Japan Earthquake

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@lillymunster The video news was a snippet of CBS 6 WTVR.COM
by estacion 8/26/2011 12:31:18 PM

english.kyodonews.jp

Fukushima evacuees temporarily return home
Evacuees from Futaba, Fukushima Prefecture, leave Hirono in the prefecture to temporarily visit their homes within 3 kilometers of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant on Aug. 26, 2011. The evacuees were allowed to make the temporary home visit for the first time since the nuclear crisis began in March. (Kyodo) english.kyodonews.jp
by Edano via English.kyodonews.jp 8/26/2011 12:32:24 PM

Kan is supposed to do a speech in Fukushima Saturday JST.
by lillymunster 8/26/2011 12:33:44 PM

URGENT: Ex-DPJ leader Ozawa backs trade minister Kaieda in party leadership race

TOKYO, Aug. 26, Kyodo

Former Democratic Party of Japan leader Ichiro Ozawa told lawmakers close to him on Friday that he will back industry minister Banri Kaieda in the ruling party's presidential election, according to an aide of Ozawa.

The ruling party will hold the election on Monday after current DPJ leader and Prime Minister Naoto Kan formally announced his resignation early Friday afternoon.

==Kyodo
english.kyodonews.jp
by Edano 8/26/2011 12:34:41 PM

Opposition parties criticize Kan for damaging national interests

TOKYO, Aug. 26, Kyodo
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by Edano 8/26/2011 12:36:32 PM

@Edano: Ouch. coup nuclear lobby!!!
by estacion 8/26/2011 12:37:34 PM

@estacion i thought the same.
by Edano 8/26/2011 12:38:23 PM

@Edano: Maybe you should not have resigned :-)
by estacion 8/26/2011 12:39:06 PM

i wouldn't be surprised if kaieda does it with the help of tepco
by Edano 8/26/2011 12:39:17 PM

...to be Japan PM.
by estacion 8/26/2011 12:40:29 PM

@estacion edano wanted to be candidate but somehow he stepped back from it.
by Edano 8/26/2011 12:41:36 PM

@Edano: Of course. Last 5 months were a race between TEPCO lobby and, let say, power of Japan people.
by estacion 8/26/2011 12:44:17 PM

Auction of Miyagi beef resumes

Auctions of beef from Miyagi Prefecture resumed on Friday, one week after the Japanese government lifted a ban on shipment of beef cattle from the prefecture. The ban was imposed because of fears of radioactive contamination from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

The government lifted the ban on Miyagi beef cattle on August 19th, saying that sufficient measures had been put in place to ensure its safety. A similar ban on beef cattle from Fukushima, Iwate and Tochigi prefectures was lifted on Thursday.

The ban on beef cattle from Miyagi had been imposed on July 28th after radioactive cesium exceeding the government's safety limit was detected in meat from cattle fed with contaminated rice straw.

The beef auctions resumed at a wholesale market in Sendai City, the capital of Miyagi prefecture.

Before the start of the bidding, Miyagi Governor Yoshihiro Murai handed Sendai's vice mayor a document attesting to the safety of the beef from all 90 heads of cattle.

Sendai City decided to independently test all beef sold at its wholesale market. But due to limits of its testing capacity, the city says it can only handle around 90 heads of cattle a day, roughly 60 percent of the amount that was being traded before the ban.

Friday, August 26, 2011 14:32 +0900 (JST)
www3.nhk.or.jp
by Edano 8/26/2011 12:45:26 PM

ANALYSIS: No stability in sight in Japanese politics despite Kan's exit [26 August, 2011]: mdn.mainichi.jp
by es 8/26/2011 12:45:42 PM

if they test the heads of the cattle, this does not automatically mean that the muscles have the same readings. it would be better to test the bone marrow, imo.
by Edano 8/26/2011 12:48:13 PM

cesium accumulates in the muscles.
by Edano 8/26/2011 12:50:11 PM

why do they test the cattle heads and not the beef ?
by Edano 8/26/2011 12:57:41 PM

@Edano I think this is due to industrial slaughter proccess. Chop away head (low value) and test it, meanwhile keeep the chain go on in the maty business
by estacion 8/26/2011 1:01:49 PM

*meaty
by estacion 8/26/2011 1:02:19 PM

@estacion initially, the high readings were found in the beef. so the japanese people should go on testing and be cautious.
by Edano 8/26/2011 1:03:32 PM

I completely agreed with you. Japanese meat industry does not seem.
by estacion 8/26/2011 1:05:53 PM

Added the RT and WTVR videos as a short article on the group website. Should show up in about 2 hrs. Launched the finished article on the radiation disaster model documents.
by lillymunster 8/26/2011 1:06:08 PM

@lillymunster: Thank you for your great work!!
by estacion 8/26/2011 1:07:08 PM

@lillymunster , @es, Lake Anna is no small lake, according to this wiki en.wikipedia.org "it is one of the largest freshwater inland lakes in Virginia, covering an area of 13,000 acres (53 km²)."
by Peter Melzer 8/26/2011 1:09:15 PM

MIA posted this last night on Organize and it was stuck in mod. Wild fires are encroaching on spent fuel facilities at Idaho National Lab www.reuters.com
by lillymunster 8/26/2011 1:12:07 PM

@Peter Melzer 22 inches of water on a lake that big is a large volume. Where did it go?
by lillymunster 8/26/2011 1:13:00 PM

@you , at 80 feet max the lake is not very deep, though.
by Peter Melzer 8/26/2011 1:13:27 PM

@Peter Melzer That's a lot of water. If levels have dropped as reported that'll surely impact a lot of people, and we'll hopefully hear more about it.
by es 8/26/2011 1:13:31 PM

I checked the VA state office that handles dam inspection. Nothing posted about the dam or any inspection.
by lillymunster 8/26/2011 1:15:46 PM

@lillymunster , let's do a little calculus: at a surface of 13,000 acres, which is 5,300 hectares, a loss of 22 inches, or 0.56 m, would add up to: 3x10e7 or 30 million cubic meters. So how much does the npp siphon off?
by Peter Melzer 8/26/2011 1:25:44 PM

Dominion claims this: Dominion says each of the plant’s two nuclear reactors pumps one million gallons of water a minute into the North Anna Lake. Dominion says that flow was disrupted during the power outage, but posed no risk to the public.

But if they are shut down the water either isn't being siphoned off or is not removed in any larger volume than it was when running. So where did 30 million gallons go?
by lillymunster 8/26/2011 1:34:51 PM

@Peter Melzer: If news is correct, it aren't going to be NPP sphoning of, it are going to be cracks at bottom lake or dam due EQ. As you as calculated it's a enormous water quantity that has gone.
by estacion 8/26/2011 1:36:16 PM

It's more like 8 billion gallons, using Peter's figs - one measurement is in cubic meters, the other in gallons. Some water is surely going to the atmosphere via the massive steam dumps rather than being returned to the lake, but I've no idea how much.
by es 8/26/2011 1:42:38 PM

@lillymunster , it's 30 million cubic meters. One million gallons corresponds to 3785 cubic meters. If the plant siphoned this volume off per minute and return nothing, it would take five days and a half to reduce the lake level by 22 inches.
by Peter Melzer 8/26/2011 1:45:18 PM

@estacion , cracks may be the likely culprit then. The lake was created to supply the plant. Kind of worrisome development, is not it?
by Peter Melzer 8/26/2011 1:48:41 PM

@Peter Melzer. Yep, how are they cooling the NPP if water lines get clogged by mud or completely dried? :(
by estacion 8/26/2011 1:52:28 PM

That is concerning. The 5 days vs. 1-2 it has taken.
by lillymunster 8/26/2011 2:00:09 PM

if the fault line runs under the lake then subteranian caverns could now be gulping the water or should that read underwater ?
by elainekirk 8/26/2011 2:06:51 PM

"each of the plant’s two nuclear reactors pumps one million gallons of water a minute into the North Anna Lake". So that's two million gallons per minute total. This reduces the 5.5 days to about 66 hours, doesn't it?
by es 8/26/2011 2:07:18 PM

@es , yup, still that would be only true, if nothing were returned.
by Peter Melzer 8/26/2011 2:08:44 PM

The Australian Aug 26, Japan nuke leak exceeds Hiroshima www.theaustralian.com.au
by Mid Valley 8/26/2011 2:09:09 PM

@Peter Melzer Yes, of course.
by es 8/26/2011 2:09:28 PM

is there a webcam are they putting on a steam show?
by elainekirk 8/26/2011 2:09:32 PM

Steam is the only way water can leave the lake under a normal scenario. Are they really pumping 2 million gallons of water out as steam per minute?
by lillymunster 8/26/2011 2:12:17 PM