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@dean yup
by elainekirk 11/2/2011 3:04:47 AM

update on san onofre enformable.com
by elainekirk 11/2/2011 3:05:06 AM

@all I am,noticing that the above TBS link is stating "Event Ended"
by smoss 11/2/2011 3:05:44 AM

@elaine have you seen the video on the deformed cat?
by dean 11/2/2011 3:05:49 AM

Nov. 2 (Bloomberg) -- Tokyo Electric Power Co. detected signs of possible nuclear fission at its crippled Fukushima atomic power plant in northern Japan, raising the risk of more radiation leaks.

The company, known as Tepco, began spraying boric acid on the No. 2 reactor at 2:48 a.m. Japan time in an attempt to prevent accidental chain reactions. Tepco said it may have found xenon, which is associated with nuclear fission, while examining gases taken from the reactor, according to an e-mailed statement today.

Read more: www.sfgate.com
by elainekirk 11/2/2011 3:06:23 AM

@dean nope I will make us all coffee then watch it how far down is it?
by elainekirk 11/2/2011 3:07:02 AM

www.fukushimaemergencywhatcanwedo.blogspot.com @ elaine.. I"m not posting it in here cuz I get weezy..
by dean 11/2/2011 3:08:31 AM

@all.. I am exhausted from my travel back home today and must rest.. will return in a few hours..
by dean 11/2/2011 3:10:52 AM

@all TBS/JNN video coverage youtu.be (about 40 sec in there seems to be footage from inside the reactor building, can't tell if it is old or new)
by smoss 11/2/2011 3:11:03 AM

@dean hmm. I may ask a couple of veterinarians I know. That doesn't look like any textbook eye disorder and the cat's skull is distorted. The bunny with no ears had an explanation. It is actually quite common for earless bunnies. Mothers can over groom or bit off the ear buds when they are tiny and they don't grow ears. So that can have a non genetic cause. The kitten, never seen anything like that in practice or textbooks.
by lillymunster 11/2/2011 3:12:26 AM

@dean oh my goodness
by elainekirk 11/2/2011 3:15:19 AM

Doing some quick googling on feline eye diseases, feline herpes virus can effect the eye but none of the examples are identical to that. Most swell the surrounding tissue, I found one with an outside growth but didn't look like the cat in the video exactly.
by lillymunster 11/2/2011 3:22:00 AM

Soeks geiger counter for $250 www.amazon.co.jp
by lillymunster 11/2/2011 3:27:22 AM

the robots that could have saved fukushima blogs.scientificamerican.com
by lillymunster 11/2/2011 3:33:04 AM

I must go sleep - hoping nothing else goes wonky overnight
by lillymunster 11/2/2011 3:37:32 AM

@lillymunster I am sleeping too goodnight all
by elainekirk 11/2/2011 3:40:41 AM

Goodnight, you two.
by Mid Valley 11/2/2011 3:41:27 AM

Tepco Detects Possible Nuclear Fission at Fukushima Reactor

"Melted fuel in the No. 2 reactor may have undergone a sustained process of nuclear fission or re-criticality," Tetsuo Ito, the head of Kinki University's Atomic Energy Research Institute, said by phone. "The nuclear fission should be containable by injecting boron into the reactor to absorb neutrons."
by Ian 11/2/2011 4:51:50 AM

good morning
by elainekirk 11/2/2011 9:33:43 AM

results of gas sampling inside #2 www.tepco.co.jp
by elainekirk 11/2/2011 9:36:52 AM

nuclides in the air at the upside of #2 reactor building www.tepco.co.jp
by elainekirk 11/2/2011 9:38:54 AM

Unit 2 at 10a.m. (Japan time) November 2nd
At 4:14 am on November 2, we adjusted the amount of water injection to
the reactor to approximately 3 m3/h through reactor feed water system
piping arrangement, and 7 m3/h core spray system water injection piping
arrangement.
On November 1, we conducted a nuclide analysis of emitted gas sampled by
the gas management system of the reactor containment vessel. It was found
out that there was a possibility that short-half-life radionuclide (xenon
133, 135) was detected. There has been no significant variation as a
result of our continuous monitoring of the temperature and the pressure
in the reactor, and the figures of the monitoring posts. However, just to
be safe we injected boric-acid solution through reactor water injection
line from 2:48 am to 3:47 am on November 2, since it was undeniable that
fission reaction had occurred. www.tepco.co.jp
by elainekirk 11/2/2011 9:41:47 AM

Morning! (afternoon-evening)

@Elaine - the last post where TEPCO admits fission - is that from the chart?
by lillymunster 11/2/2011 10:28:16 AM

@lillymunster oops did I forget linky - link added sorry about that
by elainekirk 11/2/2011 10:32:52 AM

www.tepco.co.jp
Just getting further info on this tepco botch job
by elainekirk via Tepco.co.jp 11/2/2011 10:37:49 AM

We only have a Japanese version of this at the moment so I will just link to the cover doc with the photo's www.tepco.co.jp
by elainekirk 11/2/2011 10:39:13 AM

OMG - WTH?
by lillymunster 11/2/2011 10:40:28 AM

@lillymunster that is stupid foam is not a good idea , as an insulator yes but a sealant?????????
by elainekirk 11/2/2011 10:42:29 AM

The document appears to say it is in the turbine building. this quote above the picture: Stairs: Spread the scaffolding, and then covered with flame-retardant fireproof sheet, finished with a polyurethane foam
Staircase entrance door is closed or conduct sheet curing
by lillymunster 11/2/2011 10:43:15 AM

@lillymunster and right next to those projectiles and a flame retardent sheet is only useful if it covers something
by elainekirk 11/2/2011 10:45:50 AM

From the top of the doc, explaining why: [The purpose]
Unit 1 turbine building to 4, radioactive waste treatment building, the main process building, construction processing miscellaneous solid waste volume reduction
Ya, bunker building site, construction indoor dust concentration increases with decreasing ground water level of the residence buildings burning tool
To suppress, the obstruction of the openings leading to the underground work for the purpose of blocking the flow of large air
Implementation
by lillymunster 11/2/2011 10:46:06 AM

@lillymunster so they block the big air vent what have they done to mitigate pressure build up?
by elainekirk 11/2/2011 10:47:25 AM

are they just going to have wee hot spots they won't locate unit somebody pins them down probably after many workers have passed them
by elainekirk 11/2/2011 10:48:44 AM

It mentions as the water is done dust remains. Since the basements had really radioactive water in them maybe the water left behind radioactive muck that is really high rad? Not sure why they did that one staircase the way they did rather than just plastic.
by lillymunster 11/2/2011 11:04:39 AM

Safecast has collected their 1,000,000 data point and had received a big donation from a US foundation blog.safecast.org
by lillymunster 11/2/2011 11:05:12 AM

tepco have published their 3pm nov 2nd status update but no news of any developments in #2 www.tepco.co.jp
by elainekirk 11/2/2011 11:06:17 AM

@lillymunster great news from safecast
by elainekirk 11/2/2011 11:06:31 AM

ooh good article from safecast about how some people totally believe the media about radiation etc. blog.safecast.org
by lillymunster 11/2/2011 11:13:07 AM

@lillymunster good article
by elainekirk 11/2/2011 11:27:00 AM

8 year old girl has over 2000 bq.kg of contamination fukushima-diary.com
by lillymunster 11/2/2011 11:41:50 AM

disturbing news all around.
by Edano 11/2/2011 11:50:02 AM

Someone else warns of the potential for prompt criticality:

Professor Teruyuki Honda's big cities (Tokyo Nuclear Engineering Environment) to "If true, such as detection of xenon 135" on the assumption that spoke.
Even if there is a large critical, could lead to a Chernobyl-like explosion of the former Soviet Union, a zero is not seen as very low. However, Professor Honda, and country for TEPCO, "立Tazu to optimism, we should assume the worst," he said.
"Low potential" and to take all possible measures 甘Ezu, standby liquid in this sense was "a reasonable measure it." Because the trace amount detected, the generator may be seen as limited as described in
www.j-cast.com
by lillymunster 11/2/2011 11:52:27 AM

www3.nhk.or.jp

Former head of Hiroshima peace museum dies

Akihiro Takahashi, an atomic bomb survivor who later served as head of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, died of heart failure on Wednesday. He was 80.

Takahashi was born in Hiroshima in 1931. He was outside his junior high school, 1.4 kilometers from Ground Zero, when the bomb was dropped on the city in 1945.

He became head of the peace museum in 1979. During his 4-year tenure, Takahashi served as a guide to a number of visiting foreign dignitaries, including Pope John Paul II.
After leaving that post, he continued to speak about his experience as a "hibakusha" and repeatedly sent letters to US President Barack Obama urging him to visit Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Takahashi met UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon in August 2010 when the UN chief visited the museum on the 65 anniversary of the bombing.

One month later, he was appointed the government's special envoy to promote a nuclear-free world.

Wednesday, November 02, 2011 16:39 +0900 (JST)
www3.nhk.or.jp
by Edano via Www3.nhk.or.jp 11/2/2011 11:54:29 AM