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Japan: Myths of Decontamination & Life As Usual Continue Into 2012

admin — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 07:37:21 +0000

Source: http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/

NHK is Japanese mainstream media — common sense and critical thinking are strongly advised!

Reports from the first week of January, 2012.
Very little has been reported about what is happening at the Fukushima nuclear plant, which makes one wonder whether everything is perfect in the death zone, or, more realistically, whether they are hiding something (again). STAY INFORMED! May be, in a month or so, they’ll let us know what has been going on AT THIS TIME.

Must Read ARTICLES:
Fukushima for All of Us: Deception, Monopoly Profit, Weapons & Death:
http://www.sott.net/articles/show/240064-Fukushima-For-All-of-Us-Deception-Mo…
Dr. Anthony J. Hall: From Hiroshima to Fukushima, 1945-2011
http://www.veteranstoday.com/2011/03/28/from-hiroshima-to-fukushima-1945-2011/
Nuclear Lighthouses in Russia:
http://bellona.org/english_import_area/international/russia/nuke-weapons/nonproliferation/28067
http://bellona.no/bellona.org/english_import_area/international/russia/navy/northern_fleet/incidents/37598
Scientists test sick Alaska seals for radiation:
http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/scientists-test-sick-alaska-seals-for-radiation
A second radiation leak has been discovered at the Hawaii Pacific Oncology Center in Hilo.
http://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/sections/news/local-news/new-radiation-leak-clinic.html

Nuclear News and Updates:
http://capitoilette.com/2011/12/30/the-party-line-december-30-2011-the-party-line-nuclear-style/
http://ex-skf.blogspot.com/2011/04/fukushima-i-nuke-plant-japan-nuclear.html
http://enenews.com/
http://australiancannonball.com/
http://fukushima-diary.com/
http://fukushimaupdate.com/
http://nukefree.org/
http://www.llrc.org/
http://enformable.com/
http://radioactive.eu.com/
http://masterofmanythings.com/radiation_updates.html
http://www.scoop.it/t/nuclear-news-what-the-physics
http://blog.safecast.org/
http://www.nuc.berkeley.edu/UCBAirSampling
http://www.enviroreporter.com/
http://fukushimaemergencywhatcanwedo.blogspot.com/2011/09/nuclear-expert-says…

http://enformable.com/2011/09/nuclear-experts-say-fukushima-is-turning-out-to…
http://www.nuclearhealth.org/
http://japanfocus.org/-Say_Peace-Project/3549
http://changeagents2011.wordpress.com/
http://robertsingleton.wordpress.com/
http://www.nirs.org/reactorwatch/accidents/Fukushimafactsheet.pdf

CHERNOBYL Consequences of the Catastrophe for People and the Environment
By A.Yablokov, V. Nesterenko, A. Nesterenko –
http://www.scribd.com/doc/62503047/Yablokov-Nesterenko-and-Nesterenko-2009-An…

Miscellaneous:
http://www.gdacs.org/index.asp
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/index2.php
http://geocommons.com/maps/57960
http://www.weather.gov/view/states.php
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfgYRIGjNkA
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=25884
http://news.lucaswhitefieldhixson.com/
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110815152027.htm
http://www.fujigoko.tv/live/shotList.cgi
http://www.icjt.org/npp/podrobnosti.php?drzava=14&lokacija=818
http://www.cdc.gov/about/grand-rounds/archives/2010/03-March.htm
http://www.ocregister.com/news/san-321567-onofre-nuclear.html
http://www.epa.gov/rpdweb00/radionuclides/cesium.html
http://www.france24.com/en/20111007-reporters-japan-clearing-up-fukushima-nuc…
http://www.japannewstoday.com/
http://www.radprocalculator.com/Conversion.aspx
http://cryptome.org/eyeball/daiichi-npp4/daiichi-photos4.htm

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MsMilkytheclown: Fukushima 9 Months later decontamination Update 121111

admin — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 10:04:23 +0000

Credit and thanks to MsMilkytheclown at:
http://www.youtube.com/user/MsMilkytheclown?blend=1&ob=5

http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/
http://enenews.com/
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/index2.php

See Also:
Arnie and Maggie Gundersen/Fairewinds Associates (Mr. Gundersen, a nuclear engineer and a former nuclear industry executive, is an unequalled US expert on nuclear energy and nuclear industry problems):
http://www.fairewinds.com/
http://www.youtube.com/user/fairewindsenergy
in Japanese: http://www.fairewinds.com/ja

Websites recommended by Arnold Gundersen:
http://ex-skf.blogspot.com/2011/04/fukushima-i-nuke-plant-japan-nuclear.html
http://enenews.com/

Nuclear Regulatory Commission daily reports (what’s happening at nuclear plants near you):
http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/event-status/event/2011/index.html

NRC Recommendations for Enhancing Reactor Safety in the 21st Century (discussed by A. Gundersen in his September 20th Update)
http://pbadupws.nrc.gov/docs/ML1125/ML112510271.pdf

Union of Concerned Scientists (watchdog over NRC):
http://www.ucsusa.org/nuclear_power/

Fukushima links (Fukushima Daiichi live and a youtube compressed version):
http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/nu/f1-np/camera/index-e.html
http://lucaswhitefieldhixson.com/lucaswebcamwatch.html
http://www.youtube.com/user/fuku1live
http://atmc.jp/fuku1/#v=C4Xfo23IBaM
http://www.tepco.co.jp/nu/f1-np/camera/index-j.html
http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/news/110311/
TEPCO PRESS RELEASES DIRECTLY FROM TEPCO
http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/press/corp-com/release/index-e.html
Radiation measured in water and air at Fukushima plant:
http://www9.nhk.or.jp/kabun-blog/500/
Daily food random testing results (Japanese only)
http://www.maff.go.jp/noutiku_eikyo/mhlw3.html
http://cryptome.org/eyeball/daiichi-npp/daiichi-photos.htm

Weather (radiation flow) from Fukushima:
http://www.stormsurfing.com/cgi/display_alt.cgi?a=glob_250
http://www.meteocentrale.ch/en/weather/weather-extra/weather-in-japan.html
http://zardoz.nilu.no/~flexpart/fpinteractive/plots/?C=M;O=D

Dr. Helen Caldicott’s website:
http://ifyoulovethisplanet.org

Nuclear News and Updates:
http://australiancannonball.com/
http://fukushima-diary.com/
http://fukushimaupdate.com/
http://nukefree.org/
http://www.llrc.org/
http://enformable.com/
http://radioactive.eu.com/
http://masterofmanythings.com/radiation_updates.html
http://blog.alexanderhiggins.com/2011/04/12/realtime-epa-radnet-japan-nuclear…
http://www.scoop.it/t/nuclear-news-what-the-physics
http://blog.safecast.org/
http://www.nuc.berkeley.edu/UCBAirSampling
http://www.enviroreporter.com/
http://fukushimaemergencywhatcanwedo.blogspot.com/2011/09/nuclear-expert-says…
http://enformable.com/2011/09/nuclear-experts-say-fukushima-is-turning-out-to…
http://www.nuclearhealth.org/
http://japanfocus.org/-Say_Peace-Project/3549
http://changeagents2011.wordpress.com/

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Duration : 0:6:36

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Decontamination Not Working, Radioactive Rice, Sea Nukes, Dounreay Vaults, Nuke Train Protest, UAE

admin — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 17:49:20 +0000

http://NukeNe.ws – Radioactive Rice: 1270 Bq/kg of Cesium from Rice in Onami District, Fukushima City :: Mainichi: Decontamination workers not showing up, worried about health — Went from 33 companies down to 2 — Radiation levels persisting — Expected to take much longer :: ????: Gov’t claims Strontium in Yokohama NOT from Fukushima because no short-lived Strontium-89 — Yet 59 Bq/kg was detected

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Decontamination Not Working
http://nukene.ws/story/mainichi-decontamination-workers-not-showing-worried-about-health-went-33-companies-down-2-radiation/20111125
http://nukene.ws/story/radiation-lingering-homes-fukushima-district/20111125

Radioactive Rice
http://nukene.ws/story/radioactive-rice-1270-bqkg-cesium-rice-onami-district-fukushima-city/20111125

Sea Nuke Plants
http://nukene.ws/story/new-partner-future-floating-plants/20111125

Dounreay Dry Cask Vaults Under Construction
http://nukene.ws/story/construction-starts-dounreay-vaults/20111125

Nuke Train Protest
http://nukene.ws/story/police-use-water-cannons-against-german-anti-nuclear-protestors/20111125
http://nukene.ws/story/nuclear-waste-train-stopped-france-through-fear-protest-movement/20111125
http://nukene.ws/story/french-nuclear-train-halted-german-border-demos-loom/20111125
http://nukene.ws/story/france-delays-nuclear-train-amid-german-demo-threats/20111125

UAE $30 Billion Nuclear Power Program
http://nukene.ws/story/united-arab-emirates-30-billion-nuclear-power-program/20111124

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Fukushima: Save The Children, Not The Nuclear Industry

admin — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 01:01:19 +0000

Radioactive debris being shipped all over Japan, children reporting effects of cesium 137, and the founding of The Christopher Busby Foundation for the children of Fukushima.

Mirrored, please share!!

Daily Fukushima reports, subscribe to
MsMilkytheclown
http://www.youtube.com/user/MsMilkytheclown

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TEPCO Spraying DECONTAMINATED water OUTSIDE Fukushima plant

admin — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 02:21:42 +0000

Thank you Ms.Milky for the video! -
http://www.youtube.com/user/MsMilkytheclown?blend=1&ob=5

See also:
Arnie and Maggie Gundersen/Fairewinds Associates (Mr. Gundersen, a nuclear engineer and a former nuclear industry executive, is an unequalled US expert on nuclear energy and nuclear industry problems):
http://www.fairewinds.com/
http://www.youtube.com/user/fairewindsenergy
in Japanese: http://www.fairewinds.com/ja

Websites recommended by Arnold Gundersen:
http://ex-skf.blogspot.com/2011/04/fukushima-i-nuke-plant-japan-nuclear.html
http://enenews.com/

Nuclear Regulatory Commission daily reports (what’s happening at nuclear plants near you):
http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/event-status/event/2011/index.html

NRC Recommendations for Enhancing Reactor Safety in the 21st Century (discussed by A. Gundersen in his September 20th Update)
http://pbadupws.nrc.gov/docs/ML1125/ML112510271.pdf

Union of Concerned Scientists (watchdog over NRC):
http://www.ucsusa.org/nuclear_power/

Weather (radiation flow) from Fukushima:
http://www.stormsurfing.com/cgi/display_alt.cgi?a=glob_250
http://www.meteocentrale.ch/en/weather/weather-extra/weather-in-japan.html

Dr. Helen Caldicott (September 2011 interview with Arnold Gundersen):
http://ifyoulovethisplanet.org/?p=4952

Nuclear News and Updates:
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/
http://nukefree.org/
http://australiancannonball.com/
http://www.youtube.com/user/MsMilkytheclown?blend=1&ob=5
http://fukushima-diary.com/
http://www.llrc.org/
http://enformable.com/
http://radioactive.eu.com/
http://blog.alexanderhiggins.com/2011/04/12/realtime-epa-radnet-japan-nuclear-radiation-monitoring-every-us-city-single-page-16511/
http://www.scoop.it/t/nuclear-news-what-the-physics
http://blog.safecast.org/
http://www.nuc.berkeley.edu/UCBAirSampling
http://www.enviroreporter.com/
http://fukushimaemergencywhatcanwedo.blogspot.com/2011/09/nuclear-expert-says-fukushima-radiation.html
http://enformable.com/2011/09/nuclear-experts-say-fukushima-is-turning-out-to-be-much-worse-than-chernobyl-and-yet-us-has-learned-nothing/
http://www.nuclearhealth.org/

“Evidence of neutron leakage at the Fukushima nuclear plant from measurements of radioactive 35S in California:”
http://www.docstoc.com/docs/91461104/Evidence-of-neutron-leakage-at-the-Fukus…

US NRC / “Briefing on the Task Force Review of NRC Processes and Regulations Following the Events in Japan”
http://www.docstoc.com/docs/91462459/Briefing-on-the-Task-Force-Review-of-NRC…

Miscellaneous:
http://www.gdacs.org/index.asp
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/index2.php

Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Fukushima:
http://mitnse.com/ – MIT NSE Nuclear Information Hub
http://www.youtube.com/redirect?q=http%3A%2F%2Fmitnse.files.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F06%2Ffukushima-lessons-learned-mit-nsp-025.pdf&session_token=kc_Vi7rX2MUZ3dE9KWFJDj_YOyx8MTMxNDg5NzgyMkAxMzE0ODExNDIy

Duration : 0:3:54

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NE Japan Fukushima prefecture -attempts at decontamination & unwillingness to deal w/reality

admin — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 20:38:21 +0000

http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/04_04.html

Websites recommended by Arnold Gundersen:
http://ex-skf.blogspot.com/2011/04/fukushima-i-nuke-plant-japan-nuclear.html
http://enenews.com/

Nuclear Regulatory Commission daily reports (what’s happening at nuclear plants near you):
http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/event-status/event/2011/index.html

Fukushima links (Fukushima Daiichi live and a youtube compressed version):
http://lucaswhitefieldhixson.com/lucaswebcamwatch.html
http://www.youtube.com/user/fuku1live
http://atmc.jp/fuku1/#v=C4Xfo23IBaM
http://www.tepco.co.jp/nu/f1-np/camera/index-j.html

Check out koizuka77 channel to get a feel as to what’s going on in Japan and how the Japanese public deals with the disaster:
http://www.youtube.com/user/koizuka77#p/u

Weather (radiation flow) from Fukushima:
http://www.stormsurfing.com/cgi/display_alt.cgi?a=glob_250
http://www.meteocentrale.ch/en/weather/weather-extra/weather-in-japan.html

News and Updates:
http://ifyoulovethisplanet.org/?p=4952
http://nukefree.org/
http://australiancannonball.com/
http://www.llrc.org/
http://www.scoop.it/t/nuclear-news-what-the-physics
http://blog.safecast.org/
http://www.nuc.berkeley.edu/UCBAirSampling
http://www.enviroreporter.com/
http://fukushimaemergencywhatcanwedo.blogspot.com/2011/09/nuclear-expert-says-fukushima-radiation.html

SACE Bellefonte Nuclear Plant (Alabama, UNITED STATES, constructed/operated by Tennessee Valley Authority) Arnie Gundersen’s Report of 08/09/2011 is available on:
http://www.cleanenergy.org/index.php?/Reports-and-Publications.html
TVA’s Board of Directors responsible for the plant’s opening, operation and all current and future problems:
http://www.tva.gov/abouttva/board/
http://www.tva.gov/abouttva/board/members.htm
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (authorized completion of the plant after its being written off for scrap and rusting for two years, i.e., cannibalized):
http://www.nrc.gov/
(Notice on their website: Nuclear Regulatory Commission / Protecting People and the Environment)
Five current NRC Commissioners and their bios can be viewed on:
http://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/organization/commfuncdesc.html
Plant designed — 1968
Construction began — 1974
Mothballed (at 80% completion) — 1988
Cannibalized — 2005
NRC approved completion of the construction of the plant (in spite of the virtual abandonment for two years) — 2008
Plant will start operation — 2018 (50-year old design; cars that old are considered antiques)

“Evidence of neutron leakage at the Fukushima nuclear plant from measurements of radioactive 35S in California:”
http://www.docstoc.com/docs/91461104/Evidence-of-neutron-leakage-at-the-Fukus…

US NRC / “Briefing on the Task Force Review of NRC Processes and Regulations Following the Events in Japan”
http://www.docstoc.com/docs/91462459/Briefing-on-the-Task-Force-Review-of-NRC…

Miscellaneous:
http://www.gdacs.org/index.asp
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/index2.php
http://aslwww.cr.usgs.gov/Seismic_Data/heli2_us.shtml
http://www.weather.gov/view/states.php
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/quakes_all.php#DISC…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfgYRIGjNkA
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=25884
http://news.lucaswhitefieldhixson.com/
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110815152027.htm
http://www.oe-files.de/gmaps/eqmashup.html
http://www.fs.fed.us/gpnf/volcanocams/msh/#
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/monitoring/anss/
http://aslwww.cr.usgs.gov/Seismic_Data/telemetry_data/map_sta_eq.shtml
http://www.earthquakes.bgs.ac.uk/helicorder/heli.html
http://download.cnet.com/Earthquake-3D/3000-2054_4-10395116.html
http://www.volcano.si.edu/reports/usgs/
http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/Map/index.php
http://earthquakescanada.nrcan.gc.ca/recent/maps-cartes/index-eng.php
http://www.fujigoko.tv/live/shotList.cgi
http://www.nps.gov/yell/photosmultimedia/webcams.htm
http://www.isthisthingon.org/Yellowstone/daythumbs.php
http://tux.wr.usgs.gov/
http://www.pnsn.org/WEBICORDER/BETTER/pnsn_staweb/index.html
http://www.showme.net/~fkeller/quake/maps.htm
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/monitoring/netquakes/station/NQ079_NM_01/
http://www.icjt.org/npp/podrobnosti.php?drzava=14&lokacija=818
http://www.cdc.gov/about/grand-rounds/archives/2010/03-March.htm

Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Fukushima:
http://mitnse.com/
http://www.youtube.com/redirect?q=http%3A%2F%2Fmitnse.files.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F06%2Ffukushima-lessons-learned-mit-nsp-025.pdf&session_token=kc_Vi7rX2MUZ3dE9KWFJDj_YOyx8MTMxNDg5NzgyMkAxMzE0ODExNDIy

Duration : 0:7:56

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Radiation Control at a Nuclear Reactor 1954 Chalk River Canada

admin — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 06:18:30 +0000

This clip shows ways of controlling the spread of radiological contamination. Passing from zone to zone involved a good deal of body work, registering the levels on personal dosimeters by inserting them into a pad reader, on the way in changing clothing, collecting and calibrating instruments, assembling the materials needed for the job plan, on the way out carefully disrobing, pulling off each garment inside out to contain contaminants, washing down and bundling any equipment which had to be removed for repair so as to not leave a trail of contamination along the route to the shop. Many of these control ideas have evolved into the procedures used at today at the clean-up of contaminated sites such as the US Superfund Program under OSHA’s Hazwoper worker protection regulation. This is clipped from the 1954 episode Hidden Power, from the On the Spot television series from the 1950s. The episode is a visit to the Chalk River NRX Canadian atomic energy plant, showing research in the peacetime application of nuclear energy. At the time of its construction it was Canada’s most expensive science facility and the world’s most powerful nuclear research reactor. NRX experienced one of the world’s first major reactor accidents in December 1952 when the NRX reactor underwent a violent power excursion that destroyed the core of the reactor, causing some fuel melting. Unaccountably, the shut-off rods failed to fully descend into the core. A series of hydrogen gas explosions (or steam explosions) hurled the four-ton gasholder dome four feet through the air where it jammed in the superstructure. Thousands of curies of fission products were released into the atmosphere, and a million gallons of radioactively contaminated water had to be pumped out of the basement and “disposed of” in shallow trenches not far from the Ottawa River. The core of the NRX reactor could not be decontaminated; it had to be buried as radioactive waste. Young Jimmy Carter — later U.S. President, then a nuclear engineer in the U.S. Navy — was among the hundreds of Canadian and American servicemen who were ordered to participate in the NRX cleanup following the accident. Five years later, in 1958, several metallic uranium fuel rods in the nearby NRU reactor overheated and ruptured inside the reactor core. One of the damaged rods caught fire and was torn in two as it was being removed from the core by a robotic crane. As the remote-controlled crane passed overhead, carrying the larger portion of the damaged rod, a three-foot length of fiercely burning uranium fuel broke off and fell into a shallow maintenance pit. The burning fuel lay there, spreading deadly fission products and alpha-emitting particles throughout the reactor building. The ventilation system was jammed in the “open” position, thereby contaminating the accessible areas of the building as well as a sizable area downwind from the reactor site. A relay team of scientists and technicians eventually extinguished the fire by running past the maintenance pit at top speed wearing full protective gear, dumping buckets of wet sand on the burning uranium fuel. Over a thousand men were involved in the cleanup operations following these two accidents. More than 600 men were required for the NRU cleanup alone. Official AECL reports stress that very few of these men were over-exposed to radiation — that is, most of the recorded radiation doses did not exceed the levels that were considered permissible for atomic workers at that time. The reports also imply that no adverse health effects were caused by the exposures received. However, no medical follow-up has ever been done to see whether the population of men involved exhibited a higher-than-normal incidence of cancer later in life. For more on these events, go to the website of the Canadian Coalition for Nuclear Responsibility at http://www.ccnr.org/paulson_legacy.html. The entire film is available at the US National Archive in College Park, Maryland and describes NRX, the atomic reactor, and shows investigations of the production of radioactive isotopes and their use in such fields as industry, medicine and forestry. NRX was a heavy water moderated, light water cooled, nuclear research reactor at the Canadian Chalk River Laboratories, which came into operation in 1947. The NRX operated for 45 years, being shut down permanently in 1993. It is currently undergoing decommissioning at the Chalk River Laboratories site.

Duration : 0:0:50

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Post-disaster nuclear safety efforts continue in Japan

admin — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 16:38:20 +0000

Post-disaster nuclear safety efforts continue in Japan. On Monday, June 20, Japan’s Finance Ministry revealed that the nation’s exports dropped 10.3% in May, representing the third consecutive monthly fall since the massive quake and tsunami on March 11. The decrease was more than economists had forecast, raising concerns over Japan’s struggle to recover from the twin disasters. The nation also continues facing difficulties in stabilizing Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO)’s damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. A five-day ministerial meeting, which had been organized in response to the nuclear crisis, also opened on Monday at the International Atomic Energy Association (IAEA) headquarters in Vienna, Austria, with a record number of more than 900 participants in attendance. IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano proposed agency monitoring and thorough security risk checks in all nations with nuclear power plants, to prevent a potential repeat of the current crisis, which was unanimously agreed to by all participants.

Meanwhile, at the Fukushima Daiichi facility, the testing of a water decontamination system, which is crucial for removing 110,000 tons of highly radioactive water from the site before it overflows, was halted for a second time due to a malfunction early on Tuesday. TEPCO also fully opened the doors to the reactor No. 2 building in order to decrease the humidity inside and enable workers to enter. However, this also allowed radiation to leak out of the site, although TEPCO says the amount would not have an adverse impact on human health or the environment.

According to Aljazeera news agency, a nuclear waste advisor to the Japanese government reported that around the nuclear facility, about 966 square kilometers — an area equivalent to about 17 times the size of Manhattan, New York, USA — is now likely uninhabitable due to radiation. Moreover, in the US, a June 2011 report by physician Dr. Janette Sherman and epidemiologist Dr. Joseph Mangano suggests that a 35% increase in infant mortality in northwestern US cities that occurred after the Fukushima meltdown may have resulted from fallout from the Japanese nuclear plant.

Our sincere thanks, international officials, experts and media members for your work to safeguard the public from radiation harms. Let us do our utmost to eliminate such dangers through our adoption of more eco-conscious ways.

Duration : 0:2:26

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Chemical, Biological, Radiological (CBR) Decontamination Unit: U.S. Army Film (1974)

admin — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 21:16:08 +0000

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CBRN (pronounced C-BORN or C-BURN) is an initialism for chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear. It is commonly used worldwide to refer to incidents or weapons in which any of these four hazards have presented themselves. The term CBRN is a replacement for the cold war term NBC (nuclear, biological, and chemical), which had replaced the term ABC (atomic, biological, and chemical) that was used in the fifties. The addition of the R (for radiological) is a consequence of the “new” threat of a radiological weapon (also known as the “poor man’s atomic bomb”). Since the start of the new millennium, a new term — CBRNe — was introduced as a replacement term for CBRN. The e in this term represents the enhanced (improvised) explosives threat.

CBRN defense (CBRND) is used in reference to CBRN passive protection, contamination avoidance, and CBRN mitigation.

CBRN weapons/agents are often referred to as weapons of mass destruction (WMD). However, this is not entirely correct. Although CBRNe agents often cause mass destruction, this is not necessarily the case. Terrorist use of CBRNe agents may cause a limited number of casualties, but a large terrorizing and disruption of society. Terrorist use of CBRNe agents, intended to cause terror instead of mass casualties, is therefore often referred to as weapons of mass disruption.

A CBRN incident differs from a hazardous material incident in both effect scope (i.e., CBRNE can be a mass casualty situation) and in intent. CBRN incidents are responded to under the assumption that they are deliberate, malicious acts with the intention to kill, sicken, and/or disrupt society. Evidence preservation and perpetrator apprehension are of greater concern with CBRN incidents than with HAZMAT incidents.

Recent analysis has concluded that worldwide government spending on CBRN defence products and services will reach $8.38bn in 2011.

The United States Army uses CBRN as an initialism for their 74D Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Operations Specialists military occupational specialty (MOS). The United States Army trains all US Army soldiers pursuing a career in Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear (CBRN) at the United States Army CBRN School at Fort Leonard Wood.

The term (CBRNE) is also used to define the scope of the FA-52 (Nuclear & Counterproliferation Officer) functional area community.

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Duration : 0:17:56

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Nerve Agent Types GA GB V 1963

admin — Mon, 30 May 2011 11:47:12 +0000

First discovered accidentally during the 1930s by industrial chemists in Germany conducting pesticide research, the nerve agents Tabun (GA) and Sarin (GB) were developed into chemical weapons and stockpiled by the Nazi regime. After the war, the victorious Allies competed among themselves for the secrets of the Nazi nerve agent program. In the early 1950s, British industrial scientists accidentally discovered a second generation of nerve agents that were even more toxic than Sarin and were dubbed “V agents” because of their venomous (skin-penetrating) properties. During the Cold War, the United States and the Soviet Union pursued a chemical arms race in which they produced and stockpiled various nerve agents in the thousands of tons. For a detailed history for the general reader of the discovery, development, proliferation, and control of nerve agents such as Tabun, Sarin, Soman, and VX, read the 2006 book, War of Nerves: Chemical Warfare from World War I to Al-Qaeda, By Jonathan B. Tucker. During the 1960s, ocean dumping, open pit burning, and land burials were the U.S. Armys method of destroying chemical weapons. In 1969, the National Academy of Sciences recommended that ocean dumping be avoided. In the late 1960s President Nixon halts the production of chemical weapons. In 1972, the Army formed the U.S. Army Materiel Commands Program Manager for Demilitarization of Chemical Materiel, headquartered at Picatinny Arsenal, near Dover, NJ. The Army developed chemical weapons disposal methods using incineration and chemical neutralization. Project Eagle incinerates six million pounds of mustard agent and neutralizes eight million pounds of nerve agent GB (sarin) at Rocky Mountain Arsenal, Colo. between 1972 and 1976. Today, The U.S. Army’s Chemical Materials Agency (CMA) safely stores and destroys the nation’s aging chemical weapons and recovers the nation’s chemical warfare materials. The agency is based at the Edgewood Area of the Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland, while other managers and staff fulfill the agency’s mission from weapons storage and disposal at locations across the county. For more on the CMA, link to their website at http://www.cma.army.mil/home.aspx . This clip is from the 1963 film, Nerve Agents, available at the national Archives. The film is from the U. S. Army Training Film series on the features and tactical use of GA (tabun), GB (sarin), and V-class nerve agents as munitions for chemical warfare. Explains how the nerve gas agents enter the human body and the symptoms of poisoning, and shows the protective and first-aid measures that may be taken against them.

Duration : 0:1:0

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