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Title: Earthquake Information
Source: Japan Meteorological Agency
Source: Japan Meteorological Agency
NHK: Many Fukushima nuclear workers leaving after exceeding exposure limit — Young people must be trained to work at plant -Tokyo Professor
and from Fukushima Diary ....
Incineration facility gets full of radioactive material, has to restart incineration
Posted by Mochizuki on August 26th, 2012 · No Comments
Radiation keeps getting accumulated in the environment. Even incineration facility is getting full, they are going to incinerate radioactive material.
Incineration facility restarted incinerating radioactive material in Kashiwa Chiba. Kashiwa is known to be one of the worst hotspot. (cf. 13,299 Bq/Kg from home-grown rosemary in Kashiwa)
Nambu clean center in Minamimasuo, Kashiwa city has been storing incineration ash and pieces of plants unprocessed because they detected high level of radiation since last September. It’s been repeating to operate on and off but because they are having pieces of plants over capacity, they decided to restart the facility as of 8/20/2012. Radioactive pieces of plants are incinerated with normal garbage.
This is the third restart with radioactive material. They stock 1500 drums of radioactive incineration ash and 1500 tones of radioactive plants pieces but they have no place to move them for now.
Chiba prefecture is looking for a temporary disposal site in north-west area and also Japanese government is seeking the place for the final disposal site in Chiba.
Chiba prefecture is looking for a temporary disposal site in north-west area and also Japanese government is seeking the place for the final disposal site in Chiba.
and....
Shipment restriction of fish extended to Aomori, 380km from Fukushima plant
Posted by Mochizuki on August 25th, 2012 · No Comments
Fukushima Diary reported the increasing amount of cesium in Pacific cod before.
(cf. [Sea contamination] Cesium in Pacific cod is increasing offshore Hokkaido)
Marine products contamination is spreading over Pacific ocean.
(cf. [Sea contamination] Cesium in Pacific cod is increasing offshore Hokkaido)
Marine products contamination is spreading over Pacific ocean.
Japanese government is going to restrict the shipment of Pacific cod from Aomori prefecture as of 8/27/2012.
Aomori is the furthest North prefecture in Japanese main island. (380km from Fukushima)
Aomori is the furthest North prefecture in Japanese main island. (380km from Fukushima)
Back in June, they measured 116 Bq/Kg of cesium from Pacific cod fished offshore Hachinohe.
Aomori prefecture requested the local fishery cooperation for selt-imposed control.
It was lifted at the end of July, but they measured 132.7 Bq/Kg of cesium on 8/9/2012 again.
They ended up restricting shipment of Pacific cod from Aomori for the first time since 311.
Aomori prefecture requested the local fishery cooperation for selt-imposed control.
It was lifted at the end of July, but they measured 132.7 Bq/Kg of cesium on 8/9/2012 again.
They ended up restricting shipment of Pacific cod from Aomori for the first time since 311.
It is questionable why it is only Pacific cod.
Recommended article..Japanese new propaganda “Eat fish”
and from Ex SKF , Japan officials continue on the their mission of shared pain and common contamination ...
FRIDAY, AUGUST 24, 2012
#Radioactive Japan: Miyagi, Tochigi, Ibaraki, Chiba to Have Final Disposal Sites for Highly Radioactive Ashes from Garbage Incineration, Sludge
Goshi Hosono's Ministry of the Environment is on the sudden offensive against citizens and residents of Kanto and Tohoku, again.
According to the Yomiuri Shinbun article, the Ministry of the Environment is already talking with the officials in the municipalities in three prefectures to built final disposal sites in their cities and towns.
As the wide-area disposal of disaster debris winds down as it is now widely revealed that there is simply not enough debris to widely distribute, Mr. Hosono looks desperate to do something so that he can claim he has made people "share the pain".
From Yomiuri Shinbun (8/21/2012):
汚染ごみ焼却灰、４県の国有地に最終処分場
Final disposal sites for ashes from contaminated garbage to be built in the land owned by the national government in four prefectures
東京電力福島第一原発事故後に発生した高濃度の放射性物質に汚染されたごみの焼却灰や汚泥の処分を巡り、環境省は、宮城、栃木、茨城、千葉の４県については県内に１か所ずつ、国有地に最終処分場を設けることを決めた。
Concerning the disposal of ashes from incinerating the contaminated garbage and of contaminated sludge as the result of the Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant accident, the Ministry of the Environment has decided to build a final disposal site in the land owned by the national government in each of the four prefectures, Miyagi, Tochigi, Ibaraki, and Chiba.
９月末までに候補地を選定、提示する。The locations will be selected by the end of September and announced.
原発事故以降、東北、関東地方のごみ焼却施設や上下水道施設では、放射性セシウムが濃縮された焼却灰や汚泥が大量に発生。１キロ・グラムあたり８０００ベクレルを超える廃棄物は国の責任で処分することになっており、９都県で計４万２５７５トン（８月３日現在）に上る。
Since the start of the nuclear accident, a large amount of ashes and sludge with high concentration of radioactive cesium has been generated at garbage incineration plants, water purification plants and sewer treatment plants in Tohoku and Kanto regions. The waste with more than 8,000 becquerels/kg of radioactive cesium is to be disposed of by the national government. As of August 3, the amount of such waste is 42,575 tonnes in 9 prefectures [including Tokyo].
同省は、特に発生量が多く、保管場所の確保が難しい４県では国有地を活用することとした。宮城、栃木、茨城の３県で市町村の担当者を集めた説明会を開くなど、すでに調整に入った。
The Ministry has decided to utilize the land owned by the national government in the four prefectures where particularly large amounts [of ashes and sludge highly contaminated with cesium] have been generated and the storage space is hard to find. In Miyagi, Tochigi, and Ibaraki, the Ministry has already held meetings with officials in local municipalities in an effort to finalize the plans.
So, the local officials have been talking with the Ministry for some time. I bet they haven't said a word about it to the residents.
Who said "Render unto Caesar"? Render unto TEPCO the things which are TEPCO's.
and....
#Radioactive Japan: Final Disposal Site for Highly Contaminated #Fukushima Soil and Debris May Be on Southern-Most Tip of Kyushu
(UPDATE) IWJ Kagoshima will netcast a protest against building the final disposal site in Minami Osumi-cho in Kagoshima, from 1:30PM today in Japan (August 25, 2012).
Japan Times says "Goshi Hosono denies nuke disposal report", but the title is not quite reflecting what it actually is. It is more like "Goshi Hosono doesn't deny nuke disposal report, does say it is not yet official."
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It makes absolutely no sense, but since when anything that the Japanese government (or any government these days) does make any sense?
TBS News reported that there has been a secret talk between the national government and the local officials in Minami Osumi in Kagoshima Prefecture to create the final disposal site for the radioactive waste from Fukushima Prefecture, 1,500 kilometers away from Fukushima.
The town of Minami Osumi has 9,000 residents and untouched, pristine mountains and the ocean.
Summary from TBS/JNN News (8/23/2012; link may not last):
A strong candidate for the final disposal site for the soil contaminated with radioactive materials from the Fukushima nuclear accident has finally been revealed, and it is the mountains in Minami Osumi-cho in Kagoshima Prefecture.
The national government plan is to store the contaminated soil from decontamination in temporary storage locations in the municipalities. It will then be transferred to interim storage facilities inside Fukushima Prefecture, and within 30 years it will be removed to a final disposal site which is to be created outside Fukushima.Mayor Idogawa of Futaba-machi, Fukushima:The national government has already been talking with the town's leaders.
Minami Osumi-cho is about 1,500 kilometers away from Fukushima I Nuclear Power plant, population less than 9,000. The town's industries are agriculture and fishery.
[In the map to the right, "A" is where the nuke plant is located, and "B" is Minami Osumi-cho.]
Decontamination work has been on-going in Fukushima Prefecture to remove radioactive materials from the nuclear accident. Currently, the soil removed in the decontamination is stored in temporary storage locations in the municipalities in Fukushima, but the residents do not want the storage sites in their midst.
"We can't even begin to negotiate [over the temporary storage] unless it's necessary, safe, and [the contaminated waste] is moved outside Fukushima."
Mayor Morita of Minami Osumi-cho, Kagoshima:
"No, we haven't been formally approached by the national government yet."[The keyword here is "formally", in my opinion.]
Governor Itoh of Kagoshima:
"No, no word from the national government. We have no room to accept, we have no intention to accept." [The problem is that it's not up to the governor; it's on the municipal level.]
Residents of Minami Osumi-cho:
"It's difficult, but we can't just say no." [Why not?]
"I don't want it here, but someone has to do something for the people in Fukushima..."
A government source telling TBS/JNN:
"Minami Osumi-cho is the one and only, largest final disposal site candidate."
The latest from TBS (8/25/2012; link may not last) is that this final disposal site is modeled after the storage site for low-level rad waste from nuclear power plants in Rokkasho-mura in Aomori Prefecture. The municipalities around Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant are welcoming the prospect of the final disposal site outside Fukushima, according to TBS.
What the article doesn't say is that the rad waste in Rokkasho is probably far, far less contaminated than the waste from "decontamination" in Fukushima Prefecture.
The most logical place for the final disposal site for contaminated soil and debris from Fukushima is Fukushima, close to Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant, but since when the Japanese have been logical? You are not supposed to even suggest that it is a logical place.
Browsing through the tweets from Professor Yukio Hayakawa, he is being attacked for dare suggesting Fukushima Prefecture is contaminated.Instead, the talk, if TBS/JNN is correct, is to transport all the contamination by sea to a small town on the southern tip of Japan mainland 1,500 kilometers away.What the article doesn't say is that the rad waste in Rokkasho is probably far, far less contaminated than the waste from "decontamination" in Fukushima Prefecture.
The most logical place for the final disposal site for contaminated soil and debris from Fukushima is Fukushima, close to Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant, but since when the Japanese have been logical? You are not supposed to even suggest that it is a logical place.
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