Fukushima Pleads for HELP, More Nuclear Mistakes, WIPP update 4/25/14
Channel: MsMilkytheclown1
Date: 2014-04-26

NY Times Reporter: Untold story of Fukushima is the radiation issue, gov't doesn't want us talking about it; A lot going on that's never reported by media — Afraid of being imprisoned under Japan's new secrecy law; All officials have to do is say the info is secret (AUDIO)
http://enenews.com/n-y-times-reporter-untold-story-of-fukushima-is-the-radiation-issue-how-bad-is-it-really-govt-doesnt-want-us-talking-about-it-a-lot-going-on-that-just-doesnt-get-talked-about-i

Institute seeks nuclear fuel debris removal ideas
A Japanese government institute is asking engineers from Japan and abroad for their input on removing melted fuel from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.
The current plan is to fill the reactor containment vessels with water to shield workers from high levels of radiation as they retrieve the fuel.
During a seminar in Tokyo on Friday, officials from the International Research Institute for Nuclear Decommissioning, or IRID, told engineers that this method may not be feasible.
They said surveys of the containment vessels found that it may be difficult to locate and plug leaks.
The officials are urging the engineers to study new technology that can monitor fuel debris in a highly radioactive atmosphere, and can protect workers from radiation without the use of water. The government will begin accepting proposals in June.
IRID Executive Director Kazuhiro Suzuki says he hopes nuclear plant engineers will come up with innovative solutions to the problem.
A roadmap for decommissioning the plant projects that fuel removal will start in 2020, or later, at 3 reactors that suffered meltdowns in the 2011 disaster.

TEPCO: Mistake may have caused latest trouble
The operator of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant says human error may be responsible for the latest disruption to the water treatment system at the complex.
Tokyo Electric Power Company suspended one of 3 lines of the Advanced Liquid Processing System on Tuesday after workers found it was not reducing the concentration of calcium through the decontamination process.
The utility says the process relies on the chemical agent carbonate of soda to remove the calcium.
But it says a valve used to inject the agent was found to be shut, and that this was the cause of the problem.
The utility says it opened the valve and resumed the operation of the line on Wednesday.
The trouble arose not long after workers fixed another problem with the line that caused the water to be unusually cloudy in late March.
The company says it is possible the latest incident occurred because workers forgot to open the valve.
The treatment system is capable of removing almost all nuclear materials from radioactive water at the plant. TEPCO has been putting it through a test run since last year, and wants to launch full-fledged operation from April.

Magnitude: 4.5
Japan Fukushima Daiichi Npp 55.95 km
Japan Fukushima Daini Npp 49.43 km
Japan Tokai Mura Npp 20.67 km
Date-Time [UTC]: 24 April, 2014 at 23:43:24 UTC
Local Date/Time: Thursday, April 24, 2014 at 23:43 at night at epicenter
Country: Japan
Location: 14.90 km (9.26 miles) S of Takahagi, Ibaraki, Japan

Strange Events in Gov't WIPP Report: Emergency personnel needed for 'reddish-brown vapors' observed after 'unplanned, excessive exothermic reaction' — 'Filters had an orange tint' when changed hours after radiation release began
http://enenews.com/strange-events-govt-wipp-report-reddish-brown-vapors-observed-after-unplanned-exothermic-reaction-march-filters-orange-tint-when-changed-hours-after-radiation-release-began

PHOTO: Broken roof bolts directly above WIPP nuclear waste were reported the day before radiation event — Cracks seen in nearby wall — "Heaving of bottom" may have taken place below broken bolts (VIDEO)
http://enenews.com/photo-protruding-and-broken-roof-bolts-directly-above-wipp-nuclear-waste-reported-in-days-leading-up-to-radiation-event-cracks-seen-in-nearby-wall-heaving-of-bottom-may-have-taken-p

[Neurological effect?] Injury accidents increased from 2012 in Fukushima plant/ "Falling down, heatstroke" nearly 50%
http://fukushima-diary.com/2014/04/neurological-effect-injury-accidents-increased-from-2012-in-fukushima-plant-falling-down-heatstroke-nearly-50/

The Mayor of Yokohama off from public duties "unusually long" for the persistent illness
http://fukushima-diary.com/2014/04/the-mayor-of-yokohama-off-from-public-duties-unusually-long-for-the-persistent-illness/

Central, local governments have no takers for radioactive waste
http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201404250001

Hamaoka N-plant area evacuation would take full day
http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0001232615

"Too Mild a Nuclear Option"? National Security in the 1970s
http://blogs.fas.org/secrecy/2014/04/frus-too-mild/

a slight variaton of this update: Fukushima News 4/25/14: Tepco's Pleads For Help; Is Fuku Radiation A "State Secret"? http://youtu.be/VihFnI3qWAA