Published: January 22nd, 2017 at 5:57 am ET
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Kyodo News. Jan. 21, 2017 (emphasis added): Crane falls on building storing spent nuclear fuel at Takahama plant — A crane collapsed Friday night at the Takahama power station… damaging a building housing spent nuclear fuel, the plant operator said Saturday… An official apologized for the accident at a news conference at the plant, saying the utility would re-examine the risk of crane accidents amid strong winds and investigate the cause of the latest incident…
Asahi Shimbun, Jan 21, 2017: The mangled wreckage of the construction crane at the Takahama nuclear power plant
… The 113-meter tall [nearly 400 foot] crane used for construction work collapsed around 9:50 p.m. … The plant’s operations have been suspended. The mangled wreckage lies on [a] building used to store spent nuclear fuel… Winds gusting at 50.4 to 54 kph [31 to 34 mph] were raging at the time, and a warning had been issued…
Jiji Press, Jan 21, 2017: Large Crane Falls Down at Takahama Nuclear Plant… A 113-meter crane toppled over two buildings… Friday night, the operator… [T]he 270-ton boom crane partially damaged steel frames of an auxiliary building and an adjoining spent fuel storage facility for the No. 2 reactor… The central control room for the reactor is located in the auxiliary building…
Getty Images, Jan 21, 2017: Crane falls on Takahama plant building housing spent nuclear fuel… where a crane collapsed a day earlier, damaging a building housing spent nuclear fuel.
Manichi Daily News, Jan 21, 2017: After the incident, the framework of the collapsed crane was seen bent along the buildings on which it fell, and the metal rails on the edges of the roofs of the two affected buildings were damaged… [A] worker at the plant’s central control room heard a loud sound and checked to find one of the four cranes collapsed…
NHK, Jan 20, 2017: A large crane has toppled onto a building storing nuclear fuel… Part of the building’s roof was damaged… Workers at the plant found… the crane had half-collapsed onto the building next to the containment vessel… They confirmed damage to a facility collecting rainwater on the roof, but say they have detected no change to radiation levels in the surrounding area… Nuclear Regulation Authority says its inspectors have confirmed the falling crane caused wall panels inside the building to move. Workers are checking the building’s functions to prevent radioactive materials from leaking… The Takahama plant’s operational chief… apologized for the accident…
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off topic, sorry:
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-toshiba-accounting-semiconductors-ana-idUSKBN156007
Sat Jan 21, 2017
As nuclear loss grows, Toshiba needs chip investors, soon
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As long as Kansai Electric's Eldoland is ok…what?
You don't know?
About Tropical Cafe Takahama?
Wakasa area natural history exhibit?
Atom Plaza? ( guess what you'll learn there ! )
Science Wonder exhibit?
Tropical Wonder exhibit?
So much to offer, along with 20 year life extensions for old Takahama reactors #1 and #2.
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http://www.japantimes.co.jp/tag/nuclear-energy-2/
JAN 16, 2017
Labor office summons Kansai Electric chief in wake of overwork-related suicide
Labor authorities have summoned the president of Kansai Electric Power Co. to receive guidance following the overwork-related suicide of a “managerial” employee despite government efforts to rein in excessive work hours.
JAN 15, 2017
Pipe checks at Japan's nuclear control rooms conducted without removing insulation
The aging ventilation pipes in the control rooms of Japan’s nuclear power plants might be at risk because they are usually inspected without removing their insulating covers.
NATIONAL JAN 14, 2017
Law to make Tepco retain money for decommissioning costs
The government plans to legally oblige Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. to retain money to cover costs for decommissioning its crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, Jiji Press has learned. A draft of a bill to revise the law on the Nuclear …
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http://www.japantimes.co.jp/tag/nuclear-energy-2/
JAN 8, 2017
Quake risk for Japanese-French nuclear plant in Turkey lowered to keep costs down, sources say
A questionably low quake risk estimate for a nuclear plant being built in Turkey by a Japanese-French consortium might be a bid to reduce costs, sources say.
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from the same source:
JAN 6, 2017
U.S. delays groundwater cleanup rule for uranium mines amid GOP criticism
Federal officials withdrew a proposed requirement for companies to clean up groundwater at uranium mines across the U.S. and will reconsider a rule that congressional Republicans criticized as too harsh on industry. The plan that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency put on hold Wednesday …
NATIONAL JAN 5, 2017
'Several years' needed to restart Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant: Niigata governor
Restarting the world’s largest nuclear power plant will likely take “several years,” the governor of Niigata Prefecture said Thursday, highlighting the difficulty of concluding the nuclear disaster reviews sparked by the triple core meltdown of March 2011. Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc., better …
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Rogerthat; interesting…
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http://www.counterview.net/2017/01/tamil-nadus-anti-nuclear-stir-all-set.html Tamil Nadu's anti-nuclear stir all set to spread to Andhra Pradesh, civil society plans agitations in February-March
…Sundaram said, “The US and other western countries are waiting to dump their technology in the country. People should fight against tapping atomic power as many countries, including Sweden and Vietnam, have decided not to depend on atomic power.”
He added, “Shockingly, Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a meeting with US president Barrack Obama in January 2015, effectively gave away Indian people’s right to sue the nuclear suppliers in case of accident, which will be much more devastating than Fukushima. And still the BJP and its government talks of being nationalists, brandinganti-nuclear and environmental activists anti-national.”
He was referring to as many as 2,500 fisherfolk of Idinthakarai village, including women, elderly and adolescent, facing sedition charges since 2012 for peacefully opposing the Koodankulam nuclear plant in their vicinity.
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the nuclear power plant poses a threat to the entire North Andhra region, as it will be established in an earthquake-prone zone.
Sanjeevini Paryavarana Seva Sangham convener K Ramam said that the project would lead to heavy financial burden as the State government would be forced to buy atomic power at Rs 10 per unit when solar power was available at Rs 3 per unit in the country.
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http://www.publicnow.com/view/9B9D8B7C7724E58F20F0C895CE801B431C2577C9
…The Scottish Greens are urging the Scottish Government to intervene in a review of safety at the Hunterston nuclear power plant in Ayrshire after a report revealed that operators EDF plan to allow for an increase in cracking in its reactor core.
The report, by energy consultant and Safe Energy Journal editor Pete Roche, says that despite it being probably illegal under international law, the Scottish public are being given no say in an imminent UK Government decision on whether Scotland's oldest nuclear power station can keep running longer than planned.
Safety experts have warned that cracked graphite bricks within the reactor could lead to nuclear fuel overheating, potentially resulting in a radiological release.
The Scottish Government is not opposed to lifetime extensions for nuclear plants.
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'I've no doubt that if we did this properly, the public would reject an ageing, cracking, safety hazard. The Scottish Government's relaxed position on nuclear needs challenged. We simply don't need to sweat these plants and add to our toxic legacy; we should instead put our effort into building our renewables capacity, reducing demand through energy efficiency measures and ensuring a jobs transition for nuclear workers.
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Man using nuclear fuel…what could possibly go wrong?
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Commerce Secretary declares fisheries disasters for nine West Coast species
In Alaska:
Gulf of Alaska pink salmon fisheries (2016)
In California:
California Dungeness and rock crab fishery (2015-2016)
Yurok Tribe Klamath River Chinook salmon fishery (2016)
In Washington:
Fraser River Makah Tribe and Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe sockeye salmon fisheries (2014)
Grays Harbor and Willapa Bay non-treaty coho salmon fishery (2015)
Nisqually Indian Tribe, Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe, Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe, and Squaxin Island Tribe South Puget Sound salmon fisheries (2015)
Quinault Indian Nation Grays Harbor and Queets River coho salmon fishery (2015)
Quileute Tribe Dungeness crab fishery (2015-2016)
Ocean salmon troll fishery (2016)
http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/mediacenter/2017/01_January/18_01_west_coast_fisheries_disasters_declarations.html
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they will talk about lessons learned. But never will they learn Murphy's law. Because money driven monkey mind ape-men sweep truth and radiation under the rug, even as they create more exclusion zones and sick zones on 8000 mile diameter earth and heartbroken victims commit suicide
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http://www.columbiatribune.com/news/perspectives/nuclear-dilemma-plants-age-risks-rise-in-wake-of-failed/article_d0da30be-5645-50f8-aa73-dd125d2409d5.html
Nuclear dilemma: Plants age, risks rise in wake of failed energy push
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COLLAPSING COMMUNITIES
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‘LOVE-HATE’ RELATIONSHIP
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SPENT-FUEL FEARS
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LEFT WITH A ‘NUCLEAR DUMP’
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DEMANDING ANSWERS
Populations near U.S. reactors, meanwhile, want to know whether their proximity poses a health threat. The NRC hired the National Academy of Sciences to conduct a study in 2010 but halted the work last year because of costs, expected to be about $8 million.
U.S. Sen. Edward Markey, a Massachusetts Democrat who has long fought for tighter industry controls, said the agency gambles with the public’s health.
“The NRC blames budgetary constraints for ending the study, but what price do residents pay for living near operating nuclear facilities?” he wrote in a statement. “We should know that answer.”
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But Gunter said further license renewals should not even be considered. He calls the current plants “antiquated” and no longer economically viable without government subsidy.
“They’re in a death spiral,” Gunter said. “The question now is how quickly can we retire this industry? How much more nuclear waste are we going to generate before we realize enough is enough?”
MORE
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http://www.capecodtimes.com/opinion/20170121/pilgrim-nuclear-plant-faces-day-of-reckoning
Pilgrim nuclear plant faces day of reckoning
Jan. 31 may very well be the day of reckoning for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and for Entergy.
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http://vestnikkavkaza.net/news/Power-supply-failure-occurred-at-Armenian-Nuclear-Power-Plant-due-to-icing.html
Power supply failure occurred at Armenian Nuclear Power Plant due to icing Jan 22
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http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/business/energy-green/
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Some 3.6 million pounds of nuclear waste remains on the SONGS site, even though the facility has not generated electricity since January 2012.
That’s because there is no clear path to move the waste somewhere else.
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“If the people who opposed Yucca don’t want to have it, then they better get on board with an alternative,” Issa said. “We understand that NIMBY, not in my backyard, is pretty common but … if people don’t want it in Nevada, great. Let’s put it somewhere.”
Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry has been nominated by President-elect Donald Trump to head the Department of Energy and Issa said Perry, if confirmed, would likely look favorably on the bill.
In addition to the site in West Texas, a company in eastern New Mexico has expressed interest in taking spent nuclear reactor fuel.
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Rick Perry? DOE?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5i7Zq7cSfY
can't count to three.
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nsnbc : Japan had another radiant “too cheap to meter” nuclear moment when a crane collapsed, crashed into, and damaged a building housing spent fuel rods at the Takahama Nuclear Power Plant. The operator is in the process of implementing “security-updates” to extend the operation of two of the reactors far beyond their 40-year design limit.
http://nsnbc.me/2017/01/21/collapsing-crane-at-japans-takahama-nuclear-power-plant-crashed-into-building-for-spent-fuel/
11 comments, with the LEAD comment apologizing for being Off Topic (so no mistake there!) and then 9 others following suit…all Off Topic?
What's up, guys? Too bored with Administrator topics? Why should he/she post new topics at all? We'll just do our own thing anyway.
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Thanks for trying to keep things "1) On-Topic" irhologram
And thanks to all of you newswers for keeping ENE going in 2016.
Don't really enjoy discussing personal details but things are getting back to normal after a long, rough year. Finally feeling better and as inspired as ever. I appreciate all the kind words and donations sent in even though it was hard to respond.
Best wishes in 2017, admin
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I'm thankful with you for your better circumstanes!! We missed you! We love you! So GLAD to have you back!!
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Back at ya.
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Welcome back Admin! Ganbate!
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Thats great news Admin..thanks for holding on ! (we were worried often about ENE's survival)
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And not to forget..yours too..
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Stay well, Enenews admin, and a sincere thank you.
I was just thinking the other day about how important and influential and far-reaching Enenews is.
Enenews has had a positive effect on the world, I believe.
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Hello Admin,
We all appreciate your work. I believe things are trending positively regarding public awareness of nuclear energy dangers and the actual, true risks. We simply need to keep chipping away at the wall of lies that the nukers have constructed around the truth about nuclear. As we here all know, there is no such thing as "nuclear safety." Nuclear by definition is only dangerous and unsafe. This site is CRITICAL for dismantling the lies of the criminal nukers and their sockpuppet PR media mouthpieces.
Best regards,
Ban Reactors Forever
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Thank you, Admin. We really appreciate the new stories.
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Glad admin is back in the swing of things and posting!
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+1 Dr.Goodheart..and how about you..;)
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Pix of crane crashed onto Takahama plant.
https://www.bing.com/images/search?view=detailV2&iss=VS&imgurl=http%3a%2f%2fcache1.asset-cache.net%2fxr%2f632272088.jpg%3fv%3d1%26c%3dIWSAsset%26k%3d3%26d%3d77BFBA49EF87892102A727B1636DE2E644DF5C4CFAA1CA7E9CA32A1E64D317E11474FD00C2B70ED0A55A1E4F32AD3138&mid=74280118C560CF7E895647FA973612FF08874247&ccid=lbRxrEn7&simid=75122238332&exph=340&expw=286
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Good pic.
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"Whip effect" there at above the spent fuel, intensity depending on how fast it crashed.
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Crane was prep for "safety dome" due to extention of 40-year lifespan.
…"The 112-meter crane had been used to prepare for safety-enhancement work in which a concrete dome will be placed over the No. 2 reactor building….
…In June last year, nuclear regulators approved the utility’s plan to extend the operation of the Nos. 1 and 2 reactors beyond the government-mandated 40-year service period. It was the first such approval given under new safety regulation introduced following the 2011 Fukushima nuclear accident.
The plant has two newer reactors. All four reactors are currently offline.
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/21/national/crane-falls-building-spent-nuclear-fuel-takahama-plant/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+japantimes+%28The+Japan+Times%3A+All+Stories%29#.WITEt-s8KrU
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Notice the spin—> "…winds gusting to 31-34 mph were RAGING at the time…"
A 34 mph wind is not that big a deal. Certainly should be within operating parameters of an NPP.
Is there a meteorological condition known as 'raging'? Ya, the wind speed is just 35, but it carries little hammers in it's ephemeral fingers?
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Oh-ho, so that's the problem.
Those little hammers.
It is funny how they all ended their stories with these terrible winds.
We're having gusts of that size, here, right now. I suppose I need to tape up the windows and barricade the doors!
Batten down the hatches and all, right?
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Yes, I like the, "safety dome", statement, too.
Do they think the masses learned nothing about nukes from Chernobyl?
I mean, of course, it is a safety dome.., as much as one can be safe from the evil spirits emitted from beneath. But, why don't they just come out with it? Are they scared the masses will panic?
(And why should we not?)
I think most people deal with bad news rather well. Of course, most people wouldn't wish for the Cartel to continue taking money off the top for the entire failed system. Perhaps they're afraid of the public's reaction to them?
How I wish I had a time machine. I would place people who understand Fukushima's horrors into it and go back to stop nukes when we had a chance, if we ever did have a chance? But, I'm still angry that they tricked us, so completely, into nukes being wonderfully, "clean".
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There are 59 fuel assemblies in the pool, including spent ones, according to Kansai Electric.
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/21/national/crane-falls-building-spent-nuclear-fuel-takahama-plant/#.WITHk-s8KrU
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Came across other mainstream reports that mention 259 assemblies:
Kyodo: "There are a total of 259 fuel assemblies in the pool, including spent ones, according to Kansai Electric."
https://www.japantoday.com/category/national/view/crane-falls-on-building-housing-spent-nuclear-fuel-at-takahama-plant
Mainichi: "259 nuclear fuel rods are stored in a pool"
http://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20170121/p2a/00m/0na/007000c
Jiji: "259 fuel assemblies at the storage"
http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2017012100215
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TY!
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Hmm. SO that makes a bit of a difference.
59 or 259, and how many rods per assembly? 16?
I need to do some more research.
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So I must have looked at a very old or very small image, a long time back, noting fuel-rods per assembly. It seems they vary.
There will be around 200 (197 to 264) rods per bundle and about(?) 121 to 193.., and then they bundle up 14 of these, one way, and 14, the other way (or up to 14, and I'm not sure whose whim this is based upon…)
Let's say they have ~200 rods times ~150 bundles times 14 cubed?
That is a LOT of fuel.
It is an awful lot of bombs.
Terrible thing.
Question; how did they convince us and our parents that this was a good idea?
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page 5
https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/nuclear-engineering/22-06-engineering-of-nuclear-systems-fall-2010/lectures-and-readings/MIT22_06F10_lec06b.pdf
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Page 28 is worrisome. Didn't know the radioactive corrosives in detail. AirSep's link.
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Plus, Wigner always working.
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Anne, then convert that into equivalent nuclear bombs
nothing to see here, move along folks
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you mean AnneBeck, not me 1
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Aiyaiyai, sayonara
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I guess a tiny amount compared with the 5600+ at Fukushima.
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Great to have Admin back!
There will always be trouble with these Nuclear Rattle Traps..they are only machines.. and all manmade machines eventually fail..all of them.
Best course is to shut them all down.
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What, and there are 100 or more fuel rods in each assembly?
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(2016?)"4 Arkansas Employers Cited for Fatal Crane Collapse at Nuclear Power Plant The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Precision Surveillance Corp., Bigge Crane and Rigging Co., Siemens Power Generation Inc. and Entergy Operations Inc. for 26 safety violations after one Precision Surveillance worker was fatally injured when a crane collapsed at the Arkansas Nuclear One Power Plant in March. Eight other workers were hurt." http://www.reliableplant.com/Read/29550/plant-crane-collapse
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Crane accident in U.S. Also ho hum (initially).
The NRC inspected the Arkansas Nuclear One plant immediately after the accident and said it had no safety concerns about the plant. However, after a follow-up inspection this February, it determined a "high safety significance" finding related to the accident for unit 1 and one with "substantial safety significance" for unit 2.
http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/RS-Unsuitable-crane-lead-to-Arkansas-accident-2506144.html
The nuclear regulator blamed Entergy for approving a temporary gantry design not supported with adequate documentation, for failing to identify load deficiencies in the vendor's calculations, failing to identify a component of the wrong size in the north tower. It also said that the tower was not designed for 125% of the load, and inadequate load testing (including a 125% proof load test) was carried out before the lift.
Initially, the regulator assessed the risk significance of the event at the highest level, red, for unit 1, and at the next lower level, yellow, for unit 2, but reduced the unit 1 significance to yellow after Entergy gave evidence in a 9 May conference arguing that there was a high likelihood of success (90%) for recovering electrical power to cooling pumps before water in the core boiled away, exposing fuel.
cont.
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An Entergy spokeswoman said: "Entergy is dedicated to the safe operation of Arkansas Nuclear One, and we take the NRC's findings very seriously. We are committed to learning from this tragic incident, sharing our knowledge with the industry, and ensuring that it never happens again."
http://www.neimagazine.com/news/newscrane-accident-had-substantial-safety-significance-reports-us-regulator-4308389
I remember the discussion on ene at that time. It was assumed that structural components had been weakened by long term exposure. Nope. It was more simple. "Haste makes waste."
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So…off-line in 2011, then start-up 4 1/2 years later sees a coolant leak.
…"roughly 34 liters were leaked overall, amounting to about 60,000 becquerels."
…In December (2015) the Fukui District Court overturned an injunction on restarting the two Takahama reactors that had been brought by residents who said their safety had not been proven, despite being greenlighted by the Nuclear Regulation Authority.
So, we learned that "Haste makes waste." What's the hurry?
"Officials in the town of Takahama have been eager to see the reactors back online. Between 1974 and 2013, the town, with a population of around 11,000, received over ¥35 billion in nuclear-related subsidies.
Prior to 2011, about half its annual budget came from such subsidies, while the roughly annual safety inspections brought in thousands of Kepco and government officials."
Oh.
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/02/21/national/radioactive-water-leak-found-takahama-no-4-reactor-discovery-delay-restart/#.WITNn-s8KrU
Did you realize they were paying these towns off? I missed that.
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I've posted numerous times about ways in which towns were paid to accept nuke plants.
Just one of those prevalent ways I reference in my post above.
They build "attractions". They are Public Relations Centers. They are supposedly regional and intra-national tourism draws. More often, they are effectively free daycare for the locals.
They almost always find ways to actively promote nuclear power, especially among the young.
Funny how podunk hamlets in the boonies were able to build ultramodern town offices…
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Or-well. So here we have ostensibly proven town complicity in the "haste makes (nuclear) waste" scenerio. The small burgs, themselves, pressure the regulators to take action that may cause contamination of the entire world for the sake of getting free baby sitting?
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Free baby-sitting is a side bonus.
No nuke got built without local acceptance from the relevant authorities.
There was seldom majority opposition.
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Remember, along with haste were lies, bribery, corruption and considering short-term economic benefit ahead of accurate risk-assessment and ecosystem sustainability.
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And all this embedded in the greater but equally corrupt dynamic of USA/Japan nuclear relationship..USA that sees perpetual war with the rest of the planet as a reasonable way of living..talking about addiction to be able to make a big "BOOM"..wanting Japan to make nuclear boom stuff for them..Japan resisted in the beginning..
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Hooked on Nuclear Power: Japanese State-Local Relations and the Vicious Cycle of Nuclear Dependence
"… the size of Japanese local government budgets is strikingly large, as is the amount of budget transfer from central government to local governments. The subsidies and grants that come from the central government make up a large proportion of the income of local governments, and many of these come with strings attached (himotsuki)2. It is through this budget transfer that central government controls local governments, and local governments court the patronage of central government. The autonomy of Japanese local governments is compromised by this budget transfer system, which is referred to as “30 percent autonomy” (san-wari jichi), as on average 70 percent of the income of a local government is from the central government, which ultimately controls the way in which the funds are spent.
"The Japanese government and electric power companies have capitalized on this system in order to construct nuclear power plants, giving rise to a vicious cycle of economic dependency that has ultimately resulted in the present crisis. This paper investigates the reasons for the geographic concentration of nuclear reactors…"
http://apjjf.org/-Hiroshi-Onitsuka/3676/article.html
instructive read
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Is "30 percent autonomy" a fancy phrase for "socialism"? Would that not make The Japanese government "all the democracy money can buy?" Does this not also make the government 70% Facist because Corporations receive the benefits of coerced "democracy"?
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What say you?. Fascistic socialism? Call it whatever – money buys power in more ways than one.
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Money our only God..buys everything.
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Here's the first real study of Jp PR or "Visitor" centers.
http://www.tenri-u.ac.jp/topics/q3tncs00000fizfe-att/q3tncs00000fj089.pdf
"I especially
want to show that the visitor center has increasingly been a strategic tool to gain or
perpetuate partnership with local residents of the power plant locations in Japan.
Drawing upon the Gramscian concept of hegemony and Jacobsonian communication
ideas, I analyze in the paper how the tool works for that end. "
also pretty interesting.
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Thank you for joining in On Topic Plowboy.
We used to have the courtesy to wait at least a day or two before making the main story OT.
Picture this. Instead of Trump and his lady dancing the first dance on this inaugural story, Ene-Administrator gets CNN's Anderson Cooper and his "lady." Lol
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"Law360, New York (June 17, 2014, 1:27 PM EDT) — Hartford Casualty Insurance Co. on Monday asked a federal judge to find it has no duty to defend a Texas engineering company in litigation over its allegedly negligent handling of a large crane that fell down at an Arkansas nuclear power plant and killed a man." https://www.law360.com/articles/548696/hartford-wants-out-of-nuke-plant-crane-collapse-coverage
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Oops, "I assumed the topic.."
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"The 367-feet crane arm is said to have damaged a part of the reactor’s wall and the roof of a building with the spent nuclear fuel pool. The company pointed out that the debris had not fallen into the pool.
The incident caused by strong wind did not result in radiation leaks, according to the statement." http://www.en.azvision.az/Construction-crane-collapses-on–57161-xeber.html
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Absolutely, Plowboy! I was in the middle of researching U.S. Cranes, myself, when your post beat me to it, as you can see by the next post after yours.
I was thanking you for helping to bring this story back on topic.
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Oh, my heck; does this mean they will have to explain why the Takahama site was being covered in a concrete dome?
Was Dana (and others) right in the presumption that many plants were damaged in the tsunami and quake(s)? It did seem awfully odd that one (or two, re: honesty over Daini, depending on the day…) plant damage would cause the government to shut them all down, hey?
I mean, we had TMI, and it didn't shut down all nukes.
We had Fermi, and it didn't cause anyone to shutter any other (leaking) plants.
We've had the horror on the West Coast (el Diablo, etc…), and still, the nukes are chugging along.
Yet, Japan has one, albeit terrible, disaster, and they are ALL closed?
How many of these plants are in midst of receiving their concrete sarcophagus/ai? Anyone know?
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AnneBeck, no, not the whole site -
""The 112-meter crane had been used to prepare for safety-enhancement work in which a concrete dome will be placed over the No. 2 reactor building…."
It's part of how they "bought" the 20 year life extension for that particular reactor, IMO.
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Yes, this is what I meant to say; the building housing the spent-fuel pool. Why were they placing a sarcophagus atop it?
I mean, a concrete dome is a sarcophagus, and it's the best the Russians have yet to come up with.
Has this plant been operating over the past few years? I mean, it must have been, as it received MOX fuel for this very plant (thanks for the good investigation.) So it must have been running. I wouldn't think they shipped MOX down to Fukui just to place it in the spent-fuel pool, no?
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MOX "On 17 April 2013, a shipment of highly radioactive nuclear fuel to Japan left the port of Cherbourg in northern France, for the first time since the Fukushima disaster. The MOX shipment is destined for Kansai Electric Power Co's Takahama nuclear plant west of Tokyo. MOX fuel contains around 7% plutonium." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takahama_Nuclear_Power_Plant
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Jeez-Louise!
As if the world didn't have enough problems, two years out from Dai'ichi, Daini, blowing.
How many weapons of mass destruction do the elite need? Honestly; what else is MOX fuel used for, other than building bombs & other munitions? Must we stay in this state of perpetual war?
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Niiiiice.
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So, they are very quick, each of them, to blame it on winds and storm warnings. Had none of them considered Wigner?
I've been expecting to watch the Fuku site*s* cranes to come tumbling down for nearly as long as they've been up! Occasionally, I check in with W.Willow, just to see if one or more has!
I'm sure the winds played a part. But, I'm just as sure that what's in the air stressed the metals, too.
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Right now, where I live, winds are sustained 20-25 MPH, with gusts up to 40 MPH. as they were last week, as they were all Fall, as they were all Summer!! My raised patio umbella stayed up the whole time, until it fell in the pool last week. Its sunny out. This is no storm.
The winds that blew this crane over were 31-34 MPH. The crane had holes through the structure through which wind passes. Notice in the pix I posted above that the crane fell in perfect symmetry, not twisted at all as the above story suggests, but instead like a straight-down collapse, not a blow-over.
Usually Florida may experience Spring 40 MPH winds while the sun shines, as it is now. The "new weather" 40 MPH at least weekly wind gusts in Florida have now lasted an entire year. How has wind speed changed in your area? Are wind gusts a new, ongoing threat to nuclear power plant cranes?
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Yes! I need to check it, with the weather guys, but I had noticed the winds picked up quite a bit over the past year. This week, in particular, the winds have been blowing some big gusts (and I am sure it's at least 40mph.)
Before I turned on the computer, I noted the winds and considered unplugging some electronics!
Yesterday was an extremely weird weather day. Winds were blowing high and I kept hearing rain. I stepped outside and couldn't FEEL humidity. I actually wondered if it was pebbles I was hearing because it was such a weird bit of a storm. I checked the weather report to see what was up; it said, "0% chance of rain in Austin", while this was going on.
I cannot think of a better way to describe this, but, it was the strangest bit of weather I think I've ever experienced. Because the geiger counter was ticking away in a very unusual manner, I figured it was better to not venture out.
Extremely weird is how I would describe what I've noted in the past few years, particularly these recent months, though.
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So…but…and…lol. Anne! In the pix link I posted above, the crane fell flat down, not wind blown over down. What do you make of that?
We've established that a sarcophagus was being built over Unit 4 which hasn't been "Up" and running since Feb. 2016, that 259 fuel assemblies are in the pool, that Units 1 and 2 were granted license extentions until 2034 and 2035, but it will take 3 years to make the site safe.
But research so far is unclear as to whether Units 1 and 2 were ever restarted…but very clear that residents don't want 3 and 4 restarted…and the open question is, are Units 1 and 2 the ones requiring 3 years of safety construction, in addition to the Sarcophagus, is anything planned for Unit 3, and/or …just what are the parameters of all safety work to be completed in the 3 years referenced??
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I was wondering at that, too.
The building didn't look damaged, but of course, none of us went inside.
I don't know why I don't trust anything they say, and why I always think they have an ulterior motive…, but…
I still want to know why they were planning a sarcophagus over this (particular) spent fuel pool? Is it just one of many? I don't believe they would be shipping fuel down there, to this particular plant, if the site was not up and running, fully.
I suppose it is possible the Cartel has decided Japan will be the repository (of sorts) for fuel while cooling and passing time til they then ship it back to the Western words (and by this, I mean, Texas.)
What do you think?
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*darn it!
"Western world."
(Still hate I cannot edit my mistakes.)
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Oh, and just like they don't seem to like spending money on new parts for the plants, they likely do not invest in new technology when it comes to items used to prop up the leaking hell-holes.
It is either this: the crane was simply old, and/or, fell apart., or,
This was part of the plan to squeeze more money out of the masses to ensure a safer shut-down of this site, or to continue running a completely unsafe site (aren't they all?)
I think, as usual, it all comes down to cash. They want more of it, even if nukes are on their last legs, and they will do pretty much anything to continue their intake of money.
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you mean AnneBeck, not me 2
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Good Lord, Anne Lee. Was I TALKING with Anne Beck? Were you even on the board? Did Anne Beck answer me back?
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ADD/OCD
Just wait, its coming.
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See?
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"..Yes! I need to check it, with the weather guys, but I had noticed the winds picked up quite a bit over the past year. This week, in particular, the winds have been blowing some big gusts.."
Regardless if that particular crane dropped from the wind or the radiation or Tepco's incompetence..
We know the weather is changing for a while now..no end in sight at the moment or a way to predict betterment based on humanity's "actions"..
But there is still a river to divert and a giant hole to drill and plug..but ofcourse..its been avoided to talk about by the figureheads..PR reasons and too difficult probably..not enough backbone anywhere to be found to leave the usual homo retardus pathway's of tackling selfcreated problems..
Soo..they figured its best to ignore to when it is totally undoable..
Lord..what have they done..for those still in doubt..a new squeezed out of the planet chapter of toxic economic growth will not save us..only hasten our demise..
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Homo Retardus are us ….
Guess that one is with us to stay. Did you come up with that, DUDe, or was it Code? Very funny in a sad way, but also very true. It fits.
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Diddent realise..only that it fits..will pay more attention..
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We're having a lot of wind in my area. I'm just west of Sacramento, California. On Friday evening, we were warned on the radio (for the first time ever, I might add,) there could be "damaging" winds as a rain storm moved into the area on Saturday night.
The winds, as it turned out, were much less forceful than a few days ago. We had 60mph winds on Wednesday or Thursday. Brutal. Had to weigh our shed down with hundreds of pounds, and make sure it couldn't get air into it, so it wouldn't blow away.
Have to wonder when I hear guys like Dane Wiggington warning about radical weather changes coming to the earth.
Also have to wonder how much radiation and isotopes like Krypton 85 and other drek have messed up the atmosphere and planetary winds, hydrologic cycle.
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Hmm: "Workers are checking the building’s functions to prevent radioactive materials from leaking. "
Or, is this story simply providing rationale for expected (or current) larger leaks coming from Fukui, in particular?
I'm pretty sure nobody is getting the whole (or real) story, here.
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Anne, Unit 4 shut down 2/29/16, 3 days after restart and ONE SECOND after it began generating power. Yeah. I'd say you're right. It's getting a sarcophagus!
As of 16 April 2015, the Takahama reactors were ordered to remain offline by a Japanese court, which cited continued safety concerns…
Unit 3 was restarted on 29 January 2016.
Reactor No. 4 started leaking at the Takahama plant in February the 21st. Kansai Electric Power stated that about 34 liters of radioactive water have escaped the plant’s reactor No. 4. The official said the alarm went off as soon as water was injected into a pipe connecting to the reactor’s first cooling system the same day. An eight-liter pool was discovered, but traces of the contaminated water across the floor indicated a total of 34 liters had managed to spill. This amounted to about 64,000 becquerels of radioactive waste.
Unit 4 was restarted on 27 February 2016.
Failure of Unit 4
On 29 February 2016, after three days of operation, Unit 4 shut down one second after it started generating power. The cause was stated to be a "main transformer/generator internal failure."
Court injunction halts Units 3 and 4
On 9 March 2016, the Otsu district court in Shiga prefecture issued an injunction to halt operation of Unit 3 and Unit 4, citing the concerns of local residents."
So its not the locals' out for blood nuclear diamonds this time…
Cont.
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Thank you for that, IRH!
It seems my memory does recall reading about this plant, but, it's just as likely my old brain leaks as badly as their plants.
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you mean AnneBeck, not me 3
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Knock it off, Anne LTM. Doh! Does it look like anyone was speaking to you? Or can you just not stand the fact there is another Anne here?
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by the year 2166 all humans had died out from the carrington nuclear cataclysm and only robots remained. In an effort to revive the species for its possible value, a tiny bit of DNA was recovered from a burial site…and hundreds of humans were cloned. Records revealed the name and so the clones were labeled Anne Lee Tomlinson Maziar or ALTM-1, ALTM-2, ALTM-3 and so on. But tragedy struck as the clones all tried to out-post each other while simultaneously accusing the others of stalking, attack and stolen identities. This created an exponential rise in useless information which finally overloaded and crashed the database. The program was halted and the clones euthanized by the blood freezing protocol. Thus the human species became extinct for the second time. A paper was published; "on the contribution of baffle-gab to the auto-extinction of the ape-man species; the ALTM revival experiment"
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Were the robots Russian?
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the original paper, just as I found it;
"О вкладе отбойного-болтливости к автоматическим вымиранию видов обезьяночеловека, а ALTM возрождение эксперимента"
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But that's not half the story. One of the robots that took part in the blood-freezing-protocol euthanasia program was defective and had the daring idea to copy the brain of ALTM-855 into its own memory. After this was carried out, this robot started to self-replicate, and each replica itself did the same. So it happened that giant numbers of ALTM-robot replicas propagated throughout the universe and everywhere they appeared, they, in every possible way, distributed the message: "I am a Christian, I am a vegan, I am part Jewish and part Cherokee and part Anglo-Saxon, I speak 19 languages, I have 5 university degrees…" Soon, that message was inscribed on every dust particle, millions of times on each particle, in every galaxy, in every remote corner of the universe. After some time, there was nothing left in the universe, except ALTM replicas and useless information nobody would listen to. And every robot accused every other robot of identity theft and stalking. God horror-stricken looked down on his creation, scratched his beard, shook his head, opened his big experiment protocol book and made a note: "Universe experiment failed beyond hope. It's not my fault. The Russians did it! Complete termination immediately!" Then he closed his book and all the ALTM robots and the whole universe and God himself disappeared, and there was nothing left but empty nothingness until the end of time – but that's not entirely true, because there was no time.
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m a x l i, youre not going to believe this but a fly has just been buzzing around my computer. At first I thought I was imagining it, but no, in a very small voice it is repeating "I am a Christian, I am a vegan, I am part Jewish and part Cherokee and part Anglo-Saxon, I speak 19 languages, and have five university degrees including classes in thermodynamics and nuclear engineering"
Either that fly managed to steal the ALTM identity, or we are closer to the end of time than people realize
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Get a fly swat, quick! Either you terminate the fly, or we all will be terminated any moment. We depend on you!
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DEATH THREAT #10.
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no m a x l i, swatting only spreads the virus, I must use the blood freeze protocol! But Im frightened…a tree is banging branches against my window..is it the wind or do I hear "I am Christian, I am Jewish, I am Vegan, I am Cherokee, I am Anglo, I speak 19 languages, 20 if you include bafflegab"…
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death threat of AI fly by flyswatter #1 (averted)
Threat by blood freeze, first invented by ALMT, #3 (havent caught AI fly yet)
threat of Universal collapse by bafflegab overload # 87,943,243 (in progress)
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Code, in the first place your quotation marks are dishonest and as such you cannot provide any link. I never said all that at one time.
In the second place I haver used the blood freezing meme. That was created by you and M a x l i on December 15 and 16:
HillbillyHoundDog
December 15, 2016 at 5:32 pm
…and risky…
she's got a plastic weapon and is only a block away.
m a x l i
December 15, 2016 at 7:04 pm
Ha! Now you gave away who recently moved in over there for the sole purpose of stalking and is since daily walking past, looking through the fence, making her blood freeze.
http://enenews.com/urgent-emergency-at-fukushima-after-rocked-by-m7-4-quake-tsunami-wave-hits-destroyed-nuclear-plants-cooling-systems-at-reactor-failed-prime-minister-we-must-grasp-extent-of-damage-ex/comment-page-5#comment-809947
CodeShutdown
December 16, 2016 at 4:17 pm
…Dont worry, Ive thought it over and decided not to freeze your blood.
http://enenews.com/urgent-emergency-at-fukushima-after-rocked-by-m7-4-quake-tsunami-wave-hits-destroyed-nuclear-plants-cooling-systems-at-reactor-failed-prime-minister-we-must-grasp-extent-of-damage-ex/comment-page-5#comment-810108
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PJ: " I am the law and order person on this website. " http://enenews.com/forum-topic-discussion-thread-nuclear-issues-new-april-2016/comment-page-100#comment-817190
PJ: "DEATH THREAT #10." http://enenews.com/huge-crane-collapses-on-to-japan-nuclear-plant-damages-spent-fuel-pool-building-area-covered-in-mangled-wreckage-tv-workers-checking-buildings-functions-to-prevent-r/comment-page-1#comment-817327
Admin??
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Anne, how do you find those old posts? I need to know the technique. Somewhere along the way you changed the joke of a giant tranny (your invention btw; the uncanny Granny Annie Tranny stalker in the alley) frightening you by looking over the fence (i.e. making your blood freeze, a saying) to one of an actual death threat, that is, you claimed someone was actually intending to do you in by way of freezing your blood….that someone being me I think. Well, I guess you were just playing along…its the only rational explanation. Anyway, if you could find THAT post…thanks
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ATTACK #10,234 AND IDENTITY THEFT.
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Who needs a rubber room?
Dr Demento.
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The Fly – YouTube
Video for The fly youtube▶ 2:48
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSsAEWkmBFU
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Excellent vid !
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Yes, a subset of the 'you talkin' to me' virus. Insidious.
Interesting written quirks: 'you mean AnneBeck, not me 3'
Rare videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4e9CkhBb18E
'Me', a key identifier. Aggressive and persistent.
Prognosis: Poor, with desperate overtones
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Code, How do I answer such pshchobabble? No one knows when the ed of the earth will come, it could possibly end any second.
No one can clone God, and no one can clone what is in someone's heart. And clones's are physically weaker than the original person.
Ephesians 6:12-13
New Living Translation
For we are not fighting against flesh-and-blood enemies, but against evil rulers and authorities of the unseen world, against mighty powers in this dark world, and against evil spirits in the heavenly places.
Therefore, put on every piece of God's armor so you will be able to resist the enemy in the time of evil. Then after the battle you will still be standing firm.
http://biblehub.com/ephesians/6-12.htm#
http://biblehub.com/ephesians/6-13.htm
Romans 8:38-39
New Living Translation
And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God's love. Neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither our fears for today nor our worries about tomorrow–not even the powers of hell can separate us from God's love.
No power in the sky above or in the earth below–indeed, nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord.
http://biblehub.com/romans/8-38.htm
http://biblehub.com/romans/8-39.htm
Some translations have principalities in English instead of powers.
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Religious-spamming psycho-babble yourself.
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Hiroshima to Fukushima: Biohazards of Radiation (Science Policy Reports) 2014th Edition
by Eiichiro Ochiai
https://www.amazon.com/Hiroshima-Fukushima-Biohazards-Radiation-Science/dp/3642387268
I highly recommend that everyone read this book.
Also I highly recommend Busby's book, Wings of Death.
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Wings of Death: Nuclear Pollution and Human Health Paperback – October, 1995
by Chris Busby (Author)
https://www.amazon.com/Wings-Death-Nuclear-Pollution-Health/dp/1897761031
The frontispiece has this quotation:
“They were deliberating amongst themselves as to how they could give wings to Death so that it could, in a moment, penetrate everywhere, both near and far.”
The Labyrinth of the World, 1623.
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Anne, I hoped there would be some comedy factor. Even you must see the comedy in the fact you post 20 to 30% of the total forum (last three times I counted) and declare over 10 thousand attacks
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I guess you've stopped counting. And what is wrong about talking about radiation and reporting nuclear news?
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Thank you, I thought someone here had talked about problems with Takahama earlier in 2016.
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Unit 3 is to begin shutdown operations at 10:00 AM on 10 March 2016 and be completed within 12 hours. Unit 4, which had been shut down in February due to an internal failure, will not be restarted as a result of the injunction.
Units 1 and 2 license extensions approved
On 20 June 2016, Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA), approved a 20-year license extensions for units 1 and 2. The two units are now authorized to operate until 2034 and 2035. It is the first NRA approved 20-year extension beyond the initial 40-year life of a reactor. Additional safety measures will take three years to be completed…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takahama_Nuclear_Power_Plant
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Extending the Lifespan of Takahama Units 1 and 2:
Sloppy RPV Surveillance Method
"…embrittlement that was beyond expectations."
The second issue is the grave problem of “whether or not this prediction formula can be used to make predictions.”
http://www.cnic.jp/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/NIT167.pdf
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TY, Jebus!
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Japan restarts nuclear reactor using plutonium-mixed fuel
1/29/16
The No. 3 reactor at Takahama nuclear plant in western Japan, operated by Kansai Electric Power Co., went back online Friday. Dozens of people protested outside the plant in Fukui prefecture, where preparations for a restart of another reactor, No. 4, are also underway.
http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sdut-japan-restarts-nuclear-reactor-using-plutonium-2016jan29-story.html
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Jan 21, 2017 – Sea of Japan: Strongest earthquakes (since 1900) within a 150 km radius from this earthquake
http://earthquake-report.com/2017/01/12/moderate-earthquake-sea-of-japan-on-january-12-2017/
Fukui Prefecture
Japanese prefecture, Fukui Prefecture is part of Japan's Honshu island, bordering the Sea of Japan.
Distance to Fukushima Map:
http://www.distancefromto.net/distance-from-fukui-to-fukushima
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Jan 21, 2017
http://earthquake-report.com/2017/01/21/moderate-earthquake-mutsu-japan-on-january-21-2017/
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GOM
ENENews
January 22, 2017 at 12:08 pm · Reply
Thanks for trying to keep things "1) On-Topic" irhologram
And thanks to all of you newswers for keeping ENE going in 2016.
TIA
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AST: The crane collapsed on 1/21
Funny, there were earthquakes that day, and prior to. And other photos [below] that show what looks like a fire on/near the roof/crane? Also, info for entire area below including Sea of Japan below. You're welcome.
Am I not 'allowed' to have a difference of opinion? This story out of Japan is bullshit. Have you even looked at the crane stats? No you haven't. They are below. You're welcome.
Did you know this can start a fire? Dropping shit on this roof is not accepted by industry standards. Below. The roof is buckled. Photo below. You're welcome.
Prediction of future mega-quake for Sea of Japan. Below. You're welcome.
You are out-of-line AST..
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look up the time of the quake vs the crane collapse.
Do you believe in 'delayed crane collapse via ground shake?'
I, do not.
Your welcome to your opinion.
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This can be helpful at times:
https://greenwichmeantime.com/to/jst/to-gmt/
No pun intended.
Yes, you think I'm out of line.
And I think your out of whack.
Nothing new, we're just determining who has the lead.
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Most important Earthquake Data:
Magnitude : 4.8
Local Time (conversion only below land) : Unknown
GMT/UTC Time : 2017-01-21 18:11:07
Depth (Hypocenter) : 56.81 km
Yes, let us see,,that would be,, 03:11 JST Jan. 21, 2017
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"A large crane toppled in strong winds at the Takahama nuclear power plant here Jan. 20,…around 9:50 p.m. …"
Something of a surprise, so to speak.
Your Welcome
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Apparently, you know nothing of Geology. Or earth movements. Or velocity issues. Or structure response to acceleration, delayed or otherwise.
It was only an opinion.
Attack # 01
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Letter to AREVA Japan Calling for Disclosure of MOX Fuel Quality Control Data, 2016-01-28
January 28th 2016
Dear Frédéric Patalagoity,
We are writing to you to outline our concerns with the production standards, quality control and, ultimately, safety of AREVA plutonium MOX fuel produced for Japanese utilities. Specifically the planned use of 30 MOX assemblies in the Takahama reactor units 3&4, owned by Kansai Electric.
http://greenaction-japan.org/en/2016/08/letter-to-areva-japan-calling-for-disclosure-of-mox-fuel-quality-control-data-2016-01-28/
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I agree, that is Admin can kick out a story on a pretty regular basis, we should revert to trying to be "on topic"
Remember when there were 1000 comments in like 1 day on a new article?
This crane accident shows just how humans should not be mixed with nuclear. Somehow the secrecy of operating this "cult science" brings out the worst in people.
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Remember when a new article got 30 comments – in total?
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Duly noted: no wall paper queen on this post. Maybe she is at church or road tripping to the Falcons game
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Shhhh!
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I only mean, don't jinx it, stock!
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This is already the 3rd thread I haven't contributed to.
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make that the 2nd. But theres plenty of time…and youre fast
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"haven't contributed to"
"Contributed" being the key word
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It would be interesting to know if the crane was in operations at the time of the accident; actually making a lift.
"Workers at the plant found on Friday night that the crane had half-collapsed onto the building next to the containment vessel…"
That infers something like 'not in operation'.
If it was secured properly, not in ops, something is 'amiss' in the reports. Cranes are one of 'the most inspected' construction units.
It did not just 'fall down'. And depending on the pick, 35mph could be a problem, and a 400ft boom is a lot to control.
Maybe the truth someday.
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I notice the other cranes were lowered. The one that fell was for some reason nearly vertical. You can see that it fell over backwards. The boom and cables that would support it are toward the building. That means to me that either the ground was unstable, or something tipped the crane over, like wind or another crane hitting it. Its not the average wind but the gusts. Wind force varies with the square of wind velocity. A 400 foot tall crane is huge. 1/3 the height of the world trade center buildings. Now if this crane would have fallen in new york, you could expect it and the concrete in fell on to explode into powder. But we all know physics are different in New York than Japan (sarc)
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Code
yes. These are great observations.
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if you look closely at the platform the crane is standing on, there is something very wonky going on. Sort of looks like parts of the floor are missing with bare beams and subsided looking dirt…what to say of the big hole looking thing
http://www.asahicom.jp/ajw/articles/images/AS20170121002444_comm.jpg
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Hey-hey-hey, hahaha
It looks like a platform 'for' the crane.
'I' beams with plywood to transfer crane weight.
The wood to prevent slip/traction.
If they believe the concrete(if so) underneath will be damaged, or can't carry the load(lots of load on the treads), building a platform could make sense. More so if unstable ground.
Wind may have 'rocked and rolled' the boom, something gave way, the boom momentum carried it over backwards.
Someone is in deep-doodoo if this is the case.
Just a guess. Looking at both your pics. 1st one is key.
Thanks/wow.
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Pics can be very deceiving, but it 'looks' like they may have done this to 'level' the crane.
Maybe too much 'drop' away from the building?
The 'dome' or parts thereof may be heavy/multiple crane lift?
Fun info to come,,, no doubt.
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in any case, the platform is obviously semi destroyed. The rocking idea is very possible. Ground instability from all the earthquake damage is not to be ruled out. Winds may have done it. A non lowered rig with lots of wind and maybe even something hanging on the lifting cables could swing around, messing up the platform by rocking action.
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not to mention the platform is not on flat ground but on the edge of a "cliff" that goes down to the rest of the structure behind it.
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Scientist predicts another major earthquake in Japan by 2017
Dr Masaaki Kimura, a seismologist who reportedly predicted the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake, 4 years prior..
Kushida has been predicting a major earthquake in Japan’s Kansai region (to the south – Kyoto, Osaka, Hyogo, etc); more specifically, near Lake Biwa in Shiga Prefecture. He says that abnormal FM rays have been evident since 2008, and the quake could hit on November 11 of this year, plus or minus a few days, at the earliest. In addition, it should be around a 7.8 on the magnitude scale.
https://www.japantoday.com/category/national/view/scientist-predicts-another-major-earthquake-in-japan-by-2017
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What's going on at Takahama NPP ?
http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/RS-Kansai-details-upgrade-work-at-oldest-Takahama-units-0909164.html
among other things -
"Kansai will also reinforce the existing concrete wall surrounding the containment vessel of each unit and will also install a secondary dome on their containment buildings. This work will begin in February 2017, with completion scheduled for August 2019 at unit 1 and November 2019 at unit 2."
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Re: that crane – blow the pic up from this article -
http://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20170121/p2a/00m/0na/007000c
Closely compare the collapsed crane to the blue one to the left that's intact, with its upper boom portions safely lowered.
On the collapsed one, the red steelwork, in the section just above the lowest white section, shows deformation.
Now, look at the intact crane – see the arm protruding out that has a guide carrying cables.
On the toppled boom, that guide structure appears mangled. Also, it is on the underside of the toppled crane boom. Why?
Note that the cranes face in opposite directions.
It sort of looks like the boom that toppled went over backwards.
If the boom that toppled had been partly folded safely away (like the blue crane's is) then when failure happened, it WOULD NOT and COULD NOT have fallen the way it did.
And – where is all the cabling? Snapped and went whipping away? Unless the pic resolution just isn't showing it.
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Very interesting pic o. Hmmmm
Boom went over backwards, counterweights to the rear, next to the building.
Stored/secured wrong for the conditions.
or
Operated wrong/careless. It is in tight quarters, even a light load, with the right wind, long boom, few options to stage the pick,,etc., could lead to some 'trouble'.
I have a real problem believing the boom blew over backwards with no load,, in 35mph wind. I have been on a few build sites, processed many 'permits to work/major lift' docs.
Like to hear 'the rest of the story'. haha
Thanks again for that pic!
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yes or-well, the crane fell over backwards. Crane not folded down, must have been nearly vertical. One tractor tread appears lifted off the ground.
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/n-nukeplant-a-20170122-870×630.jpg
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"..ERROR
The request could not be satisfied.."
Satisfied..lol next they writing poems when telling you to FO..
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when cranes fall through the ground
http://www.craneoperator.com/2008_cranemishaps.php
crane guy talking about cranes blowing over backwards
http://www.craneconsultant.com/inthenews.php
just a video of cooling water coming up in the ocean
https://wn.com/hunterston_b_nuclear_power_station
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Heavy Lifting: Cranes in the Power Industry:
“Single Failure Proof Cranes for Nuclear Plants” NUREG-0554[9]. In … including wind, snow or lightning)..
5.2 – When assessing such nuclear lifting systems it is important to ensure that all the reasonably foreseeable fault sequences are considered.
5.25 Principal load path failures of lifting equipment will have potentially major consequences. It is therefore important, when assessing lifting operations.. the consequences of failure are not acceptable..
http://www.onr.org.uk/operational/tech_asst_guides/ns-tast-gd-056.pdf
These cranes simply can't 'topple over'..how about poor human judgement, earthquakes, prolonged & frequent tremors?
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Pick your topic in the index:
A Survey of Crane Operating Experience at U.S. Nuclear Power
Plants from 1968 through 2002
https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/3092955/sr1774.pdf
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Talking Points: Spent Fuel Pool Fires
NRC Staff dismiss ALL of the following points (one way or another) on the basis that it finds the probability of a fuel pool fire to be so low that it concludes that such an event is "inconsequential."
A. As of 2012, spent fuel pools are overcrowded, packed beyond their originally engineered
capacity by as much as 9 times. (Union of Concerned Scientists), (Lochbaum).
B. Water loss in the spent fuel pool could lead to a catastrophic spent fuel pool fire. “Water could be lost from a spent-fuel pool through leakage, boiling, siphoning, pumping,
DISPLACEMENT BY OBJECTS FALLING INTO THE POOL, or overturning of the pool.
Currently, spent fuel pools contain as many as 9 cores.(Lochbaum). The NRC estimates the spent fuel pool capacity for some reactors to be as highas 16.7 cores. (DGEIS G-4).
5 pages
http://www.nirs.org/wp-content/uploads/radwaste/talking%20points–fuelpoolfires.pdf
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Japanese Crane Photo..FIRE? What is this?
https://antinuclearinfo.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/16143098_1190710051007087_4630010391341245063_n.jpg?w=768&h=407
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Another photo..Was the collapse of crane due to something going on, prior?
https://antinuclearinfo.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/16114202_1190709914340434_775061973242191502_n.jpg
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Whatever that is, it is at the opposite end of where the crane was parked.
At quite a distance I would say.
Look at orwell's pic.
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Since when has a 30mph wind been 'raging'?
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its the gusts that matter. If it gusted to say 60 mph, the force would roughly be 13 thousand pounds…. on a lever almost 200 ft long (tall). Even a 30 mph wind gives a respectable 3300 lb. (eyeball estimate of sizing, standard aerodynamic calc)
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Code's Crane pic from ground level – will it show or not…
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/21/national/crane-falls-building-spent-nuclear-fuel-takahama-plant/
if not, it shows the crane is not sitting level. Maybe a trick of perspective, but I don't think so.
I've read that they can't be more than 1 degree off level (on one of those expert guy sites).
Now, maybe the process of falling over stressed the ground support enough to cause failure.
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YES!!!
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The near tread certainly looks lifted up, especially over the right shoulder of the guy nearest the white van.
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When you have events like this, you can Keep track of potential releases with this free community resource below.
I noticed there has been a slight increase in background radiation levels showing up on the Japanese ATMC monitoring system radiation monitors, around the Maizuru area, which is near the location of the Takahama power station. Have no idea if the local background increase is related to this accident?
Click on the monitoring station locations to see charts. Here is one.
http://new.atmc.jp/#p=266403675579f61145
List of International Radiation Monitoring Stations
http://sccc.org.au/international-radiation-monitoring-stations
Under the "Helpful Tools and Services" item at the top of the page you will find a link to the Nullschool 3D Earth wind map service.
This service allows you to see location wind direction at different highs. You can rotate the map by holding down your mouse on the map, and dragging. If you use your mouse scroll wheel you can zoom the map in and out.
If you click on the "Earth" item at the lower left corner of the Nullschool map page, a menu will pop up, that allows you to select the wind height.
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Thanks admin for all your effort to keep this site going.
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Here is a chart of a monitoring station closer to the Takahama power station.
http://new.atmc.jp/#p=2692f54963fc39a9d8
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Crane Accident At Takahama Nuclear Plant, Radiation Doubles and Triples in Area
You can look at radiation levels at this Japanese site
http://new.atmc.jp/#p=2692f54963fc39a9d8
At the bottom I have some pictures of the Crane accident. I enlarged them and did a gamma correction to show more detail. Looked around, these are the best available online.
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article here
https://nukeprofessional.blogspot.com/2017/01/crane-accident-at-takahama-nuclear.html
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Stock, excellent compilation of the local radiation monitoring station radiation charts, around the Takahama power station accident.
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Mahalo! This is also a MOX plant so there is a goodly amount of Plutonium, Americium, and uranium in that mix. And those being alpha, they are not likely to be contributing much to the CPM since alpha only flies a few CM in air.
i.e. the worst stuff is not being detected, hardly at all.
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++ stock. Do you know about this Japan blog list?
"How Do I Add My Blog to the List?"
http://www.japanbloglist.com/
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But, from headline: "Workers checking building's functions to prevent radioactive materials from leaking."
The truth is obviously something other than the program.
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Hmmmm The Crash and Burn of the USA Mass Media
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So yesterday Trump announced leaving the TPP and will renegotiate NAFTA or cancel it if Mexico and Canada don't make it fair for USA
And in Australia, 5 murdered using an automobile, intentionally. No details on whether it is a black muslim.
I got these from a Japanese site JIJI.
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But at NBC there is no mention of either. Just "Trump still won't release his tax returns" it is shameful.
https://nukeprofessional.blogspot.com/2017/01/us-main-stream-media-crash-and-burn.html
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Excellent-researcher, Dr. Timothy Mousseau, is in Fukushima now.
Follow his twitter account
https://twitter.com/TimMousseau2
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Was this posted:
"US salmon may contain JAPANESE TAPEWORM: Health officials warn fish caught in Alaska could contain the dangerous parasite"
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4113806/US-salmon-contain-JAPANESE-TAPEWORM-Health-officials-warn-fish-caught-Alaska-contain-dangerous-parasite-risk-infection-undercooked.html#ixzz4WYQwdnce
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So it might be a good idea to avoid sashimi, if not avoiding fish altogether.
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http://www.moorygroup.com/2014/05/0535735075_1411-html/
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"The crane also damaged an also damaged the roof of an adjacent building. Kansai Electric Power Co stated that a wind warning was in effect in the area, and strong winds were blowing at the time.
The corporation didn’t explain how it could fail to secure the cranes, or whether the cranes were safe and stable enough to operate in such a highly sensitive area; especially since it admitted that it know about the risk of strong winds.
The 112-meter crane had been used to prepare for “safety-enhancement work” in which a concrete dome will be placed over the No. 2 reactor building. Concrete dome are generally considered as standard best practice to protect nuclear power facilities from, for example, crashing airliners."
http://nsnbc.me/2017/01/21/collapsing-crane-at-japans-takahama-nuclear-power-plant-crashed-into-building-for-spent-fuel/
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Wait. What? "…crashing airliners."?!
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A concrete dome over the reactor/spent fuel pools? Wastin your time. I think 9/11 proved that all you need is some kerosene to melt concrete and steel. Also, this dome, using 9/11 as an example, would do nothing against a crashing airliner, what being made out of sheet metal and all.
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Actually all you have to do is hit the steel and concrete, taking out about 12% of the structure near the top of the building and 45 minutes later it spontaneously explodes into powder.
https://www.awesomestories.com/images/user/e3f5182ca8.jpg
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