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hello I returned, what's new in the last hours?

@Poland Nothing but personality fallout on this Blog..:-O

@Poland news links at the top.

@elainekirk thank you.

@elainekirk Thanks for that.

@Poland I've been asking around on the blogs I'm following, and the going phrase for Tokyo seems to be "concerned, anxious, but not panicked."

After taking a moment and stepping away I'll say this. Personally I have been following this from day 1 for MANY reasons. First and foremost in my mind is Japan and the impact there, I don't appreciate the implication that I am here because I'm sitting in Canada scared about how it will effect me here or how it might effect my husband when he goes to Vegas. (if it wasn't directed @ me I'm sorry but thats surely the way it felt).

Secondary to my concern for Japan is the fact that I live 20 miles from a nuclear plant with 8 reactors where my husband works. Seeing how this plays out in the media/official releases etc is very important imho, if that is selfish or a "wrong" reason to be here in your opinion I'm sorry, but in my opinion it is very important to watch in realtime.

The Reuters blog and all of us landing here has been a priceless/innovative resource. If I gave the wrong impression with my knee jerk post in response to the readings in Las Vegas, I'm sorry, admittedly I should have thought that one through a little more before I posted, but it doesn't change the fact that LOGIC tells me not to worry, the UNKNOWN picks away at the edges.

And finally, it is good to have an opinion based on the facts that have been released from TEPCO/official sources but ultimately NOBODY knows how this will play out because it has never happened before.

I will be careful with my posts from here on out and make sure they are fact driven.

@ALL It's all good. I love to hear evrything, 'cuz it might spark another thought in my head. And if we get alittle passionate- well, that's cause we all FEEL, as well as think. Nature of a human. :)

Here's a quote from that GE MK1 Modifications document someone posted a while back ( www.gereports.com ): "A further modification was made to the “saddles” on which the torus sits — basically the series of leg-like structures that support it. The construction was fortified, as was the steel, to accommodate the loads that are generated."

So how does heat-concentrated seawater affect the weight of the torus? If they strengthened it to meet stresses from wight, how much headroom is there. Could it be that the added weight of the seawater that was injected opened an already fatigued seam?

@VeenOui What is your source?

@VeenOui i am watching NHK , nothing on there

Nothing on the various Japanese news agencies I'm checking.

On Jiji news home page (may have to click English button upper right corner to see Engl. version) I see no mention of that. jen.jiji.com

Recent NYT article re fears and facts: www.nytimes.com

Weekend local USA news anchors commented about Japan's "bluish " color casting for backgrounds behind many updates shown by "Officials" ...they mentioned blue having a calming emotional effect on the population. < Question : due to the differences we have seen on the CamShots shown from the plant -is this at all a possibility or was it to distort trees,smoke-vapors etc. from speculation ?

@radioguy, structures are usually over-engineered (e.g. 2X stronger than max. load) so it's hard to imagine the torus legs could not support higher water levels than usual. Seawater is not that much denser than fresh -- the fuel rods are really dense. While the plant engineers may have screwed up on Tsunami risk I'm fairly certain the containment would be designed to hold even if all relief valves stopped working.

Whose quote is it, "never attribute to malice that which is easily explained by stupidity."

Steam from #4 SFP still visible on that picture.

Union of Concerned Scientist: How Much Does Japan Know About the Status of its Reactors? allthingsnuclear.org

From NHK World TV