Fukushima University to open radiation research center and will study the processes by which animals take in radioactive substances through the food chain, and measures for environmental regeneration.

August 11, 2012
Thursday, July 19, 2012

Fukushima University to open radiation research center

“FUKUSHIMA — Fukushima University said Wednesday it will open a research center to study the environmental effects of the nuclear crisis that started last year.

The new research center will have a staff of some 30, including around 20 hired overseas through open recruitment.

The center will study the long-term movements of radioactive substances, the processes by which animals take in radioactive substances through the food chain, and measures for environmental regeneration.

Jiji

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120719b4.html


The Yoshizawa myth, the M Ranch, now known as the “Farm of Hope”, and why the PUSH to decontaminate the cattle so that “everyone” can “sell” them as edible livestock. $$$$$$$

August 9, 2012

You may also be familiar with Mr. Yoshizawa.  The man that runs the Hope Ranch or the Farm of Hope.  He also has made a transformation.  Mr. Yoshizawa used to work on the M Ranch, or what is now called the Farm of Hope.  The M ranch was a multi-million dollar farm corporation, worth about 6.5 million dollars.  The cattle was valued at about $13,000 dollars a head.   So, now we have people that are collecting cattle because of hopes that they will be able to “decontaminate” them and then sell them as “edible” cattle for $$$$.  All they have to do is find the company, that would be Sousei World that says that they can decontaminate the cattle.  And, then while all this research is being carried out, have people send in Donations to help them research and decontaminate the cattle so that they can be back in business and sell the cattle for $$$$$$.  All they have to do is convince everyone that either this is to ” help” the cattle live longer or tell people that this is to help them rebuild Fukushima or whatever else works for them.

The problem is that they would have people donate to them for this effort.  And, that money is to be used to help them get back into the business of selling cattle for people to eat.   Meanwhile, that money being used to help “save” the cattle with the end purpose of ” so we can eat them again”, does not actually let the cattle just live on a sanctuary farm, they get to live the life of “research” animal.

The people that are wanting donations for this, and do not have a problem with “radiation/decontamination”studies being performed on the cattle.  They also probably do not have a problem with any money being used by the Government of Japan for Researchers and radiation studies.  In the meantime, this money is being taken away from cats and dogs that are still in the exclusion zone.  It is being taken away from building any new shelters for dogs and cats.   And, the reason, because they want to be back in the “cattle” business.

The Yoshizawa spin is that this man wants to help his cattle.  What they are leaving out is that Mr. Yoshizawa wants to help his cattle so that he can sell them so that people can eat them again.  This also may explain the “sudden” interest in everyone that has decided to “rescue” the cattle.  There seems to be big $$$$$$ involved.

By Chico Harlan The Washington Post (Originally published Sunday, November 20, 2011 )

Before the nuclear accident, Yoshizawa worked at the M Ranch, a 74-acre farm. From the corral where Yoshizawa kept his cattle, one could see the towerlike stacks of Fukushima Dai-ichi, just nine miles away.

Yoshizawa and his fellow ranchers raised the cows for their prized Wagyu beef, selling them to wholesalers for $13,000 per head. Then, in a five-day span of meltdowns and explosions, cesium and other radioactive isotopes were swept across the countryside; the cattle were worthless, and the farm’s president, Jun Murata, lost $6.5 million in assets. On March 18, Murata told his employees that this was the end. He went to the corral and unlatched the gate. Some 230 cows wandered into the open.

Most of the employees never returned. But Yoshizawa, with no wife and children, spent the next week thinking about his livelihood. He identified in new ways with the animals he once sold for their beef — he felt as if his own worth, too, was verging on zero.

So he clung to the ranch. He obtained a permit from a friend at the local mayor’s office, allowing him unfettered access to the no-go zone. He bought a dosimeter, clipping it to the front window of his car. He — and often Murata as well — made daily trips to the ranch, feeding the cattle with contaminated hay. A few of the animals turned feral, but most just stuck around.

“From farmland to wasteland Cattle, pets roam untended near closed Fukushima plant”

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2016814086_japannuke21.html


For Fukushima : “Plans also call for attracting pharmaceutical and medical equipment companies to Fukushima in line with research on the effects of radiation and development of advanced medical treatment methods.”

August 9, 2012

“Plans also call for attracting pharmaceutical and medical equipment companies to Fukushima in line with research on the effects of radiation and development of advanced medical treatment methods.”

Minister wants radiation-related researchers in Fukushima February 06, 2012

With the crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant sending residents and companies fleeing from the prefecture, the state minister in charge of the accident wants to use the research opportunity it afforded to lure companies and jobs back.

Goshi Hosono, state minister in charge of the nuclear disaster, presented a proposal on Feb. 4 to set up research institutes in Fukushima Prefecture to stimulate economic activity.

The research institutes would cover such areas as decontaminating areas hit by radiation fallout as well as decommissioning the reactors at the Fukushima No. 1 plant. The central government is considering special tax incentives to lure companies in such fields to Fukushima to stem the outflow of residents and companies after the nuclear accident.

Hosono explained his proposal at a meeting in Fukushima city discussing ways to rebuild and resuscitate the prefecture.

Under the proposal, five research institutes would be set up in various parts of the prefecture. The institutes would handle research and development in decommissioning reactors; decontamination and radiation monitoring; radiation medicine; renewable energy sources; and the medical care, social welfare equipment and pharmaceutical industries.

“We want to present a more specific picture of what kind of research institute can be moved to Fukushima after holding further discussions with the local communities,” Hoshino told reporters after the meeting on Feb. 4. He added that those discussions would also cover specific locations for the institutes.

One plan is to set up a new research facility for the National Institute for Environmental Studies, based in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, which is doing research on decontamination methods.

Under the proposal, the new research facility would study ways of reducing radiation levels in a short period of time as well as effectively reducing the volume of contaminated soil. Once those methods are established, construction companies would be encouraged to move their facilities to Fukushima.

Another plan being considered is to build a facility for an independent administrative agency handling the spread of renewable energy sources.

The research institute to look into decommissioning nuclear reactors would also have an important role to play because government estimates have set a maximum time frame of 40 years to complete the process. The institute would look into the best ways to dismantle the reactors at the Fukushima No. 1 plant.

Plans also call for attracting pharmaceutical and medical equipment companies to Fukushima in line with research on the effects of radiation and development of advanced medical treatment methods.

The administration of Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda is considering submitting legislation to the current Diet session that would expand tax incentives to companies if they agree to move facilities to Fukushima. Those incentives would go beyond those to be applied to the areas devastated by last March’s Great East Japan Earthquake.

http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/recovery/AJ201202060001