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Just in case you were wondering - no, Fukushima's Dai-ichi nuclear power generating facility isn't all it is cracked up to be.
According to results from a new probe at the facility, high radiation levels and a lack of much needed cooling water inside a reactor has caused quite the stir in the nuclear community about the plant's stability.
Dai-ichi was badly damaged after a 9.0 Magnitude earthquake spawned a massive series of tsunami waves that crashed atop the facility on March 11, 2011, that essentially took out power to much of the facility - power needed to control the nuclear reactors, causing, over the ensuing weeks, three near complete nuclear meltdowns. Instead, all that happened was the worst nuclear fiasco seen on the planet since Chernobyl in the Ukraine (a satellite of the former USSR) back in April of 1986.
TEPCO (Tokyo Electric Power Co.) who both own and operate the Dai-ichi nuclear plant says an endoscopic examination detected radiation levels 10 times the fatal dose inside the No. 2 reactor’s chamber, suggesting challenges ahead in shutting down the facility.
The probe also found the containment vessel only contained about 60 centimeters of cooling water in it - far below the 10 meters the government declared was in it back in December of 2011.
Plant workers also reported fresh leaks of contaminated water from a water treatment unit, some flowing into the ocean.
There is no word on what the solution is to these problems, but you can bet that Japan - It's A Wonderful Rife will let you know. Or you can let me know.
Far too often when disaster hits, we only seem to think about loss in human terms. How many dollars (or Yen), who many people died or were injured, loss of income, or homes... but one year after the cataclysmic effects of the March 11, 2011 9.0 Magnitude earthquake, devastating tsuamni and subsequent radiation fears from near meltdowns at a nuclear power generating facility, it becomes increasingly obvious that we fail to note the effect it has all had on family pets and other animals.
While it is true that there has been immense human suffering in Japan, there is also an effect on the animals there.
I'm sure many of you have seen the touching scene after the tsunami of one dog refusing to leave his injured canine companion. It's heart-breaking, and lends new meaning to the term humane. I posted a link to this one back on March 18, 2011, but here's the video again:
Part of the problem arises after the disaster when human families were forced to seek habitation at a shelter - which not surprisingly do not allow pets. As such, these families were forced to leave their animal - pets - in animal shelters, where many still stay, awaiting the return of families or possible adoption.
There are currently two animal shelters still operating in Fukushima - both of which cater to larger dogs and a ton of cats. Many of the smaller dogs had long ago been transferred to animal shelters in Tokyo.
Every day, workers seek out lost animals in the area. When these rescued and/or captured animals are FIRST found, they are scanned by a Geiger counter for radiation exposure. After being cleaned,they are brought to one of these two shelters.
Because even one year later families are still awaiting word from the government on when they can return to their home in the currrent No Entry Zone, these people and animals remain separated. There are reports that it may take some 30 years to remove the effects of radiation from the environment, which is a fact many pet owners are not able to face. Despite this, pet owners are retaining the ownership rights to their animals, because for them, the act of holding on to their beloved pets with the goal of one day bringing them home is the last glimmer of hope for a return to normalcy.
Though the earthquake occurred last March, the shelter workers could not rest until August because of the amount of animals that needed rescuing. Combine that with the radiation warnings that were all the rage back then, shelter workers often came to work in full protective clothing. But at least they came.
While the Geiger counter readings of animals brought into the shelter were normal, they suspect it was because these animals were found outside the 20 kilometer zone.
But with that, shelter worker also believe that many more animals remained within the zone, unable to escape, as many families simply chained up their pets expecting to be back home in a day or two from the pet-free human shelters. Instead, many of the animals who were left behind have long since died from a lack of food and water. That is a harsh reality of the situation.
Even now, no one talks about the natural wildlife that existed in the affected areas. The government of Japan has talked about doing long-term studies on this topic, but as of yet, nothing has been done.
And yes... excluding the video, all of the animals in the photos above are current residents of an animal shelter in Fukushima. Now go hug your dog and/or cat.
Here's a video from Associated Press about the Town of Tomioka, Fukushima-ken, Japan that talks about its population of one. One lone farmer and a few of his animals.
The video does not really talk about what Tomioka's population was before March 11, 2011, but prior to that, the town had an estimated population of 15,839 with 6,293 households. In the map above, Tomioka is in black,
But, what the video does not go into much detail about, is how the town is the location of the Fukushima II Nuclear power plant (Dai-ni), not to be confused with the Dai-ichi plant that nearly went nuclear three times in the aftermath of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami that crippled the Tohoku area of northeastern Japan. Both nuclear facilities are owned by TEPCO (Tokyo Electric Power Company).
In the aftermath of the earthquake, all four of Dai-ni's nuclear reactors automatically shut down. Despite this, an evacuation order was issued to people within a three kilometer (1.9 mile) radius of the plant. It was eventually expanded to 10 kilometers (6.2 miles), and was again superseded by the 20 kilometer evacuation zone due to the Dai-ichi (Fukushima I) power plant's nuclear mishaps.
Back on March 11, 2011, Dai-ni was hit by a 9.0 meter high tsunami wave while Dai-ichi was reportedly hit by a 13.0 meter high tsunami.
Tomioka, situated on the coast, was hit hard by the tsunami and 9.0 Magnitude earthquake. One year later on March 11, 2012, as the lone farmer will attest, residents are still not allowed back into the devastated area within the 20 kilometer radius.
According to some poorly worded lines your author has borrowed from the Interweeb, Japan's professional baseball league will hold an All-Star game in quake-hit Fukushima-ken in 2013 to help with the reconstruction of the area following last year's earthquake and tsunami.
While Japan - It's A Wonderful Rife is pretty sure it doesn't mean ball players will be constructing a home, it doesn't mean some won't. I've seen some pretty nice stuff come from professional athletes looking to give back to the community without it counting towards court-ordered community service.
According to (Japan) Nippon Professional Baseball Commissioner Kato Ryozo (surname first): "(This) will be the first time for Fukushima to host an All-Star game."
As most people should know, the March 11, 2011 9.0 Magnitude earthquake caused a huge tsunami which led to a near nuclear meltdown or three at the Fukushima-ken Dai-ichi nuclear plant in northeastern Japan.
As an aside, and probably because the Associated Press realized its story was way too short, the same article noted that The Japan Football Association is planning to hold a match in Fukushima-ken during this summer's Under-20 Women's World Cup. That's 'football', as in 'soccer'.
Compiled by Andrew Joseph
By the by... nice cubs on the Hanshin Tigers fan above. They used to be my favorite team until Nomo Hideo (surname first) started playing for the Kintetsu Buffaloes (Cecil Fielder's team - father of MLB star Prince Fielder), which no longer exist, and now are the Orix Buffaloes... whatever happened to the Orix Blue Wave (Suzuki Ichiro's [now on Seattle Mariners of MLB] first team)?
Oh well... maybe I'll cheer for the Hanshin Tigers fan.
Here's an article about how far radiation from Fukushima's Dai-ichi (Big One) nuclear power generating facility has spread after the events of March 11, 2011 caused several near meltdowns at the plant.
It's an Associated Press article written by Brian Skoloff and Malcolm Ritter. In it, we discover that radiation up to 1,000 times higher than the expected norm has been detected as far away as 643 kilometers (400 miles) away from the nuclear reactor.
Matthew Hall - who should probably get a by-line for being a part of most of these blogs, has sent me a link to a story about Cesium (a radioactive element) being found in milk powder sold by the Meiji milk supplier prompting a massive recall. How did it get there? You can bet it has something to do with the radiation concerns following the near meltdown of a few nuclear reactors at the privately-owned TEPCO (Tokyo Electric Power Company)Dai-ichi nuclear facility in Fukushima-ken (Fukushima Prefecture), Japan.
As such - being back-logged with homework from work and family commitments (just commit me now!), here's a piece from my alma mater, the Toronto Star newspaper that appeared a few days ago about how Japan is going to deal with the clean-up of the radioactive contamination that afflicted the northeast coast of the country following the Fukushima nuclear accident that nearly rivaled (or surpassed, depending on your point of view) the Chernobyl accident back in the 1980s.
Reports coming out of Japan indicate that homeowners in Fukushima-ken (Fukushima Prefecture) are upset with private decontamination companies overcharging them.
Apparently one homeowner (unidentified) says he was charged ¥1-million yen (~Cdn/US $13,000) from a private firm (not aligned with the government) to decontaminate his house.
According to the Fukushima Department of Decontamination other claims have been filed as well.
A representative of a Minamisoma-shi (Minasoma City) clean-up company says: "If we calculated the cost of decontamination the same way we calculate cleaning houses, which is ¥200,000 (~Cdn/US $2,605) to ¥300,000 (~Cdn/US $3,908) per house, that would be the standard rate."
Owing to the uncertainty of knowing when the government will actually clean their homes, residents have opted to hire private companies to decontaminate their homes.
According to sources, municipal governments will decontaminate specific areas one at a time - perhaps due to a lack of decontamination companies available to do the job properly.
Hello - foreign interests... perhaps there's an opportunity here for you?
With the lack of proper resources, homeowners have correctly surmised that it's going to be a long wait until their homes are cleaned.
In fact, decontamination of homes only begun on October 18, 2011 in Fukushima-shi (Fukushima City) where, according to local authorities there are plans to clean some 110,000 houses as well as streets and public buildings.
The complaint against the private sector gouging local homeowners is a cry for help. If standard decontamination guidelines and pricing are not quickly constructed, there will be further public outcry.
Other complaints insist that the contamination efforts should have begun a lot sooner.
How much should it cost?
Questions have also arisen as to who will pay for the decontamination costs. If the entire city of Fukushima is going to be cleaned, is it a prefecture cost or will the federal Japan government dig deep into its already bare coffers to cover the cost... or is this something an insurance company will handle provided a homeowner has proper home coverage? Or is this a municipal cost? Should TEPCO (Tokyo Electric Power Company) who own the Dai-ichi (Big One) nuclear power generation facility that nearly had three meltdowns be forced to pay?
And where do these decontamination companies and agencies store the removed radioactive waste? It's not just household items, it's also soil and sludge left over by the tsunami that is now irradiated.
And... the Dai-ichi plant is still releasing some radiation... just not the high levels it was immediately after the March 11, 2011 disasters.
Here's a press release from TEPCO given out on October 23, 2011: PRESS RELEASE.
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