French Report: Radioactivity 10 times normal — linked to explosion at Marcoule + much more

[stockholmer]

http://passerellesud.org/Marcoule-une-augmentation-de-la.html

“A level of radioactivity 10 times the daily measurement of Avignon and 4 times higher than the Mont Ventoux”

According to an article published September 13, 2011 on the website of the anti-nuclear coordination Southeast, http://www.spiritsoleil.com/nonaunucleaire/sud-est/index.php?post/2011/09/12/Incident-nucl%C3%A9aire-%C3%A0-Marcoule-%3A-1-mort%2C-des-bless%C3%A9s-et-des-radiations an “anomalous increase” of radioactivity on the detection of X-rays, Gamma and Beta particles have been measured within a radius of 120 km downstream of Marcoule.

On September 12, 2011 anti-nuclear members of the Collective have made independent measurements of radioactivity in different parts of Vaucluse, Gard and Herault <...>

No “credible explanation” from the plant operators for the nuclear accident at Marcoule and the weight of the French nuclear lobby, the Collective anti-nuclear states that the cause of this increase in radioactivity can be directly linked to the explosion in the Gard. <...>




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Criticality? Nuclear chain reaction may have caused explosion at France MOX plant, says French nuke expert

http://www.europe1.fr/France/Gard-pas-de-risque-radioactif-713753/

<...> The accident is probably due to “a few violent chemical reaction,” said Francis Sorin Europe 1 of the French Nuclear Energy Society. “It can also be an explosion due to the criticality, that is to say that at one point, there is a nuclear reaction, a chain reaction that begins but can not last. It is very but low enough to make an explosion, “he said. “This is the first time it happens to us in 15 years,” said one of Europe ‘s head of occupational medicine. “Do not panic. We keep them informed but for now, we were just asked to lock themselves in the building and not to leave.” An investigation will be opened in order to determine the exact cause of the accident. The International Atomic Energy Agency, the IAEA has asked France for information about the explosion. The crisis center of the UN agency was “immediately activated.”

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Strange: Food considered 'safe' to eat in Japan has 147 times MORE radiation than the Nuclear Waste being processed during explosion in France

http://www.france24.com/en/20110912-fatal-blast-rocks-french-nuclear-waste-management-site-marcoule

<...> An expert at the Institute for Radioprotection and Nuclear Safety in Paris, Olivier Isnard, said radioactive levels in the oven were only around 17 becquerels per kilo — “very, very low” — at the time of the blast. <...>

http://www.pref.miyagi.jp/kokusai/en/accidents_fukushima_nuclear.htm

Radioactivity measurements of agricultural products Indices for limiting food and drinks ingestion (Nuclear Safety Commission of Japan)

Radioactive Iodine 2000Bq/kg
Radioactive Cesium 500Bq/kg

Food or drink products in Japan may contain 1,999 Bq/kg of iodine-131 as well as 499 Bq/ of cesium, for a total of 2,498 Bq/kg of radioactivity — and that is only accounting for those two isotopes. That’s about 147 times higher radioactivity levels than are reported to be in the nuclear waste that was involved in today’s explosion in France.

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Kyodo News: Cesium in sea likely to return to Japan in 20 to 30 years

http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20110915a4.html

Radioactive cesium that was released into the ocean from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant is likely to flow back to Japan's coast in 20 to 30 years after circulating in the northern Pacific Ocean in a clockwise pattern, researchers said Wednesday.

Researchers at the Meteorological Research Institute and the Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry estimated that the amount of radioactive cesium-137 that was directly released into the sea came to 3,500 terabecquerels from March to the end of May, while estimating that roughly 10,000 terabecquerels fell into the ocean after it was released into the air.

Cesium-137 has a relatively long half life of about 30 years and can accumulate in the muscles once it is in the body and can cause cancer.

According to the analysis, the cesium is expected to first disperse eastward into the northern Pacific. It will then be carried southwestward before some of it returns to the Japanese coast carried northward by the Japan Current from around the Philippines.

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Gov’t scientists: Cesium from Fukushima to reach Atlantic Ocean

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/japan/8764117/Radioactive-cesium-from-Fukushima-on-tour-of-Pacific-Ocean.html

Scientists from the government’s Meteorological Research Institute and the Central Research Institute of the Electric Power Industry announced their findings at a meeting of the Geochemical Society of Japan this week, adding that some of the cesium will also flow into the Indian Ocean and, eventually, reach the Atlantic.

The scientists estimated that some 3,500 terabecquerels of cesium-137 was released into the sea directly from the plant between March 11, when the earthquake and tsunami struck, and the end of May. Another 10,000 terabecquerels of cesium fell into the ocean after escaping from the reactors in the form of steam. <...>

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Americium-241 found in soil west of Tokyo at 74 becquerels/kg — “Much more dangerous” than Plutonium-241

http://www.scribd.com/doc/64948256/Tokyo-Hotspot-soil-analysis

Tokyo Hotspot soil analysis, September 14, 2011:

Sample Location: Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan (250 km from meltdowns)
Sample Date: July 29, 2011
Test Date: August 31, 2011
Soil Sample Size (unit): 50 grams
Americium-241 @ 3.7 becquerels per unit (unit = 50 grams)

This measurement must be multiplied by 20 in order to be quantified in kilograms, making the Am-241 content in this soil sample 74 Bq/kg.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/ultimate-impact-of-damage-to-japan-nuclear-reactors-still-unknown/2011/03/13/ABbwoBU_story.html

<...> Plutonium-241 presents a more insidious threat. It is not very toxic, but as it slowly decays, it produces the much more dangerous isotope americium-241.

said concentrations of americium are still increasing in Ukraine and Belarus, where unspent plutonium fuel from Chernobyl dispersed. “It looks like (americium-241) will peak in about 2050 in these areas,” he said.

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U. of Tokyo analysis: Mystery explosion at Reactor No. 4 caused by radiation dissolving water in boiling spent fuel pool — Contradicts TEPCO’s assumption

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/news/20110914p2a00m0na012000c.html

Hydrogen dissolved from water exploded at Fukushima nuclear reactor: experts, Mainichi Japan, September 14, 2011:

<... E>xperts believe the explosion occurred partly because huge amounts of hydrogen were produced in the process of water being dissolved by radiation in a boiling spent nuclear fuel pool.

A group of researchers from the University of Tokyo and the Japan Atomic Energy Agency made an analysis of the hydrogen explosion at the No. 4 reactor <...>

Tokyo Electric Power Co. <...> assumes that hydrogen entered the No. 4 reactor from the No. 3 reactor through a common exhaust pipe and exploded. <...>


http://fukushima-diary.com/2011/09/unconfirmed-report-4th-reactor-also-had-a-huge-explosion-on-315/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+FukushimaDiary+%28Fukushima+Diary%29

Fukushima Diary by Mochizuki, September 14, 2011:

<...> NHK seems to have caught the explosion scene. (not broadcast it.)

It has been believed that 4th reactor is severely damaged for some reason, but nobody has seen any explosion.

As long as we see this video,it was a major explosion.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDXEhyuVSDk

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Wall Street Journal: Tepco needs to find ways to prevent new nuclear reactions — May happen if fuel not adequately cooled — “Containment vessels are largely empty of water” after leakage

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111904060604576570283480045452.html

<...> The most difficult challenge facing Tepco is how to plug leakages in the primary containment structures <...> The primary containment vessels, the main shield against radiation leaks, and the reactor buildings that house them, have been damaged <...> The leakage means that the containment vessels are largely empty of water <...> Tepco also needs to find ways to prevent any new nuclear reaction, which could happen if the fuel is not adequately cooled during the entire process.

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West of Tokyo: 24,000 Bq/kg of radioactive cesium in soil sample — 250 km from Fukushima (VIDEO)

http://www.scribd.com/doc/64948256/Tokyo-Hotspot-soil-analysis

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uziEgRan2G8

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Nikkan SPA Magagazine : “Large quantity” of Neptunium-239 flew at least 60km from Fukushima meltdowns — Decays into Plutonium-239


http://nikkan-spa.jp/56272

From Nikkan SPA September 13 issue (part on Date City only):

"The email began thus: “I heard it directly from a university researcher whose specialty is radiation measurement. Neptunium-239, the nuclide that decays into plutonium-239, flew at least to Iitate-mura <35km from meltdowns> and Date City <60km from meltdowns> in large quantity.

The current survey method focuses only on gamma ray, and all it detects is radioactive cesium. The real danger is alpha-nuclides, which continues to be ignored. Iitate-mura may be being betrayed again…”"

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Japan gov’t prepares for further large-scale radiation release from Fukushima — Emergency drill on Monday in anticipation of further meltdown of No. 3 reactor core

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/news/20110913p2a00m0na010000c.html


The Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) and residents of the zone between 20 and 30 kilometers from the stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant held an emergency evacuation drill on Sept. 12 <...> in preparation for any further large-scale emission of radioactive materials from the plant <...>

The scenario for the drill presupposed further meltdown of the Fukushima plant’s No. 3 reactor core, and a local accumulation of radioactive materials emitting 20 millisieverts of radiation within the next four days. <...>

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MOX plant using weapons-grade plutonium being built at USA South Carolina site — Located on top of region’s most dangerous fault line (PHOTOS & VIDEO)

http://www.dcbureau.org/201109126200/national-security-news-service/the-bomb-plant.html

National Security News Service reporters spent the last two years investigating the most secretive institution in the federal government: the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) and its radioactive weapons facility – the Savannah River Site (SRS). <...> Our investigation will take you to K Reactor, where the world’s surplus plutonium is being stored in a minimally-secured building located on top of the most dangerous earthquake fault in the South. <...>

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tv0z_bOHxSE



Thanks to funding from the Colombe Foundation, the Educational Foundation of America and an anonymous donor, National Security News Service reporters spent the last two years investigating the most secretive institution in the federal government: the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) and its radioactive weapons facility – the Savannah River Site (SRS).

We call our multi-media investigation The Bomb Plant. It tells how a secretive and little known government agency, dedicated to modernizing and safeguarding nuclear weapons, reaped billions of dollars in the name of nonproliferation. After DOE wasted billions of Stimulus Act dollars on environmental clean-up at the nation’s nuclear weapons facilities, especially SRS, NNSA took control to hide the problems.

Begun in the Bush administration, NNSA eats up 85% of the Department of Energy (DOE) budget. It has bipartisan support in Congress. It became one of the most powerful agencies in the U.S. government by successfully compromising its opponents.

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Another day, another dose:nuke:

This shit is NOT getting better:(

[DeSwiss]

1. Our world is led by idiots..... :-/ K&R n/t

[nc4bo]

2. Not much good news there

in fact most of it is absolutely horrifying.

:wtf: is wrong with humanbeings. We have a deathwish.

[DeSwiss]

4. Blind.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2SgonaD4U0">Blind

[nadinbrzezinski]

3. Thanks

and the Japanese and French KNOW what they are doing....

:hide:

From our operators.

:sarcasm:

Nother story to keep an eye on... this time OFF the MSM though.

[bananas]

5. kr nt

[bengalherder]

6. Gees, and after all of the local nuclear cheerleaders told us

that this accident was 'safe' and 'contained' and we were stupid for worrying about it.