Japan Earthquake

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@Karen They usually have circulating pumps for the pools, but they aren't working yet. The pools heat up fast, so lots of water is needed - any water at this point.
by FradyKat 3/27/2011 3:48:21 AM

@ Karen I think it might be only a matter of scale
by RadioGuy 3/27/2011 3:48:29 AM

Hey George, this is my IP at the station
by worldradioman 3/27/2011 3:48:37 AM

@worldradioman kk should be good for both now\
by George Gibb 3/27/2011 3:48:58 AM

Jim, I'm thinking that it might be relevant to the amount of salt accumulation. In other words, the spent fuel is higher and gravity will cause the salt to accumulate on the bottom levels. Make sense?
by Karen Warren 3/27/2011 3:49:02 AM

@Tenzing It could very well be a trick of light with the smoke...good point. I think we'd know of an explosion...tough to hide those.
by Grizzly 3/27/2011 3:49:04 AM

I'm out for the night. Will check in early in the am. The Akita dog gets me up at 7:30 am cst every freaking day. :-)
by Nancy 3/27/2011 3:49:29 AM

Guys and gals, the emission of smoke is a constant. It's in every report that I have read to date. Has Bev been around?
by Karen Warren 3/27/2011 3:50:43 AM

George, great job settineg this up. It's as addictive as Reuters was lol
by snickums 3/27/2011 3:51:29 AM

@Karen Warren I don't know. Seems like it would precipitate out and just cling to surfaces.
by Jim Carver 3/27/2011 3:51:44 AM

www.new.ans.org You can find out your yearly exposure at that site...I had an accident last August and through all my tests I've been exposed to over 48 Siverts in the last year :(
by Grizzly 3/27/2011 3:51:50 AM

the RPV is 60 x 16... the SFP is 45x40x45
by worldradioman 3/27/2011 3:52:45 AM

Don't worry Grizzly. I worked as a rad tech (CT and MRI, but primarily CT) and I'm still kicking.
by Karen Warren 3/27/2011 3:53:07 AM

they'd run out of fresh water far too quickly for the SFPs
by worldradioman 3/27/2011 3:53:32 AM

@snickums thanks but no worries got it covered
by George Gibb 3/27/2011 3:53:39 AM

@Karen Warren phew...I've had so many CT scans in the past year I lost count! I need to not fall off ATV's, lol, if I do it again I'm in trouble.
by Grizzly 3/27/2011 3:53:59 AM

I posted a question on one of the other blogs earlier.... Is there a possibility that TEPCO is dumping (venting) into the ocean at night ???
by wtm 3/27/2011 3:54:44 AM

@Anyone know anything about meteorology?? I have a question.
by Meretisa 3/27/2011 3:54:44 AM

@Nancy Seems to be the line. Read that exact thing somewhere else. I think TEPCO wrote it.
by Jim Carver 3/27/2011 3:55:00 AM

@Meretisa I went to school for a year for meteorology, I may be able to help if it's within what I learned.
by Grizzly 3/27/2011 3:55:13 AM

@Grizzly- what could all taht steam rising (heat-wise, not particles) do to the global weather??
by Meretisa 3/27/2011 3:55:42 AM

@wtm hard to say but what doesn't turn into steam is going somewhere
by George Gibb 3/27/2011 3:56:53 AM

@Grizzly- obviously more precipitation locally, but what about like jet streams and such. High and low pressure etc. What would/is all that steam doing?
by Meretisa 3/27/2011 3:57:06 AM

My son had 3 head CT's in his first 3 months of life. The Dr's wanted to keep a "complete medical record" of his development, and wanted CT's every 3 months of his first 2 years. I did some research, and said, firmly, "No". He has not had one since, and with what I am learning here, it was the right call on my part. I worry enough about the first 3, as he was so young at the time.
by JPH 3/27/2011 3:57:35 AM

Sounds like reactors leaking into ocean ?? www.reuters.com
by Scilla 3/27/2011 3:57:44 AM

@Meretisa Nothing I believe. If it had a large impact, then it would be seen from any large power plant that releases steam. Or Geothermal energy. Or even Volcanoes in Hawaii letting off steam as lava flows in to the ocean. But that's just my two cents on it. I don't think it would really effect anything non-local.
by Natalie 3/27/2011 3:58:27 AM

Because the low level release of steam it will not make it into the upper atmosphere it will most likely be absorbed by flora and fauna at the surface. Though it is very hot you have to remember that volcanoes are very hot, too, and a volcano on Hawaii has been erupting for years. Long story short, it won't increase the temperature of the air or have a large impact on weather. It takes a huge amount of heat to create changes in the atmosphere.
by Grizzly 3/27/2011 3:58:47 AM

I don't care what anybody says about us talking about conspiracy or cover-up (and I haven't) but in Texas they say, "If it looks like a duck, Walks like a duck, sounds like..."
by Jim Carver 3/27/2011 3:58:49 AM

@Natalie Ok. I'm just wondering. Some people locally have been freaking out about the quick melt here- lost like 2-3 feet of snow. Melted in like 1 1/2 days. They think is Japan caused.
by Meretisa 3/27/2011 3:59:33 AM

There's little doubt that number is going to keep going up as they flush the spent fuel pools to overflow with water
by worldradioman 3/27/2011 3:59:37 AM

@JPH good call i think - why expose your child to these scans needlessly
by George Gibb 3/27/2011 3:59:52 AM

@Meretisa, that heat is just going to be a drop in the bucket of the sky. It's really going to unnoticeable and will cool very quickly while it mixes with other air.
by tippytoe 3/27/2011 3:59:59 AM

@Meretisa The earth has a neat way of geothermally dissipating the water across the globe. Ice caps, oceans, and rain/runoff. Any change to the climate from excess steam from 1 or 2 reactors is not within our measurable range.
by Dennis Tucker Jr 3/27/2011 3:59:59 AM