Japan Earthquake

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well the green party is now second in germany, 28%, continuously rising.
by Edano 5/6/2011 10:27:24 AM

* NEWS ADVISORY: Some power shortage expected in Chubu region after Hamaoka suspension: Kan (19:21)
* NEWS ADVISORY: Hamaoka plant should be stopped over big-quake concerns: Kan (19:19)
* NEWS ADVISORY: Kan asks Chubu Electric to stop Hamaoka nuclear plant operations (19:17)
* BREAKING NEWS: All operations of Hamaoka nuclear plant must be suspended: Kan (19:14)
by Edano 5/6/2011 10:32:50 AM

Gov't to ask Chubu Electric to stop Hamaoka nuclear power plant

TOKYO, May 6, Kyodo

Prime Minister Naoto Kan said Friday the Japanese government has asked Chubu Electric Power Co. to suspend all its nuclear reactors at the Hamaoka nuclear power station, citing experts' forecast of a major earthquake that could hit the region. english.kyodonews.jp
by Edano 5/6/2011 10:34:49 AM

@Rob: very interesting photo. Maybe the white dots that are present in casual position into the image are from gamma radiation striking the camera sensor?
by Daniele 5/6/2011 10:36:55 AM

@edano terrible times
by elainekirk 5/6/2011 10:39:18 AM

that is in the taiji region where they slaughter the dolphins.
by Edano 5/6/2011 10:40:00 AM

Hamaoka Nuclear Power Reactor 1 is Mark 1 containment ...... www.cnic.jp
by Edano 5/6/2011 10:41:51 AM

Japan's deadly game of nuclear roulette
Because Hamaoka sits directly over the subduction zone near the junction of two plates, and is overdue for a major earthquake, it is considered to be the most dangerous nuclear power plant in Japan. search.japantimes.co.jp
by Edano 5/6/2011 10:45:31 AM

And Japan is out of places to store spent fuel until 2012 at the earliest so moving what they can to a safer zone is not an option
by elainekirk 5/6/2011 10:47:54 AM

Hamaoka 1 and 2 are shutdown since 2009. 3 and 4 are BWR, 5 is ABWR.
by Edano 5/6/2011 10:51:05 AM

3+4 are mark 2 containment. at least....
by Edano 5/6/2011 10:54:24 AM

by Edano via Nullpunktfeld.files.wordpress 5/6/2011 10:58:08 AM

@edano the 1 & 2 are the same as daiichi and when chubu did the seismics etc for hamaoka they were requested to do in 2006 thay actually did them in a timely fashion and found that the work needed to bring 1 & 2 to a safe standard made them unviable so they shut them down. Tepco on the other hand did KK studies and quite a bit of work on KK to get permission to restart after the 07 quake accident but they delayed on the seismics etc for fuku's in fact in '09 jnes were sent to carry out the ocean sonar off fuku because there was so much concern about the fuku sites ability to withstand a quake/tsunami but the findings of the jnes sonar are nowhere to be found which is damning in itself
by elainekirk 5/6/2011 10:59:56 AM

by Edano via Geo-aktuell.de 5/6/2011 11:03:11 AM

* NEWS ADVISORY: Chubu Electric to suspend all operations at Hamaoka: sources (19:49)
* NEWS ADVISORY: Chubu Electric has not yet said whether to stop Hamaoka: Kaieda (19:39)
by Edano 5/6/2011 11:07:58 AM

funny politics in japan: "Kan asks Chubu Electric to stop Hamaoka nuclear plant operations" and "Chubu Electric has not yet said whether to stop Hamaoka". who's got the power in japan ?
by Edano 5/6/2011 11:10:45 AM

@edano corporations have the power it is truly a puppet government
by elainekirk 5/6/2011 11:13:12 AM

@edano after having an abnormally low number of quakes for a period Iceland at the other side of the North American plate is having more than double the recent average of 20-40 but at 78 in 48hrs ir has a way to go to the more common number which is in the hundreds but worth watching I have been convinced all along the two are connected , Iceland is expecting a volcanic eruption it is overdue for the massive Katla volcano
by elainekirk 5/6/2011 11:16:39 AM

can someone give me a high level update of events over the last 2 weeks?
by dave 5/6/2011 11:37:25 AM

Morning all! @Edano, thanks for posting all that info. Working on the background of the Hamaoka and Fuku earthquake safety. I find it interesting the Merkel says something and plants shut down, Japan the prime minister seems to have asked?
by Nancy 5/6/2011 11:39:30 AM

@Nancy : a slight difference, no ? ;)
by Edano 5/6/2011 11:40:43 AM

I'm getting nothing but static on the tippycam.
by Nancy 5/6/2011 11:40:47 AM

@Edano the downside of letting business have so much control within the govt.
by Nancy 5/6/2011 11:41:35 AM

@Nancy. That is what I seem to see until dawn. Presumably no floodlights.
by Cat 5/6/2011 11:42:53 AM

Hi Dave, probably the biggest thing of the last 2 weeks is the attempt to clear the air with scrubbers in #1 so they can possibly go inside and install a cooling system they brought in. Other than that some concerning numbers on #3 that show there may be corium (melted rods) going down through the containment areas. #4 may be tipping over and has structural concerns.
by Nancy 5/6/2011 11:43:10 AM

@Nancy : this puts Kans's famous words "Hell, what's going on there ?" into an interesting context.
by Edano 5/6/2011 11:43:20 AM

@Cat THanks, wasn't sure if it was time of day or on my end.
by Nancy 5/6/2011 11:43:32 AM

@Nancy thanks!
by dave 5/6/2011 11:43:56 AM

@Edano can't completely blame the Japanese on that. The US has it's own problems with unrestrained companies that get entangled in govt. and are trying to dismantle public safety and accountability rules. Different cultural twist but same problem to a degree.
by Nancy 5/6/2011 11:44:50 AM

@Nancy : we all have the govt that we deserve.
by Edano 5/6/2011 11:46:20 AM

@Edano LOL. the US has it's own bag of problems with campaign money making things worse. So much corporate money flows into our political process. Did you see the post about Kono Taro last night?
by Nancy 5/6/2011 11:47:59 AM

@Nancy : no.
by Edano 5/6/2011 11:48:44 AM

Run this through google translate. He is warning about a major release on the 8th.
Taro's jp page
www.taro.org
Wikileaks background on Taro
wikileaks on taro
www.guardian.co.uk
Interesting that they have someone pushing back against the industry in Japan
by Nancy 5/6/2011 11:50:42 AM

reading that CNIC article about the accidents at Hamaoka. Even with doing upgrades and maintenance they had old equipment failing.
by Nancy 5/6/2011 11:55:15 AM

@Nancy : but #1 and 2 are shutdown meanwhile. it's an old article.
by Edano 5/6/2011 11:57:12 AM

@Edano yes I know it is old. Shows the background at Hamaoka in contrast to Fuku
by Nancy 5/6/2011 12:07:54 PM

Reuters says Hamaoka ordered shut down: "Addressing a news conference on Friday, Mr Kan said the Hamaoka plant, operated by the Chubu Electric Power Company, had been ordered to shut its reactors down. " www.bbc.co.uk
by Nancy 5/6/2011 12:09:03 PM

Reuters: list if all NPP in Japan and their current status, many shut down for inspection www.reuters.com
by Nancy 5/6/2011 12:11:20 PM

TEPCO trying to get compensation limits put on them. www.asahi.com
by Nancy 5/6/2011 12:14:33 PM

is this thing on?
by Nancy 5/6/2011 12:51:59 PM

good morning Nancy and every one
by dean 5/6/2011 12:52:22 PM

@dean hi!
by Nancy 5/6/2011 12:52:40 PM

coffee is ready... so what's been happening,,, is sunday still the big day ...
by dean 5/6/2011 12:55:06 PM

Someone I talked to in the press thought the Sunday thing was going to be opening the air lock at #1. But a couple of things didn't make sense but might be just me missing a piece of info. They are scrubbing the air to make the building habitable. If they were doing this and the air lock referred to an air tight door into the building there would be a minimal release because they scrubbed the air. If the air lock means the air lock on containment, they are still claiming to be filling containment with water. There was also a mention of needing to get into containment to set up the air cooler. If this all is the case it doesn't add up. If you open containment and they are flooding it with water.
by Nancy 5/6/2011 12:59:26 PM

With the increase in injection to 9 cubic meters/hr, #3 temp still rose by 5C and 3C respectively at feedwater nozzle and bottom, between 12:00 on 5 May and 6:00 on 6 May. 3 core now reads 162C and 147C. Similarly drywell RPV bellows and HVH measurement points have risen from 228C/118C to 238C/132C. A hot time in #3...
by Markfm 5/6/2011 1:00:58 PM