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WASHINGTON (Kyodo) U.S. nuclear regulators may revise the evacuation advisory for Americans living within an 80-km radius of the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant as radioactive substances in areas beyond 40 km of the stricken facility have subsided to levels that require no flight, officials said Friday.
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20110410a7.html

Well, at least that's good news.
 
not_my_kids said:
WASHINGTON (Kyodo) U.S. nuclear regulators may revise the evacuation advisory for Americans living within an 80-km radius of the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant as radioactive substances in areas beyond 40 km of the stricken facility have subsided to levels that require no flight, officials said Friday.
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20110410a7.html

Well, at least that's good news.
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I think it's premature-- the entire facility is no where near under control. It could get very ugly too quickly to start moving in closer. jmo
 
Excessive radioactive cesium found in fish sampled off Fukushima

Quote: One of the four sample fish had a level of cesium of 570 becquerels per kilogram on Thursday about 1 kilometer off the city of Iwaki, and the other three measured 480 to 500 becquerels. The limit is 500 becquerels under the Food Sanitation Law.

and

Radioactive iodine measured 1,100 to 1,700 becquerels in the samples against the legal limit of 2,000 becquerels.

http://english.kyodonews.jp/news/2011/04/84289.html
 
Radiation Detected In Drinking Water In 13 More US Cities, Cesium-137 In Vermont Milk

Quote: Milk samples from Phoenix and Los Angeles contained iodine-131 at levels roughly equal to the maximum contaminant level permitted by EPA, the data shows.

and

A rainwater sample collected in Boise on March 27 contained 390 picocures per liter of iodine-131, plus 41 of cesium-134 and 36 of cesium-137. EPA released this result for the first time yesterday. Typically several days pass between sample collection and data release because of the time required to collect, transport and analyze the samples.

http://blogs.forbes.com/jeffmcmahon/

:mad:
 
Shuttered Tokyo hotel reopens for evacuees

With the hotel's closure, the grandeur has given way to more practical considerations. The front desk is dark and the sofas designed by Tange are gone from the lobby. Inside the elevator, makeshift labels pasted over the engraved plaques read "convenience store" and "cafeteria." A 15th-floor meeting room is now a playroom. Downstairs from the lobby and past a white piano, the banquet area has about 20 washer-dryer units.

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationw...uake-hotel-20110410,0,7647109.story?track=rss

This is a great set up, sure better than FEMA trailers. mo
 
Millions of yen turned in, Japanese police say

Quote: Police told Kyodo that citizens were turning in cash and valuables every day and that there was little hope in most cases of finding the original owners if the items were found without identification.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42514515/ns/world_news-asiapacific/

That's so impressive... also, take a look at that photo! How stunning.
 
I am getting so sick of these articles from Japan that make no sense.

Radioactive water disposal delayed

Work to dispose of highly radioactive water at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant is not proceeding smoothly as more time is needed for preparations.

Heavily contaminated water in turbine buildings and a concrete tunnel is hampering work to restore cooling functions in the troubled reactors. The total amount of water in question is estimated at more than 50,000 tons.

The plant's operator, Tokyo Electric Power Company, plans to transfer the highly radioactive water to a nuclear waste processing facility and turbine condensers.

The utility firm is now working to lay hoses between the turbine buildings and the facility.

Holes have already been bored in the walls of the buildings, but work to install the hoses has yet to begin.

In addition, the waste disposal facility needs to be closely checked before the procedure can begin.

Meanwhile, the level of highly radioactive water filling the concrete tunnel of the No.2 reactor had reached 92 centimeters below the ground's surface as of Sunday morning. That is a rise of 12 centimeters since the leakage of the water into the sea was stopped on Wednesday.

Tokyo Electric plans to start moving the water in the tunnel into the reactor's condenser as early as Sunday.

Sunday, April 10, 2011 07:30 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/10_03.html

I haven't even watched the video yet. I am sure it will be more confusing.
 
Govt to release radiation guidelines for schools

Japan's education ministry will release radiation exposure safety guidelines for school children in the coming week.

The ministry is drawing up the guidelines in response to a request from the Fukushima prefectural government, which hosts the disaster-stricken nuclear power plant.

Officials say the guidelines are based on data collected through radiation level surveys at schools and soil samples taken from schoolyards.

The guidelines will mandate that schools suspend classes, stop outdoor lessons, and ensure students wear face masks if radiation surpasses certain levels.

The education ministry says it will seek technical advice from the Nuclear Safety Commission before finalizing the guidelines.

The commission told reporters on Saturday that given the high radioactive readings registered in various locations, many schools in the affected areas would be asked to meet certain conditions before resuming lessons.

Sunday, April 10, 2011 06:52 +0900 (JST)

http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/10_05.html

Sorry kids, you are just going to have to learn to live with that radiation!!
 
Here is a picture of the plant today:

tepco-1.jpg


Here is one from yesterday:

tepco2110409070036cgi-1.jpg


I would say all that steam or smoke is what is causing the delay in pumping that water out. They had an event.

Here are other pictures of events.

http://fukushima.wikispaces.com/TEPCO+webcam+pictures
 
I was waiting yesterday for the last hour picture because I figured if it was a fire the glow would show up as it got dark. Funny they shut the camera off for the last two hours of daylight.
 
Dr.Fessel said:
I am getting so sick of these articles from Japan that make no sense.

Radioactive water disposal delayed

Work to dispose of highly radioactive water at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant is not proceeding smoothly as more time is needed for preparations.

Heavily contaminated water in turbine buildings and a concrete tunnel is hampering work to restore cooling functions in the troubled reactors. The total amount of water in question is estimated at more than 50,000 tons.

The plant's operator, Tokyo Electric Power Company, plans to transfer the highly radioactive water to a nuclear waste processing facility and turbine condensers.

The utility firm is now working to lay hoses between the turbine buildings and the facility.

Holes have already been bored in the walls of the buildings, but work to install the hoses has yet to begin.

In addition, the waste disposal facility needs to be closely checked before the procedure can begin.

Meanwhile, the level of highly radioactive water filling the concrete tunnel of the No.2 reactor had reached 92 centimeters below the ground's surface as of Sunday morning. That is a rise of 12 centimeters since the leakage of the water into the sea was stopped on Wednesday.

Tokyo Electric plans to start moving the water in the tunnel into the reactor's condenser as early as Sunday.

Sunday, April 10, 2011 07:30 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/10_03.html

I haven't even watched the video yet. I am sure it will be more confusing.
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This is a problem right here-- they only have storage (where they dumped less radioactive water into the ocean) for 11,000 tons. And not to overlook that this water in the tunnels was 10 million times normal. Wonder what it is now, other than waaaaay to much.

What I find astounding, is they waste so much time and resources on something that will only work for a few hours. They plugged up the leak, but had no idea what to do with the water when it doesn't leak! I know that very dirty water, deadly water, will eventually end up in the ocean. Now it will be much more contaminated when it gets there. jmo
 
Improvisation, frustration mark Japan's nuclear crisis at 4 weeks

Quote: Satoshi Sato, a Japanese nuclear industry consultant, called the current line of attack a "waste of effort." Plant instruments are likely damaged and unreliable because of the intense heat that was generated, and pumping more water into the reactors is only making the contamination problem worse, he said.

"There is no happy end with their approach," Sato told CNN. "They must change the approach. That's something I'm sure of 100 percent."

http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/04/08/japan.nuclear.crisis/

Here's a little that backs up the way I'm feeling...
 
Highly radioactive water in nuke plant set to be moved for storage

Quote: Transferring the water, totaling some 60,000 tons, to nearby tanks and other storage places is seen as vital to move ahead with the work to restore the key cooling functions for reactors damaged after the March 11 quake and tsunami.

http://english.kyodonews.jp/news/2011/04/84384.html

Are they going to move some of this water off site? If so, I hope they keep it in the exclusion zone that already exists. Better than the ocean, then.
 
It has taken 11 days for this little gem to leak out:

http://blogs.forbes.com/jeffmcmahon/2011/04/10/epa-new-radiation-highs-in-little-rock-milk-philadelphia-drinking-water/

Milk from Little Rock and drinking water from Philadelphia contained the highest levels of Iodine-131 from Japan yet detected by the Environmental Protection Agency, according to data released by EPA Saturday.

The Philadelphia sample is below the EPA’s maximum contaminant level (MCL) for iodine-131, but the Little Rock sample is almost three times higher.Nonetheless, the EPA does not consider the milk dangerous because the MCL is set for long-term exposure, and the iodine-131 from Japan’s Fukushima-Daichi nuclear accident is expected to be temporary and deteriorate rapidly.

The EPA’s MCL for iodine-131 is 3 picoCuries per liter.

The Little Rock milk sample contained 8.9 picoCuries per liter. It was collected on March 30.
 
That makes me swoon with anger! I am appalled that our government is working against us. :mad:

To what purpose?! To help the milk industry????? I'll bet.
 
Quiche said:
That makes me swoon with anger! I am appalled that our government is working against us. :mad:

To what purpose?! To help the milk industry????? I'll bet.
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"Don't panic. Not harmful to human health,blah,blah,blah," :maddening:

Usually there is something to do with $$$$
 
TEPCO uses unmanned equipment to remove rubble

Tokyo Electric Power Company has bugun using unmanned heavy equipment to remove radioactive rubble at the tsunami-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.

Hydrogen explosions blew off the ceilings and walls of the Number One and Number Three reactor buildings. The debris is emitting hundreds of millisieverts of radiation per hour in some places, hindering the restoration work.

The utility started using remote-controlled power shovels and bulldozers to remove the rubble on Sunday afternoon.

Operators are using cameras attached to the equipment as well as 6 fixed cameras at the site to carry out the work from hundreds of meters away.

A lead-covered mobile operating room will be used to remove debris from places that cannot be reached by radio waves.

TEPCO says the rubble will be put into containers and stored at the plant under strict supervision, as it may be contaminated with high levels of radiation.

Sunday, April 10, 2011 18:40 +0900 (JST)

http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/10_21.html


I say if you are spraying radiation all over the world and you have 6 cameras running at the site then you have to broadcast that live video to the world so we know what you are doing to fix it.
 
Japan atomic plant worker in hospital

Quote: "He was transferred to a hospital. The cause of his sickness is not yet known."

The spokesman said the worker, who has not been identified, was one of 30 who had been laying a water exhaust hose outside the turbine building at reactor No. 2.

Read more: http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Japan+atomic+plant+worker+hospital/4591057/story.html#ixzz1J9F1pDLe


Oh gee, let me think-- he was working at one of the most contaminated spots mentioned? :waitasec:
 
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