ENENews has several articles today about Fukushima that are worth reading. Guess it was a busy day for the "Merchants of Death." >>Romi >> >> >>Tepco: M6 quake caused leak at Fukushima Daiichi — Water coming from pipe of >>Units 5, 6 >> >> >>This is a follow-up report on the statuses of Fukushima Daiichi and Daini Nuclear Power Stations after the earthquake occurred in the offshore of Fukushima Prefecture (M5.9) at around 2:48 PM on May 18. >>At around 4:10 PM in Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, a TEPCO >>employee found water dropping from an overflow pipe of Units 5-6 RO treated water tank (D7 tank) where the leakage was found yesterday on the site patrol after the earthquake. [...] >>Regarding the treated water dropping from an overflow pipe of Units 5-6 RO treated water tank, the leakage area is estimated to be about 2 m x about 2 m and the leakage amount is estimated to be about 4 liters. [...] >>The water dropping is assumed to be caused by the earthquake occurred at >>around 2:48 PM today since the treated water tank was at full capacity from yesterday. [...] > >http://enenews.com/m6-quake-caused-leak-at-fukushima-daiichi-water-coming-from-pipe- > of-units-5-6 > >Kyodo: Highest levels of Fukushima contamination in plankton already EAST of >Hawaii? (MAPS) >Researchers find high cesium in some Pacific plankton >>Scientists said Tuesday they have detected radioactive cesium from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant in plankton collected from all 10 points in the Pacific they checked, with the highest levels at around 25 degrees north latitude and 150 degrees west longitude. [...] >>The researchers collected plankton at 10 points in the Pacific from off >>Hokkaido to Guam between January and February 2012. >>They detected cesium-134 in plankton at all 10 points. The density of >>radioactive cesium was the highest at 8.2 to 10.5 becquerels per kilogram in samples collected from waters around 25 degrees north latitude and 150 degrees west longitude. [...] >>The density of cesium in seawater was highest in waters at around latitude 36 >>to 40 degrees north, the team said. [...] >> >> >>http://enenews.com/kyodo-highest-levels-of-fukushima-contamination-already-east-of-hawaii >> >Japan Times: Discharges of Fukushima nuclear material into Pacific “have effectively contaminated the sea” — Melted reactor cores will burn again if water not perpetually poured in — “Tepco proposing some of it be dumped into ocean” >[...] Tepco must perpetually pour water over the melted cores of reactors 1, 2, and 3 via makeshift systems to prevent the fuel from melting and burning again. [...] >Tepco is proposing some of the water be dumped into the sea after processing it to remove most, but not all, radioactive isotopes. [...] >Previous discharges into the Pacific have effectively contaminated the sea. Failure to store it means it will probably flood the whole compound and end up in the ocean anyway. [...] >Will the processed water pose health or environmental risks? >According to Tepco, the processed water could theoretically be safe [...] >Tritium is the exception, however. Tepco says the tritium level in the contaminated water is between 1 million and 5 million becquerels per liter. The legal limit is 60,000. [...] > > >http://enenews.com/japan-times-discharges-of-nuclear-material-into-the-pacific-from-fukushima-have-effectively-contaminated-the-sea-melted-reactor-cores-will-burn-again-if-water-not-perpetually-poured-in-t > Firefighters called in to U.S. nuclear plant after alert — Overheating in turbine room — “Further details not immediately available” WXTK, May 20th, 2013: Firefighters called to Pilgrim nuke plant [...] after 4 a.m. According to reports, a motor overheated in the turbine room. That is in a non-nuclear section of the plant. Further details were not immediately available. The Patriot Ledger: Twelve hours after the protest, at 4:20 a.m. Monday, Plymouth firefighters went inside the plant to check an overheated turbine lubrication pump. Fire Chief Edward Bradley said an electrical overload tripped a plant circuit breaker, automatically sending an alert to the fire department. Bradley said the pump is one of a number of pumps that keep turbine bearings lubricated during production. The pumps are located in a building adjacent to the reactor building.Excerpt from anonymous tip: “fire in turbine bldg of pilgrim nuclear plant….4 fire trucks respond http://enenews.com/developing-firefighters-called-in-to-u-s-nuclear-plant-overheating-in-turbine-room-further-details-not-immediately-available
AP: Radiation levels OUTSIDE Fukushima “exceeded the annual limit for nuclear workers” — Residents now demanding help Hundreds of people living just outside Japan’s Fukushima prefecture say they have been denied adequate compensation after the country’s 2011 nuclear disaster despite suffering elevated radiation levels. [...] >The Hippo residents [in Miyagi Prefecture] said some radiation levels in their >area exceeded those in Fukushima towns. Hippo district is about 50 kilometres (30 miles) northwest of the crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant. [...] >Radiation levels in Hippo district are comparable to areas in Fukushima subject to voluntary evacuation, where residents are entitled to receive up to 720,000 yen ($7,000) for every child and pregnant woman, and up to 120,000 yen ($1,180) per adult. After months of negotiations, TEPCO has agreed to pay Hippo residents about half the Fukushima amount. [...] >The radiation level in Hippo exceeded the annual limit for nuclear workers. >[...] > > >http://enenews.com/ap-radiation-levels-fukushima-exceeded-annual-limit-nuclear-workers-residents-demanding > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAAMN: Los Angeles Alternative Media Network --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: <mailto:laamn-unsubscr...@egroups.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe: <mailto:laamn-subscr...@egroups.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Digest: <mailto:laamn-dig...@egroups.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Help: <mailto:laamn-ow...@egroups.com?subject=laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post: <mailto:la...@egroups.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive1: <http://www.egroups.com/messages/laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive2: <http://www.mail-archive.com/laamn@egroups.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: laamn-dig...@yahoogroups.com laamn-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: laamn-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
