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Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 1295673 United States 02/08/2012 09:31 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | (snip) On Monday, the temperature in Reactor Number 2 reached 158 degrees Fahrenheit, well up from where it was only a few days ago. The temperature should have been stable in the reactor, and the utility says it doesn't know why there's been a spike. As of Tuesday, the reactor's temperature had dropped only slightly to 157.28 degrees Fahrenheit. Tepco's latest plant status simply says, "We will monitor the progress continuously." [link to news.discovery.com] ~ |
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Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 1295673 United States 02/08/2012 09:50 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | (snip) Near the end of TEPCO's morning press conference on February 8, TEPCO's PR man mentioned in passing that the water from the Reactor 2 sub-drain pit stored in the temporary pool was found overflowing. •No information yet on how much water have been spilled, on the density of radioactive materials in the water, or whether the water spilled into the ocean. [link to ex-skf.blogspot.com] ~ |
Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 1295673 United States 02/08/2012 10:22 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Message From An Anonymous Fukushima Evacuee (snip) What is being circulated there is things like “if you speak out about your concerns for radiation, children’s healthy growth will be disturbed ” or “if mother evacuates with her children, the whole family will be destroyed”, and because of this kind of information, many people have started saying “I won’t think about radiation anymore, for I care about my children’s mental health and about my family”. [link to www.dianuke.org] ~ |
Southern OR User ID: 7410435 United States 02/08/2012 04:36 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Unit 2: What May Be Going On Inside February 8th, 2012 | Add a Comment [Translate] Water flow changes at unit 2 likely contributed to the recent heat up. Why changes back and forth between the feedwater system and the core spray system caused a temp increase gives some hints at the location of at least part of the melted fuel. [link to www.simplyinfo.org] "Well-behaved women seldom make history." —Laurel Thatcher Ulrich I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And I will not let what I cannot do interfere with what I can do. ~Edward Everett Hale |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 10410912 Sweden 02/08/2012 05:36 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | An NHK survey has found that more than 70 percent of Japanese municipalities that host nuclear power plants are cautious about restarting the reactors. 51 of Japan's 54 nuclear reactors are currently out of operation. Restarting them would require the approval of local municipalities. NHK surveyed 29 municipalities, excluding those in Fukushima Prefecture. 5 of them, or 17 percent, said they would give the go-ahead for the reactors to resume operation. But 21 municipalities, or 72 percent, said they wouldn't allow it, or that they cannot yet decide. [link to www3.nhk.or.jp] . |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 10410912 Sweden 02/08/2012 05:37 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Temperature decreasing inside Fukushima reactor Tokyo Electric Power Company says it has been able to lower the temperature inside the No.2 reactor at the troubled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant by increasing the amount of water being injected into it. TEPCO had been struggling to deal with rising temperatures inside the reactor. A thermometer located at the bottom of the reactor read 45 degrees Celsius on January 27th, but rose to over 70 degrees on Sunday. The cause is unknown, and two other thermometers at the reactor have shown no such increase. TEPCO said on Wednesday that the temperature inside the reactor was 66.7 degrees at 5 AM, 5.5 degrees lower than a day earlier. The temperature gradually declined after the company increased the rate of water injection by 3 tons to 13.5 tons per hour on Tuesday. [link to www3.nhk.or.jp] . |
Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 1295673 United States 02/08/2012 06:32 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Fukushima local gov is dumping radioactive mud from decontamination to Abukuma river [link to fukushima-diary.com] ~ |
Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 1295673 United States 02/08/2012 06:42 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Monitoring information of environmental radioactivity level Readings of Air Dose Rate in Fukushima Prefecture (18:00 February 8,2012) [link to radioactivity.mext.go.jp] ~ |
Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 1295673 United States 02/08/2012 06:45 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Tsunami was up to 21 meters in Fukushima (snip) The height of the tsunami was previously assumed to have been about 15 meters at the nuclear plant, but this could not be confirmed because the area within a 20-kilometer radius of the plant is designated a no-entry zone. They found that areas struck by higher tsunami were concentrated on the coast in the prefecture's center. For example, at Tomioka, which is eight kilometers south of the nuclear plant, a tsunami height of 21.1 meters was observed. [link to www.yomiuri.co.jp] ~ |
Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 1295673 United States 02/08/2012 06:48 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | (snip) Radioactive cesium likely from the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant has sunk more than 20 centimeters deep in the mud of the seabed in Tokyo Bay, according to a scientist. While it is known that more than 90 percent of cesium deposits remain in the uppermost 5-cm layer of soil on land, Hideo Yamazaki, a professor of environmental analysis at Kinki University, said he found that seabed cesium concentrations peaked at much greater depths at one location. [link to ajw.asahi.com] ~ |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 1380038 Japan 02/09/2012 06:08 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Given all that is transpiring in Japan and how the criminal government is handling these events I do not see how this can possibly turn out as anything other than total doom for Japan as a nation and its people. Those responsible will be held accountable eventually by the people. This will not be forgiven or forgotten. This is the end of Japan I believe and possibly beyond it. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 10410912 Sweden 02/09/2012 08:51 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Stress tests evaluation to be concluded Japan's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency plans to approve safety tests on 2 nuclear reactors in central Japan in a final report scheduled for submission shortly. The Agency says a panel of experts on Wednesday agreed to complete their evaluation of computer-simulated stress tests for the 2 reactors at the Ohi nuclear plant in Fukui Prefecture. The final decision on whether to restart the reactors, however, lies with the government. Even if it decides to give the go-ahead, local municipalities will be difficult to convince. [link to www3.nhk.or.jp] . |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 10410912 Sweden 02/09/2012 08:52 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | TEPCO investigates Fukushima plant fuel pool The operator of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has started taking a closer look at spent fuel inside a storage pool at one of its 4 reactor buildings, in preparation for the eventual removal of the fuel. Tokyo Electric Power Company put a remote-controlled underwater camera inside the storage pool for Reactor Number 4 on Thursday to examine conditions inside. The firm says it will insert the camera several more times in March. [link to www3.nhk.or.jp] . |
citizenperth User ID: 10436054 Australia 02/09/2012 08:59 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | TEPCO investigates Fukushima plant fuel pool Quoting: Anonymous Coward 10410912 The operator of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has started taking a closer look at spent fuel inside a storage pool at one of its 4 reactor buildings, in preparation for the eventual removal of the fuel. Tokyo Electric Power Company put a remote-controlled underwater camera inside the storage pool for Reactor Number 4 on Thursday to examine conditions inside. The firm says it will insert the camera several more times in March. [link to www3.nhk.or.jp] . Breaking: Tepco lie and will send more bullshit reports because you cannot get anything near molten mox fuel that is to unsafe to get near, and have no clear idea (or do, and won't release it), about where all of this radioactive shit is..... i suggest we all look into the sky and see if it will rain for a 12 month forcast....... underwater reomote controlled robot... LMFAO~!!!!!!!! Last Edited by CitizenPerth™ on 02/09/2012 09:00 AM It's life as we know it, but only just. [link to citizenperth.wordpress.com] sic ut vos es vos should exsisto , denego alius vicis facio vos change , exsisto youself , proprie |
Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 1295673 United States 02/09/2012 09:05 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Given all that is transpiring in Japan and how the criminal government is handling these events I do not see how this can possibly turn out as anything other than total doom for Japan as a nation and its people. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1380038 Those responsible will be held accountable eventually by the people. This will not be forgiven or forgotten. This is the end of Japan I believe and possibly beyond it. The upper echelon have a lot to answer for. I hope the best for the people who have been affected and continue to be affected long after they should have been relocated to safer areas. Those responsible deserve whatever punishment they get. It won't be enough. ~ bug |
Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 1295673 United States 02/09/2012 09:11 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | (snip) A team of Fukushima prefectural officials visited the Fukushima No. 2 nuclear plant on Feb. 8, marking the first prefectural inspection of the plant since the March 11, 2011 disasters forced it to shut down. [link to mdn.mainichi.jp] ~ First visit since March. Getting awfully brave, aren't they? ~ |
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Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 1295673 United States 02/09/2012 09:20 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Bird populations near Fukushima are more diminished than expected (snip) Low-level radiation in Fukushima Prefecture appears to have had immediate effects on bird populations, and to a greater degree than was expected from a related analysis of Chernobyl, an international team of scientists reported today in Environmental Pollution. [link to www.physorg.com] ~ |
citizenperth User ID: 10436054 Australia 02/09/2012 09:22 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Given all that is transpiring in Japan and how the criminal government is handling these events I do not see how this can possibly turn out as anything other than total doom for Japan as a nation and its people. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1380038 Those responsible will be held accountable eventually by the people. This will not be forgiven or forgotten. This is the end of Japan I believe and possibly beyond it. The upper echelon have a lot to answer for. I hope the best for the people who have been affected and continue to be affected long after they should have been relocated to safer areas. Those responsible deserve whatever punishment they get. It won't be enough. ~ bug sadly, my friend, we know nothing will happen as the PTB will be shuffled along, as many of the dead to come... It's life as we know it, but only just. [link to citizenperth.wordpress.com] sic ut vos es vos should exsisto , denego alius vicis facio vos change , exsisto youself , proprie |
Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 1295673 United States 02/09/2012 09:25 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | The impact of the Fukushima nuclear disaster will feature in the Forum section of the Berlin Film Festival opening Feb. 9 with premieres of three documentaries by Japanese filmmakers. "Nuclear Nation," a documentary directed by New York-based Atsushi Funahashi and produced by Documentary Japan, follows residents of the town of Futaba, 3 kilometers from the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, over a 9-month period. [link to ajw.asahi.com] ~ The official site for Nuclear Nation is [link to nuclearnation.jp] ~ |
Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 1295673 United States 02/09/2012 09:32 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Japan Earthquake LIVE We have the unique opportunity to present the findings from our group at the Atomic Age Symposium in Chicago this May. [link to www.scribblelive.com] ~ |
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Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 1295673 United States 02/09/2012 09:52 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Fukushima: 350 Times Maximum Annual Radiation Dose Permissible? (Veterans Today): ‘Is An Unsuspecting Public Being Sacrificed?’ [link to www.irishtimez.com] ~ A ton of links at this site. ~ b |
Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 1295673 United States 02/09/2012 09:54 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Eco Update: Enbridge's leaky pipelines, Fukushima's radiation, and no frackin' way! [link to rabble.ca] ~ |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 10410912 Sweden 02/09/2012 11:52 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Aircraft from Japan's Self-Defense Force have been forced to scramble after Russian fighter jets skirted Japanese airspace for 12 hours. Japan's Defense Ministry says 2 Russian TU-95 bombers and a single A-50 plane approached Japan over Sanin, western Japan, at around 9 AM on Wednesday. The A-50 is equipped with an early airborne warning and control system. The Ministry says the bombers hovered near the Japanese archipelago for 12 hours while the A-50 circled over waters off Sanin for 9 hours, forcing Japanese planes to scramble. [link to www3.nhk.or.jp] Probably collecting air samples and testing equipment in low radioactive air space... . |
Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 1295673 United States 02/09/2012 08:02 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | 5 Russian fighter jets approach Japan's territory Quoting: Anonymous Coward 10410912 Aircraft from Japan's Self-Defense Force have been forced to scramble after Russian fighter jets skirted Japanese airspace for 12 hours. Japan's Defense Ministry says 2 Russian TU-95 bombers and a single A-50 plane approached Japan over Sanin, western Japan, at around 9 AM on Wednesday. The A-50 is equipped with an early airborne warning and control system. The Ministry says the bombers hovered near the Japanese archipelago for 12 hours while the A-50 circled over waters off Sanin for 9 hours, forcing Japanese planes to scramble. [link to www3.nhk.or.jp] Probably collecting air samples and testing equipment in low radioactive air space... . Very interesting. ~ b |
Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 1295673 United States 02/09/2012 09:00 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | First Next-Gen US Reactor Designed to Avoid Fukushima Repeat (snip) These "third-generation" reactors are said to be safer, with longer-lasting batteries and passive cooling systems powered by gravity so that they can survive longer during emergencies without outside power. [link to www.livescience.com] ~ What the hell. What do we have to lose? ~ |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 1515583 United States 02/09/2012 09:11 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | First Next-Gen US Reactor Designed to Avoid Fukushima Repeat Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1295673 (snip) These "third-generation" reactors are said to be safer, with longer-lasting batteries and passive cooling systems powered by gravity so that they can survive longer during emergencies without outside power. [link to www.livescience.com] ~ What the hell. What do we have to lose? ~ |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 1515583 United States 02/09/2012 09:14 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | First Next-Gen US Reactor Designed to Avoid Fukushima Repeat Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1295673 (snip) These "third-generation" reactors are said to be safer, with longer-lasting batteries and passive cooling systems powered by gravity so that they can survive longer during emergencies without outside power. [link to www.livescience.com] ~ What the hell. What do we have to lose? ~ |