Japan Earthquake

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@all On June 17, we injected water to the spent fuel pool of Unit 3 by
temporary water spraying equipment from 10:19 am to 11:57 am (From 10:23
am to 11:31 am, additional injection of hydrazine (corrosion inhibitor)
was implemented).

www.tepco.co.jp
by smoss 6/18/2011 2:44:09 AM

@dh Thank you, again!
by smoss 6/18/2011 2:44:22 AM

@LM THere's nothing stable about any of it. :-)
by lillymunster 6/18/2011 2:46:06 AM

@all I had not heard mention of the use of hydrazine before...did I just miss it, or is this a relatively new development?
by smoss 6/18/2011 2:47:45 AM

@ Lilly Ridiculous isn't it?! I can't get over the headlines...and I've noticed that the bad news is always preceeded by an outrageously optimistic release. They are PR pros...
by LM 6/18/2011 2:49:09 AM

@LM Headlines run through Google translate are the best though. I was scanning for news articles and run into a few that make me LOL. TEPCO has PR down to an art form.
by lillymunster 6/18/2011 2:51:08 AM

Japan Strains to Fix a Reactor Damaged Before Quake

By HIROKO TABUCHI

TSURUGA, Japan — Three hundred miles southwest of Fukushima, at a nuclear reactor perched on the slopes of this rustic peninsula, engineers are engaged in another precarious struggle.

Kosuke Okahara for The New York Times

Local men fished near the Monju reactor in Tsuruga, a long-troubled project that has been shut down since August.
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Kosuke Okahara for The New York Times

Miwako Ogiso, part of a Fukui Prefecture group against nuclear power, calls the Monju project “Japan's most dangerous reactor.” It has a history of safety problems and lies on an active fault.

The Monju prototype fast-breeder reactor — a long-troubled national project — has been in a precarious state of shutdown since a 3.3-ton device crashed into the reactor’s inner vessel, cutting off access to the plutonium and uranium fuel rods at its core.
www.nytimes.com
by M.I.A. edited by lillymunster 6/18/2011 2:51:29 AM

@Lilly Definitely..it's like they're injecting the anesthesia before the operation so you're not awake for the painful part.
by LM 6/18/2011 2:53:08 AM

@MIA, Monju scares the heck out of me.
by lillymunster 6/18/2011 2:55:14 AM

@P9, here is the article: Wikipedia halted anonymous editing of Japan disaster page for hours+ www.breitbart.com
by Mid Valley 6/18/2011 2:58:10 AM

The whole world seems fraught with many emerging dangers this year. Not a very good outlook... :(
by M.I.A. 6/18/2011 3:00:42 AM

@all greetings from Hiroshima
by bo 6/18/2011 3:06:55 AM

@lillymunster , fast breeders never worked on commercial scale, not even in France: en.wikipedia.org
by Peter Melzer 6/18/2011 3:07:02 AM

@bo Hi!
by smoss 6/18/2011 3:10:19 AM

MIT Nuclear School of Engineering paper: Lessons learned from Fukushima. (MIT-NSP-025).pdf
by M.I.A. 6/18/2011 3:14:15 AM

@Peter Melzer Monju has run for about an hour total over decades.
by lillymunster 6/18/2011 3:14:49 AM

RT has it both ways
“Russia may create advanced nuclear power system” rt.com
by bo 6/18/2011 3:16:56 AM

@M.I.A. Truth to that comment, all these reactors having problems, weather, and we are on very shaky ground.
by deb 6/18/2011 3:18:06 AM

TVA plans to be first to build small modular reactors: chronicle.augusta.com
by bo 6/18/2011 3:20:29 AM

Asahi at it again. EDITORIAL: Government must address local anxieties over nuclear plants: www.asahi.com
by bo 6/18/2011 3:22:07 AM

@lillymunster , the idea of molten metallic sodium and water in the same heat exchanger reminds me of high school chemistry. Remember how a little piece of sodium flitzes across the water with lots of flame and smoke? A highly exothermic reaction already at room temperature. The heat exchanger in the breeder develops a pinhole, we are looking at an explosion. On top we have plenty plutonium. This French wiki touches very lightly on these issues.
by Peter Melzer 6/18/2011 3:22:16 AM

@Peter Melzer They had a sodium leak at Monju at one point. There was a big cover up and the actual video footage is on wikileaks website. The damage doesn't look horrible until you realize what is actually leaking out of the pipes. Then just for more scary instability they run MOX in it.
by lillymunster 6/18/2011 3:24:44 AM

@lillymunster , it has got an element of dispair to it.
by Peter Melzer 6/18/2011 3:30:28 AM

@all Must say "Bye!" for now...
by smoss 6/18/2011 3:30:54 AM

@smoss, bye!
@Peter, I really hope all of this motivates Japan to lead the way on better energy technology.
by lillymunster 6/18/2011 3:31:54 AM

@smoss later
by bo 6/18/2011 3:36:13 AM

@smoss see ya soon!
by Peter Melzer 6/18/2011 3:37:12 AM

@bo , do referenda exist in the Japanese political system?
by Peter Melzer 6/18/2011 3:41:37 AM

@Peter Melzer I have no idea. I don't vote here. Also, Sat and at home, so no Japanese friend nearby to ask. I'll find out and report back later. But my sense is that there isn't. I have never heard of an "issue" that was being talked about in that way.
by bo 6/18/2011 3:43:19 AM

@M.I.A.: MIT Nuclear School of Engineering paper - p. 17 Amazing how they explain away the 20mSv per year exposure as minimal compared to background radiation. Contrast this with the two Japanese doctors that have traveled to Belarus over the years to study low dosage exposure. Also, MIT does not refer to the effects on children. Weighing a .2% increased chance of cancer in 20 years versus loss of home, livelihood and community is definitely a hard one.
by dh 6/18/2011 3:46:56 AM

Asa gohan (breakfast: lit-morning rice) time, back in a bit
by bo 6/18/2011 3:49:46 AM

@bo , thanks. The question arises in the context of the political options that Japanese citizens would have to put an end to the use of nuclear power, if they wished.
by Peter Melzer 6/18/2011 3:51:36 AM

@dh Well, they HAVE to minimize, or they won't have jobs if nuke plants go away, eh? I posted it to show an 'industry/academia' white-wash. The "plants performed well, all things considered" outlook is a farce.
by M.I.A. 6/18/2011 3:54:47 AM

OPPD Says Fort Calhoun Station Rumors Untrue
There has been a lot of rumors recently concerning flooding. OPPD, which operates the Fort Calhoun Nuclear Power Station just north of Omaha, addressed some of those rumors saying they are not factual. www.wowt.com
by LM 6/18/2011 4:02:15 AM

Nebraska nuclear reactor dry though surrounded by flood
www.reuters.com
by LM 6/18/2011 4:03:49 AM

Flash News (11:50)
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TEPCO halted a system to decontaminate radioactive water at its Fukushima nuclear plant only hours after it started due to unexpectedly high radiation levels.[More...]. www.yomiuri.co.jp
by LM 6/18/2011 4:07:21 AM

4 'hot spots' may face evacuation advisory / High radiation levels detected in areas of Date, Minami-Soma, outside designated danger zones. www.yomiuri.co.jp
by LM 6/18/2011 4:08:26 AM

Hiroshima mayor's comments on A-bomb survivors draw criticism
POLITICS JUN. 18, 2011 - 07:15AM JST ( 5 ) HIROSHIMA —
Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui has drawn criticism over his remarks in a meeting with an A-bomb survivor that some survivors demand assistance as if it is their right and have forgotten the feeling of appreciation.

On Friday evening, Matsui told a group of A-bomb survivors, “I’m not convinced that my comments were wrong. It is important to understand that we can support the survivors only if many Japanese citizens share (a sense of) their sufferings and pains.”. www.japantoday.com
by LM 6/18/2011 4:22:19 AM

Sorry about all the posts...news round-up...hopefully not too redundant! Cesium found in green tea from Shizuoka at French airport
PARIS, June 18, Kyodo
english.kyodonews.jp
by LM 6/18/2011 4:25:22 AM

@LM wow. We have gone from a totally self-serving egomaniac mayor who used the hibakusha for his own ambition, to a tone deaf mayor that is insensitive. Oy.
by bo 6/18/2011 4:25:54 AM

@Bo I thought you might find that interesting!
by LM 6/18/2011 4:27:47 AM

@LM the hibakusha can't win for loosing in this town!
by bo 6/18/2011 4:28:26 AM

@Bo So true...as if they had any control over their lot in life. It's ridiculous. They should be treasured and cared for...
by LM 6/18/2011 4:33:09 AM

@LM well when I hear the same mayor talking about how the huge Japanese industries (who did not have to endure nuclear attack)
that receive public subsidies don't appear to be grateful enough...
by bo 6/18/2011 4:36:31 AM