Submitted by seth Carpenter (not verified) on Mon, 2011-04-11 18:08.
APRIL9 Unmanned drone to overfly Japan nuclear plant
TOKYO - TOKYO Electric Power said on Saturday it was planning to send an unmanned drone over the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant to help it assess the extent of damage at the stricken plant.
The company will use a 'T-Hawk' micro air vehicle developed by US conglomerate Honeywell as early as Sunday to record video images of crippled reactors 1 through 4, a Tepco spokesman said.
The drone will be operated by a Honeywell engineer, he said.
'It is like a small helicopter. It will be able to fly over the areas in and above the Fukushima Daiichi plant where we have not been able to see because of the high level of radiation,' he said.
Engineers are battling to cool reactors at the plant, which was disabled by the March 11 tsunami that hit northeast Japan, sparking the world's worst nuclear emergency since Chernobyl.
The T-Hawk, small enough to be carried in a backpack, is equipped with video cameras that relay data to a portable handheld terminal, according to Honeywell's website.The system has been used by the US military in Iraq to monitor enemy movements from the sky, Honeywell said. -- AFP...http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Asia/Story/STIStory_654825.html
Submitted by R. Cromack (not verified) on Mon, 2011-04-11 18:25.
...That what the UAV "saw" was (wholly, anyway) responsible for the recent upgrade to a Level 7 INES disaster. From the moment multiple roofs and walls of buildings started getting blown off, I think it was just a matter of time before it "officially" reached this point... And certainly once fires started up in Spent Fuel Pools and the like. As with any bureaucratic calculation, a certain amount of data needed to be in hand, verified and comprehended before a "Level 7" announcement could be made, particularly in lieu of actual, provable DEATHS from the ongoing event.
...And, you know, that's probably the way we really WANT it, too, otherwise "Level 7" just becomes another subjective, emotionalism / reactionary sort of approximate condition, like those meaningless Terror Alert Levels that eventually just fused together into an amorphous pile of That's Not Good, Folks.
In point of fact I would imagine that it's the recent estimates of total radiological contamination, that are now approaching (according to conservative estimates, as I understand them at least) Chernobyl levels, that put this over the top.
The one thing I can say with a fair amount of certainty is that it's going to be a long time, if ever, before the general U.S. public is permitted to access the full data and rationale for this decision. I would love to be proven wrong, though.
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 2011-04-11 18:39.
i disagree they were finally able to see the condition of plant. while the data is and has been there they cant hide what was seen by this tiny helicopter..any how heres the link on the scale of nuclear disasters.
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 2011-04-11 18:49.
• Major release of radioactive material with widespread health and environmental effects requiring implementation of planned and extended countermeasures.
Submitted by can you see the real me (not verified) on Mon, 2011-04-11 19:55.
still in the real world, it is impossible to calculate the actual damage to the biosphere, the environment and the earth.
good example right on your plate is chernobyl.
Submitted by ok wow (not verified) on Tue, 2011-04-12 05:07.
Govt to do utmost to control Fukushima
Japan's industry minister says the government will do all it can to quickly put the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant under control.
Banri Kaieda was speaking to reporters on Tuesday after his ministry's nuclear safety agency raised the crisis level of the plant to 7 -- the highest level on an international scale.
Kaieda said the level is equivalent to that of the 1986 Chernobyl disaster, but that the volume of radiation from Fukushima is about one-tenth that at Chernobyl.
He added, however, that he fears the amount of radiation leaked into in the environment will increase, as workers at Fukushima have yet to stop the release of radioactive substances.
Tuesday, April 12, 2011 18:36 +0900 (JST) nhk
Submitted by R. Cromack (not verified) on Tue, 2011-04-12 18:41.
...And all I found from California was Richmond and LA, from March 29 and April 4, respectively.
Looks like they're only reporting I-131 data, still. (Disconcerting, that.) They say Richmond's below detectable limits, but LA's at .39 -- I assume that's bequerels per liter -- which, other than two locations in Ohio, Pennslvania, and Oak Ridge, Tennessee, is the highest they're letting us know about at the moment.
I'll do some more digging and see if I can't find anything else, someone who's maybe doing their own analysis, or something. If I find anything I'll post it as a Reply to this.
response
i suppose time will tell as more data becomes public thanks for the calculation.
That's very interesting, HTH...
...Many thanks for taking the time to walk through that calculation.
Rick Cromack.
Allen, Texas
RichardFCromackJr@gmail.com
972-746-8575
unmanned drone now we are at a seven what did it see?
APRIL9 Unmanned drone to overfly Japan nuclear plant
TOKYO - TOKYO Electric Power said on Saturday it was planning to send an unmanned drone over the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant to help it assess the extent of damage at the stricken plant.
The company will use a 'T-Hawk' micro air vehicle developed by US conglomerate Honeywell as early as Sunday to record video images of crippled reactors 1 through 4, a Tepco spokesman said.
The drone will be operated by a Honeywell engineer, he said.
'It is like a small helicopter. It will be able to fly over the areas in and above the Fukushima Daiichi plant where we have not been able to see because of the high level of radiation,' he said.
Engineers are battling to cool reactors at the plant, which was disabled by the March 11 tsunami that hit northeast Japan, sparking the world's worst nuclear emergency since Chernobyl.
The T-Hawk, small enough to be carried in a backpack, is equipped with video cameras that relay data to a portable handheld terminal, according to Honeywell's website.The system has been used by the US military in Iraq to monitor enemy movements from the sky, Honeywell said. -- AFP...http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Asia/Story/STIStory_654825.html
I sort of doubt...
...That what the UAV "saw" was (wholly, anyway) responsible for the recent upgrade to a Level 7 INES disaster. From the moment multiple roofs and walls of buildings started getting blown off, I think it was just a matter of time before it "officially" reached this point... And certainly once fires started up in Spent Fuel Pools and the like. As with any bureaucratic calculation, a certain amount of data needed to be in hand, verified and comprehended before a "Level 7" announcement could be made, particularly in lieu of actual, provable DEATHS from the ongoing event.
...And, you know, that's probably the way we really WANT it, too, otherwise "Level 7" just becomes another subjective, emotionalism / reactionary sort of approximate condition, like those meaningless Terror Alert Levels that eventually just fused together into an amorphous pile of That's Not Good, Folks.
In point of fact I would imagine that it's the recent estimates of total radiological contamination, that are now approaching (according to conservative estimates, as I understand them at least) Chernobyl levels, that put this over the top.
The one thing I can say with a fair amount of certainty is that it's going to be a long time, if ever, before the general U.S. public is permitted to access the full data and rationale for this decision. I would love to be proven wrong, though.
Rick Cromack.
Allen, Texas
RichardFCromackJr@gmail.com
972-746-8575
Here is a great live blog
Here is a great live blog full of up-to-date information on Fukushima:
http://www.scribblelive.com/Event/Japan_Earthquake5
scale info
i disagree they were finally able to see the condition of plant. while the data is and has been there they cant hide what was seen by this tiny helicopter..any how heres the link on the scale of nuclear disasters.
http://www.iaea.org/Publications/Factsheets/English/ines.pdf
this is real data nice work greenpeace!
http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/en/news-and-blogs/campaign-blog/fukushima-...
pick a bale of cotton, pick a bale of hay
it was a seven along weeks ago, just based on radiation readings around one of the reactors. good illustration of how bad this is going to get,
seven means
chernobyl, 1986 — Widespread health and environmental effects. External release of a significant fraction of reactor core inventory.
or ines 7 means
• Major release of radioactive material with widespread health and environmental effects requiring implementation of planned and extended countermeasures.
pick a bale of cotton, pick a bale of hay
still in the real world, it is impossible to calculate the actual damage to the biosphere, the environment and the earth.
good example right on your plate is chernobyl.
read la times then u read this lol
Govt to do utmost to control Fukushima
Japan's industry minister says the government will do all it can to quickly put the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant under control.
Banri Kaieda was speaking to reporters on Tuesday after his ministry's nuclear safety agency raised the crisis level of the plant to 7 -- the highest level on an international scale.
Kaieda said the level is equivalent to that of the 1986 Chernobyl disaster, but that the volume of radiation from Fukushima is about one-tenth that at Chernobyl.
He added, however, that he fears the amount of radiation leaked into in the environment will increase, as workers at Fukushima have yet to stop the release of radioactive substances.
Tuesday, April 12, 2011 18:36 +0900 (JST) nhk
Tap Water Measurments
Has anyone taken a recent tap water measurement that is known in either SF or LA?
I looked on the EPA Drinking Water Laboratory Data page just now
...And all I found from California was Richmond and LA, from March 29 and April 4, respectively.
Looks like they're only reporting I-131 data, still. (Disconcerting, that.) They say Richmond's below detectable limits, but LA's at .39 -- I assume that's bequerels per liter -- which, other than two locations in Ohio, Pennslvania, and Oak Ridge, Tennessee, is the highest they're letting us know about at the moment.
I'll do some more digging and see if I can't find anything else, someone who's maybe doing their own analysis, or something. If I find anything I'll post it as a Reply to this.
Rick Cromack.
Allen, Texas
RichardFCromackJr@gmail.com
Hey, btw: EPA has Milk and Rain Water data, too...
...Plus a TON of Air Monitoring data. Here's the link:
http://www.epa.gov/japan2011/rert/radnet-sampling-data.html#water
Gonna keep looking for SF-specific tap water info, though.
Rick Cromack.
Allen, Texas
RichardFCromackJr@gmail.com