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Post #340,564
by Another Scott
3/16/11 7:48:35 AM
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New Recommended news sites, etc.
http://www.jaif.or.j...vent-status-1.pdf - 1 page .PDF summary table from TEPCO.

http://mitnse.com/ - Clear, dispassionate descriptions of various happenings from MIT.

http://english.kyodo...n_nuclear_crisis/ - Quick news summaries from Kyodo News in Japan. Can be a bit breathless.

http://www3.nhk.or.j...nglish/index.html - NHK's English web page, a bit less breathless than Kyodo.

http://www.world-nuclear-news.org - Seems to mostly aggregate news from other sources.

http://bravenewclimate.com/ - Lots of 'nothing can go wrong' commentary mixed in with good technical information.

http://en.wikipedia....clear_Power_Plant - An excellent, well-documented Wikipedia page.

http://www.digitalgl...e+Imagery+Gallery - DigitalGlobe's sample satellite images of the Fukushima reactor complex, tsunami damage, etc. And their Flickr page - http://www.flickr.co...italglobe-imagery

Some more details about the various fuel storage pools is in a 2 page .PDF at NEI - http://resources.nei...ols_Key_Facts.pdf

If you haven't seen this picture from TEPCO, it might help explain the working conditions there. Reactor 3's building (on the left, reactor 4 is on the right) is a hulk now - http://resources2.ne...japan-reactor.jpg

:-(

(Many links via Brad DeLong's blog)

Cheers,
Scott.
Post #340,585
by Ashton
3/16/11 5:12:02 PM
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New Plus, Bulletin Atom. Sci. chimes in
http://thebulletin.o...-reactor-meltdown
Post #340,601
by Another Scott
3/16/11 10:45:57 PM
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New Thanks.
Post #340,586
by scoenye
3/16/11 6:06:36 PM
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New One more
http://www.demorgen.be

Yep, not in English ;-). The Live link has a minute by minute update log. The chunks are small enough for Google Translate.
Post #340,602
by Another Scott
3/16/11 10:49:48 PM
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New Reuters has something similar.
http://live.reuters....Japan_earthquake2

I find it too distracting when there are lots of updates, but I appreciate that they're doing it.

Cheers,
Scott.
Post #340,604
by Ashton
3/17/11 1:03:43 AM
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New Some radiation levels.. and unit comparisons
http://www.nytimes.c...ion.html?ref=asia

As usual, a bit of a fubar in that the ordinate(y) axis seems to be indicated at right, implicitly also for some of the reference 'levels'
-- but it's labelled 'millisieverts/hr' re. levels around the plant -- and the scripted refs refer to a dosage, NOT a rate. Correct via brain.

As to the new zoo of furrin RAD equivalents, Grays, Sieverts -- all made clear at:
http://www.stevequay...d.conversion.html

Brief but al punte: explains RAD, REM, Gray and Sievert.
And if it gets to a 'core dump' (no not IT) ... ... the unit will be the Curie, actually mega-that, in worst case.
One Curie is 3.7 x 10 [E10] disintegrations/sec. That's ~ the disintegrations/sec for one Gram of Ra-226.

All you need to remember is that 1 Sievert == 100 REM aka 'Röntgen Equivalent Man'
-- which fiddles the difference between an air irradiated enviro and human meat's response to various particles or wavicles at their emitted energy. Nothing is really simple..

Hope there's some *boron* in those helicopter water drops ... ...
Post #340,611
by Another Scott
3/17/11 7:58:33 AM
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New The MIT NSE site has some good info, too.
It was off-line much of yesterday, but seems back up today.

http://mitnse.com/20...us-for-fukushima/ (It also has that NYTimes graph.)

Some are saying (can't recall where) that the seawater drops, even if they're helping now (which isn't at all clear to me), eventually are going to stop working due to salt coating the fuel rods (hampering the cooling)... :-(

Cheers,
Scott.
Post #340,620
by Ashton
3/17/11 6:09:01 PM
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New If still not suffering from tmi? Oildrum limns mondo links
with his selected comments
http://www.theoildrum.com/node/7669

But recent news of DRY! pools
(or even just ONE == Adjacent Houses of Cards)

... words fail :-///
Post #340,607
by Steve Lowe
3/17/11 2:23:34 AM
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New Somewhat related
Interactive map of Nuke sites and quake data:
http://reporting.sun...long-fault-lines/
     8.9 magnitude earthquake off NE Japan. Tsunami. - (Another Scott) - (69) - March 11, 2011, 07:08:19 AM EST
         Nuclear plant can't cool down correctly, evacuation ordered - (jay) - (3) - March 11, 2011, 01:53:59 PM EST
             It sounds quite serious. - (Another Scott) - (1) - March 11, 2011, 11:50:33 PM EST
                 Yup, it's quite serious... - (Another Scott) - March 12, 2011, 07:11:56 AM EST
             Situation looks like it's still getting worse - (jay) - March 15, 2011, 04:34:05 PM EDT
         Continuing coverage after 2nd explosion at Fukushima plant - (Ashton) - (22) - March 14, 2011, 12:36:51 AM EDT
             Really great timing. - (Andrew Grygus) - (1) - March 14, 2011, 01:19:37 AM EDT
                 Have you seen or heard this? - (Another Scott) - March 14, 2011, 07:32:23 AM EDT
             Cooling at 3rd reactor fails after explosion damages pumps - (jay) - (3) - March 14, 2011, 02:23:54 PM EDT
                 “They’re basically in a full-scale panic” - (Another Scott) - (2) - March 14, 2011, 03:14:47 PM EDT
                     Re:They’re basically in a full-scale panic - (boxley) - (1) - March 14, 2011, 04:05:48 PM EDT
                         I'm not so sanguine. - (Another Scott) - March 14, 2011, 04:34:23 PM EDT
             Counter to the prevailing hysteria: - (malraux) - (15) - March 14, 2011, 04:17:22 PM EDT
                 I wish I was all-seeing like Lewis Page. - (Another Scott) - (14) - March 14, 2011, 05:49:48 PM EDT
                     there is a bed of graphite under the containment vessel - (boxley) - (5) - March 14, 2011, 05:52:23 PM EDT
                         It'll stop going down, but maybe not out in the air... - (Another Scott) - (4) - March 14, 2011, 05:59:17 PM EDT
                             but there's still a significant chance of... - (folkert) - (3) - March 14, 2011, 06:10:23 PM EDT
                                 Yes, they're not exposed graphite piles. - (Another Scott) - (2) - March 14, 2011, 07:00:14 PM EDT
                                     Demonstrably, their major error re all the diesels was: - (Ashton) - March 14, 2011, 07:59:25 PM EDT
                                     Well... okay, here goes. - (folkert) - March 14, 2011, 09:50:34 PM EDT
                     More Lewis Page. - (malraux) - (7) - March 18, 2011, 05:54:38 PM EDT
                         Evidently the panic is just that... Panic. - (folkert) - (6) - March 18, 2011, 06:24:29 PM EDT
                             Local news has started berating the coverage. - (static) - March 18, 2011, 07:48:09 PM EDT
                             I wouldn't say "ignored" - (Another Scott) - (4) - March 18, 2011, 09:02:47 PM EDT
                                 I don't believe that was a sigh, Mr. F. -NT - (beepster) - March 18, 2011, 11:20:15 PM EDT
                                 Exactly. - (Ashton) - March 18, 2011, 11:48:03 PM EDT
                                 Since you like Lewis so much... - (malraux) - (1) - March 21, 2011, 05:28:49 PM EDT
                                     Rofl. :-) -NT - (Another Scott) - March 21, 2011, 05:44:42 PM EDT
         3rd explosion may have damaged a reactor vessel - (scoenye) - (3) - March 14, 2011, 09:24:57 PM EDT
             The more I read, the worse it sounds... - (Another Scott) - (2) - March 14, 2011, 09:45:46 PM EDT
                 Fire engines - (scoenye) - (1) - March 14, 2011, 09:55:02 PM EDT
                     Yup. - (Another Scott) - March 14, 2011, 11:57:07 PM EDT
         More on GE BWR designs - (Another Scott) - (2) - March 14, 2011, 11:32:24 PM EDT
             We're sitting on one - (scoenye) - (1) - March 15, 2011, 08:07:14 AM EDT
                 :-( - (Another Scott) - March 15, 2011, 08:38:09 AM EDT
         "It's worse than a meltdown" - (Another Scott) - (2) - March 15, 2011, 12:05:21 AM EDT
             have you purchased the solar panels for your leccy car? - (boxley) - (1) - March 15, 2011, 12:47:10 PM EDT
                 Non sequitur - (Another Scott) - March 15, 2011, 12:49:39 PM EDT
         Something is Strange here.. - (Ashton) - (10) - March 15, 2011, 05:19:48 PM EDT
             It seems they can't. - (Another Scott) - (3) - March 15, 2011, 05:53:47 PM EDT
                 drift chart - (boxley) - (2) - March 15, 2011, 05:58:53 PM EDT
                     Getting us back for WWII? -NT - (folkert) - March 15, 2011, 07:31:19 PM EDT
                     Well, if nuclear power isn't dead yet in the U.S. . . . - (Andrew Grygus) - March 15, 2011, 08:33:12 PM EDT
             I didn't address the fuel storage areas before, obviously. - (Another Scott) - (4) - March 15, 2011, 09:13:16 PM EDT
                 Aye, TMI (info, not 3Mi-Island) of generic kind - (Ashton) - (3) - March 15, 2011, 11:07:35 PM EDT
                     Thanks. - (Another Scott) - March 15, 2011, 11:37:41 PM EDT
                     NYT answers to selected Qs submitted yesterday - (Ashton) - (1) - March 17, 2011, 01:57:19 AM EDT
                         Good Q&A. Would be nice if more reporting was like that... -NT - (Another Scott) - March 17, 2011, 07:59:14 AM EDT
             It's the spent fuel containment pools - (jay) - March 16, 2011, 12:19:58 AM EDT
         Recommended news sites, etc. - (Another Scott) - (8) - March 16, 2011, 07:48:35 AM EDT
             Plus, Bulletin Atom. Sci. chimes in - (Ashton) - (1) - March 16, 2011, 05:12:02 PM EDT
                 Thanks. -NT - (Another Scott) - March 16, 2011, 10:45:57 PM EDT
             One more - (scoenye) - (4) - March 16, 2011, 06:06:36 PM EDT
                 Reuters has something similar. - (Another Scott) - March 16, 2011, 10:49:48 PM EDT
                 Some radiation levels.. and unit comparisons - (Ashton) - (2) - March 17, 2011, 01:03:43 AM EDT
                     The MIT NSE site has some good info, too. - (Another Scott) - (1) - March 17, 2011, 07:58:33 AM EDT
                         If still not suffering from tmi? Oildrum limns mondo links - (Ashton) - March 17, 2011, 06:09:01 PM EDT
             Somewhat related - (Steve Lowe) - March 17, 2011, 02:23:34 AM EDT
         The possibility of re-criticality is not zero - (scoenye) - (1) - March 16, 2011, 09:03:29 PM EDT
             Yikes. - (Another Scott) - March 16, 2011, 10:00:23 PM EDT
         Japan raises incident threat level again - (jay) - March 18, 2011, 09:15:32 AM EDT
         NYTimes summary page of reactor and fuel storage status. - (Another Scott) - (1) - March 19, 2011, 12:23:38 AM EDT
             Re TEPCO credibility - (Ashton) - March 19, 2011, 01:59:50 AM EDT
         Japan Quake Map. - (Another Scott) - (3) - March 20, 2011, 09:21:46 PM EDT
             Wow! what a clever, informative scary piece of work.. - (Ashton) - (2) - March 21, 2011, 12:25:11 AM EDT
                 Not quite the same, but the USGS has ANSS - (Another Scott) - (1) - March 21, 2011, 12:49:32 AM EDT
                     Thanks.. looking. - (Ashton) - March 21, 2011, 01:01:15 AM EDT
         Bulletin. At. Sci. daily reports - (Ashton) - (1) - March 23, 2011, 03:43:28 PM EDT
             Thanks. -NT - (Another Scott) - March 23, 2011, 05:14:47 PM EDT
         Latest on Fukushima from the NYTimes. - (Another Scott) - March 23, 2011, 08:11:39 PM EDT

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