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EQ 05:37 JST 07 Jun 2011 37.4N 141.5E 40 km M3.7 Fukushima-ken Oki
EQ 05:53 JST 07 Jun 2011 37.0N 140.6E 20 km M2.8 Fukushima-ken Hamadori

in #3 they are below athmosphere (60 and 80 kPa).

@fitter not sure, fitter, .....

@fitter - yes as long as the pressure(tourus) that the valve was opened at was above the rupture disk burst pressure rating.

@Peter Melzer -Ties into wave/particle duallity. What ever instument yo use to measure whether a photon is a particle or a wave is determined by that said instrument.

But I am just a millwright and have no reason to know quantum mechanics.lol

@fitter - was spending most of the time since then chasing down memo's and documents on the regulation side of the matter. Who knew what and when stuff.

@Lethbridgean have you found anything good?

@Lethbridgean are you posting the links or do you use the other board?

Since the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear crisis, many global consumers have equated "Made in Japan" with "potentially radioactive," hurting business across the country.

That has fueled a boom in demand for radiation-testing equipment from exporters, such as Toyota Motor Corp. and Fujitsu Ltd., seeking to reassure overseas clients that their cars, computers and other products are safe.

Read more: online.wsj.com

@Majj : i have an old mazda, can he be radiated due to "Verschränkung" ?

@Edano - I have a new ('95) mazda that was made in Detroit..Go figure.

@Lethbridgean so is that a japanese or american car ?

@fitter , the hardened vents is one issue one can always bring up, because the implementation may vary so much among plants. There may be some that do not use the proper piping. There may be some that do not send the gas through additional filters. You cannot even find out who did exactly what.

@Peter Melzer - Here is the NRC link for that letter. www.nrc.gov

Reliable venting
capability is also beneficial, depending on plant design and capabilities, in
reducing the likelihood of core melt from other accident initiators, for
example, station blackout and anticipated transients without scram. As a
mitigation measure, a reliable wetwell vent provides assurance of pressure
relief through a path with significant scrubbing of fission products and can
result in lower releases even for containment failure modes not associated
with pressurization (i.e., liner meltthrough). Finally, a reliable hardened
wetwell vent allows for consideration of coordinated accident management
strategies by providing design capability consistent with safety objectives.
For the aforementioned reasons, the staff concludes that a plant modification
is highly desirable and a prudent engineering solution of issues surrounding
complex and uncertain phenomena. Therefore, the staff strongly encourages
licensees to implement requisite design changes, utilizing portions of
existing systems to the greatest extent practical, under the provisions of
10 CFR 50.59.

Specifically, the Commission
has directed the staff to approve installation of a hardened vent under the
provisions of 10 CFR 50.59 for licensees, who on their own initiative, elect
to incorporate this plant improvement. www.nrc.gov

@Lethbridgean the problem is the ncr won't issue design criteria

@fitter - There is more to this matter as well. GE was asked to do the testing of such a design function but neglected to do so. graphics8.nytimes.com