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@Ian currently a cloud back in the way but the trees in the foreground are really clear.
by lillymunster 9/22/2011 2:27:59 AM

@lillymunster, shoot for a few minutes it was really beautiful as the camera was panned out and you could see the mountainous terrain. The camera up there now seems to be very sharp.
by Ian 9/22/2011 2:31:17 AM

@all Current Tepco cam shows no remnants of a crane positioned like the one that fell, and in fact has a crane pointed in the opposite direction, but still relatively close to 3 and 4. Help me out a little, because the postion of the farthest crane does not look consistant between the crash video and current cam. In the crash video it appears to be to the right of the tower and in the current Tepco cam it appears to be positioned to the left of the tower.
by smoss 9/22/2011 2:34:08 AM

Lilly, since we talked about vent paths from the PCV to the outside, smack in the middle of this diagram on the altered Unit 1 nitrogen injection path you see the path for venting the PCV to the HVAC which is now shut off. i1214.photobucket.com
by Peter via I1214.photobucket 9/22/2011 2:34:30 AM

@all Tepco cam just did a really strange pan-up...all I'm seeing now it the tops of cranes and towers.
by smoss 9/22/2011 2:36:17 AM

@smoss , we must make sure the boom actually fell on structures. The boom came down kind of slow, which makes me still think this could have been an intended lowering.
by Peter 9/22/2011 2:39:23 AM

@Peter I would agree. I'm still questioning the lack of a time stamp and the relative positions of the cranes in current time as compared to the video.
by smoss 9/22/2011 2:43:13 AM

@all Fukushima Daiichi No. 3 RPI continuity test
TEPCO has reported the results of a series of tests to determine wire continuity in the position indication probes (Rod Position Indication equipment) on No. 3 reactor plant at Fukushima Daiichi in order to attempt, indirectly, to determine condition of the bottom of the reactor pressure vessel.

As with this same test at No. 1 plant, TEPCO announces that the results are not in any way conclusive. None of the detectors passed any test. Below is an illustration from TEPCO just like that we saw for No. 1 plant. Of course it differs in that there are many more fuel elements, control rods and there are five sections or divisions of RPI equipment that don't match up neatly to quadrants. TEPCO will in all likelihood complete this same test for No. 2 plant in the next day or two and we'll place that illustration here as well.

So far there is still no solid evidence as to the exact condition of the bottom of any of the pressure vessels beyond what we've been reporting on this blog for many months.

atomicpowerreview.blogspot.com
by smoss 9/22/2011 2:50:31 AM

@all Wishing everyone well! Have really enjoyed the discussion/deduction of potential corium flow that has taken place on this board over the past week. Bye for now...
by smoss 9/22/2011 2:53:08 AM

Typhoon kills 6 www.reuters.com
by lillymunster 9/22/2011 3:05:32 AM

Battered Fukushima plant resists typhoon’s onslaught en.wikinews.org
by RadioGuy 9/22/2011 4:01:50 AM

Berkeley NUC just published their Observations of Fallout from the Fukushima Reactor Accident in San Francisco Bay Area Rainwater at www.plosone.org
by RadioGuy 9/22/2011 4:09:10 AM

not immediately harmful to human health
by RadioGuy 9/22/2011 4:10:16 AM

Troy Davis Executed: Death Row Inmate Killed After U.S. Supreme Court Denies Stay Of Execution
www.huffingtonpost.com

JACKSON, Ga. -- Georgia executed Troy Davis on Wednesday night for the murder of an off-duty police officer, a crime he denied committing right to the end as supporters around the world mourned and declared that an innocent man was put to death.

Defiant to the end, he told relatives of Mark MacPhail that his 1989 slaying was not his fault. "I did not have a gun," he insisted.

"For those about to take my life," he told prison officials, "may God have mercy on your souls. May God bless your souls."

Davis was declared dead at 11:08. The lethal injection began about 15 minutes earlier, after the Supreme Court rejected an 11th-hour request for a stay.

The court did not comment on its order, which came about four hours after it received the request and more than three hours after the planned execution time.
by RadioGuy 9/22/2011 4:21:22 AM

@@lillymunster - cesium is the biggest source of radiation. Clearly there's enough of it at that one 4SV/hr spot to kill somebody, if it didn't already kill the "acute lukemia" guy. But evidence from Chernobyl seems to be if it doesn't kill you from radiation sickness at 1+SV, 30K bq per meter may not hurt anybody. Could I possibly be right? That would be the anti-busby position, that these low levels don't justify the fears being put out by Busby and Moret and to a leser degree, Arnie. artmuke stronium, plutonium etc. there are lots of other things being found in Japan that cause cancer.

by lillymunster 5:13 PM
by artnuke 9/22/2011 5:31:04 AM

That crane video looks like it is speeded up and they lowered it into a storm position. If it really fell, it would not look like a controlled retraction. Did they inject that Davis guy with CS-137??
by artnuke 9/22/2011 5:31:10 AM

www.picassodreams.com This now-old video claims #3 fuel platform has fallen into the fuel pool, but he's actually pointing to the roof crane that has collapsed onto the core plug at the edge of the equipment pool. So much for japanese experts.
by artnuke 9/22/2011 5:31:48 AM

lewrockwell.com Lewrockwell posts Al Jazeerah video on "The Fukushima Nuclear Disaster Worsens Will parts of Tokyo have to be evacuated?" Neither Lewrockwell nor Al Jazeerah are good guys in my opinion, tend to be on the same side of issues as Busby and Moret
by artnuke 9/22/2011 5:32:11 AM

www.tepco.co.jp
Fukushima Daichi Nuclear Power Station Inflow spot of rainwater in the basement of Turbine Building, Unit 6
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by elainekirk via Tepco.co.jp 9/22/2011 7:40:10 AM

english.kyodonews.jp

Prosecutors accept complaint against antinuclear actor Yamamoto

SAGA, Japan, Sept. 22, Kyodo

Prosecutors in Saga Prefecture in southwestern Japan have accepted a criminal complaint against actor Taro Yamamoto on suspicion of trespassing and interference with public duty when he entered a local government building to file an antinuclear power protest.

A 27-year-old man filed the complaint against Yamamoto, 36, and several others over a July 11 incident at the Saga prefectural offices, where the people demanded along with about 150 activists that the local government not allow the restart of two idled reactors at the Genkai nuclear power station.

They handed a letter of request to a prefectural official and left the building after Saga Gov. Yasushi Furukawa declined to meet with the group.

The man, who lives in Kyoto, calls for severe punishment in the complaint, according to sources at the prosecutors' office.

''An act of entering a prefectural office by getting over a barrier significantly deviates from freedom of expression guaranteed by the Constitution. It is unacceptable in a nation abiding by the rule of the law,'' the complaint says.

In May, Yamamoto fired his agent after having his role in a television drama canceled apparently due to his antinuclear remarks following the disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant triggered by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

==Kyodo english.kyodonews.jp
by Edano via English.kyodonews.jp 9/22/2011 9:29:36 AM

shaking my head.
by Edano 9/22/2011 9:30:30 AM

Typhoon Roke spares Fukushima plant

Typhoon Roke has inflicted no major damage to the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

The typhoon approached the plant on Wednesday night, bringing heavy rain and strong winds to the area.

Rainwater flowed into the basement of the turbine building of the Number 6 reactor.

Of the number one through 4 reactor buildings whose basements are flooded with contaminated water, water levels rose by 44 centimeters at the number one reactor building, and by about 10 centimeters at the other 3 reactor buildings due to rain.

The operation of equipment to remove salt from contaminated water was also stopped due to rain.
Tokyo Electric Power Company said several cameras to monitor the plant compound and amounts of water injected into the reactors also suffered glitches likely due to rain.

Thursday, September 22, 2011 14:23 +0900 (JST)
www3.nhk.or.jp
by Edano 9/22/2011 9:33:44 AM

@Edano that is intimidation isn't it ? Threaten the people by using a popular figure as an example of the power of the state
by elainekirk 9/22/2011 9:34:56 AM

@elainekirk i wonder when they will prosecute the real tepco and nisa criminals.
by Edano 9/22/2011 9:36:13 AM

www3.nhk.or.jp

Radioactive iodine spread south of nuclear plant

A Japanese government survey shows that radioactive iodine emitted from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant spread not only northwestward but also to the south of the plant.

The science ministry sampled soil at 2,200 locations, mostly in Fukushima Prefecture, in June and July, and created a map indicating the extent of the radioactive contamination as of June 14th.

Officials were able to obtain data for iodine 131 at only 400 locations, because of its short half-life of 8 days.

The latest map shows that iodine 131 spread northwest of the plant, just like cesium 137 as indicated on an earlier map. But the substance was also confirmed south of the plant at relatively high levels.
The researchers found that accumulation levels of iodine 131 were higher than those of cesium 137 in coastal areas south of the plant.

Ministry officials say clouds that moved southward over the plant apparently caught large amounts of iodine 131 that were emitted at the time.

Iodine 131 could cause thyroid cancer through internal exposure. The ministry is therefore trying to determine at what levels the substance spread immediately after the accident at the plant in March.

Thursday, September 22, 2011 11:11 +0900 (JST)
www3.nhk.or.jp
by Edano via Www3.nhk.or.jp 9/22/2011 9:37:38 AM

Business leader asks for nuclear plant resumption

A business group leader in the Kansai region has asked the government to quickly resume operations at suspended nuclear power plants as a way to resolve continued power shortages in Japan.

The head of the Kansai Economic Federation, Shosuke Mori, made the request when he met with Chief Cabinet Secretary Osamu Fujimura in Tokyo on Thursday.

Mori said electricity supply is projected to become tighter during the winter, causing more companies to shift production overseas and to cut workforce. He said Japanese industries will face even more difficulties if this situation continues.

Fujimura said he is aware of the severity of power shortages in the Kansai region.
He said the government plans to reopen nuclear plants one by one, after conducting thorough safety inspections and gaining the understanding of local communities.

Since the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, many nuclear reactors in Japan remain shutdown after undergoing regular inspections.

Thursday, September 22, 2011 14:22 +0900 (JST)
www3.nhk.or.jp
by Edano 9/22/2011 9:39:10 AM

Troy Davis executed in Georgia

The US state of Georgia has executed an African-American man over the murder of a police officer 22 years ago, despite doubts about his guilt.

Troy Davis, who was 42, was put to death by lethal injection on Wednesday night, on charges of fatally shooting the white police officer in 1989. Davis had consistently maintained that he was innocent.

Many of his supporters staged a rally in front of the prison from morning, asking for a stay of execution.

Seven of 9 witnesses who had initially said they'd seen Davis shoot the officer later recanted. Davis had been granted 3 stays of execution since 2007.

The case drew international attention as a symbol of the battle over the legitimacy of the death penalty and racial imbalance in the US justice system.

International human rights groups and other advocates had collected more than 600,000 petition signatures worldwide to ask for clemency.

Thursday, September 22, 2011 17:52 +0900 (JST)
www3.nhk.or.jp
by Edano 9/22/2011 9:41:05 AM

only depressing news today.
by Edano 9/22/2011 9:41:44 AM

@Edano how convenient that the spread of iodine to the south has only just come to light, any earlier and it could have caused fear and panic in the heavily populated and industrialised areas which would have impacted on the all important economy
by elainekirk 9/22/2011 9:42:02 AM

#Fukushima I Nuke Plant: Reactor 2 Containment Vessel May Have Had a Hole Right After March 11 Earthquake
according to a government researcher at Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA).
ex-skf.blogspot.com
by Majj 9/22/2011 10:21:32 AM

@Majj g'morning Majj
by elainekirk 9/22/2011 10:37:14 AM

@elainekirk Good Morning :-)
by Majj 9/22/2011 10:41:30 AM

@Majj they are certainly letting the news leak out almost as fast as their contamination at the moment aren't they
by elainekirk 9/22/2011 11:12:27 AM

morning! (sorta)
by lillymunster 9/22/2011 11:15:12 AM

a containment breach finally gives sense to the magical curtains.
by Edano 9/22/2011 11:15:23 AM

good morning @Lilly
by elainekirk 9/22/2011 11:16:32 AM

@Edano I am glad something makes sense I struggle to make sense of any of it
by elainekirk 9/22/2011 11:18:56 AM

Need to read the containment news article. They said unit 2 had a 3 meter hole in the torus (or suppression pool itself) months ago.

Just read it. Hole in containment on top of the hole in the suppression pool. From what I have been reading the RCIC can run dry or stop cooling when the buildings heat up so much the water is hot or boils off. The water flooding from suppression should have caused a pressure increase. Adding water in that situation is a risk for quick pressure spikes.
by lillymunster 9/22/2011 11:20:11 AM

#1 readings were errors on the 16th the corrections are here www.tepco.co.jp
by elainekirk 9/22/2011 11:22:27 AM

@lillymunster pressure in torus was twice design on march 14 and 15, and dropped to atmosphere after the explosion. www.houseoffoust.com
by Edano via Houseoffoust 9/22/2011 11:28:31 AM

@elainekirk @lillymunster @Edano And when exactly was the first time that Jo Meyer said "Looks like the torus blew out in R2?" March 16th? And if we knew already, don't you think that with all their extra input they knew at TEPCO, too? Man, when these evil clowns go down (and I believe they eventually will) it's going to be a hard fall.
by RadioGuy 9/22/2011 11:35:03 AM

@elainekirk does #2 still emit iodine ?
by Edano 9/22/2011 11:39:13 AM

one moment edano we have freezer melt
by elainekirk 9/22/2011 11:41:20 AM

@Edano It might help explain the i131 that turned up in higher than expected numbers to the south of the plant. They were looking at it (because of half-life) as meaning that there was much more in the original releases than they expected, higher even than the cesium levels when they work it back by half-lives. Maybe it's not just old half-life remnants.
by RadioGuy 9/22/2011 11:44:30 AM