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@lillymunster Crete a Twetter account that only folow the acouts we are interest. Than connect it to simple information. Bingo you only get post news from sources you now. I follow lots of electronic parts in Brazil example....by Majj 7/22/2011 11:58:08 AM
tonite is light show on teppycam.by Edano 7/22/2011 12:02:23 PM
@Edano I'm seeing the light flashes and occasional big lights over by the common pool.
by lillymunster 7/22/2011 12:06:00 PM- @lillymunster yes two big lights at the pool and some littles moving. i guess welding and vehicles ?by Edano 7/22/2011 12:07:47 PM
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decreasing temps in #1 and #3 no doubtby Edano via Houseoffoust 7/22/2011 12:09:47 PM
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decreasing temps in #1 and #3 no doubtby Edano via Houseoffoust 7/22/2011 12:09:47 PM
@Majj, when a ship sails from Cherbourg, France, to Japan, must it sail near the coast of Somalia?by Peter Melzer 7/22/2011 12:11:13 PM- @Peter Melzer : yes, if they let it thru suez. if not, it has to take the long way around cape of good hope.by Edano 7/22/2011 12:13:06 PM
- i don't know if they let nuclear ships thru the canal. it's a question of money i guess.by Edano 7/22/2011 12:14:21 PM
- @lilly, in one of the links that edano posted about Strahlentelex, the East German anti-nuke activist Sebastian Pflugbeil described a wonderful initiative East German parents instituted after the Chernobyl accident. They invited children from the Chernobyl region to stay with them over the summer. I remember this idea was a total success. Eventually thousands of Ukrainian children spent their summers in Germany. Something to keep in mind, :)by Peter Melzer 7/22/2011 12:16:59 PM
- @Edano , yep, and I thought even if the ship sailed around the Cape, it might pass the Somali coast in range. Any way you look at this enterprise, the idea sounds insane, considering the length of the voyage.by Peter Melzer 7/22/2011 12:18:54 PM
- they might find a north passage with increasing ocean temperatures ;)by Edano 7/22/2011 12:23:56 PM
- Chubu Electric to build 18-meter-high seawall at Hamaoka plant
NAGOYA, July 22, Kyodo
Chubu Electric Power Co. on Friday announced a plan to build an 18-meter-high seawall at the Hamaoka nuclear power plant in the city of Omaezaki, Shizuoka Prefecture in central Japan, which it shut down in May at the request of Prime Minister Naoto Kan following the disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.
The utility previously planned to build a 12-meter-high barrier.
Chubu Electric, which provides electricity to five prefectures in central Japan, plans to spend about 100 billion yen ($1.3 billion) to build the 1.6-kilometer barrier to protect the nuclear power plant from tsunami expected to be triggered by a Tokai earthquake. english.kyodonews.jpby Edano 7/22/2011 12:27:00 PM - Water treatment system at Fukushima plant stops temporarily
TOKYO, July 22, Kyodo
english.kyodonews.jpby Edano 7/22/2011 12:30:29 PM - @Ralph, the recommendations given by this special council the US government sent to Japan which were published last week emphasize revisiting hardened vents and hydrogen treatment in US npps. The reactors at Daiichi were equipped with two hardened vents: one connected to the wet well, the other to the dry well. The problem was that the operators could not actuate them remotely because of the loss of power. The valves need compressed air and DC power to be actuation by personnel on location. Thus, the good people had to undertake expeditions into the reactor buildings, schlepping car batteries and compressed air tanks and hooking them up to the valves in an attempt to work them with mixed success. In addition, in Unit 1 a valve did not close properly, opening a path for hydrogen via the AC system into the building, which set the stage for the explosion. The same is assumed for the other units. I do not see why this could not happen elsewhere.by Peter Melzer 7/22/2011 12:31:39 PM
- All shelters in Fukushima Pref. to be closed at end of Oct.
FUKUSHIMA, Japan, July 22, Kyodo
english.kyodonews.jpby Edano 7/22/2011 12:31:59 PM - @Peter Melzer the pattern I am seeing in the US is to address certain things while ignoring some of the core failure mechanisms at Fuku (valves, placement of electricals etc)by lillymunster 7/22/2011 12:35:48 PM
- @Peter Melzer There are a number of programs in Japan now that summer break is on. They send kids to programs in other parts of the country or offer summer residence for kids and moms away from the worst areas.by lillymunster 7/22/2011 12:37:20 PM
- Hamaoka operator to build 18m-high embankment
The operator of the Hamaoka nuclear power plant in central Japan plans to build an 18-meter-high embankment by December next year to prevent tsunami damage to the facility.
Chubu Electric Power Company said on Friday that the breakwater will be higher than the 15-meter waves that hit the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant on March 11th. The barrier would also be 10 meters taller than the highest waves expected in the area in the event of 3 major earthquakes occurring at the same time.
The utility had been studying plans to build a new embankment 1.5 kilometers along the coast by the plant, in the wake of the Fukushima accident.
Chubu Electric said it will also extend the height of an embankment now surrounding the plant. The firm also plans to build a waterproof building to house a backup pump for injecting seawater into reactors in case other cooling functions are lost due to tsunami flooding.
The firm said the measures will cost around 1.3 billion dollars, and plans to complete all construction by December 2012.
The plant has 3 reactors, excluding 2 that have been stopped for decommissioning. Of the 3, one is undergoing a regular checkup, and the others were stopped in line with a request from Prime Minister Naoto Kan, who cited risks of major earthquakes and tsunamis.
Chubu Electric is to brief local residents on its new safety measures to gain support for resuming operations at the 3 reactors.
Friday, July 22, 2011 16:33 +0900 (JST)
www3.nhk.or.jpby Edano 7/22/2011 12:37:44 PM - External power supply cut at 2 Fukushima reactors
Tokyo Electric Power Company says part of the external power supply has been cut at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant due to a problem in the transmission lines.
TEPCO said on Friday that a current breaker was tripped by a sudden surge in the external power lines, cutting off electricity to the No. 3 and 4 reactors.
The operator was forced to suspend a system treating radioactive water. Another system cooling the No.3 reactor's spent fuel storage pool was also shut down.
TEPCO says the pool's temperature remains stable at around 30 degrees Celsius.
After the power outage, a building serving as the headquarters for the plant's stabilization switched to an emergency generator.
TEPCO said work to inject water and nitrogen into the reactors has not been affected, as electricity is being supplied from other power sources.
It said radiation levels around the plant show no major change, and claimed there was little risk of a leak occurring.
TEPCO is working to restore external power, as it tries to find out what caused the problem.
Friday, July 22, 2011 11:42 +0900 (JST)
www3.nhk.or.jpby Edano 7/22/2011 12:39:41 PM - that might be what they are working on on teppycam.by Edano 7/22/2011 12:40:55 PM
- according to the reactor data, the problem occured at 8:00 jst.by Edano 7/22/2011 12:43:44 PM
- Next generation reactors are an epic failure www.greenpeace.orgby lillymunster 7/22/2011 12:44:02 PM
- TEPCO probes Fukushima blackout
Tokyo Electric Power Company is investigating the cause of a sudden power failure at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. The blackout halted the cooling of a spent fuel pool for 5 hours.
The trouble occurred at around 7:10 AM on Friday, when a circuit breaker malfunctioned on the power feed to the No. 3 and 4 reactors.
The blackout halted equipment to cool the spent fuel pool for the No. 3 reactor.
Cooling was restored around 5 hours later by means of an alternative power source.
The utility says there has been no major change in the pool's temperature of around 30 degrees Celsius.
TEPCO says the incident did not cause any radiation leakage, as work to inject water and nitrogen into the reactors continued with the other power source.
The blackout also halted systems to treat decontaminated water flooding the underground levels of plant buildings, but the company says these were restored at around 3:30 PM.
The company says all facilities disabled by the incident have now been rebooted.
The utility says that although it has installed several external power sources, their automatic switchover functions were not available. The company says it will improve the systems.
A sudden surge in the external power supply is thought to be behind the failure. TEPCO says it is looking into the problem.
Friday, July 22, 2011 20:23 +0900 (JST)
www3.nhk.or.jpby Edano 7/22/2011 12:47:28 PM 
TEPCO admitted failure to vent Fukushima No. 1 reactor in May report mdn.mainichi.jpby Markfm 7/22/2011 1:14:19 PM- I'm out to take the pup to the vet. Will check in later todayby lillymunster 7/22/2011 1:15:20 PM
- TEPCO checking for gas leak from No. 3 reactor www3.nhk.or.jp "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." Big surprise, the RPV has leaks...by Markfm 7/22/2011 1:32:23 PM
- @Markfm : how did you find that article ? it's not in the register ...by Edano 7/22/2011 1:37:15 PM
- @you @Markfm : hey, it is old, from July 15 ;)by Edano 7/22/2011 1:38:22 PM
- @Markfm, not only the RPV, but also the primary containment leaks.by Peter Melzer 7/22/2011 1:39:47 PM
- Sorry about that :)by Markfm 7/22/2011 1:39:55 PM
- @Markfm : :)by Edano 7/22/2011 1:40:37 PM
- @Markfm , only shows that tepco still harbors significant fear of another hydrogen explosion.by Peter Melzer 7/22/2011 1:41:05 PM
- i guess it is no smoking zone.by Edano 7/22/2011 1:41:59 PM
- It looks like at least #3 is starting to cool a bit, all temps below 139C, and #1 has most temperatures back under 100C.by Markfm 7/22/2011 1:44:38 PM
- @Markfm i really wonder how they manage that, and why not earlier.by Edano 7/22/2011 1:45:33 PM
- Good question, I'm not seeing an increase in cooling flow.by Markfm 7/22/2011 1:48:19 PM
- @Markfm : maybe they cool the cooling water further down.by Edano 7/22/2011 1:49:16 PM
- Reasonable. I have no idea what chiller they are using.by Markfm 7/22/2011 1:50:09 PM
- still strange, the longer i think about it.by Edano 7/22/2011 2:00:54 PM
- Gov't to allow use of less-demanding radiation detector for beef
TOKYO, July 22, Kyodo
english.kyodonews.jp
???by Edano 7/22/2011 2:06:07 PM - Edano, see: www.breitbart.comby Markfm 7/22/2011 2:10:15 PM
- @Markfm : thx. seems japan is not able to just buy better detectors. same with the body counters and ... in fact, everything that measures radiation.by Edano 7/22/2011 2:15:01 PM
- really bad crisis managment. they wait for the problems instead of foreseeing them. they seem completely unprepared.by Edano 7/22/2011 2:20:49 PM
- i would have awaited emergency plans with checklists what is needed to provide the population with everything that's necessary. i hope my government has better risk assesments.by Edano 7/22/2011 2:24:33 PM
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