Fukushima: Secrecy vs Safety, Pacific Ocean & sea life, TEPCO to ReStart NPP Update 12/17/13
Channel: MsMilkytheclown1
Date: 18/12/2013

IAEA demonstrates aerial radiation monitor...  I couldn't help but recall this report from CNN in June 2012 called 'Copter Cat' - Dead cat flies thru the sky  http://youtu.be/DTVOK2yvbBM

TEPCO wants desperately to restart Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant (remember the fault line issues over there (active vs. inactive) running directly Under the NPP)?  And problems from previous earthquake?) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kashiwazaki-Kariwa_Nuclear_Power_Plant

 Fukushima residents enjoy mandarin harvest

New safety rules for nuclear facilities introduced
Japan has introduced a new set of safety guidelines for nuclear fuel processing plants and other facilities handling radioactive materials.
The guidelines that took effect on Wednesday cover 248 facilities across Japan, including spent fuel reprocessing plants. Nuclear power plants are subject to another set of regulations.
The Nuclear Regulation Authority, or NRA, drew up the guidelines with experts in response to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident in March 2011.
Operators of fuel processing plants have to come up with measures to prevent serious accidents such as hydrogen explosions and unintended nuclear chain reactions.
They also need to make stricter estimates for earthquakes and tsunami that could hit their facilities.
The guidelines require the operators of research reactors and facilities to take steps to prevent accidents that could cause the release of radioactive materials into the air.
Most facilities covered by the guidelines now have to employ the latest technology and knowledge.
The NRA will conduct safety checks of the facilities, but it has not decided the details yet.

    Democratic Party criticizes govt.'s energy policy

    Technologies sought to remove nuclear fuel debris
Japanese nuclear engineers are asking for technologies from home and abroad that can remove fuel debris from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi plant.
In 2020 or later, Japan aims to start removing fuel from the 3 reactors that suffered meltdowns in the March 2011 disaster. Removing fuel debris is a core part of the work to decommission the plant, which will reportedly take 30 to 40 years.
The International Research Institute for Nuclear Decommissioning is composed of Japanese power plant operators and researchers. It held a session in Tokyo on Tuesday to outline the project. About 130 engineers and researchers attended.
Officials from the organization explained that they plan to fill the reactor containment vessels with water to minimize workers' exposure to radiation.
They are seeking technologies to examine the condition of the melted fuel inside the reactors and containment vessels, which have complicated structures. They are also looking for possible ways to remove fuel debris by remote control.
The institute's managing director, Kazuhiro Suzuki, said the fuel melted on an unprecedented scale but that he believes there are numerous technologies in the world that can be applied to this work. He says he hopes a variety of ideas are proposed, from non-nuclear sectors as well.

    Ministers discuss high-level nuclear waste dump
Japan's cabinet ministers held their first talks on the contentious topic of finding a site for the disposal of high-level nuclear waste.
The industry and science ministers were among the participants at Tuesday's meeting.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said Prime Minister Shinzo Abe wants the government to take the initiative on the issue.
Suga said the relevant government bodies should closely coordinate to prevent the nuclear waste issue from being put off for future generations to deal with.
The government is planning to bury highly radioactive waste from nuclear power plants deep underground. But it has yet to find a municipality that's willing to host such a repository.
Former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi has cited the lack of a final disposal site as a reason for his call that Japan immediately end its reliance on nuclear power.
The ministers' discussions will be reflected in the government's basic energy plan, due to be adopted in January.

Gundersen: All of Japan is contaminated, gov't covering up enormous exposures to public; Epidemic is just beginning — Evacuee: We are in fact dying in Fukushima; What happened to us will soon affect all Japanese people (VIDEOS) http://fairewinds.org/media/fairewinds-videos/japanese-government-isnt-saying-fukushima What the Japanese Government Isn't Saying About Fukushima

song by Jonathan Mann called The Legend of Zelda with Ukulele #1675 http://youtu.be/wH-wFrGnEQI

I didn't get to enenews today. http://enenews.com/