Japan Earthquake

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@Marie I really hope somebody on here can answer that !!!
by elainekirk 3/26/2011 10:17:06 PM

Okay George- good. What is your idea on how this will affect people living in Japan? You think it will be possible? Or...do you think this has affected everything severely...including our military occupancy? Also...@veenout- yes, Im watching...cant believe this is real.
by stef 3/26/2011 10:17:49 PM

@stef In its present state (that is, the admitted state) probably not. I'd sure like to see some progress being admitted by someone in charge though. This holding pattern is disconcerting
by radioguy 3/26/2011 10:17:59 PM

@veenOui I am grateful for your info as I have no sound on my computer
by elainekirk 3/26/2011 10:18:08 PM

@stef - yes. i think it will cause the largest migration of humans ever...
by dave 3/26/2011 10:18:36 PM

@Ben: I saw those pics too! And wondered which radiation is needed that trees get brownish? Does anybody know that? Is the radiation that was told by TEPCO enough to turn them brown?
by Mina 3/26/2011 10:18:38 PM

@marie I heard the other day they were testing such things to get a 'dna' of the radiation to know what is happening where. This is only an opinion I read on a site similar to this one.
by Jeff 3/26/2011 10:19:08 PM

@VeenOui That's the mayor if Iitate Village. The guy learned from the TV that he had massive radiation in his town. Last reading had 1,110,000 Bq/kg of Iodine, 1,500,000 Kg/bq of Cesium. The maximum scale for Chernobyl was 1,480,000 Kg /bq of Cesium. Those people need to GET OUT.
by Jojo 3/26/2011 10:19:10 PM

If fuel rods are melted or crumbled or slumped or decomposed, can the control rods be performing any useful function inside the reactor?
by Sky 3/26/2011 10:19:10 PM

@elainekirk2001 Really ?.you can buy cheap speakers for like $20 @BestBuy..... either way, you're welcome...:-)
by VeenOui 3/26/2011 10:19:43 PM

@stef At this point now it won't empty Japan, but a large area of the country around Fukushima will be uninhabitable for over 100 years. How large that area is is the question.
by Jojo 3/26/2011 10:20:30 PM

Here's an article from the Greenpeace sampling team in Japan, "As we found out today, the radiation levels are high in Fukushima city -- our measurements confirmed levels that have been reported in newspapers and by the government -- in some places so high that you would get your "maximum annual dose" (if you believe in such things) in about 8 days. It's a bit strange to see people biking and going about their business." www.greenpeace.org
by James Ward 3/26/2011 10:20:32 PM

@Jojo WOW, What kind of an Authority Emergency system is that, if they do not even inform their own.BUT they learn it from TV ??.CRUEL !!
by VeenOui 3/26/2011 10:21:58 PM

@Ben, wow that would require an insane amount of radiation, not a good sign
by WolfDK 3/26/2011 10:22:00 PM

NHK is finally getting a little 'hot' about situation and communication of it.... Oooh, he's talking about what to do, anticipating, ACT!
by marie rich 3/26/2011 10:22:00 PM

@Ben it seems that the browned trees are in the low spots, so possibly something in the water while it was still flooded got deposited and killed them.
by radioguy 3/26/2011 10:22:03 PM

@marie rich That would be to get a "fingerprint" on its source.
by Jim Carver 3/26/2011 10:23:03 PM

RE red forest effect -- does anyone know what the topography is like at Fukushima? If the affected trees are in relatively low-lying areas it could be the salt from the Tsunami killing them.
by Alaskan 3/26/2011 10:23:05 PM

@Alaskan : well, in this case you don't need any solar energy. you have your cables from Washington or whereever. lucky guy.
by Matsuoko 3/26/2011 10:23:34 PM

@Alaskan the gullies and diversions you can see make it seem like they are the low spots.
by radioguy 3/26/2011 10:23:54 PM

@JIm Carver YES! that's what I'm trying to do, in my stumbling fasion.
by marie rich 3/26/2011 10:24:02 PM

@Matsuko -- I'm a girl! And Alaska has huge deposits of oil, gas, and coal.
by Alaskan 3/26/2011 10:24:26 PM

@you Mass spectroscopy is used to determine the amount and species of a suite of isotopes.
by Jim Carver 3/26/2011 10:25:34 PM

aftershocks...the better to shake apart jury-rigged nuke plants
by marie rich 3/26/2011 10:25:56 PM

I'm not in any way a nuclear expert - I do have 20 yrs experience in disaster response and management. So I have been watching the response from that perspective.
by George Gibb 3/26/2011 10:26:15 PM

@George Gibb What's your take on the response?
by Jim Carver 3/26/2011 10:27:37 PM

Huh, sometimes I come up as Marie, sometimes as 'you' Hey, You...lol
by marie rich 3/26/2011 10:27:55 PM

Think you guys are right about the salt killing the trees
by WolfDK 3/26/2011 10:27:57 PM

Looking at the fallout to the northwest of Fukushima after the wind was blowing that way, I can understand how the NHK reporter could crack a bit when reading wind to the South. How far out does exurban Tokyo spread in radius?
by radioguy 3/26/2011 10:28:22 PM

@Alaskan If the trees are being killed by the salt water thrown up by the tsunami, I'm not sure two weeks would be quick enough to do that.
by James Ward 3/26/2011 10:28:45 PM

I still cannot wrap my head around the lack of Inspections which would rule out areas and equipment and at the same time validate readings........all they officially release is what they do......after all this time, ANY CORPORATION would have had a thorough assessment given the dire problem one is dealing with .
by VeenOui 3/26/2011 10:29:02 PM

In my opinion the response was initially inadequate - TEPco did not have the means to deal with this in the sense that more responders were needed at the very beginning
by George Gibb 3/26/2011 10:29:19 PM

Kyodo News article on radioactive seawater shows no understanding of marine biology. Algae eaten in Japan has high amount of Iodine in it. If the coastal currents keep the I-131 close to harvest areas, there could be problems. I know I-131 has a short half-life but still . . .
by Alaskan 3/26/2011 10:29:40 PM

having said that consider that a corporation cannot order the fire dept to intervene when they should have been there right away
by George Gibb 3/26/2011 10:30:42 PM

@George agreed. It goes back to what I was saying earlier. We are really awful at recognizing worst case scenarios even when they are upon us. The first valuable time is spent in fingerpointing and dissembling.
by radioguy 3/26/2011 10:30:51 PM

@Alaskan So true, and the IAEA is toeing the same line. complete bunk, as we know from DDT concentrating up the food chain
by marie rich 3/26/2011 10:30:56 PM