Tohoku Earthquake, Tsunami and Nuclear Disaster!!!

[Wage Slave]

well i recommend you guys to not eat the rice dishes of konbini, family restaurant, gyudon-chain, etc.
especially seven-eleven ones....hell yah.
seven-eleven is pretty fucking evil. they use any mean means necessary to make a profit without a little bit hesitation.
recently it was revealed that 7/11 even uses the unsold bentos as feeds to breed their livestocks. in other words its cannibalism as you do know and its the very cause of mad cow disease and the other similar ones...

Links please. Otherwise, not worth paying attention to.

[Russell]

well i recommend you guys to not eat the rice dishes of konbini, family restaurant, gyudon-chain, etc.
especially seven-eleven ones....hell yah.
seven-eleven is pretty fucking evil. they use any mean means necessary to make a profit without a little bit hesitation.
recently it was revealed that 7/11 even uses the unsold bentos as feeds to breed their livestocks. in other words its cannibalism as you do know and its the very cause of mad cow disease and the other similar ones...

Links please. Otherwise, not worth paying attention to.

It is not so shocking to me that they feed unsold bentos to their livestock. Don't they do similar things in the western world?

[Wage Slave]

well i recommend you guys to not eat the rice dishes of konbini, family restaurant, gyudon-chain, etc.
especially seven-eleven ones....hell yah.
seven-eleven is pretty fucking evil. they use any mean means necessary to make a profit without a little bit hesitation.
recently it was revealed that 7/11 even uses the unsold bentos as feeds to breed their livestocks. in other words its cannibalism as you do know and its the very cause of mad cow disease and the other similar ones...

Links please. Otherwise, not worth paying attention to.

It is not so shocking to me that they feed unsold bentos to their livestock. Don't they do similar things in the western world?

It is certainly credible that it happens but I'm loath to believe something about a particular company unless I see some evidence. The words "recently it was revealed" don't cut it. By whom, when and where? Those questions should be easy to answer. And I am skeptical that 7 11 are in the animal husbandry business. Maybe they are farmers too but it seems a little unlikely given their core business.

And my guess is that as far as really low quality rice, cheap rice is concerned, the snack manufacturers are where a lot is processed. However, some no doubt ends up in bento and cheap gyu don meals. The supermarkets also sell big bags of cheap blended rice - you can bet some Fukushima rice ends up in there.

Bear in mind too that Tacky's claims almost never stack up. Usually he can't produce a source because he is just passing on internet gossip or his sources have just made it up (eg the American diplomat's statement about Chinese and Korean people) or say something completely different (the Japanese POW interviews in Burma).

[kurogane]

I also would not be very surprised to find it's true but it does sound as if Take's info is just 20dumbthing urban myth conspiracy crap. But like Coligny wrote above the idea that they even entertain the idea of growing rice in Fukushima is fucking mind boggling: what a typical trivial and pandersome solution to a serious health issue. It wouldn't surprise me to find there is a niche market for it amongst pity junkies. The place is a dead zone. Wall it in and move along.
Doubts and concerns about food safety amongst Olympic participants will be a major headache for the JOC if they don't get their poopoo together, esp. with the Scandos and Germans and such, and the likely response will be infuriated tantrums by touchy 50 year old male officials demanding they respect Japanese Culture and eat what they're given.

[Takechanpoo]

eikaiwa slave confessed cant judge things by what someone said itself.
not a few of bitter gaijin fellows living in japan cant and even dont try to read japanese articles and books in spite of the fact they live here for a long time.
https://news.nifty.com/article/item/neta/12111-26946/
http://biz-journal.jp/2016/09/post_16560.html

[Takechanpoo]

Usually he can't produce a source because he is just passing on internet gossip or his sources have just made it up (eg the American diplomat's statement about Chinese and Korean people)

what is the reason you conclude the George Kennans wise saying about korean is a fabrication? just because its not appeared in google search? right? eh?

"The Koreans are mostly exaggerators or barefaced liars, by heredity
and by training, and it is impossible to accept without careful
verification, the statements which they make with regard to
Japanese misbehavior."

you fucking textbook brain bitch.

[Wage Slave]

Usually he can't produce a source because he is just passing on internet gossip or his sources have just made it up (eg the American diplomat's statement about Chinese and Korean people)

what is the reason you conclude the George Kennans wise saying about korean is a fabrication? just because its not appeared in google search? right? eh?

"The Koreans are mostly exaggerators or barefaced liars, by heredity
and by training, and it is impossible to accept without careful
verification, the statements which they make with regard to
Japanese misbehavior."

you fucking textbook brain bitch.

When and where did he say it then Tacky? You can't quote people and not be able to produce that information. Textbook brain can only mean well read and reliably informed with a notable ability to think critically - I am happy to accept that is true.

[kurogane]

From what I do remember from a previous life in International Political Economy Kennan was a known pig, bigot and douchebag on par with Dulles and Churchill, but that quote sounds apocryphal enough.
Plus it's fun to watch, so do keep it up while the will lasts

[Coligny]

We might need this thread for few bits of updates. You think you can dial down the -korea-Takarambe- retard a bit or shall we start a new one ? Bit of a waste though seems not to much might go on...

[Takechanpoo]

Textbook brain can only mean well read and reliably informed with a notable ability to think critically - I am happy to accept that is true.

no. i mean that you are typically the type who judge the credibility of articles and books by the academic career and the racial and ethnic attribute of writer rather than by what is written itself. you just follow authorities like a sheep. fix the shameful habit checking out the writers career before reading the text itself and learn how to judge things independently. this is an order.

[matsuki]

I'm sure Abe, Tepco, and Fukushima residents will be happy to know that in the last few documentaries and basically most anything that mentions "The Great East Japan Earthquake" have been referring to it as "The 2011 Fukushima Earthquake, Tsunami, Disaster."

Fukushima terror/fear ain't going away anytime soon and we probably have Tepco as daichisekinin to thank for it.

The better documentaries also go waaaaay out of their way to point out that Fukushima Daiichi was like the fax machine of nuclear plants. Outdated, flawed, and causing anti-nuke panic when there are several modern designs (and even a fuel older ones) that significantly reduce shit hitting the fan risk and wouldn't have melted down due to the earthquake or Tsunami. They also showed how much international help TEPCO is getting behind the scenes and how their attempted underground ice barriers are some silly shit the local nuclear experts construction companies in charge of the disaster pulled out of their asses as a band aid while TEPCO's efforts to deal with the never-ending leaking/contaminated water problem continues to be unresolved.

[Grumpy Gramps]

Construction Crane Collapses on Japan's Takahama NPP Unit.

TOKYO (Sputnik) – The 367-feet crane arm is said to have damaged a part of the reactor’s wall and the roof of a building with the spent nuclear fuel pool. The company pointed out that the debris had not fallen into the pool.
The incident caused by strong wind did not result in radiation leaks, according to the statement.

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As usual, nothing to see here, just a little hole in a wall; nap on little kitty...

[Coligny]

Nothing surprising:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wor ... e-worried/


Tl/dr
Level are high in them roomz of dem damaged reactorz...

[Russell]

Nuclear energy industry lacks new talent as Fukushima fallout turns off graduates

At a Tokyo job fair for the atomic energy industry on March 4, Kenta Kakitani, a graduate student at the University of Tokyo, hopes to some day become a nuclear plant design engineer.

But Kakitani may be a rare breed in Japan, where nuclear businesses have seen a serious shortage of new talent since the March 11, 2011, meltdowns at the Fukushima No. 1 power plant, the world’s worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl in 1986.

“It seems that the nuclear power industry has lost much of its popularity because it is seen as in decline and is suffering a negative image from having to decommission crippled reactors,” said Kakitani, 24, who majors in nuclear engineering.

According to education ministry data, 298 students entered departments related to nuclear power study in fiscal 2015, a slight decline from 317 in fiscal 2010.

Kakitani said that although the number may not have declined drastically, many talented students are majoring in the fields of artificial intelligence and aerospace engineering instead of nuclear engineering.

The turnout at the job fair reflects the nuclear power industry’s fall from grace.

In fiscal 2010, 1,903 students attended a nuclear industry job event. In fiscal 2015, only 337 showed up. This year’s tally won’t be known until after a job fair in Osaka on Saturday.

Demand in the industry for graduate talent, however, is on the rise. Firms participating in the job fair, including big names like Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc., Toshiba Corp. and Hitachi Ltd., rose from 34 in fiscal 2012 to 59 in fiscal 2016, organizers said.

But recent news that scandal-hit Toshiba is scaling back its atomic business isn’t helping to attract graduates.

Akio Takahashi, president of the nonprofit group Japan Atomic Industrial Forum Inc. (JAIF), which organized the Tokyo job fair, worries that Japan will not have enough nuclear engineers even though it will take several decades to decommission Fukushima No. 1.

“It will be problematic if we run short of manpower,” said Takahashi.

Since the meltdown calamity struck, nuclear plants have faced stricter safety standards. Reactors are now required to be equipped with dozens of additional safety features to defend against various situations, including meltdowns, tsunami and terrorism.

Nuclear plant operators have had to come up with new reactor designs and deal with mountains of paperwork for submission to the Nuclear Regulation Authority, Japan’s nuclear watchdog, which has final authority over whether a reactor can be restarted under the new safety standards.

Japan Atomic Power Company, which runs reactors in the village of Tokai, Ibaraki Prefecture, and in Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture, plans to hire about 30 rookie engineers in April 2018.

“After the Fukushima incident, nuclear power faced strong criticism. However, talking to the students today, I felt that more of them are interested in nuclear power,” said a JAPC official at the job fair.

The situation is more serious at the NRA, which assesses and inspects nuclear plants. The NRA, which also set up a booth at the job fair to lure prospective students, hasn’t made it a secret that it lacks enough competent staff to verify whether reactors are up to the safety standards.

The industry also believes nuclear engineering students are not receiving enough training.

Following the Fukushima meltdowns, research reactors, which, like their commercial counterparts have suspended operations, must clear the new safety standards before they can be restarted. For now they are idle.

“Over the past two to three years, students have graduated without engaging in the basic experiments that are of utmost importance in studying nuclear power,” said Keiko Kito, a JAIF staffer who is also a member of the Japan Nuclear Human Resource Development Network (JN-HRD Net). “They may need to study further after research reactors are reactivated at universities.”

The network consists of schools, companies and government organizations, including the education and industry ministries.

Education ministry official Ryosuke Murayama noted that research reactors were necessary to nurture students who can develop and operate nuclear plants, but would not help those seeking to experiment with ways to decommission reactors.

“One of the experiments considered necessary in the basic research associated with the decommissioning of plants involves the secular change in fuel debris. Honestly, it doesn’t require research reactors,” said Murayama.

Murayama is in charge of the ministry’s program to decommission Fukushima No. 1, offering budgets to schools and corporations if their research disciplines are considered effective.

The ministry also earmarked about ¥60 million a year until 2019 for a Fukushima University program aimed at educating students and training working-level technicians for decommissioning the Fukushima No. 1 plant.

Starting in April, roughly 20 students enrolled in the program are set to visit Fukushima No. 1 as part of extracurricular study.

Fukushima University President Katsumi Nakai reportedly plans to offer similar opportunities to students outside the program, such as those studying psychology or risk communications, starting in 2018.

The education ministry, in cooperation with other organizations, including JN-HRD Net, formed a working group in 2015 to look into the human resources needs of the country’s nuclear power industry, according to a report published in 2016.

“Decommissioning will take decades,” said Murayama of the education ministry. “We hope to develop human resources in various fields. Other than those with traditional nuclear engineering backgrounds, we may want people from the fields of robotics, chemistry and even civil engineering.”

But whether the government effort will bear fruit remains to be seen.

All good and well, lots of blah blah, but then comes the big surprise, which made me scratch my head...

Of the students who attended the job fair, those majoring in other disciplines besides nuclear energy, including in electrical and electronic engineering and liberal arts, were in sharp decline.

Less than 50 liberal arts students showed up at the event in fiscal 2015, down from over 250 in fiscal 2010, according to JAIF.

Moreover, a JAIF staffer said the decline in liberal arts students showed the lack of popularity of the nuclear power industry.

Link

Are they telling me that liberal arts students are valuable recruits for Tepco?!? That explains a lot...

[Takechanpoo]

An 8 km high plume was recorded from the southernmost major stratovolcano on the Kamchatka peninsula.

The eruption is believed to be the first since 1769, and tourist organisations have been warned not to venture towards the 2,156 metre high volcano.

http://siberiantimes.com/other/others/n ... the-great/

[Mike Oxlong]

Suspected bomb found on premises of Fukushima power plant: TEPCO

What appears to be an undetonated bomb has been discovered on the premises of the Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant, Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) announced on Aug. 10.

The device was discovered buried in the ground at a parking lot currently undergoing maintenance in the western corner of the premises at 7:30 a.m. by an excavation worker. With a length of approximately 85 centimeters and a diameter of about 15 centimeters, the cylindrical apparatus has what appears to be a stabilizer tail. It was located roughly a kilometer from the damaged No. 1 to No. 4 reactors.

The Fukushima Prefectural Police are working to confirm if the device is indeed a bomb and are considering disposal methods if it is confirmed to be an explosive. Police have cordoned off the surrounding area, but the situation has not caused any effects on the decommissioning of the plant.

U.S. forces launched an airstrike in an area around the power plant during World War II, according to the Fukushima Prefectural Archives.

http://mainichi.jp/english/articles/201 ... na/008000c

[Coligny]

HEmmmmmm...
Maybe more unexploded ordnance no ? Dud or A/G training device ?

[Coligny]

WWII unaccounted stuff...

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/08/10 ... -site.html

[Takechanpoo]

in akita, 0.06 μSv/hr, the number of radiation per second is 28.
on the other hand.....

[wagyl]

0.06 μSv/hr, the number of radiation per second is 28.

Remind me again, how many microSieverts make up one radiation?
Can you put one radiation in a box for me?

[Takechanpoo]

TOKYO -- The Japanese government has entered into negotiations to acquire U.K.-based Urenco, a major European producer of enriched uranium, in a deal that is expected to be worth several billions of dollars.

The state-owned Japan Bank for International Cooperation is expected to make an offer together with U.S. nuclear energy company Centrus Energy.

The not-so-ulterior motive is to block companies from Russia and China -- two countries that are increasing their influence in the global nuclear power market -- from taking control of the company.

https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics-Econom ... powerhouse

[Grumpy Gramps]

Hmm, smells fishy af. If the Germans and the Brits want to get rid of their shares, then buying it is likely not a very good deal. Together with the news that the Japanese tax payers will have to bail out the new British nuke plant that's about to be built, I wonder what is beyond that "not-so-ulterior motive". If it was me, I wouldn't touch any of it with a barge pole.

[Grumpy Gramps]

Greenpeace investigation shows Fukushima radiation risks to last into next century

Tokyo, 1 March 2018 - A comprehensive survey by Greenpeace Japan in the towns of Iitate and Namie in Fukushima prefecture, including the exclusion zone, revealed radiation levels up to 100 times higher than the international limit for public exposure.[1][2] The high radiation levels in these areas pose a significant risk to returning evacuees until at least the 2050’s and well into next century.

The findings come just two weeks ahead of a critical decision at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) review on Japan’s human rights record and commitments to evacuees from the nuclear disaster.

“In all of the areas we surveyed, including where people are permitted to live, the radiation levels are such that if it was in a nuclear facility it would require strict controls. Yet this is public land. Citizens, including children and pregnant women returning to their contaminated homes, are at risk of receiving radiation doses equivalent to one chest X-ray every week. This is unacceptable and a clear violation of their human rights, ” said Jan Vande Putte, radiation specialist with Greenpeace Belgium and leader of the survey project.

Greenpeace Japan conducted the investigations in September and October last year, measuring tens of thousands of data points around homes, forests, roads and farmland in the open areas of Namie and Iitate, as well as inside the closed Namie exclusion zone. The government plans to open up small areas of the exclusion zone, including Obori and Tsushima, for human habitation in 2023. The survey shows the decontamination program to be ineffective, combined with a region that is 70-80% mountainous forest which cannot be decontaminated.

Key finding from the Greenpeace Japan survey:

• Even after decontamination, in four of six houses in Iitate, the average radiation levels were three times higher than the government long term target. Some areas showed an increase from the previous year, which could have come from recontamination.
  
• At a house in Tsushima in the Namie exclusion zone, despite it being used as a test bed for decontamination in 2011-12, a dose of 7 mSv per year is estimated, while the international limit for public exposure in a non-accidental situation is 1 mSv/y. This reveals the ineffectiveness of decontamination work.
  
• At a school in Namie town, where the evacuation order was lifted, decontamination had failed to significantly reduce radiation risks, with levels in a nearby forest with an average dose rate of more than 10 mSv per year. Children are particularly at risk from radiation exposure.
  
• In one zone in Obori, the maximum radiation measured at 1m would give the equivalent of 101 mSv per year or one hundred times the recommended maximum annual limit, assuming a person would stay there for a full year These high levels are a clear threat, in the first instance, to thousands of decontamination workers who will spend many hours in that area.

This contamination presents a long term risk, and means that the government’s long-term radiation target (1ｍSv/year which is equivalent to 0.23μSv/hour) are unlikely to be reached before at least the middle of the century in many areas that are currently open and into next century for the exclusion zone of Namie. In an admission of failure, the government has recently initiated a review of its radiation target levels with the aim of raising it even higher.

The Government’s policy to effectively force people to return by ending housing and other financial support is not working, with population return rates of 2.5% and 7% in Namie and Iitate respectively as of December 2017.

[...]

No-one can blame those, who don't want to go back...

[Isle of View]

Greenpeace investigating the dangers of radiation is like asking one's barber if one needs a haircut.

[Grumpy Gramps]

If the choice, who to believe, is between government/TEPCO and Greenpeace, I'll take Greenpeace any day

[legion]

Greenpeace investigating the dangers of radiation is like asking one's barber if one needs a haircut.

Greenpeace have been rather checkmated by the whole CO2 climate change thing.

In other news, because of the snow, the UK is running out of gas. However emergency supplies of hot air have been obtained from the mouths and arses of politicians.

[Takechanpoo]

new "life-forms" being found in the contaminated water inside the fukushima nuke reactors !!!

「なんだ、あのマリモみたいなものは？」「大至急、あの水を調べさせてほしい！」

水中のあちこちに沈殿した泥土や水あかのような物質、２号炉の水没した部分に広がる黒や深緑色のシミなども事故由来ではなく、生命活動によって発生したものでしょう。２、３号炉の金属部分の緑色や、平面に付着した黄土色とオレンジ色の物質は藻類などの群集体でバイオフィルムとも呼ばれています。これは自然界では河原の石などに付着し、好物のミネラルや金属イオンなどを栄養にしながら成長し続けるのです。

１、２、３号炉すべての水中に漂う半透明の物質も、おそらくバイオフィルムの剥離片や生きたプランクトンでしょう。これは水の対流に乗って浮遊しているように見えますが、もっと念入りに観察をすれば、自立して泳ぐ生物が見つかるかもしれません」

http://wpb.shueisha.co.jp/2018/03/05/100773/
"wtf is that marimo-like material????!!!!! let me investigate the water asap!!!"

[legion]

they are the testicles of transgender mutants

[wagyl]

they are the testicles of transgender mutants

Bollocks!

[FG Lurker]

Well fuck, that really wasn’t how I wanted to start the week! Everything shaking like hell with the phone blaring about 地震. 5.9 quake centered in Osaka, 10km deep.