What recently happened at reactor #1?

Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 2011-05-23 12:31

Someone just posted this link on the EnviroReporter chatline. I don't want to panic, but can someone explain this? The graph shows a big spike.

I sure hope that this link works:

http://atmc.jp/plant/rad/?n=1

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Trying again..

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 2011-05-23 12:35.

Well, it appears that the above link doesn't do it. Try this...

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/843/fukushima.png/

What is this sit?

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 2011-05-23 13:36.

I have no idea who put this up. But, I don't know
where the "Hukushima" plant is. If they can't spell
the prefecture name right, I don't have faith in
their radiation reports.

Hukushima = Fukushima in

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 2011-05-23 14:33.

Hukushima = Fukushima in Japanese.

Just to clarify: several

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 2011-05-23 15:22.

Just to clarify: several kana (word syllables) have multiple pronounciations. Fu/Hu is one of these, as Fu occupies the position in the sequence: Ha Hi Fu (Hu) He Ho. Each regional dialect (Ben) puts stress on different parts of the word, and often Fu/Hu has a similar sound and so has been consolidated.

There are also different schemes for writing phoenetic sounds in English that approximate the Japanese syllable. Each is a little different, and Hukushima is as valid as Fukushima since in Japanese they are pronounced the same way.

Thanks for the clarification/education :-)

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 2011-05-23 15:50.

I learn something every day :-)

Ok. So, it's went up to 201 Sv/h in the suppression chamber (S/C). What
does that mean? It's 0.45 Sv/h in the drywell (D/W).

All reactors listed. You can click on any one of them:
http://atmc.jp/plant/rad/

According to the following web site, the S/C measurement was 4250 Sv/h
in reactor #4 back on 4/25:

http://georgewashington2.blogspot.com/2011/04/problems-at-reactor-number...

Honest question, is there cause for alarm with the 201 Sv/h measurement
in #1 when we've already faced levels 21 times that in #4?

atmc.jp is just a private

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 2011-05-23 16:26.

atmc.jp is just a private website making charts based on the data being published by different official sources. In the case of reactor parameters, the source is the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency (NISA).

And the defective translation is just a result of Google Translate.

About reactor No 4, apart from the data about the spent fuel pool no data about the reactor was ever published, since it was empty at the time. Maybe the guy messed up the code and there was a ghost parameter for reactor No 4.

All your questions are good,

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 2011-05-23 15:58.

All your questions are good, but I have to comment on #4 - it doesn't have fuel in it. So no way could it have that 4250 Sv/H measurement.

The scary thing at #4 is the SFP.