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No way you read it all yet, I haven't even done that :-)

The more I learn , the more scared I become, there are so many ways that these plants can fail.

I just finished a highlight of it... very detailed Ralph.. nice find..

TY Dean, I got the link from UCS.

one thing I always look for in an analsis are the assumptions for conditions etc.. that sure changes things as the model goes on. I've found mistakes in engineers assumptions on simple things like not going to field to verify the height of instrument transmitters etc.

Dust, heat, all can mess with instruments.

2000 degree blob of fuel and god knows what, might make a mess of the measurements.So SPEEDI was useless and the plant operators had not a clue as to what was happening.

that is my thoughts... aswell

houseoffoust.com see if this works Ralph

Link is good, reading it ...

Nancy and I have been emailing back and forth and they will be added.

I will be happy to help in that as I have a lot of sources. Ok :-)

I would lose the slashes and use English instead, but that is a matter of English and not content.

Nice work! :-)

today I did some research for nancy on cooling vests or cooling systems like the vortex coolng systems vest so Nancy could forward on to help figure out something for the workers .. who.. are really feeling fatigue with all the anti-c's

Cheap and handy and water is a great neutron absorber.

yes

An old post of mine from TOD, www.theoildrum.com from April 2

Morning @all! An interesting perspective on how much money Tepco is spending to try to control Fukushima from Asahi Shimbun: "Tokyo Electric Power Co. recorded a consolidated net loss of 1.2473 trillion yen ($15.28 billion) in fiscal 2010 ending in March this year, officials said May 20.
The ocean of red ink is mainly attributable to costs incurred in dealing with the disaster at the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant.
An extraordinary loss of 1.0776 trillion yen will be posted in the annual financial statement for fiscal 2010. Extraordinary losses are from unexpected one-time events such as natural disasters.
TEPCO President Masataka Shimizu, 66, plans to resign to take responsibility for the utility's handling of the accident.
He will be replaced by Toshio Nishizawa, 60, at TEPCO's shareholder meeting to be held around the end of June.
Initially it was believed the losses would be between 700 billion yen and 800 billion yen. However, confirmation of meltdowns at the No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3 reactors has substantially increased decommissioning costs."
www.asahi.com Interesting too how Asahi quotes confirmation of meltdowns at all 3 reactors.

Hi Angie, I'm just trawling various sources

An opinion piece in the Mainichi Daily News today -- "Death of nuclear plant worker highlights need for proper health management
The death of a man in his 60s who was working at the waste disposal facility of the tsunami-hit Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant has raised questions about the plant operator's health management of workers struggling to bring the nuclear crisis under control.
Nearly 1,000 workers at the plant constantly face the risk of radiation exposure. Moreover, their working conditions are harsh because they are required to wear heavy protective gear. Many workers are exhausted and some have suffered heat stroke.
If workers collapse, it will only prolong the work to stabilize the nuclear power station. Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO), which owns the plant, and its government regulators should do their utmost to ensure workers' safety and protect their health.
(I've omitted a long section here, worth reading in full though) Article concludes: TEPCO and the government must not sacrifice workers' health by using the "emergency situation" as a pretext. They must do their utmost to protect the safety of the workers, whose working conditions will be even tougher in the hot summer months ahead.
mdn.mainichi.jp