Japan Earthquake

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@all I need to step away for about 20min...be back!
by smoss 7/6/2011 11:41:55 PM

@dean the wrong assumption was one I, not Arnie, made. I assumed that the top edge of the pool was the concrete-like edge at the opening of the SFP3 video www.youtube.com and thus that the handle is only a few feet from the top. But it's not the edge and Arnie recognized that. So Arnie never makes that assumption in his video below.
by Ian 7/6/2011 11:42:55 PM

awwwwwwww,, I got it now Ian ty
by dean 7/6/2011 11:44:19 PM

lh4.googleusercontent.com
www.tepco.co.jp
by Elaine Kirk via Lh4.googleusercontent 7/6/2011 11:44:58 PM

twitter do we need to authenticate?sounds totally believable to me
あるテレビ局の人から聞いた話1。テレビに原発推進の御用学者が出る場合、東京電力の社員が何人か付き添いで、スタジオまでついて来るらしい。最近はなくなったとか。
One person told me the television station. If you get promoted misuse of nuclear scientists on TV, some escorted by employees of TEPCO 来Rurashii attached to the studio. Toka recently disappeared.
by Elaine Kirk 7/6/2011 11:57:46 PM

dinner time.. will be back
by dean 7/7/2011 12:13:19 AM

@all Hello again!
by smoss 7/7/2011 12:18:12 AM

@smoss hi
by Elaine Kirk 7/7/2011 12:20:11 AM

Have Smoss's paper added to the peer review section. It is asking for feedback on the MOX documentation & analysis. Please post feedback here.

Link wp.me
by lillymunster 7/7/2011 12:22:17 AM

@elainekirk Hi again...Is the goal for nitrogen injection at #3 still July 17th?
by smoss 7/7/2011 12:22:51 AM

@lillymunster Thanks!
by smoss 7/7/2011 12:23:10 AM

@Elaine Kirk TEPCO already was getting TV personalities etc. fired and blacklisted. Trying to figure out of that translation actually says someone disappeared or meant it as in was fired?
by lillymunster 7/7/2011 12:24:09 AM

@Elaine, what a crazy process to do nitrogen? This morning they talked about tossing metal plates everywhere to block radiation. Now the robot will be used?
by lillymunster 7/7/2011 12:26:27 AM

@lillymunster no idea it is so difficult mayumit is retweeting I will ask her to translate
by Elaine Kirk 7/7/2011 12:26:35 AM

@lillymunster they are getting pretty desperate
by Elaine Kirk 7/7/2011 12:36:53 AM

@lillymunster thing is they had anticipated another aftershock sorting it out for them but it hasnt happened
by Elaine Kirk 7/7/2011 12:37:47 AM

@Elaine Kirk Someone needs to catch the TEPCO goon squad in the act and put that on TV for the whole world to see.
by lillymunster 7/7/2011 12:37:57 AM

@lillymunster wouldnt tat be good
by Elaine Kirk 7/7/2011 12:44:13 AM

Random blog I ran across via twitter. Has a bunch of Fukushima articles www.qetic.jp
by lillymunster 7/7/2011 12:49:55 AM

@lillymunster: About the twiton Tepco in the TV studio. It says: Tepco used to send several of its people into the TV studio whenever one of its hired-hand academics promoted nuclear energy. Lately this no longer happens.
by dh 7/7/2011 1:18:30 AM

@dh thankyou :) at times google translate is just not up to the job :)
by Elaine Kirk 7/7/2011 1:26:31 AM

@dh That makes much more sense. :-) Thanks.
by lillymunster 7/7/2011 1:26:32 AM

I must sleep g'night all and thankyou @dh
by Elaine Kirk 7/7/2011 1:31:07 AM

@lillymunster , In the second to last paragraph, last sentence, needs a verb. The line breaks between the paragraphs and in the table have gone awry.
by Peter Melzer 7/7/2011 1:34:55 AM

@lillymunster , in my last comment below are my suggestions for smoss's contribution.
by Peter Melzer 7/7/2011 1:36:36 AM

@Peter Melzer the table formatting is not finished, waiting for the final version to re-code the table to line up better. Let me know if it scrambled and was unreadable etc.
by lillymunster 7/7/2011 1:42:15 AM

nite Elaine
by lillymunster 7/7/2011 1:42:26 AM

@lillymunster , can you paste html code into a page on the site?
by Peter Melzer 7/7/2011 1:47:09 AM

@Peter Melzer yes, I need to take the table into an editor and clean it up and apply more formatting than wordpress has. I was waiting in case there were other edits on it to just do it in the final.
by lillymunster 7/7/2011 1:48:10 AM

Upcoming event: July 11 Nuclear Safety Expert To Discuss Fukushima Disaster WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - On Monday, July 11, at 7 p.m., Robert Budnitz, a nuclear engineer at Lawrence Berkley National Laboratory, will present "The Fukushima Nuclear Reactor Accident: What Happened and What Does It Mean?" at Williams College. The talk will be in Brooks-Rogers Recital Hall and is free and open to the public. www.iberkshires.com
by Mid Valley 7/7/2011 1:49:44 AM

Armani to set up scholarship program for students in disaster area. ajw.asahi.com
by lillymunster 7/7/2011 1:50:27 AM

@lillymunster , perhaps in this case the easiest way to submit to the site may be that the contributors use html format, if possible.
by Peter Melzer 7/7/2011 1:51:20 AM

@all -TEPCO will be making radiation field measurements inside No. 3 reactor building shortly to determine if measures taken recently (vacuuming of debris, covering of floor with steel plate) have attenuated the rad level enough to allow long enough stay times for commencement of nitrogen injection and installation of temporary local gauges. TEPCO has only 11 days as of now to meet its own deadline for these actions; No. 3 plant is the only one left for this work. The measurements will be taken by the US-made robot that performed the vacuum work, carrying a radiac while being elevated on the hydraulic lift platform of a work vehicle.

atomicpowerreview.blogspot.com
by smoss 7/7/2011 2:48:37 AM

@smoss Still no explanation why they need to elevate the robot on the platform.. APR did take a guess at what is up with #4, that they lower pool level was to expose that valve having something to do with closed loop cooling attempts.

BTW, will give your TEPCo documents a read through in the morning after I have some sleep. :-)
by lillymunster 7/7/2011 2:53:20 AM

@lillymunster Yeh, I caught that about #4 as well...sleep well! Thanks for all you do!
by smoss 7/7/2011 2:57:26 AM

Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Gregory Jaczko to Address the National Press Club July 18 www.prnewswire.com National Press Club Luncheons are webcast live on press.org. Follow the conversation on Twitter using the hashtag #NPCLunch, or on Facebook (facebook.com/PressClubDC) and Twitter (@PressClubDC). Submit questions for speakers in advance and during the live event by sending them to @QNPCLunch on Twitter, or email a question in advance, with JACZKO in the subject line, to president@press.org before 10 a.m. on July 18.
by Mid Valley 7/7/2011 3:18:08 AM

Good morning all
by bo 7/7/2011 3:27:18 AM

Utility admits to dishonest e-mails on restart

It has come to light that the operator of the Genkai nuclear power plant had requested its staff and affiliates to send e-mails supporting the restart of the reactors to a meeting to explain the government's safety measures.

On June 26th, the government held a meeting in Saga City to answer questions from residents in preparation for the resumption of the operation of the nuclear reactors.

The meeting was shown live by a cable TV station and via the Internet, and viewers were invited to send in their opinions by e-mail or fax.

On Wednesday, Kyushu Electric Power Company President Toshio Manabe revealed that 4 days before the meeting, its head office instructed some company members and 4 affiliated firms to send in e-mails expressing support for restarting the reactors.

Manabe offered an apology, saying that his company's action undermined the credibility of the meeting.

He said he does not know how many e-mails were sent.

Manabe also said the company hoped to help deepen residents' understanding by stating its opinion as the plant operator.

He said he is responsible for the inappropriate act, but added that he is not considering stepping down as president.

Industry minister Banri Kaieda issued a statement saying it is outrageous to do such a thing and the incident undermines the aim of the meeting.

Thursday, July 07, 2011 02:57 +0900 (JST)
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by Edano 7/7/2011 3:34:08 AM

@bo Good Morning!
by smoss 7/7/2011 3:36:15 AM

Reactor cooling to be accelerated in August

The operator of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant says a new cooling system is now working well so it will accelerate the cooling of the plant's reactors in August.

The system, which recycles decontaminated radioactive wastewater, suffered a series of problems at its launch in late June.

But Tokyo Electric Power Company says it has been working almost as planned since the start of this month.

The utility says that with radioactive water still leaking from 3 reactors, it had to limit the amount of wastewater used in the system. The leaks mean that the level of toxic water already accumulated is not decreasing.

The utility says if the water decontaminator keeps working properly, the water level will drop over one meter below the risk of overflowing by next month.

That in turn would allow it to ease restrictions on the amount of water used to cool the reactors.

But the company is still concerned about the extent of damage to the reactor containment vessels. Injecting more water into the damaged vessels could release more radioactive steam into the environment.

Thursday, July 07, 2011 07:57 +0900 (JST)
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by Edano 7/7/2011 3:37:41 AM

yesterday they stated that it is not working as planned, 76%, today everything is superduper, "working almost as planned since the start of this month".
so what now ?
by Edano 7/7/2011 3:39:15 AM

Wastewater filters not working to capacity

The operator of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant says it will look into why the filters in its cooling system to recycle radioactive wastewater are working at a rate far below the initial estimate.

Tokyo Electric Power Company says about 14,670 tons of wastewater had been decontaminated as of 10:00 AM on Wednesday.

The filters were processing 43 tons of wastewater per hour, which is 14 percent below the initial estimate of 50 tons per hour.

This has resulted in the filters working at just 76 percent capacity over the week through Tuesday. That is 4 percentage points below the initial target.

Recycling of wastewater is key to cooling the reactors.

But if the process takes too much time, the utility's schedule for bringing the nuclear crisis under control could be delayed.

Wednesday, July 06, 2011 19:15 +0900 (JST)
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by Edano 7/7/2011 3:41:46 AM

Plaintiffs demand decommission of Hamaoka reactors

In a high court session in Tokyo, residents living near the Hamaoka nuclear power plant in central Japan have called for the immediate decommissioning of all the facility's reactors.

The plant's operator countered by saying it will further reinforce safety measures based on the Fukushima nuclear accident in March.

The hearing on Wednesday at the Tokyo High Court concerned the Chubu Electric Power Company's Hamaoka plant in Shizuoka Prefecture. It was the first session since operations of the plant's reactors were suspended in May at the government's request. The plant is located in an area where a major quake is predicted to occur.

The plaintiffs filed the suit in 2003 demanding a halt to the plant's operations, citing the high possibility of a nuclear accident caused by the predicted major Tokai earthquake.

Four years ago, the Shizuoka District Court rejected the suit, ruling that there is no need for excessive concern about the possibility of a massive quake. The plaintiffs appealed the case.

At the high court session on Wednesday, the plaintiffs claimed it would be impossible to resume operations at the plant after the crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant and taking into consideration the effects of a magnitude 9 quake.

The Chubu Electric Power Company countered by saying it has taken adequate anti-quake measures and that it plans to build new embankment to protect the plant from huge tsunami. It added that it will further reinforce safety measures by studying how the Fukushima accident occurred.

The focus of attention is on how the high court will evaluate the utility's assumptions on the magnitude of earthquakes and safety measures.

Wednesday, July 06, 2011 14:22 +0900 (JST)
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by Edano 7/7/2011 3:43:51 AM

Local governments react to nuclear stress tests

Local municipalities hosting nuclear plants say they are puzzled by the central government's decision to carry out new safety tests at all nuclear power facilities. Two-thirds of the country's nuclear reactors remain off-line after the Fukushima accident.

Industry minister Banri Kaieda announced on Wednesday the plan to conduct the so-called "stress tests" that will assess the ability of nuclear plants to withstand severe accidents.

The new tests are to be modeled on simulations introduced by the European Union for its nuclear power plants following the Fukushima accident.

The Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency says the new safety assessment will be carried out in an effort to reassure residents.
It adds that emergency measures taken after the March disaster are sufficient to ensure safety.

The government's Nuclear Safety Commission asked the agency to draw up a plan within a week on conducting the stress tests, which are designed to examine the effectiveness of safety measures implemented so far at nuclear facilities.

The governor of Saga Prefecture, Yasushi Furukawa, says he cannot understand why the government decided on a new measure at this time. He is preparing to decide whether or not to give his approval for a utility to resume operation of suspended nuclear reactors in his prefecture.

The governor of Ehime Prefecture, Tokihiro Nakamura, says he cannot make any comment as information is not available on the central government's stance on the stress tests.

Thursday, July 07, 2011 10:07 +0900 (JST)
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by Edano edited by Edano 7/7/2011 3:45:36 AM