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Fukushima: radiation levels almost 170 times that of Hiroshima atomic bomb

singular — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 11:24:28 +0000

The amount of radioactive caesium that has leaked from the Fukushima nuclear power plant is roughly 168 times that released by the atomic bomb the United States dropped on Hiroshima in 1945.

The Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency said the plant has released 15,000 tera-becquerels of caesium-137, which lingers for decades and could cause cancer.

Just days earlier it was reported that – 5 months after the accident -
TEPCO said it detected the highest radiation levels to date, recording 10,000 millisievert an hour– the maximum level their devices can even measure.

In comparison, 450 millisievert is the increase in lifetime dose to the most heavily exposed people living near Chernobyl. Many of these people or their children developed cancer and other diseases.

The radiation measured at the Fukishima plant is more than 20 times higher an hour, compared to the Chernobyl lifetime dose.

1,7 millisivert a year is the maximum allowed radiation level for civilians.

source: http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/news/content/view/full/108783

Virginia earthquake almost hits limit for nuclear plant (5.9 Richter)

singular — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 16:30:35 +0000

Virginia nuclear plant; earthquake related problems

On August 23, 2011 Virginia was hit by a 5.9 earthquake. The epicenter was just 16km (10 mile) from the nuclear plant.

According to a representative of Dominion Power, the Virginia nuclear plant was built to only withstand a 5.9-6.1 earthquake (Richter scale).

The quake caused loss of offsite power to the plant. Diesel generators were used to keep the cooling system running.

However, one of the four diesel generators stopped working after startup, David McIntyre, a spokesman for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, said.

According the Nuclear Regulatory Commision the chances of serious earthquake-related issues for the Virginia plant are calculated to be no more than 1 in 22,727.

During the 1990s the earthquake detectors for this plant were removed because of budget cuts.

The North Anna plant, is reportedly located on a fault line.

Recently several incidents related to nuclear plants were reported throughout the USA.

The loss of offsite power and failure of generators caused the ongoing nuclear disaster in Fukushima (Japan).

Sources: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/08/23/virginia-nuclear-plant-had-quake-sensors-removed-due-to-budget-cuts/

http://pogoblog.typepad.com/pogo/2011/08/north-anna-nuclear-reactors-designed-to-withstand-59-61-magnitude-earthquake.html

CNN reports: International Atomic Energy Association and TEPCO lied about Fukushima

singular — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 13:42:46 +0000

Both TEPCO and the IAEA were lying about the Fukushima nuclear disaster, well-known physicist Michio Kaku told in an CNN interview.

KAKU: [...] We knew it was much more severe than they were saying, because radiation was coming out left and right. So in other words, they lied to us. [...]
[...] Realize Chernobyl was one core’s worth radiation causing a $200 billion accident and it is still on- going. Here we have 20 cores worth of radiation. Three totally melted, one damaged and the [rest in] spent fuel pumps, 20 cores worth of highly radioactive materials. [...]

Michio Kaku is an American physicist, the Henry Semat Professor of Theoretical Physics in the City College of New York of City University of New York, and co-founder of string field theory.

link: http://enenews.com/they-lied-to-us-radiation-release-comparable-to-chernobyl-total-core-meltdown-in-all-3-reactors-worst-industrial-catastrophe-in-world-history-cnn-video

35% Spike in infant mortality for US northwest cities since fukushima meltdown

singular — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 09:26:47 +0000

The recent CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report indicates that eight cities in the northwest U.S. (Boise ID, Seattle WA, Portland OR, plus the northern California cities of Santa Cruz, Sacramento, San Francisco, San Jose, and Berkeley) reported a 35% higher amount of deaths among those younger than one year of age during the first 10 weeks after the Fukushima meltdown.

http://www.counterpunch.org/sherman06102011.html

The Discovery Channel’s Nuclear Nightmare Japan in Crisis

Mr X — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 11:07:13 +0000

This is the ‘official’ account of the Nuclear Disaster in Japan

uploaded by: http://www.youtube.com/user/Mr2tuff

Fukushima I Nuke Plant: Live Camera Shows Huge Smoke/Steam Enveloping the Reactor Buildings

Mr X — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 10:21:35 +0000

Steady streams of smoke/steam out of the Reactors 3 and 4 suddenly started to engulf the entire reactor complex at Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant. It is the TEPCO’s live camera footage after 12AM JST on June 14. Watch after 2:00. (h/t whomeco)

Something bad is happening there that we aren’t told of.