Japanese nuclear plant may only have a few hours....

[tangent4ronpaul]

Japan detects radiation up to 700 milliserverts at Fukushima nuke plant
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2011-05/09/c_13866296.htm

TOKYO, May 9 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) on Monday detected radiation levels in the building housing the faltering No. 1 reactor that far exceeded expected levels reaching as high as 700 millisieverts per hour, the utility firm said.
...
TEPCO said that as 10 to 70 millisieverts per hour were detected in areas where workers would be expected to spend prolonged periods of time inside of the No. 1 reactor, restoration work is possible.

But the utility firm opened the main access points to the reactor and in doing do freely released 500 million becquerels of radioactive substances into the atmosphere, where it had gathered in the upper part of the reactor following a massive hydrogen explosion on March 12.

 

[kahless]

The media needs to do their job and forget about worrying people. The more people are aware, the more they get on thier respective governments to take action.

Looks like we are getting a little break in the coming days for I131 and C137. We are however being blanketed with XE-133.

XE-133 Total
http://transport.nilu.no/browser/fpv_fuku?fpp=conccol_Xe-133_;region=DMANC1

Cesium 137 Total
http://transport.nilu.no/browser/fpv_fuku?fpp=conccol_Cs-137_;region=DMANC1

I-131 Total
http://transport.nilu.no/products/browser/fpv_fuku?fpp=conccol_I-131_;region=DMANC1

 

[acptulsa]

The media needs to do their job and forget about worrying people.

The company that built the plant owns NBC outright, and you figure they're not doing their job? Your job is what your boss tells you your job is...

 

[kahless]

The company that built the plant owns NBC outright, and you figure they're not doing their job? Your job is what your boss tells you your job is...

Did I say anything about NBC? They are not the only media outlet you know. I do agree that one cannot expect to hear anything from them on this subject. I was however surprised at the one scathing US nuclear safety report Maddow gave on MSNBC despite this but they have as expected been quiet since.

 

[acptulsa]

Did I say anything about NBC? They are not the only media outlet you know.

Ah, but it is a tightly-knit club. Hard to play one off against the other. Always has been.

 

[ronpaulhawaii]

 

[kahless]

EPA HALTS HEIGHTENED MONITORING OF FUKUSHIMA FALLOUT — No New Milk, Rain or Drinking Water Sampling for another Three Months
http://www.peer.org/news/news_id.php?row_id=1480

“With the Japanese nuclear situation still out of control and expected to continue that way for months, and with elevated radioactivity continuing to show up in the U.S., it is inexplicable that EPA would shut down its Fukushima radiation monitoring effort,” stated PEER Executive Director Jeff Ruch, noting radiation readings in seawater off the Japanese coast at depths of up to 100 feet are 1,000 times normal levels.

At the same time, EPA continues to review a plan to dramatically increase permissible radioactive levels in drinking water and soil....

 

[Kylie]

What good is the EPA then? If they are not protecting(read: informing) the general population to a very possible fallout issue, then just what the fuck are they getting paid to do?

 

[armstrong]

So why do we have apathy? hmmm CAUSE NOTHING SEEMS TO MATTER ----INSTEAD OF DAVID AND GOLIATH--------WE HAVE A ANT AGAINST THE BORG....

 

[acptulsa]

What good is the EPA then? If they are not protecting(read: informing) the general population to a very possible fallout issue, then just what the fuck are they getting paid to do?

Make it impossible for small business to compete with big business.

 

[devil21]

What good is the EPA then? If they are not protecting(read: informing) the general population to a very possible fallout issue, then just what the fuck are they getting paid to do?

Their job is to control information.

 

[Kylie]

Could one of our nuke guys please help me out?

I have given this info to someone who thinks the EPA is doing a bangup job and they are telling me these PAG's are spot on for a nuclear situation such as this. That they're only raising the amounts for the cleanup process.

Would anyone be able to to tell me if this is true? I'm no nuclear scientist so it's all Greek to me.

Thanks!

 

[Carson]

Quote from the comments:

"its pronounced Fook a sheama...she gets close to saying Fuck a sheama at the end lol"

 

[raiha]

Now they are saying fuel rods in Reactor No 1 (the recently photographed ones) are in complete meltdown. The workers are saying this according to RT.

 

[Carson]

The experts seem to all be singing the same tune about low radiation levels and there is nothing to worry about.

That could be...

Something I have been noticing is that the plant and everything around it seems to be decomposing at a super accelerated rate. Sort of like the way the sun will break down plastic over years. This looks like everything in the area is being blasted by so much radiation that it is all falling apart in months. Maybe I am hallucinating it but even the concrete and steel seems to be taking a real hit.

I can imagine any group of molecules being effected with enough exposure. Still maybe I am just seeing things.

 

[Kylie]

So is it just coincidence that our EPA has it on the table to raise our "safe" amounts of radiation to be exposed to?

Since these changes were proposed in 2009, it seems that this could be.

Now refusing to put out the equipment for testing is something different, but what about our levels of contamination? Why would they want to raise the amounts so drastically?

 

[HOLLYWOOD]

Here's another facility that has been shutdown for retrofit against Tsunamis, Hamaoka. Between Hamaoka and Fukushima, that's a few more Gigawatts offline.

http://www.powergenworldwide.com/in...eactors/2011/05/japan-pm_orders_shutdown.html

Japan PM orders shutdown of Hamaoka nuclear plant


Published: May 6, 2011
Japan's Prime Minister Naoto Kan demanded Chubu Electric Power halts operations at Hamaoka nuclear plant in central Japan due to worries a strong earthquake could cause another nuclear crisis.

Reuters reports Kan, who has been under fire for his response to a nuclear crisis at another plant triggered by the March 11 quake and tsunami, added the government would try to prevent the halt of the Hamaoka nuclear reactors from causing power supply problems.

Companies served by two quake-affected utilities in Tokyo and the north have already been asked to curb electricity usage this summer when demand peaks. The shutdown at Hamaoka raises the risk of power disruptions in the Chubu region, home to Toyota and many other major manufacturers.

Kan said he made the decision "out of concerns for public safety," given an 87 per cent probability forecast by government experts that an earthquake with a magnitude 8.0 would hit the area served by Chubu Electric within the next 30 years.

"If there were a major accident at Hamaoka nuclear plant, it would have an enormous impact on the entire Japanese society," Kan told a televised news conference.

The 3617 MW Hamaoka plant accounts for about 7 per cent of Japan's combined nuclear power generating capacity. It is located about 200 km (120 miles) southwest of Tokyo and sits near an active earthquake zone.

Chubu Electric's President Akihisa Mizuno said in a statement that the firm will "promptly consider" the request. Kyodo news agency, citing a Chubu source, reported that the company would comply with the government's decision.

 

[YumYum]

Now they are saying fuel rods in Reactor No 1 (the recently photographed ones) are in complete meltdown. The workers are saying this according to RT.

Do you have the link?

 

[doodle]

Amazing this is getting almost no coverage in US MSM.

 

[steph3n]

Amazing this is getting almost no coverage in US MSM.

Didn't you hear Osama was killed? Its the only thing that matters now! Get your mind off of real news!