Dumping Radioactive Waste, New Active Fault off Seabed Japan Fukushima Update 1/5/13
Channel: MsMilkytheclown1
Date: 2013-01-05

Illegal dumping of contaminated soil suspected
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20130105_04.html

The Japanese government will investigate suspected illegal disposal of radioactively contaminated soil by some contractors in Fukushima Prefecture.

The government commissioned contractors in July of last year to decontaminate housing and other areas of 11 municipalities in the northeastern prefecture.

The Environment Ministry obtained information about some of the contractors working in Tamura City, Naraha Town and Iitate Village.

They are suspected of illegally dumping contaminated soil and vegetation into rivers and not collecting the water used in decontamination.

The ministry's guidelines stipulate that tainted soil should be sealed and stored in places of decontamination work or at initial storage sites. They also require contractors to collect the water used in decontamination.

Violators will be imprisoned for up to 5 years or fined up to 10 million yen, or around 115,000 dollars.

The ministry will question the contractors as early as Monday and look into whether similar violations are suspected in other areas.
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New fault found on seabed near Kanto region
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20130105_15.html

Japanese researchers have discovered a new fault on the seabed off Japan's east coast. They say the fault may have formed fairly recently during an earthquake that hit the Kanto region that includes Tokyo.

A group led by Professor Emeritus Takashi Nakata of Hiroshima University located the fault in November, 20 kilometers off Miura Peninsula in Kanagawa Prefecture. They used sonar to survey the shape of the seabed 1,200-meters deep.

The fault consists of a 5 to 8-meter cliff. The sonar identified bulges on the cliff that are believed to have been shaped by the movement of the seabed.

The fault is situated along a trough where an oceanic plate is sliding below a continental plate. The trough is believed to have been the cause of massive earthquakes in the region.

The researchers say the fault could have been formed as recently as 1923 when the Great Kanto Earthquake killed tens of thousands of people.

Professor Emeritus Nakata says the discovery will help in the study of massive earthquakes in the region.

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No solution to tainted water at Fukushima plant
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20130105_05.html

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Bluefin tuna sold for record $1.8 mil. in Tokyo (Fish Caught Just North of Fukushima Daiichi!!)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20130105_11.html

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Japan moves to secure domestic energy resources
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20130105_14.html

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Magnitude 7.5 quake hits Alaska
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20130105_19.html

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Iran nuclear talks being arranged for January
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20130105_12.html