Fukushima Update for the last 6 days 3/29/13
Channel: MsMilkytheclown1
Date: 30/03/2013

I've been collecting all these Fukushima Daiichi updates since March 23, 2013 (the last time I posted an update).  I didn't realize how much I had collected for updates until I assembled them.  Sorry for the extensive length today.   (Insert your own sarcasm where needed).
An important update to Prime Minister Abe's election invalidated, please see this video:
Japanese PM Purges Anti Nuclear Elements from Government 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YV_lwxfvZ7Y&feature=em-uploademail

Lots of Smoke and Mirrors for health related problems from the Nuclear Disaster in Fukushima. Blamed on "stress and old age".  WTF.

TEPCO to try a new decontamination device. 

And lots of other news about the nuclear triple (plus) meltdown / melt through in Japan.  

***sorry for the sloppy description box, I'm getting REALLY Tired of doing these updates!***

Radioactive Reality (29 March 2013) "America's Forgotten Nuclear Terror" (Magick) 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oN3o2N6ClVU

http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20130329_20.html
Fukushima disaster damages claim form distributed
But the process was delayed because the occupant and the owner of a property were often different. It was also more difficult than expected to set compensation levels for damage caused by tsunami and quakes.

The utility is to offer compensation based on how long the affected areas were designated as no-go zones. It will also assume that the value of the real estate will fall to zero 6 years after the accident.
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tepco reforms
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20130329_22.html

google http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20130329_02.html

Tokyo Electric Power Company, or TEPCO, has compiled a reform plan based on lessons learned from the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

A third-party panel set up by TEPCO approved on Friday the plan drawn up by an in-house task force.

TEPCO launched the task force after it was criticized for defending its response to the accident in a report it put together following an internal probe.

The task force says the company should not put all the blame for the accident on the huge tsunami that hit the plant on March 11th, 2011. It concluded that the accident would have been preventable if the company had been fully prepared for the tsunami.

The reform plan includes 6 measures to address issues that came to light in the accident.

One measure is the creation of an independent, in-house supervising body to keep watch on the company's approach to safety. The task force criticizes the company for pursuing economic efficiency and not putting enough effort into risk management.

Another is to clarify the chain of command in case of an emergency. The number of people that one supervisor can manage will be limited to 7 people to make sure that everyone is up to date in the event of a crisis.

The task force also says the company was reluctant to disclose risks associated with nuclear power plants and it calls for assigning "risk communicators" who will advise the management and nuclear division chiefs.

The reform plan is an apparent effort to persuade authorities and the public to agree to allow it to resume operations of the Kashiwazaki Kariwa nuclear plant along the Japan Sea coast in Niigata Prefecture.

But TEPCO President Naomi Hirose ruled out speculation that the reform plan is intended to help restart the Kashiwazaki Kariwa plant soon.

Hirose promised to rid his company of arrogance and carry out drastic reforms to ensure nuclear safety. He said if the company fails to do this, it does not have the right to operate nuclear plants.

The head of the third-party panel, Dale Klein, said TEPCO has acknowledged its mistakes and come up with the reform plan so it will not cause a similar accident.

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article rad waste
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20130328_24.html

interium fukushima report
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20130327_19.html
Nuclear experts issue interim Fukushima report

A panel of nuclear energy experts has released an interim report on the March 2011 accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. They noted that efforts to prevent a severe accident were inadequate.

The report said if the plant had been fully prepared in terms of safety it would have avoided releasing massive amounts of radioactive material into the environment.

But as for the cause of the accident, the report only summarized what is already known. It did not offer any new findings or analyses distinct from similar reports by the government's and the Diet's special panels.

Meanwhile, a survey conducted on the Society's current executives and former members reflected some soul-searching. Many of them said they had been arrogant and overconfident concerning the safety of nuclear plants.

They also said that, as part of the nuclear-related industry, they had reservations about opposing power companies.

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vote invalid
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20130326_20.html