Japan Earthquake

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hi Radio nice seeing you
by dean 7/27/2011 2:50:03 PM

good morning RadioGuy, Dean.
by Panserbjorne9 7/27/2011 2:52:12 PM

That NHK documentary about building a contamination map kicked my proverbial last night. I was trying to find some representative excerpts to pull out, but then the next minute it was worse. I've just been sending the links to those three to friends, saying "This is long, but if you want a shocking picture of the severity of the Fukushima nuclear crisis in Japan that is being hidden from us, watch it. In fact, give yourself 10 minutes and see if you can stop watching."
by RadioGuy 7/27/2011 2:53:20 PM

so true Radio, it should be televised in every country
by dean 7/27/2011 2:56:05 PM

Because by then, they've already found the hotspots that have higher readings than Chernobyl's Red Forest.
by RadioGuy 7/27/2011 2:57:05 PM

The measure of it is that even we, who have been digging into this for almost five months now, can be shocked by these levels.
by RadioGuy 7/27/2011 2:58:48 PM

Radiation Concern Prompts Aeon to Test Beef for Cesium Traces
www.bloomberg.com
by Panserbjorne9 7/27/2011 3:21:22 PM

@Panserbjorne9 I wondered how long it wold be before SOMEONE realized that if they don't do testing, their markets will vanish.
by RadioGuy 7/27/2011 3:24:26 PM

In the absence of any realistic approach by GoJ, businesses better take the bull by the horns and do something themselves to reassure their customer base.

It's no different in the US. With the EPA abrogating their responsibility to insure the safety of the American people, businesses (like say, the California cheese industry), are going to have to be able to prove that their cheese isn't contaminated when this starts leaking out, which it appears it finally is.
by RadioGuy 7/27/2011 3:28:38 PM

Hi all, checking in for a bit.
by lillymunster 7/27/2011 4:05:43 PM

@RadioGuy : what documentary by NHK ? can i watch it somewhere ?
by Edano 7/27/2011 4:21:32 PM

@lillymunster or anyone else. I am available today to do any sort of research or editing, I can also take translated writings and help make them more readable. @Edano, here is the link for the NHK doc, I'm halfway through it now. www.youtube.com
by ariadne 7/27/2011 4:23:21 PM

@ariadne thank you :)
by Edano 7/27/2011 4:23:43 PM

@ariadne Thanks, let me do some digging on what is out there.
by lillymunster 7/27/2011 4:24:37 PM

english.kyodonews.jp

this makes me vomit:

IAEA to take lead role in securing safer nuclear future: Amano

NAGANO, Japan, July 27, Kyodo

International Atomic Energy Agency chief Yukiya Amano said Wednesday the atomic watchdog will play a ''lead role'' in creating a safer nuclear future, as global use of nuclear energy will likely continue for decades despite the accident at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi power plant.

In a keynote address at the U.N. Conference on Disarmament Issues which opened Wednesday in Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, the IAEA director general described Japan's worst nuclear crisis as ''one of the most serious and complex disasters which human beings have ever had to deal with.''

''Despite Fukushima Daiichi, global use of nuclear power will continue to grow in the coming decades and will remain an important option for many countries,'' Amano said. ''Nuclear safety is the responsibility of individual states, but the IAEA will play the lead role in shaping a safer nuclear future throughout the world.''
english.kyodonews.jp
by Edano via English.kyodonews.jp 7/27/2011 4:25:02 PM

this moron dwarf.
by Edano 7/27/2011 4:25:53 PM

@Edano seeing the "other Edano" in footage in the NHK documentary is so confusing, since that face makes me think of you, who I have seen so often on these boards, and admire and feel fond of! Yet this other guy....not so much. :)
by ariadne 7/27/2011 4:27:01 PM

@ariadne Do you have the ability to at least give a clue what this document is about? One of the reliable tweeters posted it last night as a photo. yfrog.com big version if you use the link
by lillymunster via Yfrog 7/27/2011 4:27:06 PM

@lillymunster I'll take a look now and see what I can do
by ariadne 7/27/2011 4:27:44 PM

@Edano I have noticed an organized effort with IAEA, NRC etc over the last week to attempt to claim everything is getting back to normal and nuclear power is back to advancing and expanding. Very creepy manipulative effort to convince people in a subtle way.
by lillymunster 7/27/2011 4:29:18 PM

@all Morning! I've been on and off but just wanted to thank everyone for posting the NHK documentary. I too couldn't stop watching. It needs to be shown on 60 minutes! It should be required viewing. Thanks!
by LM 7/27/2011 4:36:08 PM

@lillymunster : in fact, the iaea has completely failed in this disaster. this is the truth.
by Edano 7/27/2011 4:36:30 PM

@lillymunster, no CTBTO readings anymore. I am wondering whether they increase in Japan.

by Peter Melzer 7/27/2011 4:36:59 PM

@LM That is an excellent idea. I wonder if we could send the link to some of the news shows and get a producer looking for content to grab onto it?
by lillymunster 7/27/2011 4:40:56 PM

@Peter Melzer Bobby seemed to have a line on finding that data. We should ask. There was one posted last week, not sure what dates it was for though.
by lillymunster 7/27/2011 4:41:43 PM

I don't have CTBTO but this CRIIRAD was posted here last week. www.criirad.org
by lillymunster 7/27/2011 4:42:52 PM

@lillymunster , on my search about RADIATION EMBRITTLEMENT, I came across a few items of historical interest we may wish to reference on simplyinfo. One is a license amendment to Oyster Creak Power Station: adamswebsearch2.nrc.gov^pbntad01&LogonID=743eb7655a67519b43f6ced162aa7c4d&id=081340248 , the other is a PRESSURE AND TEMPERATURE LIMITS REPORT for Dresden NPP: pbadupws.nrc.gov . And the third is a NRC-required upgrade (repair?) of such report for James A. FitzPatrick NPP: docs.google.com . The reports give a good insight into aging problems of RPVs at reactors like those at Fukushima Daiichi.
by Peter Melzer 7/27/2011 4:46:25 PM

@ariadne I have another thing you could help with if you have time let me know.
by lillymunster 7/27/2011 4:46:34 PM

@Lilly It seems like the kind of story and content that they would be interested in highlighting. They're usually not afraid of stepping on some toes and the NHK footage is rivetting and relevant. 60 minutes likes exposing cover-ups. I'm not sure how to get their attention though.
by LM 7/27/2011 4:46:53 PM

@LM go dig around on their show page, sometimes there will be a contact link for a news show like that for people to send it tips or give show feedback.
by lillymunster 7/27/2011 4:47:55 PM

@lilly, I suppose the first one is too long. Now shorter: bit.ly .
by Peter Melzer 7/27/2011 4:48:42 PM

@Lilly I'll do that. Perhaps sending the link to the documentary might be enough in and of itself?
by LM 7/27/2011 4:49:16 PM

@LM give them an idea why it would be compelling show content. Producers are always strapped for content on deadlines. Sometimes sort of doing their research for them is enough to get one interested. BTW. I have a link for a producer at RT that Bo gave me, we could send to her. She might have a use for it.
by lillymunster 7/27/2011 4:50:43 PM

@lillymunster , i was following this German site: www.bfs.de . But they stopped updating last month.
by Peter Melzer 7/27/2011 4:51:00 PM

@Peter Melzer Can you repost the Oyster Creek document?
by lillymunster 7/27/2011 4:54:15 PM

@lillymunster Unfortunately I couldn't figure out how to translate it from the screen shot. We might have to wait for someone who can read Japanese. What was the other thing I can help with? Hopefully I can be more useful for that! :)
by ariadne 7/27/2011 4:54:52 PM

@Lilly Sounds good. We'll see what comes of it!
by LM 7/27/2011 4:55:58 PM

@all Does anyone know if NHK showed the documentary in Japan? It seems like the GoJ might fear it was spreading "baseless rumors".
by ariadne 7/27/2011 4:56:23 PM

@ariadne We need to do one more pass looking for any data on Kashiwazaki's MOX assemblies for a date range of Oct 2010 to March 11, 2011. What we are looking for is any mention or documentation of the MOX stored at Kashiwazaki during that date range. It could be an inspection or discussion of doing something with it etc. The concern is that they might have moved the MOX assemblies out of Kashiwazaki to Daiichi for future use and that they could have possibly been in the spent fuel pool of #3 during the accident.

I did an advanced Google search on Google.com but a second set of eyes would be good to make sure I didn't miss something. We also need to search on Google.jp. I can give you search terms and how to use Google.jp if you don't read Japanese.
by lillymunster 7/27/2011 4:59:10 PM

@ariadne Not sure. I only saw it on twitter in English language tweets.
by lillymunster 7/27/2011 4:59:52 PM

@lillymunster yes, I can do this search. I don't read Japanese (unfortunately) so please set me up with the search terms and how to use Google.jp for that part. So glad to help.
by ariadne 7/27/2011 5:04:13 PM