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2011-04-01 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

Japan nuclear plant must be scrapped, says PM

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Posted by Fred 2011-04-01 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 AFAIK only as per Reax #1-4 as Tokyo + TEPCO are still debating about #5 + #6.

Apparently a partial-vs-total shutdown = CHERNOBYL-STYLE BURIAL of the plant's reactors will ultimately depend on how successful efforts are to tone down Plant + Area radiation levels.

* PEOPLE'S DAILY FORUM > US MARINES [CBIRF Team] BEING SENT TO JAPAN FOR NUCLEAR CRISIS.

* NEWS KERALA > RADIOACTIVE IODINE 4,385X LEGAL LIMIT FUND IN SEAWATER NEAR FUKUSHIMA NUKE PLANT.

>1250x since last Friday.
>1850x since last Saturday.
>3355x since Tuesday.

* BHARAT RAKSHAK > JAPAN: MOST FALLOUT FROM STRICKEN FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR PLANT IS LOCALIZED, BUT COULD PERSIST IN SEAS, REGION FOR YEARS.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2011-04-01 01:52|| 2011-04-01 01:52|| Front Page Top

#2 They were already planning to decommission 1-4 anyway. To date, still nobody has received the maximum allowable dose. The workers that were reported to have "burns" on their feet turned out not to and they were sent home with clean bills of health.

Posted by crosspatch 2011-04-01 23:17|| 2011-04-01 23:17|| Front Page Top

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