09 June 2014 (20:40 UTC-07 Tango 08 June 2014)/10 Sha’ban 1435/19 Khordad 1393/12 Geng Wu 4712
Campaign for Radiation Free Schools is sounding the alarm over the use of Smart Boards in U.S. schools. They cite the United Nations, which says the interactive white boards could emit radiation, classifying them as a 2B carcinogen. The University of Toronto, in Canada, thinks they should be classified as the more dangerous 2A carcinogen.
In the U.S. state of New Jersey, people (including scientists with the National Academy of Sciences) are insinuating the government is hiding data concerning radiation emissions from the nuclear powered Oyster Creek Generating Station. Researchers say a 1995 report by the Brookhaven National Laboratory shows massive levels of radiation contamination ever since 1972: “The data was extremely hard to find. They appear to be staggering, and we never knew.”-Janet Tauro
The people are demanding the U.S. government make public all the records of contamination: “In 1972 and ’73 they had some pretty high releases, and again in 1978 and ’79.”-David Lochbaum, Union of Concerned Scientists
In the U.S. state of California, the U.S. Navy has agreed to conduct radiation testing at their former Treasure Island operation. People living on the former naval station have reported hair loss, rashes, cancer and heart failure. Recent housing development operations revealed that the Navy buried radioactive waste on site. The city of San Francisco is using Treasure Island as a “premiere” upscale housing project, but some of the new home owners have packed up and left.
In the U.S. state of New Mexico, the ongoing Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) catastrophe has scientists baffled. A report by Weapons Complex Monitor revealed that Los Alamos scientists were unable to replicate a “hot reaction” based on what WIPP investigators thought was the cause of the explosion (chemical reaction). Investigators blamed organic cat litter for possibly absorbing chemicals that built up and then reacted with whatever was in some LANL mixed waste drums. LANL scientist could not get the same thing to happen in their experiment, suggesting the ‘chemical reaction’ was caused by something else.
And now, New Mexican politicians want the Obama regime to increase taxpayer funding for the military’s WIPP. Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich say the $220.5-million USD that Obama wants for WIPP is not enough to deal with the disaster, they want Congress to spend even more money. They think it will take at least two years to shutdown WIPP.
In the land of the General Electric designed Fukushima Daiichi, more BS.
First, it’s been revealed that much of Japan’s kelp production has been shutdown due to contamination. On the other side of the world, the Irish island of Rathlin is about to make bank supplying the seaweed eating Japanese with Irish kelp. A mom and her son have bet everything on their Rathlin kelp farm, and the ongoing Fukushima Daiichi disaster: “Due to the Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan, a lot of the seaweed production in that part of the world has been closed down. Combine that with the growth of the Asian population who eat seaweed, plus the growth in the European population who now are interested in seaweed, and sushi is a big growth market. So we will be pursuing the European and Asian markets. The waters around the British Isles are particularly suitable because of the Gulf Stream as it means our temperatures are near optimum year round. But especially round Rathlin. Rathlin is a very strong tidal place and kelp like strong tides. In Rathlin, the tides are ideal, between one and two knots.”-Kate Burns, hopeful Irish kelp farmer
Officials with the government of Singapore claim they will soon lift their ban on food grown in Fukushima Prefecture.
TEPCo reports continued leaks of highly contaminated water, into the Pacific Ocean.
Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCo) has been given the go-a-head for their experimental in-ground ice wall. TEPCo claims their gigantic refrigeration system will freeze the ground deep down and prevent contaminated ground water from getting into the Pacific ocean.
The Japan Times reports that tritium contamination from Fukushima Daiichi has surpassed official limits. On 26 May 2014, 12 wells were tested and they all contained more than 1700 becquerels per liter of tritium! The safe limit is 1500 Bq.
TEPCo admits it can not shutdown the disaster reactors until they can stop the massive water leaks. And high radiation levels are preventing that!
TEPCo has given up on its ALPS water filtration system and has hired a U.S. company to do the job. The company is California based Kurion, and they will focus on removal of tritium and strontium from the water.