Fukushima News June 4

[linttrap]

Slowly but surely the cat is climbing out of the bag.

Insane behavior demands insane explanation which ensures that everyone will dismiss you as a crazy paranoid. How's that for a camouflage plan by the Japanese govm't?

http://www.enenews.com headlines today:

07:50 PM EST on June 4th, 2012 | 3 comments
“Please send out SOS signals to the world!” — Levels of bio-concentration of radioactivity have not been imagined or have been ignored daringly — Tried to tell officials many times and always denied

04:22 PM EST on June 4th, 2012 | 19 comments
Before Fukushima: 100 Bq/kg of cesium is nuclear waste — After: 100 Bq/kg of cesium is safe to eat

03:26 PM EST on June 4th, 2012 | 19 comments
Local Official: They found plutonium in every sample — Radiation-absorbing bacterium is everywhere on paved surfaces

02:24 PM EST on June 4th, 2012 | 20 comments
Atlantic: Is gov’t trying to contaminate every region of Japan by burning radioactive debris? “If everyone is ‘contaminated,’ then, in a relative sense, no one is”

01:09 PM EST on June 4th, 2012 | 9 comments
“I asked the government to kill me — It’s better to be dead than alive these days” (VIDEO)

12:03 PM EST on June 4th, 2012 | 8 comments
TV Special on Fukushima: “I honestly think for those that can run away from here, it is better to run away” (VIDEO)

10:44 AM EST on June 4th, 2012 | 41 comments
Kyodo: Japan gov’t agency compares radioactive material to an “angry and agitated wife” fighting with husband

09:08 AM EST on June 4th, 2012 | 14 comments
Nuclear Expert on Japan’s MOX: “I think the ship is sinking beneath them” — “It’s crazy” — “There really is a credibility problem here”

08:25 AM EST on June 4th, 2012 | 9 comments
Victims of Fukushima to get help with medical care under new gov’t law — “Right to relocation” if radiation above 1 millisievert a year?

11:35 PM EST on June 3rd, 2012 | 17 comments
Tepco says ‘no comment’ when asked if they believe nuclear plants are safe (VIDEO)

05:44 PM EST on June 3rd, 2012 | 96 comments
Senator ‘mortified’ about possible disaster at Unit 4 — ‘Still shakes his head in disbelief’ over Fukushima visit two months ago

03:25 PM EST on June 3rd, 2012 | 14 comments
Japan Representative: Tepco and the gov’t have been telling lies to the people — Officials have hidden the real numbers or given wrong ones (VIDEO)

02:22 PM EST on June 3rd, 2012 | 11 comments
Japan Radiation Expert: My results show contamination has spread all over the country (VIDEO)

01:30 PM EST on June 3rd, 2012 | 17 comments
Yamamoto: If another big earthquake happens it will be the end of this country (VIDEO)

12:25 PM EST on June 3rd, 2012 | 17 comments
Local Official: 5,000,000 Bq/kg and no decontamination — We can’t eat food grown here, but we are forced to live here

02:58 AM EST on June 3rd, 2012 | 20 comments
Japan Times Blasts Gov’t: Dangerous obsession with restarting reactors — Officials ‘fearful of public opinion opposing restart’

[Sonny]

lint, have you thought about moving away from Japan?

so you wouldn't have to keep swimming in it

[linttrap]

I'm in America and I am swimming in it anyway.

You can run but you can't hide.

I can't afford to immigrate to Australia so I am SOL and I am on the downhill side in this life.

If you are younger and have kids...

Pay attention or not. I am just a town crier.

[Auburn Boy]

That post shows how bad TWEETING can be..,

[Samen]

I wonder how they doing in Japan, the glowing in the dark....not trying to be funny here.... might just help a bit, as i read somewhere all the nuclear power plants in japan have been shut down, turning of AC and street lights is not enough...

[penguinzee]

And now, it gets more interesting...

Guchol, a tropical cyclone in the western Pacific, is maintaining Super Typhoon status, and has its sight set on Japan. Winds currently exceed 150 mph, with even higher gusts, making Guchol a super typhoon, the highest classification for tropical cyclones in the western Pacific.

http://www.accuweather.com/en/weathe...-at-japa/66638

Franc (penguinzee)

[NowVoyager]

Originally Posted by penguinzee

And now, it gets more interesting...



http://www.accuweather.com/en/weathe...-at-japa/66638

Franc (penguinzee)

The projected path couldn't be any worse, IMO.

If Guchol were an Atlantic Hurricane, it would be considered a strong Category 4 storm.

To offer some comparison, when Katrina devastated LA and MS, it was a CAT 4 hurricane. After landfall it weakened but still spread massive rainfall, flooding numerous cities in its wake.

Guchol, is serious, made more because Japan is still under pressure from the ongoing effects of the massive quake a year.

My prayers for all those in the path of this typhoon.

[Catbird]

And in case things aren't interesting enough, they just had a 6.4M EQ offshore of Honshu. There are multiple tremors in the 4-5+ range daily, but 6.4 is getting up there.

USGS:

Magnitude 6.4
Date-Time

Sunday, June 17, 2012 at 20:32:20 UTC
Monday, June 18, 2012 at 05:32:20 AM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location 38.894°N, 141.946°E
Depth 31.8 km (19.8 miles)
Region NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
Distances 113 km (70 miles) SE of Morioka, Honshu, Japan
116 km (72 miles) NE of Sendai, Honshu, Japan
157 km (97 miles) ENE of Yamagata, Honshu, Japan
405 km (251 miles) NNE of TOKYO, Japan

[Samen]

Thats nice as they just started them nuke plants again.

[linttrap]

I wonder which part of typhoon will wreak the most damage at Fuku? All the radioactivity all over the ground and in the air will be very efficiently dispersed over the rest of Japan, including those southern areas which have so far received very little.

The winds are likely to cause power outages which should efficiently take out the cooling systems at work there, such as they are. There are flimsy plastic pipes running for Km out on the ground, exposed. It will be in the right quadrant of the storm, the worst place to be, and where tornadoes will likely spin off. Reactor 4 is on unstable ground and is itself unstable, top heavy with the SPF, walls sort of standing, at an angle...

54 foot waves around Guchol right now. I wonder if the shore defenses of Fuku could handle those? Didn't help during the tsunami....

Oh wait! Now there's been a 6.4 Northeast of Fuku, with stations around it reporting an intensity of 2 and even one 3.

Just gets better and better...

[Ross]

I think the rain will have a cleaning effect with much radioactive material
being washed out to sea .

As I recall a fuel pool was in danger of collapse , this could become
interesting .

[AndreaCA]

Originally Posted by Ross

I think the rain will have a cleaning effect with much radioactive material
being washed out to sea .

As I recall a fuel pool was in danger of collapse , this could become
interesting .

Some of us swim in that sea . . .

We should probably hit the East Coast this Fall instead of the Hawaiian Island. Damn. I'm jonesing bad for some snorkeling . . .

[linttrap]

The Bahamas are great for snorkeling. Should be safe for awhile, at least.

[linttrap]

They've evacuated one town near there already.

[NowVoyager]

Originally Posted by linttrap

They've evacuated one town near there already.

We're able to monitor this from the relative safety of thousands of miles away, but I wonder how much coverage of this is being provided by the local media, to those in its path?

The evacuation makes sense so doubtful that would overly concern the locals. But is the media offering any information on the potential effects on Fukashima?

Glad this storm has weakened, that at least helps.By tracking over land, it doesn't have the potential to gather more strength. Much better than the original projected path that indicated it skirting along the coast, as it tracked north.

[linttrap]

They'll have good coverage of the storm, but the MSM in Japan only rarely gets brave enough to buck the government and bring up Fukushima.

Here is the live cam that Tepco has focused on the reactors. It's already blowing really hard there.

http://radioactive.eu.com/index.php?...5 &Itemid=192

[linttrap]

Reactor 1 is the building closest to the camera. It is actually fitted with a "tent" and that tent is rated for 65 mph winds, max. The tent is actually panels fitted together to slow down the radiation leakage. Not stop it, just cut it down a little. Reactor 1 is extremely "hot", too hot to get near. The cranes that fitted the panels in place got dosed in the process but they are still sitting around the grounds there somewhere, no longer usable.

At any rate, the panel tent is vulnerable if the wind speed is too great.

[NowVoyager]

Originally Posted by linttrap

They'll have good coverage of the storm, but the MSM in Japan only rarely gets brave enough to buck the government and bring up Fukushima.

Here is the live cam that Tepco has focused on the reactors. It's already blowing really hard there.

http://radioactive.eu.com/index.php?...5 &Itemid=192

Thanks, for the live link!!

True, the MSM isn't going to rock the boat, in Japan or here, for that matter, on the continuing problem with the radioactive leakage.

[penguinzee]

wind is shaking the camera pretty good right now, got to be blowing at least 30 knots right now...

Edit: Couldn't get the original camera link to work, but here's a view of Reactor 4...
http://radioactive.eu.com/index.php?...4 &Itemid=193

Franc (penguinzee)

[linttrap]

It got pretty rough for awhile but it has passed on by and there is no visible damage, anyway. What is happening with the reactors themselves is another story. I saw several light flashes over Reactor 2 just during the short periods I was watching. Not lightning.

R 4 is still standing at least. The ground there is sinking since the eq/tsunami last year which doesn't help the stability of that tilting top heavy building.