Japan Earthquake

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M4.7 off the east coast of Honshu
by FradyKat 6/6/2011 10:15:30 AM

by Majj via 1.bp.blogspot 6/6/2011 10:23:47 AM

#Fukushima I Nuke Plant: Areva's Water Treatment System Revealed

TEPCO released the process diagram and photographs of the Areva's water treatment system that is being built inside the Central Waste Processing Facility at Fukushima I Nuke Plant. ex-skf.blogspot.com
by Majj 6/6/2011 10:25:45 AM

@Majj that is a great find and probably the greatest PR stunt of all time How the hell are they gonna clean all that water with that and as was pointed out last night Who changes the highly radioactive filters !!!
by elainekirk 6/6/2011 10:34:05 AM

@elainekirk : i think they said yesterday they just will burn the filters, no ?
by Edano 6/6/2011 10:36:33 AM

english.kyodonews.jp

Koike becomes 1st Japanese to do cheerleading for NHL, NBA, NFL

TOKYO, June 6, Kyodo

Japanese professional cheerleader Emi Koike won the final audition in May and became one of the 40-member 2011-2012 New York Jets ''Flight Crew,'' the cheerleaders for the National Football League team for the upcoming season.

Since the 27-year-old has already worked as cheerleader for the National Hockey League and the National Basketball Association, her latest success made her the first Japanese ever to dance for the three major U.S. professional sport organizations.
english.kyodonews.jp

well, congratulations, Koike !
by Edano via English.kyodonews.jp 6/6/2011 10:45:12 AM

this is all that kyodo offers as news....
by Edano 6/6/2011 10:48:51 AM

@Edano LOL.
by Pedro Jesus 6/6/2011 10:50:34 AM

@EDANO They plan on burning low level debris from tsunami area, not hi level stuff from the plant.
by RBeaner 6/6/2011 10:51:30 AM

isn't 27 a bit too old for such things ?
by Edano 6/6/2011 10:51:34 AM

Some insights on how the AREVA decontamination system for Fukushima Daiichi works. blogs.forbes.com
by Pedro Jesus 6/6/2011 10:51:51 AM

@RBeaner : ah, that's good news ! so they will only vent low radiation in the air, not hi radiation. that's a good idea.
by Edano 6/6/2011 10:53:20 AM

@edano fill filters with radiation , remove and replace filters by some means - burn filters , filtering the air then change air filters and .... this sounds so 'feed the public a load of BS ...but, I am in cynic mode today so
by elainekirk 6/6/2011 10:55:40 AM

@Edano I would expect the exhaust will be filtered, but who knows?
by RBeaner 6/6/2011 10:56:47 AM

@elainekirk Do you know how the filtering system works? Any link? I've been searching for it but haven't come across any schematics yet.
by Pedro Jesus 6/6/2011 10:57:00 AM

@all The link I provided 5 comments down the thread explains the basics of AREVA's decontamination system that is being installed (or has been) at Fukushima.
by Pedro Jesus 6/6/2011 10:58:25 AM

they said yesterday they want to bury and burn the debris on the site. this means in other words: diluting in groundwater or venting into the air.
by Edano 6/6/2011 10:58:37 AM

@pedro no I havent but as soon as I have finished my day I intend to do a little searching :) areva must have a slide show somewhere ...areva always have a slidde show...
by elainekirk 6/6/2011 10:58:37 AM

2 diff issues, filtering of water, vice disposing of houses and debris from destruction. Orders of magnitude difference.
by RBeaner 6/6/2011 10:59:48 AM

@elainekirk I just went through their website and only found a short press release dating back to April the 19TH. I found nothing else about their decontamination systems. They do provide a lot of info about their new generation of pressurized reactors, one of which is being built in Finland, and their renewable energy solutions.
by Pedro Jesus 6/6/2011 11:00:33 AM

@RBeaner I thought you and Edano were also talking about the water decontamination system and the integrated air filtering system. I apologize.
by Pedro Jesus 6/6/2011 11:01:39 AM

@Pedro incineration for town debris, whats at the nuke plant,propef,normal,conventional disposal or storage.
by RBeaner 6/6/2011 11:04:57 AM

@RBeaner
Gov't to OK incinerating, burying radioactive rubble in Fukushima
TOKYO, June 5, Kyodo
english.kyodonews.jp
by Edano edited by Edano 6/6/2011 11:05:24 AM

Yes, in fukushima.. Not the plant itself.
by RBeaner 6/6/2011 11:06:18 AM

Soil sampling begins in Fukushima

Japan's science ministry has begun a prefecture-wide examination in Fukushima to check for radioactive contamination in the soil from the disabled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

The ministry began taking soil samples on Monday as part of efforts to produce a map outlining radiation contamination in the prefecture. The study involves direct sampling of soil for the first time. Until now, the ministry has been measuring soil contamination from airplanes.
About 80 experts from 35 universities and laboratories across the country are taking part. www3.nhk.or.jp
by Majj 6/6/2011 11:07:40 AM

@RBeaner Yes, I got it now. I got confused when Edano answered to the contaminated filters issue, since Elaine was talking about the air filters. I'm back on track. ;)
by Pedro Jesus 6/6/2011 11:08:26 AM

if japan was my land i would protest vehemently against any burning or burying of radioactive materials. it is incredible.
by Edano 6/6/2011 11:13:02 AM

Sorry, on phone, there is low level, which presents risk over the long term exposure, and there is high level radioactivity that can present risk on a short term basis,We really need to acknowledge the difference.
by RBeaner 6/6/2011 11:18:36 AM

Can anyone else make out action at/above Unit One tonight, barely visible on TEPCO cam as the lights at #1 are off?
by es 6/6/2011 11:37:07 AM

@es sorry I will go look I am very busy with family at the moment I didn't intend to leave you unanswered
by elainekirk 6/6/2011 12:03:16 PM

@elainekirk No probs. Am in and out myself today.
by es 6/6/2011 12:06:20 PM

@Elaine, when you have a chance can you post or send me the link to the second MOX shipment to FUKU. I thought they were 1999 and 2006 but another article I saw said 1999 and 2001 and that the additional rods were for another plant? I had all the documents except that NRC shipping document.
by lillymunster 6/6/2011 12:07:30 PM

I don't knbow if have be post, but just in case.. White House & NRC Recommend 50 Mile Fukushima Evacuation, Yet Insist US Safe With Only 10 fairewinds.com
by Majj 6/6/2011 12:15:13 PM

@elainekirk If you missed it earlier you might find this interesting - @smoss's posting of the NCG published consultation response: www.nuclearconsult.com to the recently closed, and in my view terribly biased, DECC public consultation on the management of the UK's plutonium stocks: www.decc.gov.uk
by es 6/6/2011 12:18:27 PM

@nancy I will see what I can find you are right about there being so many I have to go out but will put some effort in on my return I havent had much time this morning :(
by elainekirk 6/6/2011 12:20:53 PM

@es thank you I have saved those for later :)
by elainekirk 6/6/2011 12:21:51 PM

No worries, I want to add a copy to the documents stockpile. Someone asked about the MOX issues at the plant last night and I realized I didn't have a copy or a link to that document.
by lillymunster 6/6/2011 12:22:01 PM

@Majj I think there is a significant diffrernce between a home gov, vs a remote gov recomendation on evacuation area. There is a difference in the "ties that bind". There is no risk/liability when the (ex) US says 50 miles vs GOJ says 20 moles.]\
by RBeaner 6/6/2011 12:23:55 PM

@RBeaner They both are in Carrots . All of them Clinton ,Zarkozy . All went to Japan to make a deal. China, South Korea......
by Majj 6/6/2011 12:34:16 PM

Nothing is circumstantial\

by Majj 6/6/2011 12:34:46 PM

Japan nuclear plant moves radioactive water The Japanese utility battling to bring its radiation-spewing nuclear reactor under control said Sunday that 1,500 more tons of radioactive water are being moved into temporary storage -- the latest attempt to prevent a massive spill of contaminated water into the environment. www.businessweek.com I love this part:Tokyo Electric Power Co., the utility that runs Fukushima Dai-ichi, also acknowledged it had made 1,000 errors in data submitted to the government to decide on power consumption goals for corporate customers.
by Majj 6/6/2011 12:49:45 PM

Japan’s nuclear safety agency doubled its estimate of radiation released by Tokyo Electric Power Co.’s Fukushima Dai-Ichi plant, which was crippled by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

The station released about 770,000 tera becquerels of radioactive material into the air between March 11 and March 16, Hidehiko Nishiyama, deputy director-general at Japan’s nuclear safety agency, said at a briefing in Tokyo today. www.bloomberg.com
by Majj 6/6/2011 12:52:05 PM

Radioactivity of materials released in Fukushima nuclear crisis revised upward mdn.mainichi.jp
by Majj 6/6/2011 12:52:40 PM

Coment of a Japanese friend on FaceBook: She return to Tokio after the acident... "Ai Onogi Japanese are too polite, we should be ANGRY!! I saw seaweed from near the area sold in the supermarket for 100 yen! This is even a crime!
Yesterday at 04:21 · " scienceray.com
by Majj 6/6/2011 12:56:12 PM

Re the discussion on Dr. Ropeik's views on risk perception and undue fear on the other board last night, I felt a reply should be provided on this board as well.

Dr. Ropeik:
It may be true that people do not understand risk well. We hate uncertainty and risk is probabilistic. We do not possess a good sense for probabilities, nor will most ever be able to comprehend what quantum mechanics and Heisenberg's uncertainty principle actually contribute to real life. Indeed, we face the odds wearily, when confronted with potentially terminal illness ( more here: brainmindinst.blogspot.com ).

But we do make choices willfully. Some are doubtlessly associated with great risk. A hang gliding enthusiast may be at greater risk of losing her/his life soaring high up in the air attached to fragile wings than a farmer living outside the gates of the Fukushima 1 nuclear power station where three reactors experienced catastrophic loss of cooling after the Tohoku-Chihou-Taiheiyou-Oki earthquake and tsunami on March 11, causing fuel cores to melt and releasing health-threatening levels of ionizing radiation into the environment.

Neither the hang gliding enthusiast nor the farmer know when and how they are going to die. The difference is the hang gliding enthusiast chooses her/his pastime freely and pursues it voluntarily, whereas the Fukushima farmer did not elect to live in the vicinity of one of the greatest accidents in the history of the peaceful use of nuclear power, particularly because the fuel meltdowns could have been avoided if only the station's operator had implemented adequate safeguards.

Whether the Fukushima reactor accident will cause only one more death of cancer per 100,000 people or 200 or 400 will not matter. They are always going to remain one or 200 or 400 too many!
by Peter Melzer 6/6/2011 1:02:28 PM