Fukushima Ice Wall Plan Melting & more update 6/16/14
Channel: MsMilkytheclown1
Date: 2014-06-17

Fukushima News 6/16/14:Tepco's Ice Wall Plans Melting; Radioactive Waste-Conning Fukushima Residents http://youtu.be/fQUI0LL3xbo 

TEPCO finds water in tunnels not yet frozen
Workers at the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant say their effort to freeze radioactive water in underground tunnels hasn't gone as planned.
In April, they began pouring chemical solutions into tunnels at the No.2 reactor. They hoped to freeze the water to stop it flowing out to the sea.
But tests show the water remains above freezing temperature.
Operator Tokyo Electric Power Company believes objects in the tunnels are preventing the coolant from spreading evenly. They also said running wastewater is slowing the process.
They say they are planning to find ways to control the water currents and add pipes to pour in more coolant.
They say they may not be able to complete the frozen barrier by the end of the month, and dry up the tunnel next month, as scheduled.
They are trying the same process in a tunnel around the No.3 reactor. About 11,000 tons of wastewater is believed to be in tunnels at the two reactors.
TEPCO hopes to remove wastewater from tunnels around all reactors in fiscal 2014.
The utility also has to deal with groundwater flowing into the plant from nearby hillsides and mixing with contaminated materials. Workers have been creating a 1.5-kilometer underground wall of frozen soil surrounding all four damaged reactors.
Jun. 16, 2014 
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Residents briefed on waste site
The Japanese government has completed a series of briefings for people from 2 towns in Fukushima Prefecture on a plan for storage facilities of radioactive soil and waste.
It has conducted 16 briefing sessions for former residents and owners of land plots to be used for the proposed intermediate storage sites in Futaba and Okuma towns near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Plant.
The government plans to purchase 16 square kilometers of land in the area.
Many residents expressed concern that the site for the final disposal has not been chosen although the waste is to be removed from Fukushima Prefecture within 30 years after storage begins.
Some residents asked the government to inform them of how much it is willing to pay for the land.
The government plans to build storage facilities and start bringing in contaminated soil and waste in January.
It must come up with a plan that prefectural and municipal governments and residents can accept.
Jun. 15, 2014
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WTF?!  WHAT THE HELL?  WHAT THE FUCK?
$ 80 mil. given to Fukushima for reconstruction
Japan's government is granting about 80 million dollars to Fukushima Prefecture and its 16 municipalities. The funds will assist local rebuilding projects since the 2011 nuclear accident at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant.
The Reconstruction Agency announced on Tuesday that the financial aid includes designing public rental housing for returning residents who had to evacuate. Funds have also been allocated for the resumption of farming and industrial activities.
The money is part of about 1.6 billion dollars earmarked by the central government to help local governments jump start projects in areas where evacuation orders have been being lifted.
Reconstruction Minister Takumi Nemoto says the grants will help speed up rebuilding efforts in areas that experienced delays because of evacuation orders.
Nemoto said the government will continue providing needed aid for the prefecture's reconstruction.
Jun. 17, 2014
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Ishihara: Money ultimate decider for storage plan
Japan's Environment Minister has been trying to clarify comments he made about building intermediate storage facilities for radioactive soil and waste in Fukushima towns.
Nobuteru Ishihara appeared to say that money can solve any problems.
Ishihara held meetings with residents of the towns of Futaba and Okuma. They expressed concern about government plans to situate the facilities there, and asked for clarification about how much the government plans to compensate them for their land and buildings.
Ishihara and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga discussed the meeting at the Prime Minister's office in Tokyo.
Nobuteru Ishihara later told reporters that money will ultimately decide what happens.
But he later said he hadn't meant to imply that it could solve everything. He said the government cannot propose an exact figure until residents accept the plan, but they will discuss the value.
The government hopes to begin sending contaminated soil and debris to the facilities from next January. But the plan needs approval from the host towns and Fukushima Prefecture.
Jun. 16, 2014
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Ishihara: Money comment was "misunderstood"
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Fukushima governor irked over remark
Fukushima Governor Yuhei Sato has expressed displeasure over the environment minister's remarks.
Sato told reporters on Tuesday that the comments were made at a time when local people still haven't agreed to host the facilities.

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