Published: July 20th, 2011 at 9:52 am ET
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Tepco plans for cold shutdown by January, Japan Times, July 20, 2011:
The government and Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Tuesday they have successfully achieved consistent and stable cooling of the reactors at the Fukushima No. 1 plant and will by mid-January reduce the amount of radioactive materials being released. [...]
Los Angeles Times: Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has stabilized, officials say
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Published: July 20th, 2011 at 9:52 am ET
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/19/japan-fukushima-reactor_n_902482.html?ir=Green
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@Whoopie..I have lost your last earthquake post…if you have a moment.. would you post it under cam discussion?
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It came through a Tweet without link
Earthquake Date: 2011/07/20 21:58:43
epicenter: Fukushima beach as
the depth of the epicenter: 10km
Magnitude: M3.2
largest intensity: depth of 2
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Thanks..Anne ..I’m sure will want to see it.
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From this article:
“Cold shutdown usually means the temperature of the reactor-core coolants has been brought below 100 degrees, but this has been redefined for the Fukushima crisis because the cores in reactors 1 through 3 are believed to have melted down to the bottom of their pressure vessels.”
From the Telegraph, June 9th:
“The findings of the report, which has been given to the International Atomic Energy Agency, were revealed by the Yomiuri newspaper, which described a “melt-through” as being “far worse than a core meltdown” and “the worst possibility in a nuclear accident.”
We all know they keep changing their story, it’s just that it’s so blatant…
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Lookee here! Japan plans to build the nation’s largest solar and wind power plants in northeastern areas
http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011072000866
Headline says “Japan Mulls” the plan but STILL good news eh?
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Great if it happens, but sort of ironic as well…imagine ghost towns and unused rice paddies covered with solar panels and wind turbines.
Lesson learned (possibly), but at what price…
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These will be operated by skeletons?
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Nothing like re-arranging deck chairs on the Titanic…….
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the crucifixion of life.
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DEPOP
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For my first post I thought you might enjoy this-Deatils of Situation Update
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Nuclear Event in Japan on Friday, 11 March, 2011 at 12:38 (12:38 PM) UTC.
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Updated: Wednesday, 20 July, 2011 at 13:37 UTC
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The company in charge of the embattled Fukushima nuclear plant has declared that it is on track to end the crisis, the crippled reactors are stable and cool and radiation levels at the facility are falling. Officials at Tokyo Electric Power Co said that emergency crews operating at the plant, which was devastated by Japan’s March 11 earthquake and tsunami, have connected the critical water decontamination and recycling systems and that cold shutdown of the plant should be achieved on schedule by January. “Contaminated water had accumulated in the reactor buildings and turbine buildings, but we now have a system in place that purifies the water so we can push it back into the reactors to cool them,” said Yoshikazu Nagai, a spokesman for the company. “The system is working well and the temperature at the bottom of the reactor chambers is between 110C (230F) and 150C (302F),” he said. The aim is to bring the temperature of water in the reactor below 212F (100C), which halts the release of radioactive steam.
Monitors at the plant indicate that radioactive emissions – which contaminate groundwater, seawater and the air – are gradually falling, while work has begun on the construction of a huge shroud over the No. 1 reactor building that is designed to further reduce radioactive releases. Conditions for the emergency teams at the plant have also been improved, with the construction of a dormitory and improved cooking facilities, Tepco said. The company recognises that the clean-up process at the plant and over hundreds of square miles of now-abandoned neighbouring farmland, mountains and towns will take many years. The long-term goal is to start removing the spent nuclear fuel from the reactors three years after achieving cold shutdown. The government has indicated that tens of thousands of people evacuated from the 18-mile exclusion zone around the plant may be able to return to their homes within the next few months if radiation levels continue to fall.
[The monitoring is stopped! RSOE EDIS]
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sueec, welcome aboard!
Thanks for your update, please be so kind to give a link or the name of the source, so peole interested can find it.
Unfortunately, this description of the current situation seems more like wishful thinking than reality….
peace.
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Glad you joined Sue! The More EYES on this disaster, the better.
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Thanks, Sueec…
Now in the center ring “The Tepco Clown Review”.
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wrong. corium temperature is 1500-2000 celsius, the bottom of the reactor must be much hotter than that.
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Sorry it’s at the bottom www. RSOE.EDIS. … Hungarian based global disaster site
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I thought it was thoughtful of them to put in cooking facilities and a dormitory as a priority!
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RSOE=Morons
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i find this site interesting, why are they morons? am i missing something?
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Because in this instance they are going for the “official” story..which is a complete lie.
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Oops sorry . They’ve been pretty accurate with the Australian incidents. I can’t say that I’m any expert … Just interested( and distressed) bystander. Thanks for all the informative posts everyone.
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..And thanks to you! Like Whoopie said: the more we become the better!
Looking forward to your next posts
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WHAT DO THESE REACTORS SHOW US?
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/energy/2011/07/pictures/110720-10-oldest-nuclear-plants-in-the-us/
THE NUCLEAR BUILDUP IN US
Shut them all down!!
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And of course…many others aren’t listed. I was ASLEEP THEN – AWAKE NOW. (maybe too late too
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What is going on with Fukushima this morning?
http://www.tepco.co.jp/nu/f1-np/camera/index-j.html
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There is lots of info on the webcam discussion thread.
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HEARTBREAK! Not for those who CRY easily
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vdw1T1KH75M
WISH WE COULD ADOPT THESE ANIMALS
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broke my heart too.
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Here is a good earthquake link, I check it all the time .
You click a region to zoomin, can do twice. Click a quake and it gives details ..
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/
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http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/bestoftv/2011/07/19/exp.ac.japan.nuclear.folo.cnn?hpt=hp_mid
Finally Michael Friedlander stands up to the Stable Situation and calls it a lie!
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‘reduce the amount of radioactive materials being released’
Okay….. so what is the current ‘amount’and what are the ‘materials’ and, and, and. Are we placated buy such simple words?All the best,Ali
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repost… phew thank the lord the releases are reduced/sarcasm
1 Billion Becquerels Per Hour Emission of Radioactive Materials from Fukushima I Nuke Plant at the End of June
“To come up with the iodine-131 equivalence, you have to multiply cesium-134 by 3, and cesium-137 by 40 (according to INES handbook). TEPCO doesn’t even give the breakdown of cesium 134 and -137 in its calculation of 1 billion becquerels/hour number. Other nuclides have even higher multiplier: americium-241 is 8,000, plutonium-239 is 10,000.
If half of 1 billion becquerels is cesium-134 and the other half is cesium-137, then in iodine-131 equivalence like in the previous calculations, the emission would be:
(0.5*3)+(0.5*40)=1.5+20=21.5 billion becquerels/hour
Instead of 1 billion becquerels/hour, it would be 21.4 billion becquerels/hour in iodine equivalence, or 516 billion becquerels in one day. In less than 2 days, we would be talking about over 1 terabecquerels.
Why TEPCO would do the calculation in cesium instead of iodine equivalent? To make a ready comparison with the previous emission calculations difficult and to give the impression that the number is low?”
http://ex-skf.blogspot.com/2011/07/1-billion-becquerels-per-hour-emission.html
240 Children in 3 Nursery Schools in Yamagata Prefecture Ate Cesium Beef
“According to Sakata City, the three nursery schools purchased the meat from the same food grocer in the city. The meat was cooked into “hashed beef” dish and served as lunch. 240 children and 50 teachers and administrators ate 20 to 40 grams per person.”
http://ex-skf.blogspot.com/2011/07/240-children-in-3-nursery-schools-in.html
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