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@Nancy good interview isnt it comes across really wellby elainekirk 5/9/2011 11:31:10 PM
@Veen Oui what?by Nancy 5/9/2011 11:34:08 PM- by elainekirk 5/9/2011 11:37:08 PM
- People are really getting suspicious and mistrustful of tepco and the Japanese gov - it is now suggested that Hamaoka was requested to close temporarily so that the newly unemployed element of the workforce could be tempted to go to fukushima as they will have a high turnover there as workers reach their limitsby elainekirk 5/9/2011 11:46:25 PM
Everybody involved has so destroyed their credibility it's hard to say "That's pretty cynical" though that might be my normal reaction.by radioguy 5/10/2011 12:07:02 AM- @radioguy it gets worse just listen to this !!
www.youtube.comby elainekirk 5/10/2011 12:07:47 AM 
High radiation may slow down TEPCO's repairs
The operator of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant says it may need to slow down some repairs at the Number one reactor due to elevated radiation levels.
Tokyo Electric Power Company measured the levels at several spots in the reactor building on Monday as part of its preparation to fill the containment vessel with water and restore a circulating cooling system.
The company is concerned that the reactor's pipes are leaking radioactive water, contaminating the area.
The tests yielded a maximum of 700 millisieverts per hour, thus workers can only stay in the vicinity for around 20 minutes.
However, employees spent half an hour doing the tests and were exposed to as much as 10.56 millisieverts of radiation.
TEPCO says the figures are higher than acceptable for worker safety.
On Tuesday the firm will attempt measures to reduce radiation levels, including laying down sheets containing lead to insulate the radioactive substances.
It will continue checking the levels but is worried that it may need to change plans depending on the results.
Tuesday, May 10, 2011 07:43 +0900 (JST)
www3.nhk.or.jpby Edano 5/10/2011 12:18:41 AM
www3.nhk.or.jp
IPCC: Renewables can meet most world energy needs
A UN climate panel says renewable energy sources could supply nearly 80 percent of global power needs by mid-century.
The International Panel for Climate Change, or IPCC, made the assessment in a report on Monday, which was approved by delegates from governments around the world at talks in Abu Dhabi.
The IPCC said that renewable energy sources, such as solar and wind power, could meet up to 77 percent of the world's energy needs by 2050.
Currently, renewable energy accounts for 12.9 percent of the global supply.
The panel also said that the shift to renewable sources could reduce carbon dioxide emissions as much as 560 billion tons of by 2050.
The World Wildlife Fund is calling for further efforts to promote the use of renewables across the planet, saying the IPCC report shows global warming could be addressed without falling back on nuclear power.
Nuclear energy had been widely viewed as a prospective clean energy source as it emits no carbon dioxide but the nuclear emergency at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in Japan has quashed that idea.
The shift to renewable sources is now expected to accelerate.
Tuesday, May 10, 2011 07:48 +0900 (JST)
www3.nhk.or.jpby Edano via Www3.nhk.or.jp 5/10/2011 12:22:32 AM- @elainekirk I couldn't finish it. I think it's ok, because it poses no immediate threat to human health.by radioguy 5/10/2011 12:23:47 AM
- @radioguy thats a good lad now eat up your (neon) greensby elainekirk 5/10/2011 12:24:48 AM
- Maybe the higher than expected radiation levels were caused by that reflection--or was it just a weird lighting effect--the other night.by radioguy 5/10/2011 12:25:54 AM
- Not smoke. The not-smoke.by radioguy 5/10/2011 12:26:27 AM
NHK: Aerial fallout map confirms soil radiation levels t.coby Veen Oui 5/10/2011 12:29:06 AM
cam has #3,4 super clear at the moment!by Angie 5/10/2011 12:30:15 AM- @radioguy and it is sooooo good for you if you are very lucky you may grow another arm, just think what you could do with 3 armsby elainekirk 5/10/2011 12:35:16 AM
- @angie looks like they are taking time out to water the triffids ehby elainekirk 5/10/2011 12:36:34 AM
- is it a quake?by elainekirk 5/10/2011 12:37:41 AM
- @elainekirk lol they must be! lol this is the most clear I have seen it! I think its the wind moving it.........see the black pole thing leaning againt #4???by Angie 5/10/2011 12:39:20 AM
Sure looks shakey.... I see the pole too on L, you'd think they'd want it on the R htough.by carabnr 5/10/2011 12:40:49 AM- Someone it up there though...zooming in and outby carabnr 5/10/2011 12:41:31 AM
looking back ha ha ha @ elaine.. on the bicycle oneby dean 5/10/2011 12:42:05 AM- @carabnr I know??? maybe there is one on the other side and we cant see it?by Angie 5/10/2011 12:42:46 AM
- lets hope so.by carabnr 5/10/2011 12:43:22 AM
- @dean I will never be the same again, last time I rode one I broke my leg so fared better this timeby elainekirk 5/10/2011 12:44:32 AM
- When it was shaking earlier I thought I saw some of the white material on #4 moving around near the roof in the middleby carabnr 5/10/2011 12:45:43 AM
- WHEWWWWWWW elaine, you know in all the racing I've done I have only gone down 1 time... my first race when I went accross the finish line and said.. I did it.. I came to a stop and forgot to take my feet out of pedal clipsby dean 5/10/2011 12:45:45 AM
- The green thing they're focused in on is the craine right?by carabnr 5/10/2011 12:46:17 AM
- guys that black pole may well be giving the effect that #4 is on a lean............by Angie 5/10/2011 12:46:22 AM
- Craneby carabnr 5/10/2011 12:46:29 AM
- yepby Angie 5/10/2011 12:46:37 AM
- the other side seems to be leaning as well.by carabnr 5/10/2011 12:47:11 AM
- I was tring to be clever and follow my daughter at speed along a narrow sea wall , she knew what she was doing...../I didn't ... but on the bright side I used bike as crutch to get to civilisation and helpby elainekirk 5/10/2011 12:48:09 AM
- sorry that happened elaine..by dean 5/10/2011 12:48:52 AM
- @dean oh dont be sorry self inflicted I am the original calamity Janeby elainekirk 5/10/2011 12:50:35 AM
- Hey Dean I have a question why don't these power plants have a big chimney?by carabnr 5/10/2011 12:51:50 AM
- Are the towers the chimney?by carabnr 5/10/2011 12:52:11 AM
- Can somebody tell me if this is stage management gone too far Tepco
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It is like a model agencies portfolio ...swimwear next?by elainekirk 5/10/2011 12:52:21 AM - carabnr, they do have exhaust lines that are surrounded by the steel structures, in fact one has 3 stacks, I believe they are approximately 2-250 feet tall and the exhaust air goes through conditioning like scrubbers to remove air contamination prior to going up the stackby dean 5/10/2011 12:54:44 AM
- So the towers are the chimneys.by carabnr 5/10/2011 12:55:39 AM
- yes carabnr.. they are usually called exhaust stacksby dean 5/10/2011 12:56:39 AM
- well I think the back pole to the side of #4 makes it look likes its on a lean........the other side its looks straight enough, I think the way the roof is hanging makes it look leaning too.........I dont think its leaning. I think the roof may fall in though. Ok everyone jump on me lolby Angie 5/10/2011 12:56:46 AM
- << standing back away from Angie. while every one jumps..by dean 5/10/2011 12:57:26 AM
- @dean lol yep I am waiting for it!by Angie 5/10/2011 12:57:51 AM
- Maybe they jacked it up today. It has looked more out of kilter.by carabnr 5/10/2011 12:58:26 AM
- @carabnr I think today we are just seeing very clear cam of it. I have never seen it so clear.by Angie 5/10/2011 12:59:16 AM
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