Update #56: August 27, 2011
Not one story on Fukushima at NHK today. In case you are led to believe the crisis is over the following stories are in the international press today. There is much in the international Press.
Energy News carries this Dr. Chistopher Busby two-part interview today. It was filmed during his visit to Japan in mid-August. Both parts are embedded at the link.
Fukushima like the Titanic
Part 1 is 14 minutes. Listen very carefully to Busby's discussion on the history of the ICRP model that is still being used for dosage calculations.
Part 2 is 7 minutes, in which Busby says:"Science has been bought and sold by big business.[…] My message is that these scientists are telling lies." There is also information in both parts on Japanese and international contamination levels.
SKF carries the following story today.
Fukushima I Nuke Plant SFPs with High Level of Radioactive Cesium
"Well, so much for the Mainichi reporter who said "10 becquerels/liter" of radioactive cesium in the water spilled from the Spent Fuel Pool in Reactor 4 the other day. (It looks like he simply added 6.1 and 4.4, as you see in the chart below, and ignored the minor details like E+04…)
From TEPCO's handout for the press on August 25:
[handout at SKF link]
Have these numbers changed over time? If so by how much? I went to look for TEPCO's handouts in the past. In Reactor 1 SFP, the amount of radioactive cesium increased in 2 months, while in Reactor 3 SFP it has steadily decreased. In Reactor 4 SFP the amount is about the same… In Reactor 2 SFP the amount is also about the same.
Spent Fuel Pool 1:
6/24/2011:
Cesium-134: 12,000 becquerels/cubic centimeters
Cesium-137: 14,000 becquerels/cubic centimeters
8/19/2011:
Cesium-134: 23,000 becquerels/cubic centimeters
Cesium-137: 18,000 becquerels/cubic centimeters
Spent Fuel Pool 3:
5/8/2011:
Cesium-134: 140,000 becquerels/cubic centimeters
Cesium-137: 150,000 becquerels/cubic centimeters
7/7/2011:
Cesium-134: 94,000 becquerels/cubic centimeters
Cesium-137: 110,000 becquerels/cubic centimeters
8/19/2011:
Cesium-134: 87,000 becquerels/cubic centimeters
Cesium-137: 74,000 becquerels/cubic centimeter
This story is also carried at Energy News (linked to SKF) under the headline:
Cesium-134 nearly doubles in Fukushima Spent Fuel Pool No. 1 over past two months – Now at 23,000 bq/cm³
And finally here is a 13-minute episode from Australia's CBS 60-Minute show which aired last Sunday.
Global Research TV (grtv) where the video is embedded, reviews it as follows:
Fukushima Will Be Radiating Everyone for Centuries
by grtv
Australia's CBS exposed the "unspeakable" realities of the Japanese catastrophe in its 60 Minutes program Sunday night during which leading nuclear scientist Dr. Michio Kaku said radiation from Fukushima will impact of all of humanity. The nuclear energy power industry violation of the right to health is apparent throughout the new Australian report.
"In fact the whole world will be exposed from the radiation from Fukushima," Dr. Kaku told CBS reporter Liz Hayes.
"We are already getting radiation from Fukushima," Dr. Kaku said.
Just as Australia's SBS exposed in depth the reality of the 2010 BP Gulf of Mexico catastrophe unlike any U.S. mainstream news station, Sunday, Australia's CBS has now exposed in depth the Fukushima catastrophe.
"The Fukushima crisis is far from over. The crippled nuclear power plant is still leaking; and, judging from Chernobyl, recovery will not be measured in years, more like centuries," reported the Australian presenter Liz Hayes.
Read more on this story:
http://beforeitsnews.com/story/972/774/NL/
Also available on YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rr2PmjdpLqM&feature=player_embedded