The destruction of Japan
It Could Have Been Worse
http://www.fairewinds.com/content/it-could-have-been-worse
08/30/2012
“There were a thousand people working at Fukushima Daiichi and another thousand people working at Fukushima Daini. Had the earthquake and the ensuing tsunami occurred 12 hours later, there would have been a hundred people working at Fukushima-Daiichi and another hundred at Daini, about 6 miles away. The roads would have been destroyed, either by the tsunami or the earthquake and the people could not have returned to work.
It was through herculean efforts by a thousand heroes at both of those sites that rescued the world from a more serious accident than the one we have already experienced. Think about how bad it would have been if the accident had been in the evening. We would have had 10 nuclear reactors in meltdown and likely other problems at the Onagawa Plant and the Tokai Plant.
So when we talk about the Fukushima Daiichi accident, I think #1, it should be called accidents, because we had 3 nuclear reactors explode and another fuel pool in jeopardy. But also, it was not just Fukushima Daiichi. Fukushima Daini was in jeopardy for days. Onagawa was in trouble for more than a day. And Tokai also experienced trouble.
So there were 14 nuclear reactors in jeopardy on March 11th.
And the world instead was focused on Fukushima Daiichi.”
“A 12 hour difference in this accident would have very likely meant the destruction of Japan, because 2,000 people happened to be there and they were able to rescue plants that were in dire straits.”
Thanks
Thanks for the transcription of this part of the video. The world was lucky that many were on site, though I don't know how lucky considering the massive amounts of radiation released.
planetary diaspora
Evacuation
It is time, to substantially accelerate the orderly evacuation of Honshu Island … and vicinity. The bulk of the Japanese population, national treasures, military, manufacturing assets, financial markets and seat of government should forthwith relocate on 4,000, 6,000, 8,000 and 12,000 mile spacing intervals, a planetary diaspora unequaled since 476 AD (ACE), 70 AD and reportedly, the Fall of Atlantis.
An elite team may yet ‘save the day’; however, ‘failure to act’ is not an appropriate gamble.
Oh and it would be helpful to distribute anti-radiation drugs … worldwide, and prepare to take shelter.
IMHO
Bill Duff
High Radiation Levels @
High Radiation Levels @ FDU-3
TEPCO is having difficulty removing debris in and around the No. 3 reactor building, due to high levels of radiation around the building.
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T120911004288.htm
The Yomiuri Shimbun - National - (Sep. 12, 2012)
Debris removal is progressing slowly at the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, according to photos released by Tokyo Electric Power Co. 1-1/2 years after the nuclear crisis began.
The plant's operator released 25 photos Monday showing the state of restoration work at the nuclear plant in Fukushima Prefecture. TEPCO is having difficulty removing debris in and around the No. 3 reactor building, which was destroyed by a hydrogen explosion on March 14, 2011, due to high levels of radiation around the building.
Steel platforms, where unmanned heavy equipment for debris removal will be installed, have been mostly completed on the eastern and western sides of the No. 3 reactor building. TEPCO also plans to construct platforms on the building's northern and southern sides.
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Oh, and by the way, WHERE are the Gawdamn (25) PHOTOS???
Photos, we don’t need no STINKING photos …
So, like, are they saying that ... The rest of the (NASTY) Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Complex is comparatively 'clean-as-a-whistle', relative to the 'Hot-as-a-$2-Pistol' area near FDU#3?
YIKES!
Debris hotter than the Structural Sections?
GAMMA HOT SPOTS
Gamma radiation hot spots in structural equipment, presumably Neutron INDUCED, indicate a nuclear explosion.
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The photo, displayed in the MSNBC and Reuters article, tells the story. The structural supports for the failed ventilation piping has some seriously radioactive hot spots. These gamma ray hot-spots were induced by the massive neutron release which characterizes a nuclear bomb.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43982727/ns/world_news-asia_pacific/
www.GammaCamNow.com
http://af.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idAFTRE7710XF20110802
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/02/world/asia/02japan.html?hp
Photo Caption:
TEPCO via Reuters (pb-110802-fukushima-da_grid-7x2)
An image taken by a gamma ray camera showing the bottom of a ventilation stack where radiation exceeding 10 sieverts per hour - seen here in red - was recorded.msnbc.com news services
Reuters and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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Death in seconds: Radiation pockets found at Fukushima plant
Plant operator Tokyo Electric Power (Tepco) reported on Monday that radiation exceeding 10 sieverts (10,000 millisieverts) per hour was found at the bottom of a ventilation stack standing between two reactors.
Tepco said Tuesday it found another spot on the ventilation stack itself where radiation exceeded 10 sieverts per hour, a level that could lead to incapacitation or death after just several seconds of exposure.
WRONG!!!! WRONG!!! WRONG!!!
These gamma ray hot-spots were induced by the massive neutron release which characterizes a nuclear bomb.
The isolated hot-spots are indicative of fuel pellets that have been scattered about.
Evidently you don't know what the gamma radiation signature of a nuclear bomb looks like. A nuclear bomb literally floods an area with neutrons - so that EVERYTHING is activated and glowing. You don't see hot-spots with a nuclear bomb.
A nuclear bomb would have made every bit of metal in the picture radioactive, and one would expect to see ALL the metal glowing if there had been a nuclear explosion in the vicinity.
FDU-3, Chernobyl & Borax
Rude Dog you lying sunny-beach,
There have been LOTS of nuclear explosions as well as LOTs of hydrogen and steam explosions in reactors, and similar moderated reactions. Presumably a water steam explosion is self-explanatory.
A chemical explosion, such as a hydrogen explosion is of the form:
Chemical (Hydrogen) Deflagration: 2H2 + O2 = 2H2O
Chemical explosions are about electrons and redox equations, they involve the outer orbitals of the electrons and ... nothing more.
What happened in Fukushima, Chernobyl and the Borax moderated criticality reactor experiment are NUCLEAR explosions. The prime mover is the gawdamn nucleus,
You LYING moron.
http://www.cddc.vt.edu/host/atomic/accident/critical.html
BORAX 1 EXPLOSION
Idaho Falls, Idaho, July 22, 1954
Destruction of the Borax I Reactor released 135 MW-sec of fission energy.
More than 200 safety experiments were made on the Borax I Reactor simulating control rod accidents. For the last test, conditions were set up so that the reactor would be run to destruction.
The tests were carried out by withdrawing four of the five control rods far enough to make the reactor critical at a very low power level. The fifth rod was then fired from the core by means of a spring. In this test, the rod was ejected in approximately 0.2 seconds. After the control rod was ejected, an explosion took place in the reactor which carried away the control mechanism and blew out the core. At half a mile, the radiation level rose to 25 mr/hr. Personnel were evacuated for about 30 minutes.
No one was injured and the destruction of the reactor was part of the cost of the experiment. (See TID-5360, p. 29.)
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EXCURSION IN AN ENRICHED URANIUM WATER SOLUTION
Oak Ridge, Tenn., May 26, 1954
The experiment in progress at the time of the incident was one in a series designed to study criticality conditions of uranium-water solutions in annular cylindrical containers.
The cause of the accident was a. displacement of the central tube, effectively a poison rod, to a region of less importance. This displacement resulted from a dislocation of the positioning spider by a pin, used to connect sections of the liquid level indicator rack, protruding beyond the side of the rack and engaging a leg of the spider as the indicator was raised. Removing the compressional force from the top of the central tube allowed it to fall against the inside of the 10-inch cylinder. Although the displacement was small, it was sufficient to cause a large increase in the effective neutron multiplication.
The safety system apparently operated normally and the reaction was stopped automatically. All personnel in the building during the incident, were protected by a minimum of five feet of concrete shielding; therefore, no serious exposures were incurred. (See TID-5360, p. 18.)
Over @ Physics Forums
The Spunky Monkey, and others have discussed the FDU-3 nuclear blast recently ...
http://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=499692
You may have heard the theory put forth that the explosion at Fukushima Daiichi Unit 3 involved a nuclear reaction, or prompt criticality. There are at least three experts who appear to be supporting this theory. On being Chris Busby, who today said that available isotopic-ratio data confirms this theory.
This informative comment about the isotopic data was made to another forum:
It now appears very likely that there was a prompt criticality or nuclear explosion at Fukushima in the period March 13-15. Using the Takasaki CTBTO data at http://www.cpdnp.jp/pdf/110513Takasaki_report_May10.pdf we can see elevated levels of I-135 between Mar 15-17. According to Dr. Hiroaki Koide of Kyoto University, this supports the nuclear explosion theory onioni2.blogspot.com The very high concentrations of Xe-133 detected support this theory http://www.igse.net/typo3conf/ext/naw_securedl/secure.php?u=0&file=filea... And finally, using the CTBTO's own criteria, the amounts of 1. Tc-99m (Mo-99 daughter product) 2. Te-132 & I-132 3. I-131 4. Ba-140 & La-140, found on Mar 16-17, in that order, indicate a nuclear explosion had occurred. http://www.nrl.moh.govt.nz/faq/nrlreport2005-1.pdf
The isotopic data might be sourced to analysis of published data conducted by Dr. Hiroaki Koide of Kyoto University, cited in the first link in that quote above, which states:
Mr. Hiroaki Koide from Kyoto University has mentioned about this mysterious Iodine 135. He said that the huge amount of Iodine 135 supports the speculation of nuclear explosion at the #3 reactor on March 14.
The case for why the available isotopic-data support the nuclear theory was summarized by the person who posted the first quote above in this way:
Mar 16-17 readings:
A. Tc-99m 130,378
B. Te-132 25,177
C. I-132 35,700
D. I-131 55,607
E. Ba-140 542
F. La-140 1,521
A > B+C > D > E+F = nuke
BALONEY!!
First, Chris Busby is a chemist that is totally UNQUALIFIED at the science of neutron transport needed to determine what happened at Unit 3. Besides, one could hardly call him unbiased since he leads a European anti-nuclear group.
The nuclear physicists and nuclear chemists who are qualified to make this determination; namely those at the US nuclear weapons labs and the Comprehensive Test Ban Oraganization (CTBTO) have already stated that the incident at Unit 3 was NOT a nuclear explosion but a hydrogen explosion.
http://www.ctbto.org/press-centre/highlights/2011/fukushima-related-meas...
Looking at the ratios between the various radioactive isotopes – in particular Caesium-137 – enables the source of the emission to be identified. In the case of the current readings, findings clearly indicate radionuclide releases from a damaged nuclear power plant, which is consistent with the recent accident at Fukushima in Japan.
You can use Google Earth to look at the damaged plant, and you can still see the structural steel of a building in which a nuclear explosion supposedly took place. A true nuclear explosion would have VAPORIZED the building, its steel, and done the same for all buildings for quite a distance around.
The fuel at Fukushima is less than 3% fissile U-235 and less than 7% Pu-239 which is way too dilute for a nuclear explosion of the type that occurs in nuclear weapons.
At physicsforums; read the analysis by one of the members who is a scientist with Lawrence Livermore National Lab. Additionally, the analysis of "Astronuc" who is a professor of nuclear engineering will also dispel this nuclear explosion nonsense.
>The Spunky Monkey, and
>The Spunky Monkey, and others have discussed the FDU-3 nuclear blast recently
That post you link to is from May, 2011.
NONE with a fuel that is 3% U-235 and <7% Pu-239!!!
NONE with a fuel that is 3% U-235 and <7% Pu-239!!!
There have been explosions with gasoline as the fuel.
However, how many solutions of 3% gasoline and 97% water have exploded?
Nuclear Chemistry
FDU-3,
FDU-3 blew Sky High, in an atomic blast.
Oh, and FDU-3 water levels, on or about, March 14, 2011 ... as well as at the present time, are characterized by WILD fluctuations.
A 12 Gage 'bang-stick', will kill a shark, when submerged in the Pacific Ocean. That would work out to about 99.999999999999999% water. Still there is enough LOCAL oxygen to fire the shotgun shell.
Averages are often irrelevant, 'cepting' to IDIOTS like the Rude Dog.
Kah Ahhh BOOM
Goes the nuclear bomb
Kah Ahhh BOOM
Went FDU-3, in an atomic explosion
Bad Dog
The Rude Dog no longer serves any useful purpose.
His questions and comments reflect the views of none.
Rude Dog produces ZERO light and much heat ... and gas.
Bad Dog,
Go away
Animal Control is on the way
Vacuous Vitriol from the PATHETIC IDIOT
There's an old proverb that states, "It's best to remain silent and let the world believe you are a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt".
Once again, our local PATHETIC MORON is someone who could learn from that proverb. Once again, he has shown us that he is truly CLUELESS when it comes to the science of explosions.
Once again, he has treated us to another demonstration of stupidity and ignorance in his post above wherein he believes that chemical explosives get their oxygen from the surrounding environment. Is this complete chowderhead not familiar with the fact that NASA uses explosive bolts to separate the various stages of a rocket? If explosives required oxygen from their environment, then where do the explosive bolts on NASA spacecraft get the oxygen when they are in the near total vacuum of space? In actuality, chemical explosives contain their own oxygen in the reactants. Many have a nitrate group in the chemical composition of the reactants.
http://science.howstuffworks.com/question397.htm
Most true explosives contain the oxygen they need for burning in the chemical. This allows burning to occur much more quickly. Nitroglycerin, for example, has the chemical formula C3H5(ONO2)3. The carbon and hydrogen combine with oxygen, and the nitrogen is liberated.
Our local pea-brain didn't have the faintest clue that this was true; and hence the incredibly naive and down-right stupid post above that claims shotgun shells get their oxygen from their environment.
For some inexplicable reason, this fool seems to believe that the laws of chemistry and chemical reactions somehow constrain and tell us what happens in the nuclear realm. Nuclear reactions are the manifestation of the strong nuclear force, whereas chemical reactions are the manifestation of the Coulomb force ( now with the discovery of the W vector boson has been unified with the weak force to form the "electro-weak" force ). Two different forces of Nature, with two different potential functions, and different laws.
However, this poster has such a vacuous, child-like understanding of the the laws of the physical world; these differences are totally lost on him.
This poster must be in some institution somewhere; someone must be helping to keep him from peeing in his shoes.
WRONG!!!! WRONG!!! WRONG!!!
Evidently you don't know that explosives have their own oxygen in them!!
You just FLUNKED explosives chemistry.
Explosives like in "bang sticks" don't rely on getting oxygen from water. After all, you need molecular oxygen; not water. In water, the the oxygen isn't "looking" for some fuel to oxidize - it has already oxidized a fuel - the hydrogen.
http://www.libertyreferences.com/how-to-make-black-powder-and-other-expl...
Chemical explosives contain their own internal source of oxygen, and cannot be smothered. If you start a chemical fire indoors, it can be nearly impossible to extinguish.
Oil Slicks Burn
Oil Slicks Burn, you dirty ole egg-suckin hound
Percentages are sometimes meaningless.
Egg Suckin Dog
Well he's not very handsome to look at
Oh he's shaggy and he eats like a hog
And he's always killin' my chickens
That dirty old egg-suckin' dog
Egg-suckin' dog
I'm gonna stomp your head in the ground
If you don't stay out of my hen house
You dirty old egg-suckin' hound
Now if he don't stop eatin' my eggs up
Though I'm not a real bad guy
I'm gonna get my riffle and send him
To that great chicken house in the sky
Egg-suckin' dog
Your always hangin' around
But you'd better stay out of my hen house
You dirty old egg-suckin' hound
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYNK8A_bXwA
http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/johnnycash/dirtyoldeggsuckindog.html
http://www.metrolyrics.com/dirty-old-eggsuckin-dog-lyrics-johnny-cash.html
Dirty Old Egg-Suckin' Dog
Songwriter: JACK CLEMENT
Recorded by: Johnny Cash
More STUPIDITY
Evidently you don't understand that oil and water don't mix, and that the lighter oil FLOATS on the water. Hence, the oil is exposed to the oxygen of the air. The water is not surrounding or mixed with the oil.
The problem you have is that you don't know when you've lost.
You hit bottom; and start to dig the hole deeper.
CATASTROPHIC FAILURE at Fukushima Daiichi
Looming CATASTROPHIC FAILURE at Fukushima Daiichi
Japan is not ‘Out of the Woods’ yet
It does not appear prudent to remain silent, at this juncture. The problems are getting worse. The present Fukushima Daiichi ‘solution provider teams’ are trying to solve the wrong problem, and that creates a very dangerous situation, for Japan, the NW Pacific Ocean, and ‘neighboring nations’.
The corium appears to have melted through the reactor vessels and GE Mark-1 ‘containment’. The molten nuclear fuel is now apparently melting through the bottom of the concrete floor and into the earth below. The injected coolant water does not appear to be circulating from bottom to top of the corium pile, but rather washing over the top of the corium pile only. This substantially reduces the cooling effectiveness of the present equipment to an ineffective level.
Groundwater intrusion is at this point, probably approaching the status of primary heat sink. This is not an acceptable or stable thermal solution. It is no longer, merely suboptimal, it is presently failing; and will soon fail catastrophically. Thus, I now feel compelled to break silence. There is presently a looming Catastrophic Failure underway at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station
It is time to augment and/or replace the present ‘solution provider teams’, with personnel that possess additional skill sets. Might I suggest Halliburton, Exxon, Shell, Chevron, Conoco-Phillips … and perhaps BP? www.halliburton.com/ The Halliburton and oil company skill sets includes: pressurized fluid injection, cement injection, directional drilling AND restoration of LOST CIRCULATION; all in subterranean strata, AND underground nuclear blast containment.
Looming Catastrophic Failure at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station
Bill Duff
HOW MANY?
HOW MANY water filtration systems are installed and operational at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station? At last press account, there were only TWO (2) AREVA prototype filtration units ‘on campus’.
N + 1 is suitable for household tea pots. N + 1 is not sufficient for NORMAL nuclear reactor operation. N + 1 is not sufficient for corium meltdown disasters. N + 1 is CERTAINLY inadequate for Fukushima Daiichi Unit-3.
Oh and N is not equal to 1 (or 5). N is equal or greater than 11. There should be 2N + 1, PRIMARY water filtration units for each reactor and each spent fuel pool. Fukushima Daiichi Unit-3 requires substantially more filtration units. Oh and the water filtration production models should naturally use an updated, refined design. A great deal of interconnection piping, pumps and valve manifolds are also … advised.
That’s ‘HOW MANY’; provided that you continue to entertain some hopes; of EVER living on, or returning to, Honshu Island, Japan. This is NOT an appropriate occasion to focus upon ‘cost containment’, negotiation and/or TEPCO face, IMHO.
Sincerely,
Bill Duff
Corium Depth Measurement
Corium subsurface depth
If the effective subsurface depth of the corium is presently unknown ... as expected …
Might I suggest, Schlumberger (www.slb.com) Schlumberger underground survey (logging) tools include radiation (gamma), thermal and various other useful parameters for determining subsurface depth.
It is advisable to include the ‘best in the business’, in the rapidly augmenting ‘Solutions Provider Team’ for the ongoing ‘Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Containment Challenge’.
It is assumed that the rapid response capabilities of Team USA and Team Japan substantially exceed the effective intelligence, candor, capabilities and/or honor of their present regimes.
Hopefully, otherwise Team Homo Sapiens may be in serious jeopardy
Bill Duff
Magma
Just curious ...
How deep are the Magma Chambers near the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station?
Just askin