Japan Earthquake | Page 1161

  • @Ian I havent read it yet but I would assume they are talking about the 2 men that were killed at the start.
    by Angie 5/14/2011 7:03:33 AM

  • @Angie, oh yea, 2 deaths attributed to the Tsunami. I'm sure that's what they refer to.
    by Ian 5/14/2011 7:07:01 AM

  • @Ian Its hard to keep up with everything! So much information to absorb!
    by Angie 5/14/2011 7:08:33 AM

  • Two deaths Confirmed Fukushima Nuclear Accident (3 April 2011, 12:00 UTC) "TEPCO had been investigating two employees who had been missing since the earthquake of 11th March. On 2nd April NISA reported that on the afternoon of 30th March the two employees were found dead in the -1 Level of the Turbine Building of Unit 4." Not from radiation though.
    by Ralph Unger 5/14/2011 7:26:02 AM

  • Shrapnel; from the explosions...
    by Ralph Unger 5/14/2011 7:27:32 AM

  • What will happen when the groundwater starts to show up? www.mext.go.jp
    by Ralph Unger 5/14/2011 7:29:47 AM

  • Thank you @Ralph for posting about the other 2 workers.
    by Angie 5/14/2011 7:32:29 AM

  • Sorry, I did not link the source, Here is one of the sources, article.wn.com
    by Ralph Unger 5/14/2011 7:36:28 AM

  • Not my primary source, but if you know me, I only links links that might be entertaining.
    by Ralph Unger 5/14/2011 7:41:56 AM

  • Hey everyone, back to the desk
    by bo 5/14/2011 7:48:01 AM

  • @bo Hi! I am still around
    by Angie 5/14/2011 7:48:39 AM

  • @Angie are you a late night American, or are you in Asia or Europe?
    by bo 5/14/2011 7:50:02 AM

  • @bo I am in Australia...........only an hour ahead of you.
    by Angie 5/14/2011 7:50:36 AM

  • Sweet. One of my research colleagues is in Perth, I go visit him now and again. I did a radio interview on ABC in Queensland yesterday.
    by bo 5/14/2011 7:51:38 AM

  • @bo oh did you? I am in Queensland I am just a little north of Brisbane.
    by Angie 5/14/2011 7:52:36 AM

  • @Angie yeah, with a woman named Annie Gaffney on Coast FM
    by bo 5/14/2011 7:53:25 AM

  • It is astonishing to me that they have a contract worker in his 60s in those suits hauling material around at the Fukushima site. Amazing.
    by bo 5/14/2011 7:54:35 AM

  • @bo lol Imust say that I dont really listen to ABC radio unless there a flood or something going on here lol.I willhave to see if I can track downthe audio of it. I am also shocked at the workers age. I really feel for the workers, it is a terrible job they have to do!
    by Angie 5/14/2011 7:55:58 AM

  • Also amazing that the news stories of his death seem to have more traction than the news that there had been a full meltdown!
    by bo 5/14/2011 7:56:05 AM

  • @Angie I think I will be down in Oz next year doing some field work out at Maralinga
    by bo 5/14/2011 7:56:52 AM

  • YES! The papers here are picking it up again now. Disturbing that it takes a death to bring it back into the media! You ok here if I go off and get dinner ready? I will be back and forwards lol Oh yes that has been in our news again, the fuku issues have bought it all back up again.
    by Angie 5/14/2011 7:59:36 AM

  • @Angie absolutely. Have a good dinner. See you later.
    by bo 5/14/2011 8:00:43 AM

  • @bo thanks I will see you soon!
    by Angie 5/14/2011 8:01:01 AM

  • good morning going to find coffeeeeeeeeeeeeee
    by elainekirk 5/14/2011 8:03:34 AM

  • Good morning @elainekirk. Yes, coffee good!
    by bo 5/14/2011 8:04:15 AM

  • Water Torture at #Fukushima: Reactor 3's Temperature Remains High Despite Added Water, and Contaminated Water in Reactor 2 Trench Is Rising

    TEPCO is pumping 15 tons of water per hour into the Reactor Pressure Vessel (RPV) of the Reactor 3, as the temperature inside the reactor remains elevated.

    Yomiuri Shinbun (1:11PM JST 5/14/2011):

    東京電力は14日、福島第一原発3号機について、原子炉の温度上昇が止まらないため、同日午前から注水量を毎時3トン増やし、計15トンにしたと発表した。

    TEPCO announced on May 14 that the temperature continues to rise in the Reactor Pressure Vessel (RPV) of the Reactor 3, and TEPCO increased the amount of water being injected by 3 tons per hour to the total 15 tons per hour starting this morning.

    That's 360 tons per day. (No need to remind the readers that the fuel inside this Reactor is MOX fuel.)

    According to TEPCO's press release on May 14 before they announced the increase of water being injected, TEPCO was going to switch the water injection line from the fire extinguishing line that they had been using to the regular (repaired) feed water line, as they suspected a leak in the fire extinguishing line. However, the temperature continued to rise, and now they are using both lines and increased the amount of water from the fire extinguishing line.

    In the meantime, the highly contaminated water in the trench from the Reactor 2 is RISING despite the water is being transported to the Central Waste Processing Facility.

    According to Yomiuri Shinbun (in Japanese, reporting the press conference; 1:53PM JST 5/14/2011), the level of highly contaminated water in the trench from the Reactor 2 has risen 4 centimeters since the work to transport the water to the Central Waste Processing Facility started on April 19. 5,070 tons of water have been already pumped from the trench.

    TEPCO is injecting 7 tons of water per hour to cool the RPV of the Reactor 2, according to the above Yomiuri article.

    No need to remind the readers that the Suppression Pool of the Reactor 2 is damaged.
    by Veenie 5/14/2011 8:10:06 AM

  • @elainekirk Morning! That whisper you heard sounds very interesting!
    by Angie 5/14/2011 8:21:29 AM

  • @angie what is the news about the worker?
    by elainekirk 5/14/2011 8:27:05 AM

  • have there been any further quakes in the area
    by elainekirk 5/14/2011 8:40:38 AM

  • Most recent article I can find on the death of the worker
    , mostly rehashed half news: english.aljazeera.net
    by bo 5/14/2011 8:45:48 AM

  • Surprisingly clear and calm tippycam
    by bo 5/14/2011 8:48:40 AM

  • With this clarity, doesn't it look like the dark line between the first and second floors of #4 slants considerably downward on the right side of the building? Is this an external bracing?
    by bo 5/14/2011 8:51:13 AM

  • @bo did you hear @marie's souffle theory ? it seems the front runner looking at that. Is the framework of #3 also showing signs of demise?
    by elainekirk 5/14/2011 8:54:45 AM

  • @elainekirk I have and it seems to fit the visual image best. Regarding #3 could they be dismantling the top in order to try to begin to clean it up?
    by bo 5/14/2011 8:56:33 AM

  • @bo are any of the remotes up to dismantling ? is that steam in the right hand corner of 3's frame
    by elainekirk 5/14/2011 8:59:57 AM

  • Remotes because workers would not be able to work up there?
    by bo 5/14/2011 9:00:56 AM

  • @elainekirk I don't see steam. We can however see the instrument on the top of the pole in the grass in the foreground.
    by bo 5/14/2011 9:02:03 AM

  • @bo sorry interupting with a gem
    www.asahi.com
    Tokyo Electric Power Co. concealed data showing spikes in radiation levels at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant in March, one day before a hydrogen explosion injured seven workers.

    The Asahi Shimbun obtained a 100-page internal TEPCO report containing minute-to-minute data on radiation levels at the plant as well as pressure and water levels inside the No. 3 reactor from March 11 to April 30.
    by elainekirk 5/14/2011 9:02:37 AM

  • @elainekirk that was up a bit earlier. Clearly one of the hits of the day. We need to find a copy of that report!
    by bo 5/14/2011 9:03:31 AM

  • @bo @bo shucks I must spend more time reading the history I will console myself with the though a.n.other may not have seen it :)
    by elainekirk 5/14/2011 9:08:19 AM

  • @elainekirk it is very much the news of the day, along with the death of the poor elderly worker. So it is good to have it up here for conversation and reference. Thanks.
    by bo 5/14/2011 9:09:09 AM

  • @bo kyodo news have a 2nd upddate on the worker
    english.kyodonews.jp
    A worker at the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant died Saturday after collapsing while carrying materials as part of crisis-fighting operations, the operator said.... He was exposed to radiation totaling 0.17 millisievert..
    by elainekirk 5/14/2011 9:11:30 AM

  • The fact that they can have a contract worker in his 60s, which could mean late 60s, working in those suits in the heat is amazing.
    by bo 5/14/2011 9:12:14 AM

  • @bo is it possible that the elderly having lost their homes and possibly realise inflation is now going to eat their pensions are easy game for the recruiters
    by elainekirk 5/14/2011 9:13:44 AM

  • @elainekirk it is decidedly so. The elderly are the fastest rising prison population here. The elderly shoplifter is almost a cliche by now. Almost all homeless people you see here, which is still hardly any by American standards, are elderly.
    by bo 5/14/2011 9:15:06 AM

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