@fitter: the PU they detected were TINY amounts, if something like that had happened they'd have measured quite large amounts
by sims 3/28/2011 10:29:34 PM
I guess I'll have to take time and get one, too.
by Jim Carver 3/28/2011 10:29:51 PM
My avatar is 2 TEPCO engineers spraying water on the SFP
by FradyKat 3/28/2011 10:30:03 PM
Edano would be nice avatar
by Matsuoko 3/28/2011 10:30:41 PM
T - 30 to next NHK LIVE
by VeenOui 3/28/2011 10:31:49 PM
From Jeffery Lewis Arms Control Wonkhttp://lewis.armscontrolwonk.com/archive/3816/fepc-info-sheet-328#more-1368 Greetings from the Carnegie International Nuclear Policy Conference aka Nukestock.
"We had an oddly bloodless discussion this morning of the unfolding events at Fukushima. One thing that struck me about the panel, with perhaps Mark Hibbs excepted, was the gap in perception between nuclear industry and the public at large. The panel seemed to view this as an unfortunate inconveneince for the coming nuclear renaissance. To me, at least, that seems like the captain of the Titanic wondering whether he’s still going to make his dinner reservations."
by Tenzing 3/28/2011 10:31:57 PM
Listening to the story about people staying in the exclusion areas because of pets, and ties to their homes and the like. They are being "offered the chance" to leave, and maybe advised in very gentle terms. Perhaps it's time to start taking the gloves off of that soft sell.
by RadioGuy 3/28/2011 10:32:54 PM
Gaps in US radiation monitoring system revealednice find www.presstv.ir
by d_news edited by George Gibb 3/28/2011 10:33:20 PM
@RadioGuy ....they believe that the levels of radiation are not harmful to human health...
by MaryMary 3/28/2011 10:34:06 PM
@VeenOui That oughta be rich. And by that, I mean let's see how many waffle words they use. If it were a drinking game I bet none of us would be conscious by the end.
by RadioGuy 3/28/2011 10:34:13 PM
@marie rich you were asking for nisa info earlier...here is a doc dated 3.29.2011 in japanese, pdf file www.nisa.meti.go.jp
by dtinla 3/28/2011 10:35:31 PM
Oh god... we'd never make it out alive. ;)
by RadioGuy 3/28/2011 10:36:08 PM
@RadioGuy Yeah add that into the "cost of doing business", tearing people away from their home and life just because we need "cheap" power.
by Jim Carver 3/28/2011 10:36:11 PM
Thanks, Mary Mary. See ya later.
by Karen Warren 3/28/2011 10:36:14 PM
I'm really baffled by the lethargic way thjs is being escalated.
by RadioGuy 3/28/2011 10:36:52 PM
@dtinla Thanks. now i'll try to use google translate *gulp*
by marie rich 3/28/2011 10:38:22 PM
is this better or the other ?
by Matsuoko 3/28/2011 10:38:23 PM
Does this all mean that reactor #3 is breached?
by CaraBnr 3/28/2011 10:38:41 PM
@Matsuoko I dunno... we might not take anything you say seriously.
by RadioGuy 3/28/2011 10:39:03 PM
What are the levels of plutonium?
by CaraBnr 3/28/2011 10:39:10 PM
@CaraBnr : could as well be the spent fuel pool
by Matsuoko 3/28/2011 10:39:22 PM
Avatar test.
by Sky 3/28/2011 10:39:22 PM
@dtinla @marie rich Looks like the pressure in R1 is still increasing...
by gabe 3/28/2011 10:39:26 PM
@gabe new data?
by RadioGuy 3/28/2011 10:39:46 PM
will be back later gotta make pizza. Looks like I figured out the avatar.
by Nancy 3/28/2011 10:40:05 PM
My apologies if this has already been posted: www.ccnr.org Describes the infamous fire at Brown's Ferry nuclear plant in Alabama, started by a candle. Open flames had not been factored into the plant's safety plans and risk analysis. These plans obviously need beta-testing by folks like us!
by Alaskan 3/28/2011 10:40:56 PM
If they followed advice and widened evac zone would that place the other plant in the no-go area?
by elainekirk 3/28/2011 10:40:59 PM
@Radioguy www.nisa.meti.go.jp from Dtnia posted a few posts back. In Japanese though
by gabe 3/28/2011 10:41:12 PM
@marie rich here is an english version from march 27, 2011 for comparison. translate not working for me.
by dtinla 3/28/2011 10:41:34 PM
@d_news nice find that story on radiation reporting
by George Gibb 3/28/2011 10:41:39 PM
@marie rich calling it spam again when i try to post link
by dtinla 3/28/2011 10:42:14 PM
by dtinla 3/28/2011 10:43:18 PM
@elainekirk yes
by RadioGuy 3/28/2011 10:44:13 PM
@elainekirk You mean Dai-ini
by Jim Carver 3/28/2011 10:45:16 PM
R1: RPV Pressure A:0.495 B:0.601
by gabe 3/28/2011 10:45:16 PM
@dtinla put a www in front of that link and it works
@gabe: yes the pressure seem to have risen a lot. And #3 water level seems to have dropped (-1.8 m / - 2.25m), no ?
by Jo Lindien 3/28/2011 10:48:54 PM
@CaraBnr “A senior nuclear executive who insisted on anonymity but has broad contacts in Japan said that there was a long vertical crack running down the side of the reactor vessel itself. The crack runs down below the water level in the reactor and has been leaking fluids and gases, he said….
“There is a definite, definite crack in the vessel — it’s up and down and it’s large,” he said. “The problem with cracks is they do not get smaller.” (Thanks to Washington’s Blog) www.eurasiareview.com Don;t know how reliable this news source is but the picture is grim. I was looking for NYTimes blog about teh crack.
by d_news 3/28/2011 10:49:05 PM
Pressure A and B are separate gauges? Above waterline below? (well, what was the waterline.)
by RadioGuy 3/28/2011 10:49:21 PM
@Jo and all R1 Feedwater nozzle temp up >100C since the last set of readings on the 27th.