Saturday 16 November 2013

Fukushima Update - 11/25/2013


Nuclear Engineer: New
footage shows Reactor 1 has
“ruptured” containment
structure, most likely from
the explosion
Water to cool “what’s left of core” flowing into environment (VIDEO)


15 November, 2013


The Japan Times, Nov. 14, 2013: One leak came from a rupture in a sand-cushioned drain pipe installed at the bottom of the containment vessel.


Chris Harris, former licensed Senior Reactor Operator and engineer, Nutrimedical Report, Nov. 14, 2013 (at 29:00 in): They did indeed find water pouring out of several locations in Reactor 1′s containment structure and basically this shows that it was ruptured, most likely during the explosion that happened [...] As we discussed before, all the water that gets pumped in to cool what’s left of the core [...] it goes in and it’s falling back out again and goes right into the secondary side, which is basicallly the reactor building [...] Because the water level’s not going up into that part of the building, it’s flowing out into the environment. That’s not really good news.





Headlines from ENENews
05:56 PM EST on November 15th, 2013 | Leave a comment

Gundersen: Health effects from Fukushima are being hidden — Japan not publishing data on stillbirths, spontaneous abortions, cancers, and more since 3/11 — Indicates they’re afraid to release it (VIDEO)

02:51 PM EST on November 15th, 2013 | 32 comments

Experts: Fukushima plume headed to West Coast isn’t just going to pass by like smoke, plant continues to spew into ocean; Pacific to be full of contamination, it’s a gigantic experiment — Host: Amazing how many people are in denial (VIDEO)

08:33 AM EST on November 15th, 2013 | 95 comments

Gundersen: Fuel already “very close to going critical” at Unit 4 — Must be extraordinarily careful about starting chain reaction (VIDEO)

01:34 AM EST on November 15th, 2013 | 27 comments

Photographer: No sign of life in Fukushima exclusion zone, only a few birds (PHOTOS)



Fukushima: Remove TEPCO Before Removing Fuel at SFP#4 Arnie Gundersen

Fairewinds has fielded a number of questions regarding the removal of the fuel rods from the spent fuel pool in Unit 4 at Fukushima Daiichi. Today's video shows Arnie debunking TEPCO's animated film point by point, and highlights the issues TEPCO will have removing the fuel rods. TEPCO needs to be removed as the organization overseeing the cleanup of the site prior to the removal of the fuel rods.


they were FINE when I put them up a few hours ago, but now they are no "clickable".http://fairewinds.org/podcast/remove-...





Fuel Removal -- Potential 'Apocalyptic' Scenario, says CommonDreams.org





Mission Impossible? Fukushima scientists brace for riskiest nuclear fuel clean-up yethttp://fairewinds.org/media/in-the-ne...



Gundersen Discusses Current Condition of Reactors, TEPCO Claim of "No Fission" in Fuel Pool, and Lack of Radiation Monitoring in Fishhttp://fairewinds.org/media/fairewind...



Unit 4 and TEPCOhttp://fairewinds.org/podcast/unit-4-...

Fairewinds' Arnie Gundersen Presentation at Helen Caldicott Foundation 

Symposiumhttp://fairewinds.org/media/presentat...

Arnie Gundersen presents "The Fukushima Daiichi Disaster In Comparison To Chernobyl" in Vancouver, 
Canada.http://fairewinds.org/media/presentat...



Why Fukushima Can Happen Here: What the NRC and Nuclear Industry Dont Want You to Know

Fukushima Groundwater Contamination Worst in Nuclear History

Nuclear Engineer Arnie Gundersen demonstrates How Fukushima's Fuel Rods Melted and Shatteredhttp://fairewinds.org/media/fairewind...



"This Could Become Chernobyl on Steroids": Nuclear Engineer Arnie Gundersen on Japan's Growing Nuclear Crisis

and I would like everyone to subscribe to BeautifulGirlByDana on Youtube. He's been doing nightly live updates since the October 25th 2013 BIG earthquake.https://www.youtube.com/user/Beautifu...


[Video] Reactor 1 confirmed leaking out the coolant water / 2.0 Sv/h


15 November, 2013


Fukushima Diary has been suggesting the possible direct leakage of contaminated water from reactor1 to underground.

(cf, [Column] Tepco may be hiding the possible direct leakage of coolant water – Press should demand disclosure [URL])

From 11/13 to 11/14/2013, Tepco investigated the basement floor of reactor1 building to identify 3 locations of the leakage from PCV.

They used the remote controlling boat for this investigation.

The leakages are the from a vent pipe and also a crippled sand cushion drain pipe around the suppression chamber. A part called sand cushion ring header was also observed leaking.

The ambient dose was 0.9 ~ 2.0 Sv/h. The leakage speed wasn’t tested.




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[78,000,000,000 Bq/m3 of all β] More tank leakage found



Fukushima Diary,
15 November, 2013

Cesium-134 : 1,500,000 Bq/m3
Cesium-137 : 2,700,000 Bq/m3
Tepco assumed the leakage point was one of the bolts, the volume of leaked water was 11 L. They didn’t find the leakage one day before.

[78,000,000,000 Bq/m3 of all β] More tank leakage found

2 [78,000,000,000 Bq/m3 of all β] More tank leakage found



FUKUSHIMA-666 (The Fukushima Generation)





The Mayor of Futaba (where Fukushima Daiichi I is located) speaks to fucking Noda, (brainless piece of shit intent in destroying the Japanese people and the rest of the "down winders"). 

The Japanese Government, as we have discussed before, have repeatedly hidden the information given by the SPEEDI data about where radioactive fallout would go in case of an "accident". We now see that the "accident' could have been prevented, but instead, it was covered up. Prime Minister Noda is then asked to resign (AGAIN). I HOPE the people of Japan have heard everything I have heard and get him out of office AGAIN. Something is seriously wrong with that man (NODA, et al), the Japanese Government, and their "reconstruction policy" of Fukushima. 

They are all ostriches.

Either they really and truly do NOT care about anyone, or they are bought off and paid for by the nuclear industry. I simply do not see any middle ground on this. I cannot imagine how citizens of Japan tolerate this bull shit. I am glad to see so many waking up to the idea of either moving out of Japan, or at least protesting. I'm proud of those who speak their mind. 

Alexey V. Yablokov, outspoken author of Chernobyl: Consequences of the Catastrophe for People and the Environment, communicated his thoughts on the data via several emails noting, "The Japanese government is not trustworthy when it comes to releasing information about Fukushima, which is Japan's Chernobyl. The assertion that prefecture specific data would not be useful is ridiculous ... A real national comparative study needs to be conducted."



Health concerns abound in Fukushima about the safety of living in the area. In April 2011, the Japanese government raised the radiation limits for exposure at schools near the plant to 20 millisieverts. A senior nuclear adviser to the government at the time abruptly resigned in protest saying the level was 20 times too high, especially for children who he said are more vulnerable to radiation than adults.



The government of Fukushima announced in late August the results of an ongoing study on the impact of radiation on children under 18 who were living in Fukushima at the time of the accident. Of the roughly 360,000 children, there were 44 suspected cases of thyroid cancer. Radioactive substances released during an accident and afterwards can accumulate in children's thyroid glands, which increases the risk of developing cancer. In the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster, thyroid cancers cases started to show up after four to five years after the accident.




The Japanese government has a past history of censoring negative information about health damage caused by corporate malfeasance, as in the mercury poisoning cases during the '50s and '60s, the HIV-tainted blood cases in the '80s, and the Dioxin contamination problem in the '90s. It has often avoided detailed epidemiological studies that might show a wider range of harm. In the Minamata mercury poisoning case, the central government even worked with the polluting corporations to minimize evidence showing the cause and range of the illness, in consideration of the negative economic impact such revelations would have. One reason Japan government agencies have a long history of favoring corporate entities like TEPCO over the welfare of citizens is the common practice of bureaucrats retiring to prime posts in the industries they once regulated.




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