Published: December 28th, 2011 at 6:58 am ET
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Conflict over handling nuclear crisis revealed, Japan Times, Dec. 28, 2011 [Emphasis Added]:
Masao Yoshida, general manager of the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant, believed the worst-case scenario — the “China syndrome” — might be near and he braced for death during the late-night hours of March 14, three days after the crisis started.
Pressure was rising at an alarming rate inside reactor No. 2, keeping plant workers from injecting critical coolant water into the reactor’s core to prevent the fuel rods inside from melting down [...]
Yoshida was thinking that the dreaded China syndrome — in which nuclear fuel melts down and burns through the containment vessel, spreading massive amounts of radioactive materials into the environment — might happen soon in reactor 2.
If that were to occur, workers would have to flee and the same catastrophe would also hit reactors 1 and 3, Yoshida judged. [...]
See also: Top Japan official: Very strong possibility there is nuclear fuel outside containment vessel (VIDEO)
Goshi Hosono, Minister of State for the Nuclear Power Policy and Administration (Nuclear Accident Minister) with translator
Recorded Dec. 19, 2011
Transcript Summary
- In regard to where the nuclear fuel might be there are 3 possibilities:
- Possibility 1: In pressure vessel
- Possibility 2: In containment vessel
- “The third possibility is it [nuclear fuel] might have worked it’s way out through the containment vessel and be underneath it” [...]
- “In regard to that third possibility that some fuel may have worked its way out of the containment vessel and gone underneath it, I think there’s a very strong possibility…we think there is a strong possibility that some fuel is in that location as well.”
Published: December 28th, 2011 at 6:58 am ET
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Always scary when the Japaneese admit to something only because they cannot hide it anymore or something worse is going to happen soon. Does this mean reactor 2 is the next one to hit water?
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The way Japan tried to conceal the fact at the first place and disclosed it afterward we fear exactly how you said reactor 2 might be going the next one to hit the water.
I just stumbled upon this study detailing high altitude radioactive contamination from Fukushima. It uses TEPCO and MEXT emission data to develop dispersion models of the radiation. If the models are correct the concentrations of contamination at upper altitudes are orders of magnitude higher than the concentrations at near ground levels.
http://www.datapoke.org/blog/8/study-modeling-fukushima-npp-radioactive-contamination-dispersion-utilizing-chino-m-et-al-source-terms/
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Datapoke is a great site!
The dispersion maps for plutonium are scary.
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Richard Lahey, a top expert who was on the design team for the reactors, and is editor of a top journal in this field, said the same thing in March:
“Richard Lahey, who was head of safety research for boiling-water reactors at General Electric when the company installed the units at Fukushima, told the Guardian workers at the site appeared to have “lost the race” to save the reactor, but said there was no danger of a Chernobyl-style catastrophe.
Workers have been pumping water into three reactors at the stricken plant in a desperate bid to keep the fuel rods from melting down, but the fuel is at least partially exposed in all the reactors.
At least part of the molten core, which includes melted fuel rods and zirconium alloy cladding, seemed to have sunk through the steel “lower head” of the pressure vessel around reactor two, Lahey said.
“The indications we have, from the reactor to radiation readings and the materials they are seeing, suggest that the core has melted through the bottom of the pressure vessel in unit two, and at least some of it is down on the floor of the drywell,” Lahey said. “I hope I am wrong, but that is certainly what the evidence is pointing towards.”
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/mar/29/japan-lost-race-save-nuclear-reactor
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If this guy was head of Safety research at GE when these things were designed, then he needs to be slapped into jail and charged with Crimes against Humanity.
Not quoted in the newspaper.
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We might need a strategic alliance with some of these insiders in order to bring nuclear to a halt worldwide.
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xdoc
Seals with damaged flippers and hair loss ‘are being killed by radiation from Fukushima plant’, biologists warn
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2079317/Seals-damaged-flippers-hair-loss-killed-radiation-Fukushima-plant-biologists-warn.html#ixzz1hphRvG5i
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TROLL JOUSTING (TM steveo 2011)
def–Troll Jousting is a term I coined in 2011. Troll Jousting involves visiting blogs and news discussion forums and fighting back against the powers that be who hire people to promote a particular point of view. These promoters are called Trolls and they come in all shapes and sizes and capabilities.
The act of fighting back by showing the falseness of the Troll Argument (when they even have an argument), pointing out the lack of an argument, and/or providing links to actual sources of information that refute their argument and support the truth instead.
List of false argumentative methods
Truth is not the friend of nuclear. The supporters of nuclear are forced to use various false argumentative techniques. By understanding what a false argument is, and pointing it out, you can help others from falling into the trap of a false argument. Exposure of the False Argument (EFA) is one of the Quivers of the Troll Jouster (TJ)
Eventually, in 2012, I am going to create a new blog that shall be an Armoury of Tools for Troll Jousting. There shall be various Quivers within the Armoury that will allow TJs to quickly copy links to relevant Jousting resources. For now, my jumbled up compilations will have to do.
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http://oahutrading.blogspot.com/p/japan-nuclear-information.html
http://oahutrading.blogspot.com/p/best-lies-of-nuclear.html
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Busby: Fukushima ‘criminal event’ calls for investigation
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1F0uFAWV7uc&feature=youtu.be
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A newly released report on the Fukushima nuclear crisis says it was down to the plant’s operators being ill-prepared and not responding properly to the earthquake and tsunami disaster. A major government inquiry said some engineers abandoned the plant as the trouble started and other staff delayed reporting significant radiation leaks. Professor Christopher Busby, scientific secretary to the European Committee on Radiation Risks, says health damage after contamination will be more serious than Japan announced.
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… and something about the plant already having holes due to lack of maintenance as I recall, an accident waiting to happen
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The biggest criminals are those who misinform.
I’m glad we have more and more “criminal” talk. Eventually the mind controllers will be jailed.
Oblama already knows they will go under the bus.
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Yoshida..telling lies..again……hell might be too good of place for him…
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…such a coward…. for such a young man…
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BREAKING! scapegoats found
and behind the scenes…
TEPCO asked to consider coming under temporary state control
National Dec. 28, 2011 – 11:40AM JST
“TOKYO —
The government on Tuesday floated the idea of putting the operator of the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant under temporary state control, as it asked for $8.9 billion more in compensation aid…”
“..TEPCO said the increase results from government moves to widen eligibility criteria for claimants and to alter the evacuation zone restrictions around the stricken plant, which was hit by the tsunami. The decisions have increased both the amount of compensation that the firm is liable for and the number of people entitled to claim it, TEPCO said…”
“We submitted a change to the amount of financial assistance” required, it said in a statement.
A government panel has estimated claims from victims affected by the nuclear disaster could reach 4.5 trillion yen by 2013….”
“The report did not say what percentage of TEPCO shares the government would own after the sale, but added that Tokyo would move to replace company chairman Tsunehisa Katsumata and most of its senior executives.”
http://www.japantoday.com/category/national/view/edano-asks-tepco-to-consider-coming-under-temporary-state-control?utm_campaign=jt_newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_source=jt_newsletter_2011-12-28_PM
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…here come the big severance and retirement bonuses..insuring silence…
…just like Tony Hayward…a little shuffle of staff…bring in your best deceiver…and crook ..like Bob Dudley….a few advisory positions…bingo…everything is all better…they got their lives back….
…except the fools that went to Fukushima to prove it is safe…they are going to die…
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…along with the rest of the victims…because unlike BP..where they could run off to the Marshall Islands…or hide among friends …members of the City of London..etc..
There is no place safe..
Many government already know of the deceptions…of TPTB…and if they do not this is a heads up..
Do not allow these criminals in your countries…..
Radiation is making it’s way to the Southern Hemisphere..IMHO…
…may the officials and the Japanese government…stay and die among their people…
But then… the looks of our State Dept….it’s part of the plan.
Japan has been thrown under the bus….
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…so may they stay and watch their people suffer…as befitting of the cowards they are.
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