Japan Earthquake

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@gabe, thanks -- all the Lower 48 cities I've tried so far yield the graph page with text but no graphic data. Page will not completely load. Lower 48 servers must be too busy -- I must be on a local server for Anchorage data.
by Alaskan 3/27/2011 5:14:05 PM

Anyone else worried about this story? www3.nhk.or.jp TEPCO: Soil samples being checked for plutonium
by Jojo 3/27/2011 5:14:45 PM

Is the yellow round container in today's SDF video of reactor building 4 the removed cover of the containment? The reactor was under maintenance and had been opened for fuel rod removal, so it would make sense that the top cover of the containment would have been lifted and moved aside? This is just guesswork, not based on Tepco explanations.
by vasra 3/27/2011 5:15:08 PM

@jojo I'm surprised this is the first time they've done it... openly at least
by radioguy 3/27/2011 5:15:41 PM

@Jojo On the contrary! We have been waiting for that for almost two weeks now (since the explosion on the 13th). They've been promising it, promising it, promising it. I hope they finally give results.
by vasra 3/27/2011 5:15:58 PM

@jojo was just reading it... well it's good they are asking for independent investigation. Kind of late, though.
by Diane 3/27/2011 5:16:28 PM

@Jojo See page three, @half way down for discussion and links
by marie rich 3/27/2011 5:16:52 PM

@Jojo, that is because of the mysterious "neutron beams" they found earlier. The source most likely is escaped fissible material.
by Peter Melzer 3/27/2011 5:16:52 PM

All Things Nuclear: "How Much Does Japan Know About the Status of its Reactors?"
by Dom 3/27/2011 5:17:28 PM

suspect the pipes shown are NOT critical pipes, due to location, lack of protection etc., but some of the other videos shots i have seen, there does look to be critical pipies that look the same and do not go anywhere anymore...
by fitter 3/27/2011 5:17:41 PM

@Jojo I'm more concerned with this statement from the NHK report: "The company says it expects the results will be available within several days." Why several days? Does it really take that long to know whether or not you have plutonium in the soil?
by James Ward 3/27/2011 5:17:43 PM

@George Gibb Knew that was coming because of the n-nw winds periodically. Was a matter of time.
by Dennis Tucker Jr 3/27/2011 5:18:32 PM

@James Ward No, it takes anything from a few seconds to a few dozen minutes to do soil samples using modern Japanese commercial methods to du Pu-239 and Pu-240 sampling. Not days.
by vasra 3/27/2011 5:18:57 PM

@Alaskan I can access them. One site was down.
by Jim Carver 3/27/2011 5:18:58 PM

@Dennis Tucker Jr the NY Times article is good
by George Gibb 3/27/2011 5:19:19 PM

Quick reference link: The Tokyo page on the timeanddate site. Time, weather, wind and forecast. www.timeanddate.com
by radioguy 3/27/2011 5:19:32 PM

@vasra Thanks! I suspected that was the case but didn't know for sure.
by James Ward 3/27/2011 5:20:01 PM

Have you discussed the results of the new water analyses? They're available in Japan at the Tepco site: www.tepco.co.jp Upper time is time of sample taking, lower
by kb 3/27/2011 5:20:19 PM

Didn't mean to send that... How do you insert line breaks?
by kb 3/27/2011 5:21:01 PM

@Alaskan - I can see your readings and many others, inc. my state's. A few in CA and NY were don though, and I'm sure several others.
by NervousinNJ 3/27/2011 5:21:34 PM

WaPo: “It will take them years, probably, to get rid of all that water,” Barrett said. “The science is known. But it is a Herculean task.” www.washingtonpost.com
by vasra 3/27/2011 5:22:47 PM

gotta love some headlines Reporter forcibly locked in closet at Biden fundraiser
by George Gibb 3/27/2011 5:22:52 PM

@George Gibb Yes, very. Only reinforces my stance that ANY probability greater than 0% needs to be addressed when designing critical and/or potentially devastating systems. Hindsight is 20/20 yet the world is still legally blind for the most part.
by Dennis Tucker Jr 3/27/2011 5:23:24 PM

surprised, but glad to see close up video of damage... confirmes what most already suspected.... i dought they have little hope of getting some of these systems running, has nothing to do with power, just pure damage to mechanical systems and avalibilty of parts and acess to areas...
by fitter 3/27/2011 5:24:27 PM

@George Reading between the lines of that CBC story, with the timing of the plutonium testin right after it makes me think the reading was not credible because their sample happened to contain a tiny particulate of plutonium in it. Thoughts anyone?
by radioguy 3/27/2011 5:25:13 PM

@all . hello, just to inform you that this morning, every major French media (Le Monde, l'express, Nouvel Obs, Le Figaro, France télévision, etc), were using millisiverts when talking about radioactivity in Tokyo and others places, may be because they just used the same press agency information , who made a mistake. That was really bad, because people do the math between 1000 millisiverts and the so said 0.22 millisivert for Tokyo, and have for conclusion that it is not so bad, afterall. Hopefully, a lot of people have posted about that mistake, or phone to the medias, and this evening, almost 80 % have corrected the mistakes. not all for now, I hope it will come very soon . My normal mind say it was a mistake, that's all . my "conspirationist dark side" say it could be done to make the situation looking better. And the good thing is that I spent my whole day on this, to correct the mistake and was very happy to have found others net's user which have done the same.
by Future Isnow 3/27/2011 5:25:49 PM

@Future Isnow 0.22 mSv in Tokyo? Today? I heard it's 0.118 uSv.
by kb 3/27/2011 5:28:30 PM

@kb yes, that is why the french press MISTAKE is very important to be corrected. it(s Microsivert for tokyo and every others towns.
by Future Isnow 3/27/2011 5:29:46 PM

Some good articles sadly the bulk of it for the day now
by George Gibb 3/27/2011 5:30:47 PM

closer looking on the yellow structure in the video: there is a square structure on top of the round head. this looks exactly like the lifting device of the crane. so i agree the yellow cap is the drywell head with the lifting device on it. if this is correct, it is possible that it just ripped off during the earthquake. i don't think it is correct to have the lifting device on the drywell head. in an earthquake, the drywell and the crane will have different tumbling frequencies and this will lead to an instant rip off. at this point tepco ignored the safety precautions. i cannot believe this. what do you think (i hope my thoughts are understandable)?
by Matsuoko 3/27/2011 5:32:07 PM

@kb All the cesium levels are now higher, with a later sample. Bad indications of a severe meltdown already happened. Love how they omitted I-134 from the last sample too.. Probably would have started pandemonium in N Japan.
by Dennis Tucker Jr 3/27/2011 5:32:13 PM