
@DT on and off along with the defunct decontamination unit the leccy is on and off
by elainekirk 8/7/2011 3:48:33 PM

@DT camera will be intermittant due to electrical work :(
by elainekirk 8/7/2011 3:51:11 PM

news roundup done
by lillymunster 8/7/2011 4:51:50 PM

@lillymunster righty ho
by elainekirk 8/7/2011 4:55:55 PM

I have the mushroom farmer story done and set to go live in about 6 hours. The Yahoo rad network goes live in 2 hours. The article putting together what the workers have told us tomorrow morning US time.
by lillymunster 8/7/2011 4:58:48 PM

I am waiting to do something with the photos and gamma camera shots of the vent stack until I talk to Dean and Peter some more (or anyone else who has thoughts on it). Dean's comment late last night about the gamma camera images looking off has me wondering. The photo looks nothing like other gamma camera or heat images etc.
by lillymunster 8/7/2011 5:00:17 PM

by lillymunster 8/7/2011 5:01:06 PM

NY nuclear plant closed down after higher than normal drywell leakage
www.syracuse.comby lillymunster 8/7/2011 5:11:49 PM

Off to go be domestic for a few hours.
by lillymunster 8/7/2011 5:15:12 PM

@lillymunster maybe tepco can send duck tape
by elainekirk 8/7/2011 5:15:46 PM

@lillymunster have fun
by elainekirk 8/7/2011 5:15:57 PM

@lillymunster I will go look at that site more that dean asked about
by elainekirk 8/7/2011 5:35:46 PM

@RadioGuy yeah just another sunday in tepcolannd
by elainekirk 8/7/2011 6:13:26 PM

@radioguy are you there?
by elainekirk 8/7/2011 6:25:55 PM

This article has meti links there is outcry on twitter that these readings were not made public properly but were snuck out quietly after the fact and in English it seems
translate.google.com.
The links in the article dont work because they are links to japanese translations but I have put the links to original below in the same order
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first link
1.bp.blogspot.comthe mext lin
www.mext.go.jp.
this is the second mext link
www.mext.go.jpby elainekirk 8/7/2011 6:30:32 PM

looking at it now Elaine.
by lillymunster 8/7/2011 6:35:11 PM

@RadioGuy @lillymunster there is a lot of anger today and this is all I have been able to pick out but I cannot interpret readings :)
by elainekirk 8/7/2011 6:36:59 PM

Fukushima evacuees briefly return homeSome evacuees in Fukushima Prefecture have briefly returned to their homes to prepare for the Bon holidays in mid-August.
One district in Kawamata Town is designated as an evacuation zone due to exposure to radiation from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. Almost all the residents of the district have left their homes.
The zone is off-limits, but the town allowed the evacuees to return to the area for 4 hours on Sunday to weed their homes and graves ahead of the Bon festival, when people pay visits to their ancestors' graves.
Some evacuees left flowers on the graves because they do not know if they can come again during the holidays.
Yoshiichi Miura, who is 65, says it's sad to see the district deserted and his ancestors would never have dreamed about such a situation.
He adds that he will continue to take care of the grave, even though he cannot return as often as he would like to.
Sunday, August 07, 2011 22:58 +0900 (JST)
www3.nhk.or.jp by Edano 8/7/2011 6:37:29 PM

Elaine, I need some help sorting out these readings also since they use two different expressions and also what they are vs. background levels.
If anyone who stops by can look at these two documents and help with the determination that would be a big help.
www.mext.go.jp www.mext.go.jpby lillymunster 8/7/2011 6:39:56 PM

The fact they held March data and released in in late July is just crazy
by lillymunster 8/7/2011 6:40:31 PM

@lillymunster it looks very iffy doesnt it
by elainekirk 8/7/2011 6:43:32 PM

@Edano the impact is beginning to be felt isnt it , I can't comprehend how those in evac centres cope, whilst in the centres they get no social payments they are totally dependent on the authorities for everything
by elainekirk 8/7/2011 6:46:21 PM

Just looking at the number for Fukushima vs. the number for Tokyo in March there is clearly a problem.
by lillymunster 8/7/2011 6:49:28 PM

@lillymunster I wont pretend to understand the numbers I just go on the twitter response to articles
by elainekirk 8/7/2011 6:54:49 PM

@lillymunster just reading the comments and still no wiser
by elainekirk 8/7/2011 6:58:04 PM

@lillymunster gonna walk doggies in the rain
by elainekirk 8/7/2011 6:59:21 PM

@RadioGuy I think investing in a counter would be a good idea
by elainekirk 8/7/2011 8:06:54 PM

I have yet to see an explanation for why that would be "normal"
by lillymunster 8/7/2011 8:08:11 PM

@lillymunster shame it is a Sunday and quiet on here maybe some tech's will pass by and answer some questions for us at some point if not it will be hrs before we get the answers
by elainekirk 8/7/2011 8:38:23 PM

We can bring both up monday morning again .
by lillymunster 8/7/2011 8:44:15 PM

what's wrong with the numbers ?
by Edano 8/7/2011 8:47:22 PM

@Edano hello the article
translate.google.comthe article is causing a lot of upset we want to know if it is factual or not
by elainekirk 8/7/2011 8:49:26 PM

0.058 ySv/h in tokyo ?
by Edano 8/7/2011 8:55:40 PM

@Edano please explain more is it another alarmist blogger ? or .
by elainekirk 8/7/2011 8:57:46 PM

if i remember it well, the weekend was the one when the wind turned south and tokyo got the fallout. i don't see any problem with this 0.058 ySv/h reading, if you mean that.
by Edano 8/7/2011 8:59:39 PM

These are the ones I was concerned about. Not sure how to convert or interpret the readings though.
www.mext.go.jpby lillymunster 8/7/2011 9:00:12 PM

i mean, it is not okay, but it is "only" double background.
by Edano 8/7/2011 9:00:38 PM

That gives a good idea what the levels were. Now if we can figure out what the main issue is, the level or the fact METI hid the data til the end of July. IIRC they were telling people in Tokyo there was 0 wrong and to go about their business.
by lillymunster 8/7/2011 9:10:37 PM

@Edano @lillymunster it will be good if we can debunk alarmists if that is what this is it is in Japanese but the blog address doesnt tell you much
nature720.blog49.fc2.comby elainekirk 8/7/2011 9:14:08 PM

the becquerel are per square kilometer, so a square meter is one millionth of it. this does not seem a real "disaster" to me.
the translation is a pain. i don't understand "on the moon" and that it is lethal in 645 years. ????
by Edano 8/7/2011 9:14:15 PM