Japan Earthquake

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Blog post on Ft. Calhoun: www.washingtonsblog.com
by bo 6/23/2011 12:25:54 PM

@bo Very well done and well documented post. I am finding patterns in the regulatory bodies and the companies that implemented the early commercial reactor projects in the US. They were largely ignoring or lacked data related to earthquake risk. Same with flood risks back then. The small experimental reactor they ran in SD for a few years was staffed with people who had no extensive nuclear training. Many of the comments in federal reports glossed over the severity of outside factors on reactor projects. Very much a "can't happen here" mentality in the 60's and 70's.
by lillymunster 6/23/2011 12:38:43 PM

@lilly thought you would like it
by bo 6/23/2011 12:40:10 PM

Warning, adults only article about more of the social fallout from Fukushima. This time in the sex trade in Tokyo: www.tokyoreporter.com
by bo 6/23/2011 12:47:17 PM

FUKUSHIMA, Japan, June 21 (AP) - (Kyodo)—Kinki University gave portable dosimeters on Tuesday to around 1,500 children and teachers in the town of Kawamata, Fukushima Prefecture, part of which has been designated as evacuation radius in the wake of the nuclear emergency at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant.
Separately, the town government said it has decided to distribute the dosimeters to parents with children aged 4 or younger who do not attend kindergarten as well as pregnant women from July 1.

Kinki University has been cooperating with the local government in measuring radiation dosages and compiling countermeasures.
by bo 6/23/2011 12:51:28 PM

A nuclear plant was inches away from being engulfed by the bloated Missouri River after several levees in the area failed to hold back its surging waters, raising fears it could become America's Fukushima.
Nuclear accidents - like oil spills and financial meltdowns - happen because big companies push to make more money by cutting every safety measure in the books.
The accident at Fukushima was predictable.
Likewise, the potential problem at the Fort Calhoun reactor in Nebraska was predictable. www.washingtonsblog.com
by Majj 6/23/2011 12:58:54 PM

Back in a while.
by bo 6/23/2011 1:00:21 PM

Radioactive dust from Fukushima plant hit N. America soon after meltdown: researchers . Radioactive materials spewed out from the crippled Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant reached North America soon after the meltdown and were carried all the way to Europe, according to a simulation by university researchers.
The computer simulation by researchers at Kyushu University and the University of Tokyo, among other institutions, calculated dispersal of radioactive dust from the Fukushima plant beginning at 9 p.m. on March 14, when radiation levels around the plant spiked. mdn.mainichi.jp
by Majj 6/23/2011 1:02:03 PM

After a long phone call with tech support I have the web site issue fixed. It may take 12-24 hours for things to update everywhere and start working right. Had to update the domain record. This also completely removed "houseoffoust" from the group web site so we will not longer have things referring to my personal domain at all on the group site. Please let me know when you have success going to the www.simplyinfo.org domain. If you need to reach the site before that updates use www.houseoffoust.com/group. This will work in a pinch.
by lillymunster 6/23/2011 1:15:31 PM

@lillymunster I can access simplyinfo.org now, but couldn't earlier this morning. Thanks.
by es 6/23/2011 1:18:20 PM

@es Glad people said something or I would not have noticed until I went to do updates later on.
by lillymunster 6/23/2011 1:28:36 PM

Morning,
The Calhoun plant is three feet away from flooding, another plant in cold shutdown since april is already under water
by Veenie 6/23/2011 1:36:55 PM

edition.cnn.com
by Veenie 6/23/2011 1:37:16 PM

@Veenie Cooper is 2.5 ft. from their flood trigger level to shut down. Where did you find that Calhoun is 3 feet from flooding? The other plant would be Calhoun. The outside areas are under water - so all their out buildings and equipment sheds are under water. The main plant building was still holding back water as of pictures from the other day. I keep seeing that big black water dam and wonder if debris floating past could puncture it.
by lillymunster 6/23/2011 1:40:58 PM

Good to see cable news finally picking this up.
by lillymunster 6/23/2011 1:44:35 PM

Rachel Maddow on MSNBC tv Wednesday evening, talks about Ft. Calhoun, Fukushima - video.ca.msn.com
by Diane_NJ 6/23/2011 2:00:28 PM

@lilly - simplyinfo now OK in UK
by hudebnik 6/23/2011 2:11:43 PM

@Diane_NJ Thanks! Good to see cable news waking up..
by lillymunster 6/23/2011 2:23:58 PM

#Nuclear industry tools keep trying to discredit Arnie Gunderson. Why? Because they can't discredit his facts. bit.ly
by Veenie 6/23/2011 2:33:25 PM

Daily news roundup added to the group site and the simplyinfo.org domain seems to be working in the US now.
by lillymunster 6/23/2011 2:45:34 PM

@Diane_NJ Thanks for the Rachel link !!
by Veenie 6/23/2011 2:49:33 PM

@Veenie @lilly YW
by Diane_NJ 6/23/2011 2:51:53 PM

FORGIVE me BUT it was 110.000 Tons already a week ago....you mean to tell me, no new accumulated water ? "YEAH RIGHT"

Tepco restarts water clean-up operation

By Jonathan Soble in Tokyo

Nuclear technicians in Japan have restarted a problem-plagued water purification system at Fukushima Daiichi atomic power station, as they race to prevent radiation-contaminated water from overflowing into the sea.

About 110,000 tonnes of highly contaminated water have accumulated in basements and service tunnels under the plant’s four crippled reactors, a result of three months’ worth of emergency cooling efforts since the March 11 tsunami. The onset of Japan’s early-summer rainy season has made the situation more critical by adding to the build-up.
by Veenie 6/23/2011 2:55:57 PM

Just saw this, apologies if it's already been posted
by NervousinNJ 6/23/2011 2:57:56 PM

enenews.com
by NervousinNJ 6/23/2011 2:58:02 PM

@NervousinNJ People were sending their kids from Fukushima to Chiba to be safe.
by lillymunster 6/23/2011 3:01:44 PM

@lillymunster I feel so sad for these people, seems like there is nowhere truly safe for them to go?!
by NervousinNJ 6/23/2011 3:03:22 PM

@Veenie They've been moving that contaminated water around to prevent the levels to go too high and start leaking (if it's not leaking already). Also the decontaminated water is then stored in those tanks that they had installed a couple of weeks ago. Since the decontamination system, even if not at 100%, still decontaminates more water than that that is being pumped [into the reactors] it is natural that the volume of contaminated water will start decreasing instead of increasing. No mystery there.
by Pedro Jesus 6/23/2011 3:06:14 PM

@NervousinNJ It may also be key in forcing the govt. to admit to contamination outside the exclusion zone and nearby cities. The illusion that radiation stays put is quickly falling apart
by lillymunster 6/23/2011 3:06:15 PM

@lillymunster Agreed.
by NervousinNJ 6/23/2011 3:08:04 PM

Any news about the 6.7 in Japan early
today?
by Pedro Jesus 6/23/2011 3:14:47 PM

Actually there were 2, a 6.8 and a 6.7 followed by a tsunami alert. Any consequences?
by Pedro Jesus 6/23/2011 3:15:38 PM

TEPCO cuts back on water due to expected rains. www.yomiuri.co.jp
by LM 6/23/2011 3:17:27 PM

@Pedro Jesus Report on the first one was no tsunami damage, they eventually called that off. One report claimed no damage from the EQ.
by lillymunster 6/23/2011 3:22:01 PM

The latest on #flooding: June 2 #Nebraska #Calhoun #Cooper #Nuclear bit.ly
by Veenie 6/23/2011 3:28:37 PM

@lillymunster Thank you. I was a bit worried. It's incredible how these strong aftershocks haven't taken there toll on the crippled [almost destroyed] reactor buildings. Original design was supposed to withstand only up to M5.7 EQs. I wonder what sort of wizardry TEPCO has in place there. Anyway, whatever it is I hope those units hang on until they stabilize them.
by Pedro Jesus 6/23/2011 3:34:30 PM

@Pedro Jesus Did you see Edano's post yesterday? He found a strong quake in April that happened and after that was when the readings for #1 drywell when crazy? It looks like something from that EQ may have done something and not just an instrument failure.
by lillymunster 6/23/2011 3:36:06 PM

@lilly today's #1 shot wasn't #1 on a level mat before the quake?
by elainekirk 6/23/2011 3:43:35 PM

good morning to every one.. nice to be back
by dean 6/23/2011 3:58:07 PM

@dean OOOps I just deleted Pedro sorry pedro
by elainekirk 6/23/2011 4:04:02 PM

There safer this way Hello Dean
by Elaine Kirk 6/23/2011 4:05:12 PM

@elainekirk the reactor building?
by lillymunster 6/23/2011 4:13:18 PM

now I'm mixed up... Elaine Kirk or elainekirk...
by dean 6/23/2011 4:14:40 PM

I am going to try to supply input to the GOP and Democratic leaders to make nuclear power safety in the USA a talking point for the presidential elections... we need to hear from the leaders what they plan in lieu of fukushima and the flooding issues now facing us in THE USA
by dean 6/23/2011 4:16:51 PM

@dean Good idea. The cable news channels are starting to pick up Fukushima again and also Nebraska so there could be some potential to inject this into election debate.
by lillymunster 6/23/2011 4:19:02 PM