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The Japanese Prime Minister has asked for inspections and protections against another nuclear disaster and in doing so, told the electric company they should shut another nuclear plant down.
The Hamaoka nuclear plant should be shut down according to CNN, until earthquake and tsunami protections can be built.
The plant — on the Pacific coast in Omaezaki, southwest of Tokyo — is vulnerable and could produce “grave damage to Japan” similar to the problems at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant that was damaged in the magnitude-9.0 earthquake and subsequent tsunami in March, Prime Minister Naoto Kan said, according to CNN this morning.
Yea, someone has learned that we need to take steps of caution and protect Japan and its neighbors, which means the world because of the recent problems. We all must be rethinking our positions on this method to provide electricity.
For years scientists have looked at geothermal producing electricity, wind, solar, and other methods under consideration as well. Japan has suffered from the ineptitude of some of the inspectors at the Fukushima Daiichi plant, and the whole island country that has paid the price. We can not overlook anything this serious in the future.
Our rain water in the U.S., our milk in California and Washington state have tested with higher levels of radiation since the disaster. Is the U.S. watching and learning from Japan?
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EMULATING MOTHER NATURE
HOW BIOREMEDIATION OCCURS IN MOTHER NATURE
We would like to first explain what happens In Mother Nature when a hazardous
material is spilled.
There is a myriad of bacteria everywhere, where the spill comes in direct
contact with bacteria; that bacteria is killed or dies off. The bacteria that is proximal to
the spill but not in direct contact, reacts in several ways.
First, the bacteria separate themselves far enough away so as to protect
themselves from the toxicity of the spill.
Second, the bacteria then releases enzymes and bio surfactants to attack the
spill.
Third, the bio surfactants emulsify and solubilize the spill. What this means
IS the bio surfactants will break up the spill and partition the spill into a manageable
consistency. This is also breaking down the molecular structure of the spill or detoxifying
it, so it can be used as a food source.
The enzymes then form binding sites on the emulsified or solubilized spill and
this is where the bacteria will initially attach themselves and start the digestive process.
For this process to occur there has to be large amounts of bacteria, and it is a
long process for bacteria to acclimate themselves to a spill. Then it takes time for the
bacteria to release enzymes and surfactants. One of the limiting factors is the number of
bacteria present to produce, and release enough enzymes and surfactants to get the
process started. This is why you hear scientists talk about adding nutrients to jumpstart
the rapid growth of bacteria so enough enzymes and bio surfactants can be released to
affect the mitigation of the spill.
However, nutrients alone are limited because of concentration (washed away
or diluted) and the time it takes to grow a large population of bacteria.
Wouldn’t it be nice if there was a means of emulating Mother Nature and at
the same time speeding up the process to mitigate in hours or days what Mother Nature
takes days, months and years to handle on her own?
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OIL SPILL EATER II
OIL SPILL EATER II (OSE II) contains the enzymes, bio surfactants, nutrients and
other necessary constituents for complete life cycles and biodegradation. When OSE II
is added to a spill, it is not necessary to wait on the proximal bacteria to release enough
enzymes or bio surfactants since they are already supplied in our product. Therefore, the
minute you apply OSE II, there is enough bio surfactant to start the emulsification and
solubilization process. This process generally takes a few minutes to several minutes,
depending on the consistency of the spill. As the bio surfactants do their job, the enzymes
are attaching themselves to broken down hydrocarbon structures, forming digestive
binding sites.
Note: Once this process has occurred, several things are true:
1. The fire hazard has diminished.
2. The toxicity of the spill is rapidly diminished.
3. The odor or smell is almost non-existent.
4. The oil or spill will no longer adhere to anything.
5. The spill is caused to float, OSE II will prevent the oil from sinking.
If the spill has not reached a shoreline yet, but does so after application, it will
not adhere to sand, rock, wood, metal or any vegetation.
If the spill has already attached itself, once application occurs, the spill will be
lifted from sand, rock, wood, metal or vegetation.
The spill is detoxified to the point, that indigenous (natural) bacteria can now
utilize the oil as a food source. This also diminishes toxicity to marine organisms, birds
or wildlife.
OSE II causes the oil to float on the surface of the water, which reduces the
impact to the sub-surface – preventing secondary contamination of the water column or
tertiary contamination on the floor of the body of water associated with the spill area.
The spill being held on the surface will make it easy to monitor.
OSE II also has an extremely efficient nutrient system that is activated once you mix
OSE II with natural water. While the spill is being broken down, detoxified the
indigenous bacteria in the natural water used to mix OSE II starts rapidly colonizing or
proliferating the growth of large numbers of indigenous bacteria. Once the bacteria run
out of the OSE II readily available nutrients they convert over to the only food source left
the detoxified spill. The spill is then digested to CO2 and water. In some cases you can
see bacteria growing on the spill, and the oil will be digested to CO2 and water before
your eyes on a contained spill. In laboratory test once you see the water in the test beaker
or aquarium become turbid, you know it is only a matter of time before the contaminant
is remediated to CO2 and water.
Unlike mechanical cleanup, which cleans up a maximum of 20% of the oil
spilled, OSE II will actually address 100% of a spill. This information is substantiated by
the EPA’s listing of OSE II on the National Contingency Plan for oil spills or the NCP
list, which contains the efficacy test performed for the EPA at LSU University. You can
see this information at http://www.osei.us, click in the icon that looks like a flower moving
across the page. This will link you to the EPA’s site with the OSE II listing, and
information.
Oil Spill Eater II emulates (copies) mother nature’s process exactly.