Keeping up on the radiation leaks at Japanese Nuke Plant

[Dorothea]

Has anybody been following this since the earthquake and tsunami? Yes, stuff is still seeping out of those nuclear reactors. Here are a few stories. Please keep praying for all affected by this terrible disaster.

Reuters: Gov’t says biggest radiation dose was OUTSIDE exclusion zone — 19 millisievert average in Iitate — May be even higher « Enenews.com

Reuters: Gov’t says biggest radiation dose was OUTSIDE exclusion zone — 19 millisievert average in Iitate — May be even higher

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Russian Expert: ‘Fukushima situation far from stabilizing’

Fukushima situation far from stabilizing-expert, Voice of Russia, Dec 13, 2011:

Vladimir Chuprov, the head of the energy department of Russia’s Greenpeace

Transcript Excerpts

Situation at the moment at Fukushima in Japan at whole is not stabilized
Dangerous radionuclides such as Cesium 137 is identified in the children food
Food, especially the sea-food is contaminated [...]
Situation is far [from] stabilizing, both from environmental, economical and social point of views
Consequence of such situation is the further recognizing dangers of nuclear power not only in Japan, but all over the world

Russian Expert: ‘Fukushima situation far from stabilizing’ « Enenews.com


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AP: Radiation-contaminated groundwater feared moving toward 4th largest river in US — Over 200 miles inland — Posing danger to fish, people

New concerns about Hanford nuclear waste plant, AP, Dec. 12, 2011:

CAPTION: The H reactor is one of nine nuclear reactors at Hanford, where it is feared that contaminated groundwater is moving steadily toward the Columbia River and posing a danger to fish and the people who eat them

[...] But the worst of the waste is still decades away from being completely removed. Millions of gallons of a highly radioactive stew — enough to fill dozens of Olympic-size swimming pools — are stored in aging underground tanks. Some of those tanks have leaked, threatening the groundwater and the river. [...]

[T]wo Hanford workers filed suit as whistleblowers, claiming they were targeted for reprisals after raising safety concerns. The largest of the safety complaints deal with specifications for the process by which the waste would be mixed. The whistleblowers say, as specified, it could result in dangerous gas concentrations as well as a settling of waste within the mixing vessels.

Those issues largely center on a pretreatment building where the worst waste will be funneled [...] Any problems there would be significant because workers will not be able to enter certain areas once operations commence because of high levels of radioactivity. [...]

The Columbia River is the largest river in the Pacific Northwest region of North America [and] fourth-largest river in the U.S., and it has the greatest flow of any North American river draining into the Pacific -Wikipedia

AP: Radiation-contaminated groundwater feared moving toward 4th largest river in US — Over 200 miles inland — Posing danger to fish, people « Enenews.com

 

[ArmyMatt]

Lord have mercy!

 

[Gxg (G²)]

Has anybody been following this since the earthquake and tsunami? Yes, stuff is still seeping out of those nuclear reactors. Here are a few stories. Please keep praying for all affected by this terrible disaster.

Reuters: Gov’t says biggest radiation dose was OUTSIDE exclusion zone — 19 millisievert average in Iitate — May be even higher « Enenews.com

Reuters: Gov’t says biggest radiation dose was OUTSIDE exclusion zone — 19 millisievert average in Iitate — May be even higher

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Russian Expert: ‘Fukushima situation far from stabilizing’

Fukushima situation far from stabilizing-expert, Voice of Russia, Dec 13, 2011:

Vladimir Chuprov, the head of the energy department of Russia’s Greenpeace

Transcript Excerpts

Situation at the moment at Fukushima in Japan at whole is not stabilized
Dangerous radionuclides such as Cesium 137 is identified in the children food
Food, especially the sea-food is contaminated [...]
Situation is far [from] stabilizing, both from environmental, economical and social point of views
Consequence of such situation is the further recognizing dangers of nuclear power not only in Japan, but all over the world

Russian Expert: ‘Fukushima situation far from stabilizing’ « Enenews.com


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AP: Radiation-contaminated groundwater feared moving toward 4th largest river in US — Over 200 miles inland — Posing danger to fish, people

New concerns about Hanford nuclear waste plant, AP, Dec. 12, 2011:

CAPTION: The H reactor is one of nine nuclear reactors at Hanford, where it is feared that contaminated groundwater is moving steadily toward the Columbia River and posing a danger to fish and the people who eat them

[...] But the worst of the waste is still decades away from being completely removed. Millions of gallons of a highly radioactive stew — enough to fill dozens of Olympic-size swimming pools — are stored in aging underground tanks. Some of those tanks have leaked, threatening the groundwater and the river. [...]

[T]wo Hanford workers filed suit as whistleblowers, claiming they were targeted for reprisals after raising safety concerns. The largest of the safety complaints deal with specifications for the process by which the waste would be mixed. The whistleblowers say, as specified, it could result in dangerous gas concentrations as well as a settling of waste within the mixing vessels.

Those issues largely center on a pretreatment building where the worst waste will be funneled [...] Any problems there would be significant because workers will not be able to enter certain areas once operations commence because of high levels of radioactivity. [...]

The Columbia River is the largest river in the Pacific Northwest region of North America [and] fourth-largest river in the U.S., and it has the greatest flow of any North American river draining into the Pacific -Wikipedia

AP: Radiation-contaminated groundwater feared moving toward 4th largest river in US — Over 200 miles inland — Posing danger to fish, people « Enenews.com

Many thanks for bringing this up. Was wondering recently how they're doing in light of how many times what occurs in Japan isn't fully known due to many things being kept private within the nation for the sake of trying to handle themselves....and with the Earthquake, I was wondering how things were going especially in light of the churches over there. Within the world of Orthodoxy, I was very interested in seeing the progress of the Japanese Orthodox Church in how it was handling itself...and found good information here at

 

[Dorothea]

Many thanks for bringing this up. Was wondering recently how they're doing in light of how many times what occurs in Japan isn't fully known due to many things being kept private within the nation for the sake of trying to handle themselves....and with the Earthquake, I was wondering how things were going especially in light of the churches over there. Within the world of Orthodoxy, I was very interested in seeing the progress of the Japanese Orthodox Church in how it was handling itself...and found good information here at

Thank you for the link!

 

[Hoankan]

Speaking as one living in Japan, listen more to the local prefectures than the national government. They usually seem to have better radiation information. And yes the radiation did spread out pretty far, much farther than the government would admit for a long time.

As for the current state, that was March 14th. I might know more next month and I'll post here if I can. I'm afraid that current situations in my own life prevent me from going to church and learning first hand.

 

[gurneyhalleck1]

Glad I don't eat tuna