Japan Earthquake

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the earlier report gives details www.tepco.co.jp
by elainekirk 2/5/2012 1:47:34 AM

@elainekirk sounds like the water changes could have played a part. Unit 2 has still had ongoing issues with hydrogen production so changes there can be worrying.
by lillymunster 2/5/2012 1:50:35 AM

Mitsubuishi Nuclear has a sunflower on their webpage. Rather ironic. www.mnes-us.com
by lillymunster 2/5/2012 1:56:02 AM

Elaine, what is the right context to search for a term within a website via google? Is it searchterm:www.website.com ?
by lillymunster 2/5/2012 2:03:20 AM

Mitsubishi has done 28 of these steam generator replacements outside Japan I found 2 in China and 2 in Belgium. I wonder how many are installed at US PWR units www.mnes-us.com

en.wikipedia.org
by lillymunster 2/5/2012 2:08:11 AM

@lillymunster example steam generator pipe site:nrc.gov
by elainekirk 2/5/2012 2:14:08 AM

@elainekirk I bet the added www.nrc.gov was throwing it off.
by lillymunster 2/5/2012 2:14:43 AM

This lists some of the reactors Mitsubishi provided steam generator replacements to www.ne.doe.gov
by lillymunster 2/5/2012 2:17:05 AM

@lillymunster have there been any new steam generator reactors built recently?
by elainekirk 2/5/2012 2:19:34 AM

@elainekirk like newer reactors that might have these steam generators as their initial equipment?
by lillymunster 2/5/2012 2:20:29 AM

@lillymunster well if the problem was known in the 70's I just wonder if the carried on regardless
by elainekirk 2/5/2012 2:23:08 AM

Page 6 has specs for Mitsubishi steam generators www-pub.iaea.org
by lillymunster 2/5/2012 2:28:09 AM

@elainekirk I see vague mentions of a new steel alloy being used in replacements. I have not figured out if this was the "solution" to what was found in the 70's or not. If it was the solution it isn't a very good one
by lillymunster 2/5/2012 2:29:02 AM

What worries me is where the flaw started. How long has that potential manufacturing issue existed and how many of these generator replacements around the world may have a similar failure issue. I don't know if it can cause a fatal issue but they release radiation when they fail and should either be replaced or the plants stopped until a functional replacement can be proven and installed.
by lillymunster 2/5/2012 2:30:43 AM

According to this a serious failure in a steam generator can be considered a LOCA and could drain off coolant water???? www.dailykos.com
by lillymunster 2/5/2012 2:36:57 AM

NRC had steam generator worries in 2009 at San Onofre and warned Ft. Calhoun nuclearstreet.com
by lillymunster 2/5/2012 2:45:22 AM

* Some details on the bird study www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/bird-numbers-plummet-around-stricken-fukushima-plant-6348724.html A bit confusing because NHK reports the bird study is starting in May when the scientist interviewed, Timothy Mousseau, will go to Japan. But he's also a co-author to a Fuku-bird study to be released this coming week. But the Independent report indicates that the new study was conducted by researchers, from Japan, USA and Denmark. So presumably Mousseau's role in the new study was as a remote consultant to scientists on-the-scene in Japan.
by Ian 2/5/2012 2:48:35 AM

@lillymunster yes I got thatr impression from the stuff I read
by elainekirk 2/5/2012 3:13:06 AM

NYC no nukes 3.11 memorial march 311newyork.wordpress.com
by lillymunster 2/5/2012 3:13:19 AM

@elainekirk having issues tracking down for sure what units have mitsubishi steam generators. San Onofre & Ft. Calhoun for sure. Long list of other US that may have them as their original or a replacement? Others around the world for sure. "Recalled" parts on a nuclear reactor. Gah.
by lillymunster 2/5/2012 3:15:17 AM

@lillymunster The Indian Point Nuclear Facility in Westchester County threatens the drinking water to more than 11 million people in the region, according to a report released by an environmental advocacy group. www.nyacknewsandviews.com
by elainekirk 2/5/2012 3:20:28 AM

good to see the threat being published in a factual manner maybe it will make people start to think
by elainekirk 2/5/2012 3:24:25 AM

visualization of all 2011 quakes in Japan www.geekosystem.com
by lillymunster 2/5/2012 3:27:12 AM

@elainekirk I think many of these problems simply need more debate. There is factual evidence of a problem somewhere but the media will maybe report it and if they do they go to the NEI for a response or the operator and either one feeds them a line of BS that gets printed. When there is actual public discussion the talking points fall apart fast.
by lillymunster 2/5/2012 3:29:09 AM

@lillymunster that is a very good summing up
by elainekirk 2/5/2012 3:34:21 AM

Malfunction at spent nuclear fuel pool at Monju reactor mdn.mainichi.jp
by lillymunster 2/5/2012 3:45:05 AM

Jan 11 (Reuters) - The incidence of leukaemia is twice as high in children living close to French nuclear power plants as in those living elsewhere in the country, a study by French health and nuclear safety experts has found. www.reuters.com
by lillymunster 2/5/2012 3:52:33 AM

A basketball was used to plug a cooling pipe for some maintenance to cut and replace the pipe. Of course a basketball can't hold back the volume of water pushing on it from a reactor pool. old.disinfo.com
by lillymunster 2/5/2012 4:11:19 AM

@lillymunster I almost wish I hadn't read that one. :)
by Shadow 2/5/2012 6:05:28 AM

Ministers 'misled MPs over need for nuclear power stations'
Cross-party report says government misrepresented findings on future electricity demand, and ignored case against nuclear
www.guardian.co.uk
by elainekirk 2/5/2012 1:02:01 PM

they make a high rad area off limits but keep the school open !!! www.japantoday.com
by elainekirk 2/5/2012 2:38:15 PM

Researching old articles to add to the declaration of 573 deaths now attributed to the nuclear disaster and ran into this article from March 18. What a reminder how bad things where. www.dailymail.co.uk
by lillymunster 2/5/2012 3:05:18 PM