Japan Earthquake

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@Ian very good visual:)
by elainekirk 6/22/2011 10:27:28 AM

@Ian Very nice graphics and informative!
by Bobby1 6/22/2011 10:31:26 AM

this is beyondmy understanding but it is a bundle of docs with lots of diagrams of the water treatment system not yet in the English section I have looked at the doc for the 17th and that leads to other docs translate.google.com assuming each date gives different stages so maybe the visuals could be put together in a video Ian?
by elainekirk 6/22/2011 10:48:32 AM

so tokyo got a big plume hit.
by Edano 6/22/2011 10:55:33 AM

The operator of the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, - the Tokyo Electric Power Company, or TEPCO, says in a statement that radiation levels in the basement of the second reactor is excessively high, with the level of accumulated water exceeding 6 metres.
According to experts, the abrupt jump in radiation may have been prompted by radioactivesubstance leaks from the lower pressure maintenance chamber.
According to a TEPCO official, excessive radiation will not halt the ongoing repair work. english.ruvr.ru
by Majj 6/22/2011 10:56:52 AM

Temperatures top 35 degrees

Daytime temperatures in eastern and northeastern Japan rose above 35 degrees Celsius on Wednesday, the summer solstice, for the 1st time this year.

The Meteorological Agency says the daytime high in the city of Tatebayashi, north of Tokyo, was 36.5 degrees.

In the northeastern city of Shiogama, the temperature rose to 32.4 degrees, a record high for June in the city.

The daytime high in downtown Tokyo was 31.9 degrees.

The agency says temperatures topped 30 degrees at 400 observation points around the country.

Wednesday, June 22, 2011 18:10 +0900 (JST)
www3.nhk.or.jp
by Edano 6/22/2011 10:58:26 AM

Work begins inside No.2 reactor building

The operator of the damaged Fukushima nuclear plant reports considerable lessening of humidity at the Number 2 reactor but radioactivity remains high in some parts of the building.

Extreme humidity was one of the factors hampering work inside the reactor building. The humidity level stood at 99.9 percent until Sunday when the Tokyo Electric Power Company opened the doors to lower the level after filtering radioactive air inside.

On Wednesday afternoon, workers found humidity levels inside the building to be between 46 and 65 percent.

Following the findings, they began fixing a water gauge and installing surveillance cameras on the ground floor.

High radiation levels were measured at some spots on the second floor. In one area readings came in at 97.2 millisieverts per hour, compared 15 to 60 millisieverts per hour on the ground floor.

Wastewater contaminated with nuclear material was 6.1 meters deep in the basement, with surface radiation levels between 388 and 430 millisieverts per hour.

Work on the second floor was scheduled to start on Thursday but was postponed because of the high radiation levels there.

Wednesday, June 22, 2011 18:41 +0900 (JST)
www3.nhk.or.jp
by Edano 6/22/2011 10:59:28 AM

More than 680 rushed to hospital for heatstroke

More than 680 people have been rushed to hospital with heatstroke in Japan so far this year, and one has died.

Emergency officials say the incidents occurred during the 3-week period between May 30th and last Sunday. www3.nhk.or.jp
by Majj 6/22/2011 10:59:34 AM

No initial information on accident reached 6 towns

Six of 10 municipalities around the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant say they received no evacuation information from the central and local governments just after the March 11th nuclear accident.

NHK asked the 10 municipalities under evacuation orders in Fukushima Prefecture whether they were given information on how and where to evacuate their residents immediately after the crisis began.

The central and local governments are required to give such information to relevant municipalities when serious accidents take place at nuclear plants.

The plant's operator, the Tokyo Electric Power Company, was also required to tell 5 nearby municipalities what was happening at the plant, but did not do so properly.

One of the municipalities, Okuma Town, received 80 fax messages from the utility, while another, Namie Town, received none.

Namie says the lack of information caused delays in making evacuation calls and securing shelters, resulting in confusion.

The central government, Fukushima Prefecture and the company say they tried to contact the municipalities in various ways but failed, possibly due to communication disruptions caused by the massive earthquake.

They say they plan to improve their communications capability.

Wednesday, June 22, 2011 18:34 +0900 (JST)
www3.nhk.or.jp
by Edano 6/22/2011 11:00:34 AM

Municipal heads go anti-nuclear

Municipal heads and reconstruction experts are discussing ways to reduce the use of nuclear power after the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi plant.

Japan has 54 reactors, which accounted for 29 percent of the country's electricity generation in 2009. Thirty-five, or about two-thirds of them, have suspended operations because of the March 11th disaster, regular inspections or government requests.

On June 15th, a panel of experts in Fukushima Prefecture agreed on a draft of basic concepts for reconstruction that includes the idea of abandoning nuclear power and promoting renewable energy.

The head of a town in Yamaguchi Prefecture, where the Chugoku Electric Power Company aims to operate a nuclear plant in 7 years, indicated the possibility of reviewing the town's nuclear-tolerant stance.

Kaminoseki Mayor Shigemi Kashiwabara told the municipal assembly on Tuesday that the town needs to consider breaking free from nuclear power.

The mayor of Osaka City, Kunio Hiramatsu, has suggested that Kansai Electric Power Company should pursue new energy sources to replace nuclear power.

Goshi Hosono, the prime minister's advisor for the Fukushima accident, said it is natural for municipal heads and others to voice their objections to nuclear power amid the disaster at the Fukushima plant.
He added that to protect people's lives, the government will operate functional nuclear reactors while ensuring the maximum level of safety.

Wednesday, June 22, 2011 06:10 +0900 (JST)
www3.nhk.or.jp
by Edano 6/22/2011 11:02:24 AM

@Majj so they open #2 double doors then wait a couple of days then announce excessive radiation discovered - I take it it will all be leaking out of the said double doors
by elainekirk 6/22/2011 11:03:18 AM

@Edano "He added that to protect people's lives, the government will operate functional nuclear reactors while ensuring the maximum level of safety." What's that supposed to mean?
by Bobby1 6/22/2011 11:03:35 AM

@Bobby1 : Nuke operators plan to prevent severe accidents www3.nhk.or.jp ;)
by Edano 6/22/2011 11:04:37 AM

"We will continue to operate reactors that municipalities consider unsafe in order to protect lives." Orwellian!
by Bobby1 6/22/2011 11:05:55 AM

Fukui gov. resists state's call for resuming nuclear plant operations

FUKUI, Japan, June 22, Kyodo

Fukui Gov. Issei Nishikawa reiterated Wednesday his intention to reject the central government's request to resume operations of nuclear power plants in Fukui Prefecture whose operations are now suspended.

''There's no change in our position of not allowing the resumption of operations at nuclear plants undergoing regular checkups because the government hasn't seriously addressed local residents' anxiety,'' Nishikawa said at the outset of a prefectural assembly meeting.

The central Japanese prefecture is where the Monju prototype fast-breeder reactor and 13 commercial reactors are located, more than in any other prefecture. Operations of six have been halted due to regular checkups, problems or other reasons. english.kyodonews.jp
by Edano 6/22/2011 11:07:35 AM

the japanese learn resistance ! this makes me happy.
by Edano edited by Edano 6/22/2011 11:07:58 AM

ok, the japanese have 35°, and 35 out of 54 npps shut down. still no major blackouts. we had the same experiment in germany, without blackouts. so no problem to leave them shut down.
by Edano 6/22/2011 11:12:07 AM

'You try living in Fukushima,' governor tells TEPCO president in verbal dressing-down mdn.mainichi.jp
The pair of TEPCO executives made no reply, only hanging their heads in shame.
The meeting lasted only about 10 minutes, during which Shimizu said, "We have brought distrust upon nuclear power as a whole, and terrible trouble to everyone in society."
by Bobby1 6/22/2011 11:21:35 AM

Hibakusha: Learning a lesson from the threat of radiation mdn.mainichi.jp
by Bobby1 6/22/2011 11:34:05 AM

www.theaustralian.com.au Iraq donating 9.48 Million to Japan !
by Salu 6/22/2011 11:46:12 AM

Thanks Bobby and Elaine! :)
by Ian 6/22/2011 11:46:41 AM

Japan is not expected to resume operation of 11 nuclear reactors following their regular maintenance checks. [NHK news flash]
by Edano 6/22/2011 11:47:50 AM

@Edano Why the Japanese are having heatstroke ? They don't drink enough water??? I think the last 2 generation grow in air condition environment. I never be in japan , but in Singapore they never go outside because they are scare of the sun, cancer...
by Majj 6/22/2011 12:00:53 PM

@Majj : no, air condition is not so common in japan. in europe neither.
by Edano edited by Edano 6/22/2011 12:02:14 PM

What areas are the victims living in? are they scared of drinking the water? are they staying indoors without ventilation due to fears of radiation? so many q's without the data to answer them
by elainekirk 6/22/2011 12:10:18 PM

Heatstroke death toll logs record high in 2010

TOKYO, June 1, Kyodo english.kyodonews.jp

so it seems they have this problem every year.
by Edano edited by Edano 6/22/2011 12:13:51 PM

i remember several 1000 elderly people died in paris in the hot summer of 2003. they were just forgotton and nobody cared.
by Edano 6/22/2011 12:15:26 PM

@Edano This is usually the case in the US when they have heat waves or power outages when it is hot out. It is usually the poor that don't have AC or the elderly and sick that die of the heat. Buildings in the US are not always built to allow for good ventilation so they end up like big ovens.
by lillymunster 6/22/2011 12:17:44 PM

in summary, there seems no immediate connection to the actual disasters.
by Edano 6/22/2011 12:22:45 PM

Preventing radiation contamination more important than TEPCO's stock prices mdn.mainichi.jp
by lillymunster 6/22/2011 12:26:57 PM

There is a bit in the article that talks about TEPCO's internal PR strategies. Their stock price is more important that giving people information. Do they have the ability to govt. takeover a corporation in Japan?
by lillymunster 6/22/2011 12:30:24 PM

@lillymunster : if they buy the share majority, why not ?
by Edano 6/22/2011 12:31:55 PM

good morning
by dean 6/22/2011 12:32:28 PM

i guess they already hold a big part.
by Edano 6/22/2011 12:32:43 PM

@lillymunster it seems from what I read when looking at nuclear liability that it would be extremely difficult, the only way I can see is to force Tepco to sell it's other interests so that they just have the basic tepco and then as Edano says buy up the shares which will cost peanuts
by elainekirk 6/22/2011 12:32:58 PM

maybe we should collect our money and buy tepco ;) a great idea, he ?
by Edano 6/22/2011 12:34:45 PM

www.nrc.gov received this on the gmail
by dean 6/22/2011 12:43:07 PM

one point of interest in that link is NRC sending notices out to utilities referencing affects from earthquakes in japan and the request for each utility to examine against their own operations
by dean 6/22/2011 12:46:14 PM

Edano, elaine, lilly.. here is another question posted in the gmail... Do you think it would be risky to set open pools at fuku with tsunami risk? would the answer be yes or no?
by dean 6/22/2011 12:47:59 PM

The whereabouts of 69 people who had worked at the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant remain unknown, including 30 who have not even been identified, Tokyo Electric Power Co. said June 20. www.asahi.com
by elainekirk 6/22/2011 12:49:06 PM

docs.google.com this is NRC's opening letter to IAEA for a meeting in vienna and talks of some inputs from the 90 day review
by dean 6/22/2011 12:50:35 PM

good find elaine
by dean 6/22/2011 12:50:48 PM

docs.google.com NRC defending itself from AP article
by dean 6/22/2011 12:54:05 PM

@dean Hmm. had not thought about that. Do we know where the tsunami waters stopped on the plant property? The two locations (ball field and soccer field) that were talked about are both set far back in the property.
by lillymunster 6/22/2011 12:54:45 PM

Part of the govt. plan is to force TEPCO to sell off the other businesses they own and real estate holdings. They are doing some sort of inspection of corporate records and exec compensation to make sure they sell everything.
by lillymunster 6/22/2011 12:57:14 PM