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We are at 7 months. It is Oct 11th in Japan.

@lillymunster workers

@lillymunster quote -We need to think about workers' situation. Fksm is getting colder, and situation seems to be getting worse.

I wonder if we can get enough details if we could get some attention. It worked before if enough internet and media pick it up.

@you they havent the insulation they had last winter they are idling prime for freezing and popping

@elainekirk so how do they heat all parts of the reactor building during normal operation? Does the residual heat of operation do it or do they have HVAC?

and they have the whirlpools on the upper decks....

I could see parts of the filtration systems icing up

must sleep g'night all

@elainekirk They will keep a bit of heat in by not allowing wind blowing across them. But many of the break areas are just tents that are sealed up. Those could be an issue unless they put some minor heating in them

NYT SPECIAL REPORT: ENERGY
The Year of Peril and Promise in Energy Production www.nytimes.com

@alphaspheric that report sounds trash

@Peter I grabbed the other scribd link from previous days. Will grab these instead and add them into the library. I still have the strahlentelex docs to add, they are on my list for today

@Peter Ok. I have the original TEPCO links on the library page. I added the new scribd ones - will label them as sept. updates. Then add the scribd link from the other day as June all chapters. Let me know if that is not correct.

@Peter king of the day.

Daycare center near Fukushima plant reopens

A daycare center some 20 kilometers from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has reopened for the first time since the accident there in March.

18 children aged 2 months to 5 years arrived with their parents at the center in Minami Soma City, Fukushima Prefecture, on Tuesday.

The facility decided to reopen when the Japanese government lifted its evacuation advisory for the city on September 30th.

Before reopening, the center reportedly took decontamination measures such as removing topsoil from its playground.

The head of the center said parents are understandably worried about the effects of radiation, so he wants to continue efforts to ensure the children's safety.

Tuesday, October 11, 2011 16:37 +0900 (JST)
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Govt reviews nuclear power generation costs

Japan's Atomic Energy Commission is creating a new estimate of the cost of nuclear power as part of a review of the country's nuclear policy.

For the first time, it will take into account the cost of compensation for possible nuclear accidents.

The review of Japan's policy on nuclear power use, research and development had been suspended after the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in March. It resumed last month.

A subcommittee tasked with calculating the cost of nuclear power was set up by the commission on Tuesday.

Acting commission head Tatsujiro Suzuki said it will be the first cost assessment since the Fukushima accident, and will gain attention both at home and abroad.
He said he hopes to conduct an objective estimate in which the data as well as premises and procedures of the calculation are transparent.

The subcommittee will calculate the cost of recycling spent nuclear fuel by extracting plutonium, a main pillar of the current nuclear policy. It will estimate the cost of discarding it as waste as well.

It will also debate how far to include the costs of compensation, decontamination and reactor decommissioning after nuclear accidents.

While the commission plans to release its overall cost estimates by March, projections for the costs of accidents will be submitted to a government panel now reviewing Japan's energy policy before the end of this month.

Tuesday, October 11, 2011 12:55 +0900 (JST)
www3.nhk.or.jp