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Fire at Fukushima Daiichi: Over 4,000 square feet affected near reactor buildings — Fire department on-scene — No ‘significant’ change in radiation levels (MAP)

Posted on October 19, 2012. Filed under: World News |


 Fire Occurred near Unit 1-2 Ultrahigh Voltage Switchyard (Outdoor) at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station

> Updated with video here

Source: TEPCO Press Release
Date: Oct 19, 2012

At around 10:59 AM on October 19, 2012, a TEPCO employee on patrol found a fire occurring near Unit 1-2 ultrahigh voltage switchyard* (outdoor) at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station. The fire was reported to the fire department at 11:02 AM.

The employee performed a first-aid fire fighting and the fire was confirmed to have been put out at 11:12 AM. The fire department will investigate the site.

There was no injury due to the fire and no significant change has been found with the monitoring post data and plant condition.

Follow-up Report: “As a result of the site investigation by the fire department, the fire was confirmed to be extinguished at 12:07 PM. The area affected by the fire is estimated to be approx. 20m x approx. 20m. [~65ft x ~65ft] The cause of the fire will be investigated.”

Watch webcam video filmed during this time here

 
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The Highest Risk: Problems of Radiation at Reactor Unit 4, Fukushima Daiichi

Posted on April 26, 2012. Filed under: Environment, World News | Tags: , , |


Shaun Burnie, Matsumura Akio and Murata Mitsuhei

The Risks to Japan From Fukushima

Shaun Burnie

The efforts of two Japanese citizens, Matsuura Akio and Murata Mitsuhei, to raise awareness of the risk of a further major accident at Fukushima are to be commended. More than 13 months after the accident began – the threats from the Fukushima-Daiichi site are multi dimensional and on-going, but the under reporting of these risks as a result of nuclear crisis fatigue tied with the 24 hour news cycle can lead to a complacency on the current and future reality at the site.

The specific issue highlighted by Matsumura and Murata is the risk and consequences of the failure of the spent fuel pool at the destroyed reactor unit 4 at Fukushima-Daiichi. As they report the spent fuel inventory at this pool is the largest of all 4 reactors that were destroyed by the earthquake and tsunami in March 2011.

While one can take issue with some of the language used – fate of the whole world being one – it is important to understand the scale of the threat, and why there are no easy and quick solutions. The risks from spent fuel have been known almost since the beginning of nuclear power – the radiation levels are so high that without shielding, direct exposure to spent fuel rods is fatal. Despite this knowledge the world proceeded to deploy nuclear power reactors – led by the United States – that has created a total global inventory of over one quarter of million tons. Most of this is stored in water filled pools. In addition to creating a massive plutonium stock – 2500 tons (contained in spent fuel) and compared with the micro-grams that were valued above gold in 1944 by the engineers running the Manhattan project – the spent fuel crisis has spread worldwide to every nation operating nuclear reactors.

The Fukushima-Daiichi accident focused attention on the issue as never before. Japan, a nation committed to reprocessing spent fuel at the Rokkasho-mura plant, had failed to solve the problem – like other nations the reprocessing route in Japan has failed economically and technically. TEPCO, at the CEO level in the late 1990s, was less convinced of the reprocessing route to spent fuel management than other utilities. Its support for the interim storage facility at Mutsu in Aomori underscored that it was not fully committed to the reprocessing option.

The Spent Fuel Problem

One consequence of this was that the Fukushima-Daiichi site contained more spent fuel than most sites. But this problem is not unique to Japan – the United States currently has over 65,000 tons of spent fuel – three quarters of which is stored in poorly maintained and vulnerable pools.

Matsumura and Murata have performed a vital public service. Their analysis and call for urgent action has been informed by such leading experts as Robert Alvarez, who for decades warned of the risks from spent fuel pool storage. Bob is a colleague of mine at Friends of the Earth in the United States and his grasp of shocking details that the nuclear industry and their governments would prefer to ignore is critically important for more people to understand.

The evidence of risk has been known for decades. The much-cited Brookhaven study is worth studying in detail. Japan’s Nuclear and Safety Agency (NISA), TEPCO and their counterparts in the U.S. and internationally have been well aware of the hazards of spent fuel. But have done nothing to reduce these significantly.

Now we face a crisis for which there is no simple, risk free solution. Removing the spent fuel rods at Fukushima-Daiichi is a priority, but it will not be achieved (or even attempted) before 2013 or later. Securing the structure of the pool at Unit 4 was identified early on in the crisis, with support columns installed. But the survivability of these columns, if struck by a major seismic event, must be doubted. A decision to build a new structure around the plant with heavy lift cranes is only the start of a long process that risks failure at numerous corners. All through this period and before the spent fuel is unloaded and put in secure casks the possibility will persist of loss of cooling water leading to an exothermic reaction that would lead to the release of a vast inventory of radioactive cesium and other radio-nuclides. The 50 mile evacuation zone recommended for U.S. citizens in the months after the Fukushima accident began would not be sufficient to protect Japan, including Metropolitan Tokyo, from potential devastation as a society. That was the information conveyed to Prime Minister Kan more than one year ago – and it remains the nightmare today.

Responding to the Problems of Radiation at Fuel Pool at Unit 4

In the event of further severe damage to the spent fuel pool in Unit 4 what are TEPCO’s options?

Water spraying and the use of materials such as boron and sand would appear the most relevant. The risk is that, with water spraying on Fukushima-Daiichi unit 4 following a loss of the cooling water and even collapse of the building, this could make the situation worse – if the spent fuel rods have gone beyond 900 degrees then the water will provide further oxidation helping to release more radio-nuclides into the atmosphere. The zircalloy fuel cladding around the thousands of fuel rods at Fukushima-Daiichi ignites at 900 degrees and above – fuel melting as seen in the cores of units 1, 2 and 3 occurs at 2800 degrees.

Other important factors include the possibility that the pool collapses and the spent fuel rods are scattered on the ground with the result that the complexity of dealing with the problem is magnified. Emergency worker access to these rods may be impossible as they will be emitting lethal levels of gamma radiation. Remote access through the use of robots may not be feasible given the radiation levels. The rods will continue to release radiation until they are secured under water – but without access to the rods and the use of a crane this would not be possible – so a prolonged nuclear release over days and weeks would be potentially catastrophic for Japan.

It is worth noting that the crisis could have been even much worse. Plans by TEPCO to load hundreds of tons of Mixed Oxide fuel containing tons of plutonium were thwarted a decade ago by local citizens and then Governor Sato Eisaku of Fukushima. If TEPCO had been successful the spent fuel pools of reactors at the site, as well as the molten reactor cores would have presented an even greater challenge in terms of cooling, the threat of widespread and large scale plutonium dispersal, and their devastating human health impacts. Informed citizen action, unrecognised at the time, deserves widespread credit from Japanese society.

Spent Fuel at Southern California’s San Onofre Nuclear Plant and the Threat of Radiation

Along with Alvarez, I have the honour to be working with Arnie Gundersen on a crisis at the San Onofre nuclear plant in southern California. The spent fuel threat at that site is if anything an even greater radiological risk given the 8.4 million people that live within 50 miles of the site.

The simple lesson from Fukushima is that the threat from nuclear power, and in particular spent fuel, is real, should never have been ignored by governments for the past half century, and should be a decisive factor in ending the nuclear age. If Matsumura and Murata’s warnings could play a role in making such a future more achievable, this would be a signal achievement.

Shaun Burnie is a nuclear consultant to Friends of the Earth U.S. and Greenpeace Germany. For over two decades he has been a campaigner and coordinator and now consultant to Greenpeace. He has visited and worked in Japan over 20 years – including in support of citizens seeking to prevent TEPCO plans for MOX fuel loading at Fukushima in 1999-2001. He is Scottish, currently visiting the United States.

The Fate of Japan and the Whole World Depends on the No. 4 Reactor at Fukushima

Matsumura Akio

Cesium-137 at the Fukushima-Daiichi site is 85 times greater than at Chernobyl.

Reactor # 4 at Fukushima Daiichi
Reactor # 4 at Fukushima-Daiichi

Japan’s former Ambassador to Switzerland, Mr. Murata Mitsuhei, was invited to speak at the Public Hearing of the Budgetary Committee of the House of Councilors on March 22, 2012, on the Fukushima nuclear power plants accident. Before the Committee, Ambassador Murata strongly stated that if the crippled building of reactor unit 4 – with 1,532 fuel rods in the spent fuel pool 100 feet (30 meters) above the ground – collapses, not only will it cause a shutdown of all six reactors but will also affect the common spent fuel pool containing 6,375 fuel rods, located some 50 meters from reactor 4. In both cases, the radioactive rods are not protected by a containment vessel; dangerously, they are open to the air. This would certainly cause a global catastrophe like we have never before experienced. He stressed that the responsibility of Japan to the rest of the world is immeasurable. Such a catastrophe would affect us all for centuries. Ambassador Murata informed us that the total number of spent fuel rods at the Fukushima-Daiichi site, excluding the rods in the pressure vessel, is 11,421 (396+615+566+1,535+994+940+6375).

I asked top spent-fuel pools expert Mr. Robert Alvarez, former Senior Policy Adviser to the Secretary and Deputy Assistant Secretary for National Security and the Environment at the U.S. Department of Energy, for an explanation of the potential impact of the 11,421 rods.

I received an astounding response from Mr. Alvarez [updated 4/5/12]:

In recent times, more information about the spent fuel situation at the Fukushima-DaiIchi site has become known. It is my understanding that of the 1,532 spent fuel assemblies in reactor No. 4, 304 assemblies are fresh and unirradiated. This then leaves 1,231 irradiated spent fuel rods in pool No. 4, which contain roughly 37 million curies (~1.4E+18 Becquerel) of long-lived radioactivity. The No. 4 pool is about 100 feet above ground, is structurally damaged and is exposed to the open elements. If an earthquake or other event were to cause this pool to drain this could result in a catastrophic radiological fire involving nearly 10 times the amount of Cs-137 released by the Chernobyl accident.

The infrastructure to safely remove this material was destroyed as it was at the other three reactors. Spent reactor fuel cannot be simply lifted into the air by a crane as if it were routine cargo. In order to prevent severe radiation exposures, fires and possible explosions, it must be transferred at all times in water and heavily shielded structures into dry casks. As this has never been done before, the removal of the spent fuel from the pools at the damaged Fukushima-Daiichi reactors will require a major and time-consuming re-construction effort and will be charting in unknown waters. Despite the enormous destruction caused at the Dai Ichi site, dry casks holding a smaller amount of spent fuel appear to be unscathed.

Based on U.S. Energy Department data, I assume a total of 11,138 spent fuel assemblies are being stored at the Daiichi site, nearly all of which is in pools. They contain roughly 336 million curies (~1.2 E+19 Bq) of long-lived radioactivity. About 134 million curies is Cesium-137 – roughly 85 times the amount of Cs-137 released at the Chernobyl accident as estimated by the U.S. National Council on Radiation Protection (NCRP). The total spent reactor fuel inventory at the Fukushima-Daiichi site contains nearly half of the total amount of Cs-137 estimated by the NCRP to have been released by all atmospheric nuclear weapons testing, Chernobyl, and world-wide reprocessing plants (~270 million curies or ~9.9 E+18 Becquerel).

It is important for the public to understand that reactors that have been operating for decades, such as those at the Fukushima-DaiIchi site have generated some of the largest concentrations of radioactivity on the planet.

Many of our readers might find it difficult to appreciate the actual meaning of the figure, yet we can grasp what 85 times more Cesium-137 than Chernobyl would mean. It would destroy the world environment and our civilization. This is not rocket science, nor does it connect to the pugilistic debate over nuclear power plants. This is an issue of human survival.

There was a Nuclear Security Summit Conference in Seoul on March 26 and 27, and Ambassador Murata and I made a concerted effort to find someone to inform the participants from 54 nations of the potential global catastrophe of reactor unit 4. We asked several participants to share the idea of an Independent Assessment team comprised of a broad group of international experts to deal with this urgent issue.

I would like to introduce Ambassador Murata’s letter to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to convey this urgent message, and also his letter to Japan’s Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, for Japanese readers. He emphasized in the statement that we should bring human wisdom to tackle this unprecedented challenge.

It seems to us that the Nuclear Security Summit was focused on the North Korea nuclear issue and on the issue of common security from a terrorist attack. Our appeal on the need for independent assessment at Reactor 4 was regarded as less urgent. We predicted this outcome in light of the nature of the Summit. I suppose most participants fully understood the potential disaster which will affect their countries. Nevertheless, they decided not to raise the delicate issue, perhaps in order not to ruffle their diplomatic relationship with Japan.

I was moved by Ambassador Murata’s courage in pressing this issue in Japan. I know how difficult it is for a former career diplomat to do this, especially in my country. Current and former government officials might be similarly restricted in the scope of their actions, as Ambassador Murata is, but it is their responsibility to take a stand for the benefit of our descendants for centuries to come – to pass on a world safer than our ancestors passed on to us.

If Japanese government leaders do not recognize the risk their nation faces, how could the rest of us be persuaded of the looming disaster? And if the rest of us do not acknowledge the catastrophe we collectively face, who will be the one to act?

Tokyo

March 25, 2012

Dear Secretary-General,

Honorable Ban Ki-moon,

I wish to express my heartfelt gratitude for your considerate letter dated 2 March, 2012. Your moral support for a United Nations Ethics Summit will remain a constant source of encouragement for my activities.

Please allow me to pay a tribute to your great contribution to strengthen nuclear safety and security. The current Nuclear Summit in Seoul is no doubt greatly benefiting from the high-level meeting you convened last September.

I was asked to make a statement at the public hearing of the Budgetary Committee of the House of Councilors on March 23. I raised the crucial problem. of N0.4 reactor of Fukushima containing1535 fuel rods. It could be fatally damaged by continuing aftershocks. Moreover, 50 meters away from it exists a common cooling pool for 6 reactors containing 6375 fuel rods!

It is no exaggeration to say that the fate of Japan and the whole world depends on NO.4 reactor. This is confirmed by most reliable experts like Dr. Arnie Gundersen.

Please allow me to inform you of an initiative being taken by a former UN official who is endeavoring to have the Nuclear Security Summit take up the crucial problem of N0.4 reactor of Fukushima. He is pursuing the establishment of an independent assessment team. I think his efforts are very significant, because it is indispensable to draw the attention of world leaders to this vital issue.

I am cooperating with him, writing to some of my Korean acquaintances that this issue deserves the personal attention of President Lee Myung-bak. I have written today to Prime Minister Noda Yoshihiko. I asked him to consider taking the initiative of mobilizing human wisdom on the widest scope to cope with the Fukushima reactor No.4 problem, fully taking into account the above-mentioned “independent assessment team.”

The world has been made so fragile and vulnerable. The role of the United Nations is increasingly vital. I wish you the best of luck in your noble mission. Please accept, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, the assurances of my highest consideration.

Murata Mitsuhei

Executive Director, the Japan Society for Global System and Ethics

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Matsumura Akira, ‘Finding the Missing Link,’ published this at Reader Support News on April 12, 2012 – link.

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Recommended citation: Shaun Burnie, Matsumura Akio and Murata Mitsuhei, “The Highest Risk: Problems of Radiation at Reaction Unit 4, Fukushima-Daiichi,” The Asia- Pacific Journal, Vol 10, Issue 17, No. 4.

Articles on related subjects

•Miguel Quintana, Radiation Decontamination in Fukushima: a critical perspective from the ground – here

•Iwata Wataru interviewed by Nadine and Thierry Ribault, Fukushima: Everything has to be done again for us to stay in the contaminated areas – here

•Paul Jobin, BBC and ZDF Documentaries on Fukushima – here

•Paul Jobin (interview) Fukushima One Year On: Nuclear workers and citizens at risk – here

•Jeff Kingston, Mismanaging Risk and the Fukushima Nuclear Crisis – here

•Miguel Quintana, Ocean Contamination in the Wake of Japan’s 3.11 Disaster – here

•Koide Hiroaki (interview), Japan’s Nightmare Fight Against Radiation in the Wake of the 3.11 Meltdown – here

•Gayle Greene, Science with a Skew: The Nuclear Power Industry After Chernobyl and Fukushima – here

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Comments

Steve from Virginia

04/23/2012

First of all, the seriousness of the reactor situation is seeping into the public consciousness which is a step forward. Hopefully, the Japanese government will be on the same page as these nuclear engineers and consultants soon. Waiting another year is unacceptable b/c the reactors will not heal themselves. Steps need to be taken right away: – Remove fuel assemblies in Fukushima Daiichi units 5 and 6 immediately. The infrastructure to handle the fuel is intact in these reactors. – Remove spent fuel in common pool. Much of this fuel is cool enough to put into dry casks. The rest can be transported in fuel transport casks used to handle hot fuel. – Unenergized fuel rods in SFP 4 can be transported in transport casks. – Pump concrete into basement of reactor unit 4 and build/install concrete bulkheads under spent fuel pool. There is no reason why this has not been done already as workers have been in and on top of this building to do the cleanup and demo to date. – Build sheet-pile/slurry wall cofferdam around the entire site. This would control water flowing through the campus. This also should have been done immediately after the incidents. A rail spur should be built into the site so that heavy loads can be transported easily. – There are four 500 ton cranes on the site already, there is adequate heavy lift. No new crane construction is necessary. – A small hydraulic crane can be placed next to the pool(s) to load assemblies into fuel transfer casks that are used now to load fuel into the reactor buildings. These casks hold water and have boronated supports. The casks can be transported by water-filled rail car to Rokkasho for storage. All cranes can be operated hydraulically by remote control. – Hire Boots and Coots and have them engineer solution for removing cores from under reactors (carefully). Corium and concrete can be drilled w/ drilling equipment and material transported in water-filled casks on rail cars to Rokkasho. Reactors can then be demolished and buried within cofferdam and buried in concrete then paved over along with machinery used to do the work. – Remove Tepco from the recovery job, they are not up to it.

Jane Smith

04/24/2012

Steve you are the voice of reason. I must confess, I don’t understand how the fate of the nation, or the world (or any of us who live on the west coast of the US) can be permitted to remain in the hands of a corporation that has proven itself time and time again to lie, and be corrupt, incompetent, and indifferent to the health and safety of its own workers and its own country men, women, and children. I don’t understand how Ineptco can continue addressing this challenge on what seems to be a leisurely timetable lacking any meaningful sense of urgency. I don’t understand why the government of Japan appears willing to let this situation continue and does not seem willing to stand up to Ineptco (Tepco) and require them to accept help and materials from other countries – help that will permit them to achieve their time table faster. I don’t understand why an international coalition has not come together to work with the Japanese government and Ineptco (Tepco) to address each of the items you mention. I get that face saving is important in the Japanese culture. I get that it is important to maintain happy diplomatic relations with Japan so everyone walks on eggs with them. I get that Japan is a sovereign nation with a right to determine its own destiny. What I don’t get is why these things seem to be taking precedence over protecting the planet from an even bigger radiological catastrophe than has already happened. I also understand that manpower and expense for all the specialized materials and construction necessary for cleanup and mitigation may be an issue for Ineptco, however, if Ineptco (Tepco) truly can’t afford to buy or develop or staff what is needed to clean up the mess and reduce the risk to all peoples, then I would think it would be in the self interest of every country in the northern hemisphere, if not the world, to donate dry casks for spent fuel storage, raw materials to create barriers to contain water, or cover buildings, etc. AND to provide the manpower necessary to speed the timetable for securing ALL spent fuel rods at the plant. It isn’t about money or profit any more. It is about protecting lives and saving the planet from a future of catastrophic radiation contamination. The situation we presently have is madness on a colossal scale. I appeal to any journalists who read this to tell their readers the true story of the ongoing risk at Fukushima. I also encourage any politicians who might read this to investigate further and raise this issue with their colleagues and demand action on the part of their government. At the very least, an international inspection team should be permitted access to unit 4 to provide an independent risk assessment. If action is being taken, let the world know. Considering all that has happened, I do not feel comfortable knowing that my life rests in the hands of of Ineptco (Tepco).

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Archduke Felix of Austria Has Died

Posted on September 8, 2011. Filed under: World News |


THE CAPUTO FAMILY   ASSOCIATION

NEWS   SEPTEMBER  08,   2011

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Archduke Felix of Austria Has Died

HIRH Archduke Felix of Austria died on September 6, 2011.

The Archduke was born on May 31, 1916, as third son and fourth child of Emperor Karl of Austria, King of Hungary, and his wife, née Princess Zita of Bourbon-Parma. The Archduke was the last surviving child of the late Emperor and late Empress. He passed away in Mexico, where he had lived for decades.

Archduke Felix was married to the late Archduchess Anna-Eugénie, née Princess of Arenberg, Duchess of Arenberg (1925-1997), and together they have 7 children, Archduchess Maria del Pilar(b. 1953); Archduke Carl Philipp (1954); Archduchess Kinga (1955); the late Archduke Raimund (1958-2008); Archduchess Myriam (b. 1959); Archduke István (b. 1961) and Archduchess Viridis (b. 1961). The Archduke settled in Mexico and led a very successful business career. All but one of his children were born in that country.

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NOTICE OF DEATH OF MRS. HENDRICX, NIECE OF THE LATE QUEEN GERALDINE OF THE ALBANIANS.

Posted on September 8, 2011. Filed under: World News |


THE INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION AND ASSOCIATION ON NOBILITY
UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF HRH CROWN PRINCE LEKA II OF THE ALBANIANS
PRESIDENT OFFICE

 

NOTICE

SEPTEMBER 08, 2011

ATDHEV MBI TE QJITHA

On behalf of TICAN Administration, Directors and members, we wish to forward our sincere condolence to the Our Royal Patron, HRH CROWN PRINCE LEKA II OF THE ALBANIANS and Our Honorary Member, Skender Zogu, son of the late Royal Highness Prince Xhelal Zogu,

OUR SINCERE CONDOLENCE FOR THE DEATH OF THEIR FAMILY, MRS.

HENDRICX, NIECE OF THE LATE QUEEN GERALDINE OF THE ALBANIANS.

Her Majesty Queen Geraldine of the Albanians, who died on Tuesday aged 87, was the wife of King Zog, the ruler of Albania for the two decades preceding the Second World War.

As Countess Geraldine Apponyi, before her marriage to the 42-year old bachelor King in 1938, she was one of Europe’s great aristocratic beauties, sometimes referred to as “The White Rose of Hungary”.

http://www.albanianroyalcourt.al/pages/queenGeraldine

Sincerely,
Salvatore Ferdinando Antonio Caputo
President

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Noble Dynasty The Caputo Family Association Black Falcon Award

Posted on May 16, 2011. Filed under: Humanitarian Issues, World News |


THE CAPUTO FAMILY ASSOCIATION

NEWS

MAY 15, 2011

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APPOINTMENT

Regional Delegate for Sicily

Cav. Dr. Gaspare Lo Monaco

Saturday, May 14, 2011, our Delegate General for Italy (right picture) Don Gianfranco Funari, formally presented the appointment Diploma of Regional Delegate to Cav. Dr. Gaspare Lo Monaco (left in picture) who is holding the Noble Dynasty Accreditation to such important position. Don Funari is also holding an Honorary Certificate for Don Salvatore Caputo, President of Noble Dynasty, issued by Dr. Lo Monaco, President of “Nazionale per Le Onoranze Alla Medaglia Oro al Valor Militare -Salvo D’acquisto Eroe dei Carabinieri” (National Honour Gold Medal for Military Valor-Salvo D’Aquisto Hero of the Carabinieri.

Cav. Dr. Gaspare Lo Monaco, retired NCO to Carabinieri Corp, was bestowed with many awards but we will mention only a few here: “Doctorado Honoris Causa en Humanidades” (Honorary Doctor of Humanities); Knight of Merit of the Italian Republic; Croix D’Honneur d’ Argent du Policier Européen; Silver Medal Merit with Sword conferred by the Sovereign Military Order of Malta; Pro Ecclesia-Merit awarded by the Holy See; Guard of Honor at Royal Tombs of the Pantheon; Member of C.I. S. O. M (Italian Ambulance Corps of the ‘Order of Malta) …and more.

BLACK FALCON AWARD

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Our Dear Member, Margot Gennaro de Bourbon, was awarded with the distinguished Black Falcon Award for the continuing promotion of Noble Dynasty The Caputo Family Association. We appreciate her devotion to the Organization. CONGRATULATIONS MARGOT!

The Black Falcon Medal is designed to meet all those who contribute to efforts for Progress, for the Well-being, Culture, and the Understanding of International Solidarity and Augment and for the success of the projects of the Caputo Family Association.

See web pages: http://www.nobledynasty.com/latestnews.htm

http://www.nobledynasty.com/delegates.htm

http://www.nobledynasty.com/laurusnobilismembers.htm

ITALIANO

Sabato 14 Maggio 2011, IL nostro Delegato Generale per l’ Italia, Don Gianfranco Funari (foto a destra), presentó formalmente la nomina di Delegato Regionale per Sicilia al Cav. Dott. Gaspare Lo Monaco (sinistra nella foto) che tiene in mano IL diploma che lo accredita a tale posizione cosí importante. Don Funari é anche in possesso di un Certificato D’Onore per Don Salvatore Caputo, Presidente di Noble Dynasy, rilasciato dal Dr. Lo Monaco, Presdiente di “Nazionale per Le Onoranze Alla Medaglia Oro al Valor Militare-Salvo D’acquisto Eroe dei Carabinieri”.

Cav. Dott. Gaspare Lo Monaco, retirato Sottufficiale dei Carabinieri, é stato conferiti con molti premi onorifici ma citiamo solo alcuni: Doctorado Honoris Causa en Humanidades”; Cavaliere Al Merito Della Repubblica Italiana; Croix D’Honneur d’ Argent du Policier Européen; Medaglia d’ Argento al Merito con Spada conferita dal sovrano Ordine Militare di Malta; Pro Ecclesia Merito assegnato dalla Santa Sede; Guadia d’Onore alle Tome Reali del Pantheon; Membro di C.I.SOM (Corpo Italiano di Soccorso dell’Ordine di Malta)….e altro ancora.

BLACK FALCON AWARD

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La nostra cara socia, Margot Gennaro di Bourbon, é stata premiata con IL prestigioso premio di Black Falcon Award per la sua costante promozione Della Noble Dynasty The Caputo Family Association. Apprezziamo molto la sua devozione per l’ Associazione. CONGRATULAZIONI MARGOT!

Vedere Le pagine nel sito: http://www.nobledynasty.com/latestnews.htm

http://www.nobledynasty.com/delegates.htm

http://www.nobledynasty.com/laurusnobilismembers.htm

ESPAÑOL

Sábado, 14 de Mayo de 2011, el nuestro Delegado General para Italia, Don Gianfranco Funari (foto derecha), presentó oficialmente el nombramiento de Delegado Regional al Cav. Dr. Gaspare Lo Monaco (izquierda en la foto) que sostiene en sus manos el Diploma que lo acredita a tal importante posición dentro de la Organización. Don Funari sostiene también un certificado de Miembro Honorario para Don Salvatore Caputo, Presidente de Noble Dynasty, emitido por el Dr. Lo Monaco, Presidente de “Nazionale per Le Onoranze Alla Medaglia Oro al Valor Militare -Salvo D’acquisto Eroe dei Carabinieri”

El Cav. Dr. Gaspare Lo Monaco, retirado Suboficial del Cuepro Carabineros, fue galardonado con números premios, pero vamos a mencionar aquí sólo algunos: “Doctorado Honoris Causa en Humanidades”; Caballero de Mérito de la República Italiana; Croix D’Honneur d’ Argent du Policier Européen; Medalla de Plata el Mérito con Espada atribuida por la Orden Soberana Militar de Malta; Guardia de Honor a Las Tumbas Reales del Panteón; Miembro C.I. S. O. M (Cuerpo Italiano de ambulancias de la Orden de Malta)…y muchos más.

BLACK FALCON AWARD

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Nuestra querida socia, Margot Gennaro de Bourbon, fue galardonada hoy con el distinguido premio “The Black Falcon Award” por su continua promoción de Noble Dynasty The Caputo Family Association. Agradecemos enormemente su dedicación a la Asociación. FELICIDADES MARGOT!

El premio The Black Falcon Award está diseñado para satisfacer a todos aquellos que contribuyen a Los esfuerzo para el progreso, bienestar, cultura y el Entendimiento Internacional de Solidaridad para el éxito de los proyectos de la Asociación de Noble Dynasty.

Ver las páginas : http://www.nobledynasty.com/latestnews.htm

http://www.nobledynasty.com/delegates.htm

http://www.nobledynasty.com/laurusnobilismembers.htm

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BULLETIN APRIL 29, 2011

Posted on April 30, 2011. Filed under: World News |


THE CAPUTO FAMILY ASSOCIATION

 

Prince William and Kate Middleton have been given the titles of Duke and Duchess of Cambridge to mark their wedding today.

Buckingham Palace announced at 8am on FridayApril 292011that the Queen had bestowed the title of Duke of Cambridge on her grandson.

Queen Elizabeth II has bestowed the official royal titles onto Prince William and Kate Middleton. She will of course take the appropriate female titles once they are married, making them the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. Duke is the highest rank in the British peerage.
But that is not all! Prince William will be the His Royal Highness Duke of CambridgeEarl of Strathearn and Baron of Carrickfergus. That makes Kate her Royal Highness Duchess of Cambridge, Countess of Strathearn and either Baroness or Lady of Carrickfergus.
NOBLE TITLES
Don Fernando Muñoz AlteaKing of Arms of Noble Dynasty The Caputo Family Associationcan certify your title of nobility. You must prove without doubt and present to him a document that testifies that you are descendant of such a title. Please contact him directly: fm_altea@yahoo.com

ITALIANO

Buckingham Palace ha annunciato alle 08:00 Venerdì29 aprile 2011che la Regina aveva conferito IL titolo di Duca di Cambridge al suo nipote.

La Regina Elisabetta II ha conferito titoli reali ufficiali sul Principe William e Kate Middleton. Leidi Certoprendere I titoli appropriati femminile una Volta che sono sposatorendendoli IL Duca e la Duchessa di Cambridge. Il titolo di Duca è IL grado più alto nella nobiltà Britannica.
Ma non è tutto! Il Principe William sarà Su Altezza Real Duca di CambridgeConte di Strathearn e Barone di Carrickfergus. Che fa Kate Sua Altezza Reale Duchessa di CambridgeContessa di Strathearn e sia Baronessa o Lady di Carrickfergus.
TITOLI NOBILIARI
Don Fernando Muñoz AlteaRe d’ Armi di Noble Dynasty The Caputo Family Associationé in grado di certificare I vostri titoli di nobiltá. Perósi deve provaresenza dubbie presentarli documenti che attestano che siete discendenti di tali titoli. Is prega di contrattare a Don Fernando direttamente:

ESPAÑOL

El Palacio de Buckingham anunció a Las 8amViernes 29de abril 2011que la reina había otorgado el título de Duque de Cambridge a su nieto.
La Reina Elisabeth II de Inglaterra ha concedido Los tíitolos oficiales reales al príncipe Guillermo y Kate Middleton. Ellapor supuestotendrá Los títulos femeninos apropiados una vez que está casadaconvirtiéndose en el Duque y la Duquesa de Cambridge. Los títulos de Duque son Los rangos más alto en la nobleza británica.
¡Pero es no es todo! El Príncipe Williaseá Su Alteza Real el Duque de CambridgeConde de Strathearn y Barón de Carrickfrgus. Eso have que Kate sea Su Alteza Real la Duquesa de CambridgeCondesa de Strahearn yo bien la Baronessa o Dama de Carrickfergus.

TÍTULOS NOBLE

Don Fernando Muñoz AlteaRey de Armas de Noble Dynasty The Caputo Family Associationpuede certificar su títulos de nobleza. Usted tiene que probarsin lugar a dudasy presentarle documentos que testifica que son descendientes de dichos títulos. Por favor contacte Don Fernando directamente:
fm_altea@yahoo.com

PORTUGUÊS
O Palácio de Buckingham anunciou às 8h na sexta-feira 29 abril2011que a reina havia concedido título de Duque de Cambridge en seu neto.

A Rainha Esabel II concedeu o título oficial real para o príncipe William e Kate Middleton. Ela iránaturalmenteter OS títulos apropriados femeninotonrnando Duque e Duquesa de Cambridge. Este título é o grado mais alto na nobreza britânico.

Mas isso não é tudo! O Príncipe William será Sua Alteza Real Duque de CambridgeConde de Strathearn e Barão de Carrickfergus. Isso faz com que Kate seja Sua Alteza Real Duquesa de CambridgeCondesa de Strathearn e Baronesa ou Dama de Carrickfergus.
TÍTULOS NOBRE
Don Fernando Muñoz AlteaRei de Armas de Noble Dynasty The Caputo Family Associationpode certificar o seu título de nobreza. Você tem que provarsem dúvida e apresentar a ele documento que atesta que você é descendente de tal título. Entre em contato com ele diretamente: fm_altea@yahoo.com

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A Message from Ghana

Posted on February 18, 2011. Filed under: Africa, Ghana, Humanitarian Issues, World News |


 

THE CAPUTO FAMILY ASSOCIATION
orphans

refugees

We have received this message from Brother
Emmanuel from Ghana who is in charge
of refugee and street children. Noble Dynasty
support this group, unfortunately we have no
fund to assist. Any help is appreciated.

To:

Brother Emmanuel

——-Original Message——-

Date: 17/02/2011 01:20:13 p.m.

Subject: We Request your Prayers Brothers and Sisters
Brother Emmanuel OSM
Ref: We Request your Prayers Brothers and
Sisters:

February 13, 2011, Sunday Morning at 6 A.M.
African time while prepare for special service,
unexpectedly we saw 2 trucks of police
entered the Refugees Camp where we have
EOCCC Mission is and started shooting at
the Refugees and 6 persons is killed
and many are wounded and while sixty
(60)plus refugees was arrested and taken to
an unknown place. Prevalently we had spent
48 hours indoor and they are
still arresting Refugees.

 

We had completely run out of food
and water is run out, we can
not go out or come in. We
absolutely need prayers for us for these
suffering and Innocent kids.

 

In the hands of Mercy,

Bro. Emmanuel OSM

EOCCC MISSION –Ghana– West Africa

+233-243-021848

Fwd: Ghanaian Police Opened Fire on Liberian Refugees, Five Reported …

Ghana News :: Police deny indiscriminate shooting at Buduburam

Feb 14, 2011 Police deny indiscriminate shooting at Buduburam Refugee camp. One refugee was killed in the violence. Source: Joy News/Ghana

http://news.myjoyonline.com/news/201102/61053.aspCached

Conflicting Accounts of Ghanaian Police Raid on Refugee Camp

Feb 14, 2011 Ghanaian police Sunday raided the Buduburam Refugee Camp outside the five Liberian refugees were killed by police and many more wounded.

http://www.voanews.com/english/news/africa/Conflicting-Accounts-of-Ghanaian-Police-Raid-on…Cached

Operation We
Care for Liberia: Statement on Liberian Refugee

shot dead by Ghanaian police at the Buduburam
Refugee
Settlement outside

http://www.modernghana.com/news2/316393/1/
operation-we-care-for-liberia-statement-on-liber…

Operation We Care for Liberia Statement on
Liberian Refugee

Feb 15, 2011 According to modernghana.com, five Liberian refugees
have reportedly been shot dead by Ghanaian
police
at the Buduburam Refugee Settlement

http://www.limany.org/index.php%3Foption%3Dcom_content%26view%3Darticle%26id%3D933:operati…

Police deny indiscriminate shooting at Buduburam Refugee camp

Feb 14, 2011 GhanaReview International – The Leading Ghanaian News Agency deployed to quell violence at the Buduburam Refugee camp yesterday opened fire killed in the violence. It took the intervention of the police to calm

http://www.ghanareview.com/Restyle/index2.php%3Fclass%3Dall%26date%3D2011-02-14%26id%3D464…Cached

Buduburam Refugees Clash with Police | Liberian Observer

Feb 15, 2011 A leadership crisis erupted at the Buduburam Refugee Camp in Ghana yesterday, with some residents of the camp clashing with Ghanaian

http://www.liberianobserver.com/node/10531Cached

The Inquirer Online : How Buduburam Violence Started

How Buduburam Violence Started. The girl who was killed in Ghana Our source said the refugees attempt to prevent the police from carrying those arrested

http://www.theinquirer.com.lr/story.php%3Frecord_id%3D3680%26sub%3D14

Ghanaian Police Opened Fire on Liberian Refugees, Five Reported

Feb 13, 2011 An eyewitness account from the Buduburam Refugee Camp in Ghana told The New Dispensation this evening that the Ghanaian police stormed the

http://thenewdispensation.wordpress.com/2011/02/13/ghanian-police-opened-fire-on-liberian-…Cached

Inside Liberia with Bernard Gbayee Goah

Feb 14, 2011 To see Liberians brutalized and killed under the very nose of President We lastly condemn the Ghanaian police action at Buduburam because use of force on Liberian refugees by Ghana police and military have the

http://bernardgoah.blogspot.com/Cached


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