Published: May 11th, 2011 at 10:56 am ET
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Japan: New Smoke At Nuclear Plant, CBS, May 8, 2011:
Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency (NISA), and the Japanese government gave a joint press conference on Sunday and explained that an unusual amount of smoke that billowed from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power reactor on Saturday night was nothing to be concerned about.
“Steam is coming out from the spent fuel pool of the No. 3 and No. 4 reactors, and I’m assuming that due to shadows created by lighting, the steam appeared black. Therefore, we assessed that it’s not smoke from something burning or that sort of thing,” TEPCO’s General Manager, Junichi Matsumoto reassured reporters at the press conference.
See also:
- Report: “Evidence Of Fukushima Daiichi Reactor Fire” (PHOTOS & VIDEO)
- Email from Japanese gov’t officials says high density radiation will be released May 8 if situation continues
Source: Leakspinner
Published: May 11th, 2011 at 10:56 am ET
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Black smoke of Mordor. Hold to your elven undies, Morgoth is returning soon.
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I concur that somebody needs to throw the ‘ring into that thing’!
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http://enenews.com/very-very-serious-reactor-no-4-leaning-in-danger-of-falling-govt-confirms-stabilization-efforts-underway-video
http://enenews.com/mit-nuclear-chain-reactions-must-have-been-burning-at-the-damaged-nuclear-reactors-long-after-the-disaster-unfolded
“nothing to be concerned about” says TEPCO, Japan gov’t”
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They could say it better then to say to us,
“You are not seeing smoke or steam, your eyes are lying to you !”
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I like to put faces to names.
Here is our man in Japan.
http://www.energy.gov/organization/8123.htm
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“We are trying to be as courteous as possible, so we will directly call our neighboring countries to let them know and the countries that are assisting us, such as the United States,” Hosono told reporters at the joint news conference.”
http://www.digtriad.com/news/national/article/174708/175/Japan-New-Smoke-At-Nuclear-Plant
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Reading between the lines~~of
“We are trying to be as courteous as possible,”
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“But we need to lye our asses off !”
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Thanks Japan for the heads up. We will take needed measures in lite of Information recieved…. Turn the heat on in the underground bunkers and arrange transportation for key personal,notify the President that “Operation Mole” has been deployed.
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A More Likely Nuclear Nightmare
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-center-for-public-integrity/a-more-likely-nuclear-nig_b_860379.html
‘Just a year ago, a South Carolina nuclear plant suffered two fires in a single day — ironically on the 31st anniversary of the nation’s worst nuclear accident at Three Mile Island. The seven-hour crisis escaped much national notice even though it left half the plant without adequate power or a reliable supply of cooling water for its reactors, a situation worsened by workers’ unfamiliarity with the proper safety response.’
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I saw fire was it just me?
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I saw what looked like fire also in those images.
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I also like to put faces to names …
http://www.simpsoncrazy.com/pictures/homer
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Homer..toss a donut or too at it.. see what happens
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May 11, 2011 — Tokyo and Fukushima Prefecture, Japan (Reuters) Japan nuclear operator suspects another radioactive leak into the sea from a pit near reactor number 3.
The ocean seems to be the final containment for most of these reactors. :>(
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Blue
Yes, seems to be, we know it’s not evaporating as they would like us to believe.
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Those are not the droids you are looking for.
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There is also an unusual amount of radioactive Cesium in the water in Reactor #3.
Wednesday, May 11, 2011 19:02 +0900 (JST)
“Workers could not confirm whether the water was leaking out into the sea, but they reported seeing froth near the water intake.
TEPCO says the concentration of radioactive Cesium in water sampled from the pit was 620,000 times higher than the safety limit set by the government. The utility also says it detected 1.5 milli-sieverts per hour of radiation on the surface of water in the pit, which indicates contaminated water may be leaking into the sea.”
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/11_29.html
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Which way is the wind blowing?
I cannot tell for sure, but is the wind blowing the steam or smoke out to sea or inland in the above photos?
Opinions?
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Noah
Looks to be blowing North
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I was loking at about half hr ago, this video on new shows blowing south but my LIVE camera shows no wind !???
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Looks like the cam has been pulled completely out of focus !
http://www.youtube.com/user/tbsnewsi?feature=feedlss#p/l/-ZPYlazljME
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“No need to be concerned” saounds very much like the “no immediate health risks” Reactor #3 is the reactor that contains the MOX fuel, of course ther are going to be higher ratings. Why are they not telling us what the plutomium amount is in this water? Rather than “No need to be concerned”. For that matter why are they not telling us anything? Our own government is involved in the cover up.
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It was clear during previous fires that Tepco workers back away when they’re going due the high radiation that they cause. They didn’t back away today, they blocked of a leaking pipe in a pit by unit 3 and filled it with concrete, all to stop new leakage into the ocean. (all in several NHK stories).
No word on whether that had anything to do with the temperature. A previous report did say they thought the high temperature might be because the current injection point had a pipe that branched off that could be leaking. It seems strange the radiation in the water would be high if the water came from a leak on the input side, but maybe they’re using slightly filtered recycled water or something?
They released plenty of information, no mention of any smoke. There probably isn’t any.
I also doubt they’d be busing people back and forth to homes in the 20 km evacuation zone now if the radiation was rising.
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http://www.ustream.tv/channel/radiation-tky-city
It was .07 this afternoon.
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