I have seen NRC ramp up it's questioning on NUC plants and the Utility companies that lead them, they have to currently based on the increased exposure from Fukushima and then the subsequent flooding and earthquake, and equipment failures stemming from loss of power to personnel related incidented like the dropped tools into the switchgear
by dean 10/23/2011 1:45:48 PM
@dean oh yes
by elainekirk 10/23/2011 1:45:51 PM
my interface with the Senator from my state is to implement a review of the NRC with the intent to re-organize and split the powers up
by dean 10/23/2011 1:47:16 PM
@Peter I didn't get the link in the window you posted... would like to see ... I remember Darth Maul having a life saver with two beams.. they need to be careful because they may cut their own throats while trying to fight the entrenched system
by dean 10/23/2011 1:53:20 PM
I think that's one of the problems.. the commissioner and NRC is walking on a barged wire fence trying to balance
by dean 10/23/2011 1:54:15 PM
True @Peter... here is a link which contains the actions necessary prior to resuming operations at Anna
by dean 10/23/2011 2:00:20 PM
by dean 10/23/2011 2:00:35 PM
www.huffingtonpost.com @ Liz they are planning to build nuclear plants
by dean 10/23/2011 2:07:17 PM
morning! (afternoon-evening)
by lillymunster 10/23/2011 2:07:43 PM
morning @ lilly..
by dean 10/23/2011 2:10:59 PM
Reading back through posts. Looking for a list of burning questions?
by lillymunster 10/23/2011 2:14:37 PM
I believe, from a global perspective, there needs to be signed treaties about nuclear safety, regulation and some authority to impose closures etc... for instance.. China is becoming or is the leading industrial nuclear developing country with 27 nuclear power plants in process of being built, industries which emit metric tons of pollution such as Co2 to the environment etc, I worry about how these are being regulated and if there are requirements similar to the EPA or OSHA etc and what are the emission guildlines. when foreign countries build these types of facilities I worry. Right now China may be the lead country to the global crises
by dean 10/23/2011 2:14:58 PM
@lillymunster one question is the connection between scs and busby
by elainekirk 10/23/2011 2:15:19 PM
@elainekirk SCS?
by lillymunster 10/23/2011 2:15:42 PM
@all.. I must go drive this morning and will return.. ty all so much will return
by dean 10/23/2011 2:15:52 PM
@dean have a good one!
by lillymunster 10/23/2011 2:16:13 PM
I posted this late last night - the hormesis hotel some guy wants to build in Fukushima
ex-skf.blogspot.comby lillymunster 10/23/2011 2:20:54 PM
More food inspections
translate.google.comby lillymunster 10/23/2011 2:23:04 PM
going through news stories from last night. Any major fuku news this morning?
by lillymunster 10/23/2011 2:23:50 PM
@lillymunster I am just putting pieces together somebody in Japan made the connection and rockhopper sent me it it does seem to look as though an international companies subsidiary is involved but I am going to solidify it as soon as I have painted two more doors this job is like the forth bridge
by elainekirk 10/23/2011 2:24:03 PM
@lillymunster i would like your opinion on the bluefin story on org
by elainekirk 10/23/2011 2:24:40 PM
The bluefin story is the one rockhopper was talking about?
by lillymunster 10/23/2011 2:27:10 PM
Ah. So these were Atlantic bluefin tuna, not Pacific. But that raises the question. Do tuna schools travel long distances? What is the normal habitat for these tuna? The article mentions they stay to warm waters. So the burning question is, is it possible for these to be Pacific tuna? If it is possible it could have a connection. The seal problems in Alaska are a mystery but nobody is looking at the possibility they got into a cloud of contaminated water or debris. Even if the bluefin tuna issue isn't directly related to fuku and issues in the Pacific it likely means something. Like the bee colony collapses in the US were eventually pinned on pesticides & chemicals these out of ordinary animal behaviors mean something. Would Majj know anything about fish migration? I could do some looking but it will take a bit.
by lillymunster 10/23/2011 2:32:59 PM
@Liz agh! They are BWR units too!
en.wikipedia.orgby lillymunster 10/23/2011 2:34:47 PM
@Liz long list of problems. It mentions GE and shroud replacement so I am guessing it is a Mark1 or Mark II reactor plant. Elaine may want that list for her accident spreadsheet.
by lillymunster 10/23/2011 2:51:36 PM
@Liz Activist Anti-Atomic Jellyfish! There were swarms of them attacking nuke plants about mid-summer. It was like they planned it. :-)
by lillymunster 10/23/2011 3:04:32 PM
Interesting idea for DIY film dosimeters. Anyone know if this would actually be accurate?
If you are absolutely paranoid, take a roll of 35mm film into a pitch-black room and unroll it. Cut it into squares. Put each square between two pieces of cardboard that are just thick enough that absolutely no light will get through. Use duct tape round the edges to seal the sandwich up. Radioactive dust is the biggest problem and dust is worst in the corners of rooms, since they're hard to clean. Put a film sandwich in all the corners in your house. Leave them there for, say, about a week. Gather them up and take them to anyone with a darkroom to develop. If the squares are completely fogged over, THEN you can worry
by lillymunster 10/23/2011 3:27:05 PM
Also found this off the slashdot post. Pen dosimeters. I know Bo was looking for one for his semipalatinsk trip and there had been questions about finding gear before.
www.dosimeter.comby lillymunster 10/23/2011 3:36:23 PM
Google translate has added conversation mode for a bunch of new languages including Japanese, 14 languages, adding Brazilian Portuguese, Czech, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin Chinese, Polish, Russian and Turkish.
googletranslate.blogspot.comby lillymunster 10/23/2011 3:47:13 PM
@Peter the film badges?
by lillymunster 10/23/2011 3:47:32 PM
@Peter It sounded like they were trying to use them as a crude method to determine if you had a high level of contamination in a home? Would just examining a film for being washed out work in some crude sense to get a rough idea if you need to do more testing?
by lillymunster 10/23/2011 3:49:11 PM
@dean , Mr. Jazco seemed a bit Darth Maul to the VEPCO people. I guess he would not mind throwing the weakest under the bus to demonstrate to the public that the administration is serious about safety.by Peter 10/23/2011 1:50:16 PM
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