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Need to Know About Radiation
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Glaciers growing on Mt. Shasta
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Glaciers growing on Mt. Shasta
Although the media has done a great job of covering this up, the inconvenient fact is that all seven glaciers on California’s Mount Shasta are growing. This includes Whitney Glacier, the state’s largest.
Yes, growing. Not melting.
Not only are Mt. Shasta’s glaciers growing, two have nearly doubled in size.
Both the Hotlum and Wintun Glaciers have nearly doubled in size since 1950, says this article on Wikipedia. The Bolam Glacier has increased by half, while the Whitney and Konwakiton Glaciers have grown by a third.
Scientists first became aware of these growing California glaciers in 2002, and I began writing about them in 2003. Now, eight years later, most media outlets still refuse to acknowledge that these glaciers are growing.
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TEPCO sped up radioactive water removal
TEPCO speeds up work to remove radioactive water
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TEPCO speeds up work to remove radioactive water
Tokyo Electric Power Company is trying to remove contaminated water from the basements of the turbine buildings of the No.1, 2, and 3 reactors.
At all 3 reactors, TEPCO wants to move radioactive water into storage tanks. But first, uncontaminated water in the storage tanks must be transferred. Work at the No. 2 and 3 reactors is expected to begin on Saturday.
As for the No. 1 reactor, the uncontaminated water in the storage tank will be completely transferred to another one by Saturday afternoon.
On Friday, workers began a test spraying of synthetic resin in areas around the reactors to contain radioactive materials released by hydrogen blasts. Synthetic resin is expected to harden mud and dust.
The same day, 8 monitoring posts to measure radiation levels in the compounds started functioning again for the first time since the quake struck 3 weeks ago.
TEPCO says it will restore the automatic data transmission system so that the information can be made public on its website.
Also on Friday, docked US military barges began providing freshwater to cool the reactors. But work was suspended temporarily after water leaked from a hose.
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Radioactive water may be kept in float
Radioactive water may be kept in mega float
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Radioactive water may be kept in mega float
Highly radioactive materials have been detected in water at the crippled nuclear plant in northeast Japan.
Plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Company plans to use water tanks to store the radioactive water, but the capacity of these tanks is limited.
Shizuoka City has offered TEPCO a hollow floating platform made of steel to store the water. The mega float is 136 meters long and 46 meters wide, and is currently used as a deep-sea fishing park.
The government is also negotiating with the US military, to see if 2 US barges can be used to temporarily store the radioactive water. The barges were used to transport freshwater that will be used to cool reactors at the nuclear plant.
The government also plans to use 2 ships leased from a private firm.
It says storage of up to 15,000 tons of contaminated water is possible if these ships are used alongside the mega float.
TEPCO and the government are trying to iron out concrete methods of safely transporting and storing radioactive water.
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Battle continues for Fukushima
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Battle continues for Fukushima
Efforts to cool down the reactors continued on Friday. A barge provided by the US Navy is preparing to pump large volumes of fresh water by hose to a water tank near the No.1 reactor.
Workers at the plant are replacing seawater with fresh water to cool the reactors and spent-fuel storage pools. The move follows concerns that salt in the seawater could clog up reactor equipment and hamper the flow of coolant water.
Near the No.4 reactor, 400 liters of a synthetic resin solution were sprayed in an experiment intended to solidify contaminated dust and prevent radioactive materials from getting airborne.
Plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Company is due to test the solution for about 2 weeks to see if it works.
Workers also face the challenge of removing and safely storing highly radioactive water found in and around the reactors.
On Friday, they emptied the No.2 reactor's condensate storage tank, with the same task at the No.1 reactor due to finish soon after.
The emptied tanks will make room for water from the turbine condenser, which in turn will provide storage space for radioactive water flooding the turbine units.
Contaminated water has also been found in deep tunnels extending from the turbine units of 3 reactors.
To prevent the water from spilling into the ocean, water-level monitors are being installed. The work is due to be completed by Saturday.
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Higher radiation levels on helicopters
Higher radiation levels on SDF helicopters
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Higher radiation levels on SDF helicopters
GSDF sources say hundreds of microsieverts of radiation per hour were detected at engine inlets and other parts of the helicopters, which monitored radiation levels and took aerial pictures of the plant.
The US military has informed the Japanese force that radioactive cesium in particular easily adheres to paint used on helicopters and other vehicles.
The GSDF is trying to ensure that all mechanics will wear protective gear during their work. It is also considering the purchase of new equipment to vacuum up radioactive substances.
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Radioactive water leaking from No.2
Radioactive water leaking from No.2 reactor crack
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Radioactive water leaking from No.2 reactor crack
The power company said on Saturday that the level of radiation has been measured at over 1,000 millisieverts per hour.
It said water is leaking from the crack in the wall of a 2-meter deep pit that contains power cables near the water intake of the reactor. Water between 10 centimeters and 20 centimeters deep was found in the pit.
TEPCO is preparing to pour concrete into the cracked pit to stop the leak of radioactive water.
The radiation detected in water in the basement of the turbine building at the No.2 reactor was about 100,000 times that found in the water of an operating reactor.
The company said it will look into how radioactive water is linked to the water in the pit and how it leaked into the ocean.
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