An anonymous Fukushima worker had an interview with a magazine Gendai business and talked about the plant situation just after 311. The interview was published on 4/1/2011, but Fukushima Diary found a part of the statements crucial. According to the worker, “When 311 took place, the ground fissured near reactor5 and 6. It was approximately [...]
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[Concern about the soundness of ground] Fukushima worker “1m deep ground fissure came to us near reactor5,6 on 311″
Posted by Mochizuki on May 11th, 2013
Posted in Daily News, Fukushima Plant situation, Media blackout 
Tags: 311, fissure, fukushima, ground, happy11311, japan, nuclear, radiation, reactor5, reactor6, tepco, worker 
No Comments »[Sign of Mt. Fuji activity?] The large landslide accelerates, 40m more to go
Posted by Mochizuki on April 25th, 2013
On 4/23/2013, Fukushima Diary reported the landslide in 100km from Mt. Fuji. (cf, [Sign of Mt. Fuji activity?] Large landslide happened in 100km from Mt. Fuji, 80m high, 70m wide [URL]) On 4/25/2013, the landslide is accelerating. At 22:00 of 4/25/2013, another major landslide took place. There is still 40m of the ground crack over [...]
Posted in Daily News, Scientific report Tags: 311, earthquake, fukushima, ground, japan, Mt.Fuji, nuclear, radiation, seismic, tepco, volcano Comments Off[Sign of Mt. Fuji activity?] Large landslide happened in 100km from Mt. Fuji, 80m high, 70m wide
Posted by Mochizuki on April 23rd, 2013
On 4/23/2013, a large landslide suddenly took place in Shizuoka prefecture. It’s 70m wide and the height is 80m. 22 people of 6 households were told to evacuate. 2 days before the landslide, they found the ground crack of 15cm wide and 150m long. The width increased at 3mm/h on 4/21/2013, 4mm/h on 4/22/2013. The [...]
Posted in Daily News, Unusual phenomenon Tags: 311, earthquake, fukushima, ground, japan, landslide, Mt.Fuji, nuclear, radiation, seismic, tepco, volcanic 2 Comments »1,050,000 Bq/Kg from the soil beside reservoir in Fukushima, jumped up by 11 times since last summer
Posted by Mochizuki on January 12th, 2013
According to the Ministry of the Environment, 1,050,000 Bq/Kg of cesium was measured from the soil beside reservoir in Fukushima. Sampling date : 10/25/2012 Location : Beside the pond for agricultural use (Ohkuma machi) Cs-134 : 400,000 Bq/Kg Cs-137 : 650,000 Bq/Kg I-131 : <370 Bq/Kg Distance from Fukushima plant : 10km They also measured [...]
[Column] 4 reasons why we must be worried about reactor4 “other than earthquake”
Posted by Mochizuki on December 11th, 2012
Now the biggest risk of Japan is reactor4. However, we are only supposed to be worried about an “earthquake” to seriously damage the SFP of reactor4. Is this true ? No, it is not enough. We are missing 4 important facts. 1. It’s already deteriorating. About one hour ago, Fukushima Diary reported the coolant system [...]
Posted in Daily News, Media blackout Tags: blackout, deteriorating, earthquake, fukushima, ground, japan, nuclear, parameter, radiation, reactor4, seismic, SFP, tepco, tsunami, volcanic 15 Comments »More than 40,000 Bq/m2 from 82.8% of Nagareyama city in Chiba
Posted by Mochizuki on September 27th, 2012
Joso co-op in Chiba and Ibaraki published their monitoring data. From Ibaraki to Chiba, they divided 20 cities and towns into 1km2 areas. They took soil sample from each 1km2 mesh to measure cesium level. At the moment of 9/24/2012, they measured more than 40,000 Bq/m2 of cesium from 82.8 % of the areas of [...]
Posted in Daily News, Scientific report Tags: chiba, co-op, fukushima, ground, Ibaraki, japan, m2, nuclear, radiation, soil, tepco 2 Comments »More than 1000Bq/Kg was measured in 99.4% of a village area in no-man’s-zone
Posted by Mochizuki on September 14th, 2012
It’s desperate to try to restart farming in Fukushima, especially in 30km area. They measured more than 1,000 Bq/Kg of cesium from more than 99% areas in Katsuraomura Fukushima. Katsuraomura is in Futaba gun, no-man’s-land in Fukushima, where is 26km from Fukushima plant. The local government divided the village area into 1038 of 100m×100m areas, [...]
Posted in Daily News, Scientific report Tags: donation, fukushima, Futaba, ground, japan, katsurao, media, no-man's-zone, nuclear, radiation, soil, tepco, TV 5 Comments »8,560,000 Bq/m2 in Fukushima, 3 times worse than Chernobyl
Posted by Mochizuki on August 22nd, 2012
It’s been 26 years since Chernobyl happened, but nothing has been improved, the sarcophagus needs a national budget of money to renovate. How much of Chernobyl is Fukushima ? According to the report of Forestry Agency, Fukushima ground contamination is up to 3 times worse than Chernobyl. The report is about the litter interception and [...]
Posted in Daily News, Scientific report Tags: Forestry agency, fukushima, Futaba, ground, litter interception, Namie machi, nuclear, radiation, soil, tepco 1 Comment »Reactor4 foundation is so soft that they need soil stabilization
Posted by Mochizuki on June 26th, 2012
Following up this article..Possible uneven settlement of reactor 4 On 6/26/2012, Tepco published the latest pictures of Fukushima plants. The series of photos included the picture of when they were improving soil on South-West side of reactor4 building. ↓ Cement silo for the soil improvement It can be assumed that this is [...]
Posted in Daily News, Fukushima Plant situation Tags: fukushima, ground, japan, nuclear, poor, radiation, reactor4, settlement, SFP4, soft, soil improvement, tepco 10 Comments »Fukushima worker “Tepco is having difficulty to increase tanks because of poor ground”
Posted by Mochizuki on June 15th, 2012
Related to this article..Possible uneven settlement of reactor 4 Tepco postponed the construction to increase tanks for the contaminated water. They were planning to start the construction in July but it will be postponed to August. Tepco explains it is for the construction scheduling and there is still enough capacity of the tank, but actual [...]
Posted in Daily News, Fukushima Plant situation Tags: base, construction, fukushima, ground, happy11311, japan, nuclear, radiation, tank, tepco 15 Comments »
