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Plots of reactor data - Fukushima Daiichi - Units #1--#3by ifz 4/12/2011 6:40:43 PM
by ifz via Ic.unicamp.br 4/12/2011 6:41:00 PM
re common pool I have a map of the plant but don't know how to post it here. However the common pool is located to the west of #4by UKVal 4/12/2011 6:43:05 PM
@Scilla Level 7
"An event resulting in an environmental release corresponding to a quantity of radioactivity radiologically equivalent to a release to the atmosphere of more than several tens of thousands of terabequerels of I-131."
NISA estimates that the release of radioactive material to the atmosphere is approximately 10% of the Chernobyl accident, which is the only other accident to have an INES Level 7 rating.
release to the atmosphere... they conveniently leave the ocean out.by nls 4/12/2011 6:45:23 PM
@ifz have you an opinion on that data?by elainekirk 4/12/2011 6:45:34 PM
[Professor Francis] Livens says that technically Fukushima is a level-seven incident, although he added that in his opinion Fukushima was a "low-level seven," while Chernobyl was at the upper end of the scale.
"Fukushima is a very, very serious incident but Chernobyl was a catastrophe," Livens added."
Like the Richter scale used to measure earthquakes, the INES scale attempts to grade nuclear disasters on their potential impact.
There are seven scales: Levels 1 to 3 are called "incidents" while levels 4 to 7 are called "accidents."
So, even though it is officially an ACCIDENT of the worst level on the INES scale, still trying to euphemize it into an 'incident'? This is obnoxious www.cnn.comby jay 4/12/2011 6:47:55 PM
OK...no. The 10,149 is total in pools and casks on site.by radioguy 4/12/2011 6:47:59 PM- There will be some bad finger pointing after this is all over as to why the Spent fuel pools where not designed with covers of some sort to stop any radiation from escaping ?by wtm 4/12/2011 6:48:27 PM
Be ready to leave, Taal villagers told By Kristine L. Alave Philippine Daily Inquirer April 12, 2011
MANILA, Philippines—Authorities Monday warned residents to prepare to evacuate at a moment’s notice as restive Taal Volcano continued to generate quakes and toxic gases.
Around 100 families have left the area, but the rest of the 7,000 residents have ignored warnings issued during the weekend by the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs).
“We recommended to them to prepare for evacuation and to monitor the growing unrest of Taal Volcano,” volcanologist July Sabit said in a phone interview Monday.
Phivolcs placed Taal Volcano, a major tourist destination in Batangas province, on Alert Level 2 after recording increased carbon dioxide emissions and several dozen tremors. The alert means that magma is rising to the surface, Sabit said.
He noted that there had been no sign of intensified volcanic activities just yet to upgrade to Alert Level 3, which means an eruption is possible within days.
Despite that, Phivolcs described the volcano’s status as “alarming” and said communities surrounding Taal should always be prepared.
services.inquirer.netby Tenzing 4/12/2011 6:49:26 PM
Fuel storage in Japan www.nirs.orgby Sinthia Domina 4/12/2011 6:50:57 PM- Lots going on in that area of the globe !!by wtm 4/12/2011 6:52:41 PM
- @elainekirk: pressure in 1 still rising?by ifz 4/12/2011 6:54:32 PM
Geologist Jim Berkland interviewed on mainstream media a few weeks ago, predicting possibly a major earthquake around the ring of fire, possibly U.S.A. pacific northwest. He has a good track record and his prediction cited the super full moon (tidal forces), peculiar marine animal die-offs and wash-ashores, movement of major quakes around the ring of fire clockwise, and several other specifics. It's not speculative. He successfully predicted a major quake in the Bay Area based on indicators such as these. Interesting... This interview was a few weeks ago and I don't know if he has commented publicly since then.
by Sky 4/12/2011 6:55:04 PM- @itz sorry was distracted I thought so just wanted confirmation from you that I was reading it correctly tyby elainekirk 4/12/2011 6:55:33 PM
- Quick reality check from www.scribd.com : 2592 assemblies still in the reactors at Daiichi, added to the 10,149 in storage that's 12741 total, x 170kg per, it's 2166 metric tons onsite at Daiichi.by radioguy 4/12/2011 6:56:35 PM
- On the unit 1 graph below, look at water injection rate. Isn't that high?by Scilla 4/12/2011 6:57:10 PM
That's a bad plot. If you look at the underlying text data (flow-uni1.txt) you see that last reported water injection value was on 3 April.by Markfm 4/12/2011 7:02:02 PM
@UKVal is the map online anywhere?by Nancy 4/12/2011 7:02:38 PM- @ Nancy - I don't know - I copied it from this blog on 2nd Aprilby UKVal 4/12/2011 7:04:58 PM
- aha! it's in FAQ's under maps!!by UKVal 4/12/2011 7:05:59 PM
- @all. I am pretty sure reactor 3 blew it's containment cap in the explosion and is leaking out the cap gasket of the RPV.by Nancy 4/12/2011 7:06:05 PM
by Nancy via Houseoffoust 4/12/2011 7:06:45 PM- @ Nancy That's what the CNIC people said at a news conference some time agoby UKVal 4/12/2011 7:06:50 PM
by Nancy via Houseoffoust 4/12/2011 7:07:16 PM- @Nancy I agree. I think the physics guys were right on target that the weak spots in the bolt-holes where containment cap is bolted in blew and the explosion kicked out the cylindrical wall in the well.by radioguy 4/12/2011 7:07:47 PM
- @UKval. CNIC said they thought but were pretty much ignored or swept under the rug. TEPCO etc. have been trying to claim 3 has most of it's containment.by Nancy 4/12/2011 7:08:06 PM
- see the bolts in the lip?by radioguy 4/12/2011 7:08:21 PM
- @radioguy I asked about that being a weak spot a while ago. When I started looking at drawings it sure seemed weak to hold pressure on that tiny concrete lip.by Nancy 4/12/2011 7:09:06 PM
- @ Nancy Yes , from my recollection they've been pretty uch right. Trouble is they haven't updated. I wonder if that's GoJ interferenceby UKVal 4/12/2011 7:09:08 PM
- @UKVal what is CNIC's purpose or alleigence? I didn't know if they were non governmental, science group or what. They did seem to have more info early on than anyone else.by Nancy 4/12/2011 7:10:06 PM
4/12/2011 -- Magnitude 6.0 -- Japan -- EPICENTER DIRECTLY AT FUKUSHIMA PLANTFrom: dutchsinse Apr 12, 2011
by Tenzing 4/12/2011 7:10:38 PM- @ Nancy Japanese antinuclear grouo. But they had some top scientists, including 1 involved in designing the reactors at F at the 2 news conferences I watched back in Marchby UKVal 4/12/2011 7:11:32 PM
- @Nancy it's to hold it down in place. A solid blast stripped those threads like they were butter. That explosion went UP. if you ever set of a firecracker in the air (POP!) or set it off n a pipe (BANG!!!) that's the difference I heard in the maligned audio on the film of the R3 explosion: containment.by radioguy 4/12/2011 7:11:35 PM
- @radioguy, that was what many here thought when the r3 video came out. It was so huge and such a tall plume it almost had to have blown out a cap.by Nancy 4/12/2011 7:12:56 PM
good afternoon,, nite, evening, etc.. fellow scribbliesby dean 4/12/2011 7:13:30 PM- Glad I went through the images fitter asked me to. Nice to have some corroboration.by Nancy 4/12/2011 7:13:34 PM
- Hi Dean!by Nancy 4/12/2011 7:13:40 PM
- g'day deanby radioguy 4/12/2011 7:14:11 PM
- @UKVal - they could be under some sort of pressure or lost access to new data?by Nancy 4/12/2011 7:14:17 PM
- Wow CNIC hasn't updated anything on their site since Apr 4.by Nancy 4/12/2011 7:16:37 PM
- ok.. a new thought.. what kinda of fuel was in unit #1 that's what I wanna knowby dean 4/12/2011 7:16:49 PM
- and.. are we able to get equal data on #1 plant as the other plantsby dean 4/12/2011 7:17:16 PM
- @ Tenzing - no quake so far on USGSby UKVal 4/12/2011 7:17:37 PM
- @dean they are claiming the same uranium type used in all but 3. Something look odd?by Nancy 4/12/2011 7:17:39 PM
- @Tenzing, is that claiming the one last night (US time) was right under the plant?by Nancy 4/12/2011 7:18:13 PM
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