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@LM Yes I see it, wonder what that is all about, usually the stacks don't spew smoke.

@Bobby1 @LM it isn't, camera lens got dirty by rain and dust, if you look hard you'll see more spots in the field of view.

Combination of slow internet tonight and crummy codec makes it hard to tell, it looks like it's moving.

@LM yeah, crappy quality camera, and dirty are in external lens, so it's out of focus and looks like moving.

The stacks still work, there is a picture of steam coming out of one of them on March 12, I think.

@Bobby1 I have definitely seen steam coming from them on occasion. I think estacion is right about the dirty lens though.

Map of Contamination Shown by Actual Measurement Values: A Part of Fukushima City at the Level of Evacuation Zone, High Contamination Zone in the Metropolitan Tokyo Area, and A Call for Immediate Examination on Internal Exposure and Food Contamination onioni2.blogspot.com

3,606 CPM Chicago Area Measured Today June 21 2011 www.youtube.com

TELL THE NRC TO PROTECT FUEL POOLS AND REACTORS FROM EXTENDED LOSS OF OFFSITE POWER EVENTS
Last November, a New Hampshire engineer named Thomas Popik came to NIRS' office to talk about his concern that irradiated (sometimes called "spent") fuel pools at nuclear sites are not adequately protected from extended loss of offsite power events. He already had done substantial work to demonstrate the catastrophic consequences of what would happen should power be lost to fuel pools, especially at multiple sites.

His concern had been brought about by his research on large-scale solar flares, which he learned could knock out the entire electrical power system in large sections of the U.S. for months, possibly years. In such an event, without adequate back-up power systems lacking at every U.S. fuel pool, numerous fuel pools would lose coolant and release massive amounts of radiation. www.nirs.org

Rainy season adds to troubles at Fukushima plant
Tokyo Electric Power Company is stepping up efforts to prevent possible overflows of highly radioactive water building up at the troubled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant as the region enters the rainy season.

More than 110,000 tons of highly contaminated water is believed to have accumulated in the basements of reactor and turbine buildings at the plant. The water is increasing by about 500 tons a day, as fresh water must be injected into reactors to cool them down.

The annual rainy season began on Tuesday in the region where the nuclear plant is located, raising concerns that the wastewater could overflow. If 100 millimeters of rain falls over the complex, it may raise water levels in the basements of the turbine buildings by about 50 to 70 millimeters.

TEPCO has been trying to operate a crucial system to decontaminate the highly radioactive water so that it can be recycled to cool the reactors. But as a series of problems has surfaced, it may take 2 more days to finish test runs on the system before full-scale operation. Rainy season adds to troubles at Fukushima plant
Tokyo Electric Power Company is stepping up efforts to prevent possible overflows of highly radioactive water building up at the troubled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant as the region enters the rainy season.

More than 110,000 tons of highly contaminated water is believed to have accumulated in the basements of reactor and turbine buildings at the plant. The water is increasing by about 500 tons a day, as fresh water must be injected into reactors to cool them down.

The annual rainy season began on Tuesday in the region where the nuclear plant is located, raising concerns that the wastewater could overflow. If 100 millimeters of rain falls over the complex, it may raise water levels in the basements of the turbine buildings by about 50 to 70 millimeters.

TEPCO has been trying to operate a crucial system to decontaminate the highly radioactive water so that it can be recycled to cool the reactors. But as a series of problems has surfaced, it may take 2 more days to finish test runs on the system before full-scale operation. Rainy season adds to troubles at Fukushima plant
Tokyo Electric Power Company is stepping up efforts to prevent possible overflows of highly radioactive water building up at the troubled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant as the region enters the rainy season.

More than 110,000 tons of highly contaminated water is believed to have accumulated in the basements of reactor and turbine buildings at the plant. The water is increasing by about 500 tons a day, as fresh water must be injected into reactors to cool them down.

The annual rainy season began on Tuesday in the region where the nuclear plant is located, raising concerns that the wastewater could overflow. If 100 millimeters of rain falls over the complex, it may raise water levels in the basements of the turbine buildings by about 50 to 70 millimeters.

TEPCO has been trying to operate a crucial system to decontaminate the highly radioactive water so that it can be recycled to cool the reactors. But as a series of problems has surfaced, it may take 2 more days to finish test runs on the system before full-scale operation. www3.nhk.or.jp

Temperature at No.3 reactor rises
The operator of the troubled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant says temperatures at the No.3 reactor have started to rise after it reduced the injection rate of cooling water. The cutback is part of efforts to prevent possible overflows of radioactive water at the facility.

On Tuesday, Tokyo Electric Power Company reduced the amount of fresh water it has been injecting into 3 of the plant's reactors. The volume was cut back by 0.5 tons per hour at the No. 1 and 2 reactors, and by 1 ton at the No.3 reactor.

TEPCO says that by 5 AM on Wednesday, temperatures at the upper and lower parts of the No.3 reactor had risen by 4 and 7 degrees Celsius, respectively, from the day before. But it says temperatures at the other 2 reactors remained relatively stable.

The company says it will carefully monitor the No.3 reactor but will keep the rate of water injection unchanged. It added that it will further reduce the rate of water injection into the other 2 reactors by 0.5 tons per hour. www3.nhk.or.jp

@Lilly I didn't realize you were that close...geez...I've got my fingers crossed!

@Lilly You know if they start doing that you really have something to worry about!

@Lilly You'd think they could do that..Has it ever remained that high for so long?

@Lilly You've definitely have our moral support and good wishes. I sincerely hope the weather cooperates and the emergency teams have their stuff together.

#Fukui gov. resists state's call for resuming #nuclear plant operations "13 Commercial #Reactors" english.kyodonews.jp

My latest video, a part of the larger video project I've mentioned. Thought this could stand alone...