Re: Japan - Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Crisis - Units 1 - 6 Reports, News, Graphics - August 6 +
crows
http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/nu/f1-np/camera/index-e.html
14:15
JNN live cam http://youtu.be/8Cpx6f0e0OM
SDFs 13:26
dog 13:37
heavy vehicles 17:03
Tomioka live cam http://www.nttfukushima.com/live/tomioka/Default.html
Handouts at press conference http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/nu/fukushi...11029_01-e.pdf
Circumstances of the accidentwhen dismantling a large-size crane
[Reference]Circumstances of the accidentwhen dismantling a large-size crane
http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/nu/fukushi...11029_02-e.pdf
http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/news/11031.../111029_17.jpg
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NHK world
Fukushima reactor building gets new covering
One of the crippled reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear power plant finally has a cover in place that will help lower radioactive emissions.
Saturday, October 29, 2011 05:46 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/29_03.html
Russia welcomes US-N.Korea dialogue
Saturday, October 29, 2011 11:23 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/29_16.html
Another radioactive spot not related to Fukushima
Alarm has been voiced by residents of Setagaya Ward in Tokyo who live near highly radioactive spots that are not related to the nuclear disaster in Fukushima.
Saturday, October 29, 2011 14:39 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/29_23.html
<iframe width="180" height="180" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" src="http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=h&vpsrc=6&ll=35.659733,139. 621521&spn=0.000785,0.000966&z=18&outp ut=embed"></iframe><br /><small><a href="http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=h&vpsrc=6&ll=35.659733,139. 621521&spn=0.000785,0.000966&z=18&sour ce=embed" style="color:#0000FF;text-align:left">supermarket "powerlarks"</a></small> Hachimanyama Setagaya ward, Tokyo
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Yomiuri online
Stopgap measures for TEPCO / Utility's liabilities may exceed assets without government's help
Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s application Friday for more than 1 trillion yen in government funds was meant to help the utility swiftly compensate people for damage caused by the crisis at its Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant.
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/business/T111028005943.htm
Govt to cap radiation limit / Report recommends lifetime exposure of no more than 100mSv
A report by the Cabinet Office's Food Safety Commission has recommended a person's cumulative lifetime radiation exposure from food should be limited to about 100 millisieverts.
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T111028005524.htm
TEPCO seeks 1 tril. yen for N-compensation
Tokyo Electric Power Co. filed an application Friday with a government-backed body for about 1 trillion yen in funds to finance compensation payments in connection with the nuclear crisis at the utility's Fukushima No. 1 power plant.
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T111028006048.htm
Stress test shows Oi reactor tough enough
The idled No. 3 reactor at the Oi nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture can withstand earthquakes and tsunami more powerful than originally assumed, according to the stress tests results submitted to the nuclear regulatory agency Friday by the plant's operator.
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T111028006177.htm
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AJW
Japan, India to cooperate on nuclear technology, rare earths
Foreign Minister Koichiro Genba and visiting Indian External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna agreed on Oct. 29 to push forward negotiations for a nuclear energy treaty between the two nations.
http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_...J2011102916093
Businessman from radiation-polluted village gets company listed
Kikuchi Seisakusho Co.'s main factory lies in Iitate, a village near the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant where the government has advised people to evacuate. With workers commuting from their temporary homes outside the village every day, the company once considered relocating the factory.
http://ajw.asahi.com/article/economy...J2011102916103
New pink flower strain blooms in gloomy Fukushima
YAMATSURI, Fukushima Prefecture--Amid the troubled and struggling Fukushima Prefecture--home to the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant--a beautiful new flower strain has bloomed this fall, symbolizing hope.
http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311dis...J2011102916030
Study: Japan nuke radiation higher than estimated
The Fukushima nuclear disaster released twice as much of a radioactive substance into the atmosphere as Japanese authorities estimated, reaching 40 percent of the total from Chernobyl, a preliminary report says.
http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311dis...J2011102916091
TEPCO submits business plan, requests 890 billion yen
Tokyo Electric Power Co. plans to raise nearly 590 billion yen ($7.66 billion) on its own to gain 890 billion yen in government financial assistance to pay compensation for the Fukushima nuclear accident.
http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311dis...J2011102916094
Kansai Electric submits reactor stress test report to NISA
The Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency (NISA) will start appraising the results of the first stress test conducted by a nuclear power plant under new government guidelines for a resumption of reactor operations.
http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311dis...J2011102916082
Fukushima decommissioning will take at least three decades
A draft road map outlining the more than 30-year process of decommissioning and dismantling the crippled reactors at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant was published by the Japan Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) on Oct. 28.
http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311dis...J2011102916071
Officials: Setagaya radiation spike unrelated to Fukushima
Government tests confirmed a radiation hot spot near a supermarket in Tokyo's Setagaya Ward on Oct. 28, but officials insisted it was likely unrelated to leaks from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant.
Sandbags were placed at a radiation hot spot and part of the sidewalk was closed in Setagaya Ward on Oct. 28. The photo was taken 10:30 p.m., Oct. 28. (Mari Endo)
Passers-by measure radiation at a hot spot in Setagaya Ward on Oct. 29 (Mari Endo)
http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_...J2011102916098
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Mainichi jp(Kyodo, AP)
Gov't should thoroughly explain health risks from internal radiation exposure through food
The Japanese government is required to thoroughly explain health risks from overall radiation exposure to the public and ensure that food products are measured for radiation now that the Food Safety Commission (FSC) has shown its safety standards on internal radiation exposure through foods.
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/perspectives/...na007000c.html
No. 3 reactor at Oi plant can withstand tsunami of up to 11.4 meters
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Kansai Electric Power Co. on Friday presented the government with results of "stress tests" on the suspended No. 3 reactor at its Oi nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture, becoming the first utility to report results after such tests were ordered by the government in the wake of the Fukushima Daiichi plant disaster.
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/natio...dm010000c.html
Outer covering complete at Fukushima Daiichi plant's No. 1 reactor
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Friday that it has finished installing a covering over the No. 1 reactor at its crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture.
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/natio...dm011000c.html
TEPCO seeks 900 bil. yen in assistance to pay nuclear crisis damages
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo Electric Power Co., the operator of the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, on Friday sought 900 billion yen ($11.85 billion) in financial assistance from the government to pay compensation to people and companies affected by the nuclear disaster, company and government officials said.
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/natio...dm014000c.html
Decommissioning Fukushima reactors to take over 30 yrs: gov't panel
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Removing the melted nuclear fuel from the crippled reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant should start within 10 years after the plant's cold shutdown, and decommissioning is likely to take 30 years or more, a government panel projected in a draft report released Friday.
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/natio...dm015000c.html
Cesium-137 flow into sea 30 times greater than stated by TEPCO: report
PARIS (Kyodo) -- The amount of radioactive cesium-137 that flowed into the Pacific after the start of Japan's nuclear crisis was probably nearly 30 times the amount stated by Tokyo Electric Power Co. in May, according to a recent report by a French research institute.
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/natio...dm016000c.html
Tohoku Electric falls into the red in April-Sept. half on oil cost
SENDAI (Kyodo) -- Tohoku Electric Power Co. on Friday posted a net loss of 108.29 billion yen for the April-September half, on widening losses from the March earthquake and ballooning outlays for oil to fuel its thermal power plants due to the idling of its nuclear plants.
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/natio...bu042000c.html
Local gov'ts inspect Onagawa nuclear plant in Miyagi
ONAGAWA, Miyagi -- Local governments have inspected the Onagawa Nuclear Power Plant, where operations at all three reactors have been suspended for regular maintenance work, in accordance with a safety agreement with its operator.
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/natio...na016000c.html
High levels of radiation detected in Tokyo's Setagaya, link to Fukushima unlikely
The science ministry said it had detected 170 microsieverts per hour of radiation on the surface of a sidewalk near a supermarket in Tokyo's Setagaya Ward in the early hours of Oct. 29, but it said there was little possibility of the radiation coming from the crippled Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant.
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/natio...na021000c.html
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Jiji press
(Update) High Levels of Radiation Detected in Central Tokyo
Tokyo, Oct. 29 (Jiji Press)--Radiation levels of up to 170 microsieverts per hour have been detected at a supermarket site in central Tokyo, the science and technology ministry said Saturday.
http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011102900171
Location for Temp Radioactive Waste Storage to Be Fixed in FY 2012
Tokyo, Oct. 29 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese government said Saturday it plans to decide by the end of fiscal 2012 on where in Fukushima Prefecture to construct temporary storage facilities for radioactive waste.
http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011102900298
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ANN
AM 10:35, 40s worker was taken to Fukushima Medical University hospital in a doctor heli
conditions: chin, rib and both legs fractures, not life-threatening
crows
http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/nu/f1-np/camera/index-e.html
14:15
JNN live cam http://youtu.be/8Cpx6f0e0OM
SDFs 13:26
dog 13:37
heavy vehicles 17:03
Tomioka live cam http://www.nttfukushima.com/live/tomioka/Default.html
Handouts at press conference http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/nu/fukushi...11029_01-e.pdf
Circumstances of the accidentwhen dismantling a large-size crane
[Reference]Circumstances of the accidentwhen dismantling a large-size crane
http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/nu/fukushi...11029_02-e.pdf
http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/news/11031.../111029_17.jpg
____________________________________________
NHK world
Fukushima reactor building gets new covering
One of the crippled reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear power plant finally has a cover in place that will help lower radioactive emissions.
Saturday, October 29, 2011 05:46 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/29_03.html
Russia welcomes US-N.Korea dialogue
Saturday, October 29, 2011 11:23 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/29_16.html
Another radioactive spot not related to Fukushima
Alarm has been voiced by residents of Setagaya Ward in Tokyo who live near highly radioactive spots that are not related to the nuclear disaster in Fukushima.
Saturday, October 29, 2011 14:39 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/29_23.html
<iframe width="180" height="180" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" src="http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=h&vpsrc=6&ll=35.659733,139. 621521&spn=0.000785,0.000966&z=18&outp ut=embed"></iframe><br /><small><a href="http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=h&vpsrc=6&ll=35.659733,139. 621521&spn=0.000785,0.000966&z=18&sour ce=embed" style="color:#0000FF;text-align:left">supermarket "powerlarks"</a></small> Hachimanyama Setagaya ward, Tokyo
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Yomiuri online
Stopgap measures for TEPCO / Utility's liabilities may exceed assets without government's help
Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s application Friday for more than 1 trillion yen in government funds was meant to help the utility swiftly compensate people for damage caused by the crisis at its Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant.
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/business/T111028005943.htm
Govt to cap radiation limit / Report recommends lifetime exposure of no more than 100mSv
A report by the Cabinet Office's Food Safety Commission has recommended a person's cumulative lifetime radiation exposure from food should be limited to about 100 millisieverts.
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T111028005524.htm
TEPCO seeks 1 tril. yen for N-compensation
Tokyo Electric Power Co. filed an application Friday with a government-backed body for about 1 trillion yen in funds to finance compensation payments in connection with the nuclear crisis at the utility's Fukushima No. 1 power plant.
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T111028006048.htm
Stress test shows Oi reactor tough enough
The idled No. 3 reactor at the Oi nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture can withstand earthquakes and tsunami more powerful than originally assumed, according to the stress tests results submitted to the nuclear regulatory agency Friday by the plant's operator.
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T111028006177.htm
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AJW
Japan, India to cooperate on nuclear technology, rare earths
Foreign Minister Koichiro Genba and visiting Indian External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna agreed on Oct. 29 to push forward negotiations for a nuclear energy treaty between the two nations.
http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_...J2011102916093
Businessman from radiation-polluted village gets company listed
Kikuchi Seisakusho Co.'s main factory lies in Iitate, a village near the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant where the government has advised people to evacuate. With workers commuting from their temporary homes outside the village every day, the company once considered relocating the factory.
http://ajw.asahi.com/article/economy...J2011102916103
New pink flower strain blooms in gloomy Fukushima
YAMATSURI, Fukushima Prefecture--Amid the troubled and struggling Fukushima Prefecture--home to the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant--a beautiful new flower strain has bloomed this fall, symbolizing hope.
http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311dis...J2011102916030
Study: Japan nuke radiation higher than estimated
The Fukushima nuclear disaster released twice as much of a radioactive substance into the atmosphere as Japanese authorities estimated, reaching 40 percent of the total from Chernobyl, a preliminary report says.
http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311dis...J2011102916091
TEPCO submits business plan, requests 890 billion yen
Tokyo Electric Power Co. plans to raise nearly 590 billion yen ($7.66 billion) on its own to gain 890 billion yen in government financial assistance to pay compensation for the Fukushima nuclear accident.
http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311dis...J2011102916094
Kansai Electric submits reactor stress test report to NISA
The Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency (NISA) will start appraising the results of the first stress test conducted by a nuclear power plant under new government guidelines for a resumption of reactor operations.
http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311dis...J2011102916082
Fukushima decommissioning will take at least three decades
A draft road map outlining the more than 30-year process of decommissioning and dismantling the crippled reactors at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant was published by the Japan Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) on Oct. 28.
http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311dis...J2011102916071
Officials: Setagaya radiation spike unrelated to Fukushima
Government tests confirmed a radiation hot spot near a supermarket in Tokyo's Setagaya Ward on Oct. 28, but officials insisted it was likely unrelated to leaks from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant.
Sandbags were placed at a radiation hot spot and part of the sidewalk was closed in Setagaya Ward on Oct. 28. The photo was taken 10:30 p.m., Oct. 28. (Mari Endo)
Passers-by measure radiation at a hot spot in Setagaya Ward on Oct. 29 (Mari Endo)
http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_...J2011102916098
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Mainichi jp(Kyodo, AP)
Gov't should thoroughly explain health risks from internal radiation exposure through food
The Japanese government is required to thoroughly explain health risks from overall radiation exposure to the public and ensure that food products are measured for radiation now that the Food Safety Commission (FSC) has shown its safety standards on internal radiation exposure through foods.
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/perspectives/...na007000c.html
No. 3 reactor at Oi plant can withstand tsunami of up to 11.4 meters
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Kansai Electric Power Co. on Friday presented the government with results of "stress tests" on the suspended No. 3 reactor at its Oi nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture, becoming the first utility to report results after such tests were ordered by the government in the wake of the Fukushima Daiichi plant disaster.
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/natio...dm010000c.html
Outer covering complete at Fukushima Daiichi plant's No. 1 reactor
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Friday that it has finished installing a covering over the No. 1 reactor at its crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture.
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/natio...dm011000c.html
TEPCO seeks 900 bil. yen in assistance to pay nuclear crisis damages
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo Electric Power Co., the operator of the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, on Friday sought 900 billion yen ($11.85 billion) in financial assistance from the government to pay compensation to people and companies affected by the nuclear disaster, company and government officials said.
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/natio...dm014000c.html
Decommissioning Fukushima reactors to take over 30 yrs: gov't panel
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Removing the melted nuclear fuel from the crippled reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant should start within 10 years after the plant's cold shutdown, and decommissioning is likely to take 30 years or more, a government panel projected in a draft report released Friday.
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/natio...dm015000c.html
Cesium-137 flow into sea 30 times greater than stated by TEPCO: report
PARIS (Kyodo) -- The amount of radioactive cesium-137 that flowed into the Pacific after the start of Japan's nuclear crisis was probably nearly 30 times the amount stated by Tokyo Electric Power Co. in May, according to a recent report by a French research institute.
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/natio...dm016000c.html
Tohoku Electric falls into the red in April-Sept. half on oil cost
SENDAI (Kyodo) -- Tohoku Electric Power Co. on Friday posted a net loss of 108.29 billion yen for the April-September half, on widening losses from the March earthquake and ballooning outlays for oil to fuel its thermal power plants due to the idling of its nuclear plants.
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/natio...bu042000c.html
Local gov'ts inspect Onagawa nuclear plant in Miyagi
ONAGAWA, Miyagi -- Local governments have inspected the Onagawa Nuclear Power Plant, where operations at all three reactors have been suspended for regular maintenance work, in accordance with a safety agreement with its operator.
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/natio...na016000c.html
High levels of radiation detected in Tokyo's Setagaya, link to Fukushima unlikely
The science ministry said it had detected 170 microsieverts per hour of radiation on the surface of a sidewalk near a supermarket in Tokyo's Setagaya Ward in the early hours of Oct. 29, but it said there was little possibility of the radiation coming from the crippled Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant.
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/natio...na021000c.html
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Jiji press
(Update) High Levels of Radiation Detected in Central Tokyo
Tokyo, Oct. 29 (Jiji Press)--Radiation levels of up to 170 microsieverts per hour have been detected at a supermarket site in central Tokyo, the science and technology ministry said Saturday.
http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011102900171
Location for Temp Radioactive Waste Storage to Be Fixed in FY 2012
Tokyo, Oct. 29 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese government said Saturday it plans to decide by the end of fiscal 2012 on where in Fukushima Prefecture to construct temporary storage facilities for radioactive waste.
http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011102900298
_____________________________________________
ANN
AM 10:35, 40s worker was taken to Fukushima Medical University hospital in a doctor heli
conditions: chin, rib and both legs fractures, not life-threatening
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