Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 2011-05-13 11:04.
Those who maintained that TEPCO was deliberately lying about the severity of the situation, labeled alarmist by many quarters of the media, have now been vindicated. But the corporate press has only offered a collective shrug to today’s shocking developments, burying the story under a mountain of propaganda about Bin Laden’s alleged personal diary as the establishment continues to keep people obsessed and fearful of terror attacks.
TEPCO’s proven deception has prompted a top official with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission to issue a statement today that implies the Japanese have been lying about levels of radiation released from Fukushima, in addition to other measurements, since the very start of the crisis.
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 2011-05-13 08:20.
I've never understood that Japan has even thought about nuclear energy or solar or wind. The country sits on a wealth of geothermal energy which almost nobody seems to have thought about. Somehow the right person in the right place decided that this was not an option and that they had to import expensive nuclear technology from the USA to Japan and build nuclear power stations.
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 2011-05-13 08:14.
...another daunting task is what to do with an estimated 90,000 tons of radioactive water.
The total amount of contaminated water at the No. 2 reactor was estimated at 25,000 tons before the transfer work got under way, equivalent to about 400,000 terabecquerels of radioactivity.
When Japan's nuclear industry regulator, the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency (NISA), upgraded the severity level of the accident at the plant to a maximum 7 on the International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale (INES) on April 12, it cited an estimate for the radiation emitted into the atmosphere at 370,000 terabecquerels as the basis for the raise.
That means that radioactive water at the No. 2 reactor alone suffices to be classified as a level-7 accident.
In another ongoing problem, TEPCO is trying to deal with about 300,000 tons of contaminated water that has already leaked into the sea and has been contained inside the port.
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 2011-05-13 08:19.
Still an inadequate sense of urgency among the international and Japanese 'experts' who have shown themselves incapable of operating at a military-style pace of expanded thinking and rapid decision making.
The Areva contract was supposed to be 'the plan' for the water. Highly doubtful but it let them stop talking about it for a little while. The 'odor eater' sheets of 'special material' were supposed to be 'the plan' for the main structures and the air contamination. Also highly doubtful.
Now the situation on the ground is deteriorating further. Remember that water and gravity are very strong forces of entropy, which will tend to, hmmmm, simplify complex systems.
So time, which they apparently thought was on their side because the decay heat will slowly moderate, is actually not on their side, because the systems can collapse faster than the decay heat can cool.
IMHO we never ever heard anything from the international community in terms of significant, 'crazy' engineering discussions that would be commensurate to the scale of the disaster at hand. This means that the desire to not embarrass TEPCO (big business) simply outweighs other considerations of public health, environment, etc.
A water decontamination contract and giant fabric softener sheets. O......K........then.
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 2011-05-13 08:08.
Chain Reactions Reignited At Fukushima After Tsunami, Says New Study
Radioactive byproducts indicate that nuclear chain reactions must have been burning at the damaged nuclear reactors long after the disaster unfolded.
"The data of the water samples from the unit-4 cooling pool and from the sub-drain near the unit-2 reactor show anomaly which may indicate, if they are correct, that some of these ?ssion products were produced by chain nuclear reactions reignited after the earthquake," he says.
These chain reactions must have occurred a significant time after the accident. "It would be difficult to understand the observed anomaly near the unit-2 reactor without assuming that a signi?cant amount of ?ssion products were produced at least 10 - 15 days after X-day"
I commented on this a few days ago in another thread. Basically, temperature and chemistry have major effects on the iodine-131 to cesium-137 ratio that they examined, and they completely ignore these effects. New fission cannot be completely ruled out, but in my opinion this is not strong evidence for it at all.
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 2011-05-13 08:03.
Stoneleigh has done a lot of thorough digging lately and emerges with an epic portrait of Japan and its nuclear industry that few if any of us who read it will ever forget. It is as shocking and devastating as it is, frankly, from a western point of view, utterly insane. The combination of the perils of modern science and an at heart still almost entirely feudal society is for many Japanese a very unhappy one, and deadly too. Don't miss this.
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 2011-05-13 11:18.
Wow this is really chilling. Thank you for sharing this blog post. I am stunned about our societies and how we lack courage to stand up to these monsters. The people in the video are "glowing" in the dark.
Submitted by Bill (not verified) on Fri, 2011-05-13 09:11.
In many ways, this in depth article is exceptional at explaining why the submission to authority and community values corrupted by industry is so dangerous and has brought us to where we are today, with global contamination.
There are some apt analogies to American (US) complacency and near total submission to this deadly and oppressive industry.
But I do urge folsk to read through this very important and significant work. It is compelling. And well done.
Those who maintained that
Those who maintained that TEPCO was deliberately lying about the severity of the situation, labeled alarmist by many quarters of the media, have now been vindicated. But the corporate press has only offered a collective shrug to today’s shocking developments, burying the story under a mountain of propaganda about Bin Laden’s alleged personal diary as the establishment continues to keep people obsessed and fearful of terror attacks.
TEPCO’s proven deception has prompted a top official with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission to issue a statement today that implies the Japanese have been lying about levels of radiation released from Fukushima, in addition to other measurements, since the very start of the crisis.
Sounds like NRC is going
Sounds like NRC is going into CYA mode itself now. Can you provide link for the NRC statement today?? Thanks
Total lie NRC - nothing to
Total lie NRC - nothing to be overly concernes about...
http://www.nasdaq.com/aspx/stock-market-news-story.aspx?storyid=20110512...
I've never understood that
I've never understood that Japan has even thought about nuclear energy or solar or wind. The country sits on a wealth of geothermal energy which almost nobody seems to have thought about. Somehow the right person in the right place decided that this was not an option and that they had to import expensive nuclear technology from the USA to Japan and build nuclear power stations.
TEPCO drowning in dealing with tons of radioactive water
...another daunting task is what to do with an estimated 90,000 tons of radioactive water.
The total amount of contaminated water at the No. 2 reactor was estimated at 25,000 tons before the transfer work got under way, equivalent to about 400,000 terabecquerels of radioactivity.
When Japan's nuclear industry regulator, the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency (NISA), upgraded the severity level of the accident at the plant to a maximum 7 on the International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale (INES) on April 12, it cited an estimate for the radiation emitted into the atmosphere at 370,000 terabecquerels as the basis for the raise.
That means that radioactive water at the No. 2 reactor alone suffices to be classified as a level-7 accident.
In another ongoing problem, TEPCO is trying to deal with about 300,000 tons of contaminated water that has already leaked into the sea and has been contained inside the port.
http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201105120189.html
Still an inadequate sense of
Still an inadequate sense of urgency among the international and Japanese 'experts' who have shown themselves incapable of operating at a military-style pace of expanded thinking and rapid decision making.
The Areva contract was supposed to be 'the plan' for the water. Highly doubtful but it let them stop talking about it for a little while. The 'odor eater' sheets of 'special material' were supposed to be 'the plan' for the main structures and the air contamination. Also highly doubtful.
Now the situation on the ground is deteriorating further. Remember that water and gravity are very strong forces of entropy, which will tend to, hmmmm, simplify complex systems.
So time, which they apparently thought was on their side because the decay heat will slowly moderate, is actually not on their side, because the systems can collapse faster than the decay heat can cool.
IMHO we never ever heard anything from the international community in terms of significant, 'crazy' engineering discussions that would be commensurate to the scale of the disaster at hand. This means that the desire to not embarrass TEPCO (big business) simply outweighs other considerations of public health, environment, etc.
A water decontamination contract and giant fabric softener sheets. O......K........then.
Chain Reactions Reignited At
Chain Reactions Reignited At Fukushima After Tsunami, Says New Study
Radioactive byproducts indicate that nuclear chain reactions must have been burning at the damaged nuclear reactors long after the disaster unfolded.
"The data of the water samples from the unit-4 cooling pool and from the sub-drain near the unit-2 reactor show anomaly which may indicate, if they are correct, that some of these ?ssion products were produced by chain nuclear reactions reignited after the earthquake," he says.
These chain reactions must have occurred a significant time after the accident. "It would be difficult to understand the observed anomaly near the unit-2 reactor without assuming that a signi?cant amount of ?ssion products were produced at least 10 - 15 days after X-day"
http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/arxiv/26738/
Not very good evidence for new fission
I commented on this a few days ago in another thread. Basically, temperature and chemistry have major effects on the iodine-131 to cesium-137 ratio that they examined, and they completely ignore these effects. New fission cannot be completely ruled out, but in my opinion this is not strong evidence for it at all.
Mark [BRAWM Team Member]
*A clear strategy for
*A clear strategy for containing the problem is yet to be seen 2 months after the nuclear accident occurred.*
Welcome to the Atomic Earth
Stoneleigh has done a lot of thorough digging lately and emerges with an epic portrait of Japan and its nuclear industry that few if any of us who read it will ever forget. It is as shocking and devastating as it is, frankly, from a western point of view, utterly insane. The combination of the perils of modern science and an at heart still almost entirely feudal society is for many Japanese a very unhappy one, and deadly too. Don't miss this.
http://theautomaticearth.blogspot.com/2011/05/may-10-2011-welcome-to-ato...
Regarding Atomic Earth
Wow this is really chilling. Thank you for sharing this blog post. I am stunned about our societies and how we lack courage to stand up to these monsters. The people in the video are "glowing" in the dark.
I Highly recommend reading "The Atomic Earth" at the above link
In many ways, this in depth article is exceptional at explaining why the submission to authority and community values corrupted by industry is so dangerous and has brought us to where we are today, with global contamination.
There are some apt analogies to American (US) complacency and near total submission to this deadly and oppressive industry.
But I do urge folsk to read through this very important and significant work. It is compelling. And well done.