Japan Earthquake

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@ Nancy -nor do I & I can't work out how to use Google translate on pdfs. Also - i think the reason Georgia is getting info more quickly is because of its proximty under the international agreement covering radiological emergencies. I've been reading that doc.
by UKVal 4/14/2011 8:24:26 PM

Interestin stuff from WHO www.who.int What I didn't know till recently is that WHO & the IAEA have to approve each other's docs before release.
by UKVal 4/14/2011 8:26:20 PM

@es If they had asked me, I would have recommended renewable energy sources.
by Bobby1 4/14/2011 8:27:34 PM

translate.google.com is good for text-oriented PDFs, but not the graphics. For instance, right click on the NISA Report 92 URL in the top sticky, select "Copy Link Location", then at translate google.com do a paste. The whole link URL should appear there. Set Source language to Japanese, click Translate, and it will pop out the translation.
by Markfm edited by Markfm 4/14/2011 8:27:43 PM

@Bobby1 Bet many of us here would say the same. Foolish not to, IMO.
by es 4/14/2011 8:28:55 PM

@ Mark M Thanks I'm not great with IT. The problem I'm having is with pdfs that open up outside internet.
by UKVal 4/14/2011 8:31:59 PM

In most cases you should be able to get them by right clicking on whatever it is that then opens up into adobe, and do that "Copy link location" step. As long as google can find it on the Web it will try to translate (though it gags on large documents)
by Markfm 4/14/2011 8:33:30 PM

@Nancy I understand. However, there was some information in the Twitdoc about each reactor and a bequerel is a bequerel in any language...right? :-) Sheesh, I think I've taken a crash course in Japanese. I am going through 20 pages of translation from last night's NISA and TEPCO conferences right now.
by ColorMeRed 4/14/2011 8:34:19 PM

@ Mark FM - aha so that's how you find the location. Thanks!
by UKVal 4/14/2011 8:34:41 PM

@UKVal I've used translate on PDFs buy pulling it into google docs as a PDF with the checkbox ticked to extract text from PDFs, then shared it, grabbed the share link, fed that to google search and then translated when google asks. It doesn't OCR images though.
by radioguy 4/14/2011 8:37:02 PM

@UKVal That association btw WHO and IAEA really is disturbing. Must say not much surprises me these days though. One thing did however - my regular online weather forecast at www.foreca.com have just added an air pressure map to their list - it wasn't there last week. :)
by es 4/14/2011 8:37:47 PM

@Markfm The approach I listed is how I translated that long marine effects PDF that translate gagged on.
by radioguy 4/14/2011 8:39:41 PM

@ radioguy thanks also & apologies to all for my ignorance & interrupting
by UKVal 4/14/2011 8:40:07 PM

Has anybody seen this? volcano explosion in Japan.http://www.youtube.com/user/dutchsinse#p/u/2/ZKCNNcDuD4c
by ch 4/14/2011 8:40:39 PM

de nada, UKV
by radioguy 4/14/2011 8:40:46 PM

www.youtube.com
@ch Cool.. From dutchsinse
by radioguy 4/14/2011 8:42:15 PM

If you just want a decent snapshot, the NISA Seismic Damage summaries (like #92 in the Sticky) give a good overview, including capturing the major plant parameters. They cover a lot of topics. Unfortunately the "clean" translations, on the NISA English page, seem to be days behind (as compared to Georgia only being 1 day back)
by Markfm edited by Markfm 4/14/2011 8:42:26 PM

here's the volcano cam page they drew that from: volcanosakurajima.web.fc2.com
by radioguy 4/14/2011 8:45:01 PM

here is something to think about... in a commercial reactor that uses U35.. which fissions| with thermal neutrons.. Qstn.. how many fissions does it take to produce 1 WATT of power... Answr 31,000,000,000 fissions.... the fission of one gram of U235 liberated 1MW. THIS is the energy of 3 tons of coal, or about 600 gallons of fuel oil per day - which produces about 1/4 tonne of Carbon
by dean 4/14/2011 8:46:02 PM

Interesting. That eruption happened at Moonrise opposite Neptune-set. I've seen Neptune involvement in so many big quakes lately. I'll post comparative charts later for those into the study of planetary interactions.
by radioguy 4/14/2011 8:48:08 PM

@radioguy ty
by ch 4/14/2011 8:48:20 PM

that would be great radioguy
by FradyKat 4/14/2011 8:48:51 PM

hey dean, since you are on, what is the size in MW of an average U.S. plant reactor block?
by Peter Melzer 4/14/2011 8:49:20 PM

Dean, it cannot be true that 3 tons of coal produces one (1) WATT of power. Surely you mean megawatt? Because I can burn one little log in the fireplace that produces lots and lots of watts. Please check the units in your last post. Thank you.
by Sky 4/14/2011 8:57:51 PM

Interesting video by Gunderson today noting many US monitoring sites down.http://volcanosakurajima.web.fc2.com/
by ch 4/14/2011 8:58:22 PM

Unit 3 nuclear power plant in Fukushima reactor temperature rise due to the unknown tinyurl.com
by ColorMeRed 4/14/2011 8:58:55 PM

@Sky Passing through, but I saw your post. He said 1 MW = 1 000 000 W
by Jim Carver 4/14/2011 9:00:35 PM

sorry wrong link- Gunderson www.youtube.com
by ch 4/14/2011 9:00:48 PM

I think for nuke organizations/agencies to be really honest, though, they need to calculate one level 7 accident every 25 years into their calculations about clean emissions and environmental impact. I much prefer carbon over cesium.
by jay 4/14/2011 9:04:43 PM

@Jim, Dean. Not to nit-pick, but he did say this (emphasis mine): how many fissions does it take to produce 1 WATT of power... Answr 31,000,000,000 fissions.... the fission of one gram of U235 liberated 1MW. THIS is the energy of 3 tons of coal, or about 600 gallons of fuel oil per day ..... and I think what he meant was "how many fissions does it take to produce 1 MEGAWATT of power... Answr 31,000,000,000 fissions.... the fission of one gram of U235 liberated 1MW. THIS is the energy of 3 tons of coal, or about 600 gallons of fuel oil per day - Gosh, do units like mega, kilo, micro, milli... really matter? :-)
by Sky 4/14/2011 9:07:50 PM

@Sky only when talking about the mega-float...
by jay 4/14/2011 9:09:00 PM

While we're nitpicking, also, power in MW is a rate.. If anything you can get MWh for burning a certain amount of anything. :)
by sims 4/14/2011 9:09:08 PM

@ch I like Arnie, he is calm collected .i hope to see the friday show.if someone reminds us.thanks
by VeenOui 4/14/2011 9:10:36 PM

@James Ward translate.google.com 400 bq c^3 not m^3... that's only 10^6 more.
by Olivier 4/14/2011 9:14:41 PM

Nuclear reactions liberate a large amount of energy compared to chemical reactions. One fission event results in the release of about 200 MeV of energy, or about 3.2 ´ 10-11 watt-seconds. Thus, 3.1 ´ 1010 fissions per second produce 1 W of thermal power. The fission of 1 g of uranium or plutonium per day liberates about 1 MW. This is the energy equivalent of 3 tons of coal or about 600 gallons of fuel oil per day, which when burned produces approximately 1/4 tonne of carbon dioxide.
by dean 4/14/2011 9:15:32 PM

About unit 4 sfp. www.cnn.com
by Scilla 4/14/2011 9:16:07 PM

is that make more sense?
by dean 4/14/2011 9:16:11 PM

@dean and do we need energy to that extent, look how Japan are managing to cut back on their usage. Maybe supply on demand is no longer viable
by elainekirk 4/14/2011 9:17:25 PM

@dean. Great info about comparisons.
by Scilla 4/14/2011 9:18:03 PM

I think the speculation about secret Uranium enrichment in reactor#4 is way off base. Anyone who knows anything about ORNL and the Uranium enrichment process knows how difficult it is, requiring a lot of space and other contructions not present there. Read this for more info www.lifeslittlemysteries.com
by Sin 4/14/2011 9:19:09 PM

elaine.. we are global users of the need to energy... probably more in the industrial ,,, I don't see that changing.. other than the fact that the show stopper seems in many areas to be TRANSMISSION LINES.. they are filled to capacity
by dean 4/14/2011 9:19:33 PM

@dean hi there! this link is from the Amer. Inst. of Chemistry. haven't watched it all the way thru yet, but the speaker is very reputable (full disclosure- works as a mox fuel guy). he's going to give links at end, and he's interested in the least speculative scenario. but seems there's add'l info. .....http://apps.aiche.org/chemeondemand/view.aspx?ID=6a8c7a8c-3fad-4ccc-b7ee-30595d97021a
by marie rich 4/14/2011 9:19:45 PM

apps.aiche.org
by marie rich 4/14/2011 9:20:01 PM

ty marie rich.. will check it out
by dean 4/14/2011 9:20:27 PM

@Sin also, if Japan wanted to build a bomb, enrichment wouldn't be the problem, they have close to a ton of Plutonium already from regular civilian use.. plus they have proper full-scale enrichment facilities etc. elsewhere
by sims 4/14/2011 9:21:49 PM