tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7388372827914524197.post2761923387429721964..comments2023-05-27T00:08:34.330+09:00Comments on Japan - after the BIG earthquake: June 5, SundayGabi Grevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7388372827914524197.post-50105106218108618742011-06-06T16:49:38.514+09:002011-06-06T16:49:38.514+09:00A rabbit without ears was born in Fukushima ... ka...A rabbit without ears was born in Fukushima ... kawaiii ? or not ? a reaction to radiation? or just a coincidence? Its brothers and sisters are all OK.<br /><br />mimi nashi usagi <br /><br />福島県で『耳無しうさぎ』が誕生しカワイイ!と話題に。<br />.2011年5月22日 ... なんと福島県浪江町で「耳の無いうさぎ」が誕生したとのことだ。これが放射能の影響なのかそれとも、ただの偶然なのかは定かではないが、本当であれば直ちに健康被害に及ぶレベルになりそうだ。 mimi2 原発事故直後に誕生したというこの ...<br />http://www.yukawanet.com/archives/3757519.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7388372827914524197.post-33302760515425547942011-06-06T16:45:55.551+09:002011-06-06T16:45:55.551+09:00Fukushima Mama –
Protest 20msv/year Radiation Lev...Fukushima Mama – <br />Protest 20msv/year Radiation Level - Higher Than Chernobyl Evacuation Limits<br /><br />A mother of five children in Fukushima founded Citizen’s Network called ‘Radiological Protection for Our Children Fukushima Network’ visited Sapporo and gave us her lecture yesterday June 5.<br /><br />The mom, Ms. Sachiko Sato told us what happened starting right after the 311 earthquake and Fukushima Nuclear Plant’s cripple was the community falling-down. The people who had been against Nuclear Power Plant and aware the immediate danger quickly evacuated to safer places in a few days. But those were minority including Sato family. Most of the Fukushima people are staying except 20 km area evacuees. <br /><br />May 2, Ms. Sato and the group went to Tokyo to negotiate with Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare to lower the limit of 20msv/year (the video attached) for their children, handing out the soil scraped from a school ground which displayed on the radioactive counter some 30 micro sv/hour. On May 23rd, the same group went to Ministry of Education to urge altering the high maximum level of 20 msv/year lowering down to 1msv/year. Finally on May 27, the Ministry announced that they would aim to reduce the figure of 1msv/year in the school yard: shaving the ground to lower the radiation so that children can play outside. This is only school ground. What about the route from their house to school? Or other parks and streets? In other words, the whole area?<br /><br />http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/9306270-fukushima-mama-protest-20msvyear-radiation-level-higher-than-chernobyl-evacuation-limits<br /><br />.<br /><br /><br />福島ママ<br />暫定基準値”は子どもたちにとって適切なのか―?<br /><br />土壌汚染が進む産地の野菜を食すことが、本当に生産者のためになるのか―?<br /><br />http://www.mscr.jp/?eid=51<br /><br />.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7388372827914524197.post-63891385895914187162011-06-05T20:39:42.800+09:002011-06-05T20:39:42.800+09:00On a happier note, those two haiku that Sarah Jane...On a happier note, those two haiku that Sarah Jane Robertson made into posters raised over £500.<br /><br />Here are more images, including close ups, of the process of those poster haiku: <a href="http://area17.blogspot.com/2011/04/alans-haiku-created-into-posters-at.html" rel="nofollow">Poster Haiku</a><br /><br />all my best,<br /><br />Alan, With WordsArea 17https://www.blogger.com/profile/07472190637554124160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7388372827914524197.post-57047538829102429402011-06-05T14:25:50.469+09:002011-06-05T14:25:50.469+09:00TEPCO eyes design flaw in hydrogen explosion
asahi...<b>TEPCO eyes design flaw in hydrogen explosion</b><br />asahi shinbun<br /><br />A design flaw in the exhaust system within the reactors at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant may have caused a hydrogen explosion at the No. 1 reactor March 12 that blew the top off the structure. <br /><br />The same type of exhaust and venting system is installed at other nuclear plants in Japan, meaning a major review will likely be required at those plants. <br /><br />TEPCO officials now believe that venting the containment vessel at the No. 1 reactor to reduce pressure within the vessel and prevent damage may have led to hydrogen gas flowing back into the reactor building, rather than outside as originally designed. <br /><br />A valve in a separate exhaust system that is supposed to stop a reverse flow of hydrogen gas back into the building failed because all power to the reactor was lost in the hours after the March 11 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami. <br /><br />TEPCO executives admitted flaws in the design for the exhaust system could have been a factor leading to the hydrogen explosion. <br /><br />According to internal TEPCO documents, the No. 1 reactor has two emergency exhaust systems. One is the standby gas treatment system (SGTS), which releases gas from the reactor building through a filter to the outer atmosphere. <br /><br />The other system is a pressure-resistant vent pipe, which releases gas from within the containment vessel to the outer atmosphere. <br /><br />The two separate systems eventually join into a single pipe which is connected to the exhaust cylinder that releases all gas into the atmosphere. <br /><br />When venting the containment vessel at the No. 1 reactor, the valve for the SGTS stuck in the open position after the reactor was automatically stopped following the quake. The subsequent loss of power source led to an inability to close the valve. <br /><br />TEPCO officials believe hydrogen gas that should have been released from the vent pipe flowed back into the reactor building through the open SGTS valve after reaching the point where the two exhaust systems converge. <br /><br />The hydrogen gas that flowed back into the reactor building is believed to have accumulated and led to the hydrogen explosion. <br /><br />The No. 1 reactor also did not have a valve designed specifically to prevent the reverse flow of gas back into the reactor building. <br /><br />. . .<br /><br />http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201106040165.htmlanonymous newshttp://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201106040165.htmlnoreply@blogger.com