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DESCRIPTION:8/11  Rally-Speak Out At SF Japan Consulate To Oppose Nuclear Plant  
 Start-ups & Defend The Fukushima Children and Families\nSaturday August  
 11, 2018 3:00 PM\nJapanese Consulate\n275 Battery St near California 
 St.\nSan Francisco\n\nJoin No Nukes Action to rally against the further 
 restarting of Japan’s nuclear plants and defend the children and families 
 of Fukushima. The Abe government claims that the site has been 
 “decontaminated” but the melted nuclear rods have not been removed from 
 the reactor container and there are thousands of tanks filled with  
 radioactive water.\nThe government is also seeking to remove article 9 in 
 the constitution which prohibits offensive war.\nThere will be  report on 
 new developments and the international fight against nuclear power and 
 radiation. Also on the growing push for further militarization.\n\nDate   
 :Saturday August 11, 2018 3:00 PM\nPlace  : The front of SF Japanese 
 Consulate\n             275 Battery Street, SF   3-4 blocks from the BART 
 Embarcadero station\nInitiated by No Nukes Action    
 nonukesaction.wordpress.com\n\n\nJapan Monju reactor fuel removal faces 
 delays as monitoring cameras fog up in 
 tests\n\nhttps://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20180803/p2a/00m/0na/015000c#cxrecs_s\nAugust 
 3, 2018 (Mainichi Japan)\nJapanese version\n\n\nA special lane used to 
 remove nuclear fuel during decommissioning work is seen in Tsuruga, Fukui 
 Prefecture. (Mainichi)\nFogged monitoring camera lenses could set back 
 plans to remove fuel from the Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA)'s Monju 
 fast-breeder reactor, part of decommissioning work slated to start as soon 
 as August.\n\n【Related】Japan's efforts to decrease plutonium stockpiles 
 do little to appease US, int'l community\n【Related】Interior of Monju 
 nuclear reactor opened to press ahead of 
 decommissioning\n【Related】Editorial: Monju reactor will be 
 decommissioned, but mountain of uncertainty remains\n【Related】Atomic 
 energy agency submits Monju reactor decommissioning plan\nThe removal of 
 fuel from the prototype reactor in Fukui Prefecture must be carried out 
 remotely, because there are some areas that human workers cannot enter. 
 Fuel rods will be removed from the reactor vessel and from a spent fuel 
 pool, both filled with sodium -- a material that is difficult to handle 
 because it reacts with water and air -- using special equipment.\n\nBefore 
 extracting the fuel, staff tested their removal technique up until July 26 
 by attempting to take control rods out of the spent fuel pool. However, two 
 cameras near a special receptacle for the rods and at an enclosed 
 intermediate monitoring area fogged up, preventing workers from properly 
 checking the work, the agency said.\n\nThe temperature of the sodium in the 
 pool is about 200 degrees Celsius, and the control rods were hot when they 
 were removed and shifted to the intermediate area. The rods had to be 
 cooled at the intermediate monitoring area, and a large amount of steam was 
 produced when water was put in.\n\nThe Nuclear Regulation Authority has 
 emphasized that the cameras remain the only way for the agency to check on 
 the state of removed fuel. It pointed out that checks were insufficient and 
 instructed the agency to clarify the problems.\n\nTo solve the problem, the 
 humidity level in the enclosed intermediate area has to be decreased, like 
 removing steamy air from a bathroom. The agency is considering blowing air 
 into the space to prevent steam from building up, but this remains a 
 difficult task, and there may be delays before the agency can move onto the 
 next step in the decommissioning process.\n\nProblems with equipment also 
 surfaced during an earlier preparation stage, prompting the agency to push 
 back the start of full-scale decommissioning operations from the end of 
 July until August.\n\n(Japanese original by Toshiyuki Sato, Science & 
 Environment News Department)\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2018/08/09/18816829.php
SUMMARY:Rally At SF Japan Consulate To Oppose Nuclear Plant Start-ups & Fukushima Residents
LOCATION:San Francisco Japanese Consulate\n275 Battery St/California\nSan Francisco
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2018/08/09/18816829.php
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