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My girlfriend's best friend lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She's in Seattle at the moment but I'll pass on fresh local news as soon as she gets back.

@RadioGuy What sandbags? The inflatable berms gave in. The facilities are now surrounded by 2 feet (probably more) of water. I was discussing the repercussions of this and the power failure event with Dean earlier. It's not looking pretty.

@lillymunster Darn. Well, make sure the rest is working before you spend money on replacement parts. If some vitals are gone with the hard-drive, it's bye bye. :/

@RadioGuy They have 3 levels of barriers against the water but the main one has given away... now they have the facilities surrounded by water. The sand bags won't do much. Water seeps easily through sand and the flood, as it seems, will last until August. Not a very promising scenario.

Radioactive strontium detected in seabed
Radioactive strontium has been detected for the first time on the seabed near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

Tokyo Electric Power Company says it found strontium-89 and -90 in the seabed soil. The company conducted a survey on June 2nd about 3 kilometers off the coast at 2 locations, some 20 kilometers north and south of the nuclear complex.

The substances pose a serious health risk because they can accumulate in the bones if inhaled, which could cause cancer.

Up to 44 becquerels per kilogram of strontium-90 were detected, which has a half-life of 29 years.

The substances had been detected before in soil on land and in seawater following the nuclear accident in March.

A member of the government's Nuclear Safety Commission, Shigeharu Kato, says more examination should be carried out to find out if or how the substances can accumulate in marine life. www3.nhk.or.jp

@LM Funny how once you start testing for it, it appears.

@radioguy Funny, huh! @Elaine You bet. They did the survey on June 2nd and we find out today. What a load of garbage!

"A member of the government's Nuclear Safety Commission, Shigeharu Kato, says more examination should be carried out to find out if or how the substances can accumulate in marine life"

TOXICOLOGICAL PROFILE FOR STRONTIUM: www.atsdr.cdc.gov
"The uptake or bioaccumulation of strontium by plants and organisms is the mechanism by which strontium in air, water, and soil enters into the food chain of humans. Bioconcentration factors (BCFs) have been measured by several investigators in both aquatic and terrestrial organisms for 90Sr (NCRP 1984). BCF values for 90Sr in aquatic, terrestrial, and wetland ecosystems at the Savannah River Site were reported by Friday (1996) and are summarized in Table 6-2. The study illustrates that the organisms with the highest uptake are aquatic organisms such as fish (large-mouthed bass), macroinvertebrates (insects), macrophytes (white-water lilies and bladderwort), and zooplankton. Because of the similarity of strontium to calcium, boney fish had a very high BCF, with a value >50,000 measured in the boney tissue (Friday 1996). In the muscle tissue of boney fish, BCF values for 90Sr ranged from high (benthic invertebrate and fish feeders; 610) to very high (piscivores; 3,400). Because strontium and calcium are chemically similar, the concentration of calcium in water can influence the bioaccumulation of strontium in biota. Organisms such as fish bioaccumulate strontium with an inverse correlation to levels of calcium in water. However, this correlation is not universal and does not apply to other organisms such as algae and plants (NCRP 1984)." (chapter 6, p.239)

@LM think its steam but yes looks a little dark

@RadioGuy gosh Ithink our John Cleese must write some of these
April 11 2011
UNSEALED FLOOD BARRIER PENETRATION

"During investigations of flood barrier penetrations, a flood barrier sealing a diesel driven fire pump exhaust was found to be cracked. This exhaust pipe penetrates the west wall of the intake structure. Flooding through the penetration could have impacted the ability of the station's raw water pumps to perform their design accident mitigation functions.

"This eight-hour notification is being made pursuant to 10 CFR 50.72 (b)(3)(v).

"The penetration is at an approximate elevation of 1012 feet mean sea level (MSL). The river level has been less than 997 feet MSL since prior to December 1, 2010. The raw pumps are operable. There are not any indications of conditions that might result in a flood. Actions are in progress to plug the penetration."

The NRC Resident Inspector has been notified.

* * * UPDATE FROM ERICK MATZKE TO JOE O'HARA AT 1641 ON 4/20/11 * * *

"This event is being retracted.

"Additional review and evaluation determined that the seal flaw is above the station design flood level of 1014 feet mean sea level, and is therefore, not reportable."

The NRC Resident Inspector has been notified.
www.nrc.gov

@Edano but was it 'running' at the time the shareholders meeting started....

tweeters are questioning the Itabashi first school entry here and can you blame them , seriously iffy and yes there is a pool but they are told the danger is small mmmmmm
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Emotional shareholder demands Katsumata step down immediately as chair of Tepco meeting, but motion is defeated by a majority show of hands.

TEPCO delayed disclosing rising radiation levels at plant. www.asahi.com

@dean greetings

@dean, did you find my-email from last night? Is the doc okay?

@dean, strange, the link should open the doc. I send again, this time as an attachment. Just a sec.