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And the CTBTO spokesperson seems to be Swedish... 'Annika Thunborg, Spokesperson and Chief, Public Information annika.thunborg@ctbto.org' I'll try to send her an e-mail...

could the control rods paper link below be kept too - not necessarliy pinned

@Edano Thank you very much Edano !

now better ;)

@Angie TEPPYtalk: "Oh my, the other two reactors seem to have melted too. Who could have known? But since they've been melted since the beginning, the situation is no worse." Or some such.

@Jill in Sweden You have to be careful about assuming the measurements we have as being proxies for a whole continent. In Chernobyl, hotspots 50 times the mean concentration were routinely found. Without a truly dense measurement situation to obtain the distribution of nuclides, there will be significant numbers of people exposed to much higher levels of radionuclides than are indicated on the CTBTO graphs.

hi Angie

Z Microsystems Image Processor Enhances Video of Japanese Nuclear Power Plant in Real Time

- Powerful Processor Improves Image Clarity for Japanese Television Station -
Z Microsystems, a leading provider of field-ready computing systems, today announced that NHK, a major Japanese television station, is using the Z Microsystems Image Processor to improve the quality of live video coverage of the earthquake-damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. The Z Microsystems Image Processor is a high performance parallel processing platform that runs sophisticated image enhancement algorithms that dramatically improve the clarity of live video feeds.
Due to the high levels of radioactive contamination at the Fukushima Daiichi plant, news agencies are only allowed to conduct live coverage outside of the 30 km (18 mile) Fukushima zone. Even with high-definition video cameras and telephoto lenses, due to this long distance, the image quality of live video is blurry and lacks detail. The Z Microsystems Image Processor continuously clarifies images with contrast enhancement and edge detection, dynamically improving the quality of live video broadcasting.
“These image processing algorithms do a remarkable job of bringing out the detail from images degraded by poor visibility and challenging environmental conditions”

Keenly aware of its role in public safety, NHK was concerned about the potential risk to people and the environment posed by the Fukushima plant. Therefore, the station felt it was important to report on what was happening at the plant. Initially frustrated with the poor image quality, the station was very satisfied with the Z Microsystems Image Processor’s ability to clarify the video and provide more detail. Furthermore, the organization is considering using this technology for future coverage of news and events.

Full article here: www.businesswire.com

@Edano - I agree with that

I think Edano would get universal support on that theory

@dean well, not quite. the c-pressure was normal in the first days after the explosion, and the thermal images seem to suggest an intact containment cap.

Edano.. I even thing gunderson kinda leans to that.. prompt critical in reactor accompanied with H2 explosion

@Edano - Wouldn't that mean much higher radiation levels on-site?

@Hank Scorpio : i really don't know, but i imagine corium has been built within the first hours and this does not radiate that much (???)

@Edano, I wouldn't be surprised given the blast of radiation in the region shortly after. Maybe that yellow object we were puzzling over the other day is the blown off reactor lid. But wouldn't there be a bigger infrared signature of the overhead was looking straight down into an open reactor?

a good theory until we get 100% verifiable proof. ie: a nice CAM shot looking directly down on the vessel

undoubtedly there is evidence speaking against it. we'll have to wait until tepco lifts the truth.

On the caps on #3. The RPV cap is likely still on due to some heat images that show a signature in a ring around like the gasket is leaking. The yellow containment cap, as far as the things I have looked at is anyone's guess. I do not know if the radiation readings give any sort of indication about it. Containment went to atmosphere pressure around the 20th based on older data Jo found. Things coming out today are hinting at possibly a big pressure drop for containment on the 16th. I have seen steam with pressure pushing it out of the reactor well tons of time from various angles. It isn't like the lightly wafting sfp steam. It seems to have pressure as it comes out. So if the corium has leaked out of the RPV does the containment cap (yellow one) situation become more of an issue?

@Nancy : so the pressure did drop not long after the explosion ? older data showed about a week stable pressure.

darn auto enter... NHK's video feed.