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Hi Elaine--just wanted to say thanks for posting, moderating, writing, and caring, as I head for the tatami, as Bo says. See you tomorrow (I joined you in the house clearing today, it was satisfying, and there will be more tomorrow. Good luck with that!)by ariadne 7/16/2011 9:28:16 AM
@ariadne have a good sleep I hope to see you tomoro thank you for all the input :)by elainekirk 7/16/2011 9:33:44 AM- translate.google.com
Radioactive debris landfill standards of Fukushima-raised substantially to 100,000 becquerels - Ministryby elainekirk 7/16/2011 10:34:20 AM 
by AustralianCannonball 7/16/2011 10:43:13 AMInvestigation of the status in the Reactor Building, Unit 2, Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station by Quince (videoed on July 8, 2011)
by elainekirk 7/16/2011 11:08:33 AM
www.fnmoc.navy.mil Typhoon Ma-On, now packing 125 mph winds, continues to threaten Japan.
Winds in Ma-On strengthened from 105 mph to 135 mph on Friday before weakening slightly. The storm has since re-strengthened today and further intensification is expected as it passes across the extremely warm waters of the Philippine Sea.
Ma-On will become a Super Typhoon (winds of 150 mph or higher) Friday night or Saturday.
Ma-On will reach its peak intensity this weekend with sustained winds in the 150- to 160-mph range.
The storm will continue to turn northwest through the rest of today, before turning northward Sunday and Monday. The earlier the turn to the north occurs, the better chance Ma-On will miss a direct landfall on southern Japan. However, the most likely track at this time takes Ma-On into the Kyushu or Shikoku islands in southern Japan early next week.
Widespread adverse impacts from rain, wind and heavy seas would result from a direct hit on the southern mainland. Heavy rain, high winds and rough seas could also impact the site of the tsunami and nuclear disaster north of Tokyo.by Majj 7/16/2011 11:21:30 AM
by Majj via Fnmoc.navy.mil 7/16/2011 11:22:06 AM- @Majj thanks for the update I didnt know where to look for infoby elainekirk 7/16/2011 11:24:41 AM
- TEPCO checking for gas leak from No. 3 reactor
The operator of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant is checking for gas leaks in the No. 3 reactor, into which nitrogen is being injected to prevent a hydrogen explosion.
Tokyo Electric Power Company has injected more than 200 cubic meters of nitrogen into the reactor's containment vessel since Thursday evening. But it says the interior air pressure has increased very little. www3.nhk.or.jpby elainekirk 7/16/2011 11:28:55 AM - @elainekirk I will try to bring new information on Typhoon Ma-On as it comes on the Net. It will be basic every 6 hours . After NOOA release the sat picture and data of Typhoon Ma-On . They give the data and every one else do his on Interpretation .by Majj 7/16/2011 11:29:00 AM
- @Majj ty so much :)by elainekirk 7/16/2011 11:29:31 AM
Radioactive cesium detected in Fukushima shiitake [16 July 2011]: www3.nhk.or.jpby es 7/16/2011 11:44:49 AM- Kirin plant to reopen in Sendai [16 July 2011]: www.yomiuri.co.jp
"Kirin Brewery Co. will resume operations at its Sendai plant on Sept. 26 and start beer shipments in early November, the company has announced.
Operations were suspended after the Great East Japan Earthquake on March 11 when the ensuing tsunami toppled four of the 15 vats at the plant, which is located in an industrial complex adjacent to Sendai Port.
However, operations will remain at 60 percent of the pre-disaster level for the time being. Power was restored at the plant last Saturday.
Kirin plans to use hops harvested in Tono, Iwate Prefecture, for its beer in an effort to assist reconstruction of the disaster-hit Tohoku region."by es 7/16/2011 11:45:10 AM - Longtime anti-nuclear engineer prepared to fight from within field to right wrongs: mdn.mainichi.jpby es 7/16/2011 11:45:33 AM
- Buyers warned of 'illegal' Geiger counters - Faulty parts and shoddy designs take advantage of worried public [16 July 2011]: search.japantimes.co.jpby es 7/16/2011 11:45:49 AM
- Eco-point program may return [16 July 2011]: search.japantimes.co.jpby es 7/16/2011 11:46:04 AM
- Yamada Denki opens 'energy-saving' shop [16 July 2011]: www.yomiuri.co.jpby es 7/16/2011 11:46:26 AM
- G'day @all :)by es 7/16/2011 11:47:23 AM
- Insightful blog from Japan which steals a glance at the Japan of old and touches upon the rise and prominence of hereditary politicians within the Japanese system: spikejapan.wordpress.comby es 7/16/2011 11:47:40 AM
- @es g'day :)by elainekirk 7/16/2011 11:50:59 AM
- Hopefully those are big bright spotlights currently visible on TEPCAM, down by the common SFP.by es 7/16/2011 12:21:16 PM
- @es the energy saving feature that rates items hard to believe they dont already do that were they just gonna keep building nukes and making more energy ....I suppose the answer to that is yesby elainekirk 7/16/2011 12:24:33 PM
- @es spotlights but why ?by elainekirk 7/16/2011 12:25:13 PM
- @es ah now they are worrisome mmmby elainekirk 7/16/2011 12:26:30 PM
- @elainekirk Re spotlights, I dunno. I wish we had more info about that pool - hard to believe it's all hunky dory in there.by es 7/16/2011 12:28:02 PM
- @es they must be pointing downwards for jnn not to pick them upby elainekirk 7/16/2011 12:29:20 PM
- @es it must be the common pool as you sayby elainekirk 7/16/2011 12:30:57 PM
- New fairwinds video vimeo.comby elainekirk 7/16/2011 12:35:32 PM
- @es are those 'spotlights' moving?by elainekirk 7/16/2011 12:36:14 PM
- @elainekirk Some seem to be moving, yes. Maybe they're on cranes?by es 7/16/2011 12:37:52 PM
- @es are they high enough the lights still dont show on jnnby elainekirk 7/16/2011 12:39:10 PM
- @elainekirk I guess the JNN view of the SFP building is obscured by the hill that sits to the west of the SFP.by es 7/16/2011 12:40:44 PM
- @es ah D'ohby elainekirk 7/16/2011 12:42:42 PM
- @elainekirk Re energy saving - it's hard for me to fathom the lack of knowledge around this. I live in a rural area of Spain where I collect my drinking water from a mountain spring and where grid power is unrelieable to say the least. We have coiled black hosing on the roof to heat water and we never miss the chance to recharge devices in the car, where possible. Torches, battery chargers, radios are all solar powered and we have a couple of PV panels which maintain a couple of car batteries full of charge, just in case. Other residents are fully off-grid and out of necessity are forced to devise ingenious ways to save and use energy wisely - many have small deisel generators for back-up, especially in winter. All new builds here must have solar water heating. LED lights are available alongside standard bulbs in most highstreet supermarkets, and are often competitively priced and affordable.by es 7/16/2011 12:50:58 PM
- @es led's are marvelous and so much safer I wish they were standard hereby elainekirk 7/16/2011 12:54:14 PM
- For US readers, torch = flashlight ;)by es 7/16/2011 12:56:11 PM
Radioactive truck in Iwaki www.youtube.com Phenomenal levels, actually went off the scale.by Bobby1 7/16/2011 1:00:00 PM- @Bobby1 OMGby elainekirk 7/16/2011 1:03:09 PM
- Over 3.5 Sv/year in that truck bed.by Bobby1 7/16/2011 1:07:52 PM
- @Bobby1 frighteningby elainekirk 7/16/2011 1:08:47 PM
- from a tweet: LaureaBreezeri (Tokyo) Https://Twitter.com/ #! / Laureabreezeri/Status/91744940828270594 fever began to break about half of us in the same class of children at the nursery. But everyone seems to summer winds and diagnosis, care somehow. (>_<) Is more loose stools of children in late Juneby Bobby1 7/16/2011 1:12:12 PM
- @Bobby1 That vid's horrific. Deadly levels. They really do need to begin to get a handle on the accumulating and spreading contamination. So much is already untraceable.by es 7/16/2011 1:16:15 PM
- @es I wonder what the truck's owner was hauling back there. Any uncontaminated product will become contaminated after it goes there.by Bobby1 7/16/2011 1:18:20 PM
- @Bobby1 Very true. I wonder if he knew what he was hauling.by es 7/16/2011 1:19:51 PM
- Even if they cover the reactors and eliminate all the emissions from the plant, radioactivity will continue to spread. Entropy.by Bobby1 7/16/2011 1:21:40 PM
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