Fukushima

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CNN: Floodwaters closing in on Ft. Calhoun nuclear plant � Officials concerned about deep water around facility

Flood Waters Close in on Nuclear Power Plant in Nebraska, CNN, June 29, 2011 at 2:00 pm EDT:

FORT CALHOUN, Neb. � Flood waters are close to reaching a nuclear power plant in Nebraska. [...]

Officials were concerned about the deep water around the facility that was caused by the historic flooding of the Missouri River. [...]

YouTube - ‪Fort Calhoun 10 mile mandatory evacuation area. Video Credites to:addicts4christ1‬‏

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It looks very safe, almost normal.........

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FOX growing backbone?

Fox News: �U.S. is receiving a steady flow of radiation from Fukushima� � Media paying little attention to radiation in food, as if problem only involves Japan


Radiation in Our Food, Fox News by Chris Kilham, June 29, 2011:

[...] Milk, fruits and vegetables show trace amounts of radioactive isotopes from the Fukushima Daichi power plants, and the media appears to be paying scant attention, if any attention at all. It is as if the problem only involves Japan [...]

Radiation tests conducted since the nuclear disaster in Japan have detected radioactive iodine and cesium in milk and vegetables produced in California. [...] Milk sold in Arizona, Arkansas, Hawaii, Vermont and Washington has also tested positive for radiation since the accident.

Additionally, drinking water tested in some U.S. municipalities also shows radioactive contamination. Is the fallout from Fukushima Daichi falling on us? Yes, it is.

Thanks to the jet stream air currents that flow across the Pacific Ocean, the U.S. is receiving a steady flow of radiation from Fukushima Daichi. [...]

Q&A: Is New Mexico�s Los Alamos National Laboratory Really Safe?, Time.com, June 29, 2011:

Peter Stockton, expert on nuclear materials and a senior investigator for the independent watchdog Project on Government Oversight (POGO)

- [POGO] got tipped off in 2009 by a whistleblower that in PF-4�where the six metric tons of plutonium is [...] they�ve painted over the sprinkler system so many times that it doesn�t work [...] then it was determined that LANL had never tested the fire hoses in the building [...] They found out about a year later that the pressure in the system isn�t great enough to get to the entire building, so they had to do something to mitigate that problem. [...]

TA-54 contains 20,000-30,000 drums of waste, but just because it�s low-level waste doesn�t mean anything. If that becomes airborne, and just a speck of plutonium gets into your lungs, you�re going to end up with cancer down the road. It�s the most toxic substance known to man. It would be very nasty if those drums blew apart, and the wind carried them downwind. [...]

IF YOU LOVE THIS PLANET :: A Weekly Radio Program with Dr. Helen Caldicott � Blog Archive � Arnold Gundersen with the latest on the Fukushima meltdowns; a clip of Dr. Caldicott’s speech at the Berlin Chernobyl conference


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TEPCO having trouble injecting nitrogen to avoid explosion at Reactor No. 3 � Expert concerned about possible explosion at No. 3

Hose leak again halts water unit, Kyodo, June 30, 2011:

[...] Tepco has also made little progress in injecting nitrogen into reactor 3′s containment vessel to prevent an explosion.

It began sending nitrogen into the No. 2 unit�s containment vessel Tuesday, but a high level of radiation within the No. 3 building is obstructing preparation work needed to send workers in.

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Los Alamos Fire: Perimeter of Nuclear Lab Set Ablaze, ABC News, June 30, 2011:

[...] Along with what�s actually on lab property, there is concern about what�s in the canyons that surround the sprawling complex. Nuclear tests were performed in the canyons dating back to the 1940s; so-called �legacy contamination.�

�The trees have grown up during that time frame, and the soil can also be contaminated. If they get heated and that stuff goes air borne, then we are concerned,� Rita Bates of the New Mexico Environment Department said. [...]

Much of the area burned back in 2000, and no higher levels of radiation were detected then, so everyone is hoping the same holds true this time.

The fire, which has burned more than 90,000 acres, has led to a mass evacuation, and the city of Los Alamos remains a ghost town. Most of its 12,000 residents were evacuated Monday, with some leaving their sprinklers on to protect their homes.

http://www.ananuclear.org/Portals/0/...tlosalamos.pdf

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98.6% of time, air contamination around Fukushima plant is not measured � TEPCO says it lacks qualified personnel to �change the filters�

Preliminary comments, CRIIRAD mission in Japan from May 24th to June 3rd, 2011:

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[...] During TEPCO�s press conference of May 30th, the CRIIRAD laboratory manager, Mr Chareyron, asked a TEPCO representative about the air contamination monitoring procedure in the vicinity of Fukushima Daiichi. TEPCO explained that there was only one monitoring station, located at the western gate, but stated that the device is used only about 20 minutes each day. This means that during the remaining 98,6 % of the time, the contamination of the air around the plant is not measured. The CRIIRAD wondered how it is be possible when a small NGO such as the CRIIRAD is able to run 5 air monitoring stations in France, that TEPCO could not afford one. TEPCO replied that it was not a money issue but a lack of personnel qualified to change the filters of the instruments.

In the same building belonging to the Fukushima prefecture, the CRIIRAD met with an officer in charge of emergency situations. The CRIIRAD asked about the type of measurement that was implemented to detect early increases of air contamination. The officer said that the air dose monitor located in Fukushima city was no longer operational due to contamination by the accident and that a network of air samplers were measuring air contamination in the vicinity of the nuclear plant. He explained that these devices are not automatically operated but instead manually operated by people who have to physically go there and change the filters. Unfortunately, this is done in such a way, that the measurements are done only during 15 to 20 minutes each day. [...]

Radioactive.eu.com - Crane watching - NHK, KYODO confirm. Cranes used to move radioactive "debris" on Mega - Floats

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Revealed: British government�s plan to play down Fukushima, Guardian, June 30, 2011:

British government officials approached nuclear companies to draw up a co-ordinated public relations strategy to play down the Fukushima nuclear accident just two days after the earthquake and tsunami in Japan and before the extent of the radiation leak was known.

Internal emails seen by the Guardian show how the business and energy departments worked closely behind the scenes with the multinational companies EDF Energy, Areva and Westinghouse [...]

Officials stressed the importance of preventing the incident from undermining public support for nuclear power.

Here are a few revelations from the internal emails obtained by the Guardian:

* A British official suggested that if companies sent in comments, they could be incorporated into government statements: �We need to all be working from the same material to get the message through to the media and the public.� Westinghouse said reported remarks by the deputy prime minister, Nick Clegg, were �unhelpful and a little premature�.
* A British official told Areva: �We need to quash any stories trying to compare this to Chernobyl.�
* A British official wrote: �We need to ensure the anti-nuclear chaps and chapesses do not gain ground on this. We need to occupy the territory and hold it. We really need to show the safety of nuclear.�
* There was a meeting where the aim was �to discuss a joint communications and engagement strategy aimed at ensuring we maintain confidence among the British public on the safety of nuclear power stations and nuclear new-build policy in light of recent events at the Fukushima nuclear power plant�.

The Reaction:

* Conservative MP Zac Goldsmith: �The government has no business doing PR for the industry and it would be appalling if its departments have played down the impact of Fukushima.�
* According to one former regulator, who preferred not to be named, the degree of collusion was �truly shocking�.



Fire Stirs Old-Waste Concern For Los Alamos Lab, KOAT. June 30, 2011 at 8:36 pm EDT:

No Signs Of Radiological Release Yet, Lab Says

[...] there are still concerns about the areas around the facility which authorities said could be filled with decades-old waste.

Los Alamos National Laboratory Director Charles McMillan said they really don�t know what�s in the ground around the nuclear facility, admitting that old contamination could be a big question mark when it comes to the long-term effects of the fire.

�We do know some things about what are there. (But) is our knowledge perfect? No. Is it zero? No,� McMillan said.

McMillan said there are areas off the lab property where waste was deposited decades ago, when safety standards were far lower. [...]

Crews Battle NM Fire, Which Pushes Into Canyon, Associated Press, July 1, 2011:

An erratic northern New Mexico wildfire grew larger Thursday � pushing north while also creeping into a canyon that descends into Los Alamos � as fire officials remained hopeful that they could halt the spread of the blaze before it reached town.

Los Alamos County Fire Chief Doug Tucker noted that conditions in the area are so dry that the fire, which had charred nearly 145 square miles, was burning downed trees that were scorched in the huge Cerro Grande fire in 2000.

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�We�re seeing fire behavior that I�ve never seen before,� Tucker said.

The fire also burned through moisture-rich aspen trees above Los Alamos, allowing the fire to push into a canyon that descends from that mountain into town [...]

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Los Alamos Radiation Threat �Limited� in N.M. Fire, Associated Press, July 01, 2011:

[...] Los Alamos Canyon runs past runs past the old Manhattan Project site in town and a 1940s era dump site where workers are near the end of a clean-up project of low-level radioactive waste. The World War II Manhattan Project developed the first atomic bomb, and workers from the era dumped hazardous and radioactive waste in trenches along six acres atop the mesa where the town sits.

�The threat is pretty limited,� said Kevin Smith, the Department of Energy�s National Nuclear Security Administration site manager for Los Alamos, which over sees the lab. �Most of the materials have been dug up.� [...]

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Los Alamos Press Conference at 12:52 pm MDT, KOAT (Live), July 1, 2011:

Very Rough Transcript

Los Alamos Press Conference at 12:52 pm MDT

Question: Is there any waste up at Bandelier?

Los Alamos official: I don�t know the answer�

Well before this exchange, the Bandelier supervisor gave a very short 20 second speech and said, �Roughly over 50% of the park has been a part of burn.� After which, he commended the type 1 team for doing a fantastic job.

A type 1 incident management team is the �most robust IMT with the most training and experience. Sixteen Type 1 IMTs are now in existence, and operate through interagency cooperation of federal, state and local land and emergency management agencies.�

Wikipedia: Bandelier National Monument is a 33,677 acres National Monument preserving the homes of the Ancestral Pueblo People.

Mystery: Levee intentionally blown up near Ft. Calhoun nuke plant � �No gov�t entity had anything to do with the detonation� said local officials....

[...] Pottawattamie County officials said a half-mile stretch of the Vanmann #30 levee [near Desoto Bend] was mechanically excavated and then lowered by using explosives.

Emergency Management Coordinator Jeff Theulen said he was alerted Friday morning that the levee may have been in the process of being intentionally breached.

About 20 minutes later, officials said they received calls from people wanting to know why levees were being blown up. One caller claimed to have witnessed the explosion.

Authorities said they�re investigating the levee breach. Pottawattamie County officials said no government entity had anything to do with the detonation, and they did not have advance notice from the people responsible for the breach. [...]

Evacuation advice for N.E. Omaha, Omaha World Herald, July 1, 2011:

As early as Saturday, about 2,700 northeast Omaha residents could start getting advice in the mail about what to do in case of a �catastrophic levy breach,� said Dan Stolinski, assistant fire chief of the Omaha Fire Department.

The City of Omaha expects all the notices to get to the affected homes and businesses by Tuesday. [...]


2,700 Becquerels/Kg Cesium from Teas Picked by Elementary School Children in Itabashi, Tokyo, EX-SKF, June 30, 2011:

From Sankei Shinbun (6/30/2011):

- Itabashi-ku (special ward) in Tokyo announced on June 30 that 2,700 becquerels/kilogram of radioactive cesium were detected in the final blend tea grown and processed in Itabashi, exceeding the national provisional safety limit of 500 becquerels/kilogram.

The tea farm is not a commercial operation but for people to experience how it is like to pick tea leaves. The final blend tea was made from the tea leaves picked by elementary school pupils. [...]

According to Itabashi-ku, 300 pupils from 3 public elementary schools picked the first-pick tea (�ichiban-cha�) on May 9, from which 20 kilograms of the final blend tea was made and ready on June 15. Before giving it to the pupils, Itabashi-ku tested the tea for radioactive materials to ascertain the safety. There was no radioactive iodine detected, and the amount of radioactive cesium in the second-pick tea was below the provisional limit. [...]

According to the Itabashi-ku official website, cesium-134 was detected at 1,300 becquerels/kilogram, and cesium-137 was detected at 1,400 becquerels/kilogram. [...]

Radioactive cesium detected in tea leaves grown in Tokyo, Mainichi, July 1, 2011:

Radioactive cesium was detected in processed tea that was made from leaves that elementary school children picked in Tokyo as part of their school curriculum, it has been learned.

The Itabashi Ward Office announced on June 30 that 2,700 becquerels of radioactive cesium � in excess of the government�s provisional limit � was detected in processed tea that used leaves picked at a plantation in the ward by some 300 students of local elementary schools. [...]

According to the ward office, the tea-picking class took place on May 9, and fourth- and fifth-grade students from three public elementary schools in the ward participated in the event. [...]

It is the first time that radioactive cesium has been detected in tea leaves grown in Tokyo. The Tokyo Metropolitan Government�s survey had previously detected no radioactive substances exceeding the government limit in agricultural products grown in the capital.

TEPCO denies new leak at Fukushima plant, Asahi, July 1, 2011:

Radioactive tellurium-129m was detected for the first time in seawater near the water intake of the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant�s No. 1 reactor, Tokyo Electric Power Co., the plant operator, said June 29.

Seven hundred and twenty becquerels of the substance was detected per liter of water collected on June 4. [...]

Tellurium-129m has a short half-life of about 34 days. Its detection near the intake indicates the possibility of a new leak of radioactive water into the sea. [...]

TEPCO starts system to cool another spent fuel pool at nuclear plant, Kyodo, July 1, 2011:

[...] As for the steel megafloat, which is berthed at a quay near the plant, about 8,000 tons of low-level radioactive water will be transferred over the next three or four months. The government�s nuclear safety agency said TEPCO has not yet decided what to do with the water after it is transferred, but it will not be directly dumped into the sea. Of course not, who would intentionally do such terrible thing
Water will find its own way into the ocean by the time TEPCO will figure out.

- The water comes from the Nos. 5 and 6 reactor turbine buildings and a large part of it is believed to be seawater left inside the facilities after large tsunami waves hit the plant on the Pacific Coast in Fukushima Prefecture, as well as groundwater. [...] and what exactly happened to those reactors back in March??

Good read - www.kokopelli-blog.org/?p=159 - Translator

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More lies coming to the surface....

Japanese Cancer Expert on the Fukushima Situation, Asia Pacific Journal, July 01, 2011:

Japan�s leading business journal Toyo Keizai has published an article by Hokkaido Cancer Center director Nishio Masamichi, a radiation treatment specialist. The piece, entitled �The Problem of Radiation Exposure Countermeasures for the Fukushima Nuclear Accident: Concerns for the Present Situation�, was published on June 27 [...]

Nishio originally called for �calm� in the days after the accident. Now, he argues, that as the gravity of the situation at the plant has become more clear, the specter of long-term radiation exposure must be reckoned with. [...]

Looking at these groups [TEPCO, bureaucrats, politicians, nuclear lobbyists, and academic flunkies] he writes, �I just cannot feel any hope for Japan�s future. These circumstances are simply tragic.�

Nishio provides a blunt and hard-hitting specialist perspective on major government decisions. Here is a summary of some of his major points: [...]

Former Minister for Internal Affairs Haraguchi Kazuhiro has alleged that radiation monitoring station data was actually three decimal places greater than the numbers released to the public. If this is true, it constitutes a �national crime�, in Nishio�s words. [...]

Radiation Expert Predicts More Threats, Wall Street Journal, July 2, 2011:

A former nuclear adviser to Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan blasted the government�s continuing handling of the crisis, and predicted further revelations of radiation threats to the public in the coming months.

In his first media interview since resigning his post in protest in April, Toshiso Kosako, one of the country�s leading experts on radiation safety, said Mr. Kan�s government has been slow to test for possible dangers in the sea and to fish and has understated certain radiation dangers to minimize what it will have to spend to clean up contamination.

And while there have been scattered reports already of food contamination�of tea leaves and spinach, for example�Mr. Kosako said there will be broader, more disturbing discoveries later this year, especially as rice, Japan�s staple, is harvested.

�Come the harvest season in the fall, there will be a chaos,� Mr. Kosako said. �Among the rice harvested, there will certainly be some radiation contamination�though I don�t know at what levels�setting off a scandal. If people stop buying rice from Tohoku, �we�ll have a tricky problem.� [...]

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Cesium found in Tokyo tap water for first time since April

�Unbelievable�: Large city 60 km from meltdowns has 3-4 times radiation levels at which Soviets evacuated everyone � Hotspots up to 500-700 times normal...

Daily life in Fukushima: �It was like visiting another universe�, RussiaToday, July 3, 2011: - YouTube - ‪Daily life in Fukushima: 'It was like visiting another universe'‬‏

Jan Beranek, part of Greenpeace team investigating Fukushima fallout

* Hotspots up to 500-700 times what is normal.
* This is just unbelievable, at those levels of exposure this is certainly risking the health and lives of people.
* Soviets decided to evacuate everyone that was living in areas where radiation was 3-4 times lower than what is found in Fukushima City.

Cesium found in Tokyo tap water for first time since April

Radioactive Cesium Is Found in Tokyo Water, Bloomberg By Pavel Alpeyev, July 3, 2011:

Radioactive cesium-137 was found in Tokyo�s tap water for the first time since April [...]

Cesium-137 concentration registered at 0.14 becquerels per kilogram in the city�s Shinjuku ward on July 2, compared with 0.21 becquerels on April 22, according to the Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Public Health. [...]

First time since April.....BECAUSE NO ONE TESTED SINCE APRIL

Effect of Chlorothiazide on Cesium-137 Excretion in Human Subjects


UPDATED: Weather Aids Firefighters as Los Alamos Residents Return, Albuquerque Journal, July 3, 2011:

Rain that fell in the Los Alamos area Saturday didn�t hit the Las Conchas Fire, but the humidity, clouds and lower temperatures were enough to �lay down� the fire, Los Alamos Fire Chief Doug Tucker said this morning.

�The timing was perfect,� Tucker told a news conference. �You couldn�t have timed it any better.�

As of this morning, the fire had burned 121,170 acres and was 11 percent contained. [...]

Tucker said that although he believes Los Alamos is now �a safe environment, it�s going to be a smoky one,� and he said that all trails are closed and that residents should not enter any land where the fire has burned. Smoke will produce �unhealthy conditions� in the areas of Los Alamos, White Rock, and Abiquiu, officials said. [...]


Los Alamos evacuees allowed to return home, KOB, July 3, 2011:

Los Alamos Fire Chief Doug Tucker warns residents that they will see charred and smoldering landscapes in the hills and mountains surrounding the town.

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Not over yet...

Las Conchas continues to burn, KASA, July 4, 2011:

[...] As the fire spreads across the region and continues to grow mainly toward the east which is on the northwest side of town, new numbers show it has swallowed more than 123,000 acres. [...]

Closer to Los Alamos crews are working on setting up a second containment line around the city.

Bulldozers will clear brush and make sure if the winds change the fire will not make it to town. [...]

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Good message from Rex research

Dear Japan :
Drop LIQUID NITROGEN & DRY ICE CO2
on your goddamned nuclear reactors

NOW, already, please, thank you. [ ... June 10, still waiting ]

Why ? Shock cooling -- Smothering -- Formation of solid nitrides, nitrates, carbonates, &c... Duhhh...

It worked @ Chernobyl -- What ... They didn't tell you ? ( Channel 4-TV, San Francisco, 6 O'Clock News, Day 5 ( 30 April 1986 ) -- Emergency Message from silly me via Lawrence Livermore Laboratory's Director : " We recommend that you drop a refrigerant on it. " -- The Russians used Dry Ice ~ 12 hours later ) ...

Ask "Red" Adair : He used liquid nitrogen to extinguish oil well fires in Kuwait ( Pop. Sci., Jan 1991 ) ...

Still can't figure it out ? Don't be embarassed : you're merely over-educated beyond your ability to thimk, now paralyzed with fear and desperation, committing national suicide ... and murdering the rest of us ...

Sign Me,

"Bored with Your Stupidity" @ Las Vegas

Robert A. Nelson ( recuvering stupit & high skool dripout ) @ rexresearch.com

6 April 2011 ... Japan’s Stricken Reactors Show No Damage from Latest Quake - Businessweek
Japan Nuclear Workers Start Pumping Nitrogen Into Damaged Plant

Oh well, it's a start...

Whenever you get around to cleaning up :

� NELSON, R. : Transmutations of Nuclear Waste ~ A review of conventional & cold fusion methods to remediate nukey-poo to stable or short-life isotopes. See also: Nuclear Waste Remediation Patents ...

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Residents forced to dump nuclear waste in parks and forests

45% of kids in Fukushima survey had thyroid exposure to radiation, Kyodo, July 5, 2011:

Around 45 percent of children in Fukushima Prefecture surveyed by the local and central governments in late March experienced thyroid exposure to radiation, although in all cases in trace amounts that did not warrant further examination, officials of the Nuclear Safety Commission said Tuesday. [...]

Among children who tested positive for thyroid exposure, the amounts measured 0.04 microsieverts per hour or less in most cases. The largest exposure was 0.1 microsieverts per hour, equivalent to a yearly dose of 50 millisieverts for a 1-year-old. [...]

Babies and young children are at highest risk of developing thyroid cancer after exposure to radioactive iodine released into the atmosphere in nuclear accidents. In the case of Chernobyl, most victims who developed the cancer in following years had been babies or young children living in the affected regions at the time of the accident.

[... A] survey of soil at four locations in the city of Fukushima on June 26 found that all samples were contaminated with radioactive cesium, measuring 16,000 to 46,000 becquerels per kilogram and exceeding the legal limit of 10,000 becquerels per kg, citizens groups involved said Tuesday.

The city, about 60 kilometers northwest of the crippled plant, does not fall within the 20-km no-entry zone or nearby evacuation areas.

One location registered as much as 931,000 becquerels per square meter, surpassing the 555,000 becquerels per sq meter limit for compulsory resettlement in the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear accident. Samples from the other three locations measured between 326,000 and 384,000 becquerels per sq meter. [...]

Japan groups alarmed by radioactive soil, AFP, July 5, 2011:

Soil radiation in a city 60 kilometres (40 miles) from Japan�s stricken nuclear plant is above levels that prompted resettlement after the Chernobyl disaster, citizens� groups said Tuesday. [...]

The highest reading in the city of 290,000 people far exceeded the level that triggered compulsory resettlement ordered by Soviet authorities following the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster in Ukraine, they said.

Kobe University radiation expert professor Tomoya Yamauchi conducted the survey on June 26 following a request from the groups.

�Soil contamination is spreading in the city,� Yamauchi said in a statement. �Children are playing with the soil, meaning they are playing with high levels of radioactive substances. Evacuation must be conducted as soon as possible.� [...]

Fukushima residents dump radiated soil in absence of plan, Reuters by Antoni Slodkowski, July 5, 2011:

[...] �I scooped up all the radioactive soil and grass from my garden and dumped it in the forest, so no one could find it,� said a mother of a four-year-old child from Fukushima city [pop. 300,000, well outside 30-km evacuation zone], who did not want to be identified by name.

�When I put my Geiger counter close to that mountain of soil it showed 10 microseverts per hour,� she said. [...] Others were spotted dumping their nuclear waste in public parks and by the river, residents said. [...]

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Spike in B.C. sudden infant deaths...

Spike in B.C. sudden infant deaths concerns coroner, The Canadian Press, July 5, 2011:

B.C.�s chief coroner is urging parents to use safe sleep practices in light of a spike in the number of sudden infant deaths across the province this year.

There have been 21 sudden infant deaths in B.C. so far this year, while there were 16 sudden infant deaths for all of 2010, Lisa Lapointe said Tuesday. [...]

She said the reason for the increased number of deaths is all the more mysterious because health authorities, family doctors and public health nurses have kept up efforts to educate parents.

The B.C. Coroner�s Service is continuing to investigate the 21 deaths.

�We know there�s been a spike in the first six months and we know it�s related to unsafe sleep practices. Why so many of those [deaths] have come up this year, we don�t know.� -Lisa Lapointe, B.C.�s chief coroner

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Reactor No. 1 dry well meter hits new high at 266 Sv/hour � Japan says �defective�

福島原発 1号機 / 福島原発原子炉の状態 原子炉の放射線量

Fire at another nuke plant northeast of Tokyo

BLAZE IN NUCLEAR POWER PLANT IN TOKAI, JAPAN, AGI, July 6, 2011:

[... A] fire started in the nuclear waste disposal plant near reactor No. 2 in Tokai, in the East of Japan.

Official sources reported that the blaze is now under control and that no radioactive material leak occurred. [...] OF COURSE NOT

Japan to stress-test nuclear plants to reassure public, DPA, July 6, 2011:

[...] At the plant, run by the Japan Atomic Power Co, waste materials caught fire when workers tried to drop them into a melting furnace. They extinguished the blaze with water and reported the incident to a local fire department, Kyodo News reported citing local officials. [...]


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There have been 21 sudden infant deaths in B.C. so far this year

More people might know about that if the media wasnt on a 24/7 Casey Anthony binge. That girl is gonna get out of jail and sell a movie and book to become a millionaire just because the media sensationalized the hell out of it.

Maybe im crazy but a nuclear reactor in critical condition seems a million times more important to me than a womans daughter apparently drowning in their pool. Thanks media for not doing your job...honestly its just unreal.