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ENENEWSENERGY NEWSFOX Seattle: Nuclear waste leaks at Hanford are far worse than we thought (VIDEO)FOX 13 News: “This raises the prospect we have leakage in additional tanks beyond the six,” [Washington Governor Jay] Inslee said. “There are six leakers; there may be more.” Inslee said Chu assured him that “there is no imminent health threat connected to these leaks,” but agreed action has to be taken to prevent the radioactive waste from leaking into the state’s ground and groundwater. [...] Attorney General Bob Ferguson released a statement that said the U.S. Department of Energy has failed to “adequately resolve the significant threat posed by the nuclear waste at Hanford.” [...] “Nuclear waste leaks at Hanford are far worse than we thought.” To watch the video : enenews.com/fox-seattle-nuclear-waste-leaks-at-hanford-are-far-worse-than-we-thought-video
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Friends of the Earth News releases San Onofre: Internal letter reveals Edison knew of defects at crippled reactors but misled federal regulators to get expedited licensePosted May. 28, 2013 / Posted by: Adam Russell Friends of the Earth: "Restart is dead" WASHINGTON, D.C. – Sen. Barbara Boxer has released a private 2004 letter from Southern California Edison that reveals the utility knew of major problems in its radically redesigned replacement steam generators at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station that could lead to a “disastrous outcome,” but the company knowingly misrepresented its failed design as a “like-for-like” replacement to sidestep a more thorough license review by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The leaked letter confirms accusations of the nuclear watchdog group Friends of the Earth. Its release, said the group, means Edison’s restart plan is dead. “This letter from Edison management is truly shocking,” said Damon Moglen, climate and energy director for Friends of the Earth. “It shows definitively that Edison was more concerned with keeping to a construction schedule and making money than with assuring safe operation of their reactors. It raises serious questions about their honesty and about the NRC’s handling of the San Onofre license. “The restart of San Onofre reactors is now off the table. No one can possibly argue for the further operation of these crippled reactors when such an experiment places the lives and livelihoods of millions of Southern Californians at risk.” The letter, which Boxer released to the Associated Press, was sent by Edison Vice President Dwight Nunn to his counterpart, General Manager Akira Sawa, at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, which fabricated the replacement steam generators according to Edison’s specifications. The letter states that serious problems with the replacement steam generators could lead to “unacceptable consequences (e.g. tube wear and eventually tube plugging). This would be a disastrous outcome for both of us ...” In addition, the letter reveals that Edison was fully aware that the new generators, which failed in less than two years and caused a release of radiation, was not a like-for-like replacement despite their assurances to federal and state regulators. Edison’s Nunn writes: “Consequently, the design of the new steam generators is currently proceeding using the existing steam generator seismic response based on a like-for-like replacement concept (although the old and new steam generators will be similar in many respects they aren’t like-for-like replacements).” Continue Reading Here: www.foe.org/news/news-releases/2013-05-internal-letter-reveals-edison-knew-of-defects-misled-regulators |
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South Korea's two nuclear reactors shut downSeoul : South Korea | May 28, 2013 at 4:04 AM PDT In the Republic of Korea today for security reasons, suspended the activities of the two reactors. However, the reason was not a bad performance, and forged documents to some components of vehicles. Two reactors at the plant, "Shin Kori-2" ("Shingoro-2") and "Shin VALSONNE-1" ("Sinvolson-1") was drowned out by order of the Korean Nuclear Safety Commission, start two more postponed indefinitely. When checking the commission have been found non-certified cables, which have been used in the construction of centrifuges. Because of their unknown origin Commission is not sure of the safety of their use. Regarding the fake guarantee documents will be investigated. Currently in South Korea, for various reasons there are 10 of the 23 nuclear reactors. Operating nuclear power plants provide more than a third of the country all over the country's electricity. However, the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy of the fear that the reactor could stop summer lead to an energy crisis, as for repairs could be interrupted supply of electricity. It is expected that the shortfall could be around 2,000,000 kWh (77 million instead of the required 79). That is why the authors emphasize the orders that do not conform to all the details on the four reactors to be replaced in the near future. However, according to some reports, the work will take about four months. In 2012, Seoul has stopped two nuclear reactors at the plant in Yongvane due to counterfeit parts. There are 13 million counterfeit items with a guarantee of quality. And this month, six engineers and suppliers have been sentenced to prison terms for the installation of defective products. rt Continue Reading :www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/14693252-south-koreas-two-nuclear-reactors-shut-down
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Fukushima Plant Spilling Contaminated Water Into The Sea 'For Years'By North Asia correspondent Mark Willacy, ABC Updated August 12, 2013, 4:04 pm Workers at the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant have told the ABC that contaminated water has most likely been seeping into the sea since the disaster two-and-a-half years ago.
Japan's nuclear watchdog has described the leaks as a "state of emergency".
Workers have told ABC's AM program that they do not have much faith in Tokyo Electric Power Company's (TEPCO) ability to handle the situation and they claim another accident is inevitable.
Fujimoto-san, a 56-year-old decontamination worker at the Fukushima nuclear plant, says he has to hide his real job from his two young grandsons for fears they would shun him if they knew.
"We work at the most dangerous place in Japan," Fujimoto-san said.
"Not only that, I work 12-hour shifts and only get paid 11,000 yen."
The wage equates to $125 per shift, or $10 an hour.
Fujimoto-san says if TEPCO caught him speaking to journalists, there would be serious consequences.
"I'd be fired for sure. Speaking out is an act of suicide," he said.
TEPCO has been trying to stop the leak of 300 tonnes of radioactive groundwater every day.
"Steam came out of the Reactor 3 building the other day," Fujimoto-san said.
"When it came out, TEPCO didn't even tell us.
"I found out about it on the TV news after I got home from work."
He is not the only nuclear worker who believes TEPCO is struggling to cope with the crisis at the Fukushima plant.
Suzuki-san is a 12-year TEPCO veteran and a former Fukushima site foreman.
He says the leaks of contaminated water into the Pacific began in 2011.
"I believe it's been leaking into the ocean from the start of the crisis two-and-a-half years ago," Suzuki-san said.
"TEPCO probably knew this but did nothing because they didn't want to cause an outcry," he said.
While many in Japan worry about another disaster at the Fukushima plant, the welfare of workers there is not often raised.
"There are still reactor buildings we haven't gotten into yet," Fujimoto-san said.
"So there's always the possibility of another explosion, and if that were to happen, we - the workers - would be the first victims.
"I fear that a lot."au.news.yahoo.com/latest/a/-/latest/18461166/fukushima-plant-spilling-contaminated-water-into-the-sea-for-years/
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Post by skywalker on Aug 12, 2013 20:26:08 GMT -6
Since this is something that is affecting the entire planet and since it seems absolutely clear that TEPCO and the Japanese government don't have a clue how to fix the problem why don't some other countries get in there and put a stop to this nonsense? Not that anybody else would know how to fix it either. People are good at creating messes but not so nifty at cleaning them up. BTW, isn't this kind of how Godzilla was created?  It's kind of ironic that the country that has been the most vocal about the dangers of nuclear energy (since they were the victims of it during WW2) is now the country that is causing all of the nuclear problems. Does a big giant mutated lizard have to rise up out of the ocean and zap Tokyo with it's death ray before they start taking things seriously? |
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The Christian Science MonitorFukushima Isn't The Only Nuclear Plant Leaking Radioactive Water
By John C.K. Daly, Guest blogger / August 13, 2013
Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant continues to leak contaminated water into the Pacific Ocean, but it's not the only nuclear plant suffering from radioactive water issues. Taiwan’s First Nuclear Power Plant and the Plutonium Finishing Plant in Hanford, Wash., join Fukushima in grappling with leaking waste water.
Reporters inspect an observation well which is dug to take underground water samples near Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant Unit 1 of Tokyo Electric Power Co., in Okuma, Fukushima prefecture, northeastern Japan.
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Water is an essential ingredient for the operation of most nuclear power plants, from providing the liquid that is flashed to steam to drive turbines to providing coolant for storage of spent fuel. In most NPPs, water is drawn from nearby rivers or from the ocean. Unfortunately, that reliance can also prove to be a liability.
In reviewing the 11 March 2011 catastrophe that overwhelmed Tokyo Electric Power Co.’s six reactor Fukushima Daiichi NPP, few people remember that it was not the Richter 9.0 earthquake, the fifth largest in modern history, that devastated the facility, but the massive tsunami subsequently generated by the undersea tremor.
Which incidentally killed 25,000 people.
Fukushima Daiichi NPP’s seawall was not high enough to stop the tsunami, which destroyed the facility’s backup diesel generators and fuel tanks upon which keeping the nuclear fuel cool now depended, as the earthquake had severed the facility’s connections to the national electric grid. Nine tsunami generated waves battered the shore. (Related article: The Key to Advancing Nuclear Energy)
Two years on, the crippled NPP has yet to be stabilized and its radioactive contents are being spread by – water. On 22 July TEPCO spokesman Masayuki Ono told a regular news conference that plant officials believed that radioactive water that leaked from the wrecked reactors probably seeped into the underground water system and accordingly was likely leaking contaminated water into the sea, acknowledging for the first time a problem long suspected by experts.
How much?
The Japanese government’s Agency for Natural Resources and Energy estimates that 400 tons of groundwater contaminated with radioactive materials are now leaking into the ocean daily from the crippled plant. The Japanese government is now sufficiently alarmed that on 7 August Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told a meeting of the Nuclear Emergency Response Headquarters, "The problem of contaminated water is the most pressing. Rather than leave it up to TEPCO, the central government will come up with the measures to deal with it. The industry minister will instruct TEPCO in order to implement swift and multilayered measures."
Moving southwards, Taiwan’s First Nuclear Power Plant on the island’s northern coast, operating since 1979, has spent fuel rod storage pools that have leaked since December 2009.
How much?
According to the Taiwanese government’s watchdog, Control Yuan, the pools of the two reactors leaked 15,370 milliliters and 4,830 milliliters respectively, with the water containing radioactive materials including Cesium-137, Cobalt-60, Manganese-54, and Chromium-51. The most ominous aspect of the report notes that the NPP operator Taiwan Power Co had failed to find the causes and the leaks continue.
Closer to home, but still tied to Japan via its wartime production of plutonium, used in the “Fat Man” bomb that destroyed Nagasaki is the largely decommissioned Plutonium Finishing Plant in Hanford. From 1944 to 1989 Hanford produced 74,000 tons of weapons-grade plutonium-239, ultimately producing nearly two-thirds of all the plutonium in the U.S. military’s nuclear arsenal. (Related article: Chernobyl at Sea? Russia Building Floating Nuclear Power Plants)
And what is the site’s bigger enemy than Communism? Again, water.
The U.S. Department of Energy estimates that since 1994 roughly 450 billion gallons of industrial and radiological contaminants were dumped directly into the soil, while some of it was stored. Hanford’s elderly complex of 177 underground tanks contain 53 million gallons of chemicals and radioactive liquids, and 67 of the tanks have together leaked more than a million gallons. The DOE recently identified six more tanks that have sprung leaks, further threatening water supplies for millions across the Northwest.
No doubt the pro-nuclear industry shills will protest this litany of nuclear industry errors, but two questions remain. If nuclear energy is so safe, why is the industry incapable of dealing with the relative simple plumbing issue of water leaks? Since they evidently cannot, then why would one believe that they have mastered the intricacies of nuclear reactor operation? Secondly, if the NPP by-products are so safe, why does every government in the world go to such strenuous efforts to contain them even while assuring their populaces that there’s no risk?
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Published on Thursday, October 24, 2013 by Common DreamsFuel Removal From Fukushima's Reactor 4 Threatens 'Apocalyptic' ScenarioIn November, TEPCO set to begin to remove fuel rods whose radiation matches the fallout of 14,000 Hiroshima bombs- Andrea Germanos, staff writerAn operation with potentially "apocalyptic" consequences is expected to begin in a little over two weeks from now - "as early as November 8" - at Fukushima's damaged and sinking Reactor 4, when plant operator TEPCO will attempt to remove over 1300 spent fuel rods holding the radiation equivalent of 14,000 Hiroshima bombs from a spent fuel storage tank perched on the reactor's upper floor. Fukushima Reactor 4 While the Reactor 4 building itself did not suffer a meltdown, it did suffer a hydrogen explosion, is now tipping and sinking and has zero ability to withstand another seismic event. The Japan Times explained: To remove the rods, TEPCO has erected a 273-ton mobile crane above the building that will be operated remotely from a separate room. [...] spent fuel rods will be pulled from the racks they are stored in and inserted one by one into a heavy steel chamber while the assemblies are still under water. Once the chamber is removed from the pool and lowered to the ground, it will be transported to another pool in an undamaged building on the site for storage. Under normal circumstances, such an operation would take little more than three months, but TEPCO is hoping to complete the complicated task within fiscal 2014. A chorus of voices has been sounding alarm over the never-been-done-at-this-scale plan to manually remove the 400 tons of spent fuel by TEPCO, who so far has been responsible for mishap after mishap in the ongoing crisis at the crippled nuclear plant. Arnie Gundersen, a veteran U.S. nuclear engineer and director of Fairewinds Energy Education, warned this summer that "They are going to have difficulty in removing a significant number of the rods," and said that " To jump to the conclusion that it is going to work just fine is quite a leap of logic." Paul Gunter, MD, Director of the Reactor Oversight Project with Takoma Park, Md.-based Beyond Nuclear, also sounded alarm on Thursday, telling Common Dreams in a statement that "Given the uncertainties of the condition and array of the hundreds of tons of nuclear fuel assemblies, it will be a risky round of highly radioactive pickup sticks." Gundersen offered this analogy of the challenging process of removing the spent fuel rods: If you think of a nuclear fuel rack as a pack of cigarettes, if you pull a cigarette straight up it will come out — but these racks have been distorted. Now when they go to pull the cigarette straight out, it’s going to likely break and release radioactive cesium and other gases, xenon and krypton, into the air. I suspect come November, December, January we’re going to hear that the building’s been evacuated, they’ve broke a fuel rod, the fuel rod is off-gassing. […] I suspect we’ll have more airborne releases as they try to pull the fuel out. If they pull too hard, they’ll snap the fuel. I think the racks have been distorted, the fuel has overheated — the pool boiled – and the net effect is that it’s likely some of the fuel will be stuck in there for a long, long time. The Japan Times adds: Removing the fuel rods is a task usually assisted by computers that know their exact location down to the nearest millimeter. Working virtually blind in a highly radioactive environment, there is a risk the crane could drop or damage one of the rods — an accident that would heap even more misery onto the Tohoku region. As long-time anti-nuclear activist Harvey Wasserman explained, the Spent fuel rods must be kept cool at all times. If exposed to air, their zirconium alloy cladding will ignite, the rods will burn and huge quantities of radiation will be emitted. Should the rods touch each other, or should they crumble into a big enough pile, an explosion is possible."In the worst-case scenario," RT adds,
the pool could come crashing to the ground, dumping the rods together into a pile that could fission and cause an explosion many times worse than in March 2011.
Wasserman says that the plan is so risky it requires a global take-over, an urging Gunter also shared, stating that the "dangerous task should not be left to TEPCO but quickly involve the oversight and management of independent international experts."Wasserman told Common Dreams that The bring-down of the fuel rods from Fukushima Unit 4 may be the most dangerous engineering task ever undertaken. Every indication is that TEPCO is completely incapable of doing it safely, or of reliably informing the global community as to what's actually happening. There is no reason to believe the Japanese government could do much better. This is a job that should only be undertaken by a dedicated team of the world's very best scientists and engineers, with access to all the funding that could be needed. The potential radiation releases in this situation can only be described as apocalyptic. The cesium alone would match the fallout of 14,000 Hiroshima bombs. If the job is botched, radiation releases could force the evacuation of all humans from the site, and could cause electronic equipment to fail. Humankind would be forced to stand helplessly by as billions of curies of deadly radiation pour into the air and the ocean. As dire as Wasserman's warning sounds, it is echoed by fallout researcher Christina Consolo, who told RT that the worst case scenario could be "a true apocalypse." Gunter's warning was dire as well. "Time is of the essence as we remain concerned that another earthquake could still topple the damaged reactor building and the nuclear waste storage pond up in its attic," he continued. "This could literally re-ignite the nuclear accident in the open atmosphere and inflame it into hemispheric proportions," said Gunter. Wasserman says that given the gravity of the situation, the eyes of the world should be upon Fukushima: This is a question that transcends being anti-nuclear. The fate of the earth is at stake here and the whole world must be watching every move at that site from now on. With 11,000 fuel rods scattered around the place, as a ceaseless flow of contaminated water poisoning our oceans, our very survival is on the line.  www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/10/24-3
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Post by paulette on Nov 14, 2013 10:47:49 GMT -6
I have question teacher! Even assuming that "THEY" get the rods out of the damaged reactor without banging them together or them falling apart when lifted and starting some hideous chain reaction - lets say "THEY" GET THEM OUT. Then what? Where does one put that amount of nuclear fissionable material - that is already fissioning. Somewhere else in Japan? Hmmmmm. Its already in Japan, has already melted through the containment pools, and is already being flushed with seawater to stop an immediate nuclear explosion. So where else?
I'm thinking...drop in the the ocean. Yes? It will be fine there, radiating away. Out of sight, out of mind.
Anyone else like this answer? We can all go to lunch and forget about it. Right?
About that lunch? There's going to be a lot less tuna fish. About that collapsing planktonic community - there's going to be a lot less OXYGEN. Something like 80% of our oxygen is ocean based from microscopic algae.
Ooops.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 14, 2013 11:08:41 GMT -6
Well...they are going to do what they are going to do and we don't have a say in that. I don't particularly eat a lot of tuna anymore..it doesn't seem to taste the way it did when I was younger. Doesn't seem to be much use in letting it keep me awake at night..if that is included in the paths we walk..then I suppose how we adapt to that is the moot point. I can't help wondering if it wouldn't be better if they just blew the dam thing up instead of killing it off in pieces..and us.  |
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Post by skywalker on Nov 14, 2013 14:19:30 GMT -6
What would happen if they dropped the fuel rods into a volcano? Would they melt and sink down into it or would the volcano blast radioactive crap all over the place?
Another question I have is why can't they keep using these fuel rods as fuel if they are still so radioactive?
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Post by skywalker on Nov 14, 2013 23:13:55 GMT -6
This is kind of cool. We're all gonna die of cancer because of it but it's still cool to watch.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 14, 2013 23:39:15 GMT -6
"It was long ago and it never happened anyway"
will be the mantra of the Human Race as we are realizing, even today, that the way this looks, even if we can put it off for many, many years, we are not just talking about tuna in a can.
As real as this scenario sounds, isn't it time we put our heads together and went from praying for miracles. . . . to a situation (on a much, much grander sale) much like the oil spill in the Gulf?
Where's all the Press!? Don't they have something they can use this to distract us from??
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Post by paulette on Nov 16, 2013 0:47:49 GMT -6
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Post by Deleted on Dec 16, 2013 22:58:42 GMT -6
Hatrick Penry UNBOUND An Alternative to the Alternative MediaSomething Wicked This Way Comes:
The story of Plume-Gate, the world’s largest, provable cover-uphatrickpenryunbound.com/?p=3683 |
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Post by paulette on Dec 21, 2013 14:10:34 GMT -6
This is quite comprehensive. I have to admit I didn't read all of it. Suffice to say, there were inta agency memos and messages, government messages not intended for public consideration. OF course I DON'T KNOW IF THE CITED STATEMENTS ARE TRUE nor how we could know if they were or weren't.
It seems clear to me that governments have not warned their populations in the past: Chernobyl, Three Mile Island, leaking deteriorating tanks at Hanford, tHE POPULATIONS IN MICRONESIA who had atomic bomb tests on adjacent islands and were only offered evacuation years later - sometimes by organizations like Greenpeace. So the standard seems to be, say little. Make individuals prove damage in court - 99% will not bother or be able to. The naval soldiers who drank and showered in desalinated water ten miles off Fukashima - are ALREADY developing cancers and have an action sgainst SOMEBODY OR THING.
I simply don't know. I have eliminated some foods from mr diet for various reasons - Asian farmed shrimp, fish and prawns. Tuna. I love going out and eating suishi and I know that those prawns and shrimp should not be consumed. I have had to say goodbye to tuna salad which is a comfort food of my youth. I noticed I didn't order wakame (seaweed salad) the last few times we ate Japanese food. Sigh.
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Post by Steve on Dec 24, 2013 23:25:39 GMT -6
This is all so 'fear based'. I doubt we will ever know an accurate assessment. Steve
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Hatrick Penry UNBOUND An Alternative to the Alternative MediaSomething Wicked This Way Comes:
The story of Plume-Gate, the world’s largest, provable cover-uphatrickpenryunbound.com/?p=3683This is worth reading, in detail. It has some observable points as a result of Chernobyl, so not much to "make up" when it comes to conspiracies. |
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Post by paulette on Dec 27, 2013 11:41:47 GMT -6
Anybody wonder how the rod removal is going? Seems like if it was all "taken care of" we'd have heard. Or maybe good news is no news (we already know that bad news is surpressed news)
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Post by Morgan Sierra on Jan 2, 2014 13:25:29 GMT -6
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Post by paulette on Jan 3, 2014 10:21:46 GMT -6
We are in trouble.
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Post by paulette on Jan 4, 2014 19:58:05 GMT -6
Thanks Cliff - high numbers on one map for my area. And they just discovered that the starfish in our local body of water are also dissolving. Official reason is: We don't know...maybe its a natural thing, there were too many anyway.struth.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 4, 2014 20:19:56 GMT -6
Fairewinds Energy Education ·
December 31, 2013
Steam heat? What is happening at Fukushima Daiichi?
Beginning on Monday December 30, 2013, the Internet has been flooded with conjecture claiming that Fukushima Daiichi Unit 3 is ready to explode. Fairewinds Energy Education has been inundated with questions about the very visible steam emanating from Fukushima Daiichi Unit 3. Our research, and discussions with other scientists, confirms that what we are seeing is a phenomenon that has been occurring at the Daiichi site since the March 2011 accident.
It is winter and it is cold throughout much of the northern hemisphere. Hot water vapor has been released daily by each of the four Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plants since the accident. We believe that is one of the reasons TEPCO placed covers over Daiichi 4 and 1. Sometimes the steam [hot water vapor] is visible and sometimes it is not. If you have been outside on a cold winter day, you have personally experienced that phenomenon when you see the breath you exhale form a cloud in the cold air. The technical explanation is that hot water vapor becomes visible when it comes in contact with cold air and condenses. During the winter months in the Fukushima Prefecture, the sea air is cold and moist, thus forming the ideal conditions to see the released steam.
Why is there still steam coming from the plants especially since TEPCO says that they are in cold shutdown? As we at Fairewinds have discussed in our many videos, podcasts, and reports, radioactive rubble (fission products) was left in each unit following the triple meltdowns. While the plants are shutdown in nuke speak, there is no method of achieving cold shut down in any nuclear reactor. While the reactor can stop generating the actual nuclear chain reaction, the atoms left over from the original nuclear chain reaction continue to give off heat that is called the decay of the radioactive rubble (fission products). The heat from this ongoing decay of radioactive rubble is constantly releasing moisture (steam) and radioactive products into the environment. The radioactive decay is gradually slowing down, as fission products decay away. The cold moist winter air at this time of year is making steam from the ongoing decay easily visible.
How much radiation is escaping? When Unit 3 was operating, it was producing more than 2,000 megawatts of heat from the nuclear fission process (chain reaction in the reactor). Immediately after the earthquake and tsunami, it shut down and the chain reaction stopped, but Unit 3 was still producing about 160 megawatts of decay heat. Now, 30 months later, it is still producing slightly less than 1 megawatt (one million watts) of decay heat.
What does that figure mean; is it an inconsequential amount? 1 megawatt of decay heat is a lot of heat even today, and it is creating radioactive steam, but it is not a new phenomenon. These hot radioactive releases [not physically hot, but radioactive hot – meaning they contain radioactive fission products] have occurring for the entire 33 months following the triple meltdown. The difference now is that the only time we visibly notice these ongoing releases is on the cold days with atmospheric conditions cold enough to condense hot vapor into steam.
Fairewinds Energy Education would like to thank our viewers and listeners for following our work and supporting our work and sending it important questions like this one. We will continue to keep you informed.
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Post by paulette on Jan 5, 2014 16:13:03 GMT -6
This is Very worth watching:
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Post by spacemaverick on Jan 6, 2014 3:01:39 GMT -6
Cliff, I see you are right on track. If I may I may drop in from time to time and see if I can add anything with your permission. It seems several forums are now starting to pick up on the Fukushima issue now. I am starting to focus on marine life along the West Coast trying to use some university information, information from the NETC. The NETC also has a link that takes you to a place where you can calculate just the background radiation where you live. I believe the standard for a human being is 650 millirems per year. My calculations for my area and home is approximately350 mrems per year. My next goal is to save up money for a decent radiation monitor and Geiger counter just to check some of my food. By the way...I will not eat tuna from the West Coast.
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Good to see you here again Rod.
No permission needed my friend. This isn't my forum or thread,(quoting Skywalker from another thread) it's everyone's and I'd really appreciate hearing yours or anyone else input on this issue whether they agree with it or not. It's important to hear all sides and view this from every angle.The last thing I would want to do is spread misinformation or cause fear in anyone. I just want to know what the facts are from qualified professionals like many others do.
I would personally like to know what is happening with the Pacific ocean. The link from Natural News that Skywalker posted above I find alarming. Anything you might add would be greatly appreciated.I especially would like to hear more from Universities as you mentioned. Many have spoken, many more need to also to address the situation and inform the public.
I'm not an expert when it comes to this topic. I only started looking into this from the very second this crisis happened as I watched it unfold live.It is only since then that I started researching this subject in depth. You helped bring much of this to my attention (and many others) and I thank you.
It's a sensitive issue but I feel the public needs to know the truth. Sadly, in my honest opinion,I feel it has been suppressed for many reasons.
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) the amount of dead sea creatures covering the floor of some areas of the Pacific Ocean has risen from 1% to as high as 98%. The sudden increase started in 2011...shortly after the Fukushima incident.
