Japan Earthquake | Page 71
@Sky You're right re: fission and plutonium fission, thank you for clarifying.by Bev 3/27/2011 4:49:21 AM
1 Sv/hr Reactor 2 water.by Jim Carver 3/27/2011 4:49:25 AM- @Grizzly Or multiply it by 10 for microsieverts :)by borrrden 3/27/2011 4:49:32 AM
Grizzly. No one ever goes 'on record.'by Karen Warren 3/27/2011 4:49:37 AM
@ricky I heard them say 10mil but figured it was a translation error. Probably 10mil backgroundby NHK Listener 3/27/2011 4:49:39 AM
The thing about the car paint is that it is only made in Japn, in Fukiushima.by Sinthia Domina 3/27/2011 4:49:43 AM
I thought earlier when it was like 1200x level they said it amounted to 1Sv... 10mil... would be lethal... am I wrong?by Meretisa 3/27/2011 4:49:49 AM- Please post links to info.by Ralph Unger 3/27/2011 4:49:51 AM
- Yes, please post links to info. It's of no value otherwise.by Karen Warren 3/27/2011 4:50:20 AM
- by Jim Carver 3/27/2011 4:50:34 AM
The 1200 times normal background was refering to seawaterby marie rich 3/27/2011 4:50:34 AM- www3.nhk.or.jp They are talking about stuff leakign out of casing. and confirmed 10 million.by Meretisa 3/27/2011 4:50:38 AM
- The BBC story: www.bbc.co.ukby worldradioman 3/27/2011 4:50:55 AM
- @Karen Warren Again, another Japanese culture point.by Natalie 3/27/2011 4:50:58 AM
- @Ricky..confirmed.. www3.nhk.or.jp japanese expert just confirmed that R#2 has 10 million times more radioactive water, R#3 has 1000 times more radioactive water..by Optim 3/27/2011 4:51:14 AM
Several of us have already posted the link to kyodo news. Note that 1,000 millisieverts = 1 sievert.by Alaskan 3/27/2011 4:51:30 AM- Then what standard of radioactive water?by Ralph Unger 3/27/2011 4:51:45 AM
- Fro NYT story (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/27/world/asia/27nuke.html?hp): “We can only work on precedent, and there was no precedent,” said Tsuneo Futami, a former Tokyo Electric nuclear engineer who was the director of Fukushima Daiichi in the late 1990s. “When I headed the plant, the thought of a tsunami never crossed my mind.”by Alaskan 3/27/2011 4:52:11 AM
- I have a renewed sympathy for Reuters' moderators.... sigh1by Karen Warren 3/27/2011 4:52:21 AM
- Distance between reactor building and turbine building is at least 10-15 meters ...How's water being transported? Big mystery for all!by Optim 3/27/2011 4:52:23 AM
- @Optim Piping betwen the reactor and turbineby borrrden 3/27/2011 4:52:54 AM
There is a guy, just now on my radar, that is obviously very close by......he is heading 40km of fukushima.....one of his post's also stated this .QUOTEJapan govt withheld radiation maps showing villages outside excl zone getting 16x more radiation than some areas inside....END QUOTEby VeenOui 3/27/2011 4:53:08 AM- Not 1 sv. 1200 times normal, maybe 1200x0.07 or so. what needs to be know is is it 1mil times higher than is usual in an up and running reactor, or 1mil times what would be normal background on site- either in the bldg. or by gate, or whereby marie rich 3/27/2011 4:53:12 AM
- Alaskan: BS (forgive my French). They were advised and chose to ignore it.by Karen Warren 3/27/2011 4:53:16 AM
- @Karen Warren, Really! Guys please self moderate.by ids 3/27/2011 4:53:21 AM
- They're going to have to pull the workers soon.by Jim Carver 3/27/2011 4:53:34 AM
- I thought I read someplace that they have pulled the workersby ricky 3/27/2011 4:54:07 AM
- @borrden : If this water is going to Sea..I think big problem...Ocean is so big that it will absorb all is BSby Optim 3/27/2011 4:54:49 AM
- Have they in all the units?by Jim Carver 3/27/2011 4:54:51 AM
- They pulled them before and let them go back in when it was "lower".by marie rich 3/27/2011 4:54:56 AM
Here's a helpful radiation dose chart if anyone would like it. xkcd.comby Stormy 3/27/2011 4:55:16 AM- Oh good.by Jim Carver 3/27/2011 4:55:20 AM
- They have been pulling workers for weeks. If that is wahat you call shift work.by Ralph Unger 3/27/2011 4:55:21 AM
Kyodo News Japan to ask WTO members not to 'overreact' on nuke crisis. Geneve, March 27, 2011 english.kyodonews.jpby Tenzing 3/27/2011 4:55:40 AM- overreact give me a breakby marie rich 3/27/2011 4:56:12 AM
- what uh hogwash11by marie rich 3/27/2011 4:56:25 AM
- I was going to say something bad to that.by Jim Carver 3/27/2011 4:56:38 AM
- Thanks, Ids. We DO need to self moderate otherwise we are creating chaos. Use links or state "opinion" "OT (off topic), etc. Otherwise, we are going to lose people (like Dean, Bev, etc.) who have a lot to contribute. Don't, please don't, turn this into a chat room. Thanks :-)by Karen Warren 3/27/2011 4:56:40 AM
- www.bbc.co.uk Article stating the workers have been pulled per the 10k times radiationby lisat131 3/27/2011 4:57:18 AM
- You mean that impostor or was real Dean here?by Jim Carver 3/27/2011 4:57:45 AM
- huh, did kyodo pull it?by marie rich 3/27/2011 4:57:58 AM
- www.bbc.co.uk/news-----Their article, Radiation soars at Japan Reactor, states the workers have been evacuated.by MaryW 3/27/2011 4:58:13 AM
- #Japan plant operator says radioactivity in water at reactor No. 2 10 million times usual level, workers evacuated -confirmed by kyodo, bbc and reuters!by Poland 3/27/2011 4:58:19 AM
- no banner or headline now wtfby marie rich 3/27/2011 4:58:19 AM
- Let's try this again.....QUOTEJapan govt withheld radiation maps showing villages outside excl zone getting 16x more radiation than some areas inside....END QUOTE.This guy works for the independent and was on BBCNewsHourby VeenOui 3/27/2011 4:58:36 AM
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