Japan Earthquake

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@lillymunster Sounds like it didn't seal itself up, either.
by RadioGuy 7/15/2011 7:10:54 PM

Reactor stress tests heavy on redundancies. he Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency on Friday submitted the outline of a two-stage stress test for the nation's reactors, focusing on four categories, including earthquakes, tsunami, loss of power sources and loss of cooling systems for fuel rods.
According to the outline submitted to the Nuclear Safety Commission, the first stage will target reactors currently out of operation for regular inspections and maintenance.
The government will decide if the reactors are able to endure severe events beyond the current safety standards in terms of the four categories.
For the second stage, tests will be conducted on all reactors, including those covered by the first stage. But there are exceptions — the reactors at the Fukushima No. 1 and No. 2 plants as well as those now being decommissioned and do not have nuclear fuel rods inside. search.japantimes.co.jp
by Majj 7/15/2011 8:11:14 PM

How to Use Solar Energy at Night
Molten salts can store the sun's heat during the day and provide power at night. Near Granada, Spain, more than 28,000 metric tons of salt is now coursing through pipes at the Andasol 1 power plant. That salt will be used to solve a pressing if obvious problem for solar power: What do you do when the sun is not shining and at night?
The answer: store sunlight as heat energy for such a rainy day.
Part of a so-called parabolic trough solar-thermal power plant, the salts will soon help the facility light up the night—literally. Because most salts only melt at high temperatures (table salt, for example, melts at around 1472 degrees Fahrenheit, or 800 degrees Celsius) and do not turn to vapor until they get considerably hotter—they can be used to store a lot of the sun's energy as heat. Simply use the sunlight to heat up the salts and put those molten salts in proximity to water via a heat exchanger. Hot steam can then be made to turn turbines without losing too much of the original absorbed solar energy. www.scientificamerican.com
by Majj 7/15/2011 8:13:34 PM

Fukushima cattle shipments banned
Cesium in beef, straw prompts closer scrutiny. The government's nuclear disaster task force said Friday that shipments of beef cattle from Fukushima Prefecture will be suspended, amid concern that cows from there may be contaminated with radioactive cesium.

The Fukushima Prefectural Government has already begun inspecting all local beef cattle farms and requested they voluntarily refrain from shipping cows until at least next Monday when the inspections are to be concluded.

The central government reached its own decision regarding beef cattle shipments from Fukushima after consulting with prefectural authorities, government sources said. search.japantimes.co.jp
by Majj 7/15/2011 8:19:10 PM

Toshiba to deliver water treatment system to crippled nuclear plant
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Toshiba Corp. plans to deliver a water treatment system to the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant to help decontamination efforts amid a series of problems with existing devices, company officials said Thursday.
The new system, which can treat 1,200 tons of water a day, will start operation from early August to help plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. deal with the crisis triggered by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.
The system unit, 1.4 meters in diameter and 3.6 meters in height, is equipped with 14 "adsorption towers" which eliminate such radioactive materials as cesium from contaminated water, the officials said.
mdn.mainichi.jp
by Majj 7/15/2011 8:25:38 PM

by Majj via 1.bp.blogspot 7/15/2011 8:28:56 PM

Out for a couple hours. Will check in this evening
by lillymunster 7/15/2011 8:44:32 PM

Anybody got an opinion on what happening in #4 ? www.tepco.co.jp
by Elaine Kirk 7/15/2011 8:55:49 PM

@Ralph Unger : the sun does provide enough energy for everyone, but not everywhere and everytime, and it's the question of efficiency and technology. some day it might be possible to have solar panels in space. we just have to spend our money in the right technology. i don''t wanna give a cent anymore to nuke energy.
by Edano 7/15/2011 8:56:31 PM

@Elaine Kirk : been watching it. it is really fog coming up :)
by Edano 7/15/2011 8:58:20 PM

@Edano okies ty :)
by Elaine Kirk 7/15/2011 8:58:50 PM

looks like the decontamination is no more than a paper exercise now mainichi.jp
by Elaine Kirk 7/15/2011 9:12:04 PM

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Floodwaters recede at Cooper
www.world-nuclear-news.org
With water levels dropping in the swollen Missouri River, the emergency alert at the Cooper nuclear power plant has now been removed. However, an alert remains in place at the Fort Calhoun plant further upstream.
by RadioGuy 7/15/2011 10:05:40 PM

Fukushima a future silent killer - expert www.heraldsun.com.au
by elainekirk 7/15/2011 10:10:34 PM

www.world-nuclear-news.org
OK...got it...
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by RadioGuy via World-nuclear-news.org 7/15/2011 10:10:59 PM

@RadioGuy congratulations !!!!
by elainekirk 7/15/2011 10:11:29 PM

@elainekirk Feel free to clean that mess up :)
by RadioGuy 7/15/2011 10:11:29 PM

twitter report of mushrooms grown indoors inTokyo containing cesium from @kzmsark1127
by elainekirk 7/15/2011 10:47:06 PM

@RadioGuy do you understand this translated tweet
Fujikawa Itoigawa-western edge of the Fossa Magna, the eastern edge of the Shinano-Tone, Tohoku earthquake was greatly right turn to northeast axis here. Shinano FM is caused by the Niigata earthquake in four. The following activities should hold the FM base in Chiba Prefecture. M5.5 shows the beginning of last night just inland of the FM activities. Next up is a major fault activity and you've got FM Tone River, Chiba Prefecture
by elainekirk 7/15/2011 11:24:30 PM

Tepco it seems have found a get out and will not compensate small businessess like nursing homes and kindergartens they say they have no money but as tweeters are pointing out
TEPCO Fri 70 million to pay an annual advisor's 500 million in severance pay and Shimizu, the former president, but declared that there is no money for damages against nursing homes damaged by radiation or preschool? mainichi.jp
1 hour ago
by elainekirk 7/15/2011 11:29:39 PM

Hi all.
by lillymunster 7/15/2011 11:38:05 PM

@lillymunster hi :)
by elainekirk 7/15/2011 11:38:53 PM

The govt. needs to take control of TEPCo and start selling off divisions and assets. They have money they just don't want to hand it over.
by lillymunster 7/15/2011 11:41:11 PM

@lillymunster I doubt they have much they started the new tepco company and will have invested heavily in it and as it is a resources company you can bet the new one buys in goods / services then sells them to tepco power
bit like legitimate money laundering all the money will end up in the new tepco
by elainekirk 7/15/2011 11:45:57 PM

@elainekirk that is insane. I remember the govt. was inventorying and investigating all of TEPCO's holdings. At least they were wise enough to realize TEPCO would try to get out of paying.
by lillymunster 7/15/2011 11:49:30 PM

@lillymunster Havent teoco got a large holding in toshiba who are supplying the new system?
by elainekirk 7/15/2011 11:54:55 PM

Fukushima disaster inspired Japanese women to defeat Germany in Women's World Cup www.straight.com
by Panserbjorne9 7/15/2011 11:55:22 PM

@Panserbjorne9 it would have been poetic if it had been france
by elainekirk 7/15/2011 11:56:40 PM

cnic have published videos from the various sessions that took place translate.google.com
by elainekirk 7/16/2011 12:01:33 AM

by Majj via Upload.wikimedia.org 7/16/2011 12:07:47 AM

by Majj via Upload.wikimedia.org 7/16/2011 12:07:58 AM

Sorry for the double post gremilins...
by Majj 7/16/2011 12:08:43 AM

by Majj via Icons-ecast.wunderground 7/16/2011 12:09:04 AM

Ma-on is now forecast to push 315 miles east-northeast of Okinawa by 4 p.m. Monday, at which point it will still be a powerful Category IV-equivalent storm, packing 138-mph sustained winds and 167-mph gusts at its center, but those effects should be quite distant from Okinawa.

As for Sasebo, the JTWC forecasts Ma-on to skirt 230 miles to the east at about 6 p.m. Tuesday. It’s projected to miss Iwakuni 161 miles to the southeast – almost twice the distance from our previous report – and likely could miss Shikoku Island altogether.

The JTWC then forecasts Ma-on to plow along the south coast of Japan’s main Honshu island, first striking land just south of Osaka, then again skimming along the coastal cities of Hamamatsu and Shizuoka on Wednesday evening.

Even then, despite being so far north, the air and sea surface temperatures are warm enough that Ma-on will still retain Category II strength, 121-mph sustained winds and 150-mph gusts at its center.

What that will mean for the Tokyo area is too soon to say – Ma-on is still five days away. But PST will keep a sharp lookout, as always. Next update noon-ish Saturday. www.stripes.com
by Majj 7/16/2011 12:11:31 AM

Fukushima cattle shipments banned
Cesium in beef, straw prompts closer scrutiny
The government's nuclear disaster task force said Friday that shipments of beef cattle from Fukushima Prefecture will be suspended, amid concern that cows from there may be contaminated with radioactive cesium.
The Fukushima Prefectural Government has already begun inspecting all local beef cattle farms and requested they voluntarily refrain from shipping cows until at least next Monday when the inspections are to be concluded.
The central government reached its own decision regarding beef cattle shipments from Fukushima after consulting with prefectural authorities, government sources said. search.japantimes.co.jp
by Majj 7/16/2011 12:14:47 AM

@Majj ty majj
by elainekirk 7/16/2011 12:14:59 AM

Fukushima reactors 1-3 stabilized [16 July 2011]: www3.nhk.or.jp
"The Japanese government and Tokyo Electric Power Company say they have stabilized the crippled reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

But problems continue with the system for purifying contaminated water.

In a joint assessment, the government and TEPCO say they have completed the first step of a plan outlined in mid-April for a complete cold shutdown of the reactors. They say they completed the first step within the original 3-month deadline.

The assessment adds that reactors 1, 2 and 3 have been stably cooled down, and that nitrogen has been injected into their containment vessels to prevent hydrogen explosions.

Pools of spent nuclear fuel are also stable.

The government and TEPCO say radiation levels in the surrounding air and seawater have been declining, and the goal of reducing the amount of radiation leaking outside the plant has been achieved.

But the crisis is far from over. The assessment admits that contaminated water has leaked out of storage tanks, and that water level settings at its water purification facilities were incorrect."
by es 7/16/2011 12:17:22 AM

@es thats strange I cannot find it in tepco news now the nisa/meti
by elainekirk 7/16/2011 12:25:57 AM

@elainekirk I guess NHK saw a pre-release or a leaked copy. The deadline for completing the plan was the 17th, so TEPCO are a day early with their good news.
by es 7/16/2011 12:41:54 AM

@es yes I will await the workers coming off shift and see if they say all is well ....
by elainekirk 7/16/2011 12:44:10 AM

Fukushima is Worse than Chernobyl – on Global Contamination
Chris Busby
Interview by Norimatsu Satoko and Narusawa Muneo
japanfocus.org
by es 7/16/2011 12:48:59 AM

I heard back from the group doing the kickstarter project to build the iPhone plug in radar detectors. It may be August before they start production. They think bulk sales to NGOs that can get them in the hands of those who really need them is a great idea. :-)
So there was some interest in trying to locate bulk options for R/O water systems and HEPA filters also. We need to try to identify NGOs who may be willing to work with us to get this equipment lined up for them to sell/distribute to people who need it. Some of the parents groups would be a good first set to approach. I will see if I can get in contact with someone at Idro. They have been delivering bicycles and replacement things like windows and appliances to the disaster areas.
by lillymunster 7/16/2011 12:52:53 AM

@lillymunster you are wonderwoman your stamina is amazing :)
by elainekirk 7/16/2011 12:54:12 AM

I worry about the parents and Busby I worry that they think he has connections in politics through his ECCR and that it is an official body, look how he is presented-
Busby, Scientific Secretary of the European Committee on Radiation Risk (ECRR)
the UK and the EU have tried to warn people that he isnt official and the UK went as far as denouncing him.
I am not saying he is right or wrong in what he says but I do feel people have put their hands in their pockets to get him to Japan thinking he is somebody with clout in high places and the Japan authorities are going to sit back and ignore it all..........
Sorry but t my mind busby is obtaining funding by deception from a very vulnerable group - parent wanting to act in their childs best interest
by elainekirk 7/16/2011 12:57:52 AM

Good morning all. @lilly (and everyone) a good friend and colleague of mine has been on maternity leave for a year and a half, but she is now back at our institute. She is Japanese and also works on the impact of radiation on communities and hibakusha issues. She has very good contacts in the NPO world here, and knows many Japanese working on the Fukushima issue. She could be an invaluable resource in finding people to work with here in Japan, for instance, groups that would be good at distributing any HEPA filters we can provide.
by bo 7/16/2011 1:03:10 AM