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will have another batch of video stills when I get back in about an hour.
by lillymunster 1/21/2012 12:11:38 AM

@Ian Of course it doesn't take weeks to get one measurement. The problem is you can't do anything with one measurement. You need many measurements from many different samples and a thorough statistical analysis of the data before you can reach any conclusions. All that takes a lot of time. Specially when you don't even know what you're scanning for... I have to go now: flying to London in a few hours.
by Pedro Jesus 1/21/2012 1:13:01 AM

Images from video 2 & 3 done and posted to the group website www.simplyinfo.org
by lillymunster 1/21/2012 2:52:52 AM

This one I found interesting. It shows the bubbled up surface of containment but with a smooth spot sans paint/rust.

www.simplyinfo.org
by lillymunster via Simplyinfo.org 1/21/2012 2:53:37 AM

@lillymunster , great find! That paint is peeling of big time.
by Peter 1/21/2012 3:01:01 AM

@Peter I think that photo indicates it is paint instead of rust
by lillymunster 1/21/2012 3:04:55 AM

@lillymunster , I was thinking whether we ever saw pre-accident pictures of the interior of primary containments at Fukushima. Tepco must have used this paint elsewhere.
by Peter 1/21/2012 3:09:01 AM

Namie rock quarry 11-40 microsieverts when they went to test it mainichi.jp
by lillymunster 1/21/2012 3:17:29 AM

@Peter I'm not sure if we have any in containment photos. I have a couple inside the torus room and in the torus. I have some inspecting control rods but IIRC they were removed from the area. One inside unit 5's pedestal. I have a few dealing with the air locks to containment. The paint on the air lock doors is bright orange. Someone mentioned the paint put on the containment steel when it is put in during contstruction is covered in rust colored primer. But we only see the outside in those photos. So not sure if either example would be the right "orange paint'?
by lillymunster 1/21/2012 3:20:06 AM

TEPCO to be nationalized for at least 10 years mdn.mainichi.jp
by lillymunster 1/21/2012 3:25:53 AM

Public will no longer be allowed to attend in person the NISA stress test review meetings. They will only be allowed to watch from a different room via TV. news24.jp
by lillymunster 1/21/2012 3:26:35 AM

The tint might have changed. I found an artist's rendering of melted paint. idiommag.com . The photo is by Sherry Mills from here: idiommag.com . It must have been quite hot in containment.
by Peter via Idiommag 1/21/2012 3:29:29 AM

Tepco might have used the same paint they used for the interior of the wall panels on the refueling floor.
by Peter 1/21/2012 3:35:39 AM

@Peter looks like inside 2 ran from 150-600 celsius in early weeks. The 600 reading is for one of the control rod drive heat sensors.
by lillymunster 1/21/2012 3:38:11 AM

So the heat could easily explain what you discovered.
by Peter 1/21/2012 3:40:26 AM

Editorial: Gov't nuclear power plant tests mired in doubt mdn.mainichi.jp
by lillymunster 1/21/2012 4:11:50 AM

Meltdown at Hamaoka plant certain if power supply knocked out for 3 days ajw.asahi.com

Better make sure they haven't left anything unplugged like TEPCO
by lillymunster 1/21/2012 4:12:22 AM

UPDATE 1-TEPCO to be nationalized for 10 years - Kyodo af.reuters.com
by Mid Valley 1/21/2012 4:24:49 AM

Japanese Government to Municipalities Against Accepting Radioactive Waste: "Shut Up" ex-skf.blogspot.com
by lillymunster 1/21/2012 4:40:44 AM

Video 4, part 2 - Unit 2 containment scope
by lillymunster 1/21/2012 4:56:24 AM

Tepco may be run by outside directors www.japantimes.co.jp
by lillymunster 1/21/2012 5:05:05 AM

Japanese tsunami debris in Alaska www.nzherald.co.nz
by Mid Valley 1/21/2012 5:22:29 AM

Video 4, part 1 of unit 2 containment scope
by lillymunster 1/21/2012 5:26:29 AM

Food from disaster-hit areas shown at San Francisco fair www.yomiuri.co.jp
by Mid Valley 1/21/2012 5:48:18 AM

fukushima-diary.com Kesennuma Miyagi, where got the worst damage of Tsunami in 311, restarted oyster farm but the shells grow unusually fast.
They reopened the farm last June after having the port completely destroyed by Tsunami. The oyster was 1~2cm at the time but they have already grown to be about 10cm, which is as double fast as usual.
At average, it takes 2 years but they are already starting to sell them from 1/19/2012.
Fisher’s experiment station of Kesennuma thinks it might be because the rivals of oyster died or nitrogen nutrition might have flown from ground soil by Tsunami. Nobody has considered the risk of radiation.
by dean 1/21/2012 1:42:02 PM

Three Mile Island to Chernobyl to Fukushima, original silk art by Doug Minker
by bo 1/21/2012 1:42:58 PM

Hey @dean, friends of mine are holding a conference in Chicago in May, and they are interested in talking to a present or former nuclear industry worker, who can also speak a little about exposure issues among nuclear workers. Would you be interested, or know of someone that would be interested? The conference is at the University of Chicago. They are the folks who run the Atomic Age blog: lucian.uchicago.edu
by bo 1/21/2012 1:44:57 PM

@bo.. good afternoon, would I have to travel to chicago?
by dean 1/21/2012 1:53:05 PM

@dean yes, but I think that they would foot the bill.
by bo 1/21/2012 1:54:21 PM

I may be interested in that bo, I'd like to get some more details on what's expected so if you have links or the information please let me know and, I can use the gmail to exchange info.
by dean 1/21/2012 1:56:05 PM

In that link there is some information. I would also be happy to put you in touch with the organizers, they are really good folks. You can email me at my work email, let me know if you don't have it, and I can send you some more details and the email addresses of the organizers.
by bo 1/21/2012 1:57:11 PM

I will check out the link to gain some information and can you send an email with the contacts, your email and some details to the dean4fukushima@gmail.com Thanks bo
by dean 1/21/2012 1:59:50 PM

@dean you are the person I thought of first! Thank you.
by bo 1/21/2012 2:02:04 PM

Dean, just tried to email and it bounced. Email me at: jacobs@peace.hiroshima-cu.ac.jp and I will resend to you.
by bo edited by dean 1/21/2012 2:11:28 PM