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Anyone know how to post a link to a photo in flicker? when I post the link, all I get is the photo, no link to it.

@lillymunster I have, but that does not work, which I find unusual. Maybe its set up that way?

It sure is an interesting photo to see.

Yes, how did you do that?

what I just posted goes with the photo. Look at it at the 45 degree angle. I see mega hot spots

@lillymunster thanks, I'll have to practice that one:)

I've gotta post this: Nuclear Science Day LIVE WEBINAR: "What’s Cool About Nuclear Science and Why Our Country Needs Nuclear Electricity"
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@bo @lillymunster I was reading through that account from the Canadian born freelance journalist and was just thinking: if he didn't have a valid VISA status to stay in Japan, which seems to be the case, there is no other solution for the immigration officers to send him back to his place of origin. Once they process the case, he is responsibility of the airline, which is Korean, not Japanese, as has been noted by some of the commentators. I think Mr Johnson's trouble was more with the Korean company's employees and not so much with the Japanese immigration authorities who are only doing their job. And according to another commentator who allegedly followed Mr Johnson's account since early, the story has been updated so much that it doesn't resemble the original story any longer. If there is indeed misconduct by Japanese immigration officers, this is definitely not the best evidence for it.

On a side note, immigration officers are sometimes over-diligent and this reminds me of a story that happened to the girlfriend of a friend of mine (both from Brasil). My friend, who is a chef, had been come to spend some time with his brother who worked here in Portugal. He got a job and was perfectly legal. They both had residency in Portugal. His girlfriend filled all the requisites to come to Portugal on vacation, which was her desire since she had a very good job back at home, but was blocked at the airport in Lisbon by immigration and sent back to Brasil on grounds of attempting to illegally entering the country. The case is still in courts but the end result was my friend cancelling his job contract and flying back to his country with little, if any, will to ever come back. I think these stories can happen anywhere in the world.

Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Thursday that it has passed an industrial endoscope into one of the reactors that suffered meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in the first attempt by the plant operator to directly check the interiors of the crippled reactors.

The outcome of the 70-minute survey into the No. 2 reactor is expected to be announced later in the day. Confirming the state of the melted fuel is likely to be difficult through the investigation, but the utility may be able to gather more information on the reactor's conditions.

Well, the spokesperson seems rather proud that the temperature they measured today (around 40C) matches TEPCO's previous estimates so closely. But he's glossing over the fact that the fuel and water seem to be long gone. www.tepco.co.jp

There is a segment on NHKWORLD News on the excursion, confirming what we see on the pictures - not much useful info. We had a pic of the endoscope the other day. Commonly, the camera is mounted behind the flexible optic fiber extension and not at the head. That would have prevented the radiation artifacts. The expert interviewed on NHKWORLD said unfortunately there is not much to see other than little damage to the primary containment and little water. www3.nhk.or.jp