Japan Earthquake

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@lillymunster , the ones made by Ludlum or Victoreen should be fine, depending on how well they were kept of course. Did you see the youtube vid. I posted earlier? The one shown in it looked just like the ones we used in the lab for surveys.
by Peter Melzer 7/12/2011 9:13:53 PM

@Jo The Savannah was a cruise ship/merchant hybrid. Had shuffleboard and swimming pools you name it, www.hnsa.org
by lillymunster 7/12/2011 9:13:59 PM

@Peter Melzer ye. There is someone selling a kit with the greenboard part done on ebay.
by lillymunster 7/12/2011 9:14:39 PM

@lillymunster , a nuclear locomotive! www.castor.de
by Peter Melzer via Castor.de 7/12/2011 9:23:26 PM

@lillymunster , I posted one in which you could see a simple combination with an ipad. They recorded the clicks from the geiger's audio monitor and used them as input for the app.
by Peter Melzer 7/12/2011 9:26:42 PM

@lillymunster, Thanks, That is one cruise ship you couldn't pay me to go on...Peter, they really had plans for a train..Wow. I had no idea about this stuff.
by Jo 7/12/2011 9:32:18 PM

Cooper Nuclear Station no longer at emergency status. Cooper Nuclear Station no longer at emergency status. Cooper Nuclear Station is no longer at emergency status, the Nebraska The plant, about three miles south of Brownville along the Missouri River, was threatened by floodwaters.
As required by federal regulations, NPPD and Cooper management declared a "notification of unusual event" on June 19 due to the steady rise of the river.
A notification of unusual event is the lowest and least serious of four emergency classifications established by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission for nuclear power plants.
At 9:47 a.m. Tuesday, the plant exited that emergency status because river water levels near Cooper had dropped to 895.8 feet above sea level, which is more than three feet below the average sea level at which Cooper is required to enter the emergency classification status, NPPD said in a news release.
Read more: journalstar.com
by Majj 7/12/2011 9:35:42 PM

There was a national meeting in Tokyo on trying to keep children safe from radiation. Most of the attendees were mothers. The GoJ is so screwed. Not only did they anger a bunch of mothers from all over, now they are organized. :-)
by lillymunster 7/12/2011 9:36:33 PM

fpaj.jp
by lillymunster 7/12/2011 9:36:37 PM

The nuclear industry will continue to expose humanity to the sad events seen in Fukushima The Sad Nuclear Truth : Japan where hundreds of thousands of people have received dangerously high doses of radiation exposure. These levels of exposure will cause the Japanese people thousands of cancer related illnesses for generations to come. As a Society we cannot allow governments and corporations to continue to create PR campaigns telling us how safe and green nuclear energy is while at the same time covering up the facts about its dangers. Three days after the Fukushima disaster began, Chris Huhne, Energy and Climate Change Secretary for the United Kingdom, worked with nuclear officials from Westinghouse, Areva and EDF in developing a PR campaign designed to downplay the severity of the disaster. One of the comments made by Huhne’s office “We need to ensure the anti-nuclear chaps and chapesses do not gain ground on this. We need to occupy the territory and hold it. We really need to show the safety of nuclear.” These types of government and industry misinformation campaigns must be stopped. www.heralddeparis.com
by Majj 7/12/2011 9:37:15 PM

The article below is the best one I read so far. :-)))))))))))))))))))))))
by Majj 7/12/2011 9:47:54 PM

From rockhopper via twitter: The Fukushima worker's tweets: "Work in R1-3 has been slow due to high radiation. Essentially we need to find and eliminate things which..
emit radiation, but we haven't. TEPCO doesn't want us to involve work that potentially expose us to high radiation due to PR concern.
"I think that eliminating radiation source is the priority, and TEPCO should do it after explaining it properly to the public."
"Plus, TEPCO, not contractors, should cover insurance and compensation for all workers. That will eliminate concerns among us"
At the Fukushima, our work looks more like construction, not handling aftermath of disaster. Many paperwork and checks & checks."
Checking procedure is important, but it causes unnecessary radiation exposure, I think. We are wasting our exposure limit."
by lillymunster 7/12/2011 9:48:56 PM

@Majj , Thanks for the article. I hope people find it and read it.
by Jo 7/12/2011 9:52:41 PM

Press Release (Jul 12,2011)
Contamination by radioactive materials in piping arrangement room in the reactor building(controlled area)
www.tepco.co.jp
by elainekirk 7/12/2011 10:30:22 PM

Press Release (Jul 12,2011)
Water leakage in the reactor building (non-controlled area) (unit 5) at KK plant www.tepco.co.jp
by elainekirk 7/12/2011 10:32:18 PM

Yesterday, we received an instruction document, from Nuclear and
Industrial Safety Agency (NISA), entitled "Instruction to submit reports
related to installation of alternative cooling and filtering system of
spent fuel pool of Unit 1 and Unit 4 of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power
Station".*

Alternative spent fuel pool at Unit 1 and Unit 4 of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station Your
Cooling purification system (the "circulation cooling system" that.) Regarding the installation of the meter installation in accordance with
The contents of the picture, And a stable effect on spent fuel cooling in the spent fuel pool by it
Evaluation of the following matters relating to safety and

(1) the structural strength and seismic safety of facilities that make up the cooling system circulation
(2) The cooling capacity of the cooling system circulation
(3) prevent leakage of cooling water circulation cooling system
(4) measures when loss of function of the cooling system circulation
(5) circulating cooling system installation, operation and other measures relating to radiation protection
(6) operation management and maintenance of the cooling system circulation
(7) Necessary matters concerning the installation evaluating the safety of other circulating cooling system

www.tepco.co.jp
by elainekirk 7/12/2011 10:34:25 PM

www.tepco.co.jp link to original
by elainekirk 7/12/2011 10:52:57 PM

Got to run, have a great day/evening/morning everyone. TTFN.
by Jo 7/12/2011 10:55:23 PM

@Jo bye!
by lillymunster 7/12/2011 10:55:37 PM

@Jo have fun :)
by elainekirk 7/12/2011 10:55:52 PM

UNIT 3 re how tepco says hydrogen explosion will have no effect on radiation levels www.tepco.co.jp
by elainekirk 7/12/2011 10:56:31 PM

@elainekirk ugh. I could see the nitrogen injection causing some smaller leaks as pressure equalizes and those not being huge but a hydrogen explosion? The building is 1/2 gone.
by lillymunster 7/12/2011 11:02:13 PM

hello fellow scribblers..
by dean 7/12/2011 11:04:19 PM

@lillymunster lol
by elainekirk 7/12/2011 11:04:23 PM

@ Peter.. i saw that nuclear train one... I remember back when they were working on the nuclear plane...
by dean 7/12/2011 11:04:50 PM

from tepco's KK plant www.tepco.co.jp
They had problems because in their words the pump was in bad condition ,
more here www.tepco.co.jp
by elainekirk 7/12/2011 11:05:13 PM

Last night there was some question about workers not having dosimeters. It sounds like today everyone has one but if someone is a day worker they might not. Unsure if that means being there one day or a "day worker" who is classified as such but there multiple days. Pretty sure multiple day people are getting one. The complicated sub contractor of a sub contractor is causing issues if someone is only there briefly. They are still grappling with those early on workers who didn't have dosimeters as they scrambled to find them. Now some of those people are gone with no contact information to follow up and get them a body scan.
by lillymunster 7/12/2011 11:05:39 PM

Another one from rockhopper: HERE there was at least a 1 Incident Daily Recruited worker was in Osaka (far Away from Fukushima), brought to the Fukushima ..
and worked on site 30 days. He didn't have a dosimater for the first 3 days. He was so terrified, and made a claim, because .
the recruiter told him that the job is in Onagawa, not the Fukushima, for driving a truck, not for clearning radioactive debris.
by lillymunster 7/12/2011 11:12:55 PM

@lillymunster I wonder how his complaint goes
by elainekirk 7/12/2011 11:13:57 PM

From rockhopper:
I hope there is no incident like this any more, but who knows. I would imagine there are more, unfortunatelly. But, I don't know.
by lillymunster 7/12/2011 11:14:22 PM

@lillymunster there will be more only when people learn to get their heads out of the sand will it stop and historically they tend not to do that until the damage is done
by elainekirk 7/12/2011 11:16:47 PM

It sounds like the day workers that are in and out frequently had fallen through the cracks and nobody knows if that is still happening.
by lillymunster 7/12/2011 11:17:38 PM

How to put international pressure to make sure workers have proper safety and treatment onsite?
by lillymunster 7/12/2011 11:19:26 PM

@lillymunster @lillymunster have you read this link workers sleeve had 33bq per sq CM !! www.tepco.co.jp
by elainekirk 7/12/2011 11:24:11 PM

@elainekirk yes, nothing like being the human test strip.
by lillymunster 7/12/2011 11:39:54 PM

I asked a bird person yesterday if she was up to having her brain picked and I have just seen her reply !! unfortunately not until she had gone to bed but hopefullly tomoro I will speak to her
by elainekirk 7/12/2011 11:40:03 PM

let's donate for a helicopter, poor tepco can't afford it.
by Edano edited by Edano 7/12/2011 11:45:16 PM

@edano if they had a helicopter they would be able to get ill/injured workers to hospital quickly but it is probably impossible to find a pilot willing to fly in that area
by elainekirk 7/12/2011 11:49:15 PM

Moms set up network to protect kids from radiation

Japanese mothers have set up a nationwide network to protect their children from food contaminated with radioactive substances.

About 450 mothers and others from across the country gathered to kick off the organization in Tokyo, on Tuesday.

A mother from Fukushima said that the national and local governments simply repeat that food on the market is safe, but she cannot trust their words. She said the group should urge prefectural governments to take sufficient measures to ensure children can eat safe food.

Participants were then divided into groups based on the areas they are from, and discussed their worries.

A mother who lives near Tokyo said she hopes members will share information to protect their children from radiation exposure.

Another mother said she now knows that many parents share their worries. She said that she hopes their efforts will gain momentum and bring about change.

Tuesday, July 12, 2011 20:37 +0900 (JST)
www3.nhk.or.jp
by Edano 7/12/2011 11:51:22 PM

@elainekirk well, he can stay in jvillage and only fly on emergencies. this is not that bad.
by Edano 7/12/2011 11:52:16 PM

TEPCO restarts decontamination system

The operator of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has restarted a system to decontaminate highly radioactive water after an 8-hour halt to replace a faulty part.

Tokyo Electric Power Company had stopped running the system on Tuesday morning after workers spotted a leak from a joint that connects a pipe. The pipe feeds chemicals to a French-made device designed to break down radioactive materials.

TEPCO says the original metal joint was corroded by the chemicals and that it has now replaced it with a stainless-steel part.

The original joint had been replaced with a polyvinyl joint only 2 days ago due to another leak.

The decontamination facilities are a key part of TEPCO's plan for treating and recycling radioactive water as coolant inside the disabled reactors.

But the system has suffered one problem after another, raising question about TEPCO's announced target of stably cooling the reactors by July 17th, the first step in its plan to bring the plant under control.

Also on Tuesday, TEPCO completed work to connect pipes for the injection of nitrogen into the containment vessel of the No. 3 reactor to prevent a hydrogen explosion.

The utility plans to start nitrogen injections in a few days after receiving approval from the government's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency.

Tuesday, July 12, 2011 19:35 +0900 (JST)
www3.nhk.or.jp
by Edano 7/12/2011 11:53:18 PM

Checking internal radiation of people begins

An atomic energy research facility in Ibaraki Prefecture has begun screening residents from neighboring Fukushima in northeast Japan for internal radiation.

Fukushima Prefecture plans to check its entire population of about 2 million to assess the effect of the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.

It is now checking internal radiation levels for residents in the evacuation zone and areas near the nuclear plant as well.

Similar checks have also begun at the government-affiliated Japan Atomic Energy Agency in Tokai Village, Ibaraki where a total 28 pregnant women, parents and their small children from Namie Town arrived on Tuesday.

A piece of equipment called a Whole Body Counter will be used to determine if they have absorbed radioactive materials through food and drinks.

The facility will examine about 2,800 people from Fukushima through next month.

Takumaro Momose at the facility says he knows that people in Fukushima are fretting about internal radiation and that he explains to each person the details of their test results to help ease their anxiety.

Tuesday, July 12, 2011 14:41 +0900 (JST)
www3.nhk.or.jp
by Edano 7/12/2011 11:54:42 PM