Fukushima nuclear crisis ------------------------ This list of news and information resources resides at: http://everist.org/archives/links/!_Fukushima_nuclear_disaster_info.txt Maintained by: TerraHertz The online copy will be updated as developments continue. It is plain ASCII text because I prefer this format. KISS! See also http://everist.org/archives/Fukushima/20120430_Message_of_Fuku3.htm The earthquake and tsunami occurred on 20110311. --- Live update sources http://ex-skf.blogspot.com Japanese blogger, translates many Japanese news articles Really the best Fukushima coverage I've found. http://enenews.com Lots of international Fukushima news. http://fukushima-diary.com/ http://www.iaea.org/press/ http://iaea.org/newscenter/news/tsunamiupdate01.html http://twitter.com/#search?q=Fukushima http://twitter.com/BreakingNews http://live.reuters.com/Event/Japan_earthquake2 http://www.livestation.com/channels/123-nhk-world-english liveTV http://www.abc.net.au/news/events/japan-quake-2011/ http://www.abc.net.au/news/events/japan-quake-2011/gallery.htm --- Japanese news sources, some in English http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/ Original NHK source http://jibtv.com/program/fullscreen.aspx NHK News TV http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/index.html NHK web http://www.ustream.tv/channel/nhk-gtv NHK-TV live stream (Japanese mostly) http://www.ustream.tv/channel/nhk-world-tv NHK-TV live stream (English) (Ended on 20110325) http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/ http://english.kyodonews.jp/news/ http://english.kyodonews.jp/news/japan_nuclear_crisis/ Kyodo nuclear updates http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/ Daily Yomiuri Online http://www.asahi.com/english/ Asahi Shimbun http://jen.jiji.com/ Jiji Press --- Sources with good general coverage http://www.zerohedge.com http://cryptome.org http://www.fairewinds.com/ http://enenews.com/ http://falloutphilippines.blogspot.com/ http://www.houseoffoust.com/fukushima/fukushima.html Fukushima Daiichi Photo site http://www.firstpr.com.au/jncrisis/ --- Info on the reactor structures http://whatreallyhappened.com/IMAGES/ge-bwr6.pdf G.E. manual for BWR/6 reactor design and operation PDF http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/energy/26506/?p1=A5 http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/energy/files/57694/BoilingWaterReactorDesign_3.jpg pic of layout http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BWR_Mark_I_Containment,_cutaway.jpg http://www.beyondnuclear.org/home/2011/3/12/fukushima-dai-ichi-unit-1-reactor-schematic.html http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/BWR_Mark_I_Containment%2C_diagram.png/581px-BWR_Mark_I_Containment%2C_diagram.png http://www.ansn-jp.org/jneslibrary/BWR_Safety_Design.pdf http://www.scribd.com/doc/50630215/Nuclear-Power-Plant-Information-Boiling-Water-Reactor-BWR http://www.nucleartourist.com/type/bwr.htm http://allthingsnuclear.org/post/3964225685/possible-source-of-leaks-at-spent-fuel-pools-at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Power_Grid_of_Japan.PNG http://talesfromthenuclearage.wordpress.com/2011/03/22/questions-on-the-fukushima-reactors/ http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/basic-ref/teachers/03.pdf Boiling Water Reactor (BWR) Systems - Mark I Containment Design http://dailyinfographic.com/fukushima-reactor-infographic http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corium_(nuclear_reactor) http://www.ucsusa.org/assets/documents/nuclear_power/bwr-intro.pdf Also http://www.zerohedge.com/article/first-persons-narrative-i-was-inside-fukushima-nuclear-plant-when-quake-hit#comment-1125834 "The Mark I reactor has an emergency steam driven high pressure coolant injection transfer pump designed specifically for such an event. The only thing required to keep this cooling system operating is enough DC current to keep the solenoids in the valves energized and open. This critical backup system operated as designed. The cores on units 1, 2 and 3 were successfully scrammed and the emergency steam driven cooling system was engaged on all active cores." http://www.ic.unicamp.br/~stolfi/EXPORT/projects/fukushima/plots/v6/Main.html Plots of reactor data - Fukushima Daiichi - Units #1--#3 http://www.anengineerindc.com/2011/03/daiichi-reactor-design.html Daiichi Reactor Design discussion. Includes: http://econtent.unm.edu/cgi-bin/showfile.exe?CISOROOT=/nuceng&CISOPTR=33&filename=51.pdf Oyster Creek diag - similar BWR. http://www.houseoffoust.com/fukushima/reactorlayout.html http://www.houseoffoust.com/fukushima/blueprint.html http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aU1QQR-xH0w The Nuclear Powerplant Z. East German plant, never fueled up. Gives a good idea of the scale of Fukishima, which is similar. --- On the MOX fuel in reactor #3 http://midnightwatcher.wordpress.com/2011/03/14/fukushima-nuclear-reactor-no-3-using-controversial-and-dangerous-mox-fuel/ http://www.investorpoint.com/stock/SHEKF-Shikoku%20Electric%20Power%20Co.%20Inc./news/33417424/ The official announcement. August 2010 announcement by Shikoku Electric Power Co. Inc., reactor No. 3 was filled with a controversial fuel called MOX (Mixed OXide) — a mixture of plutonium and uranium oxides. Was to begin producing electricity about one month later. Tokyo Electric Power Co. loaded plutonium-uranium mixed oxide fuel Saturday into a reactor at its nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture in preparation for the largest Japanese utility’s first plutonium-thermal power generation. The No. 3 reactor at the Fukushima No. 1 plant would be the third in Japan to be used for the so-called pluthermal generation… Tokyo Electric plans to activate the reactor on Sept. 18 2010 and let it start generating electricity on Sept. 23 ..." --- Fuel rod inventories onsite http://www.zerohedge.com/article/chris-martenson-exclusive-new-photos-fukushima-reactors#comment-1127284 November 2010 powerpoint presentation from the Tokyo Electric Company detailing how fuel storage works at the huge complex: http://www.nirs.org/reactorwatch/accidents/6-1_powerpoint.pdf The Breakthrough Institute: Situation Report: Fukushima: http://thebreakthrough.org/blog//2011/03/fukushima_nuclear_watch-print.html Reactor 1: 400 assemblies in core, (all?) partially or fully exposed. 292 assemblies in spent fuel. Reactor 2: 548 loaded assemblies in the damaged core; 587 in SFP. Reactor 3: 548 in damaged core, 514 in SFP. plutonium-enhanced fuel in core. Reactor 4: none. removed in nov, 2010 (take 19 months to "cool"), 1331 in SFP including the fresh rods. Reactor 5: 546 undamaged, 946 in SFP Reactor 6: 876 undamaged, 876 in SFP Central long-term storage pool: 6375 fuel assemblies. 60 percent of the spent fuel at Fukushima Daiichi complex. Total (uncertain): 4,277 tons of nuclear fuel at Fukushima. ---On Plutonium http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plutonium During and after the end of World War II, scientists working on the Manhattan Project and other nuclear weapons research projects conducted studies of the effects of plutonium on laboratory animals and human subjects.[68] Animal studies found that a few milligrams of plutonium per kilogram of tissue is a lethal dose.[69] In the case of human subjects, this involved injecting solutions containing (typically) five micrograms of plutonium into hospital patients thought to be either terminally ill, or to have a life expectancy of less than ten years either due to age or chronic disease condition.[68] This was reduced to one microgram in July 1945 after discussion. Includes:er animal studies found that the way plutonium distributed itself in bones was more dangerous than radium.[69] Eighteen human test subjects were injected with plutonium without informed consent. The tests were used to create diagnostic tools to determine the uptake of plutonium in the body in order to develop safety standards for working with plutonium.[68] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megatons_to_Megawatts_Program After the Soviet Union came apart, the US/Russian government along with the IAEA decided that it was a good idea to take retired warheads and use them to make MOX fuel. They took the cores out of ICBMs, bombs, cruise missiles, etc which were not part of Russia's active stockpile and began mixing the fuel with natural uranium left over from the enrichment process. This was later sold on the open market for use in commercial reactors throughout the US. It is a great way to eliminate the proliferation risk associated with decaying weapons stockpiles. I believe the US has been actively doing this as well for her own retired stockpile, but I don't have any references. --- Event timelines and current status http://www.jaif.or.jp/english/news_images/pdf/ENGNEWS01_1300691852P.pdf http://www.jaif.or.jp/english/news_images/pdf/ENGNEWS01_1302073450P.pdf (20110407) http://cryptome.org/0003/fukushima-areva.zip Steps of the Fukushima Daiichi Incident by Areva http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Fukushima_I_nuclear_accidents 20110311 3.22pm local time. Tsunami hits coast Building explosions sequence as follows: 1 - 3 - 2 - 4 20110312 #1 - 12 March, Saturday, 18:36 Reactor building #1 at Fukushima I, wrecked by explosion. 20110314 #3 - 14 March, Monday, 11:15 The outer building containing reactor Unit #3 at Fukushima I is severely damaged by an explosion. 20110315 #2 - 15 March, Tuesday, 06:14 3rd explosion involving Rx #2 bldg, the pressure-suppression system (the torus) is feared damaged. 20110315 #4 - 15 March, Tuesday, 08:54 Explosion and fire reported at Unit 4. 20110404: TEPCO announces difficulty maintaining backup power generation at #5 & #6 due to radioactive groundwater leaking into turbine halls through cracked building structure. http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110411004567.htm TEPCO tardy on N-plant emergency (Fukushima events review part 1) http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110412006319.htm Absent TEPCO execs slowed crucial action (Fukushima events review part 2) http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110413004031.htm One crisis after another harried TEPCO's response (Fukushima events review part 3) --- TEPCO's own news sites http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/news/110311/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/tepco311/ Onsite photos. http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/index-e.html --- Google maps coordinates of the nuclear sites Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant. Okuma, Japan. 37 25 18N 141 01 56E http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&t=h&ie=UTF8&ll=37.420541,141.033458&spn=0.003937,0.01089&z=17 http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&ll=37.420541,141.033458&spn=0.003937,0.01089&z=17 http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&ie=UTF8&t=h&ll=37.429265,141.033179&spn=0.005512,0.008798&z=17 Units 5 & 6 Fukushima Dai-ni Nuclear Power Plant. Naraha/Tomioka, Japan. 37 19 05N 141 01 35E http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&ie=UTF8&ll=37.316455,141.025743&spn=0.007714,0.022273&t=h&z=16 Japan Nuclear Power Plants Eyeball (all of them) http://cryptome.org/eyeball/japan-npp/japan-npp.htm Power plant? Oil fired? http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&ie=UTF8&ll=37.234634,141.0151&spn=0.015444,0.044546&t=h&z=15 --- Satellite/aerial imagery http://www.digitalglobe.com/index.php/27/Sample+Imagery+Gallery http://www.flickr.com/photos/digitalglobe-imagery http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5053/5526481182_138657774b_o.jpg 20110314 http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5214/5530841229_c5880c5052_o.jpg 20110316 oblique view http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5296/5535116638_0a067c07f1_o.jpg 20110317 overhead view http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5133/5537297305_207bd7d9bf_o.jpg 20110318 http://i.imgur.com/qS8Z6.jpg http://cryptome.org/nppw-series.htm Compendium of hi-res Fukashima site images. http://cryptome.org/eyeball/daiichi-npp/daiichi-photos.htm Cryptome: Photos shown are half-size of originals in zipfile: http://cryptome.org/eyeball/daiichi-npp/daiichi-photos.zip (11.5MB) The 10 originals full-size. Dates per the EXIF data oforiginals. Cryptome is running a series of hi-res Fukushima photosets. See their main index page. http://www.satimagingcorp.com/galleryimages/worldview-2-fukushima-daiichi-031711.jpg http://www.nuclearbritain.com/2011/03/fukushima-1-daiichi-and-fukushima-2.html http://slow-news-day.net/japan-arthquake-march-2011/ http://slow-news-day.net/2011/03/3-minutes-after-the-explosion/ http://www.fukushima-nuclear.com/fukushima-nuclear-reactor-explosion-satellite-views/ https://picasaweb.google.com/118079222830783600944/Japan --- Weather info and satelite animations http://www.jma.go.jp/en/gms/ Japan weather animation http://weather.is.kochi-u.ac.jp/index-e.html images index http://weather.is.kochi-u.ac.jp/WV/00Movie.mpg animation http://www.stormsurfing.com/cgi/display_alt.cgi?a=npac_250 jet stream http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/data/geo/index.php?satellite=mtsat&channel=wv&coverage=reg&file=gif&imgoranim=8&anim_method=flash Jet stream patterns, Northern hemisphere. Notice the stream directly over Northern Japan and how it is picked up and carried over the Pacific at +150 kts, then slowed to disperse over the West coast. http://squall.sfsu.edu/scripts/nhemjetstream_model.html Set it for 4 days, 6 hr intervals and press build animation. (NB This is not forecast, but real time data during the past 4 days) --- Radiation/wind maps & graphs Fukushima I-131 in air, drift animation. German weather site. Index page: http://www.zamg.ac.at/wetter/fukushima/ Folders with series of air drift animations. Change date field for other days. Dates 20110315 to 20110408: http://www.zamg.ac.at/pict/aktuell/20110329_fuku_I-131.gif Dates after 20110408: http://www.zamg.ac.at/pict/wetter/sonderwetter/fuku/20110417_I-131_FUKU.gif (20110417 is when the wind starts to really blow back over Japan instead of out over ocean.) http://www.dwd.de/wundk/spezial/Sonderbericht_loop.gif http://japan.failedrobot.com/ http://img847.imageshack.us/img847/438/fallout.jpg 'Australian Radiation Services' - authenticity disputed. http://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/natur/bild-750835-191816.html animated. http://park18.wakwak.com/~weather/geiger_index.html Geiger counter in Tokyo (Japanese, updated every 10 minutes) Background count was about 14 CPM over last year. On 20110314 around 5:00am it began to rise. First peak approx 80 CPM around 12:00, then fell again. http://www.grs.de/sites/default/files/Messungen_Japan_17.03_18Uhr.pdf http://www.radiationnetwork.com/ World-wide public co-op network of radiation monitors https://cdxnode64.epa.gov/radnet-public/showMap.do http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/radiation.png Chart comparing radiation doses. http://energy.gov/news/10194.htm U.S. release radiation info http://www.flickr.com/photos/skiptic/5555632763/in/photostream/lightbox/ Chernobyl affected area superimposed over Japan map http://www.mmnews.de/index.php/etc/7503-geiger-zaehler-japan-live-counter http://www.dwd.de/bvbw/generator/DWDWWW/Content/Oeffentlichkeit/KU/KUPK/Homepage/Aktuelles/Sonderbericht__Bild5,templateId=poster,property=poster.gif --- TEPCO website & webcams http://www.tepco.co.jp/nu/index-j.html Main site, includes status indicators for their reactors. :( http://www.tepco.co.jp/nu/f1-np/index-j.html The Fukushima Daiichi plant. News update pdf's, all in Japanese http://www.tepco.co.jp/nu/f1-np/camera/index-j.html Webcam. Was working on 15th, not on 16th. On 18th, had exact same very pretty blue sky, no smoke still image every time I looked. 'web cam' ha! --- Finance reactions http://www.bloomberg.com/markets/stocks/futures/ http://www.zerohedge.com --- Earthquake logging http://www.japanquakemap.com/ http://quakes.globalincidentmap.com/ http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Maps/10/140_40.php http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEM9PL6UPLG_index_1.html#subhead2 Net ground displacement maps --- Video collections http://video.asahi.com/?page=1 --- My image productions (copy freely) http://everist.org/pics/Fukushima/Fukushima_fuel_tanks.jpg Before/after washed away fuel tanks (190KB) http://everist.org/pics/Fukushima/Fukushima_pyramids_sm.jpg Fukushima vs Pyramids of Giza (109KB) http://everist.org/pics/Fukushima/Fukushima_pyramids.png Ditto, medium (762KB) http://everist.org/pics/Fukushima/Fukushima_pyramids_large.png Ditto, large version (1.5MB) http://everist.org/pics/Fukushima/Fukushima_water_diag.jpg Watercourses at Fukushima (360KB) --- First explosion, reactor #1 videos Sunday 20110313 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pg4uogOEUrU the explosion (full) http://www.twitvid.com/LICNU ditto, missing first bit. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IwBPHKi0vM ditto, just the bang http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjx-JlwYtyE RT. Further but no onscreen crap. http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/images/user5/imageroot/von%20havenstein/NPP_0.jpg before/after explosion --- Second explosion, reactor #3 videos Monday 20110314 http://www.zerohedge.com/article/video-reactor-3-explosion http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dx6IS0vrZOk Japanese TV screengrab + voiceover http://www.youtube.com/watch&v=T_N-wNFSGyQ Three bangs. Now 'sorry not found', but still here: http://www.youtube.com/user/oztvwatcher#p/a/u/0/T_N-wNFSGyQ (note SAME video ID. What's up, Youtube?) (Search for "Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant Reactor 3 explosion on March 14, 2011") http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMk0xX-UqAU Aljaeerah. Voiceover http://www.flickr.com/photos/digitalglobe-imagery/5526481182/sizes/o/in/photostream/ hi-res sat image. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_N-wNFSGyQ&feature=player_profilepage --- Third explosion, reactor #2 Tuesday morning 20110315 (reports of explosion heard, only) --- Reactor #4 damage http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/189469_207084552637942_145787152101016_863062_3494340_n.jpg --- Search terms Fukushima Twitter.com hashtag: Fukushima Fukushima plant operators: TEPCO Tokyo Electric Power Company. --- Major Shill-docs 20110320 Sunday http://www.zerohedge.com/article/understanding-radioactivity-fukushima-physics-and-engineering-perspective#comments Talks about the shill docs released so far: 1st: "Why I Am Not Worried" About Fukushima - Josef Oehmen, (loosely of) MIT https://morgsatlarge.wordpress.com/2011/03/13/why-i-am-not-worried-about-japans-nuclear-reactors/ http://techyum.com/2011/03/josef-oehmen-fukushima/ MIT Damage Control and Josef Oehmen’s "Why I Am Not Worried" About Fukushima 2nd: "Understanding The Radioactivity At Fukushima" - Ben Monreal of the USCB department of physics. http://online.kitp.ucsb.edu/online/plecture/bmonreal11/pdf/BMonreal11_PublicLecture_KITP.pdf http://online.itp.ucsb.edu/online/plecture/bmonreal11/ https://climatesanity.wordpress.com/2011/03/19/understanding-the-radioactivity-at-fukushima-university-of-california-santa-barbara-prof-ben-monreal/ http://world-nuclear.org/ WNA's role is to support the global nuclear energy industry through: --------- General news articles ------------------------- ----- 20110311 Friday Pics of empty supermarket shelves in Tokyo. http://twitpic.com/48ljfp http://instagr.am/p/CKz88/ http://img847.imageshack.us/img847/438/fallout.jpg http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12720219 Huge blast at Japan nuclear power plant http://engforum.pravda.ru/index.php?/topic/229393-explosion-at-japans-fukushima-nuclear-reactor/page__gopid__2350450#entry2350450 http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/03/12/japan-earthquake-live-blog-death-toll-rises-amid-widespread-destruction/ [8:49 a.m. ET, 10:49 p.m. Tokyo] The walls of a concrete building surrounding the reactor container at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant collapsed in an explosion, but the reactor and its containment system were not damaged, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano said. http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/03/12/japan-earthquake-live-blog-death-toll-rises-amid-widespread-destruction/ http://www.cringely.com/2011/03/flea-powder-may-be-saving-lives-in-japan/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+ICringely+%28I,+Cringely%29 Actually, a few errors in your analysis, from what I've read in the last day about the Fukushima reactors. * The backup generators did start, but only ran for a few hours before failing. No information about why they failed. Though, considering that the plant infrastructure on the seaward side was wrecked by the tsunami, it's not hard to accept. Maybe the fuel tanks were on that side? * The coolant pumps are not electrically driven, but steam driven. (Makes sense - the KW/hr to run nuke plant injection pumps for 8 hours would require a ridiculous battery bank.) Only the control systems and actuators run on battery power. But that means the battery power is still just as essential. * At least two reactors have failed to shut down correctly, not one. * From the report of a US engineer who escaped from the Fukushima plant (as reported by his wife), the plant was severely damaged by the shocks, and then tsunami. Now Reactor #1 has blown up. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pg4uogOEUrU Reports are another (don't know which plant) may be nearing the same. http://www.zerohedge.com/article/following-core-meltdown-reactor-one-fukushima-nuclear-power-plant-explodes-video http://www.abc.net.au/news/photos/2011/03/11/3161999.htm http://raddecision.blogspot.com/2005/08/episode-01_112396446634218142.html Rad Decision A techno-thriller about a looming disaster at a nuclear power plant, written by an engineer with over twenty years of experience in the American nuclear industry. http://www.zerohedge.com/article/world-nuclear-news-forensic-analysis-events-fukushima-nuclear-plant http://theenergycollective.com/nathantemple/53384/how-shutdown-and-core-cooling-japanese-reactors-likely-functions ------- 20110314 Monday http://www.zerohedge.com/article/kyodo-reports-cooling-system-third-nuclear-power-plant-fails http://morgsatlarge.wordpress.com/2011/03/13/why-i-am-not-worried-about-japans-nuclear-reactors/ http://www.kalzumeus.com/2011/03/13/some-perspective-on-the-japan-earthquake/ http://www.zerohedge.com/article/video-reactor-3-explosion http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dx6IS0vrZOk http://www.youtube.com/watch&v=T_N-wNFSGyQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMk0xX-UqAU Dammit. Since the explosion of #1, I found a diagram of the BWR structure used in the Fukushima reactors. http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/energy/26506/?p1=A5 Makes it clear what happened with reactor #1. H-O explosion in the upper, non-reinforced section. Unfortunately, it also makes it pretty clear what must have happened with #3, to produce that very strong vertical jet of brown ejecta. There's no way the flimsy upper building structure could have focussed an explosion like that. The only explanation is that the main pressure vessel blew upwards, throwing off the heavy concrete cap. If it's true the US military forces in Japan are doing a runner, I'd bet on that. http://www.livestation.com/channels/123-nhk-world-english http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/RS_Explosion_rocks_third_Fukushima_reactor_1402111.html http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/RS_Venting_at_Fukushima_Daiichi_3_1303111.html http://english.kyodonews.jp/news/2011/03/77481.html http://english.kyodonews.jp/news/2011/03/77481.html URGENT: Cooling system pump stops at Tokai nuclear power plant: fire dep't TOKYO, March 14, Kyodo The Fire and Disaster Management Agency said a cooling system pump stopped operating at Tokai No. 2 Power Station, a nuclear power plant, in the village of Tokai, Ibaraki Prefecture. http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2011/03/this-is-the-scariest-first-person-video-of-the-japan-tsunami-yet/ http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/14/world/asia/japan-fukushima-nuclear-reactor.html?_r=1&hp http://ex-skf.blogspot.com/2011/03/fukushima-i-nuke-plant-reactor-no2.html Reactor #2 cooling system failed. (and more) http://ex-skf.blogspot.com/2011/03/fukushima-i-nuke-plant-whats-left-of.html Pic - what's left of reactor #3 building. http://uk.reuters.com/article/2011/03/14/uk-japan-quake-timeline-idUKTRE72D1BT20110314 Timeline http://www.zerohedge.com/article/radioactivity-detected-60-miles-fukushima-power-plant http://theautomaticearth.blogspot.com/2011/03/march-13-2011-how-black-is-japanese.html ------ 20110315 Tuesday ------------ From http://live.reuters.com/Event/Japan_earthquake2?Page=65 The comments section of our main story here www.reuters.com is another option for a general discussion on this topic. http://www.reuters.com/article/comments/idUSTRE72A0SS20110314 http://live.reuters.com/Event/Japan_earthquake2?Page=65 Live earthquake map, Japan. http://www.nisa.meti.go.jp/english/files/en20110315-1.pdf Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency Seismic Damage Information (the 23rd Release) (As of 19:30 March 14, 2011) Comments at http://www.reuters.com/article/comments/idUSTRE72A0SS20110314 brakedrum wrote: Indeed. I wonder too why no major press in the world is talking about how this power plant began using recycled weapons grade plutonium based fuel, or MOX. They made this fuel switch to MOX last September at this very nuclear power plant. According to information available, the MOX fueled reactors are 10 times as likely to get out of control during an upset, and the radioactive contamination is 2 million times more dangerous than conventional nuclear power plant fuel. Also, getting iodine shots wont help anybody cantaminated with MOX. This is really bad, a much worse situation that they are saying. Mar 13, 2011 10:23pm EDT -- Report as abuse LarryinParker wrote: Aggravating the situation at Japan’s reactors is the fact that each one of them has up to a twenty-year accumulation of spent reactor fuel stored on the roof above the reactors which could further contribute to the disaster. Americans should know that our commercial nuclear power plants also have their spent fuel stored on-site and vunerable to accidents, natural disasters and terrorist attack. President Obama, as one of his first acts as President, and even though he promotes more nuclear powered electrical generation, cut all funding and stopped development of the Yucca Mountain Storage Facility for our spent fuel. Whether you advocate nuclear-powered electrical generation or not, the President’s policies are in conflict and reveal a dangerous level of ignorance or a complete disregard of the danger. Mar 14, 2011 1:44pm EDT http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/14/us-japan-quake-explosion-idUSTRE72D8EO20110314 TOKYO | Mon Mar 14, 2011 7:09pm EDT (Reuters) - A fresh explosion was heard on Tuesday at a quake-stricken Japanese nuclear power plant, the country's nuclear safety agency said. Authorities at the Fukushima Daiichi complex, damaged in Friday's massive earthquake and tsunami, are trying to prevent meltdowns in all three of the plant's nuclear reactors. Twice before, there have been explosions which have ripped off some roofing from the plant, but these had not damaged the reactor vessels, authorities have said. There was no immediate word on any damage from this third blast. http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Video-Japan-Quake-And-Tsunami-Plea-For-US-Help-After-Second-Explosion-At-Nuclear-Plant/Article/201103215951706?lpos=World_News_Carousel_Region_0&lid=ARTICLE_15951706_Video_Japan_Quake_And_Tsunami%3A_Plea_For_US_Help_After_Second_Explosion_At_Nuclear_Plant About the third blast at the plant, in reactor #2. (video at the site shows only the 2nd blast, at reactor #3.) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42066534/ns/world_news-asiapacific/ SOMA, Japan — A third explosion in four days rocked the earthquake-damaged Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant in northeast Japan early Tuesday, the country's nuclear safety agency said. Japan's Prime Minister Naoto Kan said radiation has spread from the damaged reactors and warned of more leaks. He said people within 20 kilomoters (12 miles) of the plant should evacuate, Kyodo News reported. Two sources told NBC News' Robert Bazell that the blast breached the containment structure and that radiation had leaked out. The nuclear core of Unit 2 of the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant in northeast Japan was undamaged, said a spokesman for the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency, Shigekazu Omukai. The agency suspects the explosion may have damaged the reactor's suppression chamber, a water-filled tube at the bottom of the container that surrounds the nuclear core, said another agency spokesman, Shinji Kinjo. He said that chamber is part of the container wall. The suppression chamber is used to turn steam back into water to cool the reactor and also plays a role in removing radioactive particles from the steam. A spokesman added that a fourth reactor at the plant was on fire and releasing more radiation. Radiation levels measured at the front gate of the Dai-ichi plant spiked following Tuesday's explosion, Kinjo said. Detectors showed 11,900 microsieverts of radiation three hours after the blast, up from just 73 microsieverts beforehand, Kinjo said. He said there was no immediate health risk because the higher measurement was less radiation that a person receives from an X-ray. He said experts would worry about health risks if levels exceed 100,000 microsieverts. Me: Reactor 4 fuel had been removed for inspection. Which means the fuel storage pools at the building top had old fuel plus newer fuel. With no power, the water may have boiled off from these pools, exposing the rods. Which can then catch fire. Would explain high radiation from #4 building. http://www.zerohedge.com/article/satellite-photo-reactor-1-and-3-explosions-fukushima Satellite Photo Of Reactor 1 and 3 Explosions At Fukushima From the reuters log: "tepco has all today's images (appear to be taken hourly) from it's webcam overlooking the site on their website: pointscope01.jp http://pointscope01.jp/data/f1np/f1np1/pic/20110315130000.jpg The file name is yearmonthdayhourminutesecond.jpg - you can change the hour part to see earlier images, e.g. to 20110315050000.jpg ). Don't know if it's useful or not." And this one detail convinces me TEPCO are a bunch of obfuscationist liars. TEPCO's 'webcam of the reactor site', and what do we see? A fricking tree, obscuring everything but the smoke stacks. Oh FFS. Animation Mar15 of the useless TEPCO webcam here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pU9oO4yiF-s Tepco has live webcam from Fukushima nuclear power plant (nothing obvious happening, mercifully) http://t.co/c9JpgAx --> http://www.tepco.co.jp/nu/f1-np/camera/index-j.html http://www.zerohedge.com/article/nikkei-flash-crash-futures-plummet-16-all-hell-breaks-loose-japan#new Nikkei Flash Crash - Futures Plummet 16% As All Hell Breaks Loose In Japan The absolutely worst news: NHK saying radiation up to 400mSv at Reactor #3, 100mSv at Reactor #1...That's milli... not micro, or 250 times the maximum reported prior number. Alas, we believe this means the cores have melted. http://www.iaea.org/press/?p=1248 Japanese Earthquake Update (15 March 06:15 CET) Japanese authorities informed the IAEA that there has been an explosion at the Unit 2 reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi plant. The explosion occurred at around 06:20 on 15 March local Japan time. Japanese authorities also today informed the IAEA at 04:50 CET that the spent fuel storage pond at the Unit 4 reactor of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant is on fire and radioactivity is being released directly into the atmosphere. Dose rates of up to 400 millisievert per hour have been reported at the site. Japanese authorities are saying that there is a possibility that the fire was caused by a hydrogen explosion. Japanese Earthquake Update (15 March 07:35 UTC) Japanese authorities have confirmed that the fire at the spent fuel storage pond at the Unit 4 reactor of Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant was extinguished on 15 March at 02:00 UTC. http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/15_33.html Tuesday, March 15, 2011 13:48 +0900 (JST) Tokyo Electric Power Company says the fire has been extinguished at the No.4 reactor at the quake-hit nuclear power plant in Fukushima prefecture. Company officials said that the fire had started at 9:38 AM local time on Tuesday near the northwestern part of the 4th floor of the building that houses the reactor at the Fukushima No.1 nuclear power plant. The officials said before the fire, an explosion was heard and that an area near the roof of that building was found to have been damaged. TEPCO is confirming reports that the temperature of the pool which contains spent nuclear fuel had risen from its usual 40 degrees Celsius to 84 degrees. A company official says a hydrogen explosion is thought to have occurred at the No.4 reactor, but details including its relation to the fire are unknown. Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano told reporters shortly after 11:00 AM on Tuesday that a fire had broken out at the No.4 reactor. He said the reactor has not been operating after the earthquake, but hydrogen is being produced because spent fuel creates its own heat. He said so it can be inferred that a hydrogen explosion similar to those that took place at the No. 1 and 3 reactors occurred. --------20110316 wed ----------- The ten most striking amateur videos of the earthquake in Japan http://observers.france24.com/content/20110314-most-striking-amateur-videos-earthquake-japan-sendai-tokyo-fukushima http://www.nationmultimedia.com/home/Scientists-puzzled-by-earthquakes-30150887.html Scientists puzzled by earthquakes By Pongphon Sarnsamak The Nation March 15, 2011 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/03/11/no-the-supermoon-didnt-cause-the-japanese-earthquake/ No, the “supermoon” didn’t cause the Japanese earthquake http://www.daylife.com/photo/0dND4Fz6KW8bl?q=Tokyo Damage after an earthquake and tsunami at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, 240 km (150 miles) north of Tokyo, is seen in this satellite image taken 9:35 am local time (0035 GMT) on March 16, 2011. Found better quality images: http://www.digitalglobe.com/index.php/27/Sample+Imagery+Gallery http://www.flickr.com/photos/digitalglobe-imagery http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5214/5530841229_c5880c5052_o.jpg Full size of the 20110316 oblique view http://ex-skf.blogspot.com/2011/03/fukushima-i-nuke-plant-reactor-no5-is.html Reactors 5 and 6, which were supposed to be "cold" as they were shut down for maintenance before the earthquake, may be "live". No.5 Reactor is definitely "live", confirmed by the government Agency official. Reactor 5 had already nuclear fuel in the Pressure Vessel, ready to re-start, when the earthquake hit. So does 6. --------- 20110317 Thur --------------- http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1366670/Japan-earthquake-tsunami-French-claim-scale-nuclear-disaster-hidden.html 'We're not afraid to die': Extraordinary courage of emergency crews battling nuclear disaster as they return to stricken power plant By David Derbyshire Last updated at 3:57 PM on 16th March 2011 Does anybody have information about the status of Rokkasho Reprocessing Plant http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rokkasho_Reprocessing_Plant It was reported to be run in emergency cooling by diesel Generators on Saturday too. And they where speaking about stored Fuelrods from about 25-30 Powerplants in it. Heh. 9/11/01 Terrorist attacks on US + 3/10/11 Japanes Earthquake/Tsunami ----------------- = 12/21/12 End of Mayan Calender/Apocalyptic Event suggested by some scientists http://forum.prisonplanet.com/index.php?topic=203287.0 http://forum.prisonplanet.com/index.php?topic=203287.msg1215845#msg1215845 # 0.25 – 1 Sv (250 - 1000 mSv): Some people feel nausea and loss of appetite; bone marrow, lymph nodes, spleen damaged. # 1 – 3 Sv (1000 - 3000 mSv): Mild to severe nausea, loss of appetite, infection; more severe bone marrow, lymph node, spleen damage; recovery probable, not assured. http://library.thinkquest.org/3471/radiation_effects_body.html -------- 20110318 Friday ----------- http://www.zerohedge.com/article/tepco-releases-helicopter-overflight-fukushima-devastation-video TEPCO Releases Helicopter Overflight Fukushima Devastation Video (Heli shakey-cam #1) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBXqiw6EJUk http://www.zerohedge.com/article/and-back-fukushima-where-fresh-steam-rising-debris-which-may-be-explosion-or-it-may-not http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/japan/8389415/Japan-nuclear-plant-exposed-to-the-elements-nuclear-fuel-in-meltdown.html http://books.google.com.au/books?id=v2l39w5AtIMC&pg=PA431&lpg=PA431&dq=plutonium+ld50&source=bl&ots=BbFjJogzFX&sig=D9LMngMHz6iGbaVRH4NsLz2ftgM&hl=en&ei=9iuDTZ7aEIHOvQOmkKTRCA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CEUQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q&f=false The culture of make believe By Derrick Jensen Page 431 "The best estimate for plutonium's LD-50, or the dosage at which 50 percent of the victims die, is around ten nanograms." http://morris-family.us/video/video/4R9O65H6XUNO/Live-Video-of-Tsunami-hitting-city- -------20110319 Sat --------------- http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1367684/Nuclear-plant-chief-weeps-Japanese-finally-admit-radiation-leak-kill-people.html http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/asia/la-fgw-japan-quake-fukushima-50,0,690133.story Who are the Fukushima 50? Online posts from families and colleagues pull back the curtain on the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant workers whose heroism has inspired the nation. http://ex-skf.blogspot.com/2011/03/fukushima-i-nuke-plant-japanese_19.html Saturday, March 19, 2011 #Fukushima I Nuke Plant: Japanese Government Has Had Near-Real Time Footage of the State of Nuke Plant, and Has Been Sitting On It http://www.zerohedge.com/article/presenting-latest-digitalglobe-satellite-photos-fukushima-thermal-imaging-continues-be-top-s?page=1#comment-1077809 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8Tds5d-ApU Fire trucks having a go. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWzPU5fgThA -------20110320 Sunday -------------- http://www.zerohedge.com/article/understanding-radioactivity-fukushima-physics-and-engineering-perspective#comments http://www.fourwinds10.com/siterun_data/environment/humans/nuclear_du_radiation/news.php?q=1300562766 TOTAL INFORMATION BLACKOUT ON FUKUSHIMA UNIT 4 REACTOR RAISES SERIOUS QUESTIONS ABOUT TRUTH OF SITUATION http://ex-skf.blogspot.com/2011/03/fukushima-i-nuke-plant-sdf-starts.html Saturday, March 19, 2011 #Fukushima I Nuke Plant: SDF Starts Hosing Reactor No.4 http://femalefaust.blogspot.com/2011/03/fukushima-crisis-really-useful-links.html FUKUSHIMA CRISIS: Really Useful Links Radiation Monitoring: https://cdxnode64.epa.gov/radnet-public/showMap.do EPA's RADNET Not only gives you map, but a link for the text version, but also a link for interpreting the data. http://radiationnetwork.com/ real time stations across US http://www.enviroreporter.com/2011/03/enviroreporter-coms-radiation-station/ real time station in Southern California http://blog.alexanderhiggins.com/2011/03/19/realtime-epa-japan-nuclear-fallout-radiation-graphs-west-coast-cities-9228/ Real Time Japan Nuclear Fallout Radiation Graphs For US West Coast Cities | Alexander Higgins Blog black and white graphical data, not mapped, very precise Resource guides and information: http://ki4u.com/ INVALUABLE http://reviews.ebay.com/What-IS-and-IS-NOT-a-Geiger-Counter_W0QQugidZ10000000004066472 eBay Guides - What IS and IS NOT a Geiger Counter for telling the difference between the ion-chamber kind and the other kind Primary News Sources http://www.iaea.org/newscenter/news/tsunamiupdate01.html IAEA Update on Japan Earthquake if it isn't here world governments won't admit it (but it may still be true) http://www.nisa.meti.go.jp/english/ NISA - Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency Japan official press releases (PDFs) in english if it is not here Japanese government won't admit it (but it may still be true) -------- 20110321 Monday -------- There is an international treaty requiring the industry & governments to not reveal the readings from a network of international monitoring stations. In other words, this is planned ahead so that the industry and the governments know they can tell the populace whatever fits with the industries and government's purposes. From The WSJ: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703818204576207011282898754.html "Dr. De Geer said the terms of the treaty prevented him from divulging specific details, such as the exact readings of different radioactive isotopes picked up by the monitoring network." --- Commenter: I am monitoring the radiation level here and posting the readings to http://www.radiationnetwork.com/ I hope that you are doing the same. I am also posting graphs that show nearly all of my readings for the last several days to: https://picasaweb.google.com/acomfort/RadiationGraphsCPMs31711532PM# --- http://www.zerohedge.com/article/asahi-shinbun-confirms-nuclear-rods-pressure-vessels-and-spent-fuel-pools-are-damaged#comment-1080813 http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/World/20110321/japan-fukushima-nuclear-plant-containment-effort-110321/ Workers pulled at Japan nuke plant as smoke rises A Type 74 main battle tank on a trailer truck leaves for the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear complex after the truck refueled at Camp Asaka of Japan Ground Self-Defense Force in Tokyo, Sunday, March 20, 2011. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3Lg88ECaCE Heli shakey-cam #2 Japanese to English translation Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station was taken by helicopter from the sky (Ookuma Town, Fukushima Prefecture) is part of the video the night of 17 and the No. 3 No. 4, published by Electric Power Company. Check site for its employees, was taken around 4:00 pm Wednesday. The video published in three, to video length of 55 seconds to 1 minute, and building the No. 3 give the steam exploded hydrogen, reflected in the appearance of the building the No. 4 blown away by the explosion walls and ceilings The. ---- http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1368357/Japan-tsunami-Staff-evacuated-smoke-rises-nuclear-reactor.html#ixzz1HERo2Rab Staff evacuated after smoke rises from nuclear reactor as Japanese engineers reconnect electricity to stricken power plant Last updated at 11:35 AM on 21st March 2011 * Smoke seen rising from area which housed core of spent nuclear fuel in reactor Number 3 * Power restored at all six reactors, but coolers have to be checked for damage before they can be switched on Smoke was this morning seen rising from the Number 3 reactor at the stricken Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant. Staff were evacuated from the area around the power plant and all work has been suspended after officials said the smoke was coming from an area where a core of spent nuclear fuel was being stored. A joint task force set up between the government and the Tokyo Electric Company, which owns the site, was still trying to find a cause for the smoke. There were no reports of any explosions. http://af.reuters.com/article/energyOilNews/idAFWNAS152520110321 TOKYO, March 21 (Reuters) - White smoke was seen over reactor No. 2 at Japan's ravaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear-power plant on Monday, Jiji news agency reported, hours after plumes of grey smoke over reactor No. 3 caused the evacuation of some workers. ---------- 20110322 Tue http://www.zerohedge.com/article/fukushima-update-reactor-1-core-now-380-celsius-80-more-normal-running-temporature http://www.zerohedge.com/article/thermal-images-fukushima-indicate-blistering-128-degrees-celsius-zone-reactor-3?page=1#new http://www.zerohedge.com/article/nhk-finally-confirms-fuel-damage-radioactive-rain-starts-pour-and-japan-increases-decontamin http://www.zerohedge.com/article/crippled-cooling-pump-reactor-2-puts-entire-power-restoration-plan-risk ---------- 20110323 Wed http://www.zerohedge.com/article/fukushima-smoking-gun-emerges-founding-engineer-says-reactor-4-has-always-been-time-bomb-exp#comment-1088422 http://www.zerohedge.com/article/reactor-1-core-has-passed-400-degrees-celsius http://www.zerohedge.com/article/japan-nuclear-agency-radiation-level-fukushima-reactor-no-2-its-highest-level-recorded-so-fa#comment-1089950 (The most stupid press release yet) http://www.zerohedge.com/article/fukushima-deteriorates-again-steam-now-rising-out-reactor-1-first-time ----------- 20110325 Frid http://cluborlov.blogspot.com/2011/03/nuclear-meltdowns-101.html Orlov -- Nuclear Meltdowns 101 "...if it turns out that the way you've been generating it happens to be criminally negligent, then you shut it all down. If you have less electricity, you will use less electricity. If this implies that economic growth is over and that all of your financial institutions are insolvent and your country bankrupt, then—I am sorry, but at this point in time that's not even newsworthy. Don't worry about that; just keep the nuclear accidents to a bare minimum, or you won't have anything else left to worry about." http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn20285-fukushima-radioactive-fallout-nears-chernobyl-levels.html Fukushima radioactive fallout nears Chernobyl levels 17:14 24 March 2011 http://www.zerohedge.com/article/fukushima-raised-level-6-ines-scale-now-officially-more-serious-3-mile-island Fukushima Raised To Level 6 On INES Scale: Now Officially More "Serious" Than 3 Mile Island http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kgwd_9HyME Arnie Gunderson, a nuclear scientist with Fairewinds Energy, explaining how bad things are, from a technical perspective, in a short video: "At 40 kilometers from Fukushima Daiichi, surface contamination levels in Japan of 0.9 MegaBequerels per square meter; higher than Chernobyl 'hotspots'." http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201103240185.html Residents abandon towns amid confusion over nuclear fallout http://www.nisa.meti.go.jp/english/files/en20110325-6.pdf Radioactive Nuclide concentration measurement in the stagnant water on the basement floor of the turbine building of Unit 1 of Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Station ----------- 20110328 Mon http://www.zerohedge.com/article/latest-and-greatest-tsunami-video#comment-1107295 http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/radiation-levels-reach-new-highs-as-conditions-worsen-for-workers/2011/03/27/AFsMLFiB_story.html http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGvQ1UoCAUU US Military EVACUATION JAPAN Confirmed Women and children first! March 17, 2011 http://www.zerohedge.com/article/radiation-fukushima-water-jumps-over-1-sievert-10-million-times-higher-normal-plutonium-test#comment-1105720 "Two days ago we watched a video of a meeting last week with the most senior Russian scientist who also advised on the sarcophagus construction at Chernobyl. He was in Japan at the request of the government for advice on their problems. He said that after giving them his best advice, they totally ignored all of it and were merely seeking to save face. He said that he told them to immediately evacuate everyone in a 100 km diameter circle around Fukushima. He also measured the radiation in the soil 60 km from Fukushima and found it was twice as bad as the same measurements taken at the same distance from Chernobyl in 1986. He also said there would be no food grown there again. Ever. Not only that, but the irradiation of the ground water would affect Tokyo itself. He said that there is no safe water in Tokyo at present, nor will there ever be again. Evidently the bureaucrats have given no thought to the evacuation of Tokyo (30 million residents). His most telling comment was that the problems at Fukushima have not even started yet. It will get worsr & worse until they put it all in a proper containment structure, which will take years." http://patrz.pl/filmy/w-starciu-z-tsunami Ship encounters the tsunami at sea http://ex-skf.blogspot.com/2011/03/fukushima-i-nuke-plant-reactors-2-4.html http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/27_26.html http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/fixed/asx/27_26_256k.asx Latest Fukushima plant video released Japan's Defense Ministry has released a new aerial video of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, which shows the damage to the reactors more clearly than previous footage. The 4-minute edited video released on Sunday is the second aerial footage of the plant to be shown to the public since it was damaged by the March 11th earthquake and tsunami. Taken from a Ground Self-Defense Force helicopter earlier in the day, the video shows the ceiling of the Number One reactor building that collapsed in a hydrogen blast. White vapor, possibly steam, is rising through several holes in the roof of the building for the Number 2 reactor. The roof of the Number 3 reactor building was also blown off by a hydrogen explosion and steam is rising from inside. The walls of the Number 4 reactor building have collapsed, exposing what appear to be a crane and a ball-shaped yellow structure. Steam is gushing out from the building. The Self-Defense Forces say they will continue taking aerial videos to check the situation at the plant. Sunday, March 27, 2011 22:20 +0900 (JST) http://powerandcontrol.blogspot.com/2011/03/worst-case-scenario.html http://ex-skf.blogspot.com/2011/03/fukushima-i-nuke-plant-reactor-pressure.html Monday, March 28, 2011 #Fukushima I Nuke Plant: Reactor Pressure Vessels May Have Holes in Reactors 1, 2, 3 http://www.asahi.com/national/update/0328/TKY201103280198.html ---------- 20110329 Tue http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKFGavZ_rf4 It's a fly by of the reactors on 27th. #3 looks like the cap of the outer steel containment vessel is blown off and to the left side of the camera frame. Start looking at about 2.55 mins. High quality, but can't download it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=p_T0M5nz_tg http://www.zerohedge.com/article/complete-chronological-analysis-fukushima-reactor-1-3-data http://www.zerohedge.com/article/tepco-says-plutonium-found-ground-various-locations-within-fukushima-complex http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=z_ZxTB8mqbk Mount Fuji in Red -- Akira Kurosawa's Dreams "The six reactors are exploding, one after another" - amazing. ---------- 20110330 Wed http://www.thiscantbehappening.net/print/534 Who Are the Liquidators? http://www.zerohedge.com/article/guardian-reports-core-reactor-2-may-have-melted-concrete-floor-radioactive-lava-next?page=2#comment-1115563 http://noir.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a2o6T01ulGKs&pos=9 Tokyo Electric's Damaged Reactors May Take 30 Years, $12 Billion to Scrap http://www.smh.com.au/environment/japan-on-maximum-alert-over-nuclear-crisis-20110329-1cdw0.html Japan on ’maximum alert’ over nuclear crisis http://theintelhub.com/2011/03/28/epa-to-help-mainstream-media-obscure-the-truth-about-radiation-exposure-to-americans/ EPA is trying to drastically raise the levels of radiation allowed in food, water, air, and the general environment. (Dontworryaboutit) Just so you know the next time you here the phrase "Radiation Discovered at levels far below the threashold to effect human health" The new standards will result in a “nearly 1000-fold increase for exposure to strontium-90, a 3000 to 100,000-fold hike for exposure to iodine-131; and an almost 25,000 rise for exposure to radioactive nickel-63” in drinking water http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704471904576229854179642220.html "Readings of radiation in this water are at least 1,000 millisieverts an hour—four times the level emergency work crews at the site are allowed to experience in a full year. Those levels may be higher still, but authorities say 1,000 millisieverts is the upper limit of their measuring devices. It isn't clear why meters that are available to measure higher concentrations haven't been used." um... are the authorities not handing out geiger counters with higher measuring limits because they are afraid of what they will find, or are they not wanting people to know? http://www.ieer.org/comments/Cause_of_high_Cl-38_Radioactivity20110330.pdf Analysis of Cl-38 concentration, suggesting recriticality occured in Unit #1. --------- There are several major power plants in the immediate area, I found at least 6, maybe7 last night on Google Earth. Here's the coordinates; 37°14'9.84"N 141° 1'1.18"E 37°18'58.88"N 141° 1'35.93"E 37°25'16.24"N 141° 2'2.36"E 37°39'57.90"N 141° 1'13.81"E 37°50'34.24"N 140°56'50.70"E 38°19'5.02"N 141° 4'24.06"E I would think that all of these power plants got blow torched and monkey hammered. Arnie Gundersen – Chief Nuclear Engineer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOvgm8LBIfw HUGE PLUTONIUM LEAKAGE LAND & SEA - Japan Fukushima Nuclear Reactor Meltdown. By vice president at TMI during that accident. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTpr6Id_Wbw Neutron Beams Detected at Japan Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant - 23 March http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neB4JLtX6tM Ground split water rise iReporter Brent Kooi Japan earth quake Mar 14 2011 ----------------20110331 Thur http://www.zerohedge.com/article/japan-prepares-bury-problem-following-news-uncontrolled-reactor-1-chain-reactions 20110331_japan_1_prepares-bury-problem-following-news-uncontrolled-reactor-1-chain-reactions.htm http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FobcdNqlcVw This video is made from a number of 234 webcam pictures shot during the past two weeks at the TEPCO nuclear power plant in Fukushima, Japan. The pictures are taken from the well known webcam (featured in many press releases). From 5am to 7pm one picture is shot each hour. However - this is first time the full story gets published: the webcam hosting homepage had several blackouts and downtimes - partly for days. I was able to get direct access to the never displayed pictures by means of some "tricks" (within leagal limits). Have a look and make up your own mind. German speakers may visit this page, which gives some of the most comprehensive overvies on the incident and it's consequences: http://www.gau-japan.de/ BTW: take note about a move if the camera view direction after the earthquake took place. http://vimeo.com/21731200 http://www.fairewinds.com/multimedia March 31 2011 Update on Fukushima: Discussion of High Level Radiation Releases and the Previous "Worse Case Senario" Planned for by The Industry March 31, 2011 http://goldandsilverlinings.com/?p=410 Posted by rahrens_1 on March 30th 2011 at 11:30 pm Japan down for the Count A plethora of Japan News links here.. http://bit.ly/henAhv http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDTX_tYu4-0 Chernobyl Scientist On Japan Nuclear Meltdown Risk. "RUN AWAY AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE!" ----------- 20110401 Friday http://www.zerohedge.com/article/ongoing-bad-news-forces-tepco-blame-computers-still-unclear-how-japan-will-fund-recovery-eff#comment-1124737 http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/01_33.html A barge provided by the US Navy is preparing to pump large volumes of fresh water by hose to a water tank near the No.1 reactor. ----------- 20110402 Saturday http://www.zerohedge.com/article/chris-martenson-exclusive-new-photos-fukushima-reactors Chris Martenson Exclusive: New Photos Of Fukushima Reactors Contained links: http://www.chrismartenson.com/blog/nuclear-experts-step-step-assessment-fukushima-disaster-what-you-need-know/55068 http://annstringer.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=46&Itemid=54 http://cryptome.org/eyeball/daiichi-npp/daiichi-photos.htm Cryptome: Photos shown are half-size of the originals. The 10 originals full-size: http://cryptome.org/eyeball/daiichi-npp/daiichi-photos.zip (11.5MB) Dates of photos taken from the EXIF data of the originals, supported by captions and credits later obtained from the Web. Flyovers, high quality, detailed video of the plant shot on 24 March 2011: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M22Gt4sswEA http://www.mmnews.de/index.php/etc/7598-putzmeister-fukushima German, but has pic of the mobile extendable water spray-arm truck as used for #3. Also, latest fallout weather animation. ALERT! Just out- Flashing blue lights seen above Fukushima GOING CRITICAL. FISSION !! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRoIpMNTbcQ (See also Gundersen's http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTpr6Id_Wbw Neutron Beams Detected at Japan Fukushima 20110323 ) http://www.pmw.de/cps/rde/xchg/pm_online/hs.xsl/9380_ENU_HTML.htm Reports in the media about the Putzmeister concrete pump in Fukushima, Japan. (Putzmeister saves the world) http://www.pmw.de/cps/rde/xchg/SID-3C6E00FC-308BEA2B/pm_online/hs.xsl/Concrete%20pump%20is%20used%20to%20cool%20in%20Fukushima_ENU_HTML.htm Putzmeister truck-mounted concrete pump is used to cool Fukushima. Also, pics of these trucks as used at Chernobyl. http://ex-skf.blogspot.com/2011/03/worlds-largest-concrete-pumps-going-to.html Greenpeace taking readings 40KM away from Fukushima reading 9999 Counts Per Second ! (not per minute) http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xhx3qn_japon-l-equipe-de-greenpeace-effectue-des-mesures-de-radioactivite-autour-de-fukushima_news http://ex-skf.blogspot.com/2011/04/japan-earthquake-japanese-police-to.html Friday, April 1, 2011 Japan Earthquake: Japanese Police to Crack Down on Internet "Rumors" http://www.zerohedge.com/article/first-persons-narrative-i-was-inside-fukushima-nuclear-plant-when-quake-hit A First Person's Narrative 'I Was Inside Fukushima Nuclear Plant When The Quake Hit' Fukushima Dai-ichi status and prognosis http://www.theoildrum.com/node/7722 http://ex-skf.blogspot.com/2011/04/fukushima-i-nuke-plant-now-they-tell-us.html Friday, April 1, 2011 #Fukushima I Nuke Plant: Now They Tell Us - 8 Radiation Monitoring Systems Were Down, Workers Didn't Have Docimeter on Them http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1372589/First-clear-pictures-true-devastation-Fukushima-nuclear-plant-Japan-flies-unmanned-drone-stricken-reactor.html First clear pictures show the true devastation at the Fukushima nuclear plant as Japan flies unmanned drone over stricken reactor "The Air Photo Service unmanned drone that flew over the site. It took a series of photos during two fly-overs on March 20 and March 24" (The cryptome.org and dailymail photosets contain some identical photos, but each has some not in the other set. Where are the FULL set from Air Photo Service, and have they done more runs since?) ----------- 20110403 Sunday http://www.zerohedge.com/article/attempt-pour-concrete-fukushima-pit-crack-generating-1-sieverthour-fails-new-unmanned-drone-#comment-1129299 http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/03/29-6 'Worse Than Chernobyl': When the Fukushima Meltdown Hits Groundwater by Tom Burnett. Published on Tuesday, March 29, 2011 by Hawaii News Daily http://ex-skf.blogspot.com/2011/04/fukushima-i-nuke-plant-concrete-fill.html A bit more details with photo and diagram. TEPCO says it didn't occur to them that the pipe trench and the electrical trench were connected near this pit, and didn't bother to test the pit water until one day later on April 2. http://www.eng.unimelb.edu.au/nuclear/FukushimaFactsFallout.mp4 16MB Very good presentation about the Fukushima crisis on Friday at the University of Melbourne School of Engineering by four eminent scholars. Particularly interesting presentation by Iven Mareels, Dean of Biomedical Engineering, who estimates the likelihood of a meltdown at the various reactors – reactor 1, around 70 percent, reactor 2 around 30 percent, and reactor 3, probably 100 percent. http://ex-skf.blogspot.com/2011/04/fukushima-i-nuke-plant-case-of.html Saturday, April 2, 2011 #Fukushima I Nuke Plant: Case of Disappearing Paragraphs, NY Times Version (Crack in #3) http://www.zerohedge.com/article/question-scale-destroyed-nuclear-reactor-and-concrete-pump ------------ 20110404 Monday http://www.zerohedge.com/article/tellurium-129-presence-proof-inadvertent-recriticality-fukushima http://vimeo.com/21881702 Tellurium 129 Presence Is Proof Of Inadvertent Recriticality At Fukushima http://www.zerohedge.com/article/fukushima-snapshot-update http://www.zerohedge.com/article/japanese-government-covered-surging-radioactive-fallout-data http://fairewinds.com/content/health-outcome-fukushima-catastrophe-initial-analysis-risk-model-european-committee-radiatio http://www.dwd.de/bvbw/generator/DWDWWW/Content/Oeffentlichkeit/KU/KUPK/Homepage/Aktuelles/Sonderbericht__Bild5,templateId=poster,property=poster.gif http://www.zerohedge.com/article/japanese-government-covered-surging-radioactive-fallout-data#comment-1135866 http://www.fairewinds.com/content/newly-released-tepco-data-provides-evidence-periodic-chain-reaction-fukushima-unit-1 Newly Released TEPCO Data Provides Evidence of Periodic Chain Reaction at Fukushima Unit 1 ------------- 20110405 Tuesday http://af.reuters.com/article/metalsNews/idAFL3E7F12GX20110401?sp=true "Jumpers" offered big money to brave Japan's nuclear plant Fri Apr 1, 2011 http://www.zerohedge.com/article/fukushima-radiation-literally-charts Fukushima Radiation Literally Off The Charts "The monitor told NHK that no one can enter the plant's No. 1 through 3 reactor buildings because radiation levels are so high that monitoring devices have been rendered useless. He said even levels outside the buildings exceed 100 millisieverts in some places." http://www.zerohedge.com/article/tepco-knew-radiation-seawater-75-million-above-normal-it-started-dumping-radioactivity-sea-m http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-W7uGvW8xvY Fukushima Daiichi Reactors 5-6 Stability Under Threat 04.04.11 Structure cracked, radioactive groundwater leaking into buildings, threatens operation of generators vital to maintaining cooling of reactors & SFPs of units 5 and 6. Spokesperson on verge of tears. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/06/world/asia/06nuclear.html?_r=4&hp=&pagewanted=all U.S. Sees Array of New Threats at Japan’s Nuclear Plant -------------- 20110407 Thursday http://www.zerohedge.com/article/fukushima-reactor-2-core-has-melted-through-reactor http://uk.reuters.com/article/2011/04/06/us-japan-markey-idUKTRE7353Y820110406 (soon pulled) Confirmation Fukushima Reactor 2 Core Has Melted Through Reactor http://af.reuters.com/article/energyOilNews/idAFWNA555120110406 NRC says not clear that Japan reactor has melted vessel http://www.zerohedge.com/article/fukushima-reactor-2-core-has-melted-through-reactor#comment-1142785 But it f-ing well has: "Based on radiation readings in the drywell and the torus (3340 rem/hour and 91 rem/hour, respectively), the NRC staff speculates that part of the Unit 2 core may be out of the reactor pressure vessel and may be in the lower space of the drywell. Lower radiation readings in the torus suggest that there is not core material in the torus." http://www.zerohedge.com/article/fukushima-reactor-2-core-has-melted-through-reactor#comment-1141163 So, let's get into the air and water flows around the plant and north/east Honshu Island. Here are some information resources. Wind rose (April-Sept only) for 40 km off Fukushima coast (indicates wind direction and speed in one graphic) figure 6 page 3 http://www.dcpower-systems.com/documents/ZephyrAirDolphinWhitePaper.pdf Wind rose (annual, summer less NW wind) for Tokyo fig.3 http://www.isprs.org/proceedings/XXXIV/part4/pdfpapers/401.pdf Description of ocean mixing in Sagami Bay, which fronts Tokyo Bay, indicating that coldwater Oyashio Current flows that far: http://www.terrapub.co.jp/journals/JO/JOSJ/pdf/2104/21040174.pdf Awesome graphic of the warm Kuroshio and cold Oyashio currents from the US Army: http://www.agc.army.mil/publications/elnino/Fig14.gif One example of urban airshed and pollution analysis for Kanto/Tokyo: http://www.ide.titech.ac.jp/~icuc7/extended_abstracts/pdf/375666-1-090513144428-002.pdf http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704013604576246031636413412.html Japan to Head Off Hydrogen Blast -------------20110408 Friday -------------------- http://www.zerohedge.com/article/ongoing-cover-nuclear-crisis-american-and-japanese-governments-and-companies Ongoing Cover Up of Nuclear Crisis By American and Japanese Governments and Companies http://vimeo.com/22062314 Arnie Gunderson: Closing Ranks: The NRC, the Nuclear Industry, and TEPCo. Are Limiting the Flow of Information. http://bit.ly/eEDZn1 The NRC report (In 'google docs'. Can be downloaded as pdf.) http://www.fairewinds.com/sites/default/files/AREVA%20Fukushima.pdf the Areva 33 page report that Gundersen based much of his analysis on ------------20110409 Saturday ----------------- http://www.zerohedge.com/article/highway-fukushima-zone-first-person-trek-through-radioactive-wasteland Highway To The Fukushima Zone: First Person Trek Through A Radioactive Wasteland http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHWvbisFg0I http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/nu/monitoring/index-e.html TEPCO Monitoring data at Fukushima Daiichi and Fukushima Daini Nuclear Power Stations http://www.zerohedge.com/article/mail-japan#comment-1153003 http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011040800654 Tokyo Electric Fails to Disclose Key N-Plant Data (2011/04/08-15:36) Tokyo, April 8 (Jiji Press)--Tokyo Electric Power Co. <9501> failed to disclose key data about the status of its Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant in an early stage of the crisis shortly after the earthquake and tsunami hit Japan on March 11, it was learned Friday. On Friday, the company for the first time disclosed data on water levels inside reactors of the plant as from 7:30 p.m. March 11 (10:30 a.m. GMT), nearly five hours after the quake. Data as of 9:30 p.m. that day showed water inside the plant's No. 1 reactor decreased to just 45 centimeters above the top of the fuel rods. The water level rose back and stood at 1.3 meters above the fuel rods' top at 12:30 a.m. March 12. But the level fell sharply starting around 7 a.m. and an upper part of the fuel rods became exposed to air at 8:49 a.m. The data that had been made available so far were about the reactor status as from 8 p.m. March 13. http://www.zerohedge.com/article/mail-japan Mail From Japan Some interesting comments on conditions in Japan, and the Japanese national character. http://ex-skf.blogspot.com/2011/04/fukushima-i-nuke-plant-accident-may-be.html Fukushima I Nuke Plant Accident May Be INES "Level 6" ------------20110410 Sunday ----------------- http://www.zerohedge.com/article/video-tsunami-smashing-fukushima-nuclear-power-plant-reactor-1-radiation-counter-breaks-afte#comment-1154154 http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/09_30.html 15-meter waves hit Fukushima The operator of the troubled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant says the facility was hit by a tsunami as high as 15 meters on March 11th. Tokyo Electric Power Company was reporting on Saturday on its survey of high-water marks left on the plant's buildings. It says it found that the tsunami reached up to 15 meters on the ocean side of the reactor and turbine buildings. The figure is far beyond the company's originally estimated height of 5.7 meters. TEPCO confirmed that the 6 reactors at Fukushima Daiichi power plant had been under as much as 5 meters of water. TEPCO also revealed video footage taken by a plant worker during the tsunami. The man captured the images with his mobile phone while fleeing for higher ground. The footage shows the waves pounding against cliffs to a height of more than 20 meters. Saturday, April 09, 2011 22:09 +0900 (JST) -------------20110411 Monday -------------------- http://www.zerohedge.com/article/fukushima-evacuation-zone-be-expanded-political-fallout-joins-radioactive-kan-cabinet http://www.fairewinds.com/content/nuclear-engineer-arnie-gundersen-demonstrates-how-fukushimas-fuel-rods-melted-and-shattered http://cryptome.org/eyeball/daiichi-npp5/daiichi-photos5.htm http://ex-skf.blogspot.com/2011/04/radiation-japanese-government-orders.html Radiation: Japanese Government Orders All Iitate Villagers to Evacuate Within 1 Month --------------20110412 Tuesday --------------- http://www.zerohedge.com/article/japan-considers-raising-nuclear-disaster-level-5-7-based-extremely-high-radiation-readings Japan Considers Raising Nuclear Disaster from Level 5 to 7 Based on Extremely High Radiation Readings http://www.zerohedge.com/article/fire-breaks-out-fukushima-reactor-4 Fire Breaks Out At Fukushima Reactor 4 http://www.zerohedge.com/article/fukushima-accident-assessment-officially-raised-maximum-level-7 Fukushima Accident Assessment Officially Raised To Maximum, Level 7 http://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20110412/t10015249911000.html (Japanese) http://www.zerohedge.com/article/radiation-4-times-higher-chernobyl-evac-zone-found-soil-30-km-away-fukushima-rice-harvest-qu Radiation Up To 4 Times Higher Than Chernobyl Evac Zone Found In Soil 30 km Away From Fukushima; Rice Harvest In Question http://noir.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=at4GqCg0PphI&pos=8 Japan Lifts Atomic Alert to Highest Level, Matching Chernobyl By Yuji Okada and Aaron Sheldrick - Apr 12, 2011 2:38 PM ET http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110411004567.htm TEPCO tardy on N-plant emergency (Fukushima events review part 1) An interesting story of first hours in Fukushima incident, how decisions were (not) made. -------------20110413 Wednesday ---------------- http://ex-skf.blogspot.com/2011/04/japans-prime-minister-kan-evacuation.html Japan's Prime Minister Kan: "Evacuation Zone Will Be Uninhabitable" http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110412006319.htm Absent TEPCO execs slowed crucial action (Fukushima events review part 2) -------------20110414 Thursday ----------------- http://www.zerohedge.com/article/no-japans-nuclear-reactors-are-not-stable No, Japan's Nuclear Reactors Are Not "Stable" http://english.kyodonews.jp/news/2011/04/85295.html TEPCO confirms damage to part of No. 4 unit's spent nuke fuel http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110413004031.htm One crisis after another harried TEPCO's response (Fukushima events review part 3) --------------20110416 Saturday ------------------ http://whatreallyhappened.com/IMAGES/ge-bwr6.pdf G.E. manual for BWR/6 reactor design and operation PDF http://ex-skf.blogspot.com/2011/04/fukushima-i-nuke-plant-pm-assistant.html Fukushima I Nuke Plant: PM Assistant Admits to the Truth One Month After the Accident http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2011/04/nuclear-power-killing-unborn.html Killing the Unborn ... With Radiation http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2011/0415/1224294728753.html Melting of units #1 & #3 fuel rods confirmed http://theintelhub.com/2011/04/15/dr-mark-sircus-running-for-our-lives/ Dr. Mark Sircus: Running For Our Lives http://ex-skf.blogspot.com/2011/04/fukushima-i-nuke-plant-asking-obvious.html Fukushima I Nuke Plant: Asking the Obvious after 1 Month - "Did Reactor 4 Also Have a Hydrogen Explosion?" Duh. But that's what Yomiuri Shinbun wonders aloud in its article (in Japanese, see the bottom of this post; 1:34AM JST 4/17/2011). -------------20110417 Sunday http://www.zerohedge.com/article/odd-directive-chinese-ministry-truth-delete-all-rumors-japan-elites-emigrating-hainan-island An Odd Directive From The Chinese Ministry Of Truth: "Delete All Rumors Of Japan Elites Emigrating To Hainan Island" http://ex-skf.blogspot.com/2011/04/fukushima-i-nuke-plant-tepcos-schedule.html Fukushima I Nuke Plant: TEPCO's Schedule for Winding Down the Crisis in 6 to 9 Months Even If Containment Vessels Are Cracked http://sherriequestioningall.blogspot.com/2011/04/morgan-stanley-defaulted-on-loan-and.html Morgan Stanley Defaulted on a Loan and Walked away from Offices in Tokyo!! Gave the keys back! Biggest Default in Japan's History 3.3 Billion! http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/04/15/morgan-stanley-real-estate-idUSL3E7FF1E820110415 -------------20110418 Monday http://www.zerohedge.com/article/must-see-tepco-releases-unmanned-helicopter-drone-video-destroyed-fukushima-reactors#comment-1178760 http://www.minyanville.com/businessmarkets/articles/japan-japan-economy-japan-electric-tokyo/3/28/2011/id/33590 The Japanese Electrical Grid: A Major Problem for Economic Recovery By James Anderson Mar 28, 2011 8:00 am Rolling blackouts in Tokyo will make for very difficult business conditions for a long period ahead. http://powerandcontrol.blogspot.com/2011/04/69-months-and-btw-nice-hole-you-got.html http://www.ieer.org/comments/Cause_of_high_Cl-38_Radioactivity20110330.pdf WHAT CAUSED THE HIGH Cl-38 RADIOACTIVITY IN THE FUKUSHIMA DAIICHI REACTOR #1?1 F. Dalnoki-Veress, with an introduction by Arjun Makhijani. March 30. ------------ 20110421 Thursday http://www.zerohedge.com/article/tepco-releases-first-robot-captured-video-inside-reactors-2-and-3 http://www.glgroup.com/News/After-5-Halflives-I-131-Higher-than-Cs-134-137-Suggests-Ongoing-Criticalities-53599.html ------- 20110425 http://rense.com/general93/fut.htm Fukushima Could Have Been Worse...And WILL Be From TC Burnett 4-24-11 http://www.theoildrum.com/node/7825 The Fukushima Disaster and Other Irreproducible Experiments Posted by JoulesBurn on April 20, 2011 - 3:30pm http://chong.zxq.net/misc/events/Daiichi_WorkerStories.htm ---------20110426 http://www.zerohedge.com/article/something-odd-happening-reactor-number-4 http://atmc.jp/plant/rad/?n=4 ---------20110430 Sat http://www.zerohedge.com/article/tepc-releases-brief-video-spent-fuel-rod-pool-reactor-4 TEPCO Releases Video Of Spent Fuel Rod Pool At Reactor 4 (And are probably lying) http://www.ic.unicamp.br/~stolfi/EXPORT/projects/fukushima/ Some good image collections. But his 'damage analysis' eg http://www.ic.unicamp.br/~stolfi/EXPORT/projects/fukushima/blast/Discussion.html is very poor and has many errors. ---------20110501 Sun http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110428006723.htm Blast may have helped cool rods ---------20110510 Wed http://ex-skf.blogspot.com/2011/05/fukushima-i-nuke-plant-japanese.html Recriticality at #Fukushima I Nuke Plant: Japanese Researcher Says Nuclear Chain Reaction May Have Reignited Long After Tsunami Disabled the Plant http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/arxiv/pdf/1105/1105.0242v1.pdf The paper. ---------20110515 http://enenews.com/reactor-no-1-core-had-a-total-meltdown-and-uranium-fuel-may-be-outside-the-concrete-containment-building-nuclear-reaction-could-have-restarted Reactor No. 1 core had total meltdown and uranium fuel may be outside containment building — Nuclear reaction could have restarted http://enenews.com/nuclear-meltdown-fukushima-tepco-worried-fuel-burned-hole-bottom-containment-vessel "Nuclear meltdown at Fukushima" — TEPCO worried fuel burned a hole through bottom of containment vessel May 12, 2011 http://enenews.com/tepco-bigger-breach-in-no-1-reactor-core-than-expected-serious-setback-to-stabilize-fukushima TEPCO: Bigger breach in No. 1 reactor core than expected — "Serious setback" to stabilize Fukushima May 12, 2011 http://enenews.com/tepco-quake-not-tsunami-may-have-caused-damage-that-led-to-meltdown-within-16-hours-no-1-reactor-core-had-melted-and-created-a-hole-in-pressure-vessel Quake, not tsunami, may have caused damage that led to meltdown — Within 16 hours, No. 1 reactor core melted and made a hole in pressure vessel May 15, 2011 http://enenews.com/no-2-reactor-core-is-not-being-cooled-and-gases-are-being-emitted-out-of-top-containment-and-reactor-do-not-have-integrity-video No. 2 reactor "is not being cooled"… water not getting into core — Containment and reactor do not have integrity, gases being emitted out of top (VIDEO) April 19, 2011 http://enenews.com/tepco-unit-no-1-is-in-a-state-of-meltdown-suspects-there-are-holes-in-bottom-of-reactor-video TEPCO: Unit No. 1 is now "in a state of meltdown" — Suspects there are holes in bottom of reactor (VIDEO) May 12, 2011 ---------20110523 http://oahutrading.blogspot.com/p/japan-nuclear-information.html List of resources ---------20110525 http://www.zerohedge.com/article/fukushima-reactor-1-drywell-reading-hits-all-time-high-204-sievertshour Fukushima Reactor 1 Drywell Reading Hits All Time High 204 Sieverts/Hour http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1390792/Japan-nuclear-disaster-Dozens-pensioners-prepare-risk-lives-Fukushima-clean-up.html The Saga suicide squad: Dozens of pensioners prepare to risk their lives in Fukushima clean up ---------20110602 http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/05/31/japan.nuclear.suicide/index.html?hpt=hp_t2 Japanese seniors volunteer for Fukushima 'suicide corps' ---------20110605 http://atmc.jp/plant/rad/?n=1 Unit #1 drywell radiation hits 250 Sv/Hr. GKD: And it's chopping on and off, which means this has to be due to intermittent recriticality in the drywell. Oh great. http://ex-skf.blogspot.com/2011/06/720000-terabecquerels-of-radioactive.html Friday, June 3, 2011 720,000 Terabecquerels of Radioactive Materials in 100,000 Tonnes of Contaminated Water When I posted the news about 100,000 tonnes of highly contaminated water at Fukushima I Nuke Plant, I forgot to mention this. That water is estimated to contain 720,000 terabecquerels of radioactive iodine and cesium. That's another "Level 7" right there. http://ex-skf.blogspot.com/2011/06/fukushima-i-nuke-plant-reactor-1.html Fukushima I Nuke Plant Reactor 1: Packbot Detects 4 Sieverts/Hour Radiation http://ex-skf.blogspot.com/2011/06/video-of-4-sieverthour-steam-gushing.html Video of 4-Sievert/Hour Steam Gushing Out in Reactor 1 at #Fukushima http://www.chrismartenson.com/blog/exclusive-arnie-gundersen-interview-dangers-fukushima-are-worse-and-longer-lived-we-think/58689 Exclusive Arnie Gundersen Interview: The Dangers of Fukushima Are Worse and Longer-lived Than We Think --------20110607 http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2011/06/japan-finally-admits-total-meltdowns-at.html Japan Finally Admits TOTAL Meltdown at 3 Nuclear Reactors Within Hours of Earthquake ... And More Than DOUBLES Estimate of Radiation Released After Accident http://ex-skf.blogspot.com/2011/06/radiation-from-fukushima-i-nuke-plant.html #Radiation from Fukushima I Nuke Plant: It Was 850,000 Terabecquerels, NISA Now Says, and Not 370,000 In April when it nonchalantly raised the INES level of Fukushima I Nuclear Plant accident to "Level 7", the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency (NISA) said the total amount of radioactive materials (iodine and cesium) released into the atmosphere from the plant was 370,000 terabequerels. Now it's been revised to 850,000 terabecquerels, 130% jump from 370,000. Why the revision? NISA says it underestimated the release from the Reactors 2 and 3. And remember, the contaminated water at Fukushima I Nuke Plant contains 720,000 terabecquerels of radioactive iodine and cesium. --------20110613 http://blog.alexanderhiggins.com/2011/06/12/fukushima-radiation-nears-chernobyl-spiking-261000000-usvhr-ongoing-nuclear-meltdown-26401/ http://atmc.jp/plant/rad/?n=1 Reactor #1 drywell radiation hits 261 Sv/Hr. Still chopping up and down. http://www.independentaustralia.net/2011/media-2/fukushima-meltdown-caldicott-says-japan-may-become-uninhabitable-media-silent/ Fukushima meltdown – Caldicott says Japan may become uninhabitable – media silent ---------20110615 http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110613/full/news.2011.366.html Researchers call for nuclear data release Trove of data from Fukushima and beyond could improve nuclear monitoring and benefit research. [...] At a meeting held in Vienna from 8-10 June, scientists working with the [Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization] CTBTO took a moment to reflect on the network’s performance. Detection stations tracked the radiation from the accident, and atmospheric models worked well; yet questions remained. Why did the radiation spread so quickly to the Southern Hemisphere? [...] http://ex-skf.blogspot.com/2011/06/radiation-in-japan-nosebleed-diarrhea.html Radiation in Japan: Nosebleed, Diarrhea, Lack of Energy in Children in Koriyama City, Fukushima http://www.counterpunch.org/sherman06102011.html http://www.myfoxphilly.com/dpp/news/local_news/is-iodine-131-killing-babies-in-philly-061611 Sharp increases (35%, 48%) in infant mortality in some USA areas since Fukushima. ---------20110802 http://www.zerohedge.com/news/highest-radiation-ever-detected-fukushima-10-sieverts-hour http://www.zerohedge.com/news/highest-radiation-ever-detected-fukushima-10-sieverts-hour#comment-1515192 ---------20110813 http://www.zerohedge.com/contributed/clusterfukushima http://youtu.be/yVzX3gAxp58 Video of researchers mapping the fallout levels around Fukushima. ---------20110929 http://blog.alexanderhiggins.com/2011/09/27/fukushima-battle-truth-japanese-population-facing-mass-casualties-70942/ --------20111113 http://www.houseoffoust.com/fukushima/blueprint.html This is a blueprint of reactor #1. This reactor is smaller and slightly different in configuration than others at Fukushima. Reactor 1 has an offset reactor well, newer reactors like #3 and #4 have their reactor well closer to the center of the building. --------20111114 http://cryptome.org/0005/daiichi-inpo.pdf Special Report on the Nuclear Accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station -------20111115 http://www.nirs.org/radwaste/atreactorstorage/alvarezarticle2002.pdf What about the spent fuel? By Robert Alvarez The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists January/February 2002 Vol. 58, No. 1, pp. 45-47 ------20111125 http://fukushima-diary.com/2011/11/fukushima-worker-confesses-there-is-nothing-left-that-we-could-do Fukushima worker confesses “There is nothing left that we could do” 20120120 http://ex-skf.blogspot.com/2012/01/full-video-of-reactor-2-containment.html Full Video of Inside the Reactor 2 Containment Vessel (endoscope) http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/nu/fukushima-np/images/handouts_120120_01-e.pdf "By the way, TEPCO released the photographs of the endoscope that was used, as if it was the hero of the operation." 20120128 http://enenews.com/ridiculous-a-growing-picture-of-chaos-govt-claims-more-committees-kept-no-records-on-fukushima/comment-page-1#comment-194883 20120210 http://enenews.com/fairewinds-nuclear-expert-believes-top-lifted-off-reactor-no-1-containment-before-explosion-video/comment-page-1#comment-202320 http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-03-23/fukushima-engineer-says-he-covered-up-flaw-at-shut-reactor.html Fukushima Engineer Says He Helped Cover Up Flaw at Dai-Ichi Reactor No. 4 20120324 http://blog.alexanderhiggins.com/2012/03/23/thermal-images-reveal-scattered-mox-fuel-fukushima-reactor-3-103451/ 20120416 http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2012/04/a-visual-tour-of-the-fuel-pools-of-fukushima.html 20120502 http://enenews.com/china-syndrome-japan-times-on-melt-through-molten-lava-melted-bottom-of-containment-vessel-says-nuclear-engineer-given-access-by-top-official-huge-amounts-of-fission-materials-released 20120503 http://enenews.com/pediatrician-homes-full-grossly-deformed-children-history-pediatrics-all-around-chernobyl-video There are homes full of the most grossly deformed children we have ever seen in the history of pediatrics [...] all around Chernobyl. This is new in the history of medicine. http://enenews.com/radio-something-new-in-the-history-of-medicine-is-happening-at-fukushima-says-physician-30-of-children-tested-had-thyroid-lumps-now-thats-really-early-thats-within-the-first-year-th Radio: “Something new in the history of medicine is happening at Fukushima” says physician — 30% of children tested had thyroid lumps — “Now that’s really early, that’s within the first year, that’s unheard of” (AUDIO) 20120707 http://www.houseoffoust.com/fukushima/reactorlayout.html 20120806 http://cryptome.org/2012-info/daiichi-12-07/daiichi-12-07.htm Building #4, July 2012 20120810 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLF05dvMCHA Video - removing the Unit 4 pressure containment dome by crane. http://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=480200 Japan Earthquake: nuclear plants (850 pages) 20120929 http://enenews.com/nhk-documentary-unimaginable-happening-workers-part-containment-vessel-destroyed-heard-loud-bang-pressure-video-50-min 20121227 http://www.courthousenews.com/2012/12/26/53414.htm U.S. Sailors Sue Japan Over Fukushima 20130531 http://www.kz.tsukuba.ac.jp/~sakai/113g.htm Home page of Yuki Sakai Tohoku-Pacific Ocean earthquake -2011 nature of the ground motion that occurred Is shown in the following maximum ground motion acceleration due to KiK-net, the seismic intensity and ground motion and maximum speed National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster K-NET as for intensity 6 lower than, waveform was published. Note: RH column is "Measurement  Seismic intensity" http://nsmp.wr.usgs.gov/ekalkan/Tohoku/Processed_Top_5_GMs.pdf Top 5 ground motion records of the March 11, 2011 quake (USGS) 20130620 http://fairewinds.org/demystifying/cleanup-from-fukushima-daiichi-technological-disaster-or-crisis-in-governance?utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitterfeed http://www.fukuleaks.org/web/?p=4554 New Photos From Inside Fukushima Daiichi January 16th, 2012 20131206 http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/nuclear_du_radiation/news.php?q=1386090013 BENJAMIN FULFORD SENT THE FOLLOWING EMAIL TO JIMSTONE 20131217 http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/nuclear_du_radiation/news.php?q=1387223205 Fuku Death: 98% of Pacific Seafloor Covered In Dead Creatures 145 mi from Cali 20131223 http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-12-21/us-sailors-assisting-fukushima-clean-crippled-cancer US Sailors, Assisting With Fukushima Clean Up, Crippled By Cancer When the USS Ronald Reagan responded to the tsunami that struck Japan in March 2011, Navy sailors including Quartermaster Maurice Enis gladly pitched in with rescue efforts. But months later, while still serving aboard the aircraft carrier, he began to notice strange lumps all over his body. Testing revealed he'd been poisoned with radiation, and his illness would get worse. And his fiance and fellow Reagan quartermaster, Jamie Plym, who also spent several months helping near the Fukushima nuclear power plant, also began to develop frightening symptoms, including chronic bronchitis and hemorrhaging. They and 49 other U.S. Navy members who served aboard the Reagan and sister ship the USS Essex now trace illnesses including thyroid and testicular cancers, leukemia and brain tumors to the time spent aboard the massive ship, whose desalination system pulled in seawater that was used for drinking, cooking and bathing.