On Jan 19, 11:28*am, Fred J. McCall wrote:
bob haller wrote:
On Jan 19, 10:32*am, Fred J. McCall wrote:
bob haller wrote:
currently japan is doing ok with almost no nuke power plants in
operation

Not so much, unless you consider 17% price increases and industrial
slowdowns to be "doing ok".

power price must go up to pay the costs of the meltdowns.

That's a penny or two, not 17%.



lets see whats now estimated to be a 50 year or longer clean up,
replace totally the fukhisma plant generating capacity, health issues,
both mental and physical for the residents.. relocation for a
generation or more a bunch of towns. compensate farmers for now
hazardous food, heck even gravel is radioactive, from quarries that
went ino new buildings that cant be lived in.

Cite for all that relocation, gravel, etc? *Yeah, I thought not.

Oh, and why replace the generating capacity if they're "doing ok", as
you aver?

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"Some people get lost in thought because it's such unfamiliar
*territory."
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Possibly contaminated stone used at work sites

Fukushima Prefecture says crushed stone possibly contaminated with
radioactive substances due to the nuclear accident was used at 10
public works construction sites. Relatively high levels of
radioactivity have been detected at one of the sites.

Japan's government announced this month that high levels of
radioactive substances were detected at a new apartment building
constructed in the prefecture using concrete made from the stone. The
stone was from a quarry in Namie Town, which was designated as an
evacuation zone following the accident.

Authorities have been investigating stone distribution routes.

Fukushima officials said on Thursday that stone from the quarry was
also used in 10 public works projects in the prefecture, including
riverbank reinforcement and road repair.

The officials say radioactivity levels up to 1.3 microsieverts per
hour were detected at a city riverbank.

Thursday, January