Latest ENENews August 2, 2013

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Japan (Fukushima)

04:44 PM EST on August 2nd, 2013 |
Asahi: Highly radioactive ‘mystery objects’ found — Rumored to be pieces of Fukushima reactor buildings — 15 kilometers from nuclear plant (PHOTOS)
http://enenews.com/highly-radioactive-mystery-objects-found-rumored-to-be-pieces-of-fukushima-reactor-buildings-15-kilometers-from-nuclear-plant-photos

03:47 PM EST on August 2nd, 2013 |
Radio: Fukushima disaster “shockingly not stopping – even the emergency is not over” — Much more radioactive water could wind up in the oceans (AUDIO)
http://enenews.com/radio-fukushima-disaster-shockingly-not-stopping-even-the-emergency-is-not-over-much-more-radioactive-water-could-wind-up-in-the-oceans-audio

02:32 PM EST on August 2nd, 2013 |
Japan Deputy Prime Minister talks about “learning from the Nazis” — Previously said to let elderly people “hurry up and die” (VIDEO)
http://enenews.com/japan-deputy-prime-minister-praises-nazi-tactics-previously-said-to-let-elderly-people-hurry-up-and-die-video

11:03 AM EST on August 2nd, 2013 |
Kyodo: ‘Huge amount’ of radioactive tritium may have entered ocean from Fukushima plant — Up to 40,000,000,000,000 Bq claims Tepco — Doesn’t include before May 2011
http://enenews.com/kyodo-huge-amount-of-radioactive-tritium-may-have-entered-ocean-from-fukushima-plant-up-to-40000000000000-bq-claims-tepco-doesnt-include-before-may-2011

04:15 PM EST on August 1st, 2013 |
Asahi: Tepco’s done nothing for over 2 years to stop highly radioactive Fukushima leak — Water above 1 sievert per hour — Admits work “has not been done to this day because of difficulties involved”
http://enenews.com/asahi-tepco-has-done-nothing-about-highly-radioactive-water-leak-for-over-2-years-water-above-1-sievert-per-hour-admits-work-has-not-been-done-to-this-day-because-of-the-difficulties-involved

01:39 PM EST on August 1st, 2013 |
Japan Expert: Contamination from Fukushima flowing beneath seafloor? “Could spring up outside the port”
http://enenews.com/japan-expert-contamination-from-fukushima-flowing-beneath-seafloor-could-spring-up-outside-the-port

12:24 PM EST on August 1st, 2013 |
Revealed: The deeper they check underneath Fukushima plant, the higher contamination levels get — Now sampling over 40 feet below surface
http://enenews.com/revealed-the-deeper-they-check-underneath-fukushima-plant-the-higher-contamination-levels-get-now-sampling-over-40-feet-below-surface

11:39 AM EST on August 1st, 2013 |
Japan TV: Efforts have failed at Fukushima plant — Contamination levels still rising in seawater — Flow into ocean continues (VIDEO)
http://enenews.com/japan-tv-efforts-have-failed-at-fukushima-plant-contamination-levels-still-rising-in-seawater-flow-into-ocean-continues-video

07:23 PM EST on July 31st, 2013 |
Water in ground could start surfacing at Fukushima plant — Continuing to rise rapidly — Caused by Tepco’s recent changes to site?
http://enenews.com/tepco-admits-contaminated-water-in-ground-could-start-coming-to-surface-at-fukushima-plant-groundwater-levels-rising-rapidly-near-reactors-caused-by-recent-work-at-site

12:31 PM EST on July 31st, 2013 |
Asahi: Grave situation as highly radioactive ‘mystery steam’ and water are released into ground, sea, and air from Fukushima plant — Tepco’s entire focus should be to prevent contamination from escaping — “Appallingly shoddy handling… Glaring ineptitude”
http://enenews.com/asahi-grave-situation-as-highly-radioactive-mystery-steam-and-water-are-released-into-ground-sea-and-air-from-fukushima-plant-entire-focus-should-be-to-prevent-contamination-from-escaping

11:13 AM EST on July 31st, 2013 |
‘Water Storage Nightmare’: Bolts in Fukushima tanks will corrode in just a few years, plant workers reveal — “Tepco says it doesn’t know how long tanks will hold” -Reuters
http://enenews.com/nightmare-bolts-fukushima-tanks-will-corrode-years-plant-workers-reveal-full-extremely-radioactive-water-tepco-doesnt-long-tanks-will-hold-reuters


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US/Canada

12:38 PM EST on August 2nd, 2013 |
Businessweek: U.S. plutonium facility “might blow up, or, as they like to call it, experience a ‘criticality event’” — “450 billion gallons of industrial and radiological contaminants dumped directly into soil” — Threatens water supplies for millions across Pacific Northwest #Hanford
http://enenews.com/businessweek-u-s-plutonium-facility-might-blow-up-or-as-they-like-to-call-it-experience-a-criticality-event-450-billion-gallons-of-industrial-and-radiological-contaminants-dumped-dir

07:43 PM EST on August 1st, 2013 |
Newspaper: Giant Louisiana sinkhole now over 20 times larger than last year — It’s “taken on a volcano-like quality”
http://enenews.com/newspaper-giant-louisiana-sinkhole-20-times-larger-than-it-was-last-year-its-taken-on-a-volcano-like-quality

03:10 PM EST on August 1st, 2013 |
Army General (Ret.): Giant Louisiana sinkhole is “unprecedented environmental disaster” — Concern about failure of another cavern nearby — Butane still being added to salt dome
http://enenews.com/army-general-ret-giant-louisiana-sinkhole-is-unprecedented-environmental-disaster-concern-about-failure-of-another-cavern-nearby-butane-still-being-added-to-salt-dome

04:40 PM EST on July 31st, 2013 |
AP: Man dead after being almost decapitated near U.S. nuclear plant — Energy Official: “An unusual and unfortunate occurrence… We are taking this very seriously”
http://enenews.com/ap-man-dead-after-being-almost-decapitated-near-u-s-nuclear-plant-energy-official-an-unusual-and-unfortunate-occurence

02:17 PM EST on July 31st, 2013 |
Report: Landfill fire moved beyond equipment meant to stop its advance toward nuclear waste… Essentially ‘fire line’ is breached — St. Louis Official: Something must be done, but there’s nothing we can do — Asst. Fire Chief: “Words can’t explain how important it is” to have a good plan (VIDEO)
http://enenews.com/report-landfill-fire-has-moved-beyond-equipment-meant-to-stop-its-advance-toward-radioactive-wastes-essentially-the-fire-line-is-breached-st-louis-official-something-ne


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