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NYTimes: Countries increasingly worried about Fukushima Unit 4 spent fuel — Experts: Concern over potential cracks in pool walls — Professors: “In deteriorating condition”; “This is a critical global issue”; “Could have fatal consequences for Japan”

Published: September 6th, 2013 at 3:14 am ET
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New York Times, Sept. 3, 2013: […] thousands of workers and a small fleet of cranes are preparing for one of the latest efforts to avoid a deepening environmental disaster that has China and other neighbors increasingly worried: removing spent fuel rods from the damaged No. 4 reactor building and storing them in a safer place. […]
Xinhua, Sept. 4, 2013: […] Mitsuhei Murata, a former Japanese ambassador to Switzerland has officially called for the withdrawal of Tokyo’s Olympic bid, due to the worsening crisis at Fukushima, which experts believe is not limited to storage tanks, but also potential cracks in the walls of the spent nuclear fuel pools. […]
Telegraph, Sept. 4, 2013: […] Tom Snitch, a senior professor at the University of Maryland and with more than 30 years’ experience in nuclear issues, said “[Japan officials] need to address the real problems, the spent fuel rods in Unit 4 and the leaking pressure vessels,” he said. “There has been too much work done wiping down walls and duct work in the reactors for any other reason then to do something. […] This is a critical global issue and Japan must step up.”
Japan Focus, Sept. 2, 2013: […] from November, TEPCO plans to begin the delicate operation of removing spent fuel from Reactor No. 4 fuel pool. […] The spent-fuel pool […] was damaged by the earthquake and tsunami, and is in a deteriorating condition. It remains vulnerable to any further shocks, and is also at risk from ground liquefaction. […] If a fuel rod is dropped, breaks or becomes entangled while being removed, possible worst case scenarios include a big explosion, a meltdown in the pool, or a large fire. […] This is literally a matter of national security – another mistake by TEPCO could have incredibly costly, even fatal, consequences for Japan. […]
See also: Professor: Fukushima Unit No. 4 “an immediate problem” — Building is sinking, over 30 inches in places — Extraordinary possibility plant could be back at March 2011 if situation continues — Risk of fission accident in fuel pool (AUDIO)

Published: September 6th, 2013 at 3:14 am ET
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September 6th, 2013 | Category: Fukushima Daiichi, Japan (Fukushima), Spent Fuel Pool No. 4

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September 6, 2013 at 3:59 am Log in to Reply

No go NUKE

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- 21stCentury
  
  September 6, 2013 at 6:24 am Log in to Reply
  
  http://www.physnews.com/nano-materials-news/cluster453407157/
  GRAPHENE can be used as “Stop Leak” in Spent Fuel Pool #4..
  GRAPHENE has interesting anti-corrosion properties..
  it can be used as an additive to water in boiler systems, the graphene flakes float in suspension and evenly coat the inside of the boiler system with a self-healing hi-strength boundary layer paint.
  GRAPHENE solution makes a good neutron moderator, and works well alloyed with borax. It helps to poison spontaneous fission of damaged fuel rods.
  GRAPHENE solution makes a good neutron detector, the electrical ohms detection between cathodic grid plates can provide vector imagery of micro-fissile targets in a cluttered pool.
  Alaska has a 280million ton GRAPHENE/graphite supply in a mining deposit available for use at Fukushima. This graphite mine can easily load the graphite ore onto tanker-barges as mining slurry in pipes running downhill from a convenient mountainside deposit. Located on a mountainside at Windy Cove, Imruk Basin.
  
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  - scottyji
    
    September 6, 2013 at 9:11 am Log in to Reply
    
    Intriguing! Thanks for such a “solution oriented” post.
    
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    - HoTaters
      
      September 7, 2013 at 4:26 pm Log in to Reply
      
      Agreed & think you’re on to something important.
      
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  - JoyB
    
    September 7, 2013 at 5:42 pm Log in to Reply
    
    Don’t know much about how useful graphine would be (but thanks for the lead, I’ll go looking). But heavily borating the water in the SFPs would help keep spontaneous criticalities or possible sustained criticalities from happening during refueling. These are not explosions (there have been spontaneous criticalities at fuel fabricating and reprocessing plants, confined to the industrial equivalent of 55-gallon barrels). These have killed workers, but they are not nuclear explosions. More like Arnie’s “shine” phenomenon. Sustained criticalities (moderated fission chain reaction) would also emit deadly gamma “shine,” boil water like crazy, and maybe boil the pool dry faster than water can be replaced.
    Then you get the cladding fires. IMO the “worst case scenario,” releasing 100% inventory of volatile fission products to the atmosphere. Atmospheric releases are more dangerous to land-dwellers than ocean releases, for whatever that’s worth. I’m sure Charlie the Tuna disagrees…
    
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TheBigPicture

September 6, 2013 at 4:14 am Log in to Reply

Northern Hemisphere is where it goes, Plutonium and all. One speck of Plutonium kills.

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- PhilipUpNorth
  
  September 6, 2013 at 7:15 am Log in to Reply
  
  “One speck of Plutonium kills.” TheBigPicture
  Question: What is the human disease progression from one speck of Pu ingested into the stomach, or trapped in a lung?
  
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  - bsgcic
    
    September 6, 2013 at 7:45 am Log in to Reply
    
    Radiation Sickness leading to death. Plutonium injested in the body would be an extreme amount of radiation inside ones body. Look up radiation sickness on Wikipedia.org. It has a good overview.
    
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      September 6, 2013 at 7:49 am Log in to Reply
      
      Actually, re-reading your question, I think you were asking for more medical specifics which I do not know the answer too. I think (from seeing some of your other posts) that you already know about Radiation Sickness. I was just replying promptly because I had not seen anyone else try to address your question.
      
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  - Lion76
    
    September 6, 2013 at 8:34 am Log in to Reply
    
    I think it goes 1 mutated cell then another after another and then PROBLEM
    
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    - mungo
      
      September 6, 2013 at 8:40 am Log in to Reply
      
      from 8 years ago….. 2005
      CONTACT
      Diane D’Arrigo, NIRS 301-270-6477 16
      Cindy Folkers, NIRS 301-270-6477 20
      All Levels of Radiation Confirmed to Cause Cancer.
      Washington, DC July 30, 2005 The National Academies of Science released an over 700-page report yesterday on the risks from ionizing radiation. The BEIR VII or seventh Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiation report on “Health Risks from Exposure to Low Levels of Ionizing Radiation” reconfirmed the previous knowledge that there is no safe level of exposure to radiation—that even very low doses can cause cancer. Risks from low dose radiation are equal or greater than previously thought. The committee reviewed some additional ways that radiation causes damage to cells.
      Among the reports conclusions are:
      There is no safe level or threshold of ionizing radiation exposure.
      Even exposure to background radiation causes some cancers. Additional exposures cause additional risks.
      Radiation causes other health effects such as heart disease and stroke, and further study is needed to predict the doses that result in these non-cancer health effects.
      It is possible that children born to parents that have been exposed to radiation could be affected by those exposures….
      http://www.nirs.org/press/06-30-2005/1
      
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      - PhilipUpNorth
        
        September 6, 2013 at 8:58 am Log in to Reply
        
        Many thanks to above responders. Calling Anne!
        All ENEnewsers know about the “1/50,000g ‘fatal dose’ for Plutonium” thing.
        But what I was wondering about is the actual disease progression somebody with a Pu speck in their lung or gut would experience on their way to death. What diseases and disorders could somebody with an internal Pu fatal dose expect to experience? Could they expect to survive 20 years, 15 years, 10 years, 5? Anne, do you have any of your magical links to share, perhaps research on Pu poisoning?
        
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        or-well
        
        September 6, 2013 at 9:38 am Log in to Reply
        
        PhilipUpNorth,
        then there’s the kids of those exposed.
        http://www.nonukes.org/w15cancr.htm
        can’t answer you otherwise.
        
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  - jec
    
    September 6, 2013 at 9:07 am Log in to Reply
    
    Pu is larger particle, correct? How airborne has this poison become? Deadly yes! If plutonium can be localized or kept local, or is that even a possibility? Darn MOX fuel use by some very stupid people…
    
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    - Mark
      
      September 6, 2013 at 10:46 am Log in to Reply
      
      Anecdotally, its a crap shoot. One speck of plutonium in your lung. Are you a smoker? Pesticide applicator? Live in a polluted city? All contributing factors to your demise. The sad reality is there are many other sources of cancer besides radiation. Some people, even pre-fukushima, died of lung cancer at forty, attributed to cigarettes, even if you were a smoker working at the uranium mine. No workers comp for cancer. Some smoked into ripe old age. The biggest known cause of lung cancer is highly addictive and not only legal but taxed and made money on. Known carcinogens like crap that makes your lawn green are slow to be banned. If you do die from a speck of plutonium, you can guarantee there will be no investigative autopsy no Crime Scene Investigation. He/She died of cancer the good doctor will say. End of story
      
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      - Lacsap
        
        September 6, 2013 at 11:37 am Log in to Reply
        
        Plutonium is very deathly not because of its radiation emission but because it’s very toxic!!!:
        “A commonly cited quote by Ralph Nader, states that a pound of plutonium dust spread into the atmosphere would be enough to kill 8 billion people. However, calculations show that one pound of plutonium could kill no more than 2 million people by inhalation. This makes the toxicity of plutonium roughly equivalent with that of nerve gas.” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plutonium
        
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        Lacsap
        
        September 6, 2013 at 11:58 am Log in to Reply
        
        NASA has launched many plutonium into space (Mars rover curiosity 4,8Kg pu-238). If a rocket would explode in the atmosphere then many people would die. But NASA and governments do not care, all is save. NASA makes it way to Mars ASP so they can put the US flag in the ground and claim Mars theirs. Next mission: A planet on which one could live like planet Earth (unreachable for you and me, we remain on Earth the U/Pu/Am..factory).
        
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        Jebus
        
        September 6, 2013 at 12:30 pm Log in to Reply
        
        Nasa has already put their signature on plutonium contamination on this planets surface…
        List of military nuclear accidents
        April 21, 1964 – Indian Ocean – Launch failure of a RTG powered satellite
        A U.S. Transit-5BN-3 nuclear-powered navigational satellite failed to reach orbital velocity and began falling back down at 150,000 feet (46 km) above the Indian Ocean.[34] The satellite’s SNAP-9a generator contained 17 kCi (630 TBq)[35] of 238Pu (2.1 pounds), which at least partially burned upon reentry.[36][37][38][39] Increased levels of 238Pu were first documented in the stratosphere four months later. Indeed NASA (in the 1995 Cassini FEIS)[35] indicated that the SNAP-9a plutonium release was nearly double the 9000Ci added by all the atmospheric weapons tests to that date.[40][41] The United States Atomic Energy Commission reported a resulting threefold increase in global 238Pu fallout.[42][43] All subsequent Transit satellites were fitted with solar panels; RTG’s were designed to remain contained during re-entry.
        http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_military_nuclear_accidents#1960s
        
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        anne
        
        September 6, 2013 at 12:07 pm Log in to Reply
        
        According to Helen Caldicott “1/1,000,000 gram of inhaled plutonium will give you cancer.”
        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXHBEDp1oK8&feature=related
        http://www.nuc.berkeley.edu/forum/218/1-millioninth-gram-inhaled-plutonium-will-give-you-cancer.2012-06-13
        This is because of radiation generated by plutonium.
        
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        anne
        
        September 6, 2013 at 12:17 pm Log in to Reply
        
        MOX 2 million times more lethal than enriched uranium
        Three articles are Quoted in full as a response comment to:
        http://enenews.com/un-agency-reactor-3-exploded-a-second-time-24-hours-later-then-wind-and-rain-brought-high-levels-of-radiation-over-tokyo-sendai-nagano/comment-page-1#comment-176528
        1. MOX plutonium fuel used in Fukushima’s Unit 3 reactor two million times more deadly than enriched uranium
        http://www.naturalnews.com/031736_plutonium_enriched_uranium.html
        2. Japan Authorities Admit Deadly MOX Plutonium Reactor Is Leaking
        http://stevenjohnhibbs.wordpress.com/2011/03/25/japan-authorities-admit-deadly-mox-plutonium-reactor-is-leaking/
        
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timemachine2020

September 6, 2013 at 4:17 am Log in to Reply

No way in hell will the 2020 Olympics be held in Tokyo. The city will be in shambles by then, over this country and possible humanity killing insane demonic technology.

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- lam335
  
  September 6, 2013 at 11:11 am Log in to Reply
  
  Gundersen keeps saying how TEPCO has been trying to fight Fukushima “on a budget” instead of throwing the kinds of resources at it that it truly requires. When you consider how much it would cost the Japanese government to host an Olympics, that money could be put to much better use if THEY would deal with Fukushima in the aggressive way that TEPCO is failing to do. It’s an incomprehensibly short-sighted and misguided use of resources (another symptom of the denial–I fear terminal denial–that is plaguing too many in that nation and beyond).
  
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  - Phil Shiffley
    
    September 6, 2013 at 11:32 am Log in to Reply
    
    When I connect the dots and project the lineage of the government officials’ actions into the future I read their attitude as this: If the economy collapses because the money invested only saves lives instead of generating profits for certain groups of investors, that new lower grittier lifestyle isn’t really worth living. We’re trying to keep the global economy, in it’s present hierarchy, together. That is all that matters.
    
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  - Anthony
    
    September 6, 2013 at 1:10 pm Log in to Reply
    
    Agreed.
    
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ProfitOfDoom

September 6, 2013 at 4:39 am Log in to Reply

Hello timemachine2020 … and if the 2020 Olympics were to be held in Tokyo … their Olympic slogan would be “Drink Beer and Smile” (per Japanese government instruction to avoid radiation sickness) … $$POD$$

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ProfitOfDoom

September 6, 2013 at 5:25 am Log in to Reply

“The 2020 Tokyo Smiling, Sloppy-Ass Drunk Olympics” … $$POD$$

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PhilipUpNorth

September 6, 2013 at 7:09 am Log in to Reply

“If a fuel rod is dropped, breaks or becomes entangled while being removed, possible worst case scenarios include a big explosion, a meltdown in the pool, or a large fire.” Japan Focus
And there you have it, folks.
All spent fuel assemblies have been corroded by seawater, and compromized by explosions, nuclear fires, dewatering of the pools, and falling debris. Removal of this fuel is going to prove to be highly problematic. Having some of the spent fuel assemblies break apart during handling is a certainty. (I hope the new #4 crane is remotely controlled). Perhaps most of the spent fuel assemblies can go right into dry cask storage.
Enjoy your day.

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- jec
  
  September 6, 2013 at 9:10 am Log in to Reply
  
  At Fukushima, TEPCO has been placing radioactive items (fuel cells/rods?) via crane in long tube like casks, placed for holding into water filled freight sized containers by the port, then placing on a barge for ‘disposal’ or dumping somewhere. Photos from some ENEWERS show these images clearly. Any have idea where the ‘tubes’ or casks went to? From barge to ??? Were they dumped into the ocean..??
  
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  - or-well
    
    September 6, 2013 at 9:46 am Log in to Reply
    
    Hi jec,
    I remember your posts on this recently.
    feliks recently posted a link to vids showing dockside work.
    They showed those tubes. They are part of what is being used for the seaside wall. Good close-up vids.
    I’ll try and find link.
    (also saw those brown open-top containers up close being filled with water they were pumping up from a well near seaside)
    
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    - or-well
      
      September 6, 2013 at 10:44 am Log in to Reply
      
      @jec,
      http://www.tepco.jp/en/news/library/movie-01e.html?bcpid=59368209002&bclid=347242463002&bctid=575894954002
      
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      - or-well
        
        September 6, 2013 at 10:56 am Log in to Reply
        
        @jec, oops, sorry, this –
        http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/news/library/movie-01e.html?bcpid=59368209002&bclid=347242463002&bctid=575894954002
        
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- jump-ball
  
  September 6, 2013 at 11:28 am Log in to Reply
  
  “The process will begin in November and Tepco expects to take about a year removing the assemblies, spokesman Yoshikazu Nagai told Reuters by e-mail. It’s just one installment in the decommissioning process for the plant forecast to take about 40 years and cost $11 billion.
  Each fuel rod assembly weighs about 300 kilograms (660 pounds) and is 4.5 meters (15 feet) long. There are 1,331 of the spent fuel assemblies and a further 202 unused assemblies are also stored in the pool, Nagai said.
  The fuel assemblies have to be first pulled from the racks they are stored in, then inserted into a heavy steel chamber. This operation takes place under water before the chamber, which shields the radiation pulsating from the rods, can be removed from the pool and lowered to ground level.
  The chamber is then transported to the plant’s common storage pool in an undamaged building where the assemblies will be stored.
  “The problem with a fuel pool criticality is that you can’t stop it. There are no control rods to control it,” Gundersen said.
  http://www.zerohedge.com/contributed/2013-08-14/letting-tepco-clean-fukushima-letting-murderer-operate-vip
  
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  - newsblackoutUSA
    
    September 6, 2013 at 12:36 pm Log in to Reply
    
    JB, also adding to the suspense, this has never been attempted without computer assistance. All computers are off-line damaged- and cannot be replaced at Fuku Daiichi. Has to be done by humans…dressed in protective gear with limited vision, sense of touch etc.
    
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- Anthony
  
  September 6, 2013 at 1:14 pm Log in to Reply
  
  I mean, picture it… they will need a heavy crane(s) and other equipment to get the rods right….. HOW is it that possible if the ground is already soggy , unstable and sinking etc? God I hope it DOES work. I guess it demands Die Trying.
  
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bo

September 6, 2013 at 7:14 am Log in to Reply

oh yeah ? Thanks for noticing after 2.5 years, new york times.

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Heart of the Rose

September 6, 2013 at 8:25 am Log in to Reply

I encourage the international community to question the condition of 4..
TEPCO needs to admit what went so wrong it needed to be photo shopped.
Tepco Releases Badly “Photoshop Altered” Image Of Reactor 4
http://whatthegovernmentcantdoforyou.com/2012/09/03/the-issues/environment/tepco-releases-badly-photoshop-altered-image-of-reactor-4/
Questions need to be asked..such as how the crack occurred at the base of the reactor.
http://fukushima-diary.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/fig13.jpg
Seems to me the only way that this could happen… is if the top of the building separated from the foundation..I assume during the fire/explosion.
Video of smoke rising from Fukushima nuclear reactor, images of damage
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0catEdRqGX4
Repost:
Heart of the Rose
September 3, 2013 at 1:00 pm
This is an older clip..
Thank you..Nuckelchen.
This was an active time period.
Visuals..should assist in assessing the conditions of the reactors..including reactor 4.
fukushima livestream june 2011
http://youtu.be/jmsMEdQvAmw

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- jec
  
  September 6, 2013 at 9:32 am Log in to Reply
  
  Dear @heart and @nuckelchen, all of the videos and stills collected since 3/11 show the disaster in all its “glory;” the hidden story which has been covered up by TEPCO and government. Yes, yes, I know we all say that, but the reason all our videos and photos get deleted –our timeline evidence destroyed, is the truth they show. Since we know the WORST of the video/photos were edited out, or could have been, we may only have the tip of the iceberg. Like the one that sank the Titantic–only this time its our lives on the vessel earth. Good job of videocording, Nuckelchen! Now we can look forward for the video expose/e-book..with all the evidence!! Will be a ‘who dun it’ non-fiction best seller!
  Bet TEPCO would PAY to keep you from writing this, Nuckelchen..want some help? I volunteer….e-publishing is so easy. Due to issues with ‘tepco rights’ to the webcam, just e-publish as on wikileaks….
  
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September 6, 2013 at 9:47 am Log in to Reply

☢ Japan Needs Worldwide Help NOW! ☢
☢ Fukushima Petitions to Sign & Share! ☢
http://tinyurl.com/FixFuku
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W8R

September 6, 2013 at 10:05 am Log in to Reply

They are not trying to remove “spent fuel” from # 4 fuel pool.
They have only one target. And they let us see it! A freeze frame from the video of # 4 pool showed, amongst the broken and burned fuel racks, (which were redesigned to hold much more than their original design BTW )
we were allowed to see another rack. This rack contained different rod assemblies. Very different. They were many suspect, pure Pu rods.
Yep, they were breeding in #4. So they must remove that special fuel rack.
So its not to save our asses, its to cover theirs.
Must not let the world know that Fuku was a weapons lab..

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- mopar69
  
  September 6, 2013 at 11:26 am Log in to Reply
  
  Certainly looks that way, pictures from a 2011 article.
  http://s1318.photobucket.com/user/roadrunner692/media/reference_zps5a4b9c01.jpg.html
  http://s1318.photobucket.com/user/roadrunner692/media/containment_zps8fdbf90a.jpg.html
  
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  - mopar69
    
    September 6, 2013 at 11:30 am Log in to Reply
    
    Link to the article:https://therearenosunglasses.wordpress.com/2011/06/03/was-fukushima-stuxnet-attack/
    
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    - anne
      
      September 6, 2013 at 11:41 am Log in to Reply
      
      Fukushima – failure by design
      http://brainmindinst.blogspot.com/2011/07/fukushima-failure-by-design.html
      Fukushima: Failure of the Mind
      http://brainmindinst.blogspot.com/2011/05/fukushima-failure-of-mind.html
      http://enenews.com/japan-tv-tepco-was-victim-of-cyber-attack-in-past-year/comment-page-1#comment-153254
      Fukushima Daiichi smoking before tsunami hit? (AUDIO & VIDEO)
      http://enenews.com/host-fukushima-daiichi-fire-before-tsunami-hit-audio-video
      Please see also:
      http://enenews.com/radio-analysis-three-mile-island-data-supports-allegations-hair-loss-pet-deaths-vomiting-after-being-exposed-radiation-audio/comment-page-1#comment-228078
      and following arguments.
      
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    - mopar69
      
      September 6, 2013 at 11:42 am Log in to Reply
      
      The article is mainly a debunking of H explosions of the reactor buildings, maybe the site was enriching, maybe not. Either way, the cover story stinks.
      
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    - anne
      
      September 6, 2013 at 11:58 am Log in to Reply
      
      The Geology of Fukushima. Porous ground, lowered 10 metres, built over an aquifer with a fault line present, with basements below sea level
      August 18, 2013, Paul Langley
      “…I finally have a coherent picture. 2.5 years of obstruction by nuclear industry aimed at preventing people from having any coherent picture of the sequence of decisions which resulted in this nuclear disaster. 1. They lowered the Fukushima coast by 10 metres to make it cheaper to pump cooling water to the proposed power plant. 2. They built the power plant over an aquifer and on ground with a fault line present 3. They built the basements below sea level. 4. The quake diverted the underground river of the aquifer through the basements 5. Being below sea level the emergency generators and switchgear were doomed to be flooded. 6. cooling failed, the reactors melted down, the 70 holes in each reactor bottom (design of control rod entry) meant fuel and water leaked from bottom of reactors. 7. TEPCO decision to put emergency generators and switchgear in basements. to save money in 1966. 8. 400 tons of water must be poured into reactors per day to keep them cool. 9. this water enters the underground river and flows to the sea. 10. fuel is too radioactive to approach and remove and will remain so for years. 11. the flow of radioactive water to the sea will continue.
      
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      - anne
        
        September 6, 2013 at 11:58 am Log in to Reply
        
        [cont.]
        12. No nuclear expert on earth knows the disposition of the fuel inside and outside the reactors. 13. Japan and the world must live with this disaster for a long time to come. 14. There is insufficient knowledge and no technology which will stop lthis disaster soon. 15. The past 2.5 years have seen a river of lies and with holding of information about these facts. The idea that freezing the soil will stop the flow of water to the sea is insufficient to work. Can they freeze enough and go down deep enough to freeze the aquifer? I doubt it. They have not started yet. 16. If all the known facts of this had been disclosed in March 2011, the people of Japan and the world would have turned with very great anger against the people who did this and defend this. The delay in information has actually made this anger worse….”
        https://nuclearhistory.wordpress.com/2013/08/18/the-geology-of-fukushima-porous-ground-lowered-10-metres-built-over-an-aquifer-with-a-fault-line-present-with-basements-below-sea-level/
        The nuclear industry needs to stop making up conspiracy theories to deflect from its failed technology
        
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        obewanspeaks
        
        September 6, 2013 at 12:10 pm Log in to Reply
        
        Another one catches up with the light…
        
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        mopar69
        
        September 6, 2013 at 12:12 pm Log in to Reply
        
        I concur and would only add 17) Have current “Superpower” nations direct attention away from the real catastrophe of FK and onto any other topic; Syria, economies, twerking ad nauseam.
        
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        CodeShutdown
        
        September 6, 2013 at 2:06 pm Log in to Reply
        
        Max Keiser has an article showing Syria is about pipe lines and russia, i.e. money and power. Ellen Brown has an article showing that the banking cartel is invading the middle east because muslim state owned banks dont permit usury.
        http://www.globalresearch.ca/wall-streets-secret-economic-endgame-making-the-world-safe-for-banksters-syria-in-the-cross-hairs/5348107
        Right or wrong, the powerful elite live in a psychopathic world of greed unmindful of human suffering. They dont care about a signed petition to stop their insane criminal behavior. This is the real reason nations dont step it; they are ruled by corruption and psychopathy. One thing you can be sure of, the DOE knows a lot more about this than we do.
        
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Mark

September 6, 2013 at 11:08 am Log in to Reply

W8R, not really. Its well documented that #4 spent fuel pool is in bad shape. You may be right but the bigger issue is trying to avoid a spent fuel fire. Tepco has been motivated to lie for many reasons. The bankers who lend them money, politicians, corrupt nuclear industry, USA and others strategic interests etc etc. Its no secret now that Tepco has been running the show like a cheap penny pinching Scrooge. Japan and the International community have been hoping it would go away and it hasn’t. They have been slow too. So funny Obummer is trying to invade Syria with his War on Terrorism as Japan poisons the Pacific. Here at Enenews we are waging a war against Stupidity. Eco-terrorism if you threaten a food source like the Pacific. Perhaps the greatest ever crime against humanity and the world. I would like drone attacks on Tepco management and troops on the ground in Japan.

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Songie

September 6, 2013 at 11:11 am Log in to Reply

anybody know what day in november tepco will start this suicide task? spent fuel rods or pure PU….either way, I’m thinking it’s a very good time to take a trip down south, of the equator…

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- mopar69
  
  September 6, 2013 at 11:32 am Log in to Reply
  
  NZ is lovely this time of year, and most other times as well.
  
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  - Songie
    
    September 6, 2013 at 11:53 am Log in to Reply
    
    mopar69…thanks for the tip..also thinking about uruguay….
    
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    - mopar69
      
      September 6, 2013 at 12:00 pm Log in to Reply
      
      Sounds excellent, perhaps a base from which to reset the current modi operandi?
      
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- newsblackoutUSA
  
  September 6, 2013 at 11:42 am Log in to Reply
  
  Probably about the time Comet C/2012 S1 Ison will perihelion so if they screw up they can blame the disaster on the comet.
  
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  - mopar69
    
    September 6, 2013 at 11:46 am Log in to Reply
    
    Odd coincidence eh? If not that, they can blame the Sun’s pole flip, which also happens around the same time.
    
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    - newsblackoutUSA
      
      September 6, 2013 at 11:54 am Log in to Reply
      
      Mopar69- keep your eyes on the sat maps in the PNW by Canada/Alaska, there has been a counter clockwise gyre in the upper atmosphere for a couple of weeks. It is not only the sun that is changing.
      http://www.nrlmry.navy.mil/nexsat-bin/nexsat.cgi?BASIN=CONUS&SUB_BASIN=focus_regions&AGE=Latest&REGION=North_Pacific&SECTOR=Overview&PRODUCT=vis_ir_background&SUB_PRODUCT=goes&PAGETYPE=static&SIZE=Thumb&PATH=North_Pacific/Overview/vis_ir_background/goes&&buttonPressed=Animate&ANIM_TYPE=Instant
      
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      - mopar69
        
        September 6, 2013 at 11:56 am Log in to Reply
        
        Will do, thank you for the information.
        
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- Anthony
  
  September 6, 2013 at 1:08 pm Log in to Reply
  
  Not to be a Negative Nancy but I’m going to just say it. Actually I’ve been saying it for a long time, it is too late to run anywhere. I’m not pulling that out of the sky, it is simple science in my mind. It was in North America within a week and starting to accumulate in its band of air and water and even lands within the first month. 24-7-365 it has continuously spewed in an ideal fashion… it steams and just naturally forms in the cloud systems on the jet stream. I’m surprised we haven’t seen more illnesses here but you never know, it too may have been suppressed and misdirected.
  It is a one way street, life-wise.
  
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  - newsblackoutUSA
    
    September 6, 2013 at 2:15 pm Log in to Reply
    
    Yep….sad but true.
    
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allmymarbles

September 6, 2013 at 11:32 am Log in to Reply

No one wants to say it, but Japan is an ex-nation. It is part of a history book. It no longer exists. Any Japanese who can, would be wise to leave.

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- newsblackoutUSA
  
  September 6, 2013 at 11:45 am Log in to Reply
  
  I think the reason the truth about the severity of Fukushima is starting to be told in the MSM is because all the players divested themselves of stocks etc. and now they can let Japan free-fall like like the twin towers and building 7 on 9/11.
  
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  - bo
    
    September 6, 2013 at 1:18 pm Log in to Reply
    
    Good point
    
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weeman

September 6, 2013 at 11:48 am Log in to Reply

For all we know they may well have started to remove spent fuel, tepco stated earlier that they would not inform us when fuel was to be removed from pool, you don’t want terrorist to know when you are in a very precarious position or some lunatic.

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- newsblackoutUSA
  
  September 6, 2013 at 11:57 am Log in to Reply
  
  Or to let everyone a killing machine carried on a cloud across the Pacific is coming lest the peasants seek to retreat.
  
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  - Songie
    
    September 6, 2013 at 12:02 pm Log in to Reply
    
    quick, calling all peasants…retreat, retreat!
    
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    - newsblackoutUSA
      
      September 6, 2013 at 12:10 pm Log in to Reply
      
      Well said !
      
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- Anthony
  
  September 6, 2013 at 1:01 pm Log in to Reply
  
  Exactly.
  
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FXofTruth

September 6, 2013 at 12:36 pm Log in to Reply

I’ve been following this circus for over 2-1/2 years. This is the crisis that population reductionists have been asking Satan for!
Billions of lives affected and shortened.
100s of Millions will die within 5 years of exposure.
Trillions of dollars made by building these plants.
Billions of dollars wasted in cleaning up the poop from them.
Within 10 years 2.5 Billion people will die.
Within 20 years 2.5 more Billion will die.
Within 30 years 2.8 more Billion will die.
That will leave about 1.5 Billion left….just as they wanted.
Why do you think Japan has dragged their feet? Why do you think RADIATION monitoring stations in the US were trucked away in mass? Why do you think TEPCO has been lying about EVERY DETAIL of this crisis from it’s start? All part of a well executed plan.

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- newsblackoutUSA
  
  September 6, 2013 at 1:05 pm Log in to Reply
  
  Yes, and while everyone was busy watching the latest housewives series on Bravo, and voting for American Idol, the poison came pouring out of the damaged reactors.
  
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  - jbvtme
    
    September 6, 2013 at 7:23 pm Log in to Reply
    
    what was the american idol count?
    
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- Cologne Cathedral
  
  September 6, 2013 at 4:06 pm Log in to Reply
  
  My dear Truther-Colleague,
  my I ask for the source of your figures?
  
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ftlt

September 6, 2013 at 12:44 pm Log in to Reply

FUFU = a gift that just keeps on giving…

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NeverAnyDanger

September 6, 2013 at 1:55 pm Log in to Reply

I think that people who are against nuclear should begin a campaign to state all the other health effects of radiation as well as cancer. There are many other health effects that can kill or reduce quality of life. In this generation and the next. People only think about cancer and it can be pushed to the back of their minds because it may not happen for 20 years.
All the nuclear industry has to say is nobody has died because of Fukushima and ignore all other health effects as well as the loss of jobs, homes and land,pets and other animals as if this is of no consequence. As if the quality of life isn’t important. All the health consequences should be named every time anyone talks about cancer. I doubt many people even know what they are because only cancer is mentioned and then minimized.

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NeverAnyDanger

September 6, 2013 at 1:57 pm Log in to Reply

The only reason the government is now making noises about taking over and doing the job right is because they want to have the Olympics and make lots of money off of it.

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- Anthony
  
  September 6, 2013 at 2:26 pm Log in to Reply
  
  Bingo!
  
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Sol Man

September 7, 2013 at 8:48 am Log in to Reply

With the length of the half-lives this event marks another facet of the genocide project to limit the full potential of humanity; the culling/death/disease wave will have a multi-generational effect that does not sort out of who to take and who to allow to stay.

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