[justa-hairyape]

There is another theory out there that could explain the very high seawater iodine readings. This source has been called biased, but the reports referenced are linked below. Might deserve its own discussion thread.

Newly Released TEPCO Data Provides Evidence of Periodic Chain Reaction at Fukushima Unit 1

WHAT CAUSED THE HIGH Cl-38 RADIOACTIVITY IN THE FUKUSHIMA DAIICHI REACTOR #1? PDF

WHAT WAS THE CAUSE OF THE HIGH Cl-38 RADIOACTIVITY IN THE FUKUSHIMA DAIICHI REACTOR #1 pdf additional discussion

The Tepco table referenced in the video above is linked on the below page. Cannot open it myself as I get a Bad Encrypt Dictionary Error.

Press Release (Mar 31,2011) The detection of radioactive materials in the water on 1st basement of turbine building at the site of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station

[justa-hairyape]

That pdf additional discussion link was found in a google search for the previous paper. Looks to be from an arms control wonk.

[SteveH]

He does not address the possibility of errors derived from the measurements themselves. Given the quality and quantity of information released to date from TEPCO and friends, and the lack of information on how the measurements themselves were taken and what analysis was performed, and the raw data, etc., it is might be difficult to build convincing theories one way or another. They are blazing a new trail so perhaps a lot of the equipment and personnel that they are using is just being broken in— for example, they may have some infant mortality problems in the hardware they are using to measure stuff. They should be taking multiple readings using multiple instruments but we do not necessarily see that, and we tend to assume that it happens as a matter of common sense prior to publicizing information (because that is the standard that we are accomodated to in the west), when that might in fact not be the case, and so the information publicized is deprecated accordingly without our knowledge. We have seen this type of problem in the recent past with TEPCO. Their measurements and analysis does not instill confidence with me at this time (ymmv).

For the Japanese font, just download Adobe FontPack1000_ja_JP.msi from the Adobe download website page. Adobe Reader X version 10.0.1 is apparently the latest.