Japan: 9.0 Earthquake-Tsunami-Nuclear Reactor Developments #2

[ScorpRising]

From a nuke friend @ 18:15 DST:

They are an exact copy of a plant we own. Media is blowing it up, except for the fuel pool part, that's bad. We sent copies of our procedures to help. The more the rods are exposed the hotter they get so the longer to cool down. They should be able to hook up to their control rod drive pumps to pump water in if they lost High Pressure Coolant Injection system and depending on core pressure Low Pressure Coolant Injection system.

Hope that calms some fears... probably not, at this stage of the game...

Mods, I can't site sources so delete if necessary...

 

[Quiche]

Fire erupts again at Fukushima Daiichi's No. 4 reactor

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationw...n-quake-reactor-fire-20110316,0,7859671.story

Quote: A new fire breaks out in the No. 4 reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex. The plant's operator says the fire reignited because an initial blaze was not completely extinguished.


I thought it was pretty strange that 24 hours later, another fire in the same spot.

 

[Kimster]

Radiation released from the six-reactor Fukushima Daiichi complex Tuesday caused a 400-fold increase in background levels outside the stricken plant and about 10 times the normal level in Tokyo, the usually thriving capital 150 miles south of the power facility. Those levels described by a top government official as hazardous to human health declined overnight, suggesting the situation might be stabilizing at the three reactors experiencing cooling problems in the nuclear fuel containment vessels, officials said.<snipped>

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationw...actor-fire-20110316,0,7859671.story?track=rss

 

[Tuffy]

I don't know if anyone has posted this or not, but this is a really neat set of pictures. If you move your mouse across the pictures, you will convert them from before to after.

http://www.vg.no/nyheter/utenriks/jordskjelv-i-japan/bilder.php

 

[Quiche]

according to the BBC's current reactor status:

#1 is being cooled
#2 has potential of melting down
#3 had an explosion and is leaking radiation
#4 is on fire
#5 has heat rising in spent fuel pool
#6 has heat rising in spent fuel pool

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/blog/2011/mar/15/japan-earthquake-and-tsunami-japan

cold is not the word I am thinking....

Fukushima Daichi is the one with all these trouble, the one up the road, Fukushima Danai, has achieved cold shutdown. Sorry for the confusion.

 

[nursebeeme]

fukushima 50 not afraid to die

Although communication with the workers inside the nuclear plant is nearly impossible, a CBS News consultant spoke to a Japanese official who made contact with one of the 50 inside the control center.

The official said that his friend, one of the Fukushima 50, told him that he was not afraid to die, that that was his job.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011...tml?utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitterfeed

 

[tehcloser]

My "Mamaw", had this advice: "Watch the animals, they know if something bad is coming". well, my great dane has his basketball in his mouth and is standing there butting his head up against the wall. Anyone know what that might mean? :waitasec:

 

[nursebeeme]

Obama stands by nuclear power

The Obama administration on Tuesday insisted that nuclear power plants in the United States are safe even as they kept an eye on the unfolding nuclear crisis in Japan.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20043435-503544.html?tag=stack

 

[peeples]

My Iodide order was cancelled and I just called to find out why and customer service told me a hospital bought out their entire supply...

well that just BITES!

Not sure what to think of hospitals buying it up by the pallet??????

 

[Wise Old Owl]

My "Mamaw", had this advice: "Watch the animals, they know if something bad is coming". well, my great dane has his basketball in his mouth and is standing there butting his head up against the wall. Anyone know what that might mean? :waitasec:

:floorlaugh: you kill me girlfriend! Maybe he's reacting to Obama's taping of his NCAA March Madness picks!!!!! IDK

 

[Kat]

My "Mamaw", had this advice: "Watch the animals, they know if something bad is coming". well, my great dane has his basketball in his mouth and is standing there butting his head up against the wall. Anyone know what that might mean? :waitasec:

Translation into Great Dane speak:

When is this lady going to move away from that computer? I've been waiting for "fill in the blank" hours for her to take my butt outside...It's like banging your head against the wall to get anyone to play with you around here.....

 

[buffetoflies]

Japan needs to start packing the reactors with sand and cement like, 3 days ago.

They're being retarded. It's too dangerous to drop water from helicopters but they can have a bunch of people right near by putting water in? The first way is less dangerous dummies!

No offense meant by use of 'retarded'.

 

[Wise Old Owl]

My Iodide order was cancelled and I just called to find out why and customer service told me a hospital bought out their entire supply...

well that just BITES!

Not sure what to think of hospitals buying it up by the pallet??????

much less having to go online to buy up the supply!!!

 

[raeann]

My "Mamaw", had this advice: "Watch the animals, they know if something bad is coming". well, my great dane has his basketball in his mouth and is standing there butting his head up against the wall. Anyone know what that might mean? :waitasec:

First question would be.....does he do this often??? Next question would be have you filled out his NCAA brackets for him???

j/k

 

[peeples]

We're writing to inform you that your order 102-1370753-6241053 has been canceled because the item(s) you purchased were out of stock. Please return and place your order again at a later time.

Our sellers strive to minimize canceled orders. We're sorry for the inconvenience this has caused. Your credit card was not charged for this order.

 

[nursebeeme]

My Iodide order was cancelled and I just called to find out why and customer service told me a hospital bought out their entire supply...

well that just BITES!

Not sure what to think of hospitals buying it up by the pallet??????

1) thud

2) wow

3) IIRC I read an article from the Japanese government that said they had KI ready to treat evacuees but had not used it yet... I wonder if we will really hear when this is done... and I wonder further if the hospitals that bought out the supply are stateside or abroad. For a hospital to buy a stock of KI that order has to be coming from a higher place....

4) moo

 

[Kat]

My Iodide order was cancelled and I just called to find out why and customer service told me a hospital bought out their entire supply...

well that just BITES!

Not sure what to think of hospitals buying it up by the pallet??????

I hope it was a hospital that will send it to Japan for those exposed.

I'd much rather have them receive it because they need it than to have knowledge of it sitting in someone's med cabinet here...just in case.

JMHO.

I was worried that there might be shortage for those that need it because of already being exposed.

 

[tehcloser]

My Iodide order was cancelled and I just called to find out why and customer service told me a hospital bought out their entire supply...

well that just BITES!

Not sure what to think of hospitals buying it up by the pallet??????

That's not very comforting.

 

[Quiche]

http://live.reuters.com/Event/Japan_earthquake2

Breaking: TEPCO says it is considering dispersing boric acid over the No.4 plant from a helicopter

 

[nursebeeme]

That's not very comforting.

no carp! comforting like rubbing an emory board on your eyeball!