[ RadSafe ] ABC News yet again

Mon Mar 28 12:16:23 CDT 2011

At 07:24 JST on March 27, a magnitude-6.5 earthquake struck off the east
coast of Honshu, closest to the Onagawa nuclear power station (NPS). The
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) notes that Onagawa units are in
cold shutdown and there are no abnormal radiation readings on site. There
are no reports of additional damage to Fukushima Daiichi, Fukushima Dai-ini
or Tokai nuclear power stations.

Accident response continues at the Fukushima Daiichi NPS. Tokyo Electric
Power Company (TEPCO) personnel and other responders are working to maintain
continuous cooling to the reactors and spent fuel storage pools, in order to
prevent radioactive material releases from worsening. On-site fresh water
supply was decreasing, but two US Navy barges carrying some two million
litres of water are on site and have been connected to water pumps.

Cooling operations continue for reactor pressure vessels in Units 1 to 3 and
the spent fuel storage pools in Units 1 to 4. Reactor pressure and
temperature in Unit 1 continues to slowly increase. The temperature in the
spent fuel storage pool of Unit 2 has decreased significantly in the past 24
hours. 

TEPCO is working on a way to remove contaminated water from the turbine
buildings of Units 1 to 4, which house some components critical for cooling
operations. For Unit 1, workers are pumping this water into the condenser.
However, it is reported that this method will not work for Units 2, 3 and 4.
The IAEA advises that the condenser at Unit 2 is “full” and there is no
information on Units 3 and 4.

TEPCO has apologized for the “miscalculation” on the analysis of
contaminated water in Unit 2 yesterday, saying a new test found radiation
levels 100,000 times higher than normal. (TEPCO had originally reported this
number at 10 million times higher.) 

Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano said the contaminated water in Unit 2
was due to a partial meltdown of the reactor core. Calling it “very
unfortunate”, Edano said the spike in radiation appeared limited to Unit 2.
Meanwhile, dose rate measurements around the Fukushima Daiichi site outside
the reactor and turbine buildings continue to decrease.

After new readings detected iodine-131 above the normal level offshore at
the North end of the site, the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency (NISA)
said radioactive water from the NPS might be leaking directly into the
ocean. Latest data from 30 kilometres offshore show that concentrations of
iodine-131 and caesium-137 are decreasing.

There is no new information on iodine-131 in prefectures near Fukushima
Daiichi NPS, nor is there any new information on drinking water sampling in
past 24 hours. IAEA reports on soil sampling around Fukushima Daiichi show
that the highest concentrations of iodine-131 and caesium-137 are northwest
of the site.

Find out more:

http://www.nuclearsafety.gc.ca/eng/mediacentre/updates/march-11-2011-japan-e
arthquake.cfm

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Kindly,
Matt Sargent

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-----Original Message-----
From: Jerry Cohen [mailto:jjc105 at yahoo.com] 
Sent: March 28, 2011 11:14 AM
To: The International Radiation Protection (Health Physics) Mailing List
Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] ABC News yet again

Is anyone aware of any efforts by ICRP, NCRP, NRC, EPA, UNSCEAR, or other
official radiation protection advisory organizations to address or allay
irrational fears or hysteria related to radiation exposure.
Just wondering?     Jerry Cohen

________________________________
From: "Miller, Mark L" <mmiller at sandia.gov>
To: The International Radiation Protection (Health Physics) Mailing List
<radsafe at health.phys.iit.edu>
Sent: Mon, March 28, 2011 8:54:35 AM
Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] ABC News yet again

I agree.  Dr. Kaku's "expert opinion" wasn't constructive, IMHO.  The
"radiation boy" video is MUCH more educational and informative.

-----Original Message-----
From: Roger Helbig [mailto:rhelbig at sfo.com] 
Sent: Friday, March 25, 2011 6:40 PM
To: 'The International Radiation Protection (Health Physics) Mailing List'
Subject: [ RadSafe ] ABC News yet again

Correspondent David Wright - "homes are intact, but radioactive" - then
they bring in their wonderful expert hysteria expert Dr Michio Kaku - HPS
needs to get ABC and other news casts a list of good materials - "plutonium,
even a tiny speck can give you lung cancer" - 

Roger

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