460,000,000
Bq/m3 of Cs-134/137 detected from mountain side of Reactor 2
25
October, 2014
Extremely
high level of Cs-134/137 was detected in groundwater taken beside
Reactor 2, Tepco announced on 10/24/2014. The specific state of
underground is not verified yet.
It
is groundwater taken from “sub-drain” located beside Reactor 2.
(cf, Strontium-90 detected in potentially discharged water from
Reactor 1 and 3 [URL])
460,000,000
Bq/m3 of Cs-134/137 was detected from groundwater on 10/22/2014.
425,000,000 Bq/m3 of Cs-134/137 was also measured the next day.
From
another sub-drain, 424,000,000 Bq/m3 was detected on 10/22/2014 as
well. It was still 321,000,000 Bq/m3 the next day.
These
sub-drains are located on the mountain side of Reactor 2, which is
not affected by frequently reported groundwater contamination in the
seaside of Reactor 2.
Tepco
explains the high readings were caused by the recent typhoon, but the
last analyses were implemented in the end of last November and the
beginning of last December. The latest readings are approx. 900 times
much as the last readings, and it can’t be denied that the
contamination level has been gradually increasing even without
typhoon.
Tepco
states the contaminated coolant water that directly touched fuel is
not related to the rapidly increased Cs-134/137 density in
groundwater.
Tepco
accidentally destroyed a part of Reactor 1 cover at dismantling
preparation
28 October, 2014
Following
up this article.. Tepco started dismantling Reactor 1 cover – Video
[URL]
Tepco
mis-operated the crane to spray scattering inhibitor and opened an
excessively large hole on the cover of Reactor 1, Tepco announced on
10/28/2014.
The
size of the hole was 2m × 1m, whereas it was supposed to be 0.3m ×
0.3m. Tepco states it was due to a sudden gust of wind around 8:20 of
10/28/2014.
The
cover is to prevent the radioactive material from spreading to the
atmosphere. Tepco comments the surrounding radioactive density didn’t
show increase however.
The
spray device of scattering inhibitor has the spear-shaped top to open
a hole on fibrous panel of the cover. It is not planned when to
restart the dismantling procedure.
Gundersen:
Mutations in
plants being reported after
chronic Fukushima exposure
—
Professor: Mutant flowers found in Fukushima — Biologist: “Gigantic
leaves, seeds very big” after nuclear disaster (VIDEO)
29
October, 2014
Nuclear
expert Arnie Gundersen of Fairewinds Energy Education on Radio
Ecoshock,
Oct 27, 2014 (11:30
in):
We work with a woman… an organic gardener. Every year, she’s
taken the seeds from her garden, planted, then harvested seeds from
those plants to be the next year’s crop. So she’s got 4 years now
of seeds that have been growing about 30 miles (~50 km) from
Fukushima. She’s beginning to experience gargantuanism in her food
now, which is an indication of radiation damage. It’s one of the
many DNA changes that occur after a couple of generations. So we know
that gardeners and plants that are outside the exclusion zone are
seeing the effects of chronic levels of radiation that the Japanese
would choose to ignore.
Dr.
Timothy Mousseau, University of South Carolina biological sciences
professor,
July 10, 2014:Photo
Caption: Mutant Dandelions in Fukushima…
Fukushima released enormous quantities of radioactive elements [with]
15,000 km2 land area significantly contaminated… Key results
published in 2013-14 include… impacts on biodiversity… effects on
neurological development in small mammals… birds, butterflies, and
cicadas showed significant declines… species may show the
consequences of mutation accumulation over multiple generations… In
Fukushima, the first signs of developmental abnormalities have been
observed in birds in 2013… these findings clearly demonstrate
landscape-scale individual, population and ecosystem consequences…
developmental abnormalities and deformities that likely contribute to
the depressed abundances and biodiversity.
Natalia
Manzurova, radiation biologist:
For the 10 years before Chernobyl happened, I worked as a scientific
researcher [at the] Mayak nuclear facility. We studied the impact of
radiation on the environment… plants, fish, birds… When Chernobyl
happened, all the members of this institute were sent permanently to
Chernobyl… The trees that had leaves — the leaves were gigantic.
The seeds and the leaves were very big. I’m following the accident
in Fukushima very attentively and when I heard, ‘Everything is
okay, the environment will be safe, there is no immediate risk’…
the same we were told when Chernobyl happened — just in the same
words… Is there anyone who believes the mass media confirmations
that everything is okay in Fukushima? You should understand perfectly
well that the nuclear industry and nuclear bureaucracy — the first
thing they think about is not you, but about their pocket, about the
face they present. But the public will have to pay. The public can
lose everything — health, the place where they live, their future.
You should build up your own point of view of how to react to this
nuclear industry… You should educate yourself… It is up to you to
know. I’m quite sure… you will say, ‘We want to live in a clean
environment and grow healthy children — and we want to decide our
own destiny.’
IAEA:
“Increased mutation level was apparent…abnormalities include…size
of leaves & flowers”
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