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© Copyright 2013 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.Japan pledges to tighten nuclear safety measures
By ELAINE KURTENBACH TOKYO©2024 GPlusMedia Inc.
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edojin
Japan pledges to tighten nuclear safety measures ... Again? Such pledges seem to be a neverending process ...
Disillusioned
Yes, they did! And then, they changed them to guidelines! How many times are we gonna hear this before something actually changes?
papigiulio
How about just shutting them all down, then you also dont have to pledge anything (you wouldnt do anyway) anymore.
Crazedinjapan
Whoa ! hey ! Another panel ! Wow job security there for sure ! A lot of useless suggestion they'll throw forth ..useless because they'll still delay and try to hide whatever happens
FightingViking
If "Level 1" is third from the lowest level on a 9 level international scale, what are the other "three" called ?
Anyway, time to close down everything "nuclear". This is not a child's game and earthquake prone Japan is ill suited to nuclear power. When will they ever learn ?
Ben Yoshida
isnt this what they said after the..
March 1981 INES level 2 Tsuruga incident?
June, 1999 — INES Level 2 Shika incident?
September 30, 1999 — INES Level 4 Tokaimura incident?
.. the government must think the IAEA looks out for sheep.. wait it does, nvm..
Magnet
Hands up if you've heard this all many times before...
SquidBert
Level 1 is the second on the scale, the first being 0. (There is also the 'Out of scale' events, but by definition that would not be part of the scale).
Charles M Burns
I don't believe them.
Ron Barnes
Its ok !!! to have Nuclear accidents. It is just another way of reducing population hopefully only those in the nuclear industry and no one else, then you wont need to worry about experiments at all, as they then will value life a big bit more.
nath
Wow, that is shocking...
nath
interesting article admin lucky that the IAEA (currently being chucked out of a non nuclear future europe) is moving to Japan. They have many statistics and soothing words "no noticeable effect" etc
This link explains why there is "no noticeable effect" in this case also
ICRP, WHO and UNSCEAR and their effect on the Fukushima children
“….**the Ordinance on Prevention of Ionizing Radiation Hazards in Japan, which requires that areas where radiation dose shall not exceed 50mSv/year and 100mSv/5years** ….”http://nuclear-news.net/2013/05/28/icrp-who-and-unscear-and-their-effect-on-the-fukushima-children/ sourced from a delayed report to the UN (Delayed for some reason)
the workers in the article could have a 100 mSv dose and live in a lead box for 5 years! Though the lead might be "harmful" What a choice!
And it is double on topic admin (i hope) as the source report mentions the nuclear workers at Daichi too! (though VERY briefly)
wildwest
All this sounds so familiar I have lost faith in People's ability to manage the risk. I'm sure if I used the road in such a way the government would not let me drive LEGALY.
nath
Sorry Japan, but I no longer believe you when ot comes to safety about nuclear power.
gonemad
This paragraph does not makes sense. The workers have been exposed to evaporated radioactive gold. That means they are subject to internal exposure through inhalation. This is what the article confirms when it talks about testing people. You cannot determine the external exposure by testing people. The values given in the two following sentences are related to external exposure. They are probably added here to downplay the incident. But the effects of internal and external exposure are significantly different with internal exposure being much more severe. How much depends on the type of radiation (type of isotope they used) and the biological half-life of gold.
malfupete
and by pledge, they mean to continue to build them on fault lines..
Rick Kisa
I hear these nuke companies + nuke village mafias + corrupt gvt officials fund nuke research institutions/agencies...Therefore, it is a whole nuke ecosystem we are dealing with here which is characterised by arrogance, incompetence, guess work, abnormal profits, lies, technical know-nothing, lack of transparency, etc etc. You are forgiven for yawning when you hear such statements as "Japan pledges to tighten nuclear safety measures"
Ben Yoshida
name a Japanese institution with transparency.. aside from the board of Audit, which is constitutionally above political control, well if one considers the SDF with the 9th article, it means nothing in reality, nonetheless.
the world has already forgotten about fukushima. if one believes in democracy. If the government governs, on behalf of the people, representative of their, thoughts and ideals.. nuclear power would have little headwind when it comes to government policy on promoting nuclear energy, alas.. aside from Germany, (even with its phase out, it gets nuclear generated power from the French grid), most nuclear powered countries are either phasing out dramatically, or, revitalizing (korea), or enlarging (US) its nuclear industries.
Serrano
How about a pledge to secure non-lethal power generation?
hatsoff
Disclosure delayed....AGAIN?
What's so worrying about this is that since the exposure was so low, they clearly felt it wasn't necessary to report it or follow proper safety procedures (I mean, switching on a bloody fan?!). It's this kind of attitude that leads to disaster and Japan is still very much not with the program.
CH3CHO
What did Minister Shimomura pledge to whom? Can anyone tell from the article?
nath
All it takes is to inhale ONE particle of radioactive nano gold or whatever.
If it lodges in the lungs, it will more than likely result in lung cancer about ten years down the road.
Because there is no immediate 'harm', the nuclear industry is in the clear, and cannot be held responsible.
Internal radiation damage is much different than external exposure.
Star-viking
I'm surprised no-one noticed this: