Japan Earthquake

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Wow, this forum is becoming like the Busy Hate Club. But I've found some evidence that calcium does protect against strontium-90 uptake, as for example here www.jstor.org . There are several other studies lacking abstracts form the 60s and 70s such as pubmed.com The titles suggest efficacy or at least that there was something that caught the repeated attention of researchers. And it makes sense since Sr90 is taken up by bone due to its similarity to calcium. Therefore, a priori we can hypothesize that free calcium could displace free Sr90. So while the his selling supplements does not look good, I'm dubious about the accuracy of the "snake oil" charge.
by Ian 9/22/2011 12:49:05 AM

I found an escel of docs the Japanese gov have gathered together to inform themselves the next one is
docs.google.com
Model validation of nuclide dispersal and grains soil based on data from previous some spiffing charts in there
by elainekirk 9/22/2011 12:49:50 AM

100 mph wind approx 27 lbf/ft2... if the wall is about 40x50=2000 x 27 = 54,000 pounds force
by dean 9/22/2011 12:52:18 AM

isn't' the tent material like a parachute? or something similar,, I didn't think it was very robust..
by dean 9/22/2011 12:54:43 AM

@dean mmmm 50+ yrs on the planet and I just discovered my eyes can pop out their sockets , gyrate at the speed of sound before retracting suddenly
causing jaw to hit floor
by elainekirk 9/22/2011 12:55:04 AM

ha ha @ elaine no that's me at the doctor when I got my shot
by dean 9/22/2011 12:55:40 AM

@dean my daughter has about 6shots a day I really enjoy it when in public I whip out the syringe pen , load it shoot test then fire , if I feel really mean I 'accindentally aim the priming shot at a convenient gawker
by elainekirk 9/22/2011 12:58:37 AM

@dean they described the fabric as being either a poly or a nylon and didn't explain further. There are outdoor fabrics used for commercial awnings and shade structures that is fairly strong but even those usually can't handle really high winds. I think the portion by the garage door entrance of the reactor retracts in some manner so it is a weak point. It doesn't have the framework like the rest of the panels.
by lillymunster 9/22/2011 1:01:20 AM

Cranes have moved a bit, they are doing something.
by lillymunster 9/22/2011 1:02:03 AM

And now the update on unit 3:
"For Unit 3, as of August 31, water injection has been carried out with the amount of water about 7.0m3/h … Temperature of the bottom of the RPV has … stayed under 120°C, and the reactor has been … cooled sufficiently by reactor water injection system (Figure II-2-33). In Unit 3, on July 14, the injection of nitrogen into the PCV was started (Figure II-2-34), and it is still ongoing as of August 31."
by Peter 9/22/2011 1:02:59 AM

# Peter,, when I calculated the flow rate in gpm it seemed so miniscule that I don't even think it would get much spray action at all.. more like a dribble
by dean 9/22/2011 1:08:17 AM

In conclusion they keep injecting nitrogen into the three PCV and water into the RPVs, at twice the rate in unit 3 as in the other two units. Temps measured at the bottom of the RPV of units 2 and 3 remain above 100°C.
by Peter 9/22/2011 1:08:39 AM

@dean , that is between three and a half and seven bathtubs worth of water per hour. I remember an RPV needs about 500 cubic meters to be filled. Tepco claims that what they add "exceeds the amount of water injection equivalent to decay heat." Strange, isn't it?
by Peter 9/22/2011 1:15:23 AM

No wonder that "reactor water level was - 5m or less from the TAF."
by Peter 9/22/2011 1:18:10 AM

oops I just deleted somebody's post !! I was trying to take mine down because I posted it on organise and took another down in error along with it many apologies
by elainekirk 9/22/2011 1:29:51 AM

@all Large crane above Fukushima reactor goes down during storm conditions (VIDEOS)
enenews.com
by smoss 9/22/2011 1:50:12 AM

@smoss OH MY! Now that is not something I had thought of, a crane falling on 4.
by lillymunster 9/22/2011 1:51:11 AM

@all Source below is definately questionable and deserving of some verification...
by smoss 9/22/2011 1:52:16 AM

@all There are some stills on the enenews site, I'm just not very good at capturing and copying them.
by smoss 9/22/2011 1:52:32 AM

It seems to have fallen on 3, not 4. Seems legit
by lillymunster 9/22/2011 1:53:15 AM

@lillymunster Thanks for grabbing those so quickly!
by smoss 9/22/2011 1:56:09 AM

that fell in stages rather like it's legs were taken as in a hole in the ground swallowing them
by elainekirk 9/22/2011 1:56:33 AM

veenie posted a vid on organise an hr ago and I didnt fully comprehend till I saw the new ones cripes
by elainekirk 9/22/2011 1:58:40 AM

@elainekirk Either the legs sunk or something blew hard enough to get it aloft and tip. There are the remains of a few outbuildings it could have caught on as it went over. Darn lucky something worse didn't happen. Put the vid on the group website
by lillymunster 9/22/2011 1:59:21 AM

@all - been trying to update the group Library with all the good technical documents being posted in recent days. If you think of one that should be in the collection let me know. houseoffoust.com
by lillymunster 9/22/2011 2:03:41 AM

@lillymunster , looks like a pulley cable snapped. First I thought the operator brought the boom down to protect it from the wind. He would not through it on a building though.
by Peter 9/22/2011 2:04:11 AM

We've seen that broken in the middle config before, and seen it pull back up from it. They might have dropped it into that position to keep it from getting broken?
by RadioGuy 9/22/2011 2:09:15 AM

But it looks like it got away and hit the building
by RadioGuy 9/22/2011 2:10:20 AM

@all Are there time stamps on these stills/videos?
by smoss 9/22/2011 2:11:14 AM

I wondered that myself very strange the stamp not being there
by elainekirk 9/22/2011 2:14:08 AM

@smoss the stamp row is cut off on all of them.
by lillymunster 9/22/2011 2:15:45 AM

Japanese tsunami survivors six months on – interactive gu.com via @guardian
by elainekirk 9/22/2011 2:16:37 AM

@lillymunster That makes it very questionable in my book...enenews strikes me as a tad inflamatory.
by smoss 9/22/2011 2:17:36 AM

but the cam went off then it came back for awhile before going again so if the crane went down during the 'back on' spell it would explain the long down time after
by elainekirk 9/22/2011 2:18:27 AM

teppycam went of <12.39pm bst and was on again at 2.18pm bst then went again sometime after that and came back not long ago it is 3.22 am bst now so you could probably work it out from those times
by elainekirk 9/22/2011 2:23:10 AM

JNN is awesome now, clouds clearing : www.youtube.com
by Ian 9/22/2011 2:24:01 AM

@smoss I double check anything Enenews posts. :-) The Youtube poster, the videos look real. As for the times, it is odd they are removed. Most people leave them on.
by lillymunster 9/22/2011 2:26:55 AM