Fukushima News 2/19/14: US to Support Fukushima Recovery; Additional Survey On Faults Takes 6 Months
Channel: missingsky102
Date: 2014-02-20

*Just In* AP: Plutonium detected in air away from troubled U.S. nuclear facility — 'Radiation event' appears to have occurred, leading to a release — "Levels are highest ever detected" around site
http://enenews.com/ap-plutonium-detected-in-air-away-from-troubled-u-s-nuclear-facility-levels-are-highest-ever-detected-around-site-appears-radiation-event-occurred-leading-to-a-release

Kennedy: US to support Fukushima recovery
The US Ambassador to Japan says technology from the United States will contribute to recovery efforts in Fukushima Prefecture.
Caroline Kennedy spoke on Wednesday at a forum organized by Japanese and US governments. Participants held two days of talks. They discussed possible cooperation on decommissioning at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant and decontamination work in the prefecture.
Kennedy said the event would give business people from both countries a chance to share their experiences, and to discuss how US technology can contribute to the recovery.
Representatives from 26 US companies with expertise in nuclear waste disposal took part. They explained what they can do to help advance the cleanup.
Members of Japanese firms operating in Fukushima also held meetings with their US counterparts.
An embassy official said the US government supports the entry of American firms in the decommissioning process in Fukushima, adding that they have extensive experience.

TEPCO: Additional survey on faults takes 6 months
Tokyo Electric Power Company says it will take up to 6 months to complete an additional survey of seismic faults at its nuclear plant in Niigata Prefecture.
TEPCO applied for safety screenings by the Nuclear Regulation Authority at its Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant as part of requirements to restart the number 6 and 7 reactors there.
But the NRA asked the utility to conduct an additional survey of 23 faults running beneath the nuclear complex.
During an on-site inspection on Monday, a team from the NRA assessed locations where TEPCO plans to dig for the survey.
Team leader Kunihiko Shimazaki said the utility's survey plan appears to be largely satisfactory.
TEPCO Managing Executive Officer Director Takafumi Anegawa says the additional survey will take 3 to 6 months.
In a new business plan released in December, TEPCO based its projected earnings and spending on the assumption that the 2 reactors at the plant will be back online in or after July.
Anegawa said the business plan is preliminary, and that the company will take assessments from the NRA screenings very seriously.

Record level of Cobalt-60 detected in groundwater at Fukushima — Hundreds of times above any measurement ever published for underground water (MAP)
http://enenews.com/record-level-cobalt-60-detected-groundwater-fukushima-hundreds-times-above-measurement-published-underground-water-plant-map

Study: Daily release from Fukushima of 100+ Quadrillion becquerels of cesium-137 early on in crisis "seems reasonable" — Chernobyl total release was ~70 Quadrillion Bq of cs-137
http://enenews.com/govt-supported-study-release-of-100-quadrillion-becquerels-or-more-per-day-of-cesium-137-at-start-of-fukushima-crisis-seems-reasonable-chernobyl-released-less-than-100-quadrillion-becquerels

Anonymous U.S. Gov't Nuclear Expert: Fukushima radiation levels were "astronomical... nothing containing release of radioactivity, it's an unmitigated, unshielded number" — Monitor detected 100,000 Sv/hr
http://enenews.com/anonymous-u-s-govt-nuclear-expert-fukushima-radiation-levels-were-astronomical-nothing-containing-release-of-radioactivity-its-an-unmitigated-unshielded-number-containment-monitor-de

TV: Bald eagles dying at rate "much higher than normal" and it's not from West Nile virus as previously claimed — Now around 60 dead in Utah since December — "We feel helpless, we don't have a lot of answers" (VIDEO)
http://enenews.com/much-higher-than-normal-number-of-bald-eagle-deaths-being-reported-not-west-nile-virus-we-feel-helpless-we-dont-have-a-lot-of-answers-around-60-deaths-since-december-video

Why the Obama Administration Will Not Admit that Fukushima Radiation is Poisoning Americans
http://insomniadiary.wordpress.com/2014/02/17/why-the-obama-administration-will-not-admit-that-fukushima-radiation-is-poisoning-americans/

Tepco possibly mis-monitored workers' exposure dose too
http://fukushima-diary.com/2014/02/tepco-possibly-mis-monitored-workers-exposure-dose-too/

One of the last 2 thermometers in reactor2 RPV was broken / Tepco possibly destroyed it during the test
http://fukushima-diary.com/2014/02/one-of-the-last-2-thermometers-in-reactor2-rpv-was-broken-tepco-possibly-destroyed-it-during-the-test/

Why doesn't Tepco analyze fishery products for Strontium-90 ? → Tepco "Because it's how it's supposed to be"
http://fukushima-diary.com/2014/02/why-doesnt-tepco-analyze-fishery-products-for-strontium-90-%E2%86%92-tepco-because-its-how-its-supposed-to-be/