Fukushima News 6/16/14:Tepco's Ice Wall Plans Melting; Radioactive Waste-Conning Fukushima Residents
Channel: missingsky102
Date: 2014-06-17

TEPCO finds water in tunnels not yet frozen
Workers at the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant say their effort to freeze radioactive water in underground tunnels hasn't gone as planned.
In April, they began pouring chemical solutions into tunnels at the No.2 reactor. They hoped to freeze the water to stop it flowing out to the sea.
But tests show the water remains above freezing temperature.
Operator Tokyo Electric Power Company believes objects in the tunnels are preventing the coolant from spreading evenly. They also said running wastewater is slowing the process.
They say they are planning to find ways to control the water currents and add pipes to pour in more coolant.
They say they may not be able to complete the frozen barrier by the end of the month, and dry up the tunnel next month, as scheduled.
They are trying the same process in a tunnel around the No.3 reactor. About 11,000 tons of wastewater is believed to be in tunnels at the two reactors.
TEPCO hopes to remove wastewater from tunnels around all reactors in fiscal 2014.
The utility also has to deal with groundwater flowing into the plant from nearby hillsides and mixing with contaminated materials. Workers have been creating a 1.5-kilometer underground wall of frozen soil surrounding all four damaged reactors.
Jun. 16, 2014 - Updated 19:26 UTC

Residents briefed on waste site
The Japanese government has completed a series of briefings for people from 2 towns in Fukushima Prefecture on a plan for storage facilities of radioactive soil and waste.
It has conducted 16 briefing sessions for former residents and owners of land plots to be used for the proposed intermediate storage sites in Futaba and Okuma towns near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Plant.
The government plans to purchase 16 square kilometers of land in the area.
Many residents expressed concern that the site for the final disposal has not been chosen although the waste is to be removed from Fukushima Prefecture within 30 years after storage begins.
Jun. 15, 2014 - Updated 23:18 UTC

Robotics to boost economic growth in Japan
The Japanese government will promote the use of robots to start a new industrial revolution and double the size of the robotics market in the manufacturing sector by 2020.
It plans to include measures to promote the robotics industry in its draft of its new growth strategy.
The government says robotics technology will be used to improve the productivity and profitability of Japanese businesses.
The government hopes to double the robotics market in the manufacturing sector to about 12 billion dollars by 2020.
Jun. 15, 2014 - Updated 02:10 UTC

4 quakes above M5.0 jolt Japan's east coast — Officials said there was "no immediate risk" to Fukushima plant — Intensity level reached 4 out of 7 in Fukushima (VIDEO)
http://enenews.com/4-quakes-above-m50-jolt-japans-east-coast-officials-immediate-risk-fukushima-plant-intensity-level-reached-4-7-fukushima-video

Japan Paper: "Horses became weak and died, one by one, from an unknown cause" at farm in Fukushima — Farmer: "There is something seriously wrong going on... This country is going mad, I'm sure something grave is going to happen" — 14 out of 15 newborn horses died last year (PHOTOS)http://enenews.com/japan-paper-horses-became-weak-and-died-one-by-one-from-an-unknown-cause-at-farm-in-fukushima-farmer-there-is-something-seriously-wrong-going-on-this-country-is-going-mad-i

TV: "The largest disease outbreak that we know of ever in the oceans" now hitting West Coast — Potential for "global extinction" — "Affects over 20 species... causing catastrophic mortality" — Expert: One of history's largest wildlife die-offs... signal in ecosystem that something's not right (VIDEO)
http://enenews.com/tv-largest-disease-outbreak-oceans-hitting-west-coast-potential-global-extinction-affects-twenty-species-coast-causing-catastrophic-mortality-video

[Photo] Japanese rice ingredient manufactured in Fukushima is sold in Australia
http://fukushima-diary.com/2014/06/photo-japanese-rice-ingredient-manufactured-in-fukushima-is-sold-in-australia/

Paul McCartney to postpone all the June schedules in America to October too
http://fukushima-diary.com/2014/06/paul-mccartney-to-postpone-all-the-june-schedules-in-america-to-october-too/

http://fukushima-diary.com/2014/06/tritium-density-exceeded-the-safety-limit-at-one-of-the-bypass-wells-one-day-after-they-discharged-1600-t-to-the-sea/

http://fukushima-diary.com/2014/06/all-%CE%B2-nuclide-density-in-reactor2-groundwater-1000-times-much-as-before-feb-10-times-much-in-plant-port-too/

9.7 micro Sv / h on stone dust, Koriyama Kids football fields, June 2014
Published by birdhairjp
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oA5XCdptryA