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@All Today's collection of news stories now updated and pinnedby George Gibb 3/28/2011 2:32:20 PM
Google translate version of the Japanese only NHK article about the radioactive body. translate.google.comby Nancy 3/28/2011 2:32:26 PM
@Jeff: I concur strongly with you. The first signs of things getting real bad will be indicated by US evacuation of it's personnel from bases near Tokyo and up north.by Optim 3/28/2011 2:32:33 PM- Thanks for the post bomb test radiation reports.by Brad 3/28/2011 2:32:54 PM
- @George Gibb: Thanks a bunch. Good to see Japanese protesting finally. WE have a nuclear plant proposed 160 km from my hometown in India and 160km from Mumbai, India. The farmers and other folks are up in arms against it.by Optim 3/28/2011 2:34:12 PM
@Nancy The translated version says "bodies" but the actual Japanese is only one body.by borrrden 3/28/2011 2:34:32 PM
@elainekirk2001 Maybe you could pin this, after you check the out? www.ask
numbers.comby marie rich edited by George Gibb 3/28/2011 2:35:22 PM- @Optim I read an interesting story yesterday about German election results. I'll see if I can find it againby George Gibb 3/28/2011 2:36:56 PM
- @borrden, google translate is very crude. It does not account for some language subtleties and will do things like that sometimes.by Nancy 3/28/2011 2:37:24 PM
@Peter Melzer Yes, I was living in North Wales at the time of the Chernobyl releases and many farms are still affected there. I agree that where we have a choice we should try to be personally responsible for what we consume.by es 3/28/2011 2:38:22 PM- @Nancy Yes, I am very aware of this, I just wanted to make that point so that people didn't think that more than 1 was found. :)by borrrden 3/28/2011 2:38:26 PM
- @George Gibb That story is getting around quite fast. www.washingtonpost.comby borrrden edited by George Gibb 3/28/2011 2:39:05 PM
- I have a question. Why is the water level in the reactors so low if they keep pumping water into it, especially now with the freshwater? One meter doesn't seem so much, can't they just fill it up? Or is the measuring wrong?by Jeff 3/28/2011 2:39:50 PM
Good question Jeff, been asking that since the beginning, but no explanation.by Sin 3/28/2011 2:42:38 PM
But any mention of I-134 means the reactor is still critical.by Jim Carver 3/28/2011 2:43:16 PM- @borrrden thanks, I think that was the one I readby George Gibb 3/28/2011 2:43:25 PM
- @Sin: Maybe less water means less fission? But honestly, no one ever answered this question for me. :-( Any insight is appreciated.by Jeff 3/28/2011 2:43:44 PM
Great job, @George_Gibb. I think I will get some rest after a rather long day off and on. A great pleasure to be here. Can't wait to be back after recharging. Stay good and great.by alblee 3/28/2011 2:44:55 PM- @Jeff One of the factors is that since the spent fuel pond is not being cooled externally a lot of water is boiled off - I seen some calculations somewhere??? and it was substantial.by George Gibb 3/28/2011 2:45:48 PM
- @Jeff They appear to be leaking and can't fill them up.by Jim Carver 3/28/2011 2:46:08 PM
- @George: The reactors, not the SPF.by Jeff 3/28/2011 2:46:26 PM
- @Jim: If they were leaking, how can they keep the level so constant? Doesn't make any senseby Jeff 3/28/2011 2:46:40 PM
- @Jeff oopsby George Gibb 3/28/2011 2:46:42 PM
- OPINION: I do not think the have the means to accurately monitor the water levels, but If I am wrong, the reports indicate that either their are significant leaks, or it is boiling away faster than their temperatures as reported would account fo.by Sin 3/28/2011 2:46:47 PM
Morning all. Anything critical before I go back and read the scroll?by radioguy 3/28/2011 2:47:14 PM
@borrrden, yup state elections were held in the state of Baden Wuerttemberg yesterday. The incumbent pro-nuc conservative government lost and The Greens, staunchly opposed to nuclear power since their founding, will be the majority partner in any government at that level for the first time in history. It is a significant change for a traditionally very conservative state. Ill-foreboding for Prof. Merkel.by Peter Melzer 3/28/2011 2:47:21 PM- @Sin Agreed.by Jim Carver 3/28/2011 2:47:29 PM
- @Sin: But the levels are extremely constant, check the graphs in the sticky post. If it were leaking, it would go down, wouldn't it?by Jeff 3/28/2011 2:47:52 PM
In chernobyl they were very focused on tunnelling UNDER the reactor to prevent it from 'melting down' into the ground water. Why is there no such worry here?by sheilatoulouse 3/28/2011 2:47:52 PM
Good morning: My concern for the Japanese people is increasing exponentially. News reporting that people are returning to the area - "because of exhaustion and concern for their homes."by Karen Warren 3/28/2011 2:48:27 PM- @Sin: Yeah maybe they cannot monitor it, so the level might just be some number from two weeks ago.by Jeff 3/28/2011 2:48:30 PM
- @Jeff Not if there just able to put enough in the make uo what is lost.by Jim Carver 3/28/2011 2:48:49 PM
- Merkel was insane to announce new radioactivity limits in food the day before an election. What was she thinking? Incumbents and more-of-the-samers are already going down all over the world.by radioguy 3/28/2011 2:49:20 PM
- @Sin: But then again, the pressure seems to be changing, certainly there must be some correlation between the water level and the pressure/temperature?by Jeff 3/28/2011 2:49:28 PM
- @Jim: But they are pumping in different amounts, the level wouldn't be so stable...?!by Jeff 3/28/2011 2:49:57 PM
- Katz is translating the current TEPCO conf - Plutonium has been detected: yokosonews.comby es 3/28/2011 2:49:58 PM
- @all We have to consider they are desparate and just on the edge of losing it.by Jim Carver 3/28/2011 2:50:03 PM
- @Jeff I check those figures as soon as they come in, and yes, there is not explanation for it. Either the figures are guess-timates....they are lying...or they are leaking...but they just can't determine where the contaminated water all over the place is coming from. Its scandalous.by Sin 3/28/2011 2:50:17 PM
- @radioguy ya, after being one of the first leaders to halt extensions on older plants.by George Gibb 3/28/2011 2:50:37 PM
- @es Imagine. They "start testing for it" and the next day its found.by radioguy 3/28/2011 2:50:57 PM
- @Sin: So probably it's a combination of missing data, extrapolated data and guessed data. :-)by Jeff 3/28/2011 2:50:59 PM
- @Jim Carver, or critical again! Could not this be the result of chugging?by Peter Melzer 3/28/2011 2:51:11 PM
- @Peter Melzer I don't understand the chugging thing.by Jim Carver 3/28/2011 2:51:55 PM
- @radioguy Yeah, surprise surprise.by es 3/28/2011 2:52:12 PM
- @Sin: One idea might be that the leak is on the height of the current water level, so that's why they cannot get the water any higher, and also the leaks. But what do I know, no one even really knows how the reactor looks. :-( Couple of days ago I saw the first photo of the operation level.by Jeff 3/28/2011 2:52:30 PM
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