Fukushima

By now everyone must know of the terrible events in March 2011 and the subsequent problems at the Fukushima nuclear power stations. Since then, not a lot of attention has been paid to it and in the mainstream media it seems to be an old story. It is an ongoing story. We need to think of the implications for us and possible future generations, this is a small planet or plane t or whatever. To see info presented from the beginning click here

Latest 8th August 2013 Asahi: Soaring groundwater contamination at Fukushima in recent days—Strontium/beta up 4500%; Cesium up almost 1500% enenews.com/huge-spike-groundwate...epco-video hmm, 2018 and that's gone. Radioactivity levels in Fukushima groundwater increase 47-fold over 5 days Tokyo Electric Power Co. said 56,000 becquerels of radioactive substances, including strontium, were detected per liter of groundwater sampled on Aug. 5 in the “No. 1-5” monitoring well, which is adjacent to the turbine building for the No. 1 reactor. The previous measurement for the well water was made on July 31. ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaste...1308060059 hmmm, 2018 and that's gone too Fukushima plant leaks 300 tons of contaminated water daily A Japanese government official said an estimated 300 tons of contaminated water is leaking into the ocean each day from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pledged on Aug. 7 to step up government efforts to stem radioactive water leakage. The ministry official also said the utility would begin pumping out groundwater to reduce leakage and had aimed to be removing 300 tons per day by December, but would end up 60 tons short of that goal. Removing 300 tons of groundwater, however, would not necessarily halt leakage into the sea, he said. ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaste...1308070093 2018 - gone. I sense a pattern here!       5th August 2013 Tepco is struggling to contain the highly radioactive water that is seeping into the ocean near Fukushima. The head of Japan's NRA, Shinji Kinjo exclaimed,"right now, we have an emergency," as he noted the contaminated groundwater has breached an underground barrier and is rising toward the surface - exceeding the limits of radioactive discharge. In a rather outspoken comment for the typically stoic Japanese, Kinjo said Tepco's "sense of crisis was weak," adding that "this is why you can't just leave it up to Tepco alone" to grapple with the ongoing disaster. As Reuters notes, Tepco has been accused of covering up shortcomings and has been lambasted for its ineptness in the response and while the company says it is taking actions to contain the leaks, Kinjo fears if the water reaches the surface "it would flow extremely fast," with some suggesting as little as three weeks until this critical point.  Via Reuters, Highly radioactive water seeping into the ocean from Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant is creating an "emergency" that the operator is struggling to contain, an official from the country's nuclear watchdog said on Monday. This contaminated groundwater has breached an underground barrier, is rising toward the surface and is exceeding legal limits of radioactive discharge, Shinji Kinjo, head of a Nuclear Regulatory Authority (NRA) task force, told Reuters. Countermeasures planned by Tokyo Electric Power Co are only a temporary solution, he said. Tepco's "sense of crisis is weak," Kinjo said. "This is why you can't just leave it up to Tepco alone" to grapple with the ongoing disaster. "Right now, we have an emergency," he said. If you build a wall, of course the water is going to accumulate there. And there is no other way for the water to go but up or sideways and eventually lead to the ocean," said Masashi Goto, a retired Toshiba Corp nuclear engineer who worked on several Tepco plants. "So now, the question is how long do we have?" Contaminated water could rise to the ground's surface within three weeks, the Asahi Shimbun said on Saturday. Kinjo said the three-week timeline was not based on NRA's calculations but acknowledged that if the water reaches the surface, "it would flow extremely fast." The admission on the long-term tritium leaks, as well as renewed criticism from the regulator, show the precarious state of the $11 billion cleanup and Tepco's challenge to fix a fundamental problem: How to prevent water, tainted with radioactive elements like caesium, from flowing into the ocean. 2013-08-05...-fukushima   Conspiracy section. There is a disturbing conspiracy theory, with interesting facts and deep but plausible connections which explains a possible scenario concerning the company who installed the monitoring equipment. It could certainly be an engrossing novel and as the chap who wrote it has been harassed, - his facts seem to be impeccable.  For those interested it is here The great mass of people ... will more easily fall victim to a big lie than to a small one. What luck for rulers that men do not think.” — Adolf Hitler (1889 –1945) “Only the small secrets need to be protected. The big ones are kept secret by public incredulity.” One of the saddest lessons of history is this: If we’ve been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle. We’re no longer interested in finding out the truth. The bamboozle has captured us. It is simply too painful to acknowledge – even to ourselves – that we’ve been so credulous.” — Carl Sagan (1934–1996)

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Links and references 2013-08-05...-fukushima Fukushima - the nuclear cock up http://fukushima-diary.com  From  Mochizuki - A daily diary of awfulness

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