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not sure if this has any new information but the Japanese media seems to be trying to build information about the reactor disaster translate.google.com

i am sure that i saw that the sfp has a concrete cap,
a load of long slabs, could that be the source of the concrete

TEPCO discloses radiation map
Tokyo Electric Power Company has disclosed a map of radiation levels at the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.

The utility plans to urgently remove radioactive rubble, and the map will help to protect workers from unnecessary exposure to radiation.

TEPCO began making the map in late March, and has posted copies in the plant's buildings.

The map shows radiation levels that controllers measured around the first 4 reactors before the start of the working day.

Radiation levels around the Number 3 reactor building, which was damaged by a powerful hydrogen explosion, are higher than in other locations, and 300 millisieverts per hour of radiation was detected in debris on a nearby mountainside.

Work started on April 6th to remove contaminated rubble, which had been obstructing the restoration process.

TEPCO says much of the debris around the former office building has been removed, and it has started clearing the rubble around the Number 3 and Number 4 reactors.

Enough debris has been removed to fill 50 containers, and it is being kept in a field on the mountainside.

The radiation levels one meter away are 1 to 2 millisieverts per hour.
Sunday, April 24, 2011 22:32 +0900 (JST). They admitted debris fell on a mountainside. Progress? www3.nhk.or.jp

@Edano Reactor 3

@Nancy : but drywell pressure was normal until one week after explosion.

@Edano yes we know this but there is so much information piling up to the contrary that people are starting to wonder if those readings were correct or not. Could have been incorrect readings or falsified numbers?

Thousands protest nuclear plants at Tokyo rally

About 4,500 people have rallied in Tokyo to call for the suspension of nuclear power plants. www3.nhk.or.jp

@Edano There were questions about some of those meter readings early and often, going all the way back into the Reuters blog. I don't think it's conspiratorialist to suggest that TEPCO is less than straight with their facts. Mostly it's been lies of omission. Given liability issues, admitting plutonium contamination comes slowly.

As I recall, Jo was saying early on that it seemed to make sense except for those readings.

@radioguy : looking at the reactor ruin, i have always doubted that containment is still in place. but the pressure was more or less okay until march 21.

Landslide, flood, aftershock warnings in Tohoku

Japanese weather officials are warning of the possibility of landslides and flooding in disaster-affected areas caused by bad weather through Monday.

The Meteorological Agency says rain and wind has grown stronger in northeastern and eastern Japan since Saturday.

The strong rain and wind passed their peak by Sunday morning. But cold air will move in over the affected areas through Monday and may cause heavy rain, lightning, and gusts of wind.

The agency is warning of possible landslides, flooding in low-lying areas, and overflowing rivers as the ground has lost strength or sagged due to aftershocks.

The agency is also cautioning about earthquakes in a wide area as strong tremors continue even outside areas hit by aftershocks.

Sunday, April 24, 2011 10:57 +0900 (JST)
www3.nhk.or.jp plus video

@Edano not totally unbelievable. They had malfunctioning equipment and still do due to the damage. It could be just wrong readings caused by a failing sensor. It could be someone didn't want to admit containment was lost and finally put in honest numbers on the 20th. TEPCO has a track record of inaccurate data some probably just the situation that is such a mess and some may be concern about admitting certain things initially. This happens with US companies all the time if they have a bad situation so it isnt purely a TEPCO fault.

@Nancy That's good, I should do the same.

@Nancy : but remember we had quite good information the first days, much better than today.

what is "leaked foreign fuel" ?

@elainekirk k

@Edano - very interesting Nature article - thanks. @elainekirk - I can't make any sense of the 7.08 google docs content!

@elainekirk Whee :) That one sounds sloppy. Seems to me they're trying to explain the source of some unusually high contamination from radioactive material. I can't make much of any details - mentions sheets, desalination equipment and exhaust filters as potential problem areas. Maybe Nancy or fitter could make some sense of the dodgy goings on in there?