Japan Earthquake

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@elainekirk Yeah it could take weeks!. I will update replies.
by AustralianCannonball 7/30/2011 10:40:16 AM

@elainekirk Well I guess by now we shouldn't be surprised - we don't even hear about all the activity at the steaming common SFP which we can see happening live on the camera!
by es 7/30/2011 10:40:43 AM

I put a personal message with that video outlining my feelings.
by AustralianCannonball 7/30/2011 10:40:50 AM

@AustralianCannonball Great stuff. I look forward to reading their responses too!
by es 7/30/2011 10:41:03 AM

@es It was tiring making videos. I feel this method may prove more effective. Unless I keep making videos saying the same thing!.
by AustralianCannonball 7/30/2011 10:42:10 AM

NHK: TEPCO doesn’t know where melted fuel is at in reactors or actual level of radioactive particles still being released — About to start checking
enenews.com
this headline is doing the rounds of Japanese tweeters it is a sad reflection of how much they haven't been told that they find it shocking
by elainekirk 7/30/2011 10:42:45 AM

Torrential rain hits Niigata, Fukushima
www3.nhk.or.jp
there is a video on the link
by elainekirk 7/30/2011 10:44:37 AM

@AustralianCannonball I bet it was tiring, but it's a great way get what you want to say out there. There's really no limit to the actions we can take to raise awareness.
by es 7/30/2011 10:46:20 AM

www.jma.go.jp
by elainekirk 7/30/2011 10:48:01 AM

by elainekirk via Jma.go.jp 7/30/2011 10:48:26 AM

doc on the work to prop up #4 sfp www.tepco.co.jp
by elainekirk 7/30/2011 10:55:37 AM

results of air sampling in #1 primary containment www.tepco.co.jp
by elainekirk 7/30/2011 10:58:01 AM

they seem to have reduced water being pumped into #1 & #2 slightly but #3 is getting loads !! www.tepco.co.jp
by elainekirk 7/30/2011 11:01:01 AM

Tropical Storm Nock-Ten and Typhoon Muifa (Kabayan) Video Update 6 July 30, 2011 The tropical storm Muifa forecast starts at 06:15 on the counter.
by Majj 7/30/2011 11:22:21 AM

@elainekirk : could you extend my account ? it expires today.
by Edano 7/30/2011 12:17:25 PM

@Edano it should just carry on automatically George said last time he was on that he has it set to renew ...I hope so or we are all zapped
by elainekirk 7/30/2011 12:31:07 PM

@elainekirk : ok :)
by Edano 7/30/2011 12:31:47 PM

@Edano I am worried now how do I do a quivering symbol
by elainekirk 7/30/2011 12:33:15 PM

by elainekirk via Home-education.biz 7/30/2011 12:34:52 PM

translate.google.com
getting kindergarden rooftops down to 4msv considered improvement!!
by elainekirk 7/30/2011 1:05:48 PM

Morning! (afternoon-evening)
by lillymunster 7/30/2011 1:12:55 PM

@lillymunster good afternoon :)
by elainekirk 7/30/2011 1:17:19 PM

AC, if your still around the letter website is a great idea. It has great potential to be something the media and no-nuke groups can grab onto to illustrate a point. Keep us updated!
by lillymunster 7/30/2011 1:17:20 PM

One of the things TEPCO was made to do at the plant to prevent landslides was to concrete face the slopes on either side of the access roads they cut into the hill that rises up from the sea. They used to be grass and it was thought that land could collapse onto the access roads in a quake or other event like massive rain. I remember seeing photos of before and after where they concrete covered those slopes.
by lillymunster 7/30/2011 1:21:21 PM

@lillymunster oo I will have to go llook again but concrete /cutting in isnt the best way
by elainekirk 7/30/2011 1:34:39 PM

Ft. Calhoun probably won't be out of alert status until late Sept. we can start getting snow as early as Oct. so they could go from floods into freezing and snow with little in between to inspect and repair. www.omaha.com

by lillymunster 7/30/2011 1:34:46 PM

@elainekirk I think it might have been in the Eq docs we saved.
by lillymunster 7/30/2011 1:35:17 PM

@lillymunster of great that is really going to cause problems
by elainekirk 7/30/2011 1:35:30 PM

gm everyone. Found an article in the NYT this morning on a new six-year NRC accident-related casualty projection study that was going to be published next spring: www.nytimes.com .
I guess they must revise their assumptions now, ;).
by Peter Melzer 7/30/2011 1:41:24 PM

@elainekirk If they have to deal with water related equipment outdoors and it runs into November they will be dealing with solid freezing. I have heard absolutely nothing about improving Calhoun's flood resistance. Sounds like the NRC plans to do nothing.
by lillymunster 7/30/2011 1:41:26 PM

From the NYT article: Dr. Lyman said the earlier estimate was of a different accident, a major pipe break. The new study considered that accident too unlikely to analyze.

A pipe break is too unlikely? Have they looked at some of these old reactors? They are out of their minds.
by lillymunster 7/30/2011 1:44:55 PM

The NRC assessment also seems to ignore a hydrogen explosion in their scenarios.
by lillymunster 7/30/2011 1:48:19 PM

@lillymunster they are joking !!
by elainekirk 7/30/2011 1:54:17 PM

english.kyodonews.jp

2 dead, 5 missing in torrential rain in northeastern Japan

TOKYO, July 30, Kyodo

Two people died, five are missing and about 9,000 people have evacuated out of some 400,000 who were asked to do so in Niigata and Fukushima prefectures after torrential rain hammered the northeast of Japan, authorities said Saturday.

Many spots logged record-high rainfalls, causing floods and landslides and stranding small communities. By afternoon when the storm passed its peak, the Japan Meteorological Agency said the total downpour had exceeded the deluge that hit the two prefectures in July 2004, leaving 16 people dead and 83 injured.

Total rainfall over a 72-hour period until noon Saturday reached 623 millimeters in Kamo in Niigata on the Sea of Japan coast, and 700 mm in Tadami in Fukushima, east of Niigata, according to the agency. Both figures were more than double the average monthly precipitation for those locations for July.
english.kyodonews.jp
by Edano via English.kyodonews.jp 7/30/2011 1:56:53 PM

bouhatsu is trying to get the over 60's to return to fuku I see I suppose it is a good idea but my worries lie with tepco. yes men go help but only on condition private healt care for life comes as part of the job and that just wont happen
by elainekirk 7/30/2011 1:58:07 PM

Saga Gov. made comments taken to urge Kyushu Electric into scandal

SAGA, Japan, July 30, Kyodo

The governor of Saga Prefecture, where Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s Genkai nuclear power plant is located, admitted Saturday that he made comments that seem to have urged the utility to fake public support -- during a government-sponsored TV program -- for restarting reactors.

At a hastily arranged press conference, Gov. Yasushi Furukawa said he told the utility's then-executive vice president during a meeting June 21, ''It would be necessary to raise opinions (during a local TV program aired live June 26) supporting the resumption'' of the halted reactors.

''I did not have an intention to instruct (those at the meeting) to fake (opinions.) I made the comments, hoping that people would watch the program, but it was thoughtless,'' Furukawa said.
english.kyodonews.jp
by Edano 7/30/2011 1:58:11 PM

@elainekirk this PR crap has been going on here for weeks. "everything is safe, it could never happen here". Blech.
by lillymunster 7/30/2011 1:59:57 PM

the real scandal is that the government is deeply involved in the manipulations. isn't this government elected by the people ? this makes me believe japan has no democracy. this is capitalism's ugliest face.
by Edano 7/30/2011 2:00:31 PM

worse than communism in that respect.
by Edano 7/30/2011 2:03:13 PM

@Edano It makes me even more frustrated when people blame the failures in Japan as being unique to Japanese culture. The exact same behaviors are going on in the US, just different context.
by lillymunster 7/30/2011 2:04:20 PM

capitalist's playground.
by Edano 7/30/2011 2:04:22 PM

@Edano We have so much corporate money involved in our political system politicians are more indebted to them than the people who voted for them. The corporate lobbyist influence is just insane.
by lillymunster 7/30/2011 2:05:53 PM