnels have been his biggest concern, but the ongoing work seems to be successful.
He said people need to understand that contaminated water cannot be stored at the plant forever, and that it should be treated and disposed of.

Okuma Town accepts interim storage facilities

Nuclear & Energy Dec. 12, 2014 - Updated 03:31 UTC-5

A town in Fukushima Prefecture has decided to accept a plan to build intermediate storage facilities for radioactive waste stemming from the nuclear accident in 2011.

The Okuma Town assembly made the decision on Friday after Mayor Toshitsuna Watanabe expressed his intention to accept the plan.

Assembly members agreed that the government's proposed compensation for people who will give up their land or property is insufficient, but it has provided a sufficient explanation of the plan.

The members also concluded that they have no way but to accept the plan to speed up post-disaster reconstruction.

Town authorities want to hold a meeting for residents to explain the decision in January.

Okuma is one of the 2 municipalities chosen by the government as candidate sites for the facilities. The other town, Futaba, has not made its position clear.

The damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant is located in the towns of Okuma and Futaba.

The government wants to build the facilities on a 16-square-kilometer site in the 2 towns. Waste transportation is due to start in January.

Mayor Watanabe said it is time to make a decision. But he said the town only accepts construction of the facilities and it will ask the central government to sign a safety agreement before bringing in waste. He said the state should also provide support for landowners and other residents.

Assembly chairperson Yukio Chiba said the members approved the plan because the mayor told them that he wants to take a step forward. He urged the government to support residents and town authorities.

S.Korean experts to visit Fukushima

Nuclear & Energy Dec. 11, 2014 - Updated 23:48 UTC-5

Japan's fisheries ministry says South Korea will send experts to Japan to study the validity of a ban on fisheries imports from Fukushima and 7 other prefectures.

The ministry said on Friday that 7 experts will visit Japan from Monday through Friday and conduct a field survey related to the ban and other import restrictions.

Since September last year, South Korea has banned fish imports from the 8 prefectures that suffered contamination after the nuclear accident in 2011.

The country also requires the submission of test certificates if even a trace of radioactivity is found in imports from anywhere in Japan.

The experts will visit Fukushima Prefecture on Wednesday and Thursday. They will check how test fishing is being carried out and see how workers at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant are trying to prevent leaks of contaminated water into the Pacific.

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Fukushima situation – highly radioactive, worse than Chernobyl

Fukushima Exponentially More Dire than Chernobyl — Deteriorating Plant Threatens Global Radiation? By  Guy Crittenden  Global Research, December 18, 2014 ENEnews 12 December 2014

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  • “…………Instead of a long article about what transpired in 2014 and what may be ahead, I’m going to offer readers three items… that have made a deep impression on me recently; these are “must watch” items for anyone interested in helping our species avoid peril from environmental degradation
  • The deteriorating status of things at the destroyed nuclear plant at Fukushima, Japan…you have an obligation, really, to be aware of conditions there
  • [There is a] very real and present threat from the… highly radioactive… destroyed cores of the reactors, as well as things like the storage of contaminated water in hastily-built, rusting containers
  • This is serious stuff… an actual meltdown of the reactors — real China Syndrome stuff — as had been assumed would never likely happen in a modern reactor
  • The situation is exponentially more dire than Chernobyl
  • [Workers must] remove the rods for safe containment without having them contact one another and trigger a fire, the consequences of which would be unimaginable — We’re talking mass extinction around the world, especially in the northern hemisphere
  • Most people have forgotten the situation and think of it only as a local Japanese problem
  • It’s only a matter of time before another earthquake or tidal wave triggers such an event
Kevin Kamps, nuclear waste watchdog for Beyond Nuclear, Nuclear Hotseat, Dec 9, 2014 (at 37:00 in):  “If the meltdown is bad enough, that’s going to burn its way right through the foundations of the containment — like we’ve seen at Fukushima Daiichi.” http://www.globalresearch.ca/fukushima-exponentially-more-dire-than-chernobyl-deteriorating-plant-threatens-mass-extinction-around-world/5420579

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