Japan Earthquake

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I think it looks good Peter
by dean 6/28/2011 2:26:50 AM

michiokaku just did a taping with ABC's Nightline, to air at 11:30 pm, about the threat to Los Alamos and also the Nebraska reactors.
by RadioGuy 6/28/2011 2:27:04 AM

@Peter, if it were me I would add the wording of the wiki from Nancy Leveson because it presents a compelling attention getter.. otherwise they might not look it up
by dean 6/28/2011 2:29:41 AM

Another thing to worry about, from a comment on HuffPo:
Please keep a sharp eye on the Fort Peck earthen dam in North Dakota. It has a 134 mile lake behind it. This is where all the snow melt is going that will eventually reach the Calhoun and Cooper plants.
All the spillways are open. The dam is 2 feet above the highest level it has ever had and the water is STILL RISING. California replaced all their earthen dams because they can fail from liquifaction at high water levels.
If Fort Peck fails, the chain of levees down stream will fail and Calhoun and Cooper will be overwhelmed.
by RadioGuy 6/28/2011 2:31:52 AM

@dean , you mean that wiki post. We must make clear that we quote it. I shall put it back in. I received or request for permission to access, which I shall give. Give me a minute to add the text.
by Peter Melzer 6/28/2011 2:33:07 AM

ty Peter
by dean 6/28/2011 2:33:37 AM

Greetings all
by bo 6/28/2011 2:40:07 AM

@bo greetings heading for my bed- I will leave you with this tweet -ikrockhopper
TEPCO manipulates (lowers) its max daily capacity of electricity supply to make demand look larger (& make us think that nuke is necessary).
by Elaine Kirk 6/28/2011 2:41:49 AM

@elaine is this from a Japanese tweeter?
by bo 6/28/2011 2:43:52 AM

@bo yes heres another -
segawa2011‎ TEPCO Stockholders' Meeting: one holder, pro-accountant, ask why financial report accounts for NO liability of compensation for incident
by Elaine Kirk 6/28/2011 2:46:54 AM

@elaine well the good news is that this is very new behavior for many Japanese and is a further sign of how the currents of "appropriate" public opinion and behavior are evolving. Thanks for the good news, and have a good night!
by bo 6/28/2011 2:49:51 AM

@bo go to google - search tepco - then in more search options on left select 'latest' it will bring all tweets and news reports
by Elaine Kirk 6/28/2011 2:50:48 AM

@bo I am asleep ...nearly,g'night :)
by Elaine Kirk 6/28/2011 2:51:29 AM

"The amount the U.S. military spends annually on air conditioning in Iraq and Afghanistan: $20.2 billion.

That's more than NASA's budget. It's more than BP has paid so far for damage during the Gulf oil spill. It's what the G-8 has pledged to help foster new democracies in Egypt and Tunisia."
www.npr.org
by bo 6/28/2011 2:52:01 AM

@dean , put the piece back in and sent the version attached as pdf. You should also be able to use the link for direct access now.
by Peter Melzer 6/28/2011 2:54:12 AM

@bo Warped priorities.
by RadioGuy 6/28/2011 2:56:21 AM

TY PETER.. will be back in a bit..
by dean 6/28/2011 3:05:11 AM

@RadioGuy , makes me think of the PG&E pipeline blow out in your neighborhood or the bridge that fell down in Minneapolis, and how much else is in dire need of repair. Don't get me started!
by Peter Melzer 6/28/2011 3:07:09 AM

Severe Accident Management Guidelines for Nuclear Reactors allthingsnuclear.org
by bo 6/28/2011 3:07:19 AM

Students receive their dosimeters
by bo 6/28/2011 3:08:15 AM

Beyond Japan's Fukushima exclusion zone, shuttered shops speak to radiation doubts
www.csmonitor.com
by bo 6/28/2011 3:13:27 AM

"During a press conference, special indoor sandals with nuclear symbols on top wait for use in the room where foodstuffs are tested for radioactivity at the Agriculture Center of Fukushima in Tomioka village, Fukushima prefecture, Japan."
by bo 6/28/2011 3:15:49 AM

"At the Agriculture Center of Fukushima, Takechi Seiichi demonstrates how to use a machine that detects radioactivity in foodstuffs - in this case a sample of asparagus. They can test 80 samples per day in four machines."

80 samples per day, 127 million people. You do the math.
by bo 6/28/2011 3:17:32 AM

@Peter Melzer Maintenance is not sexy, so no one has been doing it for a while.
by RadioGuy 6/28/2011 3:19:19 AM

@RadioGuy , just think what you could fix with 20 billion dollars!
by Peter Melzer 6/28/2011 3:20:39 AM

@bo , so different! We wore booties with rubber soles and heavy cloth tops in the control zone.
by Peter Melzer 6/28/2011 3:31:36 AM

@bo , well the good scientist is not wearing gloves, so much for cross contamination. Doing this process by hand will take forever.
by Peter Melzer 6/28/2011 3:36:02 AM

@bo, this is only meant as a demo!
by Peter Melzer 6/28/2011 3:36:56 AM

@all Hello!
by smoss 6/28/2011 3:40:09 AM

@Peter Melzer thanks for the insight. Still the amount that can be tested seems miniscule. Hey there @smoss.
by bo 6/28/2011 3:40:45 AM

@smoss , hello, do you happen to know whether special control and safety rods are needed for the use with mox?
by Peter Melzer 6/28/2011 3:41:50 AM

@bo , you are correct. Most of the mantle that surrounds the bore of these well counters is lead. Also note the thickness of their lids. At very low count rates, we wish to keep background as low as possible and use plenty shielding to achieve that. They can handle only 20 samples per counter and day because of the long count times needed to collect sufficient counts for statistical significance.
by Peter Melzer 6/28/2011 3:48:32 AM

@Peter Melzer I was following that thread a couple of days ago, and the gist of what I found is that, with MOX fuel, they are primarily composed of hafnium (good neutron absorber). I think they make adjustments with the loading pattern of the FAs when MOX is inserted into the core. Dean had answered a few questions that I had posed, don't know how far back they might be on the Scribble Board by now. Needless to say, "real life" has keep me away from the computer a bit these days.
by smoss 6/28/2011 3:52:32 AM

@Peter Melzer have you heard anything about Japan asking other nations for additional counters given the nature of the present emergency? It would seem only natural.
by bo 6/28/2011 3:53:09 AM

@smoss , thanks, I shall scroll back.
by Peter Melzer 6/28/2011 3:53:59 AM

@all TBS/JNN coverage of Ft Calhoun
by smoss 6/28/2011 3:54:25 AM

@bo , nope, not as much as I know.
by Peter Melzer 6/28/2011 3:55:21 AM

Everyone here is very worried about the food supply.
by bo 6/28/2011 3:59:18 AM

@Peter Melzer In all, 382 hafnium blade type control rods are in use in Japan's Boiling Water Reactors (BWR). A further 207 are in storage having completed their useful life. As of March 7th, inspections had been completed for 134 control rods still in use. Besides Fukushima I-6, damage and cracking was found in 5 of the same type of control rod at Fukushima I-3. In addition, 157 of those no longer in use had also been checked and 32 anomalies found: 8 at Fukushima I-5, 9 at Kashiwazaki-Kariwa-2, 2 at Kashiwazaki-Kariwa-6, 13 at Hamaoka-3.

cnic.jp
by smoss 6/28/2011 4:00:45 AM

@all Tepco's water treatment/re-circulation plans...28 sec in provides a diagram that I had not seen yet. (@dh If your out there, this is me asking for your amazing help in translating!
by smoss 6/28/2011 4:08:39 AM

@all
by smoss 6/28/2011 4:09:14 AM

@smoss , thank you so much. Hafnium oxide has got one the highest melting points known, but finely divided hafnium can ignite spontaneously in air. Interesting stuff.
by Peter Melzer 6/28/2011 4:20:22 AM

@Peter Melzer Your welcome!! Yes, quite interesting...must leave it there for tonight. @all Good Night!
by smoss 6/28/2011 4:26:37 AM

@smoss good night and ty
by bo 6/28/2011 4:28:30 AM

Los Alamos calls in air monitoring teams
By John Fleck / Journal Staff Writer on Mon, Jun 27, 2011

Los Alamos National Laboratory has brought in teams to monitor air around the lab in response to concerns about possible contamination as fire burns near the nuclear research center. From a statement sent out late this evening (Mon. 6/27):

[T]he Laboratory has called in teams to monitor its network of 60-plus AIRNET monitoring stations and has high-volume air samplers ready to deploy. “We’re doing this as a precaution,” (lab director Charlie) McMillan said. “The health and safety of this community and our neighbors is our highest priority.” No Lab facilities face immediate threat and all radioactive and hazardous materials are accounted for and protected.

www.abqjournal.com
by ms in la 6/28/2011 4:35:46 AM