Fukushima Incredible Update! MORE Active Faults, Residents Return Home WTF 12/14/12
Channel: MsMilkytheclown
Date: 2016-08-18

Just when you think things can't be more screwed up than they already ARE... Here we are! This is the THIRD (OUT OF THREE) nuclear power plant that HAS SUSPECTED ACTIVE FAULTS UNDER IT! THE POWER COMPANY BICKERS THAT THE 'ACTIVE FAULTS' DO NOT RUN DIRECTLY UNDER THE PLANT, SO IT'S OKAY. SERIOUSLY??? WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH THESE PEOPLE?

Then, Foreign "experts" tell the Japanese they suck at safety (for lack of a better term).

And Finally, "experts" now say their "decontamination efforts are working" and allowing residents to move in "previously hot spot areas!". WTF! SERIOUSLY, WTF!!!
THIS DECISION MADE THE DAY THEY PUBLISH THAT RADIATION READINGS HAVE GONE UP, YES UP, CONSISTENTLY FOR THE LAST 5, YES FIVE MONTHS! IT'S A DEATH WISH.
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Team: Fault at nuclear plant may be active

Japan's nuclear regulator says that a nuclear power plant in northern Japan may be sitting on active faults.
Nuclear Regulation Authority official Kunihiko Shimazaki and 4 experts concluded their 2-day inspection at the Higashidori plant in Aomori Prefecture on Friday.
They scraped and washed the ground surface to see how far 2 faults in the compound extend.
Plant operator Tohoku Electric Power Company has argued that the shift in the strata was formed after soil in the ground absorbed water, and that it was not the result of seismic activity.
The experts say they cannot deny the possibility that the 2 faults are active, and that they can reach a conclusion without additional surveys.
Shimazaki says everyone on the team shares the same view and that they will discuss the matter next Thursday.
The experts also call for inspections on faults in and off Shimokita Peninsula, where the Higashidori plant and other nuclear facilities are located.
Tohoku Electric says the faults are not located directly beneath the reactor or other key facilities at Higashidori.
But if the nuclear regulator determines that the faults are active, the operator will have to review its earthquake-resistance measures and possibly close the plant.
The plant has been offline for regular safety checks.


Foreign experts advise Japan on nuclear safety

US and European experts on Friday offered advice to Japan's nuclear regulator about enhancing nuclear safety in the wake of last year's Fukushima accident.
Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority met for the first time with 3 foreign experts in the field.
Richard Meserve, a former chairman of the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission, said that staff members must have technical expertise if they are to effectively enforce regulations. He said it is necessary to continuously assess their levels of expertise, and hire foreign staff if necessary.
Andre-Claude Lacoste, a former head of France's nuclear safety authority, pointed out that nuclear plant operators in Japan only implemented the safety measures that were legally required.
He said it is very dangerous for plant operators to think that all they need to do is follow state regulations. He said it is important to establish a system under which plant operators are encouraged to voluntarily enhance safety.
Chairman of the Nuclear Regulation Authority, Shunichi Tanaka, said he is not satisfied with the safety awareness level of plant operators in Japan. He said he wants to promote Japan's own safety measures by listening to the advice of foreign experts.


Govt. lifts some "hot spot" evacuation advisories

Japan's government has partially lifted its evacuation advisories for so-called hot spots with high radiation levels in Fukushima Prefecture.
The decision on Friday covers 128 households in Date City, about 50 kilometers from the disabled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, and one household in Kawauchi Village, within 30 kilometers of the facility.


BONUS LINK:
Bottom part of S/C of reactor 2 (Fukushima Daiichi)  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_L-dDT9YU4&feature=em-uploademail
Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station Video Tour