Japan Earthquake

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What a world we've made for ourselves.
by joniver 8/3/2011 5:35:56 PM

@joniver In the words of Jon Stewart: "Don't try to pin this turd on us!" ;)
by RadioGuy 8/3/2011 5:41:11 PM

@RonD I never considered anything like that - fascinating ty
by elainekirk 8/3/2011 5:49:32 PM

They mine low radation steel from WW1 German Battleships scuttled in Scapa Flow to get clean pre-1945 steel. Quate from Wiki "Minor salvage is still carried out to recover small pieces of steel. This low-background steel is used in the manufacture of radiation-sensitive devices, such as Geiger counters, as it is not contaminated with radioisotopes, it having been produced prior to any chance of nuclear contamination" en.wikipedia.org I wonder if they will use/recycle steel from the SF Bay Bridge (pre-1945)
by RonD 8/3/2011 5:49:44 PM

@RonD interesting bit of trivia. So what do we do when we run out of clean steel?

So if we have on average a nuclear disaster of epic proportion every 25 years how long would it take to make the whole place uninhabitable.
by lillymunster 8/3/2011 5:54:42 PM

@lillymunster @RonD the truth is already scary today.
by Edano 8/3/2011 5:56:31 PM

@lillymunster @Edano I saw this a long time ago in the SF paper. Not sure if I want glow in the dark forks and knives. www.sfgate.com "When you get in your car or use a spoon, you don't want to have to think about whether it's contaminated with radioactivity or not," said Tom Danjczek, president of the national Steel Manufacturers Association, who noted that about half the steel currently used in this country was made from recycled scrap.
by RonD 8/3/2011 5:57:15 PM

That article is from 1999, a long time before the current problems at Fuku
by RonD 8/3/2011 5:59:10 PM

I think within the next 2-3yrs everybody will carry geiger counters aling with their phone in fact they will start being built into phones
by elainekirk 8/3/2011 6:01:14 PM

moreover i use steel in patients' bodies ...
by Edano 8/3/2011 6:04:48 PM

@Edano ew, yea I can see where that could be a problem. I suppose there really isn't a way to purify steel
by lillymunster 8/3/2011 6:07:43 PM

if you have radioactive steel in your leg for some 20 years, this adds up to a huge internal contamination ..... hmmmmmm
by Edano 8/3/2011 6:11:05 PM

even with "not detectable" residious radiation this can lead to severe problems.
by Edano 8/3/2011 6:13:06 PM

@Edano Not sure of the details, but I think this is a problem when physicists are doing ultra sensitive measurements looking for neutrinos etc and need to shield from other sources of radiation. Not sure if normal "clean" steel would cause a problem but you probably don't want to use scrap steel from Fukushima Daiichi for medical applications. But FukuSteel will be cheap.
by RonD 8/3/2011 6:13:48 PM

@RonD " FukuSteel will be cheap" coming soon to a bridge near you!
by lillymunster 8/3/2011 6:20:27 PM

Radioactive Stents : used in coronar arterias to prevent adhesion of bacteries: de.wikipedia.org (only in german)
by Edano 8/3/2011 6:32:04 PM

radioactive stents seem to be an exclusive german speciality, translation in english: www.springerlink.com
by Edano 8/3/2011 6:38:47 PM

eurheartj.oxfordjournals.org
by Edano 8/3/2011 6:41:09 PM

0.5-1.0 µCi : www.medscape.com
by Edano 8/3/2011 6:44:55 PM

well, then they can use fuku steel for that. tepco will be satisfied.
by Edano 8/3/2011 6:47:28 PM

Rent a truck and get all the FukuSteel while it is still cheap
by RonD 8/3/2011 6:48:21 PM

Fukushima parents fret for kids
www.yomiuri.co.jp
by Panserbjorne9 8/3/2011 7:01:04 PM

I am working with a wordpress translate plugin on the test website. I have Japanese, German, French. Is there another language that would be in higher demand that I should add?
by lillymunster 8/3/2011 7:09:50 PM

@lillymunster Majj is a popular guy would it help him spread the word if we added his native language
by elainekirk 8/3/2011 7:11:09 PM

@elainekirk I know part of the French contingent has been citizens of Japanese descent or that have family back in Japan. Majj should know what the common languages might be within the Japanese community in Brazil. I can add new languages with this tool as needed but want to only put most likely used ones.

by lillymunster 8/3/2011 7:16:34 PM

@lillymunster sounds good Lilly you are a marvel
by elainekirk 8/3/2011 7:27:34 PM

If anyone wants to play with the translation tool it is on the testing site here:
houseoffoust.com
I am still figuring out if it will work well enough to install on the group site or not.
by lillymunster 8/3/2011 7:31:09 PM

@lillymunster hey that is one cool gadget :)
by elainekirk 8/3/2011 7:39:24 PM

@lillymunster can you translate this ?
teatree_ft 古田　真人
by skawa03
アラート鳴りますね。 RT @rinqo: 8月2日ディズニーシーの放射線量。メディテレーニアンハーバーの正面の広場が高い。、、0.25〜0.3くらいの値が記録されている。マンマ・ビスコッティーズ・ベーカリー前のテーブルの椅子の上は平均0.28μSv/h。最高値は0.42だった。
by elainekirk 8/3/2011 7:42:29 PM

I get: Makoto Furuta teatree_ft
by skawa03
It sounds an alert. RT @ rinqo: radiation dose, August 02, DisneySea. Square in front of the Mediterranean Harbor High. , Has recorded a value of about 0.25 to 0.3. Mamma on a chair before the table is Bisukotti Zubekari 0.28μSv / h average. The highest was 0.42.
by lillymunster 8/3/2011 7:45:44 PM

I wonder if that is at Tokyo Disney?
by lillymunster 8/3/2011 7:46:17 PM

Tokyo Disney Sea en.wikipedia.org
Mediterranean Harbor en.wikipedia.org

Oh crap Tokyo Disney is radioactive
by lillymunster 8/3/2011 7:53:40 PM

@lillymunster I thought it may be that but wanted your opinion ty
by elainekirk 8/3/2011 7:58:05 PM

spanish is important. more people in the world are spanish than english "motherspeaking".
by Edano 8/3/2011 7:58:24 PM

I can't find an original tweet by Ringo for this, looking at skawa03
by lillymunster 8/3/2011 8:00:25 PM

@lillymunster it would be good if we could convince people that tweeting this is not a good idea (just my opinion) I would rather people were up and fighting and I fear this type of publication could cause them so much worry I think the fact that there are parents who are going to panic art every symptom is being overlooked it takes away hope and with that gone then so is the fight translate.google.com #justmyopinion
by elainekirk 8/3/2011 8:03:33 PM

@Edano you are always on the ball aren't you :)
by elainekirk 8/3/2011 8:04:14 PM

Ban-the-bomb convention opens in Hiroshima

A Japanese anti-nuclear organization has opened an annual international conference in Hiroshima, ahead of the 66th anniversary of the bombing of the city on August 6th. At the top of this year's agenda are proposals to scrap nuclear power generation following the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi plant.

Gensuikyo, or the Japan Council against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs, opened a four-day meeting on Wednesday.

In an opening speech, the head of the Council, Shoji Sawada, criticized the Japanese government for promoting nuclear power generation in line with US nuclear policy, by creating a groundless safety myth.
He called on governments around the globe to give up dependency on nuclear power generation.

Then an atomic-bomb survivor who experienced the bombing when she was a child gave a speech. She told the audience that she was worried about the possible impact of radiation on her baby daughter and talked about how she later lost her daughter to cancer.

The woman said atomic-bomb survivors are still suffering physically and mentally from the impact of the bombing, 66 years later.

During the conference in Hiroshima, the participants plan to discuss nuclear disarmament, nuclear power generation and the effects of radiation.

After Hiroshima, the Council is scheduled to hold another meeting in Nagasaki.

Another ban-the-nuclear-bomb organization in Japan, the Japan Congress against A- and H- Bombs will also meet in both cities.

Wednesday, August 03, 2011 20:25 +0900 (JST)
www3.nhk.or.jp
by Edano 8/3/2011 8:05:15 PM

wow, very new words for the japanese.
by Edano 8/3/2011 8:05:38 PM

@elainekirk children are in bed ;)
by Edano 8/3/2011 8:05:53 PM

teatree_ft seems to be the person who tweeted this and has some other mentions of radiation being found.
by lillymunster 8/3/2011 8:12:02 PM

He seems to be taking rad readings various places.
by lillymunster 8/3/2011 8:16:20 PM

@Edano I can relate to that :)
by elainekirk 8/3/2011 8:19:43 PM

@lillymunster is he a part of the citizens movement do you think?
by elainekirk 8/3/2011 8:20:24 PM

@elainekirk he had multiple posts of taking readings or having a reading relayed to him and a couple of posts and retweets about the govt. screwing up on the issue. He is either doing readings himself or for one of the groups. There seems to be so many random people with detectors. It really is showing how widespread things are. It is concerning how many are from Chiba.
by lillymunster 8/3/2011 8:21:31 PM