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@LiberationFront The Norwegian models are just models and prone to miscalculations just like any other source of modeling. It isn't a totally exact science. Since much of it relies on weather and weather isn't 100% predictable . One problem with the Norwegian data is they ran a model called Zardoz. It wasn't intented to be a real model of what is going on or made public. Some people released it but misunderstood the information and it was miscommunicated as being "real" radiation data a few places. This caused a ton of confusion. So if looking at Norwegian modeling of the fallout we always need to make sure the source didn't accidentally involve that set of modeling.

@MaryW What we do have for data points are the releases from the plant and monitoring stations. That can help confirm the validity of models after the fact. IE: a model says San Francisco was going to get a heavy fallout on May 1st. After the fact we can check radiation monitors at and near San Francisco to see if that actually happened. As far as I know nobody is going back and trying to confirm the two together.

@LiberationFront I agree that plutonium modeling is going to be quite hard and really requires the on the ground testing of samples to confirm it. As far as I understand you would have to specifically test for plutonium in a sample. You can't just extrapolate it out of rad readings.

Tomorrow being the 9mo anniversary (tonight US time) is the 9mo anniversary of the disaster. Lots of demos happening nihondemo.wiki.fc2.com

Oh my. Progress energy tried to DIY their steam generator replacements. I remember hearing they screwed it up bad. I wasn't aware they cracked containment doing it and now they want taxpayers to help pay for their screw up. enformable.com

@elainekirk This is rather Python-esque - more on the NRC slap fight www.reuters.com

Voices of evacuees www.nytimes.com

Wild monkeys to measure Fukushima radiation — RT bit.ly

Gregory Jaczko has a cold www.truth-out.org

@Edano that is pretty big.

MEXICO CITY - A powerful 6.7 magnitude earthquake hit Guerrero state in southwest Mexico at 19:47 local time on Saturday (0147 GMT Sunday), the U.S. Geological Survey reported.

The earthquake rattled buildings in Mexico City and seemed to go on for an unusually long period. There were no immediate reports of damage but residents ran out of buildings and gathered in the streets outside.

The temblor, centered 22 miles south of Teloloapan, was 40 miles deep, the USGS said.

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said a destructive tsunami was not generated by the quake. www.cnbc.com

REUTERS U.N climate talks agree to extend legally binding Kyoto Protocol

Fukushima 花見山 10 days of migration, experiments were performed for the decontamination of the cherry blossoms next season.

　Cherry blossom is also about 30 million visitors a year, spring, dropped to 4,000 90,000 Tokyo Electric Power Co. Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident affected the East and the earthquake. Located in the valley, relatively high radiation dose, the trailhead of the landowners, businesses were asked to work with a proven track record in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, such as asbestos.

　Work is done around the trailhead, a worker, a special liquid mixture and lime sulfur solution (ND rock) was sprayed on the ground made by mixing a liquid such as barium sulfate.

　The liquid is said to be effective to prevent dispersal of radioactive cesium and dose reduction. Participants of the experiment, Mr. Toshiyuki Abe, a company executive working on decontamination of the city (56) "I want to apply to the decontamination of Forestry Once confirmed that the lower the dose," he said.

( 11:10 min, 2011 December 11, Yomiuri Shimbun) www.yomiuri.co.jp