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This picture demonstrates the wear and tear of reactor valves. The pressures they are exposed to strain the material tremendously. i1214.photobucket.com
by Peter Melzer via I1214.photobucket 8/31/2011 10:56:34 PM

This company specializing in large high pressure valves provides the pic below. The doc linked below shows some examples for valves. It does not look like main steam shutoff valves and safety relief valves are supposed to be used every day. www.ccivalve.com
by Peter Melzer 8/31/2011 11:01:50 PM

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by dean 8/31/2011 11:30:28 PM

Hello everyone. Found a really useful search tool for you all. Set it to any term you want "nuclear" or whatever and it searches and gives you all the blogs, Tweets, news..etc on that word. Happy searching! addictomatic.com
by Cryptococcus 8/31/2011 11:41:57 PM

We would like to announce that we have compiled the following two issues
and reported to Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare today.
(1) Evaluation status of internal exposure dose (Refer to Attachment 1 of
the Exhibit)
- The number of workers who are not finished evaluation of internal
exposure dose from March to May became 288 persons from 753 persons as of August 10. The evaluation results of workers who finished evaluation
this time are as follows.
Over 20mSv 2 persons (maximum 22.0mSv for March)
- The evaluation results of workers who finished evaluation for June are
as follows. Also there are 297 persons to be evaluated hereafter.
Over 20mSv 0 person
(2) Regarding the investigation on the workers whose contact information is
not identified
- We reported it as per Attachment 2 of the Exhibit.
------------------------------------------------------------

*1 The number of the evaluated from March to May as of August 10
March: 3,715 persons out of 3,754 intended persons (39 persons are remaining.)
April: 3,463 persons out of 3,689 intended persons (226 persons are remaining.)
May: 2,721 persons out of 3,209 intended persons (488 persons are remaining.)

*2 Detailed evaluation of internal exposure dose
Regarding the evaluation of internal exposure dose, firstly, a measurement
of the amount of residual radioactive material by whole body counter (WBC)
installed in Hirono football ground nearby J-VILLAGE will be conducted.
When the result of the measurement exceeds 20mSv, as detailed evaluation,
re-evaluation specifying irradiated date based on interview, etc. or
detailed measurement by using WBC of Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA)
intended for detailed examination will be conducted. The evaluation result
may be reviewed depend on the evaluation progress. www.tepco.co.jp
by elainekirk 9/1/2011 12:14:48 AM

ty Cryptococcus
by dean 9/1/2011 12:18:40 AM

@dean hi how are you?
by elainekirk 9/1/2011 12:19:04 AM

more diagrams on the doc www.tepco.co.jp only in Japanese at the moment
by elainekirk 9/1/2011 12:20:48 AM

@ elaine.. doing well ty . and hope the same your way.. I'm reading your post
by dean 9/1/2011 12:21:17 AM

@dean great ty we have friends visiting from England that is why I am quiet
by elainekirk 9/1/2011 12:22:20 AM

hi to all the friends... waving
by dean 9/1/2011 12:23:11 AM

@dean waving back :)
by elainekirk 9/1/2011 12:25:15 AM

www.osti.gov it's also here with a PDF download link
by dean 9/1/2011 12:25:50 AM

@dean @dean just combining you pins :)
by elainekirk 9/1/2011 12:33:11 AM

hi Dean!
by lillymunster 9/1/2011 12:34:48 AM

80% of Japan's reactors out of service

Another nuclear reactor in Japan will soon be shut down for regular inspections, leaving nearly 80 percent of the country's reactors out of service.

Kyushu Electric Power Company says it will begin work on Wednesday to halt operations at the No.2 reactor at the Sendai nuclear power plant. The reactor will be shut down by Thursday morning.

The utility wants to restart the reactor in 4 months, after exchanging fuel rods and making detailed checkups on turbines.

But it is unclear when the company can restart the reactor, as well as another one at the plant which remains out of service although regular checkups have been completed.

After the Fukushima accident, underhanded practices of power companies and the government have come to light.

Kyushu Electric and other utilities reportedly tried to influence government-sponsored town meetings in favor of nuclear energy, and mobilized people behind the scenes to win local approval for nuclear power generation.

Such practices have spurred public distrust in utilities and government oversight of the nuclear industry.

After the Sendai No.2 reactor is shut down, 42 nuclear reactors among 54 in Japan will be out of service.

Wednesday, August 31, 2011 11:17 +0900 (JST)
www3.nhk.or.jp
by Edano 9/1/2011 12:35:33 AM

PM Kan's final blog entry kansblog.kantei.go.jp
by elainekirk 9/1/2011 12:44:15 AM

@Edano lets hope the people stay strong and prevent them restarting...for all our sakes
by elainekirk 9/1/2011 12:45:13 AM

@ elaine, there would be some debate on the atmosphere of earth the same as Mars (co 2)
by dean 9/1/2011 12:51:15 AM

sorry folk but I have to say that webcam pic is kinda wierd www.tepco.co.jp
#2 seems to be having an event
by elainekirk 9/1/2011 12:52:16 AM

@dean very strangely intense post about renewables with no - we have been through so much in the past 5months - no hoping the people ... strange
by elainekirk 9/1/2011 12:58:07 AM

@elainekirk it looks like there is steam coming from the turbine building side of #2 reactor building but it is rolling out low towards the docks.
by lillymunster 9/1/2011 12:58:15 AM

@elainekirk so does he have a job in the diet or is he done?
by lillymunster 9/1/2011 12:58:53 AM

@lilly are you on the tepco cam
by dean 9/1/2011 1:03:34 AM

I was. On again.
by lillymunster 9/1/2011 1:05:56 AM

@lillymunster I have no idea what Kan is doing
by elainekirk 9/1/2011 1:07:16 AM

Seeing faint steam between 1-2 below the refueling floor level
by lillymunster 9/1/2011 1:07:35 AM

It says it is 10am why is nobody working?
by lillymunster 9/1/2011 1:09:04 AM

that was when it began
by elainekirk 9/1/2011 1:09:09 AM

that stack nearest us is it warped?
by elainekirk 9/1/2011 1:10:33 AM

@elainekirk they have a bit of a flare to the framework as it gets towards the ground. The tower is leaning more than I remember.
by lillymunster 9/1/2011 1:16:09 AM

today left hand June on the right
by elainekirk 9/1/2011 1:23:20 AM

@elainekirk those look pretty close. I have not been looking at the cam constantly.
by lillymunster 9/1/2011 1:25:37 AM

@lillymunster I always go for a look when checking for new docs what do you think to their worker exposure one www.tepco.co.jp
by elainekirk 9/1/2011 1:27:17 AM

earlier I saw a crane moving on the other side of #1
by dean 9/1/2011 1:30:51 AM

big crane is moving now
by dean 9/1/2011 1:32:18 AM

some times when they just move the crane hook around I wonder if they are taking readings of radiation
by dean 9/1/2011 1:34:10 AM

am I right in believing the world was told all children in affected areas were to be given dosimeters even though they had no display rendering them pretty impotent?
this says that on Monday 29 children in one area were given them and in sept there will be another 100 WTF that doesnt tell anybody what those children have been exposed to in the last almost 6 months translate.google.com
by elainekirk 9/1/2011 1:41:15 AM

@elainekirk I think they gave them film badges instead of dosimeters. Is this one of Yamashita's doings or did another agency set this up?
by lillymunster 9/1/2011 1:47:38 AM

@lillymunster no idea I thought they anounced months ago that they were giving children badges
by elainekirk 9/1/2011 1:49:16 AM

@Edano, looks good, though would be nice to see the data points. I too am confused about how to interpret the data. Even Tepco admits melt-throughs, they must must be in there somehow, and based on Ott et al. it's gotta look like those precipitous falls.
by Ian 9/1/2011 1:49:55 AM

That graph I posed of pressure vs risk of containment breach could suggest that they sought to forestall an in-vessel explosion by dropping the pressure almost entirely.
by Ian 9/1/2011 1:52:13 AM