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@LM I'm guessing the smokey haze is coming from beyond Unit 4 and the SFP - conveniently just off to the right of the TBS camera shot?by es 6/12/2011 6:05:21 PM
@es I agree..I think it's either an issue with the common pool past 4 or perhaps burning debris...also past 4. (shrug)by LM 6/12/2011 6:07:20 PM
@lm common spent fuel pool 17th April www.nisa.meti.go.jpby elainekirk 6/12/2011 6:07:26 PM- @lm common pool 5th June it seems to need a lot of water - is it leaking maybe? www.nisa.meti.go.jpby elainekirk 6/12/2011 6:09:13 PM
- @Elaine If it has a leak that might explain the steaming we're seeing. Given all the aftershocks I wouldn't be surprised.by LM 6/12/2011 6:12:20 PM
- @Elaine Besides the haze from below that building you can see a plume emanating from the common pool...perhaps we have incineration and a problem with the common pool?!by LM 6/12/2011 6:13:51 PM
- @LM I agree, but then I would because I believe they have a ground fault in that area so it sits nicely with meby elainekirk 6/12/2011 6:14:09 PM
- @Elaine I saw your pic of the area next to 4..I tend to agree that the earth has shifted there quite a bit. It also explains their deep concern for 4's integrity.by LM 6/12/2011 6:22:22 PM
- @lm simplyinfo are posting many quake in the area ove the past 24hrs it seems to meby elainekirk 6/12/2011 6:26:57 PM
Hi folks, just checking back in to say good night before signing off. It's 3:30 here but am jet lagged and on European time.by bo 6/12/2011 6:27:49 PM- @elainekirk The TEPCO status reports do have this for the latest re the common SFP: "On May 13th, in order to confirm the status of the common spent fuel pool, we sampled approx 1,000 ml of water. On May 14th, as a result of the nuclide analysis of the sampled water, we detected Cesium 134 and Cesium 137. We are planning to conduct detailed evaluation from now on." I haven't seen any detailed reports though.by es 6/12/2011 6:29:24 PM
@bo Hi Bo. Other than more steam and lights nothing major recently. :-)by lillymunster 6/12/2011 6:30:43 PM- @bo sleep well :)by elainekirk 6/12/2011 6:31:07 PM
- Nite Bo!by LM 6/12/2011 6:32:04 PM
- Good night tomodachi. Mata ashita.by bo 6/12/2011 7:10:52 PM
- @bo go to bed lolby elainekirk 6/12/2011 7:11:51 PM
Tsunami zones still swamped by debris
June 13, 2011
TOKYO: More than 90,000 people are still living in shelters three months after the Japanese earthquake and only a fraction of the debris dumped by the ensuing tsunami has been removed, according to official figures. www.smh.com.auby Panserbjorne9 6/12/2011 7:24:46 PM- A battered Japan on the bend Kumiko Makihara
13 June 2011, 6:45 PM Imagine seeing your office building swept away in a wave and then spending all night on a freezing rooftop watching your beloved fishing boat on fire drifting back and forth in a murky ocean gone wild. The following day you walk amid the debris calling out the names of your missing colleagues and friends only to be met by the downcast eyes of residents who tell you hardly anyone survived from that neighbourhood. You don’t bother to check on your home, because you know that nothing will remain.
Yoshiko Iwai, 72, whose husband runs a fishing company, experienced all of that when tsunamis steamrolled this port town in Miyagi Prefecture following the March 11 earthquake.
She barely shed a tear.
www.khaleejtimes.comby Panserbjorne9 6/12/2011 7:27:03 PM - by Panserbjorne9 6/12/2011 7:33:09 PM
- @panser great link just reading oped oneby elainekirk 6/12/2011 7:36:16 PM
@all On mobile, so no avatar. Things seem eerie and quiet on this board today :-(by smoss 6/12/2011 8:24:06 PM- Hi @smoss it is having a quiet spell maybe I should put kettle on make coffee for allby elainekirk 6/12/2011 8:27:10 PM
quiet as corium in groundwater.by Edano 6/12/2011 8:30:09 PM
@elainekirk I haven't even made my coffe."skocking" :-Oby Veenie 6/12/2011 8:30:15 PM- @veenie @edano coffee up with cakeby elainekirk 6/12/2011 8:30:59 PM
- good news:
Water treatment device fixed
The equipment failure that has delayed the test of a system to treat highly radioactive water at the troubled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has apparently been resolved.
Tokyo Electric Power Company says it will carry out a test-run after checking the equipment once more on Monday.
The problem occurred with a device made by the US-based Kurion company that removes radioactive cesium.
The utility had planned to start the test run to check the device's performance on Sunday, 2 days behind the original schedule.
But when the pumps were activated prior to the test run, one of the 4 systems that is designed to move 12 and a half tons of water per hour was found to be running very slowly.
The system ran normally when operating on its own.
TEPCO suspects that a water-flow valve may have temporarily stopped functioning, and is investigating the cause.
It will operate the 4 systems simultaneously on Monday, and will start the test run if no problems are found.
The problem is expected to delay by a few days the system's full-fledged operation, originally planned for June 15th.
Sunday, June 12, 2011 23:11 +0900 (JST)
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yippieh !by Edano 6/12/2011 8:32:21 PM - @Edano :-)by smoss 6/12/2011 8:34:14 PM
- @smoss : www.has.vcu.edu The Sorcerer's Apprenticeby Edano 6/12/2011 8:36:04 PM
- @edano so a faulty valve fitting got fixed or did they just bypas it i wonderby elainekirk 6/12/2011 8:36:45 PM
- @elainekirk : kitty tape what else.by Edano 6/12/2011 8:37:25 PM
- @edano yes!!!by elainekirk 6/12/2011 8:39:12 PM
It solves everything. 4.bp.blogspot.com
by lillymunster via 4.bp.blogspot 6/12/2011 8:39:46 PM- Been busy cleaning out the pantry under the stairs. Found mold and mice crud. I shoulda stayed on my computer instead.....by lillymunster 6/12/2011 8:40:36 PM
- @nancy roflmao I will never stop laughing when i see that picby elainekirk 6/12/2011 8:40:50 PM
- Duct tape and brita filters.by lillymunster 6/12/2011 8:42:41 PM
- and sponges.by Edano 6/12/2011 8:43:25 PM
- Stronium found in seawater outside the plant. search.japantimes.co.jpby lillymunster 6/12/2011 8:44:18 PM
- spongebob and kitty.by Edano 6/12/2011 8:44:28 PM
Not sure if this is just a US thing... send them a few of these. www.shamwow.com
by lillymunster via Shamwow 6/12/2011 8:45:16 PM
by Edano via Media.marktjagd.de 6/12/2011 8:46:40 PM
by Edano via How-to-draw-cartoons-online 6/12/2011 8:47:08 PM
by Edano via Xyonline.de 6/12/2011 8:48:18 PM- @all Thanks for the reassurance guys! Quiet makes me nervous ...Sponge Bob and Hello Kitty to the rescue!!by smoss 6/12/2011 8:49:19 PM
- @edano lolby elainekirk 6/12/2011 8:49:33 PM
- #4 is at a steady boil today. Ready for an onsen or some pasta.by lillymunster 6/12/2011 8:50:20 PM
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