Fukushima:A Perfect Day

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Monday May 16, 2011 · 6:31 PM PDT

2011/05/16 · 18:31

Tepco trying to prevent Recriticality in Rac 3, Cesium leaking out of Rac 5, TEPCO planning announcement of Unit 2,3 Meltdown, Moody cuts TEPCO credit rating, TEPCO Sims show Unit 1 at 2800C within 16 hours of accident, Full meltdown in 3. High cesium found in Tokyo in April, Private testing finds Plutonium 30K from Fukushima, Japanese Society Disintegrating, Tepco Concealed Rad data from workers during start of crisis.

You Just Keep Me Hanging On,
You Just Keep Me Hanging On.
You're Going To Reap Just What You Sow,
You're Going To Reap Just What You Sow,
You're Going To Reap Just What You Sow,
You're Going To Reap Just What You Sow...

The Following Diary contains thoughts that may be politically incorrect, if you
suffer from excessive sensitivity, blame yourself if you read any further.

nathguy

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Sunday May 15, 2011 · 6:01 AM PDT

2011/05/15 · 06:01

Tepco says conditons in units 2, 3 likely as bad as unit 1. Radiation in Unit 1 at 1 Sv/Hr in second floor. Reactor likely breached in several places. Cooling in unit 1 "Impossible"

(You keep me hanging by)
Hanging by a thread
(You keep me hanging by)
Leaving me for dead
(You keep me hanging by)
I heard it when you said
(You keep me hanging by)
Keep him hanging by a thread

keep on reading to learn things from the guy who was banned from the
Japan Nuclear Liveblog for daring to have independent opinions.
I have been publishing heavily on this topic and was invited to be an editor
for that group, and then one day after publishing an independent diary
i was banned from the group without explanation. Don't trust the JN Liveblog
group to tell you the truth in a timely manner.

oh and while i'm here, I should say there have been some awesome diarists on this subject (FOYI has done a good job, Fishoutofwater, Joieau,adept2u). There have also
been some amazing clowns.

nathguy

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Thursday May 12, 2011 · 12:08 PM PDT

2011/05/12 · 12:08

What do Sean Connery, Bryan Cranston and the Fukushima Reactor
all have in Common?

More after the jump.

Poll

12 votes Show Results

those forecasts

12 votes Vote Now!

those forecasts

bode ill for Tokyo

1 vote

Don't matter it's too late

2 votes

Bode ill for everyone on the west coast

0 votes

doesn't matter it's a Level 7 incident so that's as bad as it gets.

1 vote

and we've seen Level 7 incidents, no matter they destroyed the soviets

0 votes

and the Kilngons when that moon blew up

0 votes

they are mere forecasts, with no grounding in reality

1 vote

what you trust a computer sim?

1 vote

bet you believe in Global Warming too.

1 vote

if the forecasts meant anything our governments would tell us

0 votes

it's good EPA shut down monitoring of Radiation

0 votes

and even better the Japanese withheld the Speedi forecasts

0 votes

if everyone vulnerable had left Tokyo,

1 vote

who would make the tea?

4 votes

Fukushima: It's amazing what they find every day

nathguy

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Thursday May 12, 2011 · 7:11 AM PDT

2011/05/12 · 07:11

In the spirit of positivity and good news, we should always be positive
about the information that TEPCO is willing to tell us when it's in our own best Interest

http://nuclearstreet.com/...

The second group of workers to enter the reactor building of unit 1 since successive hydrogen explosions rocked the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in March calibrated a crucial water-level gauge, Japanese regulators reported Tuesday.
Fixing gauges measuring pressure and water levels in the unit is a critical step in Tokyo Electric Power Co.’s plan to flood the reactor’s containment and bring the enclosed pressure vessel to cold shutdown status. The Asahi Shimbun newspaper also reported the workers discovered rubble inside the unit, but that water leaks or significant damage to primary equipment was not evident.

This is absolutely Great News. They found no evidence of water leaks and
they were adjusting the gauges to get current data.

Okay, So Everyone who wants Good News should just stop reading here and
go follow this link.

Only those interested in the analysis should go any further...

Poll

55 votes Show Results

unit 1 Meltdown?

55 votes Vote Now!

unit 1 Meltdown?

yes

27 votes

ishikawa had nailed it

0 votes

gunderson nailed it.

8 votes

everyone knew it at the start

13 votes

2 votes

ignore the TEPCO presser, what do they know

0 votes

it's not a meltdown until we open the reactor vessel

2 votes

and until Nature publishes a paper on it

1 vote

and ANS approves it.

2 votes

Fukushima: Nothing to be concerned about

nathguy

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Wednesday May 11, 2011 · 12:12 PM PDT

2011/05/11 · 12:12

http://www.digtriad.com/...

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.

So for all those who wish to be happy please follow this link

For those interested in

Ongoing smoke releases, Units 3 and 4 in need of stabilization, proof of recriticality
in units 2 and 4, high radiation releases at Unit 3, Japanese walking away from
Nuclear Power.

nathguy

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Tuesday May 10, 2011 · 7:30 PM PDT

2011/05/10 · 19:30

Hey yo, I heard that you died
Fuck that, it's time to get live
Dead bodies let's all take a ride
Lean to the left and slide (the headless boogie)
Hey yo, I heard that you died
Fuck that, it's time to get live
Dead bodies let's all take a ride
Lean to the left and slide (the headless boogie)

Another Day, Another Status Update.

Unit 4 leaning over, Iodine 131 levels in Unit 3 at 1,000,000 times normal. Ground Water contaminated. Deafening Silence .Strontium not measured. Temp spike in Unit 3. Video of Unit 3 Fuel Pool.

Now for the ones who only want Good news, and comfort Follow this Link.

The Adults can discuss the update

nathguy

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Monday May 09, 2011 · 3:52 PM PDT

2011/05/09 · 15:52

That's the message the Japanese Government wants you to have. So in keeping with
the Happy, Wish, Fun time message, the Theme of this Diary is "Don't worry".

If you are one of the people who has to hear the happy news, please stop reading.
Just put on a Pink Ladyalbum and think happy thoughts.

Meanwhile....

nathguy

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Monday May 02, 2011 · 9:54 AM PDT

2011/05/02 · 09:54

[Edited]
Lets See Always lead with a Joke;

and here's a cool youtube link to the joke but I can't embed it

http://youtu.be/...

A fellow calls up his friend and says, "Hey, your cat died." The friend says, "Geez, you didn't have to hit me with that so harshly, you should break it to me gently. You should have called me up and said, 'Hey, your cat's up on the roof.' Then a week later, you call me up and say, 'Hey, your cat fell off the roof and injured himself, we had to take him to the hospital.' The next week, you call me up and say, 'Hey, your cat isn't doing too well.' Then a few weeks later, you can let me know that he died." So a month later, this fellow calls up his friend and says, "Hey, your mom's up on the roof."

Well

"Tokyo is up on the roof"...

Japanese Prime Ministers Appointed Expert on Radiation Safety quits in tears
saying the Government has no basis for Raising radiation limits. The senior
Nuclear Power expert in Japan who is one of the big advocates for Nuclear power,
states "Full Meltdown and Breach Probable", and The Japanese PM is studying
creating plans for an Alternative Capital in the event of Disaster. Japan Arts
community protesting Fukushima. Japanese arts community stages protest of
Fukushima, compares it to Hiroshima.

More after the Jump.

nathguy

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Sunday May 01, 2011 · 7:25 AM PDT

2011/05/01 · 07:25

I've been arguing in various diaries that the Fukushima Racs are still running critical.
Such as
http://www.dailykos.com/...
http://www.dailykos.com/...
http://www.dailykos.com/...
http://www.dailykos.com/...

Now there have been various shills out there saying "Oh, it's not so bad:

http://www.dailykos.com/...

Poll

27 votes Show Results

units 1-3 Recritical?

27 votes Vote Now!

units 1-3 Recritical?

unit 2 definitely

11 votes

maybe 1 and 3

7 votes

no way, Tepco would tell us

1 vote

pie

5 votes

no iodine is meaningless

3 votes

Fukushima: Gunderson argues for Criticality at Rac 3

nathguy

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Friday April 29, 2011 · 9:27 AM PDT

2011/04/29 · 09:27

http://www.fairewinds.com/...
Arnie Gunderson argues that Fukushima Rac 3 may have had a prompt criticality
event.

http://en.wikipedia.org/...

A supercritical assembly is said to be prompt-critical if it is supercritical even without the contribution of the delayed neutrons. In this case the time between successive generations of the reaction, T, is only limited by the lifetime of the prompt neutrons, and the increase in the reaction will be extremely rapid, causing a rapid release of energy and a potential explosion within a few milliseconds. With the exception of specially designed research experiments, prompt-critical assemblies are only used in nuclear weapons. Their inadvertent creation is the cause of many criticality accident

that's a nuclear flash.

In the design of nuclear weapons, on the other hand, achieving prompt criticality is essential. Indeed, one of the design problems to overcome in constructing a plutonium-fueled bomb is to contract the fissile materials and achieve prompt criticality before the chain reaction has a chance to force the core to expand. A good bomb design must therefore win the race to a dense, prompt critical core before a less-powerful chain reaction (known as a fizzle) disassembles the core without allowing a significant amount of fuel to fission.

nathguy

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Wednesday April 27, 2011 · 11:15 PM PDT

2011/04/27 · 23:15

So now the Really Ridiculous things are starting.

In the middle of the disaster, the Government is trying cleanup excercises that if they weren't so damned criminally negligent, would be pathetic

http://www.jaif.or.jp/...

The education board of Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, has handed
out radiation monitors to local schools and kindergartens.
Some elementary and junior high schools in the prefecture were advised to
restrict outdoor activities of students to prevent possible exposure to radiation
from the troubled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.
On Wednesday, radiation monitors were given to 55 educational facilities from
kindergartens to high schools.
An elementary school teacher said he will keep a daily log of radiation data,
which he hopes will ease concern among children and parents.
The prefectural education board will compile radiation data from schools and
kindergartens each week and report the outcome to the education ministry

wow. it's a good thing the Industry people have these magical detectors that
are going to protect these kids.
They should have evacuated every kid and woman of child bearing age weeks ago to the western side or even the southern island from within 100 KM of the plant...

Radiation Detectors.... Seriously..

of course this is worse.

nathguy

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Monday April 25, 2011 · 11:58 PM PDT

2011/04/25 · 23:58

What happened at Rac 4? Is it a simple story, or an ugly truth. Don't read this if you dislike the ugly truth. Don't Read this if you prefer to keep your head in the sand.
Don't read this if you love Media Whores on TV. Don't read this if you are thin skinned.

The Story we've been told is very simple. Earthquake, Tsunami, Tragic loss of power,
runaway heat in Rac 1, then 3, leads to H2 explosion on fuel deck and lather rinse repeat...

Terrible but, understandable....

what if there is an uglier story there.

Way uglier...

So ugly, that everyone is lying or deluded about the numbers, the scenario, the math, the physics,
and the Shills likeMeg Shilling
and the Japanese Government
The IAEA, TheIndustry People.

Everyone.

Poll

20 votes Show Results

what happened at Unit 4

20 votes Vote Now!

what happened at Unit 4

Explosion, just like 1,3

5 votes

Fire, burning rods and hydraulic oil.

0 votes

criticality.

12 votes

something else

3 votes

read my comments

0 votes

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