Japan Earthquake

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I think it looks more unstable than me!! and it also is starting to resemble Maries soufle - did you watch the iinterview with the mp that I posted? she talks much of the biiiig heavy pool up in the heights of the weakened building and how if.....
by elainekirk 5/10/2011 1:02:15 AM

I was able to grab some screen captures. Should have posted here in a bit. The black crane at the back of 4 was likely making it look worse in some of the blurry pictures. I think the roof has caved in somewhat. It looks like the seaside wall is bending and has a slight lean. The land side wall is slightly skewed and really out of alignment. There seems to be an angle to the landside wall that isn't accounted for in perspective.
by Nancy 5/10/2011 1:02:35 AM

@elainekirk I didn't get to watch the vid you mentioned, too much room noise right now. What did they say.
by Nancy 5/10/2011 1:03:22 AM

@elainekirk "We need new PR photos. Get that guy that did that great prospectus for us."
by radioguy 5/10/2011 1:03:39 AM

@carabnr ty ... oops.. I clicked the wrong button
by dean 5/10/2011 1:09:23 AM

it moved the black pole thing hasmoved I think. Must be another crane??
by Angie 5/10/2011 1:09:53 AM

I just pinned up two of my resources to be used on my write up
by dean 5/10/2011 1:10:09 AM

what is that crane doing in the foreground in the 5&6 shots?
by elainekirk 5/10/2011 1:17:25 AM

question of the night... is it allowable to recover a BWR reactor after receiving a scram from the seismic trips/
by dean 5/10/2011 1:17:27 AM

Your black pole is a jib angie it has moved
by elainekirk 5/10/2011 1:19:28 AM

@dean I think the answer would be yes. Srams aren't that unusual. I'm betting thy have JPM's and all kinds of procedures to check things out before they restart reactor.
by marie rich 5/10/2011 1:20:24 AM

They seem to be putting up tarps over the SFP's !!! That is probably why they needed all that light the other night, and it might be why we saw all that smoke. The tarp in #1 is inside the building frame, and it might have caught on fire.
by wtm 5/10/2011 1:22:26 AM

@angie yes it swang out then back at another point
by elainekirk 5/10/2011 1:23:35 AM

@Anybody, does anyone have the current METI stats for today or yesterday, nothing posted since May 6th.
by wtm 5/10/2011 1:23:38 AM

@elainekirk right! lol I am not up with build equipment! lol
by Angie 5/10/2011 1:25:10 AM

@wtm I'm not seeing any tarps, I am seeing roof trussing that is falling in more over the SFP and a bunch more towards the back than before.
by Nancy 5/10/2011 1:25:34 AM

@wtm you need run them through translate unless anyone got English www.meti.go.jp
by elainekirk 5/10/2011 1:27:39 AM

marie rich, every reactor scram has a limited time to begin restart before what's called XENON peaks, which is a poison to neutrons and is a built in shutdown mechanism. so, decisions have to be make quickly, all systems checked out and put in a plant condition the same before a startup. The time frame is typically in minutes before the level of XENON peaks. If they have what's called a XENON shutdown they have to wait until the XENON peaks and then reduces to the point of what's called XENON override ie: the point at which the control rods when pulled will add enough positive reactivity to over come the negative reactivity from the XENON... In addition, a seismic scram requires a building walkdown to assess damage so in my experience the reactor would never have been restarted even if there were normal power etc..
by dean 5/10/2011 1:28:53 AM

@dean Okay...now I know! Plant parameters for 9May translate.google.com
by marie rich 5/10/2011 1:31:17 AM

@Nancy did yoy get this shot of your red rig watering the triffids?
by elainekirk 5/10/2011 1:32:00 AM

and the entire south side opened. maybe intentionally to get access to the sfp.
by Edano 5/10/2011 1:35:04 AM

So a roof collaspe is better thana lean then fall down right? Roff everying should fall in on its self. Lean and fall and stuff spills out............
by Angie 5/10/2011 1:36:30 AM

the "leaning" might be a wrong conclusion, because there is a crane leaning on the left side.
by Edano 5/10/2011 1:36:46 AM

marie, elaine, nancy, angie.. shoot every one.. it's so very nice to come here and see all your comments... i wish we could get together and BBQ
by dean 5/10/2011 1:37:31 AM

@Edano Yep I think so too.............I said so further down the page, I think the debris and the jib thing made it look like it was. @dean lol I would love too!
by Angie 5/10/2011 1:38:13 AM

@Edano my monitor and eye site aren't that great but it looks like they may have done some work there
by fitter 5/10/2011 1:38:24 AM

@ fitter I have two links up above for the paper I'm working on
by dean 5/10/2011 1:39:49 AM

@dean it just noticed but have not read, was trying to get my cam working it keeps frezing up the comp
by fitter 5/10/2011 1:40:39 AM

Incoming images, about 7 total, larger versions via the link. www.houseoffoust.com
by Nancy via Houseoffoust 5/10/2011 1:42:28 AM

@dean do you know what code the "containment bld" itself falls under and can you think of any reason a piece of ewuipment that see at least secondy water would vent directly to the outside vs the scrubbers stacks...
by fitter 5/10/2011 1:42:46 AM