Japan Earthquake

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Did Majj write that. I better go say hi!. He is my mate but I didn't know his name on here. I gave him the link.
by AustralianCannonball 6/20/2011 11:30:45 AM

@bo I couldn't find what you said but send me a message through YT anytime. Anyway its late here so I better go. take care.
by AustralianCannonball 6/20/2011 11:37:58 AM

Night show starting at #4 reactor on TEPCO cam.
by estacion 6/20/2011 11:39:08 AM

@AC it was p. 1681 here, not on YT.
by bo 6/20/2011 11:42:04 AM

Dinner now, back in a bit.
by bo 6/20/2011 11:42:17 AM

he trouble-plagued water decontamination system at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex is on track to resume operations Tuesday after breaking down last week, the operator of the plant said.
The launch of the system, which combines Japanese, U.S. and French technology, is considered crucial for bringing the plant's damaged reactors to a cold shutdown and eliminating the release of radiation. About five hours after launching Thursday night, the system stopped early Friday after alarmingly high levels of radiation were detected in its upstream section. , "the high levels of radiation were due to the radioactivity of the water the system was treating," online.wsj.com
by Majj 6/20/2011 12:02:08 PM

@majj I hear that the system depends on supplies from 6 different companies do you know which ones and who is subcontracting ? I am guessing at Kurion but only guessing
by ElaineKirk 6/20/2011 12:06:52 PM

Morning all, update on the Missouri River issues:
Oahe Dam in Pierre SD has raised output to 160k over the weekend per local news. There is socked in rain across SD most of it concentrated over the Missouri river area of SD. Water at Cooper Station has gone up again. No word on rising levels at Ft. Calhoun yet this morning. Some numbers for Cooper Station since they don't make them easy to read.
899 = 42.5
902 = 45.5 - this is where they shut down
Current river level 44.75 = 901.25
.75 feet to go
The heavy rains and more output at Pierre could make things worse.
by lillymunster 6/20/2011 12:09:06 PM

@ElaineKirk Sorry no information on it
by Majj 6/20/2011 12:14:06 PM

@lilly with rain forecast you would expect them to have a lower cut of level to have a standard cut off without consideration of weather conditions sounds negligent ?
by ElaineKirk 6/20/2011 12:14:13 PM

@ElaineKirk Kurion FUKUSHIMA PRESS RELEASES www.kurion.com
by Majj 6/20/2011 12:14:14 PM

@majj ty I will watch the tweets see if anyone comes up with the names big problem with twitter is clarifying and my friendly translater/verifier will not be on till later
by ElaineKirk 6/20/2011 12:15:50 PM

@majj we crossed ty I will go read
by ElaineKirk 6/20/2011 12:16:11 PM

@ElaineKirk I don't know what the deal is at Oahe. New data should be out in about 3-4 hours, that will tell if they had more inflow. If they upped releases without increased info it doesn't add up. It is increasing flooding and pressure on levees in the towns right down from Oahe. Luckily the rest of the river to Yankton is largely ranch land or towns that were smart enough not to build down by the river.
by lillymunster 6/20/2011 12:16:37 PM

@lilly always worrying when info dries up as the situation worsens :(
by ElaineKirk 6/20/2011 12:20:56 PM

Kurion Scientific Advisors
Harry Harmon, Ph.D. Vice President, Tank Waste Remediation System, Westinghouse Hanford Company
Jack L. McElroy Past Director, Waste Technology Center, Battelle-PNNL
Delbert E. Day, Ph.D., P.E. Curators' Professor Emeritus of Materials Science & Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology
Walter Shmayda, Ph.D. Senior Scientist, Advanced Tritium/Fisuion R&D Lab for Laser Energetics, University of Rochester
by Majj 6/20/2011 12:20:58 PM

have to stop. The nurse give me trouble I'm Going in surgery any moment. The broken leg ..... Please never give up. The Kids need your effort. I'm probably back from incentive care in 48 hours. Was a pleasure to be here . :-))))
by Majj 6/20/2011 12:25:09 PM

@majj 'past director' so who does Jack McElroy work for now ? that is strange
by ElaineKirk 6/20/2011 12:25:35 PM

@ElaineKirk I'm keeping an eye on it now, they didn't seem to get any more rain above the dam than below it over the weekend. We have been running a 2 days of rain, 2 days dry for two weeks and that is the statewide forecast for this week. Why Oahe stepped up to 160 when 150 was historical and things appeared to be going down is concerning. These dams are 50+ years old but I don't remember hearing concerns for their stability. Then again this is the worst flooding I can remember.
by lillymunster 6/20/2011 12:28:35 PM

@ElaineKirk I think that says he works for Kurion and his previous job was at Battelle.
by lillymunster 6/20/2011 12:29:32 PM

Jack McElroy Past: Technology Consultant and Business Development at NUKEM,
by ElaineKirk 6/20/2011 12:35:09 PM

Water treatment to be restarted today. The water was just that radioactive. online.wsj.com
by lillymunster 6/20/2011 12:37:15 PM

Nuclear Professor says fuel gone through containers & sinking into the ground below #fukushima . “As far as I can tell from the announcements made by Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO), the nuclear fuel that has melted down inside reactors at the Fukushima nuclear plant has gone through the bottom of the containers, which are like pressure cookers, and is lying on the concrete foundations, sinking into the ground below. We have to install a barrier deep in the soil and build a subterranean dam as soon as possible to prevent groundwater contaminated with radioactive materials from leaking into the ocean.”
His comment captured public interest and when I asked a high-ranking government official about it, the official said that construction of an underground dam was indeed being prepared. But when I probed further, I found that the project was in limbo due to opposition from TEPCO. dcoda.amplify.com
by Majj 6/20/2011 12:37:19 PM

@majj - good luck with your operation!
by hudebnik 6/20/2011 12:41:21 PM

@majj the goj and tepco believe that if a barrier was put on the agenda shares would bottom and tepco would go bust - japan has 127million plus citizens and only a few power companies they are being practical doncha know collateral damage is the name of the game - stinks to high heavens so it does
by ElaineKirk 6/20/2011 12:42:46 PM

I am posting this so nobody has a complete heart attack if they come across this on other sites. I found a website that was vague and made it sound like the levee that is failing is on the Cooper Station side of the river. It is not. The levee that is failing is the opposite side of the river. www.action3news.com
by lillymunster 6/20/2011 12:47:51 PM

@nancy ty we can watch out for it now :)
by ElaineKirk 6/20/2011 12:51:21 PM

good morning wonderful people...
by dean 6/20/2011 1:15:13 PM

I noticed something reading some of the housing blogs from Japan. Their housing market turned south a few years ago. So there are homes going unsold as owners want to at least break even, lots on the market going unsold. Rentals are seeing more units than renters due to the aging population and declining birthrates. So there are lots of houses and apartments around the country sitting empty. It also mentioned many of the low level jobs in the country had been occupied by Chinese workers who left after the quake and are not returning. It would make sense to work something to get people who want to some of this housing as part of compensation and some of those jobs could be a bridge to getting back on their feet as long as they had some sort of subsidy to make up for the low wages. There just seems to be a big mental gap in need and supply.
by lillymunster 6/20/2011 1:17:20 PM

morning Dean!
by lillymunster 6/20/2011 1:17:28 PM

I am rested and fresh for research.. awaiting orders from lilly.. he he.. oh I brought coffee and fruit plates
by dean 6/20/2011 1:18:56 PM

NISA official Hidehiko Nishiyama spins spins spins on RT: rt.com
by bo 6/20/2011 1:31:31 PM

gm bo good to see you
by dean 6/20/2011 1:34:46 PM

Hi dean, nice to see you too
by bo 6/20/2011 1:38:03 PM

very nice interview bo.. listening to it now... "ordinary people".. wow.. does japan have classes of people
by dean 6/20/2011 1:38:47 PM

Here is another of the stories by the RT reporter that was up in Fukushima City last week. They did about 6-7 stories, one each day, while he was here. Fukushima city: officially safe thanks to new creative safety standards rt.com
by bo 6/20/2011 1:38:58 PM

Always has. There used to be four official "classes." They were abolished in the Meiji Restoration, but everyone here is very aware of class. But if you listen to the dismissive tone in that interview, you can tell how much respect Nishiyama has for "ordinary people." Still, it is good to hear a reporter ask these questions.
by bo 6/20/2011 1:40:50 PM

it sure is,, the reporter is right on the mark.. asking pointed questions is needed
by dean 6/20/2011 1:41:49 PM

@Dean, TEPCO mentioned yesterday that they flooded the reactor and tool pool at #4 to help lower radiation levels in the building. The sfp lost considerable water and they said some reactor equipment in the SFP was exposed. Any ideas why they might flood the reactor and tool pool other than maybe to help keep the SFP full if it is leaking back through the gate to the reactor well?
by lillymunster 6/20/2011 1:42:04 PM

@bo listening to those interviews. We need more point blank questions like this.
by lillymunster 6/20/2011 1:42:37 PM

lilly.. I am amazed at "the sfp lost considerable water and some reactor equipment was exposed".. that is unbelievable to think they would allow the water levels to lower to that point. flooding the reactor would reduce the rad levels coming from the irradiated components in the reactor/ tool pool
by dean 6/20/2011 1:45:49 PM

most likely they want to try to lower the rad levels on the main floor emanating from those components

by dean 6/20/2011 1:46:22 PM

we have wondered what phase of the shroud change out they were in and I also wonder what components are in the tool pool that could have been discharged from the reactor.
by dean 6/20/2011 1:47:32 PM

@dean I was concerned they let it go that low also. They have the ability to check the pool visually and with equipment. I would think they would be monitoring that closely since they are working on shoring it up right now.
by lillymunster 6/20/2011 1:51:48 PM

I sure worry when I see people with a paper face mask like you would see in a doctors office for a person with a cold trying to protect against contamination. people must have contanimated the whole area in and outside.. it's sad
by dean 6/20/2011 1:52:09 PM