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Two people picked up and referenced the response letter to the NRC, crisisjones and I can't see the website of the second one. Good news!
by lillymunster 6/29/2011 1:16:07 PM

@elaine, I did. Right now we have really delicious and ripe local tomatoes, so I made gazpacho! It may kill us, but tonight it is making us happy. Short term perspective, it's what gets us through in Japan!
by bo 6/29/2011 1:16:35 PM

www.canberra.com @ elaine whole body horizontal bed counter for your reading enjoyment
by dean 6/29/2011 1:16:39 PM

@dean is it the whole body counters that have to be made of pre-WW2 steel? I saw a unit of this sort in the Marshall Islands.
by bo 6/29/2011 1:17:34 PM

For #1, 34 Sv/hr is still a "robust" number, but when things are shifting around it bounces to well over 100. #3 is just in poor shape -- they need that water filter system to work so that they can up the water injection; they had been pumping around 12 cubic meters/hr, making some headway, but dropped to 9 m/hr when they were running out of room. Day to day you see a slow rise in #3 temps since they cut the rate; comparing to 23 June, #3 temps have risen 6 - 14C.
by Markfm edited by Markfm 6/29/2011 1:17:47 PM

not sure on that one bo, where I worked we sat in a chair in the unit.. the one on that link looks more robust.. and it says if it's equipped with a multichannel analyzer it will tell you the energy levels of the isotopes and then map to which one
by dean 6/29/2011 1:18:46 PM

markfm.. you always have good data.. ty very much for your efforts... I hope they have a before and after activity level so they can get some sort of decon factors which will prove it's working
by dean 6/29/2011 1:20:01 PM

@dean I was told that the one in the Marshall Islands had to be made with pre-WW2 steel so that it did not have an radioactivity from nuclear tests, as, apparently, all steel after the testing began would have.
by bo 6/29/2011 1:20:42 PM

that's probably true bo, the one on the link boasts a 10 counts per minute background.. they are probably shielded counters as well
by dean 6/29/2011 1:21:30 PM

@bo It's easy to find Mexican tomatoes here, so far so good. I'm most worried about the fish, almost all of it comes from the Pacific around here even though I'm near the Atlantic coast, the Pacific fish is dodgy. I think it has to come from south of Hawaii to be any good.
by Bobby1 6/29/2011 1:21:42 PM

rpd.oxfordjournals.org interesting article on inaccuracies of the JERI counter
by dean 6/29/2011 1:22:28 PM

I'm just interested in the trends -- are they headed in a "good" direction, a bad one, or bouncing. With 3 continuously running pretty hot, I wonder if any hydrogen being produced is just dissipating into the environment.
by Markfm 6/29/2011 1:22:52 PM

@Markfm thank you Mark not looking that good for 3 then:(
by Elaine Kirk 6/29/2011 1:23:57 PM

@bo.. from little reading I've done it's not uncommon for high level executives to have mistresses today in japan and.. is polygamy practiced there today?
by dean 6/29/2011 1:30:37 PM

@Markfm When they cover #3 with a tent, they should have some way to remove the hydrogen from the air, or else it will just explode again.
by Bobby1 6/29/2011 1:32:39 PM

Absolutely, need to let any hydrogen leak out. Then again, I still don't really have a clue how solid a barrier that tent will be.
by Markfm 6/29/2011 1:34:08 PM

@dean, no polygamy is not really practiced, but many men have mistresses. Many marriages are "loveless." 1/3 of newlyweds get a home with separate beds. Many Japanese businessmen frequent the many sex businesses here and stop having sex with their very very frustrated wives. Sigh.
by bo 6/29/2011 1:36:27 PM

38 years of nuke profit up in smoke? search.japantimes.co.jp
by Markfm 6/29/2011 1:38:54 PM

ty bo ,, so I guess what the spokesman did was not so far out of the ordinary perhaps for his level? just not something the like to get out on such broad news coverage.
by dean 6/29/2011 1:38:57 PM

@dean very unusual for this to be a media story. I'm sure everyone in Japan assumes that all government officials and TEPCO officials have mistresses.
by bo 6/29/2011 1:39:55 PM

Where was the story? TEPCO running out of NPP related items, needed to come out with things about their personal lives?
by Markfm 6/29/2011 1:42:34 PM

Let me qualify that: all male government and TEPCO officials. Patriarchy still rules in Japan.

Of course that group would be over 90% male.
by bo 6/29/2011 1:42:39 PM

@elaine, are you following me on twitter. Just sent out a batch of tweets on various group web stories with English/Japanese and links. Can you retweet them?
by lillymunster 6/29/2011 1:44:01 PM

The mistress story appears to be a pretext for firing the guy, which was really for some other reason.
by Bobby1 6/29/2011 1:44:37 PM

@Elaine Kirk freyafoust

BTW, just found the official TEPCO twitter account, sent a tweet referencing them and points them to the simplyinfo article on water storage.
by lillymunster 6/29/2011 1:49:54 PM

Quantity of radioactive emissions by isotope for each unit at Fuku: translate.google.com PDF link (in Japanese) www.meti.go.jp
by Bobby1 6/29/2011 1:50:01 PM

@Bobby1 he clearly didn't want the job in the first place. Have to wonder if the mistress thing got leaked on purpose to get himself out of the whole mess.
by lillymunster 6/29/2011 1:50:47 PM

@lillymunster is it ok to ping through simply wihout the rt so we dont go over the 140?
by Elaine Kirk 6/29/2011 1:52:24 PM

@Markfm ex-skf.blogspot.com The NISA guy story
by lillymunster 6/29/2011 1:52:49 PM

@lillymunster His job makes him one of the most hated people in Japan, not surprising.
by Bobby1 6/29/2011 1:53:07 PM

@Bobby1 I am sure there are pressures from all parties with agendas. Sounds like his background has nothing to do with nuclear power.
by lillymunster 6/29/2011 1:53:57 PM

@all @lillymunster jakeadelstein who you retweeted has a video here where he explains the workings of the Japanese media www.podcast.tv
by Elaine Kirk 6/29/2011 1:55:43 PM

who says that they plan a tent around #3 ? all documents talk about a single tent around #1, and this work will last until december. so, number 2 maybe 2012 and #3 2013 ?
by Edano 6/29/2011 1:58:24 PM

@Edano I dont think they could do 3 too much radiation they will leave that one venting into our atmosphere
by Elaine Kirk 6/29/2011 2:03:10 PM

"Similar covers will be placed around units No. 3 and 4. The work is expected to be completed by the end of the year." www.myfoxny.com This was from mid-May, so whether or not this is still planned I do not know.
by Markfm 6/29/2011 2:04:53 PM

@Edano We plan to start removing rubbles and structural objects around the
building and prepare working area as a preparation work for the
installation of covers on Unit 3 and 4 at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear
Power Station from late June. www.tepco.co.jp Dated June 14
by Bobby1 6/29/2011 2:05:27 PM