Jiji Tsushin reports that Greenpeace activists covered the GE building in Brussels with posters that say "Your Business, My Risk", referring to GE's nuclear business.
From Jiji Tsushin (3/7/2013):
東京電力福島第１原発の原子炉製造に携わった米複合企業ゼネラル・エレクトリック（ＧＥ）に抗議しようと、環境保護団体グリーンピースの活動家らが７日、ブリュッセルにあるＧＥの建物に「あなたのビジネスはわれわれのリスクだ」と書いたポスターを張り付けた。
On March 7, in protest against General Electric, the US conglomerate who was involved in the manufacture of the reactors at Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant, Greenpeace activists put up posters on the GE building in Brussels that said "Your business is our risk".
グリーンピースは同日の声明で「ＧＥは福島原発に主要な設備を提供したが、事故の賠償責任を免れている。日本の多くの人々は妥当な補償を得ていない」と訴え、原発に依存する欧州諸国でも、こうした事態が起きる可能性はあると強調した。
Greenpeace released a statement on the same day that said "GE provided the main facilities for the Fukushima plant, but so far has been exempt from the responsibility for the damages. Many people in Japan haven't received proper compensations." The statement also emphasized that it was possible that an accident like Fukushima could occur in European countries that rely on nuclear power.
There was a rumor for a very brief time right after the nuclear accident that then-Prime Minister Naoto Kan was considering suing GE for product liability. That rumor died very quickly.
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Hmm… That's a bit going over the top:
- Tsunami wall design basis = responsibility of TEPCO + NISA
- Earthquake design basis = the same
- Extra emergency control room = the same *†
- Cooling system redundancy = the same*
- Extra cooling system for torus = the same*
- Mark I confinement filtered vent = the same*
* All standard in Europe after TMI / Tchernobyl
† Of course, radiation proof…
A very simple analysis of the accident (current knowledge):
http://www.iaea.org/NuclearPower/Downloads/Technology/meetings/2011-Oct-Simulators-WS/Yadigaroglu.9-Fukushima.pdf
BTW, if Greenpeace wants to talk about "responsibility", look at this:
http://kbda.com/c3/library/rachelchlor.html
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120882720657033391.html
Maybe they should try a new slogan:
"Our activism, your disease"
@anon 11:05
Old story, guy. "Nature has always killed much more than human activity... Endemic disease, polluted water... and, finally, *only* men's wisdom will save you from the fierce, cruel clutches of this evil mother..." isn't it?
Endemic diseases, polluted water... yes! And, tell me, *who* polluted the water? *Who* has devastated the social and economical texture in those countries where poverty is *endemic*? Mother nature? WASP spreading smallpox infected blankets among native americans, a disease fully unknown to the them at that time?
Spreading a disease and then making money selling *remedies* is a fully known and well documented practice, even today, by most of biggest corporations (the example of Phillip & Morris selling both cigarettes AND chemotherapy complexes speaks for all)
There are none so deaf as those who will not hear...
But i don't mind (by the way: the first article at the first link means absolutely nothing while the last is unaccessible)
On the other hand (an this is @laprimavera) i suggest this *interesting* article:
http://notizie.tiscali.it/feeds/13/03/07/t_16_01_ADN20130307212214.html?ultimora
and this is the translation
Radioactive boars, alarm in Valsesia (Italy). Balduzzi alert Nas and Noe
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Rome, March 7 (Reuters) - Traces of cesium-137 above the threshold provided for in Regulation were found during checks in the tongue and in the diaphragm of wild boars in the alpine Valsesia. Cesium 137 is a radioactive isotope released in 1986 by, among others, Chernobyl. This was communicated by a note from the Ministry of Health.
We analyzed samples of animals caught during the hunting season 2012/2013. Out of 27 samples, the level of cesium-137 was greater than the threshold specified by Regulation 733 of 2008, as tolerable limit in the event of a nuclear accident.
The Minister of Health, Renato Balduzzi, in contact with the health authorities and the president of the Piedmont Region, immediately activated the Nas and Noe (a division of the Carabinieri, the italian police), in whose department is operating a section specialized in detection and tracking of radioactive/toxic pollutantants. This section, which is meant for counteracting illicit traffic of radioactive material/waste and is equipped with complex mobile laboratories, together with the Directorate-General for hygiene and food safety and nutrition of the ministry will coordinate all investigations. The first urgent coordination meeting is expected tomorrow morning, March 8.
The samples were taken initially only to investigate the trichinosis, a parasitic disease that affects mainly pigs and wild boars. Subsequently, the same samples were subjected to a screening test for the detection of radionuclide cesium-137, with the intent to develop the method itself, in line with the views expressed by the European Commission Recommendation of 14 April 2003 (2003/274 / EC). The results showed the presence of a large number of samples with levels of cesium-137 in excess of 600 Bq / kg (Becquerel per Kilo, units for cesium 137).
The values of the samples oscillate in a range between 0 and 5621 Bq / Kg and 27 samples containing values above 600 Bq / kg. To date, of the 27 samples with a value above the threshold, 10 have been sent to the National Reference Center for Veterinarian Research of Radioactivity in the Livestock Sector IPA in Puglia and Basilicata. Of this 10, nine were confirmed, using the accredited method, with values higher than 600 Bq / kg. The tenth sample has a value of about 500 Bq / kg. The 17 remaining positive samples are scheduled to be sent to the National Reference Centre of Foggia.
March 7, 2013
Nice, what? Almost 30 years since Chernobyl and still Cesiu *above the admitted limits*, well far away from Chernobyl itself hanging around?
@2:13: Back to the trees!
Fair enough, industrialisation has given us Thalidomide, Bhopal, Chernobyl, Minamata, and others.
Strange enough, we live on average ca. 3x longer (and much better) than our distant ancestors who had the "benefit" of unspoiled nature :-)
BTW, your article means little, because they didn't even care (I had a look at the original version) to state how many samples they analyzed. Was it 27/27 or 27/27000?
@anon 4:14
"Back to trees..."
Again. Same old story. Either you accept to be killed by (so called) "civilization" (?) or back to the trees.
I could ask who are you to state such an "indisputable" truth about our modern "much better" and 3x longer life than our ancestors, but i know how this kind of discussion ends up so i'll refrain from doing it.
On the contrary i'd rather say: 27000 wild boars? So if this is the number of wild boars killed in Valsesia (Piemonte - Italy) one could think that the wild boars population exceeds by far that of "happy" ( ;-) ) humans.
But even if it was *only* one each 27000 boars with more than 5000 Bq/Kg (five thousand!) in his tongue or diaphragm, would it be proof strong enough to dispute the *indisputable truth" from scientists according to which radioactive pollution (accidental or not) is easily traceable and kept under control?
Live well (and happily ;-)), my friend, with 5000 Bq/kg of radioactive meat in your dish.
1) for those who care about chlorine, know that water in a carafe has half of its chlorine evaporated in some 20 minutes (open the window, yes). Then carafes with a filter ("Brita"-like, no adv. here) are good for "hard" tap water. No need to change the filter very often.
Modern state's tap water has much less microbes (germs) than bottled water.
2) for those who care about wild boar meat, hearbs and mushrooms from the wild, it's well known that south Germany (Bavaria), eastern and south-east France, Corsica, still may be over the "norms" (hehe).
That northern Italy is in the same kind of situation looks obvious to me, although I did'nt read about it.
No need to climb back to the trees, be a bit cautious.
And keep informed.
Yes, my friend. It would sound a bit strange to you but i totally agree with you.
Point 1) I don't buy bottled water, especially *plastic* bottled water (incidentally, thus avoiding that more chlorine gets dispersed in the environment as a consequence of the incineration process). I drink water exactly the same way you do (do you?).
Point 2) I don't care about radioactive meat in my dish: i'm vegan! ;-)
Again: live well, my friend, whether on a tree or not is up to you. :-)
GE has many smart engineers.
I cannot believe that any engineer who cares about this earth and who has any ethics whatsoever would allow a fission nuclear reactor to be built.
One of the first things you learn is to minimize risk and do a failure modes and effects analysis of your design.
If you do an FMEA on a nuclear power plant, it cannot be completed, because the ultimate failure mode can only be attempted to be prevented and cannot be cleaned up if it occurs.
That, of course is what happened at Chernobyl, and is happening at Fukushima. The reason Fukushima is so much worse is it has four reactors and hundreds of tons of spent fuel, and is on a highly populated island.
I'm sure they did everything they could to prevent meltdown, however mother nature is always stronger than man.
There are no safe nuclear reactors - not one - not even ones that are shut down are safe.
Sorry GE - you failed engineering 101 on this one. You took money over ethics... Now it's time for all of us to pay the price.
James
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