Multiple nuclide removing system ALPS stopped again 22 hours after test operation restarted ALPS(多核種除去設備)が２２時間半後に停止

http://fukushima-diary.com/2013/09/multiple-nuclide-removing-ystem-alps-stopped-again-22-hours-after-test-operation-restarted/

Posted by Mochizuki on September 28th, 2013
Receiving the order of Japanese Prime Minister Abe, Tepco stated they are going to complete treating all the contaminated water by the end of the term of 2014. They commented it is possible with the multiple nuclide removing system ALPS.

As Fukushima Diary has been reporting, the multiple nuclide system stopped only 2 months after the test operation started this Spring. They found several parts severely deteriorated.
(cf, 4 more parts found severely deteriorated in multiple nuclide removing system ALPS only 2 months after test operation [URL])
At 0:04 of 9/27/2013, Tepco restarted the system (C line), but it stopped again at 22:37 of the same day. It was only 22 hours after the restart of test operation.
According to Tepco, the process to remove α nuclide had the problem to discharge the slurry. The cause is not verified yet.

Tepco places the system “ALPS” as the last hope with the frozen ground wall for the contaminated water problem, but they haven’t established the technology.

http://www.tepco.co.jp/cc/press/2013/1230982_5117.html
http://www.tepco.co.jp/cc/press/2013/1230986_5117.html
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東芝製の「アルプス（多核種除去装置）」は穴だらけ　別タンクにも微細な穴（各紙）　お粗末な日本の技  

http://www.asyura2.com/13/genpatu32/msg/245.htmlb

http://www.minpo.jp/news/detail/2013092911188

How Japan lied its way into the 2020 Olympic Games 2020東京オリンピックを誘致するために日本がついた嘘

http://nuclear-news.net/2013/09/28/how-japan-lied-its-way-into-the-2020-olympic-games/#more-57822

  The Namie Town Assembly unanimously passed the Sept. 20 protest resolution stating that there is a “serious problem” with Abe’s remarks as they “contradict reality.”

Fukushima Out of Control   Did Japan Lie Its Way Into the Olympics? CounterPunch WEEKEND EDITION SEPTEMBER 27-29, 2013 by PETER LEE In order to secure the 2020 Tokyo Olympics for Tokyo, Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe assured the IOC that the Fukushima situation was “under control”, per AFP:

“Let me assure you the situation is under control,” [Abe] said.

“It has never done or will do any damage to Tokyo.”

Abe replied decisively when pressed by veteran Norwegian IOC member Gerhard Heiberg over Fukushima.

“You should read past the headlines and look at the facts,” he said.

“The contaminated water has been contained in an area of the harbour only 0.3 square kilometres big.

“There have been no health problems and nor will there be. I will be taking responsibility for all the programmes with regard to the plant and the leaks.”

It looks like the key point, to paraphrase Bill Clinton is “what your definition of ‘situation’ is”. If the “situation”  is currently officially stated radiological hazards to Tokyo and Olympic participants thanks to Fukushima, the answer is a qualified “yes”.
That is, if the Japanese government continues to give public credence to rather unfounded Tepco optimism that the Fukushima clusterfuck will simply maintain the current trend of dumping radioactive water into the ocean and the main danger to denizens of Tokyo involves getting radioactive sushi from some tuna caught out in the Pacific.
After Shinzo Abe came home from scoring the Olympics, he announced that the Japanese government would participate more actively in the faltering Tepco effort.
At the same time, Abe took pains not to stint on the denialist BS that underpinned the Olympics bid, as if the main problem was not hundreds of tons of sizzling fuel rods and thousands of gallons of radioactive water, but “rumours”:

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe ordered the scrapping of two Fukushima nuclear reactors that survived the 2011 tsunami, a write-off that threatens to complicate a turnaround plan the operator has presented to creditors.

He also said he stood by his commitments to the International Olympic Committee of insuring a safe 2020 Summer Games.

“I will work hard to counter rumours questioning the safety of the Fukushima plant,” he said.

Some fact if not rumour-obsessed locals explicitly rebutted Abe’s contention that the situation was “under control”.  Per Mainichi Shimbun:

The town assembly of nuclear disaster-hit Namie, Fukushima Prefecture, passed a protest resolution against Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Sept. 20 for declaring the situation surrounding the radioactively contaminated water leaks at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant “under control.”

The prime minister made the controversial comments during Tokyo’s final presentation at the International Olympic Committee (IOC)’s general meeting in Buenos Aires on Sept. 7, saying, “Some may have concerns about Fukushima. Let me assure you, the situation is under control.” He also said the effect of the water leak has been “completely blocked” within the 0.3 square kilometers of the plant’s harbor.

The Namie Town Assembly unanimously passed the Sept. 20 protest resolution stating that there is a “serious problem” with Abe’s remarks as they “contradict reality.” The protest also calls the situation at the plant, where some 300 metric tons of radioactively contaminated water is leaking into the ocean every day, “serious.”

“The situation has never been ‘under control,’ nor is the contaminated water ‘completely blocked,’” the protest read.

There is no guarantee that the current Fukushima clusterfuck will not get an upgrade.  Per anti-nuclear activist and CounterPunch writer Harvey Wasserman:………..

As for the Olympics bid itself, it looks like the Abe administration followed the Karl Rove formula for political jiu jitsu, namely attack your opponent’s strength and turn it into weakness…….

Refusing to regard the Fukushima situation as a liability, the Abe team turned on the waterworks to make the tsunami disaster the emotional centerpiece of its bid:

The effects of the tsunami and earthquake – killing over 18,000 people – was never far from the lips of the presentation team……

http://www.counterpunch.org/2013/09/27/did-japan-lie-its-way-into-the-olympics/

Even US student who visited Tohoku had vomitting and nose-bleeding! 東北に数日滞在した米国学生さえも嘔吐と鼻血!

(Editor's note: I posted this article last week. I'm reblogging it again with Japanese translation by Ms. Mari Takenouchi.)
(Source)
http://savekidsjapan.blogspot.jp/2013/09/even-us-student-who-visited-tohoku-had.html http://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2013/08/12/voices/radiation-fears-forced-me-to-postpone-japan-visit-by-u-s-students/#.UjQOAtGCjIW
Dear all, please do read the following article. A US student who stayed in Tohoku only several days even developed symptom of radiation exposure such as vomitting and nose bleeding.
皆さん、下の記事をご覧ください。東北に数日滞在しただけの米国の学生でさえ、嘔吐、鼻血などの症状を呈しています。
Pregnant women and children have been living in these contaminated areas in Japan.  Please help Japanese kids and future generations!
そんな場所に妊婦も子供もいる日本。どうか、日本の子供、未来世代を助けてください！



Dear Minister of Education Hakubun Shimomura,下村文部科学相へ

I use the words “in principle” because in April of this year I was forced to make one of the most difficult decisions of my teaching career at the tertiary level: I was forced to recommend to the university authorities where I was employed that they postpone their planned Study Abroad Program in Japan scheduled for the fall of 2013.
「原則的には」という言葉を使わせていただきます。今年4月、私は自分の高等教諭生活で最も難しい決断を迫られました。私が雇われている大学当局に、2013年秋に実施予定であった「日本での留学プログラム」の延期を勧告せざるを得ませんでした。

While I deeply regretted this recommendation, I honestly felt that in good conscience I had no choice. That is to say, in March 2013 I attended a two-day Fukushima-related medical seminar at the New York Academy of Sciences where I learned, for the first time, the full scope of the ongoing dangers posed by radiation contamination from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant.
私はこの勧告自体は、非常に残念に思っています。しかし、私の両親に照らし合わせ、私 には他の選択肢はありませんでした。2013年3月に、ニューヨーク医学アカデミーで、私は2日間にわたる福島関連の医学セミナーに参加しました。そして 初めて、福島第一からの放射能汚染による進行中の危険についての全体像を学ぶことができたのです。
（翻訳者注：日本からの発言者は崎山比早子さんと松村昭雄さんでしたが、お二人とも福島事故による健康被害については触れていませんでした。
ですから、この方は恐らく2日目のランチミーティングで行われた、日本からの健康被害 報告を聞いていただけたのだと思います。がれき焼却問題を話した川井かつこさん、子供たちの外からもわかる甲状腺異常を話した橋本百合香さん、私も自分と 息子も含めた健康被害の話をさせていただきました～
自腹で行った甲斐が少しはありました。。。http://savekidsjapan.blogspot.jp/2013_06_01_archive.html
http://savekidsjapan.blogspot.jp/2013/04/ny-symposium-on-fukushimany.html）

This knowledge was compounded by the fact that, upon returning to my home in Yellow Springs, Ohio, I was contacted by a 2012 Study Abroad Program participant who informed me that she had suffered from such symptoms as vomiting, nosebleeds and recurring headaches, all symptoms typically associated with radiation contamination. I was forced to take action.
2012年の留学プログラムから私がオハイオのイエロースプリングの自宅に帰る際、一人の参加者が、この時得た知識と似たような症状を呈していました。嘔吐、鼻血、しつこい頭痛、放射線汚染と関連する典型的な症状でした。私は行動せずにはいられませんでした。

True, the student in question made a personal choice to visit the Tohoku region during the individual research period that was part of the Study Abroad Program. Thus, one reasonable response would have been to forbid 2013 students from traveling anywhere north of Tokyo. As I considered this option, however, I could not but recall the warnings given by nuclear and medical experts both inside and outside of Japan concerning the danger of additional major radiation contamination coming from Fukushima No. 1.
Thus, I regretfully came to the conclusion that I could not expose students, especially female students of childbearing age, to the possible danger of radiation contamination, and informed the university accordingly.
実際、この生徒はこの留学プログラムで、個人研究の期間は、東北を訪問場所として選んでいました。そういうことで、2013年の留学では、東京以北への訪問は禁じることが筋のある応対だと思いました。
そしてこの選択を考える際、福島第一からくる放射線汚染の新たな危険性について、日本以外の原子力や医療の専門家からの警告を思い起こさずにはいられませんでした。
そういうことで、残念ながら私は生徒を被曝させることはできない、特に子供を産む年齢の女生徒を放射能の危険性に晒させることはできないという結論にたどり着き、その旨を大学側に伝えました。
Sadly, in the ensuing months the situation at Fukushima No. 1 has only worsened. Only recently Tepco finally admitted that 2.35 billion becquerels of cesium per liter of water, roughly the same as that measured right after the crisis began in spring 2011, has accumulated in groundwater tested around Fukushima No. 1, from where it then seeps into the ocean.
残念なことに、福島第一はその後、悪化の一途をたどっています。最近になってやっと東電は、事故直後とだいたい同じ濃度のリットル当たり２３．５億ベクレルのセシウムが福島第一の地下にたまっており、海に流れ出していることを発表しました。

Needless to say, this amount of radiation is millions of times higher than Japan’s acceptable limit.
With this radiation now spewing uncontrolled into the ocean, it is no longer possible to simply avoid the danger by not traveling to the Fukushima area.
言うまでもなく、許容量の何百万倍もの放射能です。このような放射能がコントロールされずに海に流れ出し絵ちるのなら、福島にただ訪問しなければ回避されるという危険性ではありません。
That is to say, fish are swimming in an ever more heavily contaminated environment where radiation bio-accumulates in the seafood. Thus the largest fish, which eat the most, often live the longest and swim great distances, become the most contaminated, and it is simply impossible for the Japanese government, or any government, to check every fish caught to ensure its safety.
すなわち、魚は魚介類に生体濃縮が起きるため、さらにひどく汚染された状況で泳いでい ます。それで私たちが最もよく食する、長く生きて長距離泳ぐ大型の魚は、最も汚染されたものとなります。日本政府にもその他の政府にも、すべての魚を捕ま えて安全性を確認することは不可能です。

Another solution I seriously considered was for 2013 program students to become vegetarians while in Japan. However, to my dismay I recently learned, from an article published by the Fukushima Minpo newspaper on Jan. 24, that the Japanese government plans to purchase contaminated rice grown in Fukushima Prefecture (providing it contains less than 100 becquerels/kg) and later sell it nationwide.
私が真剣に考えたのは、2013年のプログラムで、生徒には日本にいる間、ベジタリア ンになってもらう事でした。しかし、がっかりしたのは、1月24日の福島民報によれば、日本政府が福島県で栽培された汚染米（１００Bq/kg以下を条件 として）を買い取り、全国で売る予定であるということでした。

I fully realize, Minister Shimomura, that you are not in charge of decisions related to Fukushima No. 1. But as a Cabinet minister, l appeal to you to add your voice to those demanding that effective measures be taken immediately.
下村大臣、私はあなたが福島第一関連の意思決定責任者でないことは存じています。しかし、閣僚として、実行力のある対策を早急にとるように求めていってほしいと思います。

BRIAN VICTORIA
Yellow Springs, Ohio

Japanese radiation survivors to visit Bainbridge memorial on Saturday

(Source) http://www.bainbridgereview.com/news/225551692.html

posted Sep 27, 2013

A delegation of Hibakusha (survivors of radiation) will be visiting Bainbridge Island this Saturday.

— image credit: Photo courtesy of Kathryn Keve

A delegation of Japanese hibakusha (atomic bomb survivors) and several others affected by the more recent events at Fukushima from the World Friendship Center will visit the Bainbridge Japanese American Exclusion Memorial at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 28.
The group consists of
16 members, including hibakusha, actual survivors of the only two nuclear attacks in the history of the world, and several children of survivors as well as translators and individuals remembering the reconstruction of the cities and discussing the long-reaching effects of radiation exposure.
The visit is one stop on a larger visit, part of a Peace Ambassador Exchange program, to the country including visits to Portland, Seattle and New Mexico.
The visit is organized in large part by Kathryn Keve of West Coast Peace Pagoda initiative and “For the First 20!”, a nonprofit community organization founded in 2010 to promote programs that support youth, families and communities by strengthening relationships between adults and youth and within families.
“One thing I’ve learned recently is that a lot of people in Japan don’t have a clue about the internment here,” Keve said. “And a lot of people here don’t really know much about Fukushima and Hiroshima. The whole idea is to exchange ideas and for them to come to America and talk about the reality of Hiroshima.”
Various presentations will be made by members of the delegation.

“They will have opportunities to talk to people about the radiation and how it affected them personally,” Keve said.

The Bainbridge Island Japanese American Exclusion Memorial is located on the site of the former Eagledale ferry dock at Pritchard Park, 4192 Eagle Harbor Drive.
For more information about the Bainbridge Island Japanese American Community visit www.bijac.org/index.php?p=WELCOME.

To learn more about the World Friendship Center, visit www.homepage2.nifty.com/wfchiroshima

Reactor5&6 pump up 6,000 tones of seawater per hour from Fukushima port to discharge to outside of the port

(Source) http://fukushima-diary.com/2013/09/reactor56-pump-up-6000-tones-of-seawater-per-hour-from-fukushima-port-to-discharge-to-outside-of-the-port/
On 9/26/2013, Tepco announced reactor5 and 6 pump up 6,000 tones of seawater from the plant port per hour. The water is used to cool down the reactors, and it’s discharged to the outside of the plant port.
In the presentation to IOC, Japanese prime minister Abe stated the contaminated water is completely blocked in Fukushima nuclear plant port, but it turned out to be false.
(cf, JP PM Abe to IOC “Contaminated water is completely blocked”→Tepco “Tritium can’t be blocked” [URL])
From Tepco’s own report published this August, it was 7,000 m3/hour instead of 6,000 tones/hour.

http://www.tepco.co.jp/tepconews/library/movie-01j.html

Fukushima: 100 babies with polydactyly are on the waiting list for operation 福島在住の夫婦、震災以降「多指症」の赤ちゃん誕生。受診すると「多指症の子の手術がいっぱいで100人待」

(Source)
http://blog.goo.ne.jp/jpnx05/e/392a90860209f6fbae9e2df0acfcf954
(Translation by Mia)
When a parent whose baby had been born with polydactyly contacted Fukushima Medical University to ask for an operation for their child, they were told that they were very busy operating on babies with the same condition and had more than a hundred on their waiting list. They were also told they would have to wait another one or two years before the operation could be performed, as the bones in the fingers and hands need to be well developed.



facebook 西片 嘉奈子9月18日 23:28



手術をしてもらおうと福島県立医科大学を受診したら
「今、多指症の子どもの手術がいっぱいで、100人近い順番待ちなんです」と、言われたそう。結局のところ骨が形成されてきてからじゃないと手術出来ないから、後1～２年待ってからの手術になると。

Radiation Fears Extend to Other Japanese Products 放射能の危険は加工品などのいろいろな日本食品に影響がでている

(Source) http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2013/09/26/2013092601474.html
Consumer agencies are urging the public to carefully inspect each and every food label before making purchases as the ingredients may have been processed in radiation-affected areas in Japan.

Due to contamination concerns, Seoul expanded its import ban to 50 products from Fukushima, site of a nuclear disaster in March 2011, and seven other nearby prefectures in Japan.

In addition to fish, the ban now includes leafy vegetables such as cabbage and broccoli. Those import restrictions, however, do not extend to processed foods or raw ingredients.

About seven tons of fishery products from Fukushima were imported in the span of one week last month, and local NGOs say the public may be at risk.

"Even the main ingredient in baby formula can be fish. There are many loopholes like these when dealing with processed foods," a spokesman for a NGO said.

Agricultural products from Japan are being thoroughly tested every day here to see if there are higher-than-average levels of radioactive cesium or iodine. However, experts say there's no effective way to detect other potentially harmful radioactive materials.



(Editor's note: No food authorities checks other harmful radioactive materials such as Strontium90 (half life is 29 years). It accumulates in bones. Once it's been ingested, it stays in the body, keeping emitting ionizing radiation to the nearest area in the body. It also concentrates through food chains. In Japan powdered fish bones are widely used as composing materials. ) 

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Trial fishing resumes off Fukushima after radiation tests

(Source) http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/09/25/national/trial-fishing-resumes-off-fukushima-after-radiatio-tests/#.UkVlmqzYXgU

Fukushima Farmers negotiate with Japanese Government/Tepco 福島農家の若者、政府と東電に対して勇気ある発言
 http://fukushimaappeal.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/fukushima-farmers-negotiate-with.html
 In Fukushima all farm produce must be checked for the cesium level prior to shipping.  The current government limit is 100Bq/kg. The farmers know how many Bq of cesium their produce contains.  We can ship them if the reading is lower than 100.  

But I would not dare eat them myself.

The consumers assume there is no radiation in the food they buy. 

(Editor’s comment: Prof. Koide at Kyoto Research Reactor Institute commented that it was 0.1Bq/kg for cesium in rice before the Fukushima disaster.  So 100Bq/kg means 1000 times more radioactively contaminated than before.)

Trial fishing resumes off Fukushima after radiation tests

(Source)

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/09/25/national/trial-fishing-resumes-off-fukushima-after-radiation-tests/#.UkX-yKzYWQw

FUKUSHIMA – Local fishermen in Fukushima Prefecture on Wednesday restarted operations suspended late last month after heavy amounts of contaminated water from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant was found leaking into the ocean.
A fleet of 20 fishing boats set off at around 2 a.m. from the port of Matsukawaura in the city of Soma, 45 km north of the nuclear complex that was severely damaged in March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.
The boats returned shortly after 2 p.m. and began unloading their catches, according to the Soma Futaba fisheries cooperative, an arm of the Fukushima Prefectural Federation of Fisheries Cooperative Associations.
Trial operations. suspended for 15 months amid the nuclear crisis, restarted in June 2012 only to be halted Aug. 28 after Tokyo Electric Power Co. disclosed the water leaks the day after the Upper House election.
On Tuesday, the federation decided to resume trial fishing after a string of radiation tests by member co-ops did not find any readings above the government’s 100 becquerels per kilogram safety limit for food products.
Of the 100 fish and seafood products tested, 95 were clear of radioactive material, with the other five containing less than 1/10 of the limit, the federation said.
“We must carry out this trial operation to demonstrate to Tepco, the government and society that we are determined to act with an eye to starting full-fledged operations,” Hiroyuki Sato, chief of the fisheries co-op, told a group of fishermen prior to the fleet’s departure.
The 20 fishing boats that took part in Wednesday trial operations are seeking to catch 18 species of fish and other seafood, including octopus and squid.
The federation said Tuesday that it would put the catches on sale after confirming that radiation readings for the catch is below 50 becquerels per kilogram — less than half the mandatory limit.
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In Fukushima all farm produce must be checked for the cesium level prior to shipping.  The current government limit is 100Bq/kg. The farmers know how many Bq of cesium their produce contains.  We can ship them if the reading is lower than 100.  

 But I would not dare eat them myself.

The consumers assume there is no radiation in the food they buy. 

(Editor’s comment: Prof. Koide at Kyoto Research Reactor Institute commented that it was 0.1Bq/kg for cesium in rice before the Fukushima disaster.  So 100Bq/kg means 1000 times more radioactively contaminated than before.)

USA Tightens Regulation of Japanese Food Imports ＵＳＡが日本からの輸入食品の規制を強化！

(Source)

http://saigaijyouhou.com/blog-entry-922.html

☆米国の放射性物質に係る輸入規制の変更の概要について
http://www.maff.go.jp/j/export/e_shoumei/pdf/usa_gaiyou_130909.pdf Page 4

In the wake of the Chernobyl disaster, the EU and the USA relaxed their regulations on the permitted maximum level of caesium in imported food, to 1250Bq/kg in the USA and 1200Bq/kg in the EU.

With food imported from Japan after the Fukushima fallout, the EU only has been asking for inspection documentation for food from the Tohoku and Kanto regions.  However, the USA tightened its regulations at the beginning of September this year and now strictly regulates imports from fourteen prefectures instead of the previous eight. For example they stopped importing edible fungi and wild animal meat from Tohoku and Kanto, and a variety of vegetables including rice, soybeans and wild plants, as well as fish, from Tohoku area.

アメリカは今月上旬に日本からの輸入品に対する規制を強化しています。農林水産省が発表した資料によると、９月９日にアメリカの輸入規制対象県が８県から１４県に拡大したとのことです。

変更前は岩手県、宮城県、福島県、茨城県、栃木県、群馬県、千葉県、神奈川県の８県で、変更後は青森県、山形県、埼玉県、新潟県、山梨県、長野県、静岡県が追加されました。

Previous 8 countries for tight control areas were Fukushima, Miyagi, Iwate, Ibaragi, Tochigi, Gunma, Chiba, Kanagawa prefectures. After this September Aomori, Yamagata, Saitama, Niigata, Yamanashi, Nagano and Shizuoka prefectures have been added to the list of the tight control areas.

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South Korea banning all fish imports from Fukushima region http://fukushimaappeal.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/south-korea-banning-all-fish-imports.html 福島第１原発:汚染水問題　韓国が水産物全面禁輸　福島など８県産 

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CODEX and food safety? The hidden world of radioactive food! http://nuclear-news.net/2013/05/19/codex-and-food-safety-the-hidden-world-of-radioactive-food/

Are Imported Food Safety?

http://fukushimaappeal.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/are-imported-food-safe-after-chernobyl.html

Food Safety

http://fukushimaappeal.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/food-safety-in-japan.html

TEPCO admits hole in underwater anti-radiation fence at Fukushima 福島第一原子力発電所 5・6号機側取水口付近のシルトフェンスの切断

(Source) 
http://japandailypress.com/tepco-admits-hole-in-underwater-anti-radiation-fence-at-fukushima-2636672/
http://photo.tepco.co.jp/date/2013/201309-j/130926-01j.html
http://saigaijyouhou.com/blog-entry-938.html

In a myriad of issues coming from Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) concerning the severely damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant, the latest revealed was the discovery of a hole in its underwater fence, which is meant to keep sediments from reaching the Pacific Ocean. The utility said Thursday that albeit the hole, the remaining barriers remain intact.
It somehow reminds this writer of the sole storage tank that leaked 300 tons of radioactive water. The silt fence found to have a hole is one of the barriers set up around the plant, which is supposed to ensure the isolation of radioactive materials coming from the defunct nuclear reactors. According to the utility, like the remaining storage tanks of radioactive water, the other fences have not been damaged

Japan acted too slowly on Fukushima water leaks - Former US nuclear safety chief says 「日本政府の汚染水問題についての対応は遅すぎた」と米原子力規制委員会 (ＮＲＣ）の元委員長グレゴリー・ヤツコ氏が批判した

(Source)http://japandailypress.com/former-us-nuclear-safety-chief-says-japan-acted-too-slowly-on-fukushima-water-leaks-2436497/
Sep 24, 2013 John Hofilena  
(Translation by Mia)

Gregory Jaczko, a former chairman of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) who is in Tokyo upon being invited by a Japanese anti-nuclear citizen’s group, said on Tuesday that the leaks of contaminated water that are hounding the decommissioning of the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant had been known since early in the crisis, and have worsened only because the Japanese government and Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) – the facility’s operator – acted too slowly. Jaczko said that the United States and Japanese officials knew leaks would occur when massive amounts of water were used to cool molten reactors at the Fukushima plant. 「米・日本政府は、溶けた燃料棒を冷やすために、大量の水をかけ始めたときから、汚染水漏れが起こることは、理解していた」とＮＲＣの元委員長グレゴリー・ヤツコ氏が発言。　
Jaczko mentioned that he was surprised at how long it took Japan and TEPCO to start tackling the problem. “It’s been known for a long time that this would be an issue,” he said at a news conference in Tokyo. “My biggest surprise is to some extent how it’s been allowed to deteriorate, a little bit, and how it’s almost become a surprise again that there are contamination problems, that there is leakage out into the sea.” When the Fukushima plant was in critical condition after the tsunami rendered three reactor cores of the plant melted, Jaczko said that Japanese and U.S. officials were already talking about how much water should be used for cooling. Jaczko said that the Japanese government was concerned that flooding those reactor vessels and buildings with water “would lead to greater leakage of ground water”, but the NRC said that the reactors needed to be kept cool to minimize the airborne contamination. Eventually, Jaczko said that the “focus was lost” on the need to keep addressing the radioactive water problem, and TEPCO delayed on trying to resolve the issue.
当時、日本政府は、大量の水をかければ、地下水の漏れにつながると懸念し、どのくらいの量の水を掛けるべきかを検討していたが、ＮＲＣ側は、大気に放出される放射能の量をできるだけ抑えるためには、解けた燃料棒を冷やし続ける必要がある、そのためには水をかけつづけざる終えないという意見であった。　しかしながら、東電は、汚染水漏れの問題はあとまわして、現在の状況にいたってしまった。　
Japanese officials confirmed for first time in July that contaminated ground water had been leaking into the Pacific soon after the accident, contrary to the claims by TEPCO that the radiation levels were normal outside the plant.
日本政府は今年7月に、東電の原発敷地外の汚染度は正常と主張していたのに反対の見解；放射能汚染した地下水が太平洋に流失してしまったことを、初めて、認めた。
Leaders of the opposition Democratic Party of Japan, in power during the crisis, also acknowledged last week that there was indeed a proposal to build a seawall to block contaminated water from leaking into the sea, but that had been put off for nearly two years as TEPCO resisted the plan for financial reasons.
野党の民主党のリーダーたちは、東電がこの2年間のあいだ、汚染水の流出を止めるための遮水壁建設をする案もあったが金銭的な理由 で見送りしてことを、明らかにした。。。。。。。The public has become very concerned at the effect of almost 300 tons of radioactive groundwater leaking into the Pacific Ocean, while the current administration has recently released funding for the development of more advanced water treatment equipment and paying for a costly ice wall to surround the reactor and turbine buildings and prevent them from contaminating outside groundwater.
(Editor's note)  They said it would cost 1billion dollars to build a seawall to block contaminated water.  Tepco didn't want to spend that money, worrying it's shares might had fallen down if they had to spend that amount of money.  Soon after the disaster Prof. Koide at Kyoto nuclear laboratory suggested to build underground dam (made of concrete) to stop leaking radioactive water into the sea.  Tepco didn't want that either.
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Wednesday, 25 September 2013
アメリカ原子力規制委員会、福島第一原発の汚染水問題、政府の対応を批判、日本の国際的信頼が揺らいでいる、汚染水の問題は重大だ
http://fukushimaappeal.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/blog-post_25.html
アメリカ原子力規制委員会の委員長を務めていたグレゴリー・ヤツコ氏が２３日、東京 都内で講演し、福島第一原発の汚染水の問題について「なぜもっと早く政府が関与しなかったのか不思議でならない」と述べ、日本政府のこれまでの対応を批判 しました。
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グレゴリー・ヤッコ元米原子力規制委員会委員長、日本の対応の遅れを指摘
事故の初期に必要な対策を怠った結果、今日の巨額の対策実施が必要になった
Because of Tepco and Japanese Government had delayed to address the leaking problems, it ended up costing huge amount of money to spend to sort out the problems.
http://kobajun.chips.jp/

AP通信 / ワシントンポスト　９月24日







 

PM Abe asked Tepco when he visited Fukushisma crippled plant,"So Where Is This 0.3 Square Kilometer?" 首相「０・３平方キロはどこ？」

(Source) http://ex-skf.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/friday-humor-so-where-is-this-03-square.html

Prime Minister of Japan was talking about his own "0.3 square kilometer" of the harbor where the "effect" of contaminated water is supposedly completely contained, according to none other than himself. (Even TEPCO was baffled at his comment.)

That's what the national government "at the forefront" is, in reality.

From Kyodo News (9/20/2013):

汚染水の影響範囲知らず発言か　首相「０・３平方キロはどこ？」

So he didn't know the extent of the effect of contaminated water? "Where is the 0.3 square meter?" asks PM

東京電力福島第１原発の汚染水問題をめぐり、安倍晋三首相が１９日に現地を視察した際、放射性物質による海洋への影響が抑えられていると説明する東電幹部に、「０・３（平方キロ）は（どこか）」と尋ねていたことが２０日、分かった。

It was revealed on September 20 that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe had asked "(Where) is the 0.3 (square kilometer)?" to the TEPCO management at Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant on September 19, as they explained to the prime minister how the effect of radioactive materials on the marine environment is contained.

首相は東京五輪招致を決めた国際オリンピック委員会（ＩＯＣ）総会で「汚染水の影響は港湾内０・３平方キロの範囲内で完全にブロックされている」と説明していたが、実際の範囲がどの程度か理解しないまま発言していた可能性がある。

At the General Meeting of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) which voted for Tokyo, Prime Minister Abe explained "The effect of contaminated water is completely blocked within the 0.3 square meters of the plant harbor." He may have been saying it without knowing the actual extent [of the effect of contaminated water].

安倍首相は東電の小野明所長から放射性物質の海への流出や海中での拡散を防ぐ対策の説明を受けた際に「０・３は？」と質問した。

Prime Minister Abe was briefed by TEPCO's Plant Manager Akira Ono on the countermeasures to prevent radioactive materials from leaking into the ocean and spreading in the ocean, when he asked "Where is 0.3?"

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Thursday, September 19, 2013

Just as Expected, "National Government at the Forefront" of #Fukushima I Nuke Plant Problems Is All Talk, Little Money, Relies Entirely on TEPCO

To win 2020 Olympic for Tokyo, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe declared to the world that his government will be "at the forefront" to deal with problems at Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant. Reading the article by Nikkei Shinbun about his most recent visit to the plant and comments from his ministers, it sure looks all talk, nothing but talk.
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Sunday, September 22, 2013

Weekend Fun and Farce -2: Minister of Economy Says "More Space for Tanks if Reactors 5 and 6 Are Decommissioned" at #Fukushima I Nuke Plant

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汚染水処理については「５、６号機の廃炉で出来る空きスペースに、汚染水のタンク増設を行うことができる」と語った。２０１４年度内に貯蔵タンク内の汚染水を浄化することに改めて意欲を示し、「前倒しできることは、全て前倒しする」と強調した。

As to the contaminated water treatment, he said, "In the empty space created by decommissioning Reactors 5 and 6, we can build additional tanks to store contaminated water." He expressed his desire again to have all contaminated water stored in the tanks treated by the end of fiscal 2014, and emphasized he would "do anything ahead of schedule that can be done ahead of schedule".

"Happy", one of several workers who have been tweeting from the plant since the beginning of the accident, gently reminds his followers that:

• Spent fuel assemblies in the Spent Fuel Pools of Reactors 5 and 6 should be removed first, and that won't happen until July 2014 at the earliest (tweet);
  
• After spent fuel assemblies are removed, dismantling will start with equipments and pipes with low contamination. It will be at least 10 years before we start dismantling the reactors themselves. (tweet)
  
• In dismantling a reactor, pipes and equipments in the primary line will be chemically cleaned and decontaminated, but dismantling doesn't happen at least until 5 years pass. (tweet)
  
• It's because Cobalt-60, major source of radiation for pipes and equipment, has the half life of about 5 years. (tweet)
  
• Even the decommissioning of small-scale or experimental reactors like the one in Tokai-mura is problematic, with unforeseen problems. (tweet)
  

I would suggest Mr. Motegi or his secretary follow these workers on Twitter.

I do feel sorry for TEPCO managers who have to kowtow to politicians like Motegi.

My Radiation Story 私の 内被爆体験談 (東京に2ヶ月滞在)

(Source)http://myradiationstory.wordpress.com/

A Reasonable Viewpoint of Radiation Sickness in Tokyo

September 25, 2013

When a phenomenon such as nuclear fallout comes into question, there will be two extreme sides. The fear-mongers and the skeptics. The fear mongers will say everyone who reasonably can should evacuate out of Tokyo while the skeptics will say that Tokyo is completely safe and everywhere is safe outside the 30km restricted zone.
Allow me to lend my logic and experience to the matter.
I became sick from radiation while living in Tokyo for 2 months. My ongoing symptoms were somewhat subtle – it took me many months after the fact to realize what had actually happened. That is only because I had pristine health right before Japan, the internet to absorb a lot of knowledge within a reasonable amount of time, and health practitioners who not only spent decades studying health but also have the mind set to be open minded to such an occurrence.
My girlfriend became sick from radiation. She would not have realized unless I was able to help her understand.
A friend of a friend became sick from radiation while going to Tokyo on business for a month and her doctor told her she cannot have children for 10 years. That is from word of mouth so I can factually go into detail about her situation.
Yet, many of my other friends in Tokyo report no such symptoms of radiation sickness.
To say EVERYONE is going to get sick from radiation in Tokyo or NO ONE is both wrong. More logically, many people in Tokyo will get sick to varying degrees. It’s hard for it not to be many when tens of millions of people live in such a condensed area. However, chances at this point are the ongoing symptoms will be subtle like mine and they will chalk it up to another reason.
At the same time, NOT EVERYONE will get sick because they will have taken necessary precautions, live in an area of Tokyo that isn’t hot, etc. Perhaps they will ingest some radiation, but the amounts are small enough that symptoms don’t occur and the bodies defense system can naturally handle the insult.
Please use knowledge and logic to make informed decisions about your health. Only YOU can be responsible for your own health in matters like these. Not the government, not your doctor. That is all.

How it All Began, The Day I Was Poisoned

September 23, 2013

It was a beautiful August day in 2012 where I had been living in Santa Monica, CA for 1 year. “I’ve never been healthier!” My body and my mood never felt consistently better! I even noticed that my hair was so easy to manage and my skin was tan and flawless.
It felt great, and I knew it would be helpful for me on my upcoming 2 month trip to Tokyo, Japan. I would do some partying and eat some unhealthy foods. But it’d be OK, because I was in such good shape.
The first month went great. I met some friends who i’ve met in other parts of the world. I made new friends. I even met a girl and we ended up spending a lot of time together.
I started taking Japanese lessons early on and my teacher and friends remarked at how quickly I was progressing. I was determined to get good at this difficult language of Japanese so I could more comfortably visit back there in the future.
I would go out often, and often spend a lot of money on restaurants. Tokyo was expensive, but I didn’t care. This is my vacation time and I wanted to enjoy this wonderful city. Tokyo was great. Everyone was so polite  and accommodating to me which I enjoyed. The sushi, the teppanyaki, the hot pot was all very tasty. The subway system was super efficient and easy to manage. What a great city! I still felt very healthy and energetic.
Then it went downhill.
On October 4th, 2012, about 2 hours into my sleep in my high rise rental in Roppongi, I woke up with the worst headache i’ve ever had in my life. I felt a deep aching to the bones of my body. “What the hell is going on?” I never get headaches and I have never felt this sort of bone pain before.
I remember having these terrible feelings of grief and agony. I wanted it to stop! I even remember telling myself that i’d rather be dead then feel this pain! The terrible pain remained for 1 hour, until I could finally find it in me to fall back asleep.
The next day, I did not feel well at all. I had no energy and my mood was terrible. I stayed in and my girlfriend took care of me.
I no longer felt headaches or sharp pains, which was a relief. I shrugged the incident off. However, my lack of energy and poor mood remained and I mentally made note of this. How come I went from feeling so healthy and energetic to consistently tired and irritable? I didn’t know and I shrugged it off.
I could not concentrate any longer. My Japanese teacher noticed in the next lessons that I could not focus. My mood was not good either, even though I did my best to manage it. My heart so wanted to continue to improve but my brain just could not concentrate! I ended up stopping the Japanese lessons entirely and spent more time with my girlfriend. Again, I shrugged the whole situation off and continued another month in Tokyo.
After October 4th, I had no energy to go out. I would wait until night time and go to a restaurant for dinner with my girlfriend, then come right back home. Such a drastic change since before October 4th, but why?

When I Realized My Girlfriend Became Victim of Radiation Too

September 23, 2013

While I was living in Tokyo for 2 months, I spent almost everyday with the girl I met out there. We ate many of the same foods, drank the same water and went to the same places. Once I realized I had became sick from radiation, my first reaction was to contact her to see if she was alright.
She thought I was crazy to think I had suffered from radiation. She talked to some of her friends and they all thought I was crazy to think radiation effected me in Tokyo.
Then she told me the symptoms she was having herself:
- shaking hands
- dizziness
- lethargy / fatigue
- other unexplained illness
- headaches everyday, all day
- lack of appetite
She went to the doctor and the doctor told her she had dysautonomonia. I looked up the symptoms of this ailment of the nervous system: Excessive fatigue, lightheadedness, dizziness or vertigo (fainting), feelings of anxiety or panic, rapid heart rate.
Is it not odd that I have felt all those symptoms since coming from Japan? That I fainted for the very first time in my life and felt fatigued everyday? Did I also somehow contract dysautonomonia? No, because that is not contagious.
Lets be logical.
Perhaps we both became victims of radiation since radiation effects the nervous system. Since radiation effects the endocrine system. Since radiation causes all those symptoms we both shared. Since people all over YouTube are showing us that there is indeed dangerous levels of radiation in Tokyo.
Luckily I convinced her.
This is very, very serious. Not just for me and my girlfriend. Probably hundreds of thousands, if not MILLIONS of people have been affected by the radiation in varying degrees.
This is epidemic. Don’t believe the government. Don’t believe the media. Don’t believe the people not living in Japan who don’t understand the magnitude of the situation. Look at the cold hard facts, look at the anecdotes. Hell, look at the past in Chernobyl. The Japanese people are getting seriously messed up by radiation atleast as far as TOKYO, and the saddest part is that most don’t even realize.

The Radiation Symptoms I Incurred in Tokyo

September 23, 2013

The next step for me was of self discovery. I remember just how healthy I felt prior to Japan. Now what other symptoms have I had since Tokyo that I never had before?
Initial symptoms on Oct 4th
-extreme headache
-pain in bones
Ongoing symptoms afterwards:
-fatigue / lethargy
-poor mood
-lack of concentration
-brittle nails
-hair loss
-pimple like expulsions over my chest
-not able to handle stress as easily
-dizziness
-fainted for the 1st time in my life
-bleeding gums
If you will take a look at any website detailing the symptoms of radiation poisoning, you will find something very similar to the above. Now I was completely confident that I was indeed poisoned by radiation.
Please remember, I lived in TOKYO for 2 MONTHS. I took one trip to Hakone, but besides that, remained in Tokyo. I did not go any closer to Fukushima!
Now can you imagine how bad people have it that are consistently living all throughout Japan? The real victims are the children. The real victims are the people living there with no realistic way out.
And the worst part of it all, they cannot take action because they simply do not realize how dangerous it really is…

The Day My Hair Fell Out

September 23, 2013

The last couple of weeks in Tokyo were a drag. Here I was in this great city, with a girl I adored, yet my subconscious was telling me it’s time to leave. It’s time to go back to Santa Monica, by the beach and just chill.
I arrived back the United States with a very irritable mood. I remember not treating a friend so well because of my mood. I figured I was just jet lagged from the travel. Usually when I travel I am sad to leave, but it was the opposite in this case. I was just happy enough to be back home.
It was the middle of September 2012 and I got settled into my old living arrangement. About one week later, I’m driving in my car and I run my hand through my hair. I notice a substantial amount of hair coming out. I run my hand through my hair again and again a bunch of hair comes out.
I had no idea what to think. “That’s weird. I must be shedding my hair to grow in a bunch of new hair,” I thought. I never had any hair loss like this. I’m still at a young age of 26.
My next appointment with my barber went awry.
“Your hair has gotten thinner.”
“What do you mean?”
“It’s thinner and more flimsy. Don’t worry, everyone starts thinning around your age.”
I knew he was lying. I knew that not everyone starts thinning at my age. I knew he just didn’t want me to stress out and cause more hair loss.
Oh, I stressed. I stressed like never before. Yet, knowing my care free self, I never would stress out so much at the idea of losing some hair. I completely overreacted and I didn’t know why.
That is when I took action. I did all the reading on the internet I could. What other symptoms do I have? Brittle nails. OK. Hair loss, reasons for hair loss. Genetics. No, it’s not genetics. Thyroid problems cause hair loss and brittle nails. OK, but for what reason would my thyroid become so unhealthy so quickly? Maybe there is a link between my fatigue and my hair loss / brittle nails.
Many hours of research and a couple of consultations with health professionals gave me my best evidence supported answer. Radiation poisoning.
That’s when I realized that not only did I have brittle nails and hair loss, but many of the other symptoms that are linked to radiation poisoning. And It all started during or after my 2 month stay in Tokyo.

アメリカ原子力規制委員会、福島第一原発の汚染水問題、政府の対応を批判、日本の国際的信頼が揺らいでいる、汚染水の問題は重大だ

Tuesday, September 24, 2013

アメリカ原子力規制委員会、福島第一原発の汚染水問題、政府の対応を批判、日本の国際的信頼が揺らいでいる、汚染水の問題は重大だ(9/24 NHK)

(Source) http://radiation7.blog.fc2.com/blog-entry-2765.html

おととし、東京電力福島第一原子力発電所の事故が起きたとき、ＮＲＣ＝アメリカ原子力規制委員会の委員長を務めていたグレゴリー・ヤツコ氏が２３日、東京 都内で講演し、福島第一原発の汚染水の問題について「なぜもっと早く政府が関与しなかったのか不思議でならない」と述べ、日本政府のこれまでの対応を批判 しました。

グレゴリー・ヤツコ氏は、アメリカ原子力規制委員会の委員長を去年７月まで３年余り務めた物理学者で、福島第一原発の事故のあと、その対応を巡る日米両国間の協力や、アメリカの原発の安全対策の見直しを進めてきました。

「なぜもっと早く政府が関与しなかったのか」
２３ 日、東京・千代田区の会場で「アメリカから見た原発事故」と題して講演したヤツコ氏は、福島第一原発でタンクから汚染水が漏れ出した問題について「東京電 力に対応能力がないという懸念を国際的にますます高めた。規模や関心の大きさから、なぜもっと早く政府が関与しなかったのか不思議でならない。日本国内で は、ほかの原発の再稼働にばかり関心が集まり、福島第一原発の汚染水の対応が忘れられていたようだが、国際的には、まだまだ対応を続けなければならないと いう意識があり、アメリカを含め、それがさらに深まった」と述べ、日本政府のこれまでの対応を批判しました。

そのうえで「課題は今も続いていて、 あしたとか来月などという期間では無くならない。何年、何十年、あるいは、福島第一原発が完全に廃炉になるまで続く。漁業者だけでなく、住民や経済に与え ている影響は大変、甚大で、日本の原子力への国際的な信頼が揺らいでいる」と述べ、汚染水の問題は重大だという認識を示しました。

「原発事故は起こるもの」
ヤ ツコ氏は日本がこれから原発とどう向き合っていけばよいかについて「原子力の関係者の間では『原発は安全で事故は起こらない』という考え方もあったが、 『原発事故は起こるものだ』という基本的な事実を認めないとオープンな議論はできない。事故は防げないという前提で、重大で過酷な事態にならないようにす るには、どうすればいいかを考えるべきだ」と述べ、これまでの発想を変えるべきだと指摘しました。

そのうえで「住民を誰１人避難させてはいけない し、周辺や海を汚染してはいけないという今回の事故の教訓を踏まえた新しい安全基準を打ち出すべきだ。また、福島第一原発の汚染水の管理や核燃料の運び出 し、それに、建屋や地域の除染、住民の帰還などについて、市民が政府に説明を求めたり、対話や議論をしたりするなどの行動が必要だ」と述べ、一般市民の積極的な関与も求めました。

http://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20130923/k10014742771000.html

Fukushima: Video: the dangers of ionising radiation ビデオ：放射能の危険さ

The Dangers of Radiation: Dr. Group on Info Wars http://www.lewrockwell.com/2013/09/edward-group/dangerous-radiation-is-already-upon-us/ By Edward Group Global Healing Center September 21, 2013

Dr Edward Group ~ The Dangers of Radiation

Recently I was on Info Wars with Anthony Gucciardi and we discussed the dangers of radiation, how we’re exposed to this toxic glow, and the measures you can take to protect yourself and your family. This is a big deal. Radiation is escaping Fukushima at an alarming rate. Are you prepared for the toxic aftermath?

Huge project to make Fukushima area habitable again may be doomed 放射能汚染されてしまった福島県を人が住めるようにという大々的なプロジェクトは、破滅している。

(Source)

http://nuclear-news.net/2013/09/25/huge-project-to-make-fukushima-area-habitable-again-may-be-doomed/

Fukushima clean-up may be doomed http://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/asia-pacific/fukushima-clean-up-may-be-doomed-1.1537702  24 Sept 13
Critics say Japan’s government is engaged in a vast, duplicitious and fruitless campaign Across much of Fukushima’s rolling green countryside they descend on homes like antibodies around a virus, men wielding low-tech tools against a very modern enemy: radiation. Power hoses, shovels and mechanical diggers are used to scour toxins that rained down from the sky 30 months ago. The job is exhausting, expensive and, say some, doomed to failure. Read more »