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Nothing new, just a reminder of the resource more than anything.

Tippycam in the thick of the fog again

Bobby, yes, he's taking Tepco on their word wrt their data. If you google "Statement by Scientists and Engineers Concerning Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant" you'll find an article from March 23 where experts deduce from reported emissions that they "must have come from within the reactor" of Unit 3. And that slab of concrete reported with near-lethal levels of radiation, how does that happen? Sounds like it commingled with corium.

@Ian My only question is whether the breach occurred before the explosion, or as a result of it. An analysis of the slab would settle that question.

Greenpeace welcomes move to shut down Japanese nuclear plant; will US nuclear regulators learn from Japan?
www.greenpeace.org

“Fukushima has provided a stark reminder of the consequences of nuclear power, and there are many other dangerous reactors still online. The government must continue to close and decommission existing plants, cancel all new reactor builds and put Japan on a course for a future powered by renewable sources of energy. Only then can the Japanese people feel their government is truly putting their safety first.”

"Greenpeace starts testing near Fukushima" www.news.com.au

"The samples will be collected outside Japan's 12-mile territorial waters in line with government rules, Greenpeace said, adding that it would continue to press Tokyo for permission to study water within 12 miles of shore.

Read more: www.news.com.au

【3-1】（33kmNorth/West） Soma county Iitate village Nagadoro 5/2 10:59 I-131=9,700 Cs-134=58,000 Cs=137=71,000 mSv=12.6
5/5 10:36 I131=15,000 Cs-134=120,000 Cs137= 140,000 mSv=15.4 Huh? I wanht to see his data.

Where the Worst Could Happen
www.nature.com
Map showing the population size living within 75 kilometres of each of the world's nuclear power plants. Population increases with circle size and with colour, from green (< 0.5 million) to red (> 20 million). You need to download the Google Earth plug-in to view this graphic. See 'How population sizes were estimated' for an explanation of how the analysis was carried out.

So they messed up the measurements or more I-131 has been produced.

Threat by Land and Sea
Dozens of nuclear reactors operate in earthquake-prone regions around the world. Among them, least 34 are in high-hazard areas; 17 of those are within a mile of a coastline.

Interactive map of reactors around the world : online.wsj.com

Paper warning of Fukushima nuke plant risks draws attention on Net
mdn.mainichi.jp
A short paper penned 16 years ago by an anti-nuclear scientist is drawing attention on the Internet for having warned about the dangers posed by the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, which was crippled by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and other old atomic plants.
Jinzaburo Takagi, the former director of the Citizens' Nuclear Information Center who died in 2000, also cautioned the government and utilities about their stance of not assessing safety risks for nuclear power stations beyond assumed scenarios.

The four-page paper in Japanese, entitled "Nuclear Facilities and Emergencies -- with Focus on Measures against Earthquakes," appeared in the October 1995 issue of the Physical Society of Japan, the journal of a physicists' group, after the Great Hanshin Earthquake hit the city of Kobe and its vicinity in January that year.

Based on data from the Kobe quake and other sources, Takagi, a former associate professor at Tokyo Metropolitan University, addressed in the paper issues related to anti-quake designs and the obsolescence of nuclear power plants as well as quake fault lines.

Takagi blasted the government and power companies for "refusing to consider emergency measures in the event of an earthquake because they assume nuclear power plants will not break down in an earthquake and have stopped taking further steps at all."

Very heavy rain in Hiroshima right now

Tornado-hit Alabama nuclear plant opened to media
(sorry the curse of enter)

@bo
Hiroshima wet
Time tells us to not forget
Grass breaks through the stone

Logging off for a few hours... Thanks.

@smos. That military video appears to be taken from the same place as the live cam. Live cam zoomed in, but buildings and towers are lined up the same.