Fukushima News 2/5/14: Top Radiation Expert: 'Extremely Dangerous' Situation in Japan
Channel: missingsky102
Date: 06/02/2014

Fukushima governor proposes new waste storage plan
The governor of Japan's Fukushima Prefecture says he will propose that storage facilities for highly radioactive waste be built in 2 of its municipalities, not 3 as requested by the central government.
Yuhei Sato was speaking on Wednesday about a storage plan that the government in Tokyo announced in December.
The plan calls on the prefecture and the 3 municipalities to allow building of intermediate storage facilities in Okuma, Futaba and Naraha towns. It says the government will buy 19 square kilometers of land in the towns for construction sites.
Sato said he told officials of the 3 towns about his idea of asking the government to drop Naraha from the plan.
He noted that putting the facilities in the 2 other towns would help in rebuilding areas around the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

Radiation study planned for Fukushima workers
Japan's government will conduct an in-depth study of workers at the Fukushima Daiichi plant to find out how they were affected by radiation from the 2011 nuclear accident.
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare will soon set up a panel of radiologists and other experts to determine specifically what and whom to study.
The ministry has already conducted medical checks of about 19,000 workers who entered the plant in the immediate aftermath. It recorded the results in a database. Some 30,000 workers have been engaged in decommissioning the damaged reactors.
The database does not include radiation exposure levels before the accident or details of lifestyle habits that could cause cancer, such as smoking.
This would make it difficult to separate the impact of exposure from the accident from other factors if workers develop cancer or cataracts.
The panel is expected to present a report to the ministry around May. Ministry officials say they hope to start a study based on the report some time during fiscal 2015, which starts in April next year.

Top Radiation Expert: 'Extremely dangerous' situation in Japan — 14,000 km² of land contaminated by Fukushima — Mayor: Country will be dealing with this for generations to come — Officials thought hot spots would diminish with distance from plant... Why didn't they?
http://enenews.com/top-radiation-expert-extremely-dangerous-situation-japan-14000-km-land-contaminated-fukushima-thousands-km-away-be-safe-officials-thought-hot-spots-diminish-distance-plant-didnt

California Kayakers report 'radioactive residue from Fukushima' — Universities testing ocean: Higher levels "should happen soon" — Every person interviewed in newspaper article is concerned about radiation
http://enenews.com/kayakers-reporting-radioactive-residue-from-fukushima-in-california-universities-testing-ocean-higher-levels-should-happen-soon-every-person-interviewed-in-newspaper-article-is-concerne

U. of California Dean: We detected "far more than I expected" of Fukushima radioactive sulfur after 3/11 — "Unprecedented increase" reported by chemists — Statement to Media: "I don't think we'll see anything"
http://enenews.com/university-dean-we-detected-far-more-than-i-expected-of-fukushima-radioactive-sulfur-in-san-diego-after-311-unprecedented-increase-reported-by-chemists-statement-to-media-i-d

Senator: Gov't warning that "violent extremists" obtained insider positions at utilities — Nuclear plants at risk of takeover — "I'm completely flummoxed" by NRC's inaction on this... "You've got to be kidding" (VIDEO)
http://enenews.com/senator-govt-warning-that-violent-extremists-had-obtained-insider-positions-in-utilities-nuclear-plants-at-risk-of-takeover-video

Tepco not to announce the total exposure dose of workers for reactor4 pool fuel removing
http://fukushima-diary.com/2014/02/tepco-not-to-announce-the-total-exposure-dose-of-workers-for-reactor4-pool-fuel-removing/

Tepco had been wrongly analyzing Strontium-90 since 2003
http://fukushima-diary.com/2014/02/tepco-had-been-wrongly-analyzing-strontium-90-since-2003/

Fukushima Pledges To Go 100 Percent Renewable While Japan Grapples With Nuclear Future
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/02/05/3247591/fukushima-pledges-100-percent-renewable/

Will Fukushima's Leaking Radiation Contaminate Tokyo's Water Supply?
http://thenewsdoctors.com/will-fukushimas-leaking-radiation-contaminate-tokyos-water-supply/

California Researchers To Begin Testing Kelp For Fukushima Radioactivity
http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1113063861/kelp-along-the-west-coast-to-be-tested-for-fukushima-radiation-020514/

Fire sparks evacuation at US nuclear waste plant
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5j7xkk-0QHhIjjZeV5n5iG3oh7Wtw?docId=a22a4f72-8362-4321-8652-6d5f35b69408