Japan - 9.0 Earthquake-Tsunami -Reactor Status, 2011 #6

[hockeymom]

Fukushima Forecast: Large radiation cloud over Northwest US on April 15

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=aGonec787ME

eta: this is an interesting link, it's where I got the animated map-- lots of information about the effects in the US.

http://enenews.com/radioactive-cesium-levels-continue-rise-milk-san-francisco-bay-area

Nice of our government to let people know.:maddening:

 

[Daisyjane]

http://rt.com/news/fukushima-tepco-compensation-mineral/

TEPCO also shared its intention to drop bags with Zeolite, a mineral that absorbs radiation, into the ocean near the water scoops of Fukushima-1 reactors 2 and 3. The operation, which is aimed at reducing the level of contamination in the seawater, will start as soon as the weather permits.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeolite

Non-clumping cat litter is often made of zeolite or diatomite.

 

[Paulette]

Thanks for the video essies. There are probably 20 people in the USA that know of this theory of eastern Japan slipping into a trench. It's too terrifying to even contemplate. I don't even want to say what would happen to the west coast of North America from the resulting Tsunami.

 

[coastal]

http://rt.com/news/fukushima-tepco-compensation-mineral/

TEPCO also shared its intention to drop bags with Zeolite, a mineral that absorbs radiation, into the ocean near the water scoops of Fukushima-1 reactors 2 and 3. The operation, which is aimed at reducing the level of contamination in the seawater, will start as soon as the weather permits.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeolite

Non-clumping cat litter is often made of zeolite or diatomite.

I was just reading about glass -stained glass- and I happened across a thing called "vitrification". Vitrification is the transformation of a substance into glass. From Wikipedia:

...In a wider sense, the embedding of material in a glassy matrix is also called vitrification. An important application is the vitrification of radioactive waste to obtain a stable compound that is suitable for ultimate disposal...

...Vitrification is a proven technique in the disposal and long-term storage of nuclear waste or other hazardous wastes. Waste is mixed with glass-forming chemicals to form molten glass that then solidifies, immobilizing the waste. The final waste form resembles obsidian and is a non-leaching, durable material that effectively traps the waste inside. The waste can be stored for relatively long periods in this form without concern for air or groundwater contamination. Bulk vitrification uses electrodes to melt soil and wastes where they lay buried. The hardened waste may then be disinterred with less danger of widespread contamination. According to the Pacific Northwest National Labs, "Vitrification locks dangerous materials into a stable glass form that will last for thousands of years."

I know it can't be as simple as zapping all that radioactive wastewater with electricity and a little sand, right there where it sits, to make a block of glass that can be dropped into some ocean trench where it will lie harmless and contained for thousands of years, but what if it is?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitrification

 

[hockeymom]

Lots of seismic activity in Nevada!! Anyone feeling it?

http://www.mynews4.com/story.php?id=41029&n=122

 

[dsntslp]

Lots of seismic activity in Nevada!! Anyone feeling it?

http://www.mynews4.com/story.php?id=41029&n=122

Latest Earthquakes: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/quakes_all.php

 

[Quiche]

Please eat Fukushima’s veggies, Japan tells radiation-wary nation

Quote: Now offered at lunch at a Japanese government restaurant: a rich curry and rice, topped with Fukushima vegetables fresh from the nuclear-emergency zone.

It is part of an unlikely twist in the eat-local movement as the government presses a skeptical public to accept that food from the contaminated northeastern coastline should be purchased, roasted and devoured, not avoided.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world.../04/15/AFkOfmkD_story.html?wprss=rss_homepage

Watch, and learn. Money, commerce, economics.

 

[Quiche]

What if the $152 billion to clean up Fukushima were spent on solar instead?

Quote: It would be amazing, that's what. Read this infographic and weep.

http://www.grist.org/list/2011-04-15-what-if-fukushima-had-leaked-solar-panels

If only...

 

[Quiche]

Fuel rod fragments at bottom of vessels
No meltdown risk if cooling efforts continue

Quote: If too many of the melted fuel fragments puddle at the bottom, they can generate enough concentrated heat to bore a hole in the pressure vessel, which would result in a massive radioactive release to the environment..

"It will take at least two or three months ... until the situation of fuel rods is stabilized" said Takashi Sawada, vice chairman of the nuclear body.

http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20110416a1.html,,,,they

 

[noonie]

IMO They are Screwed and maybe us too?????????????

 

[essies]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5eRjQOI0ok
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPRO6whmlQc

 

[coastal]

Thanks for the new thread, JBean!
:rocker: You rock!

 

[hollyblue]

Yesterday, 07:54 PM Quiche

What if the $152 billion to clean up Fukushima were spent on solar instead?

Quote: It would be amazing, that's what. Read this infographic and weep.

http://www.grist.org/list/2011-04-15...d-solar-panels

If only...

If only..your right. This was my father's field of research before he retired. If they could only find a way to store it if per chance a catastrophic phenomenon took place again. We at least would be warm and cozy, yet face the problem of starvation (unless farms could be generated from indoors) and lack the proper oxygen levels...unless we had the ability to control and correct the atmosphere.

http://www.alternate-energy-sources.com/facts-about-solar-energy.html

http://www.space.com/1725-military-weather.html

 

[Daisyjane]

17 times the usual exposure for a whole year!

http://english.kyodonews.jp/news/2011/04/85920.html

TOKYO, April 16, Kyodo

The accumulated radiation level in Namie, 30 kilometers from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, in the three weeks through Friday stood at 17,010 microsieverts, according to a tally released by the science ministry Saturday. The accumulated levels during the period starting March 23 stood at 9,850 microsieverts in Iitate and 495 microsieverts in Minamisoma, both near the plant, it said.

The readings compare with the level of 1,000 microsieverts that ordinary people in Japan can expect to be exposed to over one year. The amount of radioactive cesium stood between 12.7 and 71.0 becquerels per liter of surface seawater near the plant on Monday and Wednesday and 10.1 becquerels at deeper levels on Monday, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology said.

 

[Daisyjane]

http://www.japannewstoday.com/?p=3113

Close-up photos and links to videos of spent fuel pool at Reactor #3.

 

[hollyblue]

Yes, Iodine has gone up x6 and cesium is x30. Also sounds like they can't pinpoint just where it's leaking from.

Or not willing to tell.

 

[hollyblue]

http://rt.com/news/fukushima-tepco-compensation-mineral/

TEPCO also shared its intention to drop bags with Zeolite, a mineral that absorbs radiation, into the ocean near the water scoops of Fukushima-1 reactors 2 and 3. The operation, which is aimed at reducing the level of contamination in the seawater, will start as soon as the weather permits.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeolite

Non-clumping cat litter is often made of zeolite or diatomite.

LOL...maybe we should all invest.

http://www.xmission.com/~emailbox/otherlitter.htm

 

[Daisyjane]

Kinda makes you wonder who's minding the store.

http://english.kyodonews.jp/news/2011/04/85930.html

TOKYO, April 16, Kyodo

The Nuclear Safety Commission of Japan has failed to send designated experts to Fukushima Prefecture to look into the crisis at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant even though a national disaster-preparedness plan requires it to do so, many of the experts said Saturday.

A commission spokesperson said problems following the March 11 earthquake and tsunami such as blackouts had discouraged it from sending any experts to Fukushima Prefecture, but many of the specialists and government officials questioned the claim. The commission designates 40 nuclear accident experts including university professors and senior officials of relevant institutions as well as five others as members of its panel on emergency technical advice.

The disaster plan requires the commission to dispatch members of the panel to a location near an accident site. The commission has dispatched members of its secretariat to the prefecture since the crisis began the nuclear complex but a government official said, ''It seems a problem that none of the designated experts has gone to Fukushima. The matter should be examined in the course of post-accident fact-finding.''

 

[essies]

The video footage (taken between April 1-3) here is intense!
Warning-Part 2 includes footage of victim recovery from homes.
Japan Tsunami Aftermath Worst Hit Areas, Kesennuma - Full HD Screener Part 1


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kter_iJ5dRQ
Japan Tsunami Aftermath Worst Hit Areas, Rikuzentakata - Full HD Screener Part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcodUbIRCG4
Japan Tsunami Aftermath Worst Hit Areas, Onagawa and Shizugawa - Full HD Screener Part 3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27F-EHnIzcs

 

[Quiche]

http://www.japannewstoday.com/?p=3113

Close-up photos and links to videos of spent fuel pool at Reactor #3.

I'm not seeing anything that would indicate a pool, other than the title.

eta: here's a more thorough pictorial-- watch the little video first.

http://martynwilliams.posterous.com/spent-fuel-pools-at-fukushima-daiichi