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Saturday, June 18th, 2011

Radiation Spike Halts Work at Japan Nuclear Plant

Author:     HIDEYUKI SANO
Source:     Reuters
Publication Date:     Sat Jun 18, 2011 3:45am EDT
 Link: Radiation Spike Halts Work at Japan Nuclear Plant
Stephan:   This catastrophe is just on the edge of being out of control, and it is growing increasingly clear that there is going to be a dead zone in and around these nuclear plants. Also that those of us in the Pacific Northwest are under a much more serious health threat than the government is acknowledging. Of course the media has no time to talk about any of this because for over a week they have been giving us wall-to-wall coverage about Anthony Weiner -- the least substantive but highest sensoid story they could pick

UPDATE 3-

TOKYO — A rise in radiation halted the clean-up of radioactive water at Japan’s Fukushimi nuclear power station on Saturday hours after it got under way, a fresh setback to efforts to restore control over the quake-stricken plant.

The power plant has been leaking radiation into the atmosphere ever since the March 11 quake and tsunami and both China and South Korea have expressed concern over the possibility of further leaks into the sea.

Tokyo Electric Power Company , the operator of the Fukushima Daiichi plant, said it expected to resume the clean-up within a week.

The plan hit a new hurdle as Japan marked 100 days since the earthquake and tsunami left left nearly 24,000 dead or missing and knocked out cooling systems at the plant. Buddhist memorial services were held throughout the country on the day when the bereaved traditionally seek closure from grief.

A statement issued by the utility, known as Tepco, said the suspension was prompted by a faster than expected rise in radiation in a part of the system intended to absorb caesium.

‘At the moment, we haven’t specified the reason,’ a Tepco spokesman told a news conference. ‘So we can’t say when we can resume the operation. But […]

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