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Tochigi moving radioactive ash to 6 sewage plants
Tochigi Prefecture northeast of Tokyo has begun moving radioactive sludge from a temporary
storage site to several sewage plants where it can only be kept for the time being
Following the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant high levels of radioactive material
were detected in sludge at waste water plants across eastern Japan
Tochigi Prefecture had incinerated the sludge from its sewage plants at its waste water recycling
plant and melted the ash to reduce its volume But the amount of ash has reached 1000 tons close
to the storage capacity
To deal with the problem the prefecture decided last month to keep the radioactive waste at 6 of its
waste water treatment plants
On Monday 50 tons of contaminated ash was being delivered by truck to a sewage plant in
Kaminokawa Town The ash contains around 30000 becquerels of radioactive cesium per kilogram
Tochigi Prefecture says the ash will pose no health hazards to residents or the environment because
it will be covered with water-proof sheets and stored at sites more than 20 meters from the nearest
houses
But the head of a local residents group says that although they have agreed to the storage they still
have doubts about safety He said he wants the authorities to be clear about how long they intend to
keep the waste at the sewage plants
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Radiation-free Fukushima rice hits TokyoBY YUICHIRO OKA STAFF WRITER
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A farmer from Fukushima Prefecture second from right offers samples of riceharvested this year to a shopper in Tokyo on Sept 3 (Minako Yoshimoto)
Rice harvested this year in Fukushima Prefecture went on sale in Tokyo on Sept 3 with farmers
reassuring customers that the grain is free of radioactive contamination from the stricken
Fukushima No 1 nuclear power plant
Two brands of rice Gohyaku-gawa and Mizuho Kogane went on sale at Fukushima Marketplace a
shop specializing in products from Fukushima Prefecture located in an Ito-Yokado supermarket in
Edogawa Ward
Bags containing five kilograms of rice are on sale with a sign showing the results of prefectural
inspections that found no radioactive materials
A 31-year-old farmer from Motomiya Fukushima Prefecture said he had a private-sector agency
check the safety of his rice in addition to the prefectural inspections
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I have produced safe and delicious rice by doing everything I can he said I would like
consumers to understand that and buy my rice
細野大臣 最終処分場は県外で
原発事故で放射性物質に汚染されたがれきや土壌の最終処分場について細野環境大臣は４日の会見で「福島の痛みを日本全体で分かち合うことが国としての配慮だ」と述べ福島
県以外に設けたいという考えを示しました
これは４日行われた就任会見で細野環境大臣が明らかにしました原発事故で放射性物
質に汚染されたがれきや放射性物質を取り除く除染作業で出た土壌などの処分をめぐって
は先月菅前総理大臣が福島県の佐藤知事に対し一時的に管理する中間貯蔵施設を県
内に整備する方向で検討していることやその施設を最終処分場にすることは考えていない
という意向を伝えています
４日の会見で細野大臣は中間貯蔵施設について「具体的な場所や保管しておく期間につ
いては地元の理解がなくては進めることができない」と述べ施設を設ける場所などにつ
いては今後地元と十分話し合ったうえで決めたいという考えを示しましたまた最終処分場については中間貯蔵施設とは別だという認識を示した上で「福島の痛
みを日本全体で分かち合うことが国としての配慮ではないかと思っている福島を最終処
分場にはしないということは方針としてできる限り貫きたい」と述べ福島県以外に設け
たいという考えを示しました
09月 04日 16時 42分
NISA left prime minister in the dark asFukushima crisis developedBY TATSUYUKI KOBORI STAFF WRITER
20110904
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Steam rises from the Fukushima No 1 nuclear power plants No 1 reactor building onMarch 15 (Air Photo Service)
Japans nuclear regulator has acknowledged it did not provide the prime ministers office with vital
information about the state of the No 1 reactor at the stricken Fukushima No 1 nuclear power plant
in the three days following the March 11 tsunami
The Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency (NISA) said it asked the Japan Nuclear Energy Safety
Organization (JNES) on March 11 to analyze the developing crisis at the crippled plant using its
Emergency Response Support System
The JNES reports included forecasts of changes in water levels and pressures in the reactors the
melting of fuel rods and how long the reactor vessels were likely to hold out
NISA employees communicated the analysis on the No 2 reactor to Cabinet Secretariat officials at
1044 pm on March 11 and 017 am on March 12 The analysis on the No 3 reactor was sent to
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the Cabinet Secretariat at around 650 am on March 13 NISA said
But the analysis of the No 1 reactor was not sent despite being delivered to NISA at 157 am on
March 12
The reason remains unknown Yoshinori Moriyama NISAs deputy director-general for nuclear
accident measures told a news conference Sept 2
Some of the results for the No 1 reactor were fed into the System for Prediction of EnvironmentalEmergency Dose Information (SPEEDI) which forecasts the spread of radioactive fallout in the
event of a nuclear emergency SPEEDI produced its own results at 607 am on March 12 but
neither the Emergency Response Support System nor the SPEEDI results were communicated to the
prime ministers office
70 of prefectures baffled on nuclear drill
An NHK survey shows about 70 percent of Japanese prefectures with nuclear power plants cannot
hold nuclear accident disaster drills this fiscal year or are undecided about doing so
NHK asked 13 prefectures whether they will hold the drills in fiscal 2011 which ends in March
In the past the prefectures have conducted annual drills in areas up to 10 kilometers away from
nuclear plants in line with government anti-disaster guidelines The drills were designed to evacuate
nearby residents and have the organizations concerned coordinate the process
But evacuation zones put in place after the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in
March have far exceeded those previously planned by the government
Three prefectures -- Aomori Fukushima and Ibaraki -- said they are unable to hold drills this fiscal
year Six prefectures including Hokkaido and Fukui said they are undecided about doing so
They explained that without new government accident guidelines they cannot plan drills or set
evacuation areas
The remaining 4 prefectures including Ehime and Saga said they will hold drills by the end of
March by establishing temporary guidelines and by expanding evacuation zones on their own
The Nuclear Safety Commission aims to review evacuation zones and other policies by the end of
October
Monday September 05 2011 0617 +0900 (JST)
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I have produced safe and delicious rice by doing everything I can he said I would like
consumers to understand that and buy my rice
細野大臣 最終処分場は県外で
原発事故で放射性物質に汚染されたがれきや土壌の最終処分場について細野環境大臣は４日の会見で「福島の痛みを日本全体で分かち合うことが国としての配慮だ」と述べ福島
県以外に設けたいという考えを示しました
これは４日行われた就任会見で細野環境大臣が明らかにしました原発事故で放射性物
質に汚染されたがれきや放射性物質を取り除く除染作業で出た土壌などの処分をめぐって
は先月菅前総理大臣が福島県の佐藤知事に対し一時的に管理する中間貯蔵施設を県
内に整備する方向で検討していることやその施設を最終処分場にすることは考えていない
という意向を伝えています
４日の会見で細野大臣は中間貯蔵施設について「具体的な場所や保管しておく期間につ
いては地元の理解がなくては進めることができない」と述べ施設を設ける場所などにつ
いては今後地元と十分話し合ったうえで決めたいという考えを示しましたまた最終処分場については中間貯蔵施設とは別だという認識を示した上で「福島の痛
みを日本全体で分かち合うことが国としての配慮ではないかと思っている福島を最終処
分場にはしないということは方針としてできる限り貫きたい」と述べ福島県以外に設け
たいという考えを示しました
09月 04日 16時 42分
NISA left prime minister in the dark asFukushima crisis developedBY TATSUYUKI KOBORI STAFF WRITER
20110904
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Steam rises from the Fukushima No 1 nuclear power plants No 1 reactor building onMarch 15 (Air Photo Service)
Japans nuclear regulator has acknowledged it did not provide the prime ministers office with vital
information about the state of the No 1 reactor at the stricken Fukushima No 1 nuclear power plant
in the three days following the March 11 tsunami
The Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency (NISA) said it asked the Japan Nuclear Energy Safety
Organization (JNES) on March 11 to analyze the developing crisis at the crippled plant using its
Emergency Response Support System
The JNES reports included forecasts of changes in water levels and pressures in the reactors the
melting of fuel rods and how long the reactor vessels were likely to hold out
NISA employees communicated the analysis on the No 2 reactor to Cabinet Secretariat officials at
1044 pm on March 11 and 017 am on March 12 The analysis on the No 3 reactor was sent to
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the Cabinet Secretariat at around 650 am on March 13 NISA said
But the analysis of the No 1 reactor was not sent despite being delivered to NISA at 157 am on
March 12
The reason remains unknown Yoshinori Moriyama NISAs deputy director-general for nuclear
accident measures told a news conference Sept 2
Some of the results for the No 1 reactor were fed into the System for Prediction of EnvironmentalEmergency Dose Information (SPEEDI) which forecasts the spread of radioactive fallout in the
event of a nuclear emergency SPEEDI produced its own results at 607 am on March 12 but
neither the Emergency Response Support System nor the SPEEDI results were communicated to the
prime ministers office
70 of prefectures baffled on nuclear drill
An NHK survey shows about 70 percent of Japanese prefectures with nuclear power plants cannot
hold nuclear accident disaster drills this fiscal year or are undecided about doing so
NHK asked 13 prefectures whether they will hold the drills in fiscal 2011 which ends in March
In the past the prefectures have conducted annual drills in areas up to 10 kilometers away from
nuclear plants in line with government anti-disaster guidelines The drills were designed to evacuate
nearby residents and have the organizations concerned coordinate the process
But evacuation zones put in place after the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in
March have far exceeded those previously planned by the government
Three prefectures -- Aomori Fukushima and Ibaraki -- said they are unable to hold drills this fiscal
year Six prefectures including Hokkaido and Fukui said they are undecided about doing so
They explained that without new government accident guidelines they cannot plan drills or set
evacuation areas
The remaining 4 prefectures including Ehime and Saga said they will hold drills by the end of
March by establishing temporary guidelines and by expanding evacuation zones on their own
The Nuclear Safety Commission aims to review evacuation zones and other policies by the end of
October
Monday September 05 2011 0617 +0900 (JST)
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the Cabinet Secretariat at around 650 am on March 13 NISA said
But the analysis of the No 1 reactor was not sent despite being delivered to NISA at 157 am on
March 12
The reason remains unknown Yoshinori Moriyama NISAs deputy director-general for nuclear
accident measures told a news conference Sept 2
Some of the results for the No 1 reactor were fed into the System for Prediction of EnvironmentalEmergency Dose Information (SPEEDI) which forecasts the spread of radioactive fallout in the
event of a nuclear emergency SPEEDI produced its own results at 607 am on March 12 but
neither the Emergency Response Support System nor the SPEEDI results were communicated to the
prime ministers office
70 of prefectures baffled on nuclear drill
An NHK survey shows about 70 percent of Japanese prefectures with nuclear power plants cannot
hold nuclear accident disaster drills this fiscal year or are undecided about doing so
NHK asked 13 prefectures whether they will hold the drills in fiscal 2011 which ends in March
In the past the prefectures have conducted annual drills in areas up to 10 kilometers away from
nuclear plants in line with government anti-disaster guidelines The drills were designed to evacuate
nearby residents and have the organizations concerned coordinate the process
But evacuation zones put in place after the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in
March have far exceeded those previously planned by the government
Three prefectures -- Aomori Fukushima and Ibaraki -- said they are unable to hold drills this fiscal
year Six prefectures including Hokkaido and Fukui said they are undecided about doing so
They explained that without new government accident guidelines they cannot plan drills or set
evacuation areas
The remaining 4 prefectures including Ehime and Saga said they will hold drills by the end of
March by establishing temporary guidelines and by expanding evacuation zones on their own
The Nuclear Safety Commission aims to review evacuation zones and other policies by the end of
October
Monday September 05 2011 0617 +0900 (JST)