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The boys done well ! Looks the goods. The quicker we drop Hughes the better, with Clarke to 4, and Ponting to 5 with Huss 6. Watson in the open with warner. we should retire one mature player per Year from Now on. Hussey or Punter at the end of this 2011/12 Summer, followed by the other next summer. Watson could come down the order next year for Marsh, or Hughes could come back as a No 6? The Bowling looks exciting.

Nuclear pollution of sea from Fukushima was world's biggest by Staff Writers Paris (AFP) Oct 27, 2011 France's nuclear monitor said on Thursday that the amount of caesium 137 that leaked into the Pacific from the Fukushima disaster was the greatest single nuclear contamination of the sea ever seen. But, confirming previous assessments, it said caesium levels had been hugely diluted by ocean currents and, except for near-shore species, posed no discernible threat. From March 21 to mid-July, 27.1 peta becquerels of caesium 137 entered the sea, the Institute for Radiological Protection and Nuclear Safety (IRSN) said. One peta becquerel is a million billion bequerels, or 10 to the power of 15. Of the total, 82 percent entered the sea before April 8, through water that was pumped into the Fukushima's damaged reactor units in a bid to cool them down, it said. "This is the biggest single outflow of man-made radionuclides to the marine environment ever observed," the agency said in a press release. Caesium is a slow-decaying element, taking 30 years to lose half of its radioactivity. The IRSN said large quantities of iodine 131 also entered the sea as a result of the disaster, caused by the March 11 9.0-magnitude quake that occurred off northeastern Japan. But iodine 131 decays quickly, having a half-life of eight days, and the contamination "swiftly diminished," the report said. The IRSN said that, for the Pacific generally, caesium levels would ultimately stabilise at 0.004 becquerels per litre thanks to the diluting effect of powerful ocean currents. This is twice the concentration that prevailed during atmospheric nuclear testing in the 1960s. "These levels should not have an impact in terms of radiological safety," the IRSN said. However, "significant pollution of seawater on the coast near the damaged plant could persist," because of continuing runoff of contaminated rainwater from the land, it said. "Maintaining monitoring of marine species taken in Fukushima's coastal waters is justified," it said. The IRSN cited deep-water fish, fish at the top of the marine food chain and molluscs and other filtrating organisms as "the species that are the most sensitive" to caesium pollution. http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Nuclear_pollution_of_sea_from_Fukushima_was_worlds_biggest_999.html

Hah, 'Freddie 'Huckleberry' Clutter-buck', cleans Up.

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/breaking-news/japan-ponders-what-to-do-with-nuke-waste/story-e6frf7jx-1226186214764 Japan ponders what to do with nuke waste JAPAN has made big strides toward stabilising its tsunami-crippled nuclear plant but is now facing another crisis - what to do with all the radioactive waste the disaster created. Goshi Hosono, the country's nuclear crisis minister, said today that Japan has yet to come up with a comprehensive plan for how to dispose of the irradiated waste that has been accumulating since the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. Hosono gave the assessment after the government announced an $11.5 billion allocation to help the cash-strapped plant operator cover the massive cost of recovery without collapsing. Officials have rejected criticism that the allocation is a bail-out - stressing that the money comes from a joint fund of plant operators, with a government contribution in zero-interest bonds that must be paid back. The disaster, which killed nearly 20,000 people along Japan's northeastern coastline, touched off the world's worst nuclear accident since Chernobyl, generating meltdowns, fires and radiation leaks at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power station northeast of Tokyo. Officials say that - almost eight months later - the plant has been restored to a relatively stable condition and is leaking far less radiation than it did in the early days of crisis. They hope to achieve a "cold shutdown" - with each reactor's temperature below 212 Fahrenheit (100 C) - by the end of the year. But Hosono, in a response to a question from The AP, acknowledged today that the crisis has spawned a huge amount of irradiated waste that will require new technology and creative methods to dispose of safely. "We still don't have a full picture of how to deal with the waste," he said. "It would require research and development that may take years. For instance, we still need to develop technology to compress the volume of the huge amounts of waste that we cannot move around." Japan could be stuck with up to 45 million cubic meters of radioactive waste in Fukushima and several nearby prefectures (states), according to the environment ministry. Hosono said Japan is not considering shipping out the waste for overseas processing. The total amount of radiation released from the plant is still unknown, and the impact of chronic low-dose radiation exposures in and around Fukushima is a matter of scientific debate. More than 80,000 people evacuated from their homes, and a 12-mile (20-kilometer) no-go zone is still enforced around the plant. Cleaning up the area and compensating residents is expected to cost trillions of yen (tens of billions of dollars). Hot spots of highly localized radiation have been reported hundreds of kilometers away, and Hosono said a task force has been set up to investigate them. The fund payout of $11.5 billion (900 billion yen) announced Friday for Tokyo Electric Power Co. came after the plant operator agreed to a restructuring plan to cut more than 2.5 trillion yen ($32 billion) in costs over the next 10 years and reduce more than 7,000 employees. TEPCO has been bitterly criticized for its lack of transparency and slow response to the crisis. The application process for residents and business owners to seek compensation has also been called extremely cumbersome. The controversial fund is designed to help the operator meet its responsibilities without going bankrupt.

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/world/fukushima-nuclear-plant-worker-dies/story-e6frf7lf-1226161675432 Fukushima nuclear plant worker dies A WORKER hired to help bring the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant under control died suddenly, the third fatality reported among workers at the stricken plant since the March accident, The Wall Street Journal reports. Plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) said it believed the death on Thursday, like the previous two, had nothing to do with exposure to radiation in the plant. It also said the death did not result from overwork, though the company did not disclose the cause. TEPCO said a male worker in his 50s became ill during a meeting Wednesday morning, before his shift started. He was taken to a hospital immediately, and died the next morning. "We can't disclose what was cited as the cause on his death certificate because it would amount to violation of privacy," a TEPCO spokesman said. Following the accident, set off by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, TEPCO was criticised for insufficient attention to worker conditions, subjecting dozens of workers to dangerous levels of radiation. In March, six workers were exposed to over 250 millisieverts of radiation - the ceiling set for emergency workers at the plant - including two who sustained suspected radiation burns to their legs after wading through contaminated water without wearing boots. Safety records improved significantly in recent months - In July, only six workers received doses of between 20 and 50 millisieverts, compared with 1264 who were exposed to at least 20 millisieverts in March. The two other deaths among Fukushima workers came in May, when a man died of a heart attack, and in August, when a man died of an acute form of leukemia after working for just seven days at the plant. In both cases, TEPCO said the death was unrelated to the man's work at the plant. The worker who died this week had worked there since August 8, helping to install a tank used to treat contaminated water. He spent a total of 46 days at the plant, logging an average three hours a day. His accumulated dose of radiation exposure was two millisieverts, well below the 250-millisievert ceiling. A Sept. 9 whole-body scan of the man had shown no excessive exposure, the spokesman said. TEPCO was still waiting for a test result to see if the worker had experienced more internal exposure since.

Fukushima reactor drops below 100C THE operators of Japan's crippled Fukushima power plant say the temperature of reactor number two has dropped below 100C, the approximate boiling point of fresh water, as the site slowly recovers from the March 11 tsunami. Tokyo Electric Power Co (Tepco) said today that the heat of the reactor fell to 99.4C, following that of reactors one and three which dipped below 100C a few weeks ago. The firm recently introduced more efficient cooling methods at the plant, which houses six reactors, three of which were badly damaged. The permanent cooldown of the three is essential in order to stabilise the site devastated by the world's worst atomic disaster since Chernobyl. There were explosions at the reactors after they went into meltdown following the earthquake and tsunami, which hit its cooling systems. Japan has promised to achieve a cold shutdown of the plant by the year-end. http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/world/fukushima-reactor-drops-below-100c/story-e6frf7lf-1226151390491

That, and we have Trade In another, Boak or Dangerfield, + Gaff, I hope.. I'd trade out quality to grab one of these maturing players. Our older 'name' players would be On the table. Jamar/ Davey/ + others, Morton, Maric, (Bennell?) plus steakknives, Dunn, Wonna, etc.

Japan nuke leak exceeds Hiroshima JAPAN'S nuclear agency says the amount of radioactive cesium leaked from a tsunami-hit nuclear plant is about equal to 168 of the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima. The Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency says the estimate released today was requested by a parliamentary panel. But it said a simple comparison between an instantaneous bomb blast and long-term accidental leak is impossible.The report estimated for each of the 16 isotopes leaked from "Little Boy" and 31 of those detected at the Fukushima plant but didn't provide the total. NISA has said the radiation leaked from Fukushima was about one-sixth of what the Chernobyl disaster released in 1986. "Little Boy" was dropped on the Japanese city by the Americans at the end of World War II. http://www.heraldsun...x-1226123264937

Fukushima homes unliveable for years Justin McCurry PEOPLE who lived close to the damaged Fukushima nuclear plant are to be told their homes may be uninhabitable for decades. Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan is expected to visit the area at the weekend to tell evacuees they will not be able to return to their homes, even if the operation to stabilise the plant's stricken reactors by January is successful. Mr Kan's announcement will be the first time officials have publicly recognised that radiation damage to areas near the plant could make them too dangerous to live in for at least a generation. A government source is quoted in local media as saying the area could be off-limits for ''several decades''. New data has revealed unsafe levels of radiation outside the 20-kilometre exclusion zone, increasing the likeliness that entire towns will remain unfit for habitation. The exclusion zone was imposed after several explosions at the plant following the earthquake and tsunami in March. The government had planned to lift the evacuation order and allow 80,000 people back into their homes inside the exclusion zone once the reactors had been brought under control. Several thousand others living in random hot spots outside the zone have also had to relocate. However, in a report issued last weekend the science ministry projected that radiation accumulated over one year at 22 of 50 tested sites inside the exclusion zone would easily exceed 100 millisieverts, five times higher than the safe level advised by the International Commission on Radiological Protection. ''We can't rule out the possibility that there will be some areas where it will be hard for residents to return to their homes for a long time,'' said Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano. ''We are very sorry.'' Mr Edano refused to say which areas were on the no-go list or how long they would remain uninhabitable. He said a decision would be made after more tests. The government has yet to decide how to compensate the tens of thousands of residents and business owners who will be forced to start new lives elsewhere. The state has hinted that it may buy or rent land from residents in unsafe areas, although it has not ruled out trying to decontaminate them. Futaba and Okuma, towns about three kilometres from the Fukushima plant, are expected to be among those on the blacklist. The annual cumulative radiation dose in one district of Okuma was estimated at 508 millisieverts, which experts believe is high enough to increase the risk of cancer. The plant's operator, Tokyo Electric Power, is working to bring the three crippled reactors and four spent fuel pools to a safe state known as ''cold shutdown'' by mid-January. Last week the company estimated that leaks from all three reactors had dropped significantly over the past month. But signs of progress at the plant have been tempered by widespread contamination of soil, trees, roads and farms. Experts say that while health risks can be lowered by various measures, vulnerable groups such as pregnant women and children should avoid even minimal exposure. http://images.theage...shima-200x0.jpg

Or stern! LOL.

Japan seals radiation leak From: AAP August 03, 2011 12:34AM THE operator of Japan's damaged nuclear power plant says an area where potentially lethal levels of radiation were detected has been sealed. Tokyo Electric Power Co said yesterday radiation exceeded 10 sieverts at two locations near a duct connected to a ventilation stack between two reactor units at the Fukushima Dai-ichi plant. TEPCO says no one has been injured. The area required no immediate work and was closed off. It also said radiation levels around the complex were not rising. That's a sign the duct wasn't leaking. TEPCO said melted fuel in the No.1 reactor might have collected inside the duct after leaking from the containment vessel during venting early in the crisis. The plant was crippled by an earthquake and tsunami March 11. http://www.heraldsun...x-1226107089633

Record high radiation at Japan nuke plant From: AAP August 01, 2011 11:12PM TOKYO Electric Power Co (TEPCO) said it had monitored record high radiation at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant crippled by the March 11 quake and tsunami. TEPCO said radiation levels reached at least 10 sieverts per hour near the debris left between the number one and number two reactors of the plant at the centre of the ongoing nuclear crisis. The previous record was three to four sieverts per hour monitored inside the number one reactor on June 3. "Three plant workers were exposed to a dosage of four millisieverts while they were monitoring radiation," a TEPCO spokeswoman said. "We are still checking the cause of such high levels of radioactivity." The government and TEPCO say they remain on target to bring the reactors to a safe state of cold shutdown by January at the latest now that a water circulation system has been established. Efforts to stabilise the worst nuclear crisis since Chernobyl 25 years ago have continued since a 9.0 magnitude earthquake triggered a tsunami, sparking reactor meltdowns at the plant and spewing radiation into the environment. The government has said radiation levels around the plant, which lies 220 kilometres from Tokyo, had fallen to "two-millionths" of the peak recorded March 15. Tens of thousands of people remain evacuated from homes, businesses and farms in a no-go zone around the plant. http://www.heraldsun...x-1226106280508

He looked like 'Mentally', he'd grown up in the 12 Months. He looked just emotionally tougher. And in the time trial, he looked like a man possessed.

Hmmn, I've wondered the same since about 2 weeks after the Edishat game.

Cadel, you Lil' Ripper... Absolute Aussie Champ.

'effectively, the leader tonight won't be challenged,,,, during the Champs Elysees parade.

Go Cadel! He's in with his best chance. Go you good thing.

I'd be surprised If we could afford to use these tactics against the strong midfield players of the Hawks, or Blues,,, Cats maybe, but skilled stadium is narrow & with our inexperienced forwards, it may be difficult there. Against the Eagles @ etihad we may be able to try to stretch them down back,,, & following that game, I think it's worthwhile tactic for the Tigers, GoldCoast & Port games...

The Key to this is one of the rucks, Jamar/Gawn) becoming a dominant power forward with Martin holding a tall utility role like Leigh Brown. It falls over if one of the 2 rucks don't play well. If things go wrong, it hurts the teams chances.

I don't think this thread has started over the outcome of one game, nor he being a saviour. But he blends well with the young guys in the forward zone & shares & teaches. He looks to have won the players respect & confidence. He could be worth a look.

IMO Wattsy will end up something in between a Matthew Richardson/Nick Riewoldt in body size. IMO bigger than Riewoldt.

Jamar/Martin would be get out long kick options.. Fitzpatrick is that tall like a Paul Salmon or Tippett type. What we don't have is a true full forward in the old model, to play as the different body shape style to the Rucks and the Skyscraper/beanpole types. Watts/Cook/Fitzpatrick are 3 years off being dominant. and then there's Gawn as well to come through. He's also probably at least a 2013 prospect, as a forward presence. I think a Fev would cost @ most a 2nd Rnd Pick, to maybe a rookie spot...

We've got young Fitzpatrick who'll come through to get his first game next year. At 201 cms, he's a Tall who would be in the mold of Jesse, without that transfer pricetag. And we have Martin learning & developing & Jamar to go forward. So we have a mature Jamar, a learning Martin who'll take poss' another 12 months to hit his forward straps,,, with Watts now coming through but will take another 2 years to fill out before he can play deep on a regular basis. Cook who is just showing his Class in patches @ VFL level, may get one game this year as a taste. Next year will be a year for him to get some AFL games, maybe 6 - 10,,, so he would still be most likely a 2013 - 2014 prospect... Fitzpatrick is a bit behind Cooks timeframe, 2014 - 2015 IMO for him... Watts 2013 before he has the body to match up like a Cloke does... so he'll prob' continue the leadup type role until he's bigger. So atmo we have Jamar, Martin as mature frames, & some mobile medium forwards to create mischief,,, rather than causing Havoc. If, we want to speed up our rise up the ladder, we need to find a mature deep power forward.

If scull goes and we get 2 picks... We may have some cap room for a 2 Year contract, whilst Cooky and Fitzpatrick mature. And we could then use those picks to further our young list well into the future. Cook is coming on fine, but will need a big strong forward to keep the heat off him & Watts. FF/ Martin - Fev - Davey HF/ Petterd - Watts/Cook - Jurrah