WORLD & NATION
November 9, 2012
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FRANCE
The French have committed to support Lebanon as the Middle Eastern country battles its Syrian opposition.
French President Francois Hollande vows to be an active and positive force in the region, naming stabilization
the primary objective.
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PUERTO RICO
On Nov. 6, Puerto Rican
voters upheld their status as a
U.S. unincorporated territory
via referenda, for the third
time. Citizens of the territory
were given the option of
statehood, independence
or free association. Should
they opt out of their current
status in the future, the U.S.
Congress and President would
hold the authority for a final
decision.
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ISTANBUL,
TURKEY
Kurdish prisoners
were blasted with
water cannons and
sprayed with tear gas
by Istanbul police.
The prisoners were
on a hunger strike
at the time of attack.
Doctors warn that
the strikers will begin
to die of starvation
within the next week.
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KUWAIT
Thousands of Kuwait Madhya Pradesh Tribals, Islamists, youth
groups and liberals were flooded with smoke bombs and
tear gas by Kuwaiti security forces while protesting existing
election laws.A second, larger rally is planned for Nov. I I,
the 50th anniversary of Kuwait’s constitution. Election Day is
scheduled for Dec. I.
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Japanese tread radioactive water, attempt damage control
BY HAEJIN SONG
SWFVyWTER
For over a year, Japan has
fought an unrelenting enemy: the
aftermath of the Fukushima Daiichi
nuclear disaster.
On March 11, 2011, Japan faced
three catastrophes: an earthquake,
a tsunami, and then nuclear
meltdowns and the dispersion
of radiation from the Fukushima
nuclear power plant.
Now, the nation struggles
with the reprecussions of these
unfortunate events and they face
the challenge of storing radioactive
water, posing serious health risks
to the Japanese people.
"It's a time-pressing issue
because the storage of contaminated
water has its limits," Yuichi
Okamura, manager of the Water
Treatment System Department at
the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear
power plant, told the Associated
Press. "There is only limited
storage space."
According to AP, Okamura
helped devise steps to cool the
overheating reactors by injecting
water and using spent fuel pools.
"Water works well for this
system since it has a very high
capacity ... and can be treated if it is
contaminated," said Angie Moore,
associate professor of geology.
"However, when there is a reactor
accident like at the Fukushima,
the systems that prevent nuclear
contamination of the cooling water
have failed and there is direct
contact between the water and the
radioactive material."
Currently, about 200,000 tons
of radioactive water, enough to
fill more than 50 Olympic-sized
cooled the reactors successfully
with recycled water. However,
contaminated water continues
to increase due to ground water
seeping through cracks and into
the reactor and turbine basements.
"They are working on a way to
treat the contaminated water and
reduce the hazard, but that's hard
to do," said Associate Professor of
Geology David Dobson.
plant, has tried to make space for
more of these large storage tanks
by cutting down trees.
The company predicts that the
amount of water will triple within
three years.
"There are pools of some 10,000
or 20,000 tons of contaminated
water in each plant, and there
are many of these," said nuclear
engineer Masasahi Goto to news
"If you are exposed to Cesium because you're a nuclear power worker, even
after you're long dead and buried, your gravesite will be radioactive. Your
great grandkids can come with Geiger counters and see that great granddaddy
still has radiation."
Michio Koku, physicist
swimming pools, are stored in
gigantic tanks built around the
nuclear power plant, reported
news source A1 Jazeera.
"We never expected high-level
(radiation) contaminated water to
turn up in the turbine building,"
Okamura said.
Okamura and his team utilized
equipment that should; Thave
"Even if they achieve what
they think is a safe level of
radioactivity to release, that will
be a very unpopular idea," Dobson
continued. "In the meantime, they
have to keep building storage
for more and more contaminated
water."
Tokyo Electric Power Company,
the, comply behind the Fukushima
source A1 Jazeera.
"To bring all these to one place
would mean you would have to
treat hundreds of thousands of tons
of contaminated water which is
mind-blowing in itself," continued
Goto. "It's an outrageous amount,
truly outrageous."
Since the Fukushima Daiichi
accident, many have been exposed
to the harmful radiation and its
effects of contamination.
"Japan has definitely become
more self-conscious of the
dire environmental and health
consequences," said Erina Fujino,
Japanese Early College at Guilford
student. "Due to the warnings
of radiation from the nuclear
power plant, many people had
to be relocated. And now, the
nation has a new problem of over
crowdedness."
In a news segment, CBS News
correspondent Bill Whitaker went
to the 12-mile exclusion ^ zone
surrounding the Fukushima Daiichi
nuclear plant; a plaqt which is 'off-
limits without a govepiment pass.
About a mile away from the
nuclear plant, Whitaker's Geiger
counter — a device that detects
radioactivity — can be seen reading
30.8 microsieverts when anything
over 3.8 is considered unsafe.
"If you've been exposed to
Cesium because you're a nuclear
power worker, even after you're
long dead and buried, your
gravesite will be radioactive," said
physicist Michio Kaku on CBS's
"60 Minutes."
"Your great grandkids can
come with Geiger counters and
see that great granddaddy still has
radiation."