Japan and Asia Articles

2011-05-01 Top Japanese nuclear expert/proponent: Government’s announcement is wrong — I believe all the fuel rods are completely melted down (VIDEO) by ENENEWS
Fukushima I Nuke Plant: Japan Nuclear Technology Institute Senior Advisor Says “Reactors 1, 2, 3 All Had Complete Meltdown”, EX-SKF, April 30, 2011:

Michio Ishikawa, the former head of the Japan Nuclear Technology Institute and the current “most senior” advisor to the Institute, appeared on an Asahi TV program on April 29 and shared his candid assessment of Fukushima I Nuke Plant accident.
He is known as one of the most ardent proponents of nuclear power generation. The Japan Nuclear Technology Institute was set up in 2005 by Ishikawa in order to represent the interest of the nuclear industry in Japan and promote nuclear energy.
[...] he continues to insist nuclear power plants are safe and 100 milli-sieverts cumulative radiation is perfectly safe not just for the plant workers but for everyone.
Here are some of the comments he made during the program…

The government announcement is wrong. I think all the fuel rods have been melted down.

Fukushima I Nuke Plant: Ishikawa of JNTI Talks about Reactor Core Conditions, EX-SKF, April 30, 2011:

More on 77-year-old Michio Ishikawa of the Japan Nuclear Technology Institute on the situation at Fukushima I Nuke Plant, as he appeared on Asahi TV on April 29. [...]
“I believe the fuel rods are completely melted. They may already have escaped the pressure vessel. Yes, they say 55% or 30%, but I believe they are all melted down. When the fuel rods melt, they melt from the middle part on down.
I think the temperature inside the melted core is 2000 degrees to 2000 and several hundred degrees Celsius. A crust has formed on the surface where the water hits. Decay heat is 2000 to 3000 kilowatts, and through the cracks on the crust the radioactive materials (mostly noble gas and iodine) are escaping into the air. [...]
[Later on] The show’s host says “But wait a minute, Mr. Ishikawa, you are a proponent of nuclear power and we expected to hear from you that everything is going well at Fukushima…”
Mr. Ishikawa answers, “Well, if I’m allowed to tell a lie…”

About EX-SKF: I am Japanese, and I not only read Japanese news sources for information on earthquake and the Fukushima Nuke Plant but also watch press conferences via the Internet when I can and summarize my findings, adding my observations.
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Video in Japanese:
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kO0flpwmjJI
2011-05-02 “URGENT: Radiation leaks from fuel rods suspected” at Japan’s Tsuruga nuclear plant — Radioactive Xenon up 75,000%, enenews.com.
2011-05-02 Chile finds radiation in Korean cars — Tests show up to a level 5 on radioactive index, level 9 needed for alert, enenews.com.
2011-05-04 No Protection For Fukushima's 'Expendable' Citizens Or Us by Dr. Ilya Perlingieri, Rense.com.
2011-05-07 or "early May" Proof Of Fukushima Weapons Program Rests On A Pile Of Manure, by Yoichi Shimatsu, 8 Sept. 2011, Rense.com [Editor's Note: I have highlighted certain text below in boldface].
"...Sun-dried manure is more absorbent [of fallout] than the rocky ground of Northern California, which explains the higher level in Sacramento dung than in the Sonoma soil. As a rule of thumb, the accuracy of radiation readings tends to improve with higher concentration of the test material.The manure acted like a sponge for the collection of radioactive rainfall. Its ratio of Cs-137 (resulting from enriched uranium) to Cs-134 (from a civilian fuel rod) is more than 17-to-1. Larger by 1,700 percent, this figure indicates fission of large amounts of weapons-grade material at Fukushima."
"What about the findings of lower ratios in samples gather earlier? The recent higher readings were probably based on either late releases from a fire-destroyed extraction facility or the venting of reactor No.3, a Toshiba-designed unit that used plutonium and uranium mixed oxide or MOX fuel. Unannounced nighttime airborne releases in early May caused radiation burns in many people, as happened to my forearms. Those plumes then drifted toward North America..."

North America and Europe Articles

2011-05-03 Scientist: Radiation in food going to be a nationwide problem in US — Not just limited to one region (VIDEO), enenews.com.
2011-05-04 URGENT:Fukushima Day 55 IMPORTANT Radiation UPDATE with Survival plans (video)
2011-05-04 5/4/2011 -- Radiation forecast overview -- Cesium-137 Buildup , Xenon in the air on West Coast, Uploaded by dutchsinse on May 4, 2011
food in berkley, CA :
http://www.nuc.berkeley.edu/node/2525
EURAD cesium-137 forecast:
http://www.eurad.uni-koeln.de/index_e.html
United States EPA "radiation map":
http://www.epa.gov/japan2011/rert/radnet-data-map.html
NILU full list of forecasts:
http://transport.nilu.no/products/fukushima?searchterm=fuk
NILU Iodine-131 total colum (0-15,000 feet) forecast:
http://transport.nilu.no/products/browser/fpv_fuku?fpp=conccol_I-131_;region=NH
NILU Iodine-131 surface concentration forecast:
http://transport.nilu.no/products/browser/fpv_fuku?fpp=conc_I-131_0_;region=NH
NILU Cesium-137 total colum (0-15,000 feet) forecast:
http://transport.nilu.no/products/browser/fpv_fuku?fpp=conccol_Cs-137_;region=NH
NILU Cesium-137 surface concentration forecast:
http://transport.nilu.no/products/browser/fpv_fuku?fpp=conc_Cs-137_0_;region=NH
NILU Xenon-133 total colum (0-15,000 feet) forecast:
http://transport.nilu.no/products/browser/fpv_fuku?fpp=conccol_Xe-133_;region=NH
NILU Xenon-133 surface concentration forecast:
http://transport.nilu.no/products/browser/fpv_fuku?fpp=conc_Xe-133_0_;region=NH
Uranium found in Hawaii , and WEST COAST USA !
http://www.fairewinds.com
Geiger measurement today to be done from illinois.
Here are the radiation links I have assembled.
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all old links below still functioning...
Full mid levels of Cesium , Xenon, and Iodine.. particulate matter, in the cloud vapor from surface level to 5000m (15,000 feet) ..
It is up to you to decide how you want to approach this data.
Personally, I believe it to be IN THE PRECIPITATION for sure.. which means you do not want to get the rain or snow on you, and do not want to injest the fluid.. (i.e. drink the water) until levels deminish.
the revealed US site:
http://www.atmos.umd.edu/~tcanty/hysplit
Here is a list of the radioactive particles in the air.
Taken from the 3-16-11 on ZAMG site.

XE-133
CS-134
BA-136M
CS-136
CS 137
I-131
I-132
I-133
TE-132

http://babelfish.yahoo.com/translate_url?doit=done&tt=url&intl=1&...
Higher plumes, reaching 5000 meters (15,000 feet) are forecast to reach Portugal, Spain, and central europe.
Finland radiation:
http://www.stuk.fi/fi_FI/
radiation forecasting links:
http://eurdeppub.jrc.it/eurdeppub/home.aspx#
http://www.csn.es/index.php?option=com_maps&view=mappoints&Itemid=32
http://www.jaif.or.jp/english/
http://www.rivm.nl/milieuportaal/dossier/meetnetten/radioactiviteit/resultaten/
http://www.radiationnetwork.com/
http://www.blackcatsystems.com/RadMap/map.html
http://www.irsn.fr/EN/Pages/home.aspx
http://www.nucleartourist.com/
http://www.stuk.fi/index_en.html
http://www.mext.go.jp/english/radioactivity_level/detail/1303962.htm
http://www.nisa.meti.go.jp/english/index.html
http://www.rivm.nl/milieuportaal/dossier/meetnetten/radioactiviteit/resultaten/
http://www.yle.fi/tekstitv/html/P867_02.html
http://www.mapion.co.jp/topics/genpatu/
http://strahlenbelastung.wo-wann-wer.de/
dutch radiation monitoring:
http://www.rivm.nl/milieuportaal/dossier/meetnetten/radioactiviteit/resultaten/
swiss radiation monitoring:
https://www.naz.ch/en/aktuell/zeitverlaeufe.html
Finland radiation monitoring:
http://www.yle.fi/tekstitv/html/P160_01.html
www.yle.fi/tekstitv/html/P867_02.html
French radiation monitoring: (thanks to youtube user: RehKurts ! )
http://sws.irsn.fr/sws/mesure/index
http://www.irsn.fr/FR/Documents/france.htm
jet stream forecasting:
http://squall.sfsu.edu/crws/jetstream.html
http://arctic.atmos.uiuc.edu/CT/animate.arctic.color.0.html
http://nowcoast.noaa.gov/
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/srh/tropicalwx/satpix/nwpac_ir4_loop.php
http://www.stormsurfing.com/cgi/display_alt.cgi?a=glob_250

2011-05-05 The Nuclear Environmental Disaster of Fukushima Daiichi is Just Beginning (PDF) by Serge Sargentini
2011-05-05 Belgium finds Cesium-137 radiation above legal limits on container from Japan, enenews.com.
2011-05-05 Radioactive Rain in Saint Louis Missouri on May 5th 2011 (video) uploaded by potrblog
"The readings averaged 7-10 times normal background readings, 0.103 mR/hr maximum.
The readings were taken from two the hoods of two separate vehicles. Both had been in different parts of the city and in the rain for roughly the 1.5 hours. The first had been driven approximately 4-6 miles round trip through the rain; the second vehicle had been stationary.
The highest reading on the driven vehicle was 0.103 mR/hr; the highest reading on the parked vehicle was 0.075 mR/hr. Given how close the values are to each other, it is unclear if the differences are a result of the driving or just natural fallout variation from one part of the storm to another.
To date, the maximum fallout reading I have recorded in the Saint Louis area was 62x background radiation, 0.686 mR/hr on 4/15/11
For updates visit: http://pissinontheroses.blogspot.com/
For ALERTS follow http://twitter.com/Potrblog
2011-05-05 5/5/2011 -- Dutchsinse makes NBC News -- KSDK Leisa Zigman -- St. Louis, MO, 5/5/2011 -- Dutchsinse makes NBC News -- KSDK Leisa Zigman -- St. Louis, MO
"At 10:49 into the video, a reading of 43.3 counts per minute." [Editor's Note: However, this does not tell you what you will get hit with when it rains, when most of the fallout comes down. Also, NILU and other forecasters show clear patches in America between streaks of radiation plumes, so this could have simply been a temporary "clear patch" situation passing over St. Louis between waves of plumes, just like clear sky between rain clouds]..
2011-05-05 EPA ends special monitoring for Fukushima radiation despite continued rise in nuclear fallout, increased threats to US by Ethan A. Huff
(NaturalNews) The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced yesterday that it is ceasing its special monitoring protocols in the US for radiation from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster in Japan, despite the fact that no real progress at the plant has been made, and threats to the US are persistent. At the same time as the EPA announcement, foreign reports also indicate that levels of radiation in Pacific waters near the Fukushima plant are now up to 1,000 times normal levels, with no real indication of where this radioactive water is flowing.
The EPA has stated that radiation levels in the US related to the Fukushima incident have been "consistently decreasing," and that the agency no longer needs to regularly test food, air, and water for radiation in the manner that it has been. In fact, the agency is so confident that it states in its announcement that "[t]he next round of milk and drinking water sampling will take place in approximately three months."
But just a few weeks ago, EPA data revealed that several milk and water samples from across the country were testing positive with dangerously high levels of radiation. Iodine-131, Cesium-134, and Cesium-137 -- all of which are being emitted from Fukushima -- had been turning up in the US in escalating amounts (http://www.naturalnews.com/032048_radiation_milk.html).
On top of this, the EPA was never even testing for all the different types of radiation being emitted from Fukushima in the first place. EPA data sheets reveal that the agency was never testing for uranium or plutonium, and none of its water supply tests involved testing for anything other than radioactive Iodine-131. But everything is just fine, they say, and further testing is unnecessary.
Learn more:
http://www.naturalnews.com/032291_Fukushima_radiation_monitoring.html#ixzz1X9EBHGOg
2011-05-06 [regarding Denver Radnet graph above with data starting 2011-05-06]
RadNet Data Censorship Saint Louis, Mo 3/30/11 - 6/29/11 by potrblog.
"Four specific types of censoring were found in the EPA data:
(1) Censored Data (deletions): Specifically Gross Beta, and Gama Energy Ranges 2 through 5, and 7.
(2) Censored Data (Burn-offs): Short Half life radiation was allow to burn-off from the sample by performing the sampling in time frames longer than the standard 1 hour sample collection time.
(3) Censored Data (short sampled): Sampling periods were cut short of their standard 1 hour sample gathering time; the result is a radiation count that is proportionally lower.
(4) Censored Data (early filter removal): Filters build up radioactive contamination. By installing a new air filter before the previous filter's useful life span has been reached, the subsequently recorded radioactivity will appear lower.
Based on my understanding of the RadNet's operational guidelines:
Samples are automatically captured every hour and sent up to the EPA to "review" the data before it is posted online. The air sampling cartridges are to be removed every 12,000 cubic meters and sent to the EPA for further analysis; this time may be cut short if unusual radiation detections are found.
As I searched through the EPA RadNet data for Saint Louis, I found two instances where a new air sampling cartridge was inserted and removed with in one or two readings and replaced with another new cartridge. The first such occurrence was on April 10th and was concurrent with all four types of observed censorship. The second occurrence was on May 25th and was concurrent with a large radiation increase.
The EPA website does state that "Electrical interference can cause spikes, shown on graphs as one point significantly higher than the rest of the data". However an examination of the data found NO such instantaneous spikes, only radiation increases predicted via previous upwards trends.
It is also interesting to note that the heaviest data censorship occurred in the early parts of the Fukushima disaster, where radiation levels would have been expected to be at their initial highest. Despite that heavy early point data censorship, the overall trending data from March through May shows a significant increase in radioactivity. I believe the increase is significant from a cancer causing perspective, but not necessarily from the perspective of inducing Radiation Sickness.
Hopefully the EPA will provide an alternate explanation of the above analysis and will support such an explanation by:
(1) Releasing all the RAW un-manipulated data.
(2) Releasing all manuals and instructions covering the collection of such data.
Click HERE for the detail video analysis