Japan Earthquake

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@Ian i just hit the links as they pass I an trying to catch the daini links it says there has been a minor explosion in some of the tweets with a fire?
by elainekirk 7/7/2011 6:42:36 PM

@Ian they will slow down at bedtime maybe so if we just turn you into a nocturnal being we could catch some :)
by elainekirk 7/7/2011 6:44:32 PM

@Elaine, these are tweets by workers at the plants? I'm surprised that's allowed it so.
by Ian 7/7/2011 6:45:26 PM

@Ian ssshhhhhh they are very clever they have to change names often but a couple of non workers liase so you can find them if you get my drift but yu are right it will be erm 'frowned on' by the bosses
by elainekirk 7/7/2011 6:47:49 PM

.i see Hekla (icelandic volcano) is keeping us all guessing I wonder if she blows it will have any impact on the Japanese end of the north american plate
by elainekirk 7/7/2011 6:50:18 PM

"Hiroi Norio, a man who worked in the nuclear energy industry in Japan for over twenty years until his death from cancer in 1997, wrote a wonderful piece on the state of nuclear reactors back in 1996. ...Dying from terminal cancer caused by over-exposure to radioactivity in his work, he writes an impassioned plea against nuclear energy. It's eye-opening, chilling, and timely, " japansense.blogspot.com
by cat 7/7/2011 6:56:43 PM

@cat ty can @Ian or anyone give me a summary (few words) in Japanese please I have tweeted the English version and would like to tweet the Japanese one too
by elainekirk 7/7/2011 7:04:32 PM

@elainekirk Here's where I saw the 50mSv/hr number www3.nhk.or.jp
by RadioGuy 7/7/2011 7:06:26 PM

What a nightmare environment to work in! Invisibly toxic in unknown and variable amounts everywhere.
by RadioGuy 7/7/2011 7:10:27 PM

this tweet gives me hope. :-)
by lillymunster 7/7/2011 7:13:10 PM

Ikrockhopper Itsumi Kakefuda
The Fukushima worker's Final Word for this: "Something is wrong with the Country (GOV & the Industry). We Citizens Are not That Stupid!"
by lillymunster 7/7/2011 7:13:12 PM

@RadioGuy ty very muchly :)
by elainekirk 7/7/2011 7:14:15 PM

@lillymunster I love rockhopper
by elainekirk 7/7/2011 7:14:40 PM

@elainekirk He is one of my favorite tweeters to follow, he seems to find the good info.
by lillymunster 7/7/2011 7:19:55 PM

Forgive the irrelevant aside, but for those who recall that example of a cesium-metal explosion I posted a week or so ago, check this out, youtuber Thunderf00t shows that it and other example on the mass-media program were faked : www.youtube.com
by Ian 7/7/2011 7:21:59 PM

here is the Daiini story with video the have sparking from a besement powerline they hope to repair in few hrs but power off so no cooling ? www.tv-asahi.co.jp
Sparks from a power panel is out of the building adjacent to the second nuclear power plant Unit 1 of Fukushima. For repair, and cooling of the reactor remained Tuesday afternoon.

Around 2:30 pm, in the basement of the building supplied with Unit 1 reactor building second nuclear power plant in Fukushima, the workers found out that a spark from a power panel cable. Sparks went out about 5:00 pm after three hours. The cause is still unknown. At TEPCO, once, as it is necessary to turn off the power or replace the cable, stopped and spent fuel pool cooling of the reactor shortly after 5:30 pm. Repaired in a few hours, and be able to recover.
by elainekirk 7/7/2011 7:23:32 PM

Old pictures of Fuk. plant. picasaweb.google.com
by cat 7/7/2011 7:24:17 PM

@cat Patrick used to post on here I wonder what he is doing these days , nice trip down memory lane thanks
by elainekirk 7/7/2011 7:29:33 PM

@elainekirk. Yes I remember. A few of the good folk have vanished over time. It's a shame.
by cat 7/7/2011 7:35:05 PM

@cat I hope they visit it would be so good to hear their thoughts on fuku now
by elainekirk 7/7/2011 7:37:01 PM

I find it hard to comprehend why they exposed the workers to that www.tepco.co.jp
by elainekirk 7/7/2011 7:41:14 PM

@elainekirk the workers in there doing the paper sheet tests last month must have gotten a good dose.
by lillymunster 7/7/2011 7:43:49 PM

@elainekirk Yes I miss some of them. Does anyone know who films the TBS live cam. It looks like it was where the reactor explosions were filmed from. www.youtube.com
by cat 7/7/2011 7:45:42 PM

@lillymunster more and more I think we are witnessing that they are waiting for an aftershock to swallow fuku and all they are doing is using it as a testbed for money making prototypes whilst they wait
by elainekirk 7/7/2011 7:46:23 PM

@cat maybe this blogger could help with your query japan-afterthebigearthquake.blogspot.com
by elainekirk 7/7/2011 7:48:10 PM

@elainekirk Sometimes I wonder too, if there are some tepco execs that are hoping the whole thing just falls in so they can declare it a natural disaster.
by lillymunster 7/7/2011 7:48:32 PM

@cat The current TBS/JNN cam is owned and operated by the TBS news staff. They were actually nice enough to answer a question we had about the camera being used a while back.
by lillymunster 7/7/2011 7:50:07 PM

@lillymunster , as to our fuel rod discussion, I found this here in the NISA report p IV-80: "The high dose contamination that hinders works in the vicinity of the building (of unit 3) was found on part of debris scattered by the explosion. The severe accident analysis, while it does not assume any leakage from the PRV, suggests that it might be the result of radioactive materials that leaked from the PCV adhering to the reactor building structure, as the PCV maximum operating pressure was exceeded." Interesting way of describing the event.
by Peter Melzer 7/7/2011 7:57:49 PM

hi guys, there was a 5.6 quake at 18,35 utc near the coast, 6 miles NE of Iwaki. Not sure if this was posted already. Also on another blog someone said they saw thick black smoke coming from no4
by Jo 7/7/2011 8:00:49 PM

I found another nugget in the NISA report fukushima.grs.de (p IV-89), this time on unit 4 : "As Unit 4 was undergoing periodic inspection, and its process computer and transient recorder were being replaced, the record to verify the startup of the emergency DG does not exist."
by Peter Melzer 7/7/2011 8:08:39 PM

@Peter Melzer It was all the PCv's fault. The RPV (containing the fuel) had nothing to do with the fuel spewing radiation everywhere. LOL... The BWR units have a known issue with the cap gasket leaking at only slightly high pressure levels. As far as I know the only fix was to make sure the RPV didn't jump off the containment floor via shocks etc. I don't think they ever did anything to fix that gasket issue, just told operators to not go over the psi limit. I think the RPV leaked vaporized fuel to the PCV and when the blast sent the concrete cap flying it sent that vaporized fuel along with.
by lillymunster 7/7/2011 8:09:06 PM

@Jo If this is the same one that was reported about 3am JST (or after that) it was hard enough to wake people up in Ibaraki. How long ago was the black smoke cited?
by lillymunster 7/7/2011 8:10:14 PM

Nuke plant equipment fails quake-resistance check
The Japanese government has found that electrical equipment at a nuclear power plant in eastern Japan does not meet earthquake-resistance standards.

The Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency inspected nuclear power plants nationwide after the March 11th earthquake damaged equipment at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. The plant was unable to cool its reactors after losing power.

The agency found that the level of quake-resistance of the electrical equipment at Tokai Daini nuclear power plant in Ibaraki Prefecture was below the standard set by power companies.

The Tokai Daini plant is currently undergoing regular inspections. The operator plans to strengthen the quake-resistance of its equipment during the inspection period. www3.nhk.or.jp
by LM 7/7/2011 8:37:59 PM

@LM Wow.. Maybe these tests will actually do something.
by lillymunster 7/7/2011 8:39:19 PM

TEPCO to boost radiation monitoring at plant
The operator of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant will boost its monitoring of airborne radioactive substances around reactor buildings.

At the plant, it is believed that dust containing radioactive substances and contaminated steam leaking from reactors continue to be released from reactor buildings into open air.

Tokyo Electric Power Company has been measuring the concentration of radioactive substances in the air at the plant regularly since mid-March.

TEPCO decided to step up its monitoring and take measurements at additional locations near the No.1 to No.4 reactor buildings.

The plant operator will also use remote-controlled robots to measure the level of radioactivity inside reactor buildings.
www3.nhk.or.jp ...........Code for-an Announcement is coming soon about high rad levels!
by LM 7/7/2011 8:39:37 PM

@Lilly We can certainly hope. I wonder if the cooling stopped as a result of the testing?
by LM 7/7/2011 8:40:27 PM

@LM "The plant was unable to cool its reactors after losing power." Sounds like the tripped the grid power to see if the generator or the passive cooling system kicked in and it didn't. There were a bunch of reactors in the US that failed a similar test where the generators didn't kick in during tests.
by lillymunster 7/7/2011 8:42:46 PM

@Lilly Sounds likely. I'm certainly glad they did the testing.
by LM 7/7/2011 8:44:23 PM

@LM Oh no kidding. Everyone here has been talking about it for months that the steam shows have to be releasing radiation into the air. I'm guessing something along the lines of "unit 1 is spewing horrible levels of radiation but we have the tent going up so it is all good"
by lillymunster 7/7/2011 8:44:38 PM

@LM I am not sure if this was the routine testing done before a restart or if this was the stress testing. Sounds like the routine testing but it caught the issue.
by lillymunster 7/7/2011 8:45:59 PM

@Lilly I agree. I find it interesting that they've been reporting on quakes over 5 in all parts of Japan except Fuku area. I find it perplexing...and frankly a little suspicious. Oh..I'm such a cynic lately!!
by LM 7/7/2011 8:52:49 PM

QuakeAlert
DATE : 07/07/2011 15:21:47
TIME : 28 minutes ago
REG. : western Mediterranean Sea
MAG. : 5.3
DEP. : 5.9 km
ID : 121140
quakes.globalincidentmap.com
by Edano 7/7/2011 8:53:24 PM

the proverbial is going to hit the fan soon how long before the people start wondering if the vase they made is radioactive then they are likely to be too Day, using a device called survey meters, Kutani pottery stone "Kutani Millions" (cho Nomi Izumidai) measurements of radiation, such as cups and vases brought in five points. The radiation was detected.
by elainekirk 7/7/2011 8:54:03 PM

close to corse (korsika)
by Edano 7/7/2011 8:58:08 PM

Re recent mentions of thick black smoke from Unit 4 - there does appear to be a distinct and rather abrupt change in the colour of #4's emissions at around 01:45 2011-07-08 on this vid: www.youtube.com
by es 7/7/2011 8:58:30 PM