*** Fukushima *** and other nuclear-----updates and links

Cploerb,

i think we should stop to kill this Thread,
fact is you are not able to provide a proof here and now,
ergo "you can:t uphold your Claim"!

And now FACE it!

my clains are there for all to see and documented at griffith university, curtin university and now enulled at others as a paper.... take the time, read it, and try to debunk the empirical data recorded..... so off you go.. here is respite for me.. you are a laff.... and no... your arse is mine everytime you try and spin global mass murder as something we 'have to live with', you indeed fit the mould for a reportable extrimist.. oops.. upgraded to global terrorist in the fact that you support behaviours that will end up in populous killings.. check the UN charter.... or do i do that for you as well?...

tread carefully shill

Last Edited by CitizenPerth™ on 01/23/2013 07:25 AM

yes you did... many times....

Last Edited by CitizenPerth™ on 01/23/2013 07:50 AM

@Cploerb,

show us!

Current counts in Japan
[link to www.blackcatsystems.com]

blackcat

Last Edited by CitizenPerth™ on 01/23/2013 07:50 AM

Brilliant low Levels for Tokyo, as i said and measured!

Even Fukushima look good for a triple Melt-Down,
only Tochigi looks bad but:
Note that these are generally run by individuals, and not all readings may be accurate. Do not panic because you see a high reading. Someone could be getting invalid readings.

agreed on that

what is required is empiracle statistics.. hardly available however in the current situation....

'good for a tripple melt thorugh'?... you kid not.... you will be in trouble eventually... eat cake before thos' dies....

Last Edited by CitizenPerth™ on 01/23/2013 08:11 AM

Ohi nuclear reactors in Japan may be stopped again

The chief of Japan's nuclear power regulator has indicated the possibility of calling on the operator of the country's only 2 running nuclear reactors to stop them.

At a news conference on Wednesday, Nuclear Regulation Authority Chairman Shunichi Tanaka made the remarks regarding No.3 and No.4 reactors at the Ohi nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture, on the Sea of Japan coast.

He says any operating reactors that fail to meet the authority's new safety requirements need to be shut down. He says the Ohi plant cannot be treated as an exception.
[link to www3.nhk.or.jp]
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Disaster drill held for foreign residents in Tokyo

A disaster drill simulating a major earthquake was held in Tokyo on Wednesday for foreigners living in Japan.

Two hundred people from 28 countries, including China, Germany, Cuba and Argentina, took part in the drill.

About 400,000 foreigners live in Tokyo.
[link to www3.nhk.or.jp]
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Niigata assembly votes down nuclear referendum bill

The Niigata prefectural assembly voted down at its plenary session a bill calling for a referendum on whether to support resuming operation of a nuclear power plant in the prefecture, suspended after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear crisis.

Earlier, at the assembly's special committee, the Liberal Democratic Party voted against the bill, saying the state must be responsible for decisions regarding the restart of the Tokyo Electric Power Co. plant.
[link to english.kyodonews.jp]
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TEPCO unveils additional teleconference footage

Tokyo Electric Power Co. on Wednesday unveiled additional video footage of teleconferences that took place following the March 2011 nuclear disaster at its Fukushima Daiichi power plant, depicting the plant's then chief calling for preventing exposure to radiation.

The 312 hours of video disclosed to news organizations and freelance journalists cover the in-house meetings March 23 to 30 and April 6 to 12, 2011.
[link to english.kyodonews.jp]
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Might as well wipe you all out ..

Right, let's start with Holland... we don't need your tulips and stinking cheese... lol...
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Work starts on first British dry fuel store

A two-year construction project to build a dry storage facility for used fuel from EDF Energy’s Sizewell B power station got under way this week. The facility will be used from 2015, when the plant’s storage pond is due to reach capacity.
[link to www.nucpros.com]
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South Korea Makes Billion-Dollar Bet on Fusion Power

A fusion power demonstration reactor to be built in the 2030s in collaboration with the DoE's Princeton Plasma Physics Lab, represents a step toward commercial use.

South Korea has embarked on the development of a preliminary concept design for a fusion power demonstration reactor in collaboration with the US Department of Energy's Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) in New Jersey.
[link to www.scientificamerican.com]
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Russian nuclear energy conquers the world

Russian nuclear energy demonstrated impressive achievements in the global market "of nuclear services" in 2012. In this area, Rosatom State Corporation wins competition with major Western companies, even though cooperation in the field of "peaceful atom" remains under strong political pressure.

The portfolio of Rosatom's foreign orders before 2022 now stands at 69.3 billion dollars, not including the HEU-LEU contract (processing highly enriched uranium (HEU) extracted from nuclear warheads of Russian missiles into low enriched uranium (LEU)).
[link to english.pravda.ru]
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French firm takes over Irish OpenHydro

French nuclear submarine maker and marine technology and energy group, DCNS, today said it has taken over majority ownership of Co Louth-based ocean energy firm, OpenHydro for an undisclosed sum.
DCNS, which is part owned by the French government, is increasing its holding in the capital of OpenHydro from 11pc to 59.7pc, taking control of the Irish start-up specialising in marine turbines.
[link to www.businessworld.ie]
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PERRY NRC EVENT REPORT: AUTOMATIC REACTOR PROTECTION SYSTEM ACTUATION

On January 22, 2013, at approximately 0332 hours [EDT], an automatic Reactor Protection System (RPS) actuation occurred at the Perry Nuclear Power Plant, Unit 1. At the time of the event, the plant was in Mode 1 at 100% power. All control rods are inserted into the reactor core and the plant is currently stable in Mode 3 (Hot Shutdown) with reactor pressure and level being maintained in the normal shutdown range.
[link to www.nucpros.com]
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San Diego School District calls for NRC to conduct adjudicatory license amendment hearing process at San Onofre

The Board of Education of the San Diego Unified School District has passed a resolution Tuesday night, which calls for the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission to conduct an adjudicatory license amendment hearing process on the proposed restart to San Onofre’s defective Unit 2 nuclear reactor.
[link to enformable.com]
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I really think that there are only 5-10 Reactor from our 52
who can stand all the new Rules,
all the other need to get Dismantled!

But many Town-Major play this imo. dangerous Game,
they say "Yes Restart them, daijobu, when they pass the Security Test"
instead of saying "We are against the Restart"!

But the next question is
"What are we doing with all this Fuel"?

No...i mean all there armys with marmer circles bases.

...wow those are allot.

Have a READ:
And no need to report me again, it is much less than 50%


Unit 1.;

Inside unit 1, it is understood that the water level dropped to the top of the fuel about three hours after the scram (6 pm) and the bottom of the fuel 1.5 hours later (7.30 pm). The temperature of the exposed fuel rose to some 2800°C so that the central part started to melt after a few hours and by 16 hours after the scram (7 am Saturday) most of it had fallen into the water at the bottom of the RPV. Since then RPV temperatures have decreased steadily.

As pressure rose, attempts were made to vent the containment, and when external power and compressed air sources were harnessed this was successful, by about 2.30 pm Saturday. The venting was designed to be through an external stack, but in the absence of power much of it backflowed to the service floor at the top of the reactor building, representing a serious failure of this sytem. The vented steam, noble gases and aerosols were accompanied by hydrogen. At 3.36 pm on Saturday 12th, there was a hydrogen explosion on the service floor of the building above unit 1 reactor containment, blowing off the roof and cladding on the top part of the building, after the hydrogen mixed with air and ignited. (Oxidation of the zirconium cladding at high temperatures in the presence of steam produces hydrogen exothermically, with this exacerbating the fuel decay heat problem.)

In unit 1 most of the core - as corium comprised of melted fuel and control rods - was assumed to be in the bottom of the RPV, but later it appeared that it had mostly gone through the bottom of the RPV and eroded about 65 cm into the drywell concrete below (which is 2.6 m thick). This reduced the intensity of the heat and enabled the mass to solidify.

Much of the fuel in units 2 & 3 also apparently melted to some degree, but to a lesser extent than in unit 1, and a day or two later. In mid May the unit 1 core would still be producing 1.8 MW of heat, and units 2 & 3 would be producing about 3.0 MW each.

Unit 2.

In unit 2, water injection using the steam-driven back-up water injection system failed on Monday 14th, and it was about six hours before a fire pump started injecting seawater into the RPV. Before the fire pump could be used RPV pressure had to be relieved via the wetwell, which required power and nitrogen, hence the delay. Meanwhile the reactor water level dropped rapidly after back-up cooling was lost, so that core damage started about 8 pm, and it is now provisionally understood that much of the fuel then melted and probably fell into the water at the bottom of the RPV about 100 hours after the scram. Pressure was vented on 13th and again on 15th, and meanwhile the blowout panel near the top of the building was opened to avoid a repetition of unit 1 hydrogen explosion. Early on Tuesday 15th, the pressure suppression chamber under the actual reactor seemed to rupture, possibly due to a hydrogen explosion there, and the drywell containment pressure inside dropped. However, subsequent inspection of the suppression chamber did not support the rupture interpretation. Later analysis suggested that a leak of the PCV developed on Tuesday 15th.


Unit 3.

In Unit 3, the main back-up water injection system failed at 11 am on Saturday 12th and early on Sunday 13th, water injection using the high pressure system failed also and water levels dropped dramatically. RPV pressure was reduced by venting steam into the wetwell, allowing injection of seawater using a fire pump from just before noon. Early on Sunday venting the suppression chamber and containment was successfully undertaken. It is now understood that core damage started about 9 am and much or all of the fuel melted on the morning of Sunday 13th and possibly fell into the water at the bottom of the RPV, or was retained on the core support plate within the shroud.

Early on Monday 14th PCV venting was repeated, and this evidently backflowed to the service floor of the building, so that at 11 am a very large hydrogen explosion here above unit 3 reactor containment blew off much of the roof and walls and demolished the top part of the building. This explosion created a lot of debris, and some of that on the ground near unit 3 was very radioactive.

In defueled unit 4, at about 6 am on Tuesday 15 March, there was an explosion which destroyed the top of the building and damaged unit 3's superstructure further. This was apparently from hydrogen arising in unit 3 and reaching unit 4 by backflow in shared ducts when vented from unit 3.

Water has been injected into each of the three reactor units more or less continuously, and in the absence of normal heat removal via external heat exchanger this water was boiling off for some months. In the government report to IAEA in June it was estimated that to the end of May about 40% of the injected water boiled off, and 60% leaked out the bottom. In June this was adding to the contaminated water on site by about 500 m3 per day.

There was a peak of radioactive release on 15th, but the source remains uncertain. Due to volatile and easily-airborne fission products being carried with the hydrogen and steam, the venting and hydrogen explosions discharged a lot of radioactive material into the atmosphere, notably iodine and caesium. NISA said in June that it estimated that 800-1000 kg of hydrogen had been produced in each of the units.

Nitrogen is being injected into the containment vessels of all three reactors to remove concerns about further hydrogen explosions, and in December this was started also for the pressure vessels. Gas control systems which extract and clean the gas from the PCV to avoid leakage of caesium have been commissioned for all three units.

Through 2011 injection into the RPVs of water circulated through the new water treatment plant achieved relatively effective cooling, and temperatures at the bottom of the RPVs were stable in the range 60-76°C at the end of October, and 27-54°C in mid January. RPV pressures ranged from atmospheric to slightly above (102-109 kPa) in January, due to water and nitrogen injection. However, since they are leaking, the normal definition of "cold shutdown" does not apply, and Tepco waited to bring radioactive releases under control before declaring "cold shutdown condition" in mid December, with NISA's approval. This, with the prime minister's announcement of it, formally brought to a close the 'accident' phase of events.

The AC electricity supply from external source was connected to all units by 22 March. Power was restored to instrumentation in all units except unit 3 by 25 March. However, radiation levels inside the plant were so high that normal access was impossible until June.

[link to fukushimaemergencywhatcanwedo.blogspot.com.au]

US graphs of radiation.. serious radiation....

EPA graph..a little hard to read, but sent by a friend from his FB blog...

Last Edited by CitizenPerth™ on 01/23/2013 10:33 PM

Thread: Tokyo Radiation Contamination - Dog's Paw after snow walk - 740cpm - (Fukushima)

RADIATION ALERT ~ SEATTLE AREA OVER FEDERAL ALERT LIMIT

Fall City, WA, US

Altitude 174 feet

Geiger Counter Model Inspector+

Beginning time 01/23/13 11:10:16 AM
Ending time 01/23/13 07:34:16 PM
Elapsed Minutes 503

Total Counts 22,647
Average CPM 45
Minimum CPM 21
Maximum CPM 103
Last Alert Level Set (CPM) 100

Minimum CPM occurred 01/23/13 02:33:16 PM
Maximum CPM occurred 01/23/13 06:28:22 PM
Alert Level first exceeded 01/23/13 06:28:22 PM
Alert Level last exceeded 01/23/13 06:28:22 PM



RADIATION ALERT ~ SEATTLE AREA OVER FEDERAL ALERT LIMIT

Fall City, WA, US

Altitude 174 feet

Geiger Counter Model Inspector+

Beginning time 01/23/13 11:10:16 AM
Ending time 01/23/13 07:34:16 PM
Elapsed Minutes 503

Total Counts 22,647
Average CPM 45
Minimum CPM 21
Maximum CPM 103
Last Alert Level Set (CPM) 100

Minimum CPM occurred 01/23/13 02:33:16 PM
Maximum CPM occurred 01/23/13 06:28:22 PM
Alert Level first exceeded 01/23/13 06:28:22 PM
Alert Level last exceeded 01/23/13 06:28:22 PM

EPA rad reports!

[link to cdxnode64.epa.gov (secure)]

@Cploerb,

fish disapeared from lake...
Only 2 Japanese pond smelt caught from 3 days test fishing in Haruna lake Gunma

Posted by Mochizuki on January 24th, 2013 · No Comments


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On 1/22/2013, Fukushima Diary reported “Japanese pond smelt gone nearly extinct in Haruna lake Gunma, can’t even find a sample for radiation test”. [Link 1]

By the third day of their test fishing, it was still only 2 samples that they managed to catch by up to 20 fishers. The test fishing is to be ended on 1/24/2013.

The second sample was 3 years old, probably young fish have gone extinct for some reason.

[link to fukushima-diary.com]