MORE NUKE TROUBLE FOR JAPAN- Onagawa looses most power cooling fuel rods
MARCH 13: Japan declared a state of emergency at Onagawa nuclear plant where higher-than-permitted levels of radioactivity were measured.
The International Atomic Energy Agency says Japan informed it that the source of the radioactivity at the Onagawa power plant is being investigated. It said all three reactors at the plant are under control.
APRIL 8: Japan's nuclear agency says the quake on Thursday night disabled 2 out of the 3 outside power lines used at the Onagawa nuclear power plant in Miyagi Prefecture.
The Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency says the plant has been using outside power lines to cool its nuclear fuel rods since the March 11th quake. The agency says after Thursday's quake, the plant is using only one remaining power line.
The agency says there is no change in radiation levels around the plant as of just after midnight Thursday. The agency is trying to confirm the current status at the plant.
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
*update* (7 April, 17:30 UTC)
The IAEA confirms that an earthquake occurred in Japan at 14:32 UTC 7 April. The IAEA International Seismic Safety Centre has rated it as a 7.1 magnitude, revised from an initial 7.4 magnitude. The epicenter of the earthquake was 20 km from the Onagawa nuclear power plant and approximately 120 km from the Fukushima Daiichi and Daini nuclear power plants.
The IAEA has been in contact with NISA and can confirm the status of the following nuclear facilities:
Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant
NISA confirms that no changes have been observed at the on-site radiation monitoring posts. The injection of water into the reactor pressure vessels of Units 1, 2 and 3 was not interrupted.
Fukushima Daini Nuclear Power Plant
NISA confirms that no changes have been observed of the readings at the on-site radiation monitoring posts.
Onagawa Nuclear Power Plant
All reactors have been in cold shutdown since the 11 March earthquake.
NISA has confirmed that two out of the three lines supplying off-site power to the site were lost following the 7 April earthquake. Off-site power continues to be supplied through the third line.
Cooling of the spent fuel pool was temporarily lost, but has subsequently been restored.
No change has been observed in the readings from the on-site radiation monitoring post. The status of the plant is currently being checked.
Tokai Daini Nuclear Power Plant
Tokai Daini nuclear power plant remains in cold shutdown since the 11 March earthquake. No abnormality has been observed.
Higashidori Nuclear Power Plant
NISA has confirmed that the Higashidori NPP was shutdown and in a maintenance outage at the time of the 7 April earthquake. Off-site power has been lost. Emergency power supply to the site is operating. All the fuel had been removed from the reactor core and stored in the spent fuel pool. Cooling of the spent fuel pool is operational.
Tomari Nuclear Power Plant (in Hokkaido)
At the time of the 7 April earthquake Tomari Unit 1 and Unit 2 were in operation. Following the 7 April earthquake, the Hokkaido Electric Power Company reduced the generating power to 90% of capacity.
Rokkasho Reprocessing Plant
NISA confirms that Rokkasho Reprocessing Plant and uranium enrichment facility lost off-site power. Emergency power supply to the site is operating.
The IAEA will issue further information as soon as it becomes available
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JAPAN: ONAGAWA 4,188 ERRORS IN INSPECTIONS ON NUKE PLANT
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Onagawa's faulty inspection reports has 4,188 errors in total
THEY KNEW AND DIDN'T TELL US!
CDC KNEW ABOUT AND REFUSED TO WARN US!! FDA, EPA, ALL THE ALPHABET SOUPS.
Charles W. Miller, Chief of CDC I'LL BE CALL'N THIS ASSHOLE COME MONDAY.
However CDC (nor anyone else) has authority to quarantine passengers contaminated with radiation… Communication was a problem. At first [the “A-Team”, an advisory team for environment, food, and health comprised of personnel from EPA, CDC, USDA, and FDA] had to speak “off the record”. Also noted was that…
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Isotope Half life Mass of 1 Curie Specific activity (Ci/g)
232Th 1.405×1010 years 9.1 tonnes 1.1×10−7 (110,000 pCi/g, 0.11 µCi/g)
238U 4.471×109 years 2.977 tonnes 3.4×10−7 (340,000 pCi/g, 0.34 µCi/g)
40K 1.25×109 years 140 kg 7.1×10−6 (7,100,000 pCi/g, 7.1 µCi/g)
235U 7.038×108 years 476 kg 2.1×10−6 (210,000 pCi/g, 0.21 µCi/g)
129I 15.7×106 years 5.66 kg 0.00018
99Tc 211×103 years 58 g 0.017
239Pu 24.11×103 years 16 g 0.063
240Pu 6563 years 4.11 g 0.24
226Ra 1601 years 1.01 g 0.99
241Am 432.6 years 0.286 g 3.43
14C 5730 years 0.22 g 4.5
238Pu 88 years 54 mg 18.5
137Cs 30.17 years 12 mg 83
90Sr 28.8 years 7.2 mg 139
241Pu 14 years 8.3 mg 121.2
60Co 1925 days 883 μg 1132
210Po 138 days 223 μg 4484
3H 12.32 years 103.6 μg 9708
131I 8.02 days 8 μg 125000
123I 13 hours 0.5 μg 2000000
The typical human body contains roughly 0.1 μCi (14 mg) of naturally occurring potassium-40. A human body containing 16 kg of carbon (see Composition of the human body) would also have about 24 nanograms or 0.1 μCi of carbon-14. Together, these would have an activity of approximately 2×0.1 μCi or 7400 decays (mostly from beta decay and rarely from gamma decay) per second inside the person's body.
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BREAK'N FUKUSHIMA: MORE NUKE PLANTS AT RISK, ONAGAWA & HIGASHIDORI
BREAK'N FUKUSHIMA: MORE NUKE PLANTS AT RISK, ONAGAWA & HIGASHIDORI
2-17-15 M2U07129 REMEMBER THEY KNEW & DIDN'T TELL US
TEPCO SAYS NO WORRY, BULLSHIT IN MY BOOK, LOOK AT THE VIDEO, IT'S DOING THE SAME DAMN THING WHEN THE TSUNAMI HIT FUKU ON 3-11-11, WONDER WHY IT WAS ONLY 12 SECONDS LONG IN THAT REPORT, COULD IT POSSIBLY BE, THEY'RE HIDING SOMETHING???? EH????? YEPPERS
TEPCO SAYS NO PROBLEM WITH FUKUSHIMA DAIICHI PLANT OR THEIR FUKUSHIMA DAINI NUCLEAR PLANTS, REALLY???? I STILL HAVE THAT BRIDGE OUT BACK IF ANYONE WANTS TO BUY IT. lol lol LOL, TEPCO HAS LOST ALL CREDIBILITY WITH THE WORLD, THEIR A JOKE.
THREE 6.9'S HIT HONSHU FEB 16TH 2015 ANOTHER 6.8 HIT LATER, AND A 6.0
THEY KNEW AND DIDN'T TELL US!
CDC KNEW ABOUT AND REFUSED TO WARN US!! FDA, EPA, ALL THE ALPHABET SOUPS.
Charles W. Miller, Chief of CDC I'LL BE CALL'N THIS ASSHOLE COME MONDAY.
However CDC (nor anyone else) has authority to quarantine passengers contaminated with radiation… Communication was a problem. At first [the “A-Team”, an advisory team for environment, food, and health comprised of personnel from EPA, CDC, USDA, and FDA] had to speak “off the record”. Also noted was that…
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Isotope Half life Mass of 1 Curie Specific activity (Ci/g)
232Th 1.405×1010 years 9.1 tonnes 1.1×10−7 (110,000 pCi/g, 0.11 µCi/g)
238U 4.471×109 years 2.977 tonnes 3.4×10−7 (340,000 pCi/g, 0.34 µCi/g)
40K 1.25×109 years 140 kg 7.1×10−6 (7,100,000 pCi/g, 7.1 µCi/g)
235U 7.038×108 years 476 kg 2.1×10−6 (210,000 pCi/g, 0.21 µCi/g)
129I 15.7×106 years 5.66 kg 0.00018
99Tc 211×103 years 58 g 0.017
239Pu 24.11×103 years 16 g 0.063
240Pu 6563 years 4.11 g 0.24
226Ra 1601 years 1.01 g 0.99
241Am 432.6 years 0.286 g 3.43
14C 5730 years 0.22 g 4.5
238Pu 88 years 54 mg 18.5
137Cs 30.17 years 12 mg 83
90Sr 28.8 years 7.2 mg 139
241Pu 14 years 8.3 mg 121.2
60Co 1925 days 883 μg 1132
210Po 138 days 223 μg 4484
3H 12.32 years 103.6 μg 9708
131I 8.02 days 8 μg 125000
123I 13 hours 0.5 μg 2000000
The typical human body contains roughly 0.1 μCi (14 mg) of naturally occurring potassium-40. A human body containing 16 kg of carbon (see Composition of the human body) would also have about 24 nanograms or 0.1 μCi of carbon-14. Together, these would have an activity of approximately 2×0.1 μCi or 7400 decays (mostly from beta decay and rarely from gamma decay) per second inside the person's body.
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New radioactive leak at 2nd nuclear plant in Onagawa, Japan [MIRROR]
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In Japan, radioactive water is reported to have leaked from fuel pools at the Onagawa nuclear power plant following a violent aftershock measuring seven point one. The plant is less than a hundred kilometres from the stricken Fukushima plant, which is still to be made safe following last month's devastating double hit of earthquake and tsunami. To discuss how events might develop RT talks to Philip White from the Citizen's Nuclear Information Center, who's in Tokyo.
Fuel Rods Exposed at Japan Nuke Plant
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Emergency at Onagawa nuclear plant, radiation 700 times over normal
Follow latest updates at and Japan has declared an emergency alert at another nuclear power plant in the north-east of the country. Radiation levels of about 700 times higher than normal have reportedly been detected at the facility in Onagawa. Authorities are currently investigating their source. For more opinion on the threat of a nuclear crisis in Japan, RT talks to Harvey Wasserman, who's written on the subject of a sustainable green-powered Earth.
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Radiation Poisoning? Japan Fukushima nuclear crisis explained
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The situation at the Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan worsens as a second explosion is reported, intensifying fears of the possibility of nuclear meltdown triggered by last week's huge earthquake. At least seven are missing with several others hurt after the blast - which is not however believed to have pierced the structure containing the reactor's core. Meanwhile crews are fighting to cool down the overheated radioactive fuel rods at the plant to avert a catastrophic nuclear meltdown. Christopher Simons, a professor at a Tokyo university, explains how an explosion might occur, and what the worst-case scenario could mean for local residents...
Onagawa, Japan
Onagawa Japan. I could not believe it with my own eyes the severe distruction of this city that was hit by the recent sunami. The camera is shaky moving fast as we drive through the streets, but it will give you the visiuals you need to understand that those who are alive are amazingly lucky.
Crucial power cable connected at Japan's nuclear plant
One week after damaged nuclear reactors began leaking radiation, workers at Japan's Fukushima nuclear power plant have connected a power cable needed to restart the cooling systems. Bill Whitaker reports.
Hanford: Nuclear Trouble
The Hanford Site is a mostly decommissioned extremely radioactive nuclear production complex operated by the United States federal government on the Columbia River in the U.S. state of Washington. The site has been known by many names, including: Hanford Project, Hanford Works, Hanford Engineer Works or HEW and Hanford Nuclear Reservation or HNR. Established in 1943 as part of the Manhattan Project in the town of Hanford in south-central Washington, the site was home to the B Reactor, the first full-scale plutonium production reactor in the world . Plutonium manufactured at the site was used in the first nuclear bomb, tested at the Trinity site, and in Fat Man, the bomb detonated over Nagasaki, Japan. Decades of manufacturing left behind 53 million US gallons (200,000 m3) of high-level radioactive waste, an additional 25 million cubic feet (710,000 m3) of solid radioactive waste thats equal to 532 miles of 8 cubic meter cement trucks bumper to bumper , 200 square miles (520 km2) of contaminated groundwater beneath the site . Not to mention the 450 billion gallons dumped into the soil in the 50s and 60s .
Inside Fukushima: What Happened After the Nuclear Disaster?
The Fukushima Nuclear Disaster is unimaginable in scale. 8 years later in the midst of a $27bn decontamination effort, we explore inside the disaster zone and meet the locals to uncover the situation in Fukushima; past, present and future.
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Japan's Chernobyl? Radiation pressure fears at Fukushima plant
Japan is dealing with the aftermath of a massive tsunami. The official number killed is now 375. That's a figure which even the most optimistic estimates suggest will rise dramatically. The huge wave was caused by the biggest earthquake in the country's history. Japan has now asked the UN to send rescue teams to help deal with the disaster. Another earthquake has also hit central Japan in the past hours, although there are no reports of damage from this latest aftershock. An emergency situation has been declared at the Fukushima nuclear plant in the north east, after it was damaged. The pressure inside the reactor is rising, raising fears of a radiation leak. But Japan's nuclear safety agency says to reduce the pressure, radioactive vapor may be released, posing no risk to humans or the environment.
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Explosion at Japan nuclear plant
An explosion at a nuclear plant in northeastern Japan, injures several people.
Reactor 3 New Explosion Fukushima Meltdown Japan March 14 2011
March 14, 2011
Second reactor cooling system fails 200,000 + people evacuated 160 workers exposed to high levels of radiation second explosion could occur.
An official has stated that Melt-Down at Reactor 1 is a REAL Possibility. The NEW break-down is located at reactor number 3 on Fukushima.
Aftershocks Caused Hydrogen Explosion in Nuclear Reactor. The situation is at Level 4 Alert - Geiger Counter Checks being carried out.
NEW TSUNAMI WARNINGS ISSUED...!! ... GVT Radiation Leak Confirmed. The Japanese people have been warned to NOT drink the tap water, to turn off air conditioning. Close windows. Stay indoors. Wrap towels around face...etc.
A core meltdown may have occurred at a nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture that was damaged in a massive earthquake on March 11, a government regulator said on March 12.
Cesium from nuclear fuel was detected in radioactive materials in a monitored zone at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant's No. 1 reactor, according to the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency (NISA).
Earlier in the day, radiation leaks were confirmed at the plant. Eight times the normal amount of radiation was detected at the front gate of the plant, and 1,000 times the normal amount was detected in the central control room for the plant's No. 1 reactor, the NISA said.
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Anyone still looking for ways to keep on top of important information coming out of Japan about the March 11 earthquake and tsunami now has a central hub to consult, in the shape of a dedicated page from the Google Crisis Response project.
The resources listed include the Person Finder we've seen before, links to the latest information from the domestic utilities, such as Tokyo Electric (TEPCO), government agencies, and a comprehensive list of transit providers.
Many of those are pre-formatted to serve up Japanese pages in machine-translated English, but there's also a full ranzge of information for native speakers of Japanese.
Likely the most useful among these are the missing persons phone lines for the various parts of Tohoku affected by the twin disasters, while there are also continuously updating scanned photos of the resident lists in the various shelters for people displaced from their homes.
Lastly, this being a service from one of the web's heaviest hitters, there are also real time updates from Google News and Twitter.
Read more: Google swings into action with earthquake crisis response hub | CNNGo.com
Amid the horrific stories of death and destruction surrounding the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in the Tohoku region, there's still room for the occasional wry smile, such as the one surely engendered by the news of 240 refugees taking shelter in, of all places, a nuclear power plant.
The group of men, women and children from Onagawa in Miyagi Prefecture has been holed up in the plant since the tsunami hit, seemingly killing over 1,000 of the town's 10,000 population.
The irony of the nature of their refuge clearly isn't lost on the temporary residents, as the nuclear accident at Fukushima Daiichi power plant 120 kilometers away plays out daily on their televisions.
The electricity to power the sets, incidentally, comes direct from the regional power grid to which the Onagawa plant is attached. The facility is run by Tohoku Electric Power, a separate entity from Tokyo Electric Power, or TEPCO, the operator in charge of Fukushima.
As the group shelters in the employee gym, right next door to the reactors, the good fortune of the survivors is clear.
One man, sheltering with his family said: It's pretty spread out. People are just kind of lying around and relaxing. There are a lot of aftershocks, but it's safe.
Meanwhile, an older woman settled on a more prosaic object of gratitude: It's very clean inside. We have electricity and nice toilets.
BEFORE AND AFTER IMAGES OF QUAKE ZONE
Rob Rudolph was jolted from sleep late Thursday night by his father who woke him with the news that there had been a massive earthquake and tsunami close to the Japanese town where he once taught elementary students. He had last visited students in Onagawa, on Japan's northeast coast, in November. I'm expecting the worst from that town, seeing as it's right on the coast there, said Rudolph, 34, from Westerose near Pigeon Lake. He taught English in the elementary schools in town. I just about knew everybody in the town at that time. Rudolph said he hasn't been able to get ahold of anybody from the town since the earthquake happened. I'm pretty worried. The town was close to the quake's epicentre. Onagawa also had to deal with a fire at the town's nuclear power plant. That fire was extinguished and no radiation release was detected. Rudolph stayed up through the rest of the night once his dad woke him, watching the news, trying to call friends and combing Facebook for updates. Takashi Ohki was similarly riveted by what he saw when he turned on the television Thursday night. His first impression was that he was watching a disaster movie. They said it was a tsunami and it could have been just a movie, because the image I saw was very devastating, said Ohki, 69, who was at the Edmonton Japanese Community Association centre on Friday, monitoring news about the earthquake. There were very scary images, one after another. A tsunami pushed dozens of houses inland. A town was on fire. Big ships floated, crippled and aimless, seemingly without anyone on them. Ohki can't reach his younger brother, who lives in Sendai. He knows the power has been knocked out in the area, and is trying not to worry too much, since his brother's home is inland from the coast. Even his brother's office building, which is closer to the coast, is up on a hill.
Ohki hopes his other brother, who lives in a different region and still has power, will be able to get in touch with his younger brother and then relay the message back to him that he's OK.
Ohki moved to Canada in 1964. He said the worst earthquake he lived through was minor compared to this one. They have earthquakes, tsunamis, and typhoons, he said of Japan, so they know how to cope with them.
While Ohki has been watching the news, the country has shuddered through multiple aftershocks.
I feel lucky that I live in a country where there isn't much disaster, he said.
Cathy Tennant, board president for the Japanese Community Association, said Ohki was asked to monitor the Japanese news station because he can speak and read the language. That means the association will be able to provide updates to members who call for information, she said.
Tennant said the association has between 400 and 600 members, but there are many more Edmontonians with Japanese heritage who aren't part of the group. We do know there are probably people in Edmonton who have friends and relatives in the affected areas.
The association's board executive hopes to meet in the next day or two, because by then more should be known about what help is needed, she said.
Staff at Alberta's International and Intergovernmental Relations ministry were relieved to receive an e-mail from Sean Crockett, the managing director of their Japan office in Tokyo. Spokesman Bill Strickland said Crockett and the office's seven support staff and their families were all fine. The office, established to promote trade and investment with Alberta, has been there since 1970, he said.
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Fukushima 2/4/15: Construction of Radioactive Waste Facility Begins: Obama/Modi Nuclear Deals
Construction of radioactive waste facility begins
Nuclear & EnergyFeb. 3, 2015 - Updated 03:08 UTC-5
Japan's government has begun building part of an intermediate storage facility for radioactive soil and other waste from decontamination in Fukushima Prefecture, where a nuclear disaster hit 4 years ago.
The government wants to build the facility in a 16-square-kilometer area straddling the towns of Futaba and Okuma, but has been facing difficulties in acquiring the land.
Workers on Tuesday began construction of 2 temporary stockyards with a total area of 20,000 square meters. They are to be used to temporarily store 20,000 cubic meters of soil and other waste before it goes to a main facility.
The yard sites are about 200 meters and one kilometer from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi plant.
The government aims to begin transporting waste to them before March 11th, the 4th anniversary of the earthquake and tsunami that led to the nuclear accident in 2011. The waste is currently stored at initial storage sites and individuals' yards across the prefecture.
But it remains unknown when the transport from these locations will be completed, as land negotiations with owners are still underway.
4000 errors in inspection records at Onagawa plant
Nuclear & Energy Feb. 4, 2015 - Updated 07:27 UTC-5
Tohoku Electric Power Company says it has found more than 4,000 improper entries in its inspection records about one of the reactors at its Onagawa nuclear power plant.
The initial inspection was held to check a wide range of facilities at the plant's No. 2 reactor after the great earthquake that hit northeastern Japan. The operator is hoping to restart the reactor about 100 kilometers north of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi plant.
But Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority pointed out last year that Tohoku Electric's inspection was lax and the firm was re-examining the inspection records on the No. 2 reactor.
Company officials said at a news conference on Wednesday that the utility has scrutinized all the inspection records for the reactor since August 2011.
They said in some cases workers entered no problem for parts that didn't exist, citing the example of monitoring equipment for a valve which was not there.
In other cases, incorrect product types and serial numbers were left untouched. They say there were 4,188 errors in total.
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TV: “Animals basically dying on our beaches” along West Coast — “New, worse calamity seems to be unfolding” — Experts: “Like walking skeletons”; “So hungry they gnaw on rocks”; “Skin hanging off”; “Extremely unusual… maybe the fish have all left”; “Prepare for the worst” (VIDEOS)
Japan & U.S. Gov’t Experts: West Coast hit by radioactive plumes from both massive Fukushima explosions — Maps of L.A. and San Francisco covered in red clouds removed from latest paper — Total releases ‘clearly larger’ than previously claimed — ‘Significantly’ higher discharges flowed toward U.S.
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Last December’s fallout in Futaba increased 3.7 × as December of 2013