Japan Earthquake

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why my hello post did not appear ?
OK, going to work. Will try to follow.
by Jo Lindien 4/14/2011 8:28:54 AM

omfg it is terrible, look on unit 3 also very hot, core is also almost biggest temp sience they start measure
by xxx 4/14/2011 8:29:01 AM

good morning everybody.... Have to go work... but will try to follow, as usual ;)
by Jo Lindien 4/14/2011 8:29:26 AM

But we can't see the levels in the storage pools. Doing the work of three men. Larry , Curly , and Moe.
by Ralph Unger 4/14/2011 8:29:36 AM

@Jo good morning the hello was in mod??????? I don't understand why as the others came through???
by elainekirk 4/14/2011 8:29:48 AM

@Jo Lindien Not sure I haven't looked that close.. Water levels should be 2/3rds full if no breach in rpv
by NHK Listener 4/14/2011 8:29:53 AM

something is terrible wrong, also unit 4 sfp temperature is biggest sience they start meaures
by xxx 4/14/2011 8:30:14 AM

Pellets dumped in the well of the storage pond, because the rods burned away.l I guess.
by Ralph Unger 4/14/2011 8:31:13 AM

Re-critical I would think, the water measurements follow that .
by Ralph Unger 4/14/2011 8:32:28 AM

I-131 at high levels? It has an eight day half-life! Why is it getting higher?
by Ralph Unger 4/14/2011 8:33:44 AM

@xxx: #3 is not so hot: head of the vessel being at 68 °C when water is at 122 °C inside the RPV seems consistent, when it seems there is no concrete plug above the steel vessel... Likely to mean there's no steam in the containment vessel, just in the RPV.
by Jo Lindien 4/14/2011 8:35:05 AM

I guess I am still burping out radioactive elements. Only because I am still going critical.
by Ralph Unger 4/14/2011 8:35:43 AM

@Jo Lindien Yes but it is biggest temp sience they start thermal images....
by xxx 4/14/2011 8:35:49 AM

Cs-134 is short lived and it is still high as well as I-131 and most importantly Cs-137 with a 30 year half life.
by Ralph Unger 4/14/2011 8:39:42 AM

During the Tepco and NISA conferences they alluded to #4 but minimized the damage and readings. Here's a quote:

"found small amount of iodine in sampling water and rad might came from debris around"
by ColorMeRed 4/14/2011 8:40:01 AM

"Nothing to see here, move along.. nothing to see here , move along." Was that Naked Gun?
by Ralph Unger 4/14/2011 8:42:56 AM

Radiation surges above #4's fuel pool search.japantimes.co.jp
by ColorMeRed 4/14/2011 8:45:15 AM

@ColorMeRed notice the article title say number 4 but not in the article itself
by NHK Listener 4/14/2011 8:46:14 AM

84 millisieverts per hour Are you joking? It's 84 SV near the reactor.
by Ralph Unger 4/14/2011 8:46:45 AM

@Ralph Unger Another great statement from Tepco at their last conference: #4 spent fuels rad level - a bit hight for "normal" spent fuel but not much. only minor damage.
by ColorMeRed 4/14/2011 8:46:50 AM

That is what I am talking about Color lol.3 hours would kill you, but no one should ever go into the reactor.
by Ralph Unger 4/14/2011 8:48:17 AM

@NHK Listener they mention #4 in the article also..
by trh 4/14/2011 8:49:40 AM

What happened to my posts? Here's that article again! Yes, they do mention #4 in the article itself. 84mSv is HIGH! search.japantimes.co.jp
by ColorMeRed 4/14/2011 8:50:55 AM

m1.ikiwq.com @ifz It's supposed to be TMI corium, as is this one.
by Rob in SF via M1.ikiwq 4/14/2011 8:52:42 AM

@ifz I think Google image search is throwing Chernobyl in with TMI images...
by Rob in SF 4/14/2011 8:54:10 AM

@ColorMeRed yes it is high and so is the temp. we must not forget, that there was most number of fuelrods stored and also some of the pool might be filled with ruble from explosion. so there is not much room for water.
by trh 4/14/2011 8:54:23 AM

@ColorMeRed - This part was curious "Tokyo Electric Power Co. was unsure whether the surge in radiation was being caused by the spent fuel rods or radioactive material leaking from the reactor's pressure vessel." Why would it be coming from the RPV? I wonder what the basis is for such a sentence. I can't imagine any mistranslation would create such a glaring error.
by Hank Scorpio 4/14/2011 8:54:54 AM

TEPCO: Fuel rods in No. 4 reactor of Japan's Fukushima Daiichi damaged.http://hken.ibtimes.com/articles/134051/20110413/tepco-fuel-rods-in-no-4-reactor-of-japan-s-fukushima-daiichi-damaged.htm
by Ralph Unger 4/14/2011 8:55:37 AM

Especially as reactor #4 is supposed to be empty!
by hudebnik 4/14/2011 8:55:59 AM

@trh They don't mention high radiation above 4 just in the title
by NHK Listener 4/14/2011 8:56:36 AM

@Ralph Unger - We know that. I'm just wondering how such a sentence ever came to be. Did the reporter make it up out of thin air, or is the TEPCO person completely and totally clueless?
by Hank Scorpio 4/14/2011 8:57:19 AM

@Cup You can SEE cedar-pollen fog in Japan. It's notorious.
by Rob in SF 4/14/2011 8:57:41 AM

@Hank Scorpio - TEPCO clueless? Perish the thought!!
by hudebnik 4/14/2011 8:58:25 AM

Please remove that previous post as I shortened the link. Tepco confirms damage to part of No. 4's spent nuke fuel: tinyurl.com
by ColorMeRed 4/14/2011 9:00:46 AM

Which the quake may have broken or this might have happened, Old data, but still relevant. "Dave Lochbaum has suggested a common failure mode for leaks in the spent fuel pools. Large doors in the side of the pools are equipped with rubber tubes that are inflated to seal around the door. Even if these seals were not damaged, without power to run the pumps that keep the seals inflated, they can lose air over time and create leaks around the door. Such leaks may not show up immediately since it could take some time for the seals to lose air pressure." allthingsnuclear.org
by Ralph Unger 4/14/2011 9:00:52 AM

@NHK post found thanky and copied very interesting :)
by elainekirk 4/14/2011 9:03:13 AM

@Hank Scorpio This was translated for me by someone in Japan. This is exactly what NISA said "found small amount of iodine in sampling water and rad might have come from debris around".. they were very elusive with their statements
by ColorMeRed 4/14/2011 9:04:52 AM

@elainekirk 91 fuel rods over capacity.. Almost makes you wonder if the fuel gate was open as well.. The reactor had to be flooded if the cap was off.. So leaves you wondering for sure.
by NHK Listener 4/14/2011 9:06:44 AM