Monthly Archives: April 2011

Gary Johnson makes it official

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In of all places - New Hampshire

From James Fryar:

There is news out that former New Mexico Governor, Gary Johnson has announced he is in the race for President for 2012. Johnson is probably the most libertarian candidate in the race.

From USA Today:

Former New Mexico governor Gary Johnson said today he is running for president in 2012.

Johnson, a Republican who was governor from 1995 to 2003, made his announcement on the steps of the State House in Concord, N.H. On Twitter a short while ago, his staff tweeted for him: “First time to say it. "I am running for president."

Johnson has libertarian views and is perhaps best known for his efforts to legalize marijuana and for cutting New Mexico's budget and taxes. He's been traveling to early presidential contest states such as Iowa and New Hampshire talking about the nation's debt and U.S. involvement in Afghanistan and Libya.

Announce for President; take a Ski trip

From the Manchester Union-Leader:

Johnson, 58, said during two terms as New Mexico governor, he eliminated the state’s budget deficit and cut the rate of state government growth in half while reducing the state workforce by more than 10 percent without laying off a single qualified state worker.

"I was called ‘Governor Veto,’ and accepted that nickname proudly," he said.

Johnson will spend three days in New Hampshire, including hiking and skiing Tuckerman's Ravine in the White Mountains on Saturday, April 23.

Jim is an Australian pro-defense Libertarian. His blog is Real World Libertarian. Photo - Johnson scaling Mt. Everest.

Libertarians speak out against Obama’s War on Poker

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April 20, 2011

WASHINGTON - Following the Obama administration Justice Department's April 15 shutdown of three online poker sites and indictment of their executives, Libertarian Party Chair Mark Hinkle said, "The Obama administration has just trampled on the rights of millions of Americans."

Hinkle continued, "This is also a scary reminder of President Obama's vision of a government with the power to shut down websites it doesn't like, before a trial has even started.

"Even worse, shutting down this peaceful, honest commerce further weakens our economy.

"We Libertarians believe that adults have the right to gamble with their own money. Government has no business interfering. The Obama administration should drop these charges and restore the websites. Congress should repeal the laws that prohibit gambling, whatever the format."

http://www.lp.org

ARIZONA: The return of Matt Salmon

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From Eric Dondero:

Members of the Republican Liberty Caucus who have been around a few years will remember Matt Salmom. He was on the RLC advisory board back in the 1990s. He was elected to Congress with the Contract with America class of '94. He was always welcoming of RLC members visiting Capitol Hill in the 1990s, to lobby on such issues as absolishing Selective Service, and reducing and eliminating federal programs. A staunch advocate of Term Limits he pledged to serve 3 terms and then not run for reelection. He lived up to his word.

Now with Jeff Flake stepping up for a Senate run, Salmon plans to run for his seat.

From IntellectualConservativeArizona:

EAST VALLEY – Former Congressman Matt Salmon announced his bid today to return to Congress to represent the same area he served nearly a decade ago. Salmon was first elected to the United States Congress in 1994 and served until 2000, honoring his term limit pledge. A proud fiscal conservative, Salmon was rated in the top five among all 535 members of the House and Senate by Citizen’s Against Government Waste for all six years he was in office.

"I want to return to Congress because I believe that, now more than ever, the East Valley needs experienced leadership who will represent our interests in Washington," said Salmon, "Over the past few years, we have watched as our taxpayer dollars have grown government and bailed out Wall Street."

Salmon was named a "Watchdog of the Treasury" all six years he was in office. He also earned the "Taxpayer Hero Award" from the Council for Citizens Against Government Waste.

"We must reform our entitlement state, revamp our tax code to conform to today’s economy and live within our means," said Salmon.

Leftist Attack Video on Ayn Rand, just in time for the release of Atlas Shrugged

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Absolutely Must See!!

From Eric Dondero:

Somehow the leftist freedom-hating folks at TPM seem to think this is a total slam on Rand. But libertarians no doubt will find it downright inspiring.

Paul Ryan makes an appearance, as do Rand and Ron Paul. John Stossel sums up Rand's beliefs. Clarence Thomas is even quoted praising Rand. A Fox News reporter says of Young Gun Republican congressman they're "inspired by Ronald Reagan, Milton Friedman and Ayn Rand."

A clip of Rand is included, the interview from the 1960s of her appearance with CBS's Mike Wallace. Pay close attention to the look of disgust on her face, at Wallace.

RAND: I feel that it's terrible. That you see destruction all around you. And that you are moving towards disaster, until and unless, all those welfare state conceptions have been reversed and rejected.

WALLACE: You are out to destroy almost every edifice in the contemporary American way of life... our modified government regulated capitalism, our rule by majority will... is that accurate?

Rand: Ahh, Yes.

Oh! Canada: Elections north of the Border maddeningly close

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by Clifford F. Thies

The latest polls from north of the border put the upcoming election very close. What is consistent across the polls is that the Conservatives are in the upper 30s, we'll say 38, close to the magic 40 percent mark that, traditionally, converts into a majority in the parliament. There is a possibility that the Conservatives will increase their popular vote and seats in parliament while not not by enough to gain a majority. If the Conservatives fall short of a majority, it looks possible that the other three parties will devise some kind of agreement to wrest control of the government from the Conservatives. As to how this would happen, and how long the agreement would last, would be anybody's guess.

What is inconsistent in the polls is the position of the New Democrats. In terms of the popular vote, the range of their showings is from a tied with the Liberals for second to a distant third. But, as for seats, they seem to be picking up strength where they're going to lose. So, no real pick-up of seats is projected.

On the other hand, the surge of strength for the New Democrats means, in Quebec, that the Bloc Quebecois looks to retain about the same number of seats they currently have in spite of projections of their lowest popular vote in years. This would be because of of the split of the federalist vote across three strong parties instead of merely two.

The Liberals are getting set to declare victory in spite of projections showing them as losing the popular vote to the Conservative in every regions of the country except Quebec, and in Quebec possibly finishing fourth behind the Bloc and the New Democrats as well as the Tories. Talk about backing into a victory. What Chutzpah!

But, wait, there's more.

The Liberals have decided that they only thing for the other two parties that really dislike the Conservatives to do is to agree to support a Liberal minority government. So, instead of Canada being ruled by a party that obtained nearly 40 percent of the popular vote and fell just short of a majority in parliament, it would be ruled by a party that obtained nearly 30 percent of the popular vote and fell far short of a majority.

Thus, if the Conservatives fall short of a majority by, let's say, more than 2 seats, it's possible Canada will wind up with a even more tenuous minority government than it has had the past several years and will soon be back at the polls.

Canadian Muslim prays for Harper win to rid country of the "Fascist… Islamic Supremacist" Burka

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"Every woman in the West who wears a Burka... is a supporter of Islamic Fascism"

From the Calgary Herald, "Islamic fascists have West in their gunsights" April 19:

Tarek Fatah, renowned author and founder of the secular group Muslim Canadian Congress, says he hopes Stephen Harper wins a majority and follows the lead of French President Nicolas Sarkozy and bans the burka.

“The burka and the niqab is the political uniform of the regiments of the Muslim Brotherhood, which is a fascist, supremacist organization,” explained Fatah...

“You can’t wear a swastika today and not be a Nazi, and the niqab is the swastika of the Muslim Brotherhood,” added Fatah on Tuesday.

“Every woman who wears a burka by choice in the West is a supporter of Islamic fascism, believes in jihad and desires the implementation of sharia law and the destruction of western civilization. There is not one of these women who will say that they are against sharia and they’re against jihad,” he said. “So, we’re dealing with a dress code of a fascist organization that has in its gunsights, the West.”

Fatah's books at McClelland.com

Canadian makes a Libertarian argument for a Burqa Ban

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We identify each other by our faces; we're "not forced to carry government i.d. cards"

Excerpt from Licia Corbella, columnist, Calgary Herald, "More evidence why the West should ban the burka" April 19:

Women who do not wear head scarves are being threatened with violence and even death by Islamic extremists ...,” [an] April 18 story in the [UK] Daily Mail.

Nothing unusual there, except that these threats are being made to non-Muslim women in ... wait for it ... Great Britain.

The Daily Mail story states: “[A non-Muslim] woman who works in a pharmacy in east London was told to dress more modestly and wear a veil or the shop would be boycotted.

“When she went to the media to talk about the abuse she suffered, a man later entered the pharmacy and told her: ‘If you keep doing these things, we are going to kill you.’ ”

This story, and others like it, should put to rest the nonsensical arguments of people who say that the niqab and the burka are simply just another choice of clothing... Wherever the niqab becomes common, it eventually becomes mandatory and women are never given a choice of what to wear again.

That’s the problem and that’s, in part, what France is attempting to stop with its ban on face coverings in public...

If Islamo-fascists have their way or become the majority they will impose their oppressive dress code on all women, regardless of their individual beliefs.

In Canada, we identify one another by our faces. We are not forced to carry government-issued identification, like in all Islamo-fascist states. Therein lies the biggest difference of all.

Man suspected of being a Christian, dragged out of his home, and shot dead by Muslims in Somalia

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Campaign to "rid the country of Christianity"

Islamists yelled "Allahu-Ahkbar" as they shot him dead

From CDN, (via Clearlyhis.com):

NAIROBI, Kenya, April 20 (CDN) — Two Muslim extremists in Somalia on Monday (April 18) murdered a member of a secret Christian community in Lower Shabele region as part of a campaign to rid the country of Christianity, sources said.

An area source told Compass two al Shabaab militants shot 21-year-old Hassan Adawe Adan in Shalambod town after entering his house at 7:30 p.m.

“Two al Shabaab members dragged him out of his house, and after 10 minutes they fired several shots on him,” said an area source who requested anonymity. “He then died immediately.”

The militants then shouted “Allahu Akbar [God is greater]” before fleeing, he said.

Photo of another incident of Sharia Law in Somalia via Bartamaha.

French media confirms, Obama administration now aligned with Al Qaeda in Libya

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Western coalition arming Rebels under the "Banner of Islam"

From Eric Dondero:

From Karen De Young, reporter with the Washington Post (via Denver Post) "Western nations step up aid for Libyan rebels" April 19:

The United States and its allies have entered a new stage of involvement in Libya, sending assistance and advisers directly to opposition military forces, which have been unable to break Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's stranglehold over much of the country despite help from NATO airstrikes.

President Barack Obama authorized sending $25 million worth of nonlethal equipment, including body armor, tents, uniforms and vehicles.

Cities already being governed under strict Sharia Law

Now this...

translated from the French Media source, Le Figaro "Al-Qaida confirme sa présence aux côtés des rebelles en Libye" (Al Qaeda's presence confirmed in Libya by rebels" April 19:

The media officer in the North African branch of al-Qaeda gave an interesting interview with the Saudi newspaper Al-Hayyat published in London.

Abi Saleh Mohammad said that the terrorist organization has offices in Benghazi, Al Bayda, Al Marj, and especially Dernah Shihata.

"We are especially present at Dernah where Sheikh Abdul Hakim is our Emir and where he trained - along with other brothers - an Islamic council to govern the city under Sharia, Islamic law, said Mohammad Abi Saleh...

The head of al-Qaida also confirms that the terrorist organization has recently acquired weapons, "to protect our soldiers and to defend the banner of Islam."

Editor's note - My translation; fluent French speaker.

When Your Candidate Fails To Deliver

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I’m a partisan Libertarian, as you know. Although I frequently state my ‘glass half empty’ case, fact is, whenever a major change takes place affecting an executive or legislative branches of government, there are things I can be hopeful of, depending on the offices affected, and the party of those taking power. When Obama was [...]

Podcast 8 Athens Part 2

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Following on from last time here are the first two interviews in full that were recorded in Athens.

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Podcast 5 Flash 3D

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Plutonium and Uranium Detected

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http://lucaswhitefieldhixson.com/plutonium-and-uranium-detected-april-10-2011-update

This has been one of the most difficult blog entries we’ve written. In order to gather the most thorough evidence to date, we poured through countless news stories from Japan and the World, as well as official press releases from TEPCO, NRC documents, Areva status documents, and a JAIF report in order to determine the truth at Fukushima. We had assumed that since the IAEA is an international organization, it would have the most honest report, but that doesn’t appear to be the case. What you’re reading took numerous hours of research over many days to discover the theoretical timeline of Plutonium radioactive isotope leakage at the Fukushima Daiichi facility.

Major Players

TEPCO Tokyo Electric Power Company; IAEA International Atomic Energy Agency ; JAIF Japan Atomic Industrial Forum ; NRC Nuclear Regulartory Commission ; Areva: A huge French nuclear conglemerate.
DOE US Department of Energy

There are two sources of Plutonium at Fukushima’s Daiichi plant.
1. #3 Reactor was loaded with MOX fuel some four months before it was to be de-comissioned. This is strange in of itself.
2. Plutonium is created in small quantities by the nuclear fission process in the spent fuel rods. Most of these are stored in the fuel storage pool at #4 reactor.

Plutonium disclosure happened over time as it was discovered or theorized by various parties. Bear with us as you read the chronology. There are many groups and experts involved: all of them discussing the implications of a plutonium leak.

Experts like Michio Kaku mentioned that Plutonium could be released from the MOX fuel, and then when the explosions began occurring so often (beginning on March 12), many nuclear experts stated that plutonium is a byproduct of the nuclear fission process. The explosions, whether hydrogen in origin or not, occurred at least five times over the month long course of the disaster.

Apparently TEPCO knew about Plutonium isotopes on 3/21 and 3/22. It was discovered in the soil around #1 and around several parts of #1’s infrastructure. No disclosure came at that time. True disclosure of that information only came out in the TEPCO press release on April 9th and through the Japanese Educational website about the disaster and reactor status (April 8th).

On March 23, experts were asked, on television and in the press, about the blue neutron beam, and stated that it might be due to the presence of uranium and plutonium radioactive isotopes, and an indication of spontaneous random re-criticality.

Plutonium was detected on 3/25 and 3/28, but the only reason we know this is from a minor footnote from a JAIF document which was only recently released on April 8th.

On March 26th, the NRC (The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission) analyzed the situation, but didn’t come right out say plutonium. Apparently based on the wording (read the chronology) they knew it though.

Here’s what is clear:

The 3/26 NRC document details neutron sources being thrown up to 1 mile and bulldozing of very high dose rate material being bulldozed between units 3 and 4. This means the US government knew about it and stayed silent. The New York Times broke that story on April 6.

On March 30th, the IAEA and a US dept of Energy official both documented possible Plutonium release in their statements.

The JAIF report wasn’t released until April 8th.

Chronology

* March 11
o Earthquake and Tsunami and Reactor Breach

* March 12
o First explosion at Fukushima
o http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbBk0Y6cQZQ

* March 13
o Second explosion at Fukushima
o http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7crIPPhmVI

*
o http://english.kyodonews.jp/news/2011/03/77451.html
o The plant operator, Tokyo Electric Power Co., commonly known as TEPCO, began injecting fresh water into the No. 3 reactor on Sunday after coolant water levels fell, while letting out radioactive steam to relieve pressure that had built up inside.

But after trouble developed with a fresh water pump, the company was forced to pour seawater into it to avoid a meltdown, a step that will eventually lead to the reactor's dismantlement. As a result, water levels rose but the water-level gauge has stopped indicating a rise, Edano said.

The procedure temporarily exposed the top parts of MOX fuel rods above coolant water by nearly 3 meters. MOX fuel refers to plutonium-uranium mixed oxide fuel, used for so-called ''pluthermal'' power generation.”

* March 14
o http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/press/corp-com/release/11040901-e.html
o Extreme pressure at #3 per TEPCO chronology dated April 9th 2011

*
o Two new explosions at Fukushima and high radiation.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2AG1IJteKo&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL

http://english.kyodonews.jp/news/2011/03/77478.html

“The plant operator, Tokyo Electric Power Co., commonly known as TEPCO, began injecting fresh water into the No. 3 reactor on Sunday after coolant water levels fell, while letting out radioactive steam to relieve pressure that had built up inside.

But after trouble developed with a fresh water pump, the company was forced to pour seawater into it to avoid a meltdown, a step that will eventually lead to the reactor's dismantlement. As a result, water levels rose but the water-level gauge has stopped indicating a rise, Edano said.

An official of the government's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency said half of the roughly 4-meter rods were still exposed late Sunday, but that seawater kept being pumped into the reactor vessel.”

* March 15 http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/press/corp-com/release/11040901-e.html

Explosion from #4. There is no fuel in the core, so it must have come from the spent fuel storage pool.

* March 16 Smoke rises from Fukushima

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0catEdRqGX4&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL

* March 20 http://english.kyodonews.jp/news/2011/03/79704.html

“The Tokyo Fire Department shot water into a spent-fuel pool of the No. 3 reactor in an operation that lasted more than 13 hours until 3:40 a.m., while the Defense Ministry plans to shoot water into a similar pool of the No. 4 reactor shortly.

More than 2,000 tons of water is believed to have been put into the No. 3 reactor's pool so far, exceeding the pool's capacity of 1,400 tons. Fuel rods used at the reactor were plutonium-uranium mixed oxide fuel, known as MOX, said to be harder to control than normal fuel rods made from uranium.”

http://english.kyodonews.jp/news/2011/03/79755.html

“The process of reducing the pressure by releasing steam from the vessel, a step already taken in the past to deal with the troubles of the No. 3 and other reactors, may mean that radioactive steam could be further released outside. But the plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. said later that it would not take the measure for a while because the pressure has stabilized.”

* March 21 http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http://atmc.jp/pu_plant/&prev=_t&rurl=translate.google.com&twu=1&usg=ALkJrhijU4n37XF1rAEgKeRW1rWenimT5A

First detection of plutonium on and/or near the ground. Detailed in the April 8th educational link.

White smoke at Fukushima from #2.

* March 22 http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http://atmc.jp/pu_plant/&prev=_t&rurl=translate.google.com&twu=1&usg=ALkJrhijU4n37XF1rAEgKeRW1rWenimT5A

2nd detection of plutonium on and/or near the ground and on Unit #1’s stack and exhaust pipe. Detailed in the April 8th educational link.

* March 23 http://english.kyodonews.jp/news/2011/03/80539.html

Neutron beam reported for the first time: indicative of random criticality.

“But the measured neutron beam may be evidence that uranium and plutonium leaked from the plant's nuclear reactors and spent nuclear fuels have discharged a small amount of neutron beams through nuclear fission.”

http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/press/corp-com/release/11040901-e.html

Gray smoke detected per the TEPCO April 9 2010 press release.

* March 24 http://english.kyodonews.jp/news/2011/03/80585.html

White and then black smoke, neutron beams, high temperatures noted.

* March 25 JAIF report on Fukushima status details a Plutonium detection in small amounts.

Report dated April 08 2011

* March 26 The NRC issues a report of Fukushima, but the report has no details of plutonium in it. It does cryptically discuss some issues. See the yellow highlighted section at the beginning of this document.

* March 27 http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/press/corp-com/release/11040901-e.html

No plutonium detected, but TEPCO is waiting on a detailed analysis of extremely varied isotopes (niobium, tellurium, ruthenium, silver, iodine, cesium, and ruthenium ) released after 1000 milliSv or 1 Sv detected at unit #1. Awaiting their analysis.

* March 28 http://english.kyodonews.jp/news/2011/03/81375.html

“Meanwhile, Tokyo Electric, known as TEPCO, is studying whether highly toxic plutonium is contained in the soil of the plant. The No. 3 reactor was using plutonium-uranium mixed oxide fuel for so-called ''pluthermal'' power generation.”

* March 29 Tokyo stocks open lower on worries over plutonium leak

http://english.kyodonews.jp/news/2011/03/81702.html

“Plutonium has been detected in soil at five locations in the crippled Fukushima Daiichi atomic power plant of Tokyo Electric Power Co. The following are questions and answers regarding the potential health hazard of the highly toxic material.

Q: What are the salient characteristics of plutonium?

A: Plutonium emits alpha rays which get lodged in people's bones and lungs after being inhaled and could become highly carcinogenic. One half-life of plutonium-239, a variant of the radioactive element, is estimated at 24,000 years. It could keep emitting radiation inside a human body and is difficult to eliminate.

Q: How will the plutonium discovered this time at the plant affect human health?

A: The plutonium-238 isotope reading at one of the five contaminated spots was 0.54 becquerel per kilogram of soil. Tokyo Electric Power (TEPCO) said that it is the same level as found in most soil so it is not a health hazard. Experts of the Nuclear and Industrial

* March 30 http://english.kyodonews.jp/news/2011/03/81862.html

“A senior U.S. Energy Department official said Tuesday the level of plutonium detected in soil at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan is ''not significant.''

''Certainly it would be a concern if it were in significant levels...It was not significant at this point,'' Peter Lyons, acting assistant secretary of the department's Office of Nuclear Energy, said in a hearing of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee.

He also noted finding plutonium that was derived from either the operating reactors or the spent fuel pools ''would not be regarded as a major surprise.''

http://www.slideshare.net/iaea/iaea-assessment-fukushima-nuclear-accident-radiological -monitoring-and-consequences-30-march

The IAEA writes of the detection of plutonium in their notes on slide 6. There was a comment from a US nuclear official and the IAEA on the same day. We don’t know when they learned of it however.

"Pu-238 and Pu-239/240 in soil(Japanese authorities) Measured at Fukushima NPP: within the range of Japanese background Seeking further information about origin"

* April 2

Workers warned they're facing a 100-year battle to make fuel rods safe. Those battling to stop nuclear meltdown are expected to die in weeks.American recruiter asked to hire technicians to help

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1371793/Japan-nuclear-crisis-Fukushima-plant-entombed-concrete-radiation-leak.html#ixzz1J4rXdEoQ

Dr Price said: 'As the water leaks out, you keep on pouring water in, so this leak will go on forever.

'There has to be some way of dealing with it. The water is connecting in tunnels and concrete-lined pits at the moment and the question is whether they can pump it back.

'The final thing is that the reactors will have to be closed and the fuel removed, and that is 50 to 100 years away.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1371793/Japan-nuclear-crisis-Fukushima-plant-entombed-concrete-radiation-leak.html#ixzz1J4yuI5aj

1. Workers warned they're facing a 100-year battle to make fuel rods safe
2. Those battling to stop nuclear meltdown are expected to die in weeks
3. American recruiter asked to hire technicians to help
4. World's largest concrete pump is being flown from U.S. to assist
5. Evacuation zone refugees won't be able to go home for months, admits Japanese minister
6. Joint Japanese-U.S. mission recovers bodies from sea
7. Man arrested after crashing car through gate of stricken N-plant
8. TEPCO releases video showing damage inside Fukushima's Unit 4

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1371793/Japan-nuclear-crisis-Fukushima-plant-entombed-concrete-radiation-leak.html#ixzz1J4ygozSR

* April 4 http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/press/corp-com/release/11040901-e.html

Highly radioactive water from #2 wastewater is shunted to a reservoir, while the low level water in that reservoir is emptied into the sea. Awaiting analysis of that highly radioactive water.

* April 6 http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/06/world/asia/06nuclear.html?pagewanted=1&_r=3&hp

NY Times reports of bulldozing spent fuel rods between units #3 and #4. Unit #3 contains the MOX fuel. #4 has the majority of the spent fuel rods. They quote from the NRC 03/26 report.

* April 7 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2011/0407/1224294096050.html

Reports that they have information that Plutonium was in the 11,000 tons of radioactive water dumped. No official verification found. The water was tested and Cesium and Iodine isotopes were found.

* April 8

The Japanese government releases an educational site dealing with the status of radiation at Fukushima and elsewhere in the country. A menu hyperlink deals with Plutonium status and details the March 21 and March 22 detection, but has no word on the other incidents.

The government said on Friday that a cow slaughtered for beef had slightly elevated levels of cesium, another radioactive particle. Officials stressed that the meat was never put on the market.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1371793/Japan-nuclear-crisis-Fukushima-plant-entombed-concrete-radiation-leak.html#ixzz1J516pba9

* April 9

Fukushima data from the Ministry of Economics, Trade and Industry, which has so far provided the most comprehensive daily data dump on Fukushima, has stopped reporting the dry well radiation reading in Reactor 1. This is the same reactor where following Thursday's Earthquake, METI represented a mindblowing reading of 100 Sieverts/hour in the dry well: a number on par with the worst data out of Chernobyl. Did the earthquake terminally break something in Reactor 1, or will the excuse be that another radiation counter turned up faulty after it was Made In Taiwan?

Phoenix milk sample exceeds EPA’s maximum contaminant level for radioactive iodine-131

http://enenews.com/phoenix-milk-exceeds-epas-maximum-contaminant-level-for-radioactive-iodine-131

Three weeks after the disaster in one of the most connected countries in the world, 260,000 households still do no have running water and 170,000 do not have electricity. Officials fear up to 25,000 people may have been killed.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1371793/Japan-nuclear-crisis-Fukushima-plant-entombed-concrete-radiation-leak.html#ixzz1J50tfquc

… Milk Contamination At EPA Maximum…

Milk samples from Phoenix and Los Angeles contained iodine-131 at levels roughly equal to the maximum contaminant level permitted by EPA, the data shows. The Phoenix sample contained 3.2 picoCuries per liter of iodine-131. The Los Angeles sample contained 2.9. The EPA maximum contaminant level is 3.0, but this is a conservative standard designed to minimize exposure over a lifetime, so EPA does not consider these levels to pose a health threat. …

TEPCO has repeatedly relaxed safety standards at the plant during the crisis to prevent frequent violations

But security concerns have been raised after an unemployed man from Tokyo was arrested after allegedly crashing a car through the Western gate of the Fukushima plant premises.

Hikaru Watanabe, 25, drove around the radioactive plant for around 10 minutes after entering at around 1.10pm on Thursday, said TEPCO, though the reason for his entry is not yet known.

Watanabe, who has been charged with unlawful entry, had tried to enter the plant via the guarded front gate about 50 minutes earlier, but he was refused.

A Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency official said the Fukishima plant is guarded, but the company is now examining whether the security is sufficient, the Japanese outlet Kyodo reported.

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