Japan Earthquake

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@RadioGuy rofpmsl just like that seal :)
by Elaine Kirk 7/5/2011 6:31:09 PM

Pacific Northwest-Daily Radiation, Fukushima and Nuclear Risk Report pirate.is
by Bobby1 7/5/2011 6:44:09 PM

iangoddard.com

To test the theory that the darkening of the assemblies is due to a shadow, I examined pieces of rubble fallen on a lighter versus darker assembly top. If a shadow darkens the darker assemblies, then it should shade everything equality. But the results show that the little pieces of rubble are illuminated roughly equally. As a result, the contrast between rubble and assembly is much greater over the darker assembly, indicating that its darkness is a property of the assembly and not of a cast shadow and thus the same amount of light is striking all the assemblies. While the data here are far from perfect (but a brief glimpse on a grainy video), I think the 'shadow theory' is less likely than that the assemblies in the lower right corner are themselves darker. The question is why are they darker. Here's the video footage examined : www.youtube.com
by Ian via Iangoddard 7/5/2011 6:59:11 PM

In looking for MOX inspections I found a bunch of METI reports scolding TEPCO for going too long without inspecting things. One report had over 100 pieces of equipment at Kashiwazaki and Fukushima that needed inspection. Most of these reports are 2011 before the quake or 2010. www.meti.go.jp
by lillymunster 7/5/2011 7:04:33 PM

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by dean 7/5/2011 7:23:00 PM

@lillymunster ooo you found a gem there :)
by Elaine Kirk 7/5/2011 7:29:50 PM

Fukishima looks rosy this morning.
by cat 7/5/2011 7:33:05 PM

In Le Monde Justice prevents a proposed subcontract to the La Hague plant
The Tribunal de Grande Instance of Paris has canceled Tuesday, July 5, a proposed outsourcing of nuclear reprocessing at La Hague Areva. A decision that satisfies the CGT and FOR, the source of this lawsuit. In July 2010, management of the company Areva Beaumont-Hague presented to the committee a proposed settlement under which it plans to entrust the construction and management of three wood boilers to Dalkia. A proposal motivated by economic considerations and environmental management believes.
A project that has added to outsource, to Dalkia also some missions in the energy sector. According to the unions, these missions are "to maintain the cooling pools and take over power in case of main power failure."
For the court, this outsourcing ordered by factory management, "generating significant psychosocial risks and technical risks and industrial implications, is likely to jeopardize the health and safety of the workers concerned".
The First Civil Chamber of the Paris Court therefore considered that there was "held to bar Areva continued implementation of outsourcing" planned, under penalty of 200,000 euros per infringement. This decision is in line with trade unions CGT and FOR, the cause of action.
by Olivier 7/5/2011 7:33:32 PM

@Elaine Kirk Ironic in light of the Atlantic articles and Peter's paper on the equipment issues. I didn't dig into them to see if any of the parts thought to have failed are on the list of not inspected parts or not.
by lillymunster 7/5/2011 7:34:29 PM

Dear TEPCO,
You have not inspected large amounts of your equipment at your plants but we will still let you load plutonium in your ancient reactor unit.

Love,
METI
by lillymunster 7/5/2011 7:41:52 PM

@lillymunster, thanks! I 'll check the simplyinfo site. Will you be updating the houseoffoust site, or shifting all activities to simplyinfo?
by Ian 7/5/2011 7:42:00 PM

@Ian , I had to be away. The endings in the building shown on page 51 are actually the intakes of the system to vent the floors when radiation is detected.
I am not opposed to exploring alternatives to tepco's explanations. At this point, anything else plausible is at least as good. I still find it strange that the RPV is as hot as the pool on IR images and was already hotter. Tepco does not release any reactor parameters on Unit 4, at all.
by Peter Melzer 7/5/2011 7:44:09 PM

@Ian I have been doing more content over on Simplyinfo. Houseoffoust site will be more image documentation since that frequently can't fit into the image formats of the group site. Probably going to remove my newslinks section and link over to Simplyinfo for news. Something else I am working on is a documents archive on the Simplyinfo site so we can store text and pdf documents in an organized manner for all these manuals and saved reports. That probably won't be installed until I get the new theme template done. Still doing testing on that to work out the bugs.
by lillymunster 7/5/2011 7:45:00 PM

I'm going back over those METI reports I mentioned. They complained to TEPCO of about 50 uninspected items on Feb 2 2011, and gave them until Feb 28, 2011 to get things handled. On Feb 28 METI wrote to TEPCO with the 100+ past due inspections. I am going to crunch numbers and write something up.
by lillymunster 7/5/2011 7:53:25 PM

@lillymunster , check on turbine-driven pumps (RCIC and HPIC), governor valves, safety/relief valves and suction isolation valves.
by Peter Melzer 7/5/2011 7:54:18 PM

@lilymunster, well the documents are sure useful, I found what I need, I can measure the distance across the top of the tie plate (width) but not sure about height, we'll see. A definitive evaluation of apparent tie plate I found in SFP3 should require testing to see if the object approximates that proper dimensions. Though SFP3 is such a mess, I'm not sure can establish reliable references for sizes, but I'll see what I can do.

by Ian 7/5/2011 8:02:12 PM

@Peter Melzer , sorry HPCI system (high pressure coolant injection system). This system also uses a turbine-driven pump.
by Peter Melzer 7/5/2011 8:02:34 PM

Be careful: "Die Welt" is not that deep investigating newspaper, and given the headline there are few facts.
www.welt.de
by Max 7/5/2011 8:13:49 PM

@Peter Melzer finding a few valves, quite a few references to emergency generator parts. It seems with some of the items they did a cursory inspection last minute after METI hounded them. Some are ambiguous if they were inspected or not.

by lillymunster 7/5/2011 8:15:34 PM

@Ian IIRC I think the assemblies might be 8in x 8in. One of the GE manuals should say.
by lillymunster 7/5/2011 8:16:07 PM

@Peter are you still there
by dean 7/5/2011 8:32:22 PM

en.wikipedia.org @lilly.. here are some international symbols which could be used as part of the signs or postings up in those areas... radiation sign, non-ionizing and ionizing sighs, biohazard, warning signs..etc.. .
by dean 7/5/2011 8:37:59 PM

as well as getting some radiation plastic tape to identify areas
by dean 7/5/2011 8:38:28 PM

en.wikipedia.org more detail with explanations
by dean 7/5/2011 8:39:11 PM

en.wikipedia.org new warning
by dean 7/5/2011 8:40:07 PM

will return
by dean 7/5/2011 8:43:31 PM

Hi everyone, Peter I am not very technical or knowledgeable about Nuclear Plants,so this info might be of no use. I copy pasted it from another blog.It mentions RCIC and HPCI www.nukeworker.com
by Jo 7/5/2011 8:51:47 PM

@dean symbol is very clear
by Elaine Kirk 7/5/2011 8:56:19 PM

Some produce exports hit zero / Exports of agricultural goods plummet following N-crisis
www.yomiuri.co.jp
by Elaine Kirk 7/5/2011 9:05:53 PM

From the METI 2.28.2011 report of past due inspections
by lillymunster 7/5/2011 9:54:52 PM

Kashiwazaki past due inspections: (from 28th METI report)

117 total (258 according to details)
Unit 1: 33 electrical equipment
Unit 2: 45 electrical equipment
Unit 3: 77 equipment
Unit 4: 30 equipment
Unit 5: 38 equipment
Unit 6: 1 device
Shared: 34 equipment

Fukushima Daiichi past due inspections (From 28th METI report)

33 total
Unit 1 recirculation pump
Unit 2 3 devices reactor watr port
Unit 3 5 total devices such as oil separator extractor pump for gas turbine
Unit 4 two emergency diesel seawater cooling pumps
Unit 5 3 devices, one being recirculation generator motor conditioner
also at 5, 11 devices including switching equipment, oil cooler valve, 2 reactor feed pump drive turbines
Unit 6 6 devices including electrical equipment, valves for residual heat removal system
16 items had been inspected by the report issuance, 15 remaining, remaining outstanding

Fukushima Daini past due inspections (From 28th METI report)

21 total
Unit 1: exhaust file
Unit 2: high voltage cable for auxiliary electric water pump seal "storage"
Unit 3: 4 instrument equipment for emergency diesel engines (lubricating oil cooler etc)
Unit 4: residual heat removal pump motor(s)

20 were inspected by end of report.
Unit 2 turbine driven feedwater pumps exhaust valves
by lillymunster 7/5/2011 9:54:54 PM

@lillymunster that is great
by Elaine Kirk 7/5/2011 9:59:50 PM

Everyone is very quiet
by Elaine Kirk 7/5/2011 10:08:23 PM

@lillymunster , in the comment that Jo posted is this link: www.tepco.co.jp , which contains plenty pics of quake damage on the premises and some good reactor schemata showing the design differences between Unit 1 and the others. Note Unit 1 used an Isolation Condenser. Units 2, 3 and 4 were equipped with the Reactor Core Isolation Cooling Systems instead.
by Peter Melzer 7/5/2011 10:24:55 PM

www.upload3r.com
:)
by es via Upload3r 7/5/2011 10:30:47 PM

@es LOL. Gotta give them proper credit.
by lillymunster 7/5/2011 10:32:17 PM

@es OH YES
by Elaine Kirk 7/5/2011 10:32:32 PM

rt.com
by George Gibb 7/5/2011 10:35:08 PM

@es , that would do!
by Peter Melzer 7/5/2011 10:38:16 PM

@all Good Morning...Good Evening...Hello!
by smoss 7/5/2011 10:43:57 PM

@smoss hi
by Elaine Kirk 7/5/2011 10:48:55 PM

@elainekirk Hi!
by smoss 7/5/2011 10:53:48 PM

tis another quiet day @smoss
by Elaine Kirk 7/5/2011 11:12:00 PM

@elainekirk Personnaly, quiet makes me nervous...in the meantime, translating Tepco docs into googlese, have actually been comparing with Babel Fish translation (just for kicks) :-)
by smoss 7/5/2011 11:16:01 PM