[hc87]

Please post Fukushima reactors stories here.

[hc87]

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/17/world/asia/17nuclear.html?_r=1

[mrsmith]

http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/16/latest-updates-on-japans-nuclear-crisis-and-earthquake-aftermath-3/

Steve Herman
The peak hourly reading today in Fukushima-shi equaled 1/2 a chest X-ray.
23 minutes ago

ReutersBreakingNews
Japan nuclear safety agency: radiation levels outside Daiichi plant spiked about noon but fell back
26 minutes ago.

Steve Herman
According to latest rad data, folks in Fukushima City were exposed to a spike of radiation 500x above the typical background level.
31 minutes ago

[GonzoGOP]

Quick question. An article was posted last night that showed that radioactive decay would continue to produce .5% of the original reactor power for at least ten days after the reactor was shut down. Since that determines the amount of cooling the reactors need it would seem to be important. How many MW of heat did those reactors produce at peak power. And how much heat does it take to break containment. Get those numbers and we don't need speculation, just mathematics to figure out where this is going.

[SE Mom]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2689114/posts

[Constitution Day]

BUMP

[CarryaBigStick]

http://resources.nei.org/documents/japan/Used_Fuel_Pools_Key_Facts.pdf

[xzins]

Radioactive fallout downwind is scary stuff.

My basic opinion is that I’m glad that I don’t live anywhere near those Fukushma plants at this point in time.

America has enough coal to power itself for 250 years AND convert coal to liquid for powering our cars.

But, we’re not permitted to tap that resource.

[TEXOKIE]

I saw a thread last night about the reactors being in cold shutdown. Could someone look into this and confirm it or at least discuss it?

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2689332/posts

This is the article coaltrain referenced:
http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/IT-All_Fukushima_Daini_units_in_cold_shutdown-1503114.html

From the thread another article is mentioned by B4Ranch:
http://www.iaea.org/newscenter/news/tsunamiupdate01.html

[Nobel_1]

Reactor status with Q&A and risk scenarios: http://www.zerohedge.com/article/reactor-status-update-and-fukushima-risk-qa

Status chart:

[mrsmith]

http://www.jaea.go.jp/english/misc/online-info.shtml

Radiation monitoring online.

The O-Arai location is, as best I can tell, halfway between the plants and Tokyo.

Units are Zgy/hr- don’t know what the “z” means.
“Last measurement collected 2011 March 16 20:00” as of this posting.

[FReepaholic]

This can't be good.

[blondee123]

Live thread here from a few days ago, now we have two up & running.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2689114/posts?q=1&;page=847#847

[Oldeconomybuyer]

Kyodo News: No. of missing people in Ishinomaki likely to hit around 10,000: mayor (23:30)

[silentknight]

WHERE THE F(*& is our STUPID A)# PRESIDENT???????????????????????????????????

The world is burning and where is his LEADERSHIP.

GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

WHAT A FREAKIN EMBARRASSMENT

[nonliberal]

http://neutroneconomy.blogspot.com/

[luckystarmom]

We already have a live thread started yesterday.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2689114/posts?q=1&;page=851

Can we have 1 live thread?

[socialism_stinX]

DJ US Stocks Tumble After EU Energy Chief Warns On Nuclear Crisis

By Kristina Peterson
Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES

NEW YORK (Dow Jones)—U.S. stocks sank deeper into the red on Wednesday after the European Union’s energy chief warned of “possible catastrophic events” in the next few hours.
Swinging in choppy trading, the Dow Jones Industrial Average tumbled 103 points, or 0.9%, to 11753, with all but one of its 30 components in the red.
The Nasdaq Composite sank 1.3% to 2634, sinking into negative territory for the year. The Standard & Poor’s 500-stock index dropped 1% to 1267, with all of its sectors negative.
Stocks deepened modest losses on Wednesday after the EU’s energy chief said the situation at Japan’s nuclear plants was out of control and that catastrophic events could occur in the next few hours. The market sank earlier Wednesday after housing starts showed the steepest monthly drop in nearly 27 years and violence increased in Bahrain.

[J Aguilar]

Just for those who are promoting the plutonium fear (today that aren’t explosions to open the news), just to remind them that there are half dozen nuclear subs sunk in those same oceans, and if their reactors aren’t a sure source, probably all of them were armed with nuclear warheads... made of several kilograms of plutonium each one.

[mojito]

1837: Gregory Jaczko, head of the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has said there is no water left in the spent fuel pool in reactor four, adding: “We believe that radiation levels are extremely high.” Mr Jaczko was speaking to Congress in Washington and it was not immediately clear where his information had come from.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12307698

[mojito]

1900: Mr Jackzo said the high radiation levels would make it very difficult for workers to get near the reactor. “The doses they could experience would potentially be lethal doses in a very short period of time,” he said, but added that the NRC’s information on the situation was “very limited”.

1859: More from NRC chair Gregory Jaczko. He told Congress: “We believe that secondary containment has been destroyed and there is no water in the spent fuel pool and we believe that radiation levels are extremely high which could possibly impact the ability to take corrective measures.”

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12307698