Fukushima Cooling Stopped, Typhoon Coming, Invisible EQ movement  update 10/7/13
Channel: MsMilkytheclown1
Date: 2013-10-08

TEPCO aims to eliminate human error (Power failure briefly halts cooling at Fukushima)
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Tanaka touched on the utility's application for safety screenings for the idled Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear plant in Niigata Prefecture.
He said regulators will carefully consider how to proceed with the screenings. He said the situation at Fukushima Daiichi has not been sufficiently stabilized to reassure the public about nuclear safety.
Tanaka added that the Authority is asking the utility for a report on safety management at Kashiwazaki-Kariwa by the end of the week.

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Motegi expressed caution about the concept of liquidating Tokyo Electric Power Company.
He said that if the utility goes bankrupt under current laws, administrators would use its assets to pay institutional investors before compensating Fukushima residents or paying subcontractors at Fukushima Daiichi.
He said that if this happens, efforts to deal with the massive amounts of contaminated wastewater would be delayed.
Motegi suggested that the government consider how to support the company by taking into account future energy policies and progress being made on compensation.
The panel was convened to discuss the massive wastewater problem at the plant while the Diet is not in session.
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Power failure briefly halts cooling at Fukushima

A partial power failure at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant on Monday briefly halted the injection of cooling water into one of the reactors. The plant operator believes human error to be the cause of the blackout.
Tokyo Electric Power Company says an alarm indicating falling voltage sounded at a power switchboard at the No.1 turbine building on Monday morning.
TEPCO says a pump that injects water to cool nuclear fuel inside the No.1 reactor had stopped. But a backup pump quickly kicked in. It says the reactor's temperature remained unchanged.
The operator says the blackout also halted systems that decontaminate radioactive gases in the No.1 and 2 containment vessels. But backup systems there also took over.
TEPCO believes the power failure occurred when a worker mistakenly pushed the switchboard's stop button during an inspection.
In March, a rat entered a makeshift outdoor power distribution board at the plant, causing a short circuit. Systems to cool a pool in which spent fuel rods are stored were down for as long as 29 hours.
Four months later, the No.6 reactor's cooling machinery was suspended for about 2 hours due to worker's mistake.
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Typhoon Danas approaching Kyushu, Thousands of people advised to evacuate
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Ground displacement in quakes often undetectable

A researcher has found that many powerful earthquakes caused by active faults in Japan have left little visual evidence of ground displacement. He warns that faults that could cause massive damage may be hidden anywhere underground.
Tohoku University Professor Shinji Toda examined 33 quakes with a magnitude of 6.5 or higher caused by seismically active faults over the last 90 years. He analyzed how the ground surface changed due to the movements of the faults.
He discovered that ground displacement was only observed in 6 quakes, or 18 percent of those examined. This includes the 7.3-magnitude tremor that hit Kobe and the surrounding area in 1995.
More than 80 percent of the earthquakes left little or no clear sign of changes on the ground. One of them is the 7.2-magnitude quake that struck inland areas in Iwate and Miyagi Prefectures in 2008.
Geoscientists normally use aerial images and ground investigations to identify active faults. But these methods can miss active faults that run deep underground.
Another technique that has gained attention recently uses a laser mounted on aircraft to conduct aerial probes. This method helps scientists uncover active faults even in areas hidden by trees and buildings. But this kind of mapping also has its limits.
Professor Toda says a new survey method is necessary because it's difficult to detect active faults from the surface.
He warns people to take precautions even if no active fault has been identified in the areas where they live.

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