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New shelter over Chernobyl ruins

New shelter over Chernobyl ruins

Long-overdue construction of the replacement for the confinement shelter over the ruins of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant’s contaminated unit is being launched in Ukraine. The New Safe Confinement is a 108-meter tall sliding arch structure, which will cover the existing sarcophagus, which had been hastily built as a temporary measure after the nuclear disaster in 1986. Unlike the old shelter,…

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JP Govt's "Stunt" to Push for Wide-Area Disposal of Disaster Debris(Mar. 18, 2012)／細野環境相・川崎での街宣がれきパフォーマンス

This video clip is part of a street campaign conducted by Minister of the Environment, Goshi Hosono, in Kawasaki City (Kanagawa Prefecture), to win understanding from the citizens of Kawasaki for the wide-area disposal of the disaster debris (debris from Miyagi and Iwate Prefectures). They are potentially contaminated with radiation.  Governor of Kanagawa, Mayor of Kawasaki and Mayoress of Yokohama are also present.  Translation and captioning by tokyobrowntabby.

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Original text from Ryusaku Tanaka Journal 23.05.2012  http://tanakaryusaku.jp/2012/05/0004347

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original text from Ryusaku Tanaka Journal 21.05.2012 http://tanakaryusaku.jp/2012/05/0004337

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1:  Japanese Government is pushing ALL local governments in Japan located outside of the disaster stricken area to incinerate tsunami rubble and landfill the ashes.

2: On the one year anniversary of the Fukushima Daiichi accident, the national government reinvigorated its campaign to push local governments to accept tsunami rubble using  personal letters and phone calls, the promise of  financial assistance for rubble processing,  and a taxpayer-funded mass media campaign (website, commercials, posters, and a nation-wide road show—videos from Kanagawa and Kyoto).   Many cities which originally did not accept the rubble in 2011 suddenly changed their minds.

The new deadline for local governments to accept/reject the national government’s request was Friday, April 6, 2012 (less than one month after its large scale campaign).  Some accepted by the deadline and many are still considering accepting it or running ‘test burns.’

3:  Following March 11, 2011, the government increased its safety level for disposing of radionuclide contaminated debris from 100 becquerels per kilogram (bq/kg) of cesium-137 to 8,000 bq/kg for the entire country without any explanation of the reason or health and environmental repercussions.  Concerning rubble, so far only cesium-137 is measured as an indicator of safety.

4: The government is in charge of testing the rubble, and although data on the Environmental Ministry’s website indicates that the debris contain radionuclide contamination (Original Japanese, English Translation) politicians continue to say the debris are radiation free.  Measurements shown to the public in commercials, roadshowsand other exhibitions on the safety of the debris are done using geiger counters, which only measure atmospheric gamma rays and cannot calculate the total amount of radionuclide activity in the debris (measured in bq/kg).  Also, the government is only measuring cesium-137, disregarding the presence of other dangerous radionuclides and pollutants.

5: Although the disaster stricken area contained many toxics-producing industries(pharmaceutical plants, chemical companies and oil refineries), the government is only testing the debris for the one radionuclide, cesium-137 (which is proving to be problematic in itself).  There are currently no tests being done to identify other toxic persistent organic pollutants (POPs), including dioxins, or asbestos which pose great public health and environmental risks when incinerated.

6: Tokyo was the first city to accept rubble. 1,000 tons of contaminated rubble was brought to Tokyo by train on Nov 4th, 2011which has been burnt and dumped into Tokyo Bay. A total of 500,000 tons of rubble will come to Tokyo in the next two years.  While the government continues to say processing the rubble is safe, experts have been warning people about the high levels of radionuclide pollution in Tokyo city which could be a result of Fukushima fallout, or the incineration of rubble.  In addition, in a test incineration in Shimada City, Shizuoka, the bag filters which the government promised would prevent 99 percent of radionuclides from escaping in the air during incineration only successfully contained 60 percent of radionuclides when tested.

7:  Despite large number of protesters in Kyoto, Governor Yamada from Kyoto prefecture said he may dispose of the disaster rubble without informing the people about where and when it is done (Original Japanese ; English Translation ).

8: Many local government officials who announced they would accept rubble are related to industrial waste industries.

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Nuke plant uses remote-controlled bulldozers to remove radioactive debris

TEPCO will bring in the remotely operated heavy machinery to remove the radioactive debris brown from the hydrogen explosions last month due to the accident at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, which has been delaying the restoration work.

At Fukushima Daiichi plant, there are radioactive debris from the hydrogen explosions that occurred at the No1 and No3 reactors scattered on the ground. They have been emitting a few hundred milisieverts per hour at some locations, and have been preventing the restoration work. TEPCO will bring in the remote-controlled earth-movers and bulldozers to remove the debris in the afternoon of the 10th. The operation involves using cameras mounted on the machinery and 6 other strategically placed cameras to see and remotely operate from the room a few hundred meters away. For the areas with no radio signals, they'll be using a lead protected trailer control room. TEPCO will store the radioactive debris in containers, and carefully store them within the property.

NHK news: 4/10/2011 (15:41)