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• Apologies, are 2&3 both "maybe"?
  by Markfm at 3/27/2011 2:45:17 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 2:45:17 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 8:45:17 PM
• NHK - they are pumping out #2's basement today. www3.nhk.or.jp Do these two stories not make sense together
  by Nancy at 3/27/2011 2:45:13 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 2:45:13 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 8:45:13 PM
• They arent saying much of anything Mark.
  by Sinthia Domina at 3/27/2011 2:45:02 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 2:45:02 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 8:45:02 PM
• @ sky- thanks!
  by stef at 3/27/2011 2:44:59 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 2:44:59 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 8:44:59 PM
• It's 4:44 AM right now in Poland, so... I wish you all a peaceful night.
  by Korwus at 3/27/2011 2:44:33 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 2:44:33 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 8:44:33 PM
• Has tepco confirmed yet if three has a definite breach, or are both two and three in the"maybe"
  by Markfm at 3/27/2011 2:44:24 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 2:44:24 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 8:44:24 PM
• So how out of hand do we think this all is?
  by stef at 3/27/2011 2:44:13 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 2:44:13 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 8:44:13 PM
• Stef, you will want to read this to get up to date quickly. lewis.armscontrolwonk.com The top update in that blog quoting the latest Tepco press release on the source of the contaminated water in #3.
  by Sky at 3/27/2011 2:44:04 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 2:44:04 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 8:44:04 PM
• Still no 08:00 update at www.nisa.meti.go.jp :(
  by Joshua Diamond at 3/27/2011 2:43:52 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 2:43:52 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 8:43:52 PM
• Whoa... pretty strange stuff going on...thought it was being controlled. ;)
  by stef at 3/27/2011 2:43:51 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 2:43:51 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 8:43:51 PM
• * NEWS ADVISORY: Radioactive iodine 1,850 times limit in sea near plant, up from Fri. (11:35)
  * NEWS ADVISORY: Pool of water at No.2 reactor may be from reactor core: safety agency (11:31)
  * NEWS ADVISORY: Pool of water at Fukushima's No.2 reactor contains high radioactivity (11:29) FROM KYODO
  by Sinthia Domina at 3/27/2011 2:43:01 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 2:43:01 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 8:43:01 PM
• Hey It's Stef again...what's the update? I have nothing to do while babysitting but talk about radiation!
  by stef at 3/27/2011 2:42:47 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 2:42:47 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 8:42:47 PM
• sometimes the TEPCO webcam images come out tinted blue
  by openmind at 3/27/2011 2:42:31 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 2:42:31 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 8:42:31 PM
• english.kyodonews.jp can't link to story or cut-paste. Check out the top feed. 1805x radiation outside plant in water. #2 reactor breach tied to water. #2 pool water highly radioactive.
  by Nancy at 3/27/2011 2:41:23 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 2:41:23 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 8:41:23 PM
• SkyNewsBreak Sky News Newsdesk
  Japan Nuclear Agency: Radioactivity in sea water off Fukushima plant is up to 1,850 times the usual level.
  by VeenOui at 3/27/2011 2:40:08 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 2:40:08 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 8:40:08 PM
• night DK
  by radioguy at 3/27/2011 2:37:51 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 2:37:51 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 8:37:51 PM
• I will jump into the background, the bed is calling
  by WolfDK at 3/27/2011 2:36:33 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 2:36:33 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 8:36:33 PM
• Kyodo news has a running alert that the highly Radioactive water from unit 2 "may" be from reactor core.
  by Scilla at 3/27/2011 2:35:51 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 2:35:51 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 8:35:51 PM
• @all Bloomberg March 22, 2011 Fukushima Engineer Says He Helped Cover up Flaw at Dai-Ichi Reactor No. 4 www.bloomberg.com
  by Tenzing at 3/27/2011 2:35:31 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 2:35:31 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 8:35:31 PM
• @ Grizzly Perhaps, although no numbers in the article from greenpeace. Found this piece at the NYT "Radiation's Enduring Afterglow" ---- "Early in the crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan, neighbors were informed with absurd precision that the radioactivity in a liter of their drinking water had risen to the equivalent of 1/88th of a chest X-ray. One day last week the air in Tokyo registered 0.155 of a microsievert an hour — another chest X-ray, if you were confined for a month at that level. Though stretched to the point of meaninglessness, the analogy is meant to soothe — balm for a spirit burdened by a century of living uneasily with radiation. " www.nytimes.com
  by Sinthia Domina at 3/27/2011 2:35:12 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 2:35:12 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 8:35:12 PM
• @Tenzing OK... that's right... the snow blew in and the wind shifted.
  by radioguy at 3/27/2011 2:32:37 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 2:32:37 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 8:32:37 PM
• @Sinthia Domina I think Greenpeace reporting that the government's readings are correct should be comforting to those that think there are much larger amounts of radiation leaking, I hope.
  by Grizzly at 3/27/2011 2:30:54 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 2:30:54 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 8:30:54 PM
• @Radioguy US Department of Energy AMA Ops Summary (Aerial Monitoring System) "Flight operations were curtailed on March 20-22 due to weather" blog.energy.gov
  by Tenzing at 3/27/2011 2:30:31 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 2:30:31 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 8:30:31 PM
• pointscope01.jp
  test if image shows, if not please delete !
  by VeenOui at 3/27/2011 2:28:59 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 2:28:59 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 8:28:59 PM
• Good morning, afternoon, and evening to you all
  by borrrden at 3/27/2011 2:28:41 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 2:28:41 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 8:28:41 PM
• I'll feel better if NISA posts the units specs, temp, pressure, water level
  by marie rich at 3/27/2011 2:28:31 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 2:28:31 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 8:28:31 PM
• sorry did it again -- this factory was leathal service piping - product kills in 24 to 48 hours, no known anidote... during construction we ordered the weld wire for piping connections not only to code, but had several extra test profomed... durnig the last month of construction we became aware that the test had been falsified (still have origninal papers with blue ink) operating press was appr 3500 psi, with sever cyclic temp. (again product was deadly with in 24 -48 hours..) due to the chemical mature of the product the piping system would have failed eventually due to the lack of the proper amont of molybdenum and other chemical issues. it was only by chance we learned the wire was NOT as certified by the manufacture. During the pending law suit, we had to rebuild the facility, in discovery the document provide to us showed over 900 lbs. shipped to the US, mostly this product would only be used in a very "serious piping system" due to the cost of certification. The manufacture (or know one) was required to "recall" this wire... our documents were blacked out as to who else may have purchased the remain wire.. we only bought apprx 100 pounds... it is unfortunate to say but we do have "safety and Regs" but if you are in the business... its scary to see how people "look" the other way... WE DO NOT!!!... sorry this go messed up, i am not a blogger.. just like learning and seeing what you have to say
  by fitter at 3/27/2011 2:27:46 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 2:27:46 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 8:27:46 PM
• Latest TEPCO Web Cam pic.....no smoke BUT all blue ?
  www.tepco.co.jp
  by VeenOui at 3/27/2011 2:27:39 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 2:27:39 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 8:27:39 PM
• That's correct it's currently 11:25 here in Tokyo.
  by NiteSpawn at 3/27/2011 2:26:28 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 2:26:28 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 8:26:28 PM
• From GreenPeace: "As we found out today, the radiation levels are high in Fukushima city -- our measurements confirmed levels that have been reported in newspapers and by the government -- in some places so high that you would get your "maximum annual dose" (if you believe in such things) in about 8 days. It's a bit strange to see people biking and going about their business." www.greenpeace.org
  by Sinthia Domina at 3/27/2011 2:25:38 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 2:25:38 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 8:25:38 PM
• @FradyKat I believe its currently Sunday March 27, 2011 11:30 AM in Japan.http://www.happyzebra.com/timezones-worldclock/difference-between-Sendai-and-Portland.php
  by Tenzing at 3/27/2011 2:24:58 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 2:24:58 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 8:24:58 PM
• @Tenzing Looks like they're not saying anything right now. Really nothing there to or not to depend on. Sorry to say it and I hope and pray I'm wrong, but, Pandora's box may be open.
  by Jim Carver at 3/27/2011 2:24:17 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 2:24:17 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 8:24:17 PM
• It brings up a question I've been wondering about since looking at the denphone graphs linked above. On the 21st and again into the 23rd there is a doubling of the norm in the graph. Was that delay in radioactivity reaching Tokyo or did something happen on the 23rd that spiked it so much it still hasn't fallen off?
  by radioguy at 3/27/2011 2:23:20 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 2:23:20 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 8:23:20 PM
• @Tenzing, yes i do but with a healthy amount of scepticism
  by WolfDK at 3/27/2011 2:22:46 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 2:22:46 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 8:22:46 PM
• @Tenzing Not really. I haven't liked the way the the US media has covered this topic. It's either fear or "Oh, its going to affect what you can buy"
  by Natalie at 3/27/2011 2:22:42 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 2:22:42 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 8:22:42 PM
• @radioguy Yeah, i thought so and i believe, with this we are closer to Japan now when before with Local's measuring.
  by VeenOui at 3/27/2011 2:22:24 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 2:22:24 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 8:22:24 PM
• @Tenzing I think when it's night time hours in Japan, it should be a slow time for news. I don't have any agenda.
  by FradyKat at 3/27/2011 2:22:07 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 2:22:07 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 8:22:07 PM
• TEPCO put up their update- which says there is no new info. @Tenzig this is a travesty
  by marie rich at 3/27/2011 2:22:01 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 2:22:01 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 8:22:01 PM
• @George Gibb; Thank you so much for this, you are doing a hell of a job. Keep it up sir.
  by Rucco at 3/27/2011 2:21:14 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 2:21:14 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 8:21:14 PM
• Nice link VeenOui
  by radioguy at 3/27/2011 2:21:00 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 2:21:00 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 8:21:00 PM
• @all At this point do you honestly believe its wise to depend upon the mainstream media for accurate and updated information? I really want to know your opinions.
  by Tenzing at 3/27/2011 2:20:35 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 2:20:35 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 8:20:35 PM
• night dean
  by Meretisa at 3/27/2011 2:20:16 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 2:20:16 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 8:20:16 PM
• @Tenzing I'm thinking back to all my days surfing right next to both California power plants - Diablo Canyon and San Onofre - while I listen to how unimportant and benign the seawater contamination is supposed to be...
  by jay77 at 3/27/2011 2:20:00 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 2:20:00 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 8:20:00 PM
• @PeterMeltzer. You have summarized the situation very cogently. Thanks.
  by Sky at 3/27/2011 2:19:47 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 2:19:47 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 8:19:47 PM
• time for bed here.. I have to travel in the morning for work.. see yall later. .
  by Dean at 3/27/2011 2:19:45 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 2:19:45 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 8:19:45 PM

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• NHK NISA That was alot of nothing! Ican't believe NHK cut away before the reporters got to ask ques., again
  by marie rich at 3/27/2011 2:19:39 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 2:19:39 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 8:19:39 PM
• I think they know that it did. Just waiting to make the announcement.
  by Jim Carver at 3/27/2011 2:18:28 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 2:18:28 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 8:18:28 PM
• very good comment peter, in part I blame WDC for not doing what they said they would and all the politicians bickering and now we have nothing ... I think some are dry storing now.. and the utilities will have to do something.. at the RATE PAYERS EXPENSE..
  by Dean at 3/27/2011 2:17:31 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 2:17:31 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 8:17:31 PM
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  by George Gibb at 3/27/2011 2:17:24 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 2:17:24 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 8:17:24 PM
• This site just showed up on my radar....Graphic Radar level's
  fleep.com
  by VeenOui at 3/27/2011 2:17:18 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 2:17:18 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 8:17:18 PM
• After watching the LIVE press conference on NHK just now....feel even less informed if thats possible.
  by Sinthia Domina at 3/27/2011 2:16:43 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 2:16:43 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 8:16:43 PM
• None of the major news services will make the call. But according to many 'underground' type services, the breach in no. 3 has happened. Makes sense. Plutonium is some weird stuff and that might explain a lot about some of the confusing data.
  by Jim Carver at 3/27/2011 2:16:22 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 2:16:22 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 8:16:22 PM
• Not much news in the JAIF rapport, reactor #3 SFP: water level low, seawater spray continue and certain effect was confirmed. Radiation level: 136.3μSv/h at the West gate at 07:00, Mar. 27
  by WolfDK at 3/27/2011 2:16:14 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 2:16:14 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 8:16:14 PM
• @Tenzing lol
  by George Gibb at 3/27/2011 2:15:13 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 2:15:13 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 8:15:13 PM
• @all I'm trying to end the media blackout with my own two hands :)
  by Tenzing at 3/27/2011 2:14:53 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 2:14:53 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 8:14:53 PM
• Tenzig, good article you posted at armscontrolwonk.com. Tepco's latest press release is zeroing in on the likely sources for the radioactively contaminated water.
  by Sky at 3/27/2011 2:14:16 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 2:14:16 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 8:14:16 PM
• @all Cal Coast News.com An open letter to Sam Blakeslee "I flew to Singapore for a week to help them. These are thoughts now, about California, coming back home.
  Flying back over the green hills of San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties from San Francisco, you think ”We don’t even have 160 miles between us and Diablo.” That is the distance between Tokyo and Fukushima’s Daiichi nuclear plant that now has four reactors in partial meltdown and thousands of spent fuel rods in empty cooling ponds seeping and belching radiation directly into the air and the seawater. The government acknowledges this will likely continue for weeks and months to come. And, the threat of full meltdown of one, or more, of these four reactors and/or the cooling ponds for spent fuel is not ruled out yet." calcoastnews.com
  by Tenzing at 3/27/2011 2:14:09 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 2:14:09 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 8:14:09 PM
• @all Steve Herman Voice of America twitter.com!/W7VOA
  by Tenzing at 3/27/2011 2:11:19 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 2:11:19 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 8:11:19 PM
• this is a contionuation of prior comment regading construction (hit the wrong key)
  by fitter at 3/27/2011 2:10:54 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 2:10:54 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 8:10:54 PM
• enjoy all the links ad info... after the reators situtation resolves, hopefully to the good, I hope that everyone here will dig deeper into the "construction" and "enforcement" of our nuclear reators..... Personal experience, happened 25 years ago (non-nuke) built a plant under US codes - leathal service (about the same standards as nuke houses)
  by fitter at 3/27/2011 2:09:48 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 2:09:48 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 8:09:48 PM
• @Dean, I believe the future of nuclear power will depend on what they used to call the closing of the fuel cycle. When I was a kid, proponents of nuclear power promised a fuel cycle that would use up almost all fissible material; only tiny remnants were supposed to be stored molten into glass deep underground. Then, the capacities for reprocessing of spent fuel rods could never be developed sufficiently. The process turned out to be way more polluting than thought (some call the Irish Sea on which the UK reprocessing plant near Sellafield is located the Radioactive Sea). Fast breeders to use the reprocessed fuel never really worked. After 40 years, we are left with storage pools bursting from the seams with spent fuel, a circumstance that contributed in no small way to the current crisis in Japan. If we cannot find acceptable ways to dispose of the waste, the end of nuclear power is not going to be far off.
  by Peter Melzer at 3/27/2011 2:09:04 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 2:09:04 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 8:09:04 PM
• that totallycoolpix has a really interesting shot of the inside of the top of the reactor at #4 before the accident. Great to get an idea how it is all set up inside.
  by Nancy at 3/27/2011 2:08:41 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 2:08:41 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 8:08:41 PM
• @all The Denki Shimbun [Contribution] What is Happening in the Reactor Cores of Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Station? www.shimbun.denki.or.jp
  by Tenzing at 3/27/2011 2:06:23 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 2:06:23 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 8:06:23 PM
• JAIF latest update link: www.jaif.or.jp
  by James Ward at 3/27/2011 2:03:32 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 2:03:32 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 8:03:32 PM
• www.msnbc.msn.com link (I hope) on the employee interviewed at plant during quake
  by fitter at 3/27/2011 2:03:18 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 2:03:18 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 8:03:18 PM
• NISA press briefing now: www3.nhk.or.jp
  by me at 3/27/2011 2:01:41 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 2:01:41 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 8:01:41 PM
• @all This was posted on Reuters Live Blog. Photo #16 Japan Self-Defense Forces officers carry a victim who is suspected of being exposed to radiation in Nihonmatsu City in Fukushima Prefecture MARCH 13, 2011 ... totallycoolollollpix.com
  by Tenzing edited by George Gibb at 3/27/2011 2:01:09 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 2:01:09 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 8:01:09 PM
• listening to broadcast.. from nhk
  by Dean at 3/27/2011 2:00:48 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 2:00:48 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 8:00:48 PM
• Hi, All Just started cruising before I joined and JAIF has a new update
  by marie rich at 3/27/2011 1:59:32 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 1:59:32 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 7:59:32 PM
• @Tenzing Excellent article. TEPCO is being very quiet on the plutonium issue.
  by James Ward at 3/27/2011 1:57:58 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 1:57:58 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 7:57:58 PM
• @jay77 the wonderful Auntie Beeb eh? they would rather publish propoganda give the public who pay their wages the truth
  by elainekirk at 3/27/2011 1:57:29 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 1:57:29 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 7:57:29 PM
• by VeenOui at 3/27/2011 1:56:32 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 1:56:32 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 7:56:32 PM
• This was NHK latest update from Fukushima
  by VeenOui at 3/27/2011 1:56:29 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 1:56:29 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 7:56:29 PM
• @all this is one of my favorites :) ARMS CONTROL WONK - TEMPCO Update 3/25 by Jeffrey Lewis lewis.armscontrolwonk.com
  by Tenzing at 3/27/2011 1:55:38 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 1:55:38 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 7:55:38 PM
• I'm going to bed, but the 8 AM report should be available at the NISA site anytime now.
  by kb at 3/27/2011 1:55:19 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 1:55:19 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 7:55:19 PM
• Why did Reuters take down their streaming blog? It seemed rather popular.
  by Mr.Spec at 3/27/2011 1:55:00 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 1:55:00 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 7:55:00 PM
• yukka mountain was designed to hold 77,000 metric tons..
  by Dean at 3/27/2011 1:54:48 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 1:54:48 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 7:54:48 PM
• @Matsuoko @felix, have been upwards 5000 nGy some days ago iirc
  by WolfDK at 3/27/2011 1:54:35 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 1:54:35 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 7:54:35 PM
• @Albert Lee in Manila gibbgeor@hotmail.com
  by George Gibb at 3/27/2011 1:54:24 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 1:54:24 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 7:54:24 PM
• @GeorgeGibb, so sorry I failed to record your domain name email address earlier. I'd like to send you a couple of e-mails. Thanks.
  by Albert Lee in Manila at 3/27/2011 1:53:42 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 1:53:42 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 7:53:42 PM
• @jay77 :) "Radioactive waste is nasty but the quantity is small". send this guy to fukushima !
  by Matsuoko at 3/27/2011 1:53:27 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 1:53:27 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 7:53:27 PM
• @all Business Insider - Japan Nuclear Crisis: What About The Plutonium MOX? www.businessinsider.com
  by Tenzing at 3/27/2011 1:53:17 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 1:53:17 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 7:53:17 PM
• Kyodo: Work to restore power, inject fresh coolant into nuke plant continues english.kyodonews.jp ( By "TEPCO will remove the water in all four reactor units", they probably mean the turbine buildings.)
  by kb at 3/27/2011 1:53:04 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 1:53:04 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 7:53:04 PM
• @jay77 I thought that might be Ann Coulter or George Monbiot until I clicked the link.
  by James Ward at 3/27/2011 1:52:19 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 1:52:19 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 7:52:19 PM
• Towards the whole Yucca Mountain topic. I live near it. And I'm all for it. While James did point out it is near/on fault lines, I have only felt one quake since I've lived here. And that came in from Cali.
  by Natalie at 3/27/2011 1:52:10 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 1:52:10 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 7:52:10 PM
• sadly so James.. at the expense of what do we do now..
  by Dean at 3/27/2011 1:51:35 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 1:51:35 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 7:51:35 PM
• What's new?
  by Poland at 3/27/2011 1:50:55 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 1:50:55 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 7:50:55 PM
• @Dean In regards to re-addressing the Yucca Mountain issue, it's very difficult to make the multiple fault lines go away. They'll have to find some other way to dispose of the spent fuel.
  by James Ward at 3/27/2011 1:50:37 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 1:50:37 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 7:50:37 PM
• @all Ecocentric Blogs Fukushima: Sick workers and cracked vessels. What's true? Fukushima: The salt problem ecocentric.blogs.time.com
  by Tenzing at 3/27/2011 1:48:37 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 1:48:37 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 7:48:37 PM
• And now for something completely opposite: www.bbc.goco.uk "We should stop running away from radiation"
  by jay77 edited by George Gibb at 3/27/2011 1:48:27 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 1:48:27 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 7:48:27 PM

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• @Maureen I pinned that one so we don't forget - we often get to carried away here
  by George Gibb at 3/27/2011 1:48:17 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 1:48:17 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 7:48:17 PM
• I've been lurking since the beginning but now I have to ask, has anyone noticed the IAEA report today states that cesium 137 was found in the sea water samples and in leeks? Isn't cesium 137 present during fission?
  by onetime at 3/27/2011 1:47:11 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 1:47:11 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 7:47:11 PM
• March 27, KYODO NEWS: 'Work To Restore Power, Inject Fresh Coolant Into Nuke Plant Continues'. VERY interesting read, my opinion.
  by MaryW at 3/27/2011 1:47:08 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 1:47:08 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 7:47:08 PM
• UNTIL THEN.. commercial reactors keep running and keep trying to find ways to store fuel...
  by Dean at 3/27/2011 1:45:35 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 1:45:35 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 7:45:35 PM
• since then the administration has reversed their support of nuclear and so now, they will have to do something about a central storage.. maybe re-addressing the YUKKA MOUNTAIN ISSUE..
  by Dean at 3/27/2011 1:45:15 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 1:45:15 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 7:45:15 PM
• @Maureen. The Independent article is very poignant. Thanks for posting it.
  by Sky at 3/27/2011 1:44:56 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 1:44:56 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 7:44:56 PM
• financial times concurs: www.ft.com : if shareholders lose everything it removes the incentive
  by elise at 3/27/2011 1:44:49 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 1:44:49 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 7:44:49 PM
• tenzing.. that article is the bare truth and to compound the problem, years ago the Department of Energy said.. they would have a facility to store the spent fuel in a repository and it was built with alot of controversy from the residents of nevada. the facility basically was ready for certification to hold the waste from the commercial reactors but, things like changes in the house and senate and presidents, along with a strong opposition by nevadans.. a court ruled that it would not be used yet.. then recently the Obama administration said.. we will close yukka mountain..
  by Dean at 3/27/2011 1:44:29 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 1:44:29 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 7:44:29 PM
• good link-- (this blog is listed under resources as well as the facebook page) fukushima.wikispaces.com
  by mainejen at 3/27/2011 1:43:48 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 1:43:48 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 7:43:48 PM
• I guess, the followup from Greenpeace own readings is there now ....http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/en/news-and-blogs/campaign-blog/new-greenpeace-report-analyzes-radiation-amou/blog/33949
  by VeenOui at 3/27/2011 1:41:43 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 1:41:43 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 7:41:43 PM
• @felix : we had 2800 some days ago.
  by Matsuoko at 3/27/2011 1:41:37 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 1:41:37 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 7:41:37 PM
• Ibaraki now listed 707 ngy/h on www.bousai.ne.jp I thought I saw it higher at about 900 before I hit refresh to test...
  by felix at 3/27/2011 1:40:00 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 1:40:00 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 7:40:00 PM
• I don't know if everyone has read this article but it's visually descriptive and offers some explanation as to why we aren't getting much info-no matter how hard we try...
  by Maureen Burke at 3/27/2011 1:39:43 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 1:39:43 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 7:39:43 PM
• on tuesday wind will blow to the south of japan. so pls take care.
  by hans at 3/27/2011 1:39:28 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 1:39:28 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 7:39:28 PM
• @Dean If you have the time to review this video I would appreciate your opinion. therealnews.com
  by Tenzing at 3/27/2011 1:38:38 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 1:38:38 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 7:38:38 PM
• Note the placement of the link "Opinion: U.S. nuclear plants are safe" in this interview with a doctor discussing the potential dire medical situation a Fukushima edition.cnn.com
  by Sinthia Domina at 3/27/2011 1:37:40 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 1:37:40 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 7:37:40 PM
• @all US Spent Nuclear Fuel Largest Concentration of Radioactivity on Planet (Earth) therealnews.com
  by Tenzing at 3/27/2011 1:36:31 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 1:36:31 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 7:36:31 PM
• george was it the one posted by SIN and fitter?
  by Dean at 3/27/2011 1:36:12 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 1:36:12 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 7:36:12 PM
• ty george.. I'll check them out
  by Dean at 3/27/2011 1:34:25 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 1:34:25 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 7:34:25 PM
• @sky thats a great japan times article
  by mainejen at 3/27/2011 1:33:57 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 1:33:57 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 7:33:57 PM
• wb Dean - couple interesting worker related stories not to far down
  by George Gibb at 3/27/2011 1:33:47 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 1:33:47 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 7:33:47 PM
• greetings to all
  by Dean at 3/27/2011 1:32:52 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 1:32:52 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 7:32:52 PM
• i heard more american troops and ships were headed for japan-- to help deal with the reactors??
  by mainejen at 3/27/2011 1:30:40 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 1:30:40 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 7:30:40 PM
• @Walter (alias Linda Dianne) Yes, but we try to hide.issa secret'n stuff :-)
  by VeenOui at 3/27/2011 1:29:09 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 1:29:09 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 7:29:09 PM
• here and a facebook site
  by George Gibb at 3/27/2011 1:28:53 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 1:28:53 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 7:28:53 PM
• @Sinthia, the NHK about pumping water back into the condenser. That is the one I was looking for confirmation. Thanks.
  by Nancy at 3/27/2011 1:28:10 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 1:28:10 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 7:28:10 PM
• Is this the spot where everyone's gone from our old Reuter's group??
  by Walter (alias Linda Dianne) at 3/27/2011 1:28:07 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 1:28:07 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 7:28:07 PM
• @fitter just copy paste the url into your message
  by George Gibb at 3/27/2011 1:25:50 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 1:25:50 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 7:25:50 PM
• Japan Times: Radioactive Water Stymies Crews. Another short Q&A type article covering the same factual circumstance. search.japantimes.co.jp
  by Sky at 3/27/2011 1:25:44 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 1:25:44 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 7:25:44 PM
• @Sinthia Domina The first time I heard reports about the workforce from zerohedge I thought it was exagerated.
  by George Gibb at 3/27/2011 1:24:28 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 1:24:28 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 7:24:28 PM
• blogs.reuters.com what responsibility do shareholders bear?
  by elise at 3/27/2011 1:23:50 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 1:23:50 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 7:23:50 PM
• Another article on the 3 workers who were injured by standing in the pool of radioactive water. Similar to previous articles, but slightly different/more information. search.japantimes.co.jp
  by Sky at 3/27/2011 1:23:23 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 1:23:23 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 7:23:23 PM
• Good link, Thanks Tenzing.
  by Sinthia Domina at 3/27/2011 1:20:05 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 1:20:05 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 7:20:05 PM
• @all Practical Populism - US stores spent nuclear fuel rods at 4 times pool capacity radyananda.wordpress.com
  by Tenzing at 3/27/2011 1:19:04 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 1:19:04 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 7:19:04 PM
• @all BWR Plant Photos - inside and out www.nucleartourist.com
  by Tenzing at 3/27/2011 1:17:28 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 1:17:28 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 7:17:28 PM
• don't know how to link... article is on MSNBC.COM Japan nuclear plant worker recalls narrow escape.... but standard procedure is an immediate "incident review" due to situtation, "immediate" is a vauge word.. but this info both employee exposure and #3 enviroment conitions could be helpful in trying to acertain condition of the equipment.. also some one wrote back could be prv (safety feature) which could be quite possible... interview with workers would help to know if that was what happened..
  by fitter at 3/27/2011 1:17:08 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 1:17:08 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 7:17:08 PM
• @all BWR Plant Photos - inside and out
  by Tenzing at 3/27/2011 1:16:40 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 1:16:40 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 7:16:40 PM
• I saw on NHK where they said they are using pumps to remove water from the turbine rooms and pumping it into a chamber beside it called the condensation chamber. Any thoughts about that? Also, this article www.guardthe first time I heard of the workers employed ian.co.uk has an interview of a worker present during the earthquake in the turbine room of reactor number 1, in which he states " was in the turbine room next to reactor No 1 when the earthquake hit. "I couldn't stand," he said. "The window above my head shattered and parts of the ceiling fell in."
  by Sinthia Domina edited by George Gibb at 3/27/2011 1:16:05 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 1:16:05 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 7:16:05 PM
• @Matsuoko: sorry, my mistake ;)
  by Poland at 3/27/2011 1:16:03 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 1:16:03 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 7:16:03 PM
• @Poland : no cloud so low. it's smoke.
  by Matsuoko at 3/27/2011 1:15:08 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 1:15:08 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 7:15:08 PM
• notice the brown trees
  by George Gibb at 3/27/2011 1:14:22 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 1:14:22 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 7:14:22 PM
• Yes, grey cloud
  by Poland at 3/27/2011 1:13:29 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 1:13:29 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 7:13:29 PM
• Latest TEPCO Web Cam picture doesn't look like steam.....small grey cloud ?...ZOOM IN CTRL +
  www.tepco.co.jp
  by VeenOui at 3/27/2011 1:12:48 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 1:12:48 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 7:12:48 PM
• sorry for false alarm
  by me at 3/27/2011 1:12:28 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 1:12:28 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 7:12:28 PM
• and jet it is back
  by me at 3/27/2011 1:11:59 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 1:11:59 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 7:11:59 PM

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• hmm... ibaraki ist "under servery" www.bousai.ne.jp
  by me at 3/27/2011 1:11:21 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 1:11:21 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 7:11:21 PM
• @George Gibb : like cars glowing in the night :)
  by Matsuoko at 3/27/2011 1:11:09 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 1:11:09 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 7:11:09 PM
• @elainekirk2001 the world economy needs Japans goods they make all the high tect guts to everything
  by George Gibb at 3/27/2011 1:08:19 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 1:08:19 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 7:08:19 PM
• Yes...I saw footage of planes landing at Sendai early this week...
  by MaryMary at 3/27/2011 1:08:09 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 1:08:09 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 7:08:09 PM
• @Sinthia Domina : i don't think so. the fuel chamber is quit high in the reactor building. the only thing in the basement is the suppression torus, but i would not think that it is below zero.
  by Matsuoko at 3/27/2011 1:08:09 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 1:08:09 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 7:08:09 PM
• @Sky. We can be fairly sure TEPCO won't admit the full extent of anything.
  by es at 3/27/2011 1:08:06 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 1:08:06 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 7:08:06 PM
• I believe I read a couple of days ago that Sendai airport was already being used to fly in relief supplies. Hope my recollection is accurate.
  by Sky at 3/27/2011 1:07:23 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 1:07:23 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 7:07:23 PM
• Returning to the American relief work www.pacom.mil yesterday(thurs/fri) there were pics of them working to try to re-open Sendai? airport there is no mention of that today , work appears to be concentrated on opening sea supply lines. Without sounding like a conspiracy therorist could this mean they expect the airspace to be restricted?
  by elainekirk at 3/27/2011 1:06:36 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 1:06:36 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 7:06:36 PM
• In light of the chemical and radiologic analysis published by Tepco of the contaminated water those poor fellows were standing in (1.5m deep "puddle"!), the "expert" on CNN should be ashamed of himself. His statement is easily refuted by Tepco's own admission.
  by Sky at 3/27/2011 1:05:08 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 1:05:08 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 7:05:08 PM
• @Charlie They updated that saying to You can fool most of the people and screw the rest lol
  by George Gibb at 3/27/2011 1:05:03 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 1:05:03 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 7:05:03 PM
• As the old saying goes.... You can fool all of the people some of the time!!!!! Some all the time but never all of them all the time!!
  by Charlie at 3/27/2011 1:03:27 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 1:03:27 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 7:03:27 PM
• @James Ward, cant remember what the valve is called, will do some digging. The valve is just a small relief valve, not a steam vent valve those goes to the big venting masts outside.
  by WolfDK at 3/27/2011 1:03:06 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 1:03:06 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 7:03:06 PM
• @Charlie you mean last summer with BP
  by George Gibb at 3/27/2011 1:02:22 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 1:02:22 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 7:02:22 PM
• Comment about basements at sea level. It seems to me that to have an structure erected below sea level such as is reported to be the case with these plants, requires specialized building designs and risks for these type of structures. Is it true that they are constructed below sea level?
  by Sinthia Domina at 3/27/2011 1:01:24 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 1:01:24 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 7:01:24 PM
• It's all so familiar to what we got 25 years ago after chernobyl. The lies, the deceit, the outrageous explanations and condescending attitudes towards the general public.
  by Charlie at 3/27/2011 1:01:21 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 1:01:21 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 7:01:21 PM
• @WolfDK I would think any release of steam would take place outside the plant, not inside spaces occupied by workers and engineers.
  by James Ward at 3/27/2011 1:00:20 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 1:00:20 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 7:00:20 PM
• @James Ward : and the workers didn't notice the boiling water in their shoese ? sounds like tepco logic.
  by Matsuoko at 3/27/2011 12:59:27 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 12:59:27 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 6:59:27 PM
• @Charlie Some nuclear "expert" on CNN suggested that there wasn't anything radioactive in that puddle...they were just "thermal burns". I wanted to throw the TV out the window!
  by James Ward at 3/27/2011 12:58:07 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 12:58:07 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 6:58:07 PM
• @fitter, "did anyone investigate cause of "smoke/steam????" Afaik normal operation doing a reactor scram is to open a valve dumping some pressure, could have been what the workers experienced. My guess is that most people would be scared in such a situation, and some valve opening letting out high pressure steam would not help.
  by WolfDK at 3/27/2011 12:57:47 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 12:57:47 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 6:57:47 PM
• @James Ward ty
  by George Gibb at 3/27/2011 12:57:33 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 12:57:33 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 6:57:33 PM
• @George Gibb Here's the link: www.reuter
  s.com
  by James Ward edited by George Gibb at 3/27/2011 12:55:53 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 12:55:53 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 6:55:53 PM
• @fitter, I think tat from a set up like tepco there would be very little chance of any medical checks for those trapped in the building. If they send ppl in without suitable footwear and then suggest they have sunburn it doesn't auger for well in my eyes.
  by Charlie at 3/27/2011 12:55:40 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 12:55:40 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 6:55:40 PM
• @WolfDK I find those pictures and the one you are looking at to be of great concern
  by VeenOui at 3/27/2011 12:54:50 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 12:54:50 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 6:54:50 PM
• @Peter Melzer : Molybdaneum is another thing. it is part of the uranium decay line. so this can be found in an intact vessel, too. but not Co60.
  by Matsuoko at 3/27/2011 12:53:39 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 12:53:39 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 6:53:39 PM
• @fitter can you link the article please
  by George Gibb at 3/27/2011 12:53:35 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 12:53:35 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 6:53:35 PM
• Looks like the damage goes almost all the way to the bottom of the spent fuel pond..
  by WolfDK at 3/27/2011 12:52:22 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 12:52:22 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 6:52:22 PM
• @Matsuoko, I heard about radioactive Cobalt and Molybdenum in the basement water on Here and Now yesterday. Does anyone have a source for this?
  by Peter Melzer at 3/27/2011 12:52:15 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 12:52:15 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 6:52:15 PM
• @sims : Co60 can only exist where free neutrons are present. the only place with free neutrons is the reactor vessel. the vessel, if not damaged, does not "wash out" its Cobalt60. if so, the vessel would not survive many years. free Co60 must come from a breaching vessel. it does not say where the breach is, and it does not say if it is a complete breach, but it says in any case the vessel is damaged.
  by Matsuoko at 3/27/2011 12:52:14 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 12:52:14 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 6:52:14 PM
• have been folowing for days, great site.. 30 years in high pressure industrial piping/hazmat trianing... point of intrest in the lack of info... was just reading article about "traped employees when quake hit" ....1) 200 employees (sub-contrctor I belive) in reactor #3- but safety defult is to auto lock inside.. apperently no rescue rooms as with mine shafts.. 2) TEPCO took long time to relase employees due to trying to scan for contamination.. gave up after scaning only 20 or so due to panic... 3)IMPORTANT - employees complained of smoke or steam... having trouble breathing... apperently crane hook had fell.. 4) OK.. time of crisis all safey goes out the door ... but they operated for a hour on generators accourding to press reports... did anyone investigate cause of "smoke/steam???? during this period??? also sounds as though they had no emergency lighting that kicked in when power went off line... Main Question here other than an apperant "relaxed saftey enviroment" HAS TEPCO HAD THESE 200 (IF CORRECT) EMPLOYEES REVIEWED AND SCANED BY MEDICAL PERSONEL??? DID THEY INFACT HAVE ANY "RAD CONTAMINATIONAN" ??? WAS AN ACCIDENT REVIEW DONE TO GATHER PERTAIN INFORMATION SO AS TO "TRY AND FIGURE OUT" WHAT THE SITUTATION WAS AT THE TIME ---THIS (ACCORDING TO ARTICLE) WAS BEFORE THE WAVE HIT (accident/medical review could have been done next day- as all employee fleed to save self and familys.... if infact they have done any of this "where is the info" steam would be indicator that they may have had piping/valve/pump failure right after quake????? sorry so long
  by fitter at 3/27/2011 12:52:08 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 12:52:08 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 6:52:08 PM
• @VeenOui, thanks! That last pic really shows the damage to reactor building #3
  by WolfDK at 3/27/2011 12:50:22 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 12:50:22 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 6:50:22 PM
• @
  by WolfDK at 3/27/2011 12:47:42 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 12:47:42 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 6:47:42 PM
• Sky News about to mention Fukushima, after the ad break (don't miss this rare opportunity! Even if it is the same old stuff as yesterday)....
  by Paul (UK) at 3/27/2011 12:47:14 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 12:47:14 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 6:47:14 PM
• I didn;t see these pictures before from inside the Plant.
  izismile.com
  by VeenOui at 3/27/2011 12:46:14 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 12:46:14 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 6:46:14 PM
• @sims, exactly
  by WolfDK at 3/27/2011 12:45:56 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 12:45:56 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 6:45:56 PM
• @Matsuoko Doesn't mean the vessel itself has to be broken. The turbines in the turbine hall are where the steam from the reactor vessel is meant to go in normal operation, so material from the RPV could get there without the vessel structurally being broken, if valves etc. are open. In fact, if the vessel is broken, the water coming out would go into the basement of the reactor building, not into another building that's separated by some distance. What it does mean is that some of the plumbing in the turbing hall is leaking, which doesn't bode well for any chance of starting the coolant loop.
  by sims at 3/27/2011 12:44:46 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 12:44:46 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 6:44:46 PM
• The utility firm said it will measure uranium and plutonium...
  by Poland at 3/27/2011 12:44:38 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 12:44:38 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 6:44:38 PM
• @kb, they are entirely separate buildings, the rectangular buildings with big pipes coming out of them on the helicopter fly overs are the turbine halls. The turbines are on the ground level, and beneath them (basement) are the steam separators and pumps, this is where the workers got irradiated.
  by WolfDK at 3/27/2011 12:42:28 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 12:42:28 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 6:42:28 PM
• Neutron beam observed 13 times at crippled Fukushima nuke plant
  TOKYO, March 23, Kyodo
  
  Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Wednesday it has observed a neutron beam, a kind of radioactive ray, 13 times on the premises of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant after it was crippled by the massive March 11 quake-tsunami disaster.
  
  TEPCO, the operator of the nuclear plant, said the neutron beam measured about 1.5 kilometers southwest of the plant's No. 1 and 2 reactors over three days from March 13 and is equivalent to 0.01 to 0.02 microsieverts per hour and that this is not a dangerous level.
  
  The utility firm said it will measure uranium and plutonium, which could emit a neutron beam, as well.
  
  In the 1999 criticality accident at a nuclear fuel processing plant run by JCO Co. in Tokaimura, Ibaraki Prefecture, uranium broke apart continually in nuclear fission, causing a massive amount of neutron beams.
  
  In the latest case at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, such a criticality accident has yet to happen.
  
  But the measured neutron beam may be evidence that uranium and plutonium leaked from the plant's nuclear reactors and spent nuclear fuels have discharged a small amount of neutron beams through nuclear fission.
  
  ==Kyodo
  by byg at 3/27/2011 12:41:19 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 12:41:19 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 6:41:19 PM
• @kb : Co59 is stable. it is used in steel Cobald-Chrome-Molybdane Co-Cr-Mo steel is stainless steel. Co60 (radioactive) can only derive from Co59 by catching free Neutrons. Co60 is not in the decay line from other radioactive products. if you find Co60 in the turbine "puddle", it can only come from the steel vessel. there is no other place with free neutrons. Hence this is a kind of proof that the vessel is broken. otherwise you would never find any cobalt in the water.
  by Matsuoko at 3/27/2011 12:39:03 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 12:39:03 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 6:39:03 PM
• @sims I agree. I haven't heard any mention of neutron beams in Japanese media.
  by kb at 3/27/2011 12:38:45 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 12:38:45 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 6:38:45 PM
• Interesting, using the Google RT search for #fukushima has brought tweets all along but it is pretty much at a standstill now ?
  by VeenOui at 3/27/2011 12:38:25 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 12:38:25 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 6:38:25 PM
• @WolfDK Sounds likely to me. Many articles state that the turbines are located in the "basement" of the reactor hall, is this really true? Does anyone know how separated the turbine buildings are from the reactors?
  by kb at 3/27/2011 12:38:16 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 12:38:16 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 6:38:16 PM
• To me the 'neutron beam' sounds to me like it might be a translation error. Even in the official Tepco releases where they publish gamma dose rates, they have a column for 'neutron ray', which presumably means any detection of free neutrons, not specifically some kind of directed ray or beam.
  by sims at 3/27/2011 12:37:56 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 12:37:56 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 6:37:56 PM
• This is a video I haven't seen on the news much...it's another video of the tsunami washing through a town: www.youtube.com
  by Grizzly at 3/27/2011 12:37:01 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 12:37:01 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 6:37:01 PM
• @kb, In that case one of the primary coolant system pipes must be ruptured inside the turbine hall.
  by WolfDK at 3/27/2011 12:35:06 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 12:35:06 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 6:35:06 PM

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• This should help to put some light on the situation IF approved
  Fukushima-Related FOIA Request: Full Data Sought on Radiation Levels That Led To Call for 50-Mile Evacuation Radius for Americans in Japan
  networkedbTheylogs.com
  by VeenOui edited by George Gibb at 3/27/2011 12:34:11 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 12:34:11 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 6:34:11 PM
• From the same report. This puts chills up my back. I am so glad someone is benefitting from help, during this awful time. "•A P-3 “Orion” from VP-4 and assigned to CTF-72 conducted a reconnaissance flight to survey ports and roads in Mukai, Toni, Kuji, and Ofunato. The crew spotted the words “HELP WATER” formed in the snow of a baseball field located beside an elementary school. They quickly relayed the information to the Japan Self Defense Force, and ensured that the site was being serviced by the JGSDF. "
  by Sky at 3/27/2011 12:33:59 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 12:33:59 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 6:33:59 PM
• Eeek, I saw Andy grabbed my fb post off the blog and put it on here...I'm glad it was able to create some discussion! That's good.
  by Grizzly at 3/27/2011 12:33:43 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 12:33:43 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 6:33:43 PM
• @Sky, this is only a qualified guess, but the neutron beam could be originating from some spent fuel elements undergoing fission.
  by WolfDK at 3/27/2011 12:33:18 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 12:33:18 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 6:33:18 PM
• @Matsuoko The puddle was found in the turbine building, which receives steam directly from the reactor. Water could have come that way.
  by kb at 3/27/2011 12:33:03 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 12:33:03 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 6:33:03 PM
• I'm pleased to read the report of how the U.S. military is helping the relief effort. For example, "•Commander Task Force 76 (CTF 76) continued harbor clearance operations in Hachinohe yesterday. USNS Safeguard (ARS 50) with the embarked divers of Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit 1, Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 5 and Underwater Construction Team 2, worked together with Japan Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) and commercial divers to open the harbor for operations. They took underwater surveillance imagery with side scan sonar equipment to detect, mark and move underwater obstacles from the channel and the vicinity of the liquid natural gas (LNG) pier. The local port captain certified the channel and pier for safe navigation. Today an LNG tanker entered the port, marking the first delivery since the earthquake and tsunami on March 11. After Hachinohe harbor is clear, Navy teams will continue similar efforts in the ports of Miyako, Kamaishi, Ofunato, and Sendai, debris and other navigational hazards so that ships may resume deliveries of critical supplies. " in the www.pacom.mil ink someone just recently posted here.
  by Sky at 3/27/2011 12:32:23 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 12:32:23 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 6:32:23 PM
• Source to my prev. post: en.wikipedia.org
  by WolfDK at 3/27/2011 12:30:51 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 12:30:51 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 6:30:51 PM
• @Sky : i stated earlier that the Co60 they found in the "puddle" is a very likely proof for a crack in the vessel.
  by Matsuoko at 3/27/2011 12:30:32 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 12:30:32 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 6:30:32 PM
• The scientists all said that they couldnt have neutron beams without a certain set of circumstances. the circumstances pointed to a crack and the beams have to be picked up with specialist equipment so they were looking for the evidence
  by Charlie at 3/27/2011 12:30:23 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 12:30:23 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 6:30:23 PM
• @kb, if you receive a medium to high radiation dose (1-8 Sv) you will experience a latent period (walking dead) of 7-31 days depending on the exposure level, after the latent period you will die.
  by WolfDK at 3/27/2011 12:30:11 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 12:30:11 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 6:30:11 PM
• @all The Japan Times - Sunday, March 27, 2011 - Signs of disaster were there to see. Seismology experts warned for years nuclear plants can't withstand true worst-case scenario. search.japantimes.co.jp
  by Tenzing at 3/27/2011 12:29:48 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 12:29:48 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 6:29:48 PM
• Yes it was me who supposed that maybe the neutron beams might have been emitted from a slit aperture (crack). I do not really know but there is no other good explanation that I have seen.
  by Sky at 3/27/2011 12:29:26 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 12:29:26 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 6:29:26 PM
• The neutron beams were the evidence
  by Charlie at 3/27/2011 12:29:01 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 12:29:01 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 6:29:01 PM
• @Sky Thing is, i haven't jumped to conclusions BUT I am asking why there is no location or specific equipment failure pointed to or even better not crossed off the list.........Al that has been said thus far is ..we don't know
  by VeenOui at 3/27/2011 12:28:41 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 12:28:41 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 6:28:41 PM
• @James I feel the same way about the NYT.
  by Miles at 3/27/2011 12:28:30 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 12:28:30 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 6:28:30 PM
• What kind of evidence would strongly suggest a crack, without being able to physically inspect the location? Pressure becoming equalized; inability to hold water above a certain level; escape of specific radionuclides that would only come from direct contact with hot fuel; ... I don't know for sure, but these are the kinds of evidence that I suppose the experts are looking at to make these deduction. Maybe somebody actually knows as fact ... or maybe it is just the strongest candidate explanation based on the data.
  by Sky at 3/27/2011 12:28:24 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 12:28:24 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 6:28:24 PM
• there wa sosme talk that the neutron beams that were seen suggested that there had to be a crack and that they had suspected the crack to be out and looking for neutron beams
  by Charlie at 3/27/2011 12:27:25 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 12:27:25 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 6:27:25 PM
• @kb I have no idea. I have only seen mention of this crack in the one article posted.
  by Miles at 3/27/2011 12:27:04 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 12:27:04 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 6:27:04 PM
• @Miles I believe Asahi Shimbun was the first to publish that comment...and they don't publish anonymous comments unless they believe the source to be VERY credible.
  by James Ward at 3/27/2011 12:26:44 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 12:26:44 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 6:26:44 PM
• VeenOui, not necessarily. Perhaps the list of workers who can be used has a lot of crossed off names on it because many have already sustained the maximum yearly radiation allowed by Japanese government and are no longer eligible to enter the work site until some time elapses or regulations are further relaxed. I'm just hypothesizing. There could be several alternative explanations and we should not automatically jump to conclusions.
  by Sky at 3/27/2011 12:26:13 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 12:26:13 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 6:26:13 PM
• Regarding the crack in the reactor vessel itself, are the outer walls of the RPV even visible? I though it laid encased within the drywall and could not be accessed that easily.
  by kb at 3/27/2011 12:26:07 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 12:26:07 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 6:26:07 PM
• @WolfDK - That's an article from New Delhi and the New York Times that's mysteriously not been reproduced by other news agencies
  by Miles at 3/27/2011 12:25:33 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 12:25:33 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 6:25:33 PM
• @Sky From what I've been hearing from the clean-up of Chernobyl, most workers were OK but died within a month or two.
  by kb at 3/27/2011 12:24:40 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 12:24:40 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 6:24:40 PM
• @Miles, i mentioned that earlier, but a anonymous guy is not a trustworthy source
  by WolfDK at 3/27/2011 12:24:13 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 12:24:13 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 6:24:13 PM
• @Sky Ok, if it's 15 minute interval, than we also are safe to assume, that the radiation is far greater than being reported no ? And, by now, for sure they would know what areas are unsafe = pinpointing where it comes from no ?
  by VeenOui at 3/27/2011 12:24:08 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 12:24:08 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 6:24:08 PM
• In that video I posted these young men were given rubber suits and told to go pick up pieces of the reactor that had been thrown by the explosion at Chernobyl into the area. They could only touch them for maybe 5 or 6 seconds to get them into the reactor core where the Sarcophagus would be erected. EVERY machine they tried to use failed due to radiation. It's amazing, the only machine that can function in high levels of radiation is the human body and it can't last very long.
  by Andy at 3/27/2011 12:24:04 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 12:24:04 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 6:24:04 PM
• it is rare, i can only find this Ines differenciation in the German wikipedia, not in the English: Ines 5 = 100–1.000 TBq, Ines 6 = 1.000–10.000 TBq, Ines 7 = >10.000 TBq equivalent dose of Iodine131 left out. Chernobyl was 70.000 TBq. de.wikipedia.org
  by Matsuoko at 3/27/2011 12:23:52 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 12:23:52 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 6:23:52 PM
• FRom an article - "There is a definite, definite crack in the vessel -- it's up and down and it's large," he said. "The problem with cracks is they do not get smaller."
  www.nThe dtv.com
  by Miles edited by George Gibb at 3/27/2011 12:22:56 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 12:22:56 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 6:22:56 PM
• Yes but even if one assumes there are people are willing to voluntarily accept a high radiation dose to get the work done, there is a physical limit beyond which a human body simply cannot function.
  by Sky at 3/27/2011 12:22:43 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 12:22:43 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 6:22:43 PM
• @kb, i agree we just don't know, a stuck valve would make sense with the coolant used in mind
  by WolfDK at 3/27/2011 12:22:16 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 12:22:16 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 6:22:16 PM
• nothing new ... ;/
  by Poland at 3/27/2011 12:21:36 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 12:21:36 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 6:21:36 PM
• @Sky Then again, the alternative is exposing workers to high levels of radiation.
  by kb at 3/27/2011 12:21:33 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 12:21:33 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 6:21:33 PM
• Though I am starting to have a jaded view on the media coverage of the Japan situation, I was mildly surprised by the fact that none of the big news services were reporting this. Tried to post it on the ol' Reuters blog but was not allowed.
  by Dom at 3/27/2011 12:21:07 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 12:21:07 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 6:21:07 PM
• @WolfDK In that case, it would have to be continuous venting... Hopefully it's a stuck valve or something.
  by kb at 3/27/2011 12:20:36 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 12:20:36 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 6:20:36 PM
• it is rare, i can only find this differenciation in the German wikipedia, not in the English:
  by Matsuoko at 3/27/2011 12:20:10 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 12:20:10 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 6:20:10 PM
• Can the reason for "700 engineers" be because no individual can enter the area in question for long enough a period of time to accomplish very much? Perhaps they are switching in and out. I envision logistical difficulties ... imagine you are trying to install house wiring but you have to switch roles with another person every 15 minutes and you have to find a way to communicate the next thing to be done, the location of each tool, the status of things already done, etc. That would be extraordinarily difficult especially in a hazardous worksite. Eh?
  by Sky at 3/27/2011 12:20:02 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 12:20:02 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 6:20:02 PM
• @sims The CNIC Japan people were talking about melted debris at the bottom of the #1 reactor yesterday.
  by Bobby1 at 3/27/2011 12:19:53 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 12:19:53 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 6:19:53 PM
• @kb, could also just be venting of the reactor vessel into the suppression pool
  by WolfDK at 3/27/2011 12:18:26 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 12:18:26 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 6:18:26 PM
• An Operations Update on the Relief Effort in Japan from America Pacific Command www.pacom.mil
  by elainekirk at 3/27/2011 12:18:18 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 12:18:18 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 6:18:18 PM
• Something that really struck me as amazing is this video, it's 46 minutes and it's on google video but after watching it I have trouble comparing this to Fukushima...Chernobyl is beyond my comprehension. Anyway, if anyone has 46 minutes and wants to see what it's like inside the Sarcophagus at Chernobyl, I suggest you watch this: video.google.com
  by Andy at 3/27/2011 12:17:15 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 12:17:15 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 6:17:15 PM
• @sims Fuel has not necessarily leaked, but there seems to be some kind of breach between RPV and SP. Not also that the pressure is the same in both.
  by kb at 3/27/2011 12:16:59 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 12:16:59 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 6:16:59 PM
• @sims, could mean several things, but somehow fuel particles must have entered the suppression pool. It indicates that the fuel rods have fractured, the reactor unit may have experienced a partly or full meltdown, no one knows yet.
  by WolfDK at 3/27/2011 12:16:59 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 12:16:59 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 6:16:59 PM
• @marie rich I can imagine those poor TEPco engineers are burning out trying to solve this.
  by George Gibb at 3/27/2011 12:16:49 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 12:16:49 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 6:16:49 PM
• @James Ward I do not watch CNN or MSNBC, but I do not trust nuclear industry advocates more than Takashi Hirose. One example of his fear-mongering rhetoric is when he speaks about radiation levels being "3,500,000 times the normal yearly dose", by calculating that a person would absorb the one-time measurement of 400 mSv every hour of every day for a full year. The link you posted is just an excerpt, but he's playing on people's fears quite a lot.
  by kb at 3/27/2011 12:14:25 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 12:14:25 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 6:14:25 PM
• @Dom TMI did not release much radiation at all...the fact that we're talking about any radiation being released in the first place is heart breaking but the difference between level 6 and level 7 is like saying the earthquake was 8.8 or 9...the difference is immense, at least that's my understanding given the information. And to everyone on the board: Any way this is sliced it's a horrible situation, there is no way to sugar coat any of this, I just like to stick to the facts, we are all entitled to our own opinions and thoughts. I don't want to seem as if I am saying "you're wrong you're wrong!!" That's not what I'm shooting for, I'm just shooting for my own way of dealing with this. Sorry if it's coming off any other way, it's not my intention.
  by Andy at 3/27/2011 12:13:53 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 12:13:53 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 6:13:53 PM

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• One thing I was wondering and haven't found mentioned anywhere in the press.. GRS data (from www.grs.de ) has
  ---
  Dose rate in the containment / pressure suppression pool:
  R1: 40.9 Sv/h / 25.8 Sv/h
  R2: 47.7 Sv/h / 1.36 Sv/h
  R3: 53.3 Sv/h / 1.45 Sv/h
  --
  Any idea what that means? To me that looks like some fuel must have leaked from the reactor to the suppression pool in R1 (?).. but if it has, why don't people seem more worried about that - everyone seems focused on R3 mainly judging by the news?
  by sims at 3/27/2011 12:13:12 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 12:13:12 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 6:13:12 PM
• @Andy I don't even want to go there "regards to Tokyo"......what my interest is, is the Nuclear Plant situation itself.......
  by VeenOui at 3/27/2011 12:11:37 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 12:11:37 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 6:11:37 PM
• @Dom It sounds credible.
  by Jim Carver at 3/27/2011 12:11:12 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 12:11:12 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 6:11:12 PM
• @Dom I've been reading Asahi Shimbun since this started...appear to have very good internal sources.
  by James Ward at 3/27/2011 12:10:58 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 12:10:58 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 6:10:58 PM
• @Dom Yes, there are hotspots with megabecquerels per cubic meter, similar to Chernobyl.
  by Bobby1 at 3/27/2011 12:10:54 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 12:10:54 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 6:10:54 PM
• @Miles, and anyone else who's interested, there's a good article about the red forest of the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone in The Week magazine this week.
  by Janis at 3/27/2011 12:10:47 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 12:10:47 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 6:10:47 PM
• @Andy : no news is good news ? think about that twice.
  by Matsuoko at 3/27/2011 12:10:42 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 12:10:42 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 6:10:42 PM
• Take Care Alaskan
  by Jim Carver at 3/27/2011 12:10:29 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 12:10:29 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 6:10:29 PM
• listening to NHK while cooking dinner. They said Japan and commander of USA task force have agreed to cooperate on nuclear situation. Just so you know....bye
  by marie rich at 3/27/2011 12:09:49 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 12:09:49 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 6:09:49 PM
• Gotta go do my taxes -- nice talking to you all!
  by Alaskan at 3/27/2011 12:09:19 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 12:09:19 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 6:09:19 PM
• OlK. no news good news. However, (although I have not been able to corroborate this in any other source) AJW by the Asahi Shimbun posted this on Friday: "Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant, crippled by the Great East Japan Earthquake of March 11, has discharged more radiation than the infamous Three Mile Island nuclear plant in the United States, according to calculations by the central government.
  ...It has already reached a level 6 serious accident on the International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale (INES).
  Separately, calculations made by experts place the level of soil contamination in some locations at levels comparable to those found after the Chernobyl accident in 1986."
  by Dom at 3/27/2011 12:08:58 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 12:08:58 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 6:08:58 PM
• @Andy. You're right - I don't expect anyone really wants to hear the bad news.
  by es at 3/27/2011 12:08:09 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 12:08:09 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 6:08:09 PM
• @ George, not from the cooling spray, from the Tsunami. And yes, trees take up water quickly on warm windy days
  by Alaskan at 3/27/2011 12:08:02 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 12:08:02 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 6:08:02 PM
• Here's a random picture of a red forest from Chernobyl - etlau.deviantart.com
  by Miles at 3/27/2011 12:07:40 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 12:07:40 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 6:07:40 PM
• @kb Just my opinion, but Takashi Hirose has no more of agenda than those advocates for the nuclear industry who have been all over CNN and MSNBC since this thing started telling everyone there's "no problem". Tell me specifically what Hirose was exaggerating instead of just implying that he was. Is there a problem if you ingest radioactive particles or not?
  by James Ward at 3/27/2011 12:07:40 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 12:07:40 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 6:07:40 PM
• I think the picture with the trees has something to do with the color balance. I took the earlier picture with the greener trees and changed the color balance lightly toward red in Photoshop and now it looks exactly like the second picture with the red trees. Try it for yourself if you have Photoshop.
  by M at 3/27/2011 12:06:59 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 12:06:59 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 6:06:59 PM
• We have areas near AnchorageAK that were inundated by saltwater after the 1964 earthquake -- they are only starting to support plants now, over 40 years later. But they weren't also contaminated by fallout.
  by Alaskan at 3/27/2011 12:06:45 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 12:06:45 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 6:06:45 PM
• ok - it was suggested that maybe its salt damage from all the sea water being sprayed - well I think we can dismiss that for several reasons. First water will drain to the sea and if it is damage from reactor cooling activities then no containment is in place to for contaminated water. Water uptake in trees is not that fast to cause the browning.
  by George Gibb at 3/27/2011 12:06:44 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 12:06:44 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 6:06:44 PM
• Thank you for explaining the osmosis issue with the salt water, too, thank you.
  by Andy at 3/27/2011 12:06:18 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 12:06:18 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 6:06:18 PM
• @VeenOui I'm irritated, too. I hate turning on the television to see reports on Libya and a dog that can dance salsa. The lack of information is upsetting but I'd rather have the government be mum because there is no threat to large populations rather than say that Tokyo will be destroyed by radiation. In this case, and I hate to say this, no news is good news.
  by Andy at 3/27/2011 12:05:55 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 12:05:55 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 6:05:55 PM
• @Sinthia Domina : i have seen the same video 2 days ago. there is heavy snow and i do not believe that it is snowing every day. it does not seem new pictures.
  by Matsuoko at 3/27/2011 12:05:45 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 12:05:45 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 6:05:45 PM
• @andy. yes it would kill them that quick, just think if you drank salt water for 15 days what would happin. a lot of land will not be able to be grown on again.
  by rob at 3/27/2011 12:05:21 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 12:05:21 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 6:05:21 PM
• @Andy Salt kills plants very quickly. Osmosis.
  by Jim Carver at 3/27/2011 12:04:58 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 12:04:58 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 6:04:58 PM
• Too much salt inside a living cell makes the cell walls burst because more water tries to enter the cell due to osmotic pressure
  by Alaskan at 3/27/2011 12:04:43 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 12:04:43 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 6:04:43 PM
• @Matsuoko Ah, that makes sense, didn't think of that. Would the salt kill those trees that quickly? Wow. That's horrible!
  by Andy at 3/27/2011 12:03:24 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 12:03:24 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 6:03:24 PM
• How long does it take 700 "engineers" to inspect this Plant ???
  What is the status of the IAEA own send inspectors ?......no wonder people are concerned...THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN ANSWERS 15 Days later..still.we don't know the status or location of leak....
  Ok, there were explosions so, let's just say counting from the last 3 days x 700 men...what is the scoob??..it is absolutely justified to ask questions, it is absolutely justified to criticize IAEA which pushes itself into the limelight with outdated and missing information......but now.....nada, nothing at all on news ?.....how can anyone be expected to not get irritated who is following this ?!
  by VeenOui at 3/27/2011 12:03:20 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 12:03:20 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 6:03:20 PM
• @Alaskan that makes sense
  by Kat at 3/27/2011 12:02:56 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 12:02:56 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 6:02:56 PM
• @Andy : earlier we dimissed the trees for salty water by the tsunami.
  by Matsuoko at 3/27/2011 12:02:42 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 12:02:42 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 6:02:42 PM
• Thank you for explaining what alpha particle emmission is everyone.
  by Andy at 3/27/2011 12:02:32 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 12:02:32 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 6:02:32 PM
• The red trees are 'burnt' from radiation exposure.
  by Miles at 3/27/2011 12:02:30 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 12:02:30 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 6:02:30 PM
• Best way to free yourself from being manipulated by those with agendas is to understand the science, get the facts, and form your own conclusions, but tes these conclusions with an open mind (scientific method)
  by Alaskan at 3/27/2011 12:02:13 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 12:02:13 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 6:02:13 PM
• @sin I suggested on reuters that we start our own blog. They didn't post it, but pulled the plug 2 hours later.
  by Jim Carver at 3/27/2011 12:02:09 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 12:02:09 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 6:02:09 PM
• Alpha emitters are dangerous if inhaled or ingested because the alpha particle is big, and therefore causes a huge amount of damage on tissues. Think of alpha radiation as a bowling ball, and gamma radiation as a sand particle.
  by WolfDK at 3/27/2011 12:01:59 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 12:01:59 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 6:01:59 PM
• @Bobby1 And not just ingested - they can be breathed in or even enter through the eyes. Once inside the body they are most problematic.
  by es at 3/27/2011 12:01:45 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 12:01:45 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 6:01:45 PM
• NHK is showing steam from all 3 www3.nhk.or.jp
  by Sinthia Domina at 3/27/2011 12:01:40 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 12:01:40 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 6:01:40 PM
• @George Gibb Very interesting photographs! I can dismiss the hole in the building as a piece of the reactor building that smashed through the roof but the trees are much harder to dismiss. I can only say that when you take two different photographs of the same forest from different angles you will see more shrubbery in one angle compared to the other. For example, look at the base of the power line on the tree line edge...the trees at the base in the first photo do look sickly...now keep in mind how those trees look and match up that appearance in the second photograph. I can see how they look dead in the second picture- they are a different color in the first. I can be wrong, though.
  by Andy at 3/27/2011 12:01:24 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 12:01:24 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 6:01:24 PM
• @kat, we discussed this here earlier today and theorize that the brown trees are in low-lying areas inundated by salt water
  by Alaskan at 3/27/2011 12:01:11 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 12:01:11 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 6:01:11 PM
• @ george gibb the pictures of the trees interesting me, I don't know enough to have a clue what it means, but i'd like an informed opinion
  by Kat at 3/27/2011 12:00:14 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 12:00:14 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 6:00:14 PM
• @bobby. but the stuff from the reactos has allready been shot in the air. And cesium is nasty,
  by rob at 3/27/2011 12:00:10 AMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/27/2011 12:00:10 AM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 6:00:10 PM
• @James Ward The "expert" Takashi Hirose is a writer that has been writing anti-nuclear power books for years. I saw the TV program where this interview was made, and he was exaggerating. A lot. I'm not saying that he's lying, but he's clearly got an agenda.
  by kb at 3/26/2011 11:59:56 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:59:56 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:59:56 PM
• @Andy The alpha radiation particulate sources, if ingested, lodge in organs and cause damage, may lead to cancer.
  by Bobby1 at 3/26/2011 11:58:35 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:58:35 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:58:35 PM
• I found this link from the Washington Post to be very helpful in understanding the situation at Fukushima: Japan’s nuclear emergency (7 pages of diagrams, reactor status, etc.) tinyurl.com
  by James Ward at 3/26/2011 11:58:23 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:58:23 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:58:23 PM
• It's safe to wear watches with radioluminescent dials but don't lick the brush used to paint the watch face: en.wikipedia.org
  by Alaskan at 3/26/2011 11:57:55 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:57:55 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:57:55 PM
• so we are back on the banana level and "fear mongering". i will not feed the trolls.
  by Matsuoko at 3/26/2011 11:57:21 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:57:21 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:57:21 PM
• @George Gibb Will do, one moment.
  by Andy at 3/26/2011 11:57:06 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:57:06 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:57:06 PM

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• @Bobby1 This is the type of speculation that I think is healthy...it's not implying doom upon the citizens of the Earth, it's just a simple scientific comment that contributes to the conversation. As for what you said, I'm not sure what that means but it sounds smart! What is alpha-emitter contamination numbers and why are those very important?
  by Andy at 3/26/2011 11:57:00 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:57:00 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:57:00 PM
• www.dasgelbeforum.de.org
  by George Gibb at 3/26/2011 11:56:44 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:56:44 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:56:44 PM
• @Andy check out these photos and tell me what you think
  by George Gibb at 3/26/2011 11:56:37 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:56:37 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:56:37 PM
• @James Ward Thats is why alpha-emitter information is crucial.
  by Bobby1 at 3/26/2011 11:56:10 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:56:10 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:56:10 PM
• I'm picking up alpha today for the first time. Not a lot but it was there.
  by Charlie at 3/26/2011 11:56:07 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:56:07 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:56:07 PM
• Based on that James why is radioactivity blamed as the 2nd biggest cause of lung cancer?
  by Charlie at 3/26/2011 11:54:47 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:54:47 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:54:47 PM
• @Andy I would think that the current contamination is mostly iodine and cesium coming from the fuel rods, and not the nasty volatile stuff coming from the reactors. But since there has been no release of plutonium and alpha-emitter contamination numbers, we can only speculate.
  by Bobby1 at 3/26/2011 11:54:41 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:54:41 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:54:41 PM
• AmbassadorRoos has been tweeting about KI being made available for American citizens in Japan but stresses that it is not needed at this time. He is now listing pick up points at hotels etc with times
  by elainekirk at 3/26/2011 11:54:35 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:54:35 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:54:35 PM
• @James Ward -- which is why indoor radon gas is a big risk in many parts of the USA
  by Alaskan at 3/26/2011 11:54:13 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:54:13 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:54:13 PM
• It's when it gets caught in rainclouds that it gets worse, that's why we still have the 3/4 million radioactive sheep here. It was concentrated in the clouds and then fell on the Cumbrian Moors.
  by Charlie at 3/26/2011 11:53:11 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:53:11 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:53:11 PM
• Here's a March 22nd interview I overlooked and it's straight science, not personal opinion or speculation: Comparisons with X-rays and CT scans “meaningless” — Inhaling particles increases radiation exposure by “a factor of a trillion” says expert - March 22nd, 2011 at 12:32 PM tinyurl.com
  by James Ward at 3/26/2011 11:53:07 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:53:07 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:53:07 PM
• @Sin did Dean resolve the situation on FB?
  by marie rich at 3/26/2011 11:52:29 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:52:29 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:52:29 PM
• @Andy, the difference is that most of the Fukushima fuel is still on-site and what isn't didn't get very far. Definitely not a risk to us here in the USA (and you live 2x as far from Fukushima as I do) but still very interesting to me to see the response or lack thereof. I get more exposure from my daily banana.
  by Alaskan at 3/26/2011 11:51:24 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:51:24 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:51:24 PM
• I think a lot of people here, myself included were not inclined to be so suspicious of the media but watching how this has unfolded has made a lot of us lean more towards conspiracy.
  by Sinthia Domina at 3/26/2011 11:50:54 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:50:54 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:50:54 PM
• @Andy don't be your voicing your opinion and bringing balance
  by George Gibb at 3/26/2011 11:50:36 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:50:36 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:50:36 PM
• @James Ward : shocked by what ?
  by Matsuoko at 3/26/2011 11:50:04 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:50:04 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:50:04 PM
• Sorry for the lengthy response
  by Andy at 3/26/2011 11:49:50 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:49:50 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:49:50 PM
• @kb It would be nice to have moderators and I understand why we can't have 100% moderation...it's tough! I live in upstate New York and I have my friends asking me if I have a dosimeter because they think the government is lying to us. It's ridiculous! No one wants to be logical about this and say "Okay, Chernobyl did not impact my life here in the U.S. in any significant way and that was more radiation than Fukushima." Instead, they want to THINK the government is lying and make others panic, too. It's upsetting. And my problem with comparing Chernobyl and Fukushima is this: do you see an explosion with fuel rod pieces flying around everywhere? Do you see people dying within days of exposure from Fukushima? I do not. As far as I know I heard on CNN yesterday that 60% of the amount of radiation that came from Chernobyl has come from Fukushima, OVER TWO WEEKS. This means that it is dissipating in the atmosphere and not making contact with most humans in the amount that it did at Chernobyl. That's why I don't like comparing. This is much slower, and though it may not be better than no radiation at all, it is dissipating far faster than the massive explosion at Chernobyl.
  by Andy at 3/26/2011 11:48:54 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:48:54 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:48:54 PM
• The only news I could find this evening was an update from the IAEA. Sounds like fresh water in multiple reactors. They said 2 was getting fresh water I also saw blog post referencing HNK (not in english) that 2 had a leak into the non-reactor water system and was spewing radioactive water out that way. If anyone can find actual evidence to back it up please post.
  by Nancy at 3/26/2011 11:48:37 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:48:37 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:48:37 PM
• Glad it wasn't just me.
  by Sinthia Domina at 3/26/2011 11:48:32 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:48:32 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:48:32 PM
• Maybe it would make sense to have two discussion forums. One for people that want to talk about conspiracy theories, cover-ups, "media blackouts", and supernatural things and one for just news and scientific information. This way both groups would be happy.
  by M at 3/26/2011 11:48:20 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:48:20 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:48:20 PM
• @Janis, same here sometimes i have knowledge to add, most of the time i listen (read the blog)
  by WolfDK at 3/26/2011 11:48:19 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:48:19 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:48:19 PM
• @Sin -- yes, it happened to me, but that was OK with me because my motive (I think) is helping communiicate facts rather than taking credit for being the smartest blogger!
  by Alaskan at 3/26/2011 11:48:13 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:48:13 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:48:13 PM
• I'm confident we can moderate these comments ourselves; we've been pretty much together on this thus far. Sure it's scary, and it's ok to be human.
  by es at 3/26/2011 11:48:12 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:48:12 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:48:12 PM
• @Sin Very true for me, esp. with some moderators
  by marie rich at 3/26/2011 11:48:00 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:48:00 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:48:00 PM
• That;s newspapers for you synthia
  by Charlie at 3/26/2011 11:47:49 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:47:49 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:47:49 PM
• @Janis Moderators, I guess. It's not an easy task, though.
  by kb at 3/26/2011 11:47:40 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:47:40 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:47:40 PM
• @Sinthia Domina - Worse. There is a major cover-up to avoid panic. But I'am understanding the japanese (and american) officials.
  by Ben at 3/26/2011 11:47:00 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:47:00 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:47:00 PM
• A THOUGHT: It was m experience over at Reuters, that I would find some info, it would not be approved b moderators, then Reuters would post the info as their own story. Did that happen to anyone else?
  by Sinthia Domina at 3/26/2011 11:46:40 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:46:40 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:46:40 PM
• oops, the opinions, ideas or speculations of "average" people
  by Janis at 3/26/2011 11:46:18 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:46:18 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:46:18 PM
• I enjoy reading scientific facts here, as well as
  by Janis at 3/26/2011 11:45:56 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:45:56 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:45:56 PM
• @Andy : i don't see the problems in comparing fuku with cherno. speaking about the amount of radiation and the amount of fuel it is correct that fukushima will soon exceed chernobyl radiation. what's your problem in comparing it ?
  by Matsuoko at 3/26/2011 11:45:50 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:45:50 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:45:50 PM
• @kb who's to say if someone gives an "educated opinion" or not?
  by Janis at 3/26/2011 11:44:59 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:44:59 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:44:59 PM
• Then with no news flashes to report, there would be no comments.
  by Sinthia Domina at 3/26/2011 11:44:34 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:44:34 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:44:34 PM
• time for dinner.. be back later. .
  by Dean at 3/26/2011 11:43:58 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:43:58 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:43:58 PM
• the plant #2 explosion was a surprise if I remember right.. they heard something but not similar to the other blasts.. it was reportedly in the suppression area
  by Dean at 3/26/2011 11:43:31 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:43:31 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:43:31 PM
• @Andy I agree. What made me come back to the Reuters live blog was that it was moderated and stuck to newsflashes and educated opinions. Maybe it would be better if we started moderating, with many moderators as not to slow the pace down too much.
  by kb at 3/26/2011 11:43:20 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:43:20 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:43:20 PM
• @Miles : yep, blacked out by media.
  by Matsuoko at 3/26/2011 11:43:12 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:43:12 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:43:12 PM
• There is nowhere for these people to go, hence the reason northing is being said, with the amount of people homeless as it is, japan is strected to its limit. Would the world gov tell us if there was a huge problem, i dont think so, you just have to look to the last one to see the truth there, it was only because an outside source picked up the radation that it became real
  by rob at 3/26/2011 11:42:44 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:42:44 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:42:44 PM
• Opps....will post after compiling.sorryyy
  by VeenOui at 3/26/2011 11:42:29 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:42:29 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:42:29 PM
• just news from that day speak about this, i cant find the news vom nhk but hier is some from usa media www.youtube.com
  by me at 3/26/2011 11:42:26 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:42:26 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:42:26 PM
• @Matsuoko This is the first time I've been "allowed" to make any comments in this or any other Reuters forum. Frankly, I'm a little shocked.
  by James Ward at 3/26/2011 11:42:20 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:42:20 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:42:20 PM
• @Jim Carver : depending on the moderator, this Brita something censored everything.
  by Matsuoko at 3/26/2011 11:40:48 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:40:48 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:40:48 PM
• www.greenpeace.org
  by VeenOui at 3/26/2011 11:40:47 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:40:47 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:40:47 PM
• Not sure if this was posted, says 4 pm no TZ..Greenpeace own readings
  by VeenOui at 3/26/2011 11:40:44 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:40:44 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:40:44 PM

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• @dean: i dont know, there is no footage about this, becourse it take place at 5am japan time on the 15.03 ...
  by me at 3/26/2011 11:40:32 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:40:32 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:40:32 PM
• @Sinthia Domina Everybody tight-lipped except a "crazy physicist". Journalist looking scared.
  by Jim Carver at 3/26/2011 11:40:29 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:40:29 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:40:29 PM
• @Andy I really can't answer your question because I might be speculating if I do. Until TEPCO starts becoming more transparent, people will continue to speculate whether you like it or not.
  by James Ward at 3/26/2011 11:40:24 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:40:24 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:40:24 PM
• Interesting to hear on NHK how this situation is starting to affect reactor managrment and fuel handling elsewhere in Japan. One plant was supposed to take delivery of some French MOX but there is not way to ensure security in transporting it -- everyone is at Fukushima.
  by Alaskan at 3/26/2011 11:40:17 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:40:17 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:40:17 PM
• Zero numbers today, could mean anything.
  by Jeff at 3/26/2011 11:38:57 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:38:57 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:38:57 PM
• @Matsuoko Saying "We assume Media Blackout !" is fear mongering
  by M at 3/26/2011 11:38:48 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:38:48 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:38:48 PM
• @James Ward Even if they aren't, do you think that mass amounts of people are teetering on the edge of death because they haven't told people what's going on or do you think that it may be worse than what they're saying but the proper precautions are being taken given the situation.
  by Andy at 3/26/2011 11:38:11 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:38:11 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:38:11 PM
• sims.. I think the last reactor in that whole facility stopped operating recently.
  by Dean at 3/26/2011 11:38:10 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:38:10 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:38:10 PM
• Been looking around the web, I see that the media is being even more close-mouthed than ever. What are your guys findings of the current situation?
  by Sinthia Domina at 3/26/2011 11:38:10 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:38:10 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:38:10 PM
• @Alaskan: Chernobyl also had multiple reactors with quite a lot of fuel on site.. just none of the others actually blew up (although one was burning for quite a while and had to be saved at the cost of many lives).
  by sims at 3/26/2011 11:37:07 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:37:07 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:37:07 PM
• I didn't think so
  by Dean at 3/26/2011 11:37:06 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:37:06 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:37:06 PM
• @Matsuoko Saying something like "this will be worse than Chernobyl" with no evidence to back it up or prove it is fear mongering.
  by Andy at 3/26/2011 11:37:05 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:37:05 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:37:05 PM
• @Andy Do you really believe TEPCO has been telling us the truth, especially since most of us know their past history on being less than truthful on maintenance issues? Just because someone's lying to you doesn't mean anyone's generating a conspiracy...it just means they're lying. Even the Japanese PM got really angry at one point and asked TEPCO "what the hell is going on?".
  by James Ward at 3/26/2011 11:37:01 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:37:01 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:37:01 PM
• me.. was the explosion in the upper building above the concrete container?
  by Dean at 3/26/2011 11:37:00 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:37:00 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:37:00 PM
• @Andy I'm just saying what I see.
  by Jim Carver at 3/26/2011 11:36:53 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:36:53 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:36:53 PM
• Has anyone heard anything about this report on No. 3? "A senior nuclear executive who insisted on anonymity but has broad contacts in Japan said that there was a long vertical crack running down the side of the reactor vessel itself" -http://www.ndtv.com/article/world/japan-encourages-a-wider-evacuation-from-reactor-area-94229
  by Miles at 3/26/2011 11:36:42 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:36:42 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:36:42 PM
• see ya marie
  by Dean at 3/26/2011 11:36:25 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:36:25 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:36:25 PM
• @Andy : i hate this word "fear mongering". this is not the type of speech that you yourself would accept. i can see no fear mongering here and no conspiracy theories. sorry, not at all.
  by Matsuoko at 3/26/2011 11:36:25 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:36:25 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:36:25 PM
• @ALL Bye 'til later. Be happy! At least we're not poisened by rads yet. @Jim Carver I'm outta here. Dinner time and 'this' is spoiling my appetite.
  by marie rich at 3/26/2011 11:36:08 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:36:08 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:36:08 PM
• @Andy I could not agree more with what you said.
  by M at 3/26/2011 11:35:06 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:35:06 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:35:06 PM
• @Dean: But in reactor no 2 was also an explosion... just not from hydrogyn
  by me at 3/26/2011 11:33:58 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:33:58 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:33:58 PM
• @Matsuoko I tried to post that on reuters 3 times, no luck.
  by Jim Carver at 3/26/2011 11:33:29 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:33:29 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:33:29 PM
• @andy CI-38 look it up and tell me how the reactor is not critical if this was found in water under the plant? www.nisa.meti.go.jp
  by Patrick Kelley at 3/26/2011 11:33:06 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:33:06 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:33:06 PM
• does that make sense marie
  by Dean at 3/26/2011 11:32:57 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:32:57 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:32:57 PM
• @Matsuoko You are correct. Fukushima Daiichi has about 1760 tons of active and spent fuel rods in 6 reactors, while Chernobyl had about 170 tons in one reactor, maybe less.
  by James Ward at 3/26/2011 11:32:56 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:32:56 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:32:56 PM
• @Matsuoko -- almost 10 X more and most of the release will be close to the plant.
  by Alaskan at 3/26/2011 11:31:57 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:31:57 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:31:57 PM
• Someone over on the fb page brought up a good point that I think needs to be stressed on this blog, too. "After watching the spinoffs of the blog and seeing what people are saying it's quickly turned into a platform to turn this entire situation into a conspiracy. Reuters was able to block comments that said "I think that we're being lied to....etc" and now they're all over. It's really sad to see people fear mongering and being sensational when there is no information to indicate that we should be as such. We call all infer what is happening but no one that isn't involved directly does know. If there is enough radiation to wipe out half the population of Japan I GUARANTEE you that someone will say something! Please, people, be educated on the issue instead of inferring on the issue. "
  by Andy at 3/26/2011 11:31:31 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:31:31 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:31:31 PM
• @VeenOui : this will definitely exceed chernobyl. they have much much more fuel in fukushima.
  by Matsuoko at 3/26/2011 11:31:05 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:31:05 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:31:05 PM
• marie, when that unstable flow turns to steam the fuel element cladding can have an zironium-water ignition .. due to over heating the cladding
  by Dean at 3/26/2011 11:30:45 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:30:45 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:30:45 PM
• Don't know if this was posted prior..Fukushima emissions getting closer to Chernobyl Levels.
  www.newscientist.com
  by VeenOui at 3/26/2011 11:29:32 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:29:32 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:29:32 PM
• Daini was nearly toast, too. they had no cooling and high pressure in the vessel. they prepared to release steam on #1,2,4 but they didn't do it. maybe because they saw what happened to Daiichi. Reactor #2 was worst.
  by Matsuoko at 3/26/2011 11:29:27 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:29:27 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:29:27 PM
• Really. That's sad.
  by Jim Carver at 3/26/2011 11:29:12 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:29:12 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:29:12 PM
• *too*
  by marie rich at 3/26/2011 11:29:07 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:29:07 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:29:07 PM
• There is a practical limitation on the length of upper compartment 14. If this compartment becomes too long, it may become the site of unstable flow or "chugging." In this case upward flowing steam at the tube exit will be too great to permit water flow down into the tube. As the completely voided condition is approached, the steam flow will decrease and liquid flow will begin again. This cycle of volume and refilling will continue endlessly. This flouroscillation would not be desired and would defeat the nuclear characteristics of the water rod W. Therefore, we preferred to limit the length of upper compartment 14 to about 1/4 to 1/3 the total length of the fuel bundle depending on the counter current flow characteristics of the particular water rod design.
  by Dean at 3/26/2011 11:29:02 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:29:02 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:29:02 PM
• @Jim Carver He did that on FB page, to.
  by marie rich at 3/26/2011 11:28:44 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:28:44 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:28:44 PM
• Poor guy.
  by Jim Carver at 3/26/2011 11:28:08 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:28:08 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:28:08 PM
• No why don't you give it tome again? Better yet, just explain it real quick...
  by marie rich at 3/26/2011 11:27:30 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:27:30 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:27:30 PM
• I'm feeling embarassed for some reason.
  by Jim Carver at 3/26/2011 11:27:26 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:27:26 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:27:26 PM
• didn't you get the link on chugging marie
  by Dean at 3/26/2011 11:26:45 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:26:45 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:26:45 PM
• daichi are not
  by Dean at 3/26/2011 11:26:21 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:26:21 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:26:21 PM
• ha ha Wolf.. it gets hard to keep them all straight.. daini.. are ok.. RIGHT
  by Dean at 3/26/2011 11:26:15 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:26:15 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:26:15 PM
• @Dean what is "chugging"?
  by marie rich at 3/26/2011 11:25:34 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:25:34 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:25:34 PM
• @Dean, Thought you meant plant #2 daini, not reactor #2 lol
  by WolfDK at 3/26/2011 11:25:16 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:25:16 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:25:16 PM
• www.newscientist.com
  by VeenOui at 3/26/2011 11:25:15 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:25:15 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:25:15 PM
• ok patrick,, ty
  by Dean at 3/26/2011 11:24:35 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:24:35 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:24:35 PM

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• @WolfDK ditto
  by Jim Carver at 3/26/2011 11:24:33 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:24:33 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:24:33 PM
• They are currently:
  
  * Hooking up cables and repairing electrical stuff (difficult because of radiation and water)
  
  * Trying to figure out how to get rid of the water in the flooded turbine buildings
  
  * Spraying water on top of Reactor No. 4
  by kb at 3/26/2011 11:24:14 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:24:14 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:24:14 PM
• I was watching the news and just thought of it..
  by Dean at 3/26/2011 11:24:09 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:24:09 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:24:09 PM
• @dean they said that panel was taken off to vent steam.
  by Patrick Kelley at 3/26/2011 11:24:03 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:24:03 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:24:03 PM
• @marie rich, obvious
  by WolfDK at 3/26/2011 11:23:25 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:23:25 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:23:25 PM
• well Wolf.. my theory is.. and tell me your thoughts.. when plant three blew up the explosion blew a hole in the side of the plant 3 up there where it kind of looks like a window. .so, the venting done containing hydrogen just vented off to the atomosphere
  by Dean at 3/26/2011 11:23:18 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:23:18 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:23:18 PM
• Maybe it's Dean-ni?
  by Alaskan at 3/26/2011 11:23:13 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:23:13 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:23:13 PM
• beware!!!! SPOOF ALERT @ DEAN
  by marie rich at 3/26/2011 11:22:01 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:22:01 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:22:01 PM
• @Bobby1, if spent fuel pools need to be kept cool, I imagine cold shutdown reactors need water, too, even with control rods deployed.
  by Alaskan at 3/26/2011 11:21:43 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:21:43 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:21:43 PM
• @Dean, newer design, fueltanks not washed away, grid power still available ?
  by WolfDK at 3/26/2011 11:21:34 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:21:34 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:21:34 PM
• @Bobb1 Yes, they need active cooling but since reactors 5 and 6 are hooked up to the electric grid, they should be OK.
  by kb at 3/26/2011 11:21:24 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:21:24 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:21:24 PM
• @dean
  by WolfDK at 3/26/2011 11:20:45 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:20:45 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:20:45 PM
• @sky, you aren't far off tbh, the only change in Daiichi is this listed under reactor 2 -At approximately 4:46 pm on March 26nd, the light in the main control
  room was turned on.
  by Canadian at 3/26/2011 11:20:37 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:20:37 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:20:37 PM
• Yes everybody who corrected me. Thank you. Here is the link to Tepco's release on Fukushima Dai-ichi 8 PM March 26 Japan time. www.tepco.co.jp
  by Sky at 3/26/2011 11:20:24 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:20:24 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:20:24 PM
• Oh yeah Dai-ni. It is stable.
  by Jim Carver at 3/26/2011 11:20:15 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:20:15 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:20:15 PM
• Do reactors in "cold shutdown" still need to be maintained? If workers started dropping dead from radiation in Daini, could that be a further problem?
  by Bobby1 at 3/26/2011 11:19:52 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:19:52 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:19:52 PM
• ichi = one, ni = two
  by Miles at 3/26/2011 11:19:50 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:19:50 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:19:50 PM
• @Sky Daiini is the wrong Fukushima reactor facility...Daiichi is the where the disaster is taking place.
  by James Ward at 3/26/2011 11:19:24 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:19:24 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:19:24 PM
• @Marie, yes, I kknow. I live part time in Hong Kong and recently toured the Naval museum there -- Japanese occupation was terrible. But this still does not justify China's lies about present day facts. We need to stop accusing others and start realizing we all share this planet and depend on each other.
  by Alaskan at 3/26/2011 11:18:58 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:18:58 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:18:58 PM
• hi every one.... my question.. why didn't plant @2 blow up too
  by Dean at 3/26/2011 11:18:53 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:18:53 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:18:53 PM
• Thank you Matsuoko. I will read more carefully before posting next time. I'm just in a state of hyper-alarm and not as thoughtful/diligent as one should normally be.
  by Sky at 3/26/2011 11:18:30 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:18:30 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:18:30 PM
• @Sky You have got to be kidding!
  by Jim Carver at 3/26/2011 11:18:26 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:18:26 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:18:26 PM
• @James Ward I don't think they have much of a clue as to what's happening. That scares me more than anything. Confused bosses, exhausted workers and nuclear disaster. an unholy mix
  by marie rich at 3/26/2011 11:16:42 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:16:42 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:16:42 PM
• @Sky : this is Daini not Daiichi
  by Matsuoko at 3/26/2011 11:16:30 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:16:30 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:16:30 PM
• In a perfect world, George
  by Janis at 3/26/2011 11:16:17 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:16:17 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:16:17 PM
• Have you guys read this? arstechnica.com it's quite technical, but if you have a little knowledge it will blow you away.
  by Patrick Kelley at 3/26/2011 11:16:10 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:16:10 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:16:10 PM
• Sorry, posting a quote of it here: Press Release (Mar 26,2011)
  Plant Status of Fukushima Daini Nuclear Power Station (as of 9:00 pm March 26th)
  
  
  [No update from the last release issued at 3:00 pm, March 26th]
  
  Unit Status
  1 · Reactor cold shutdown, stable water level, offsite power is
  available.
  · No reactor coolant is leaked to the reactor containment vessel.
  · Maintain average water temperature at 100°C in the Pressure
  Suppression Chamber.
  2 · Reactor cold shutdown, stable water level, offsite power is
  available.
  · No reactor coolant is leaked to the reactor containment vessel.
  · Maintain average water temperature at 100°C in the Pressure
  Suppression Chamber.
  3 · Reactor cold shutdown, stable water level, offsite power is
  available.
  · No reactor coolant is leaked to the reactor containment vessel.
  · Maintain average water temperature at 100°C in the Pressure
  Suppression Chamber.
  4 · Reactor cold shutdown, stable water level, offsite power is
  available.
  · No reactor coolant is leaked to the reactor containment vessel.
  · Maintain average water temperature at 100°C in the Pressure
  Suppression Chamber.
  Other N.A
  
  by Sky at 3/26/2011 11:16:02 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:16:02 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:16:02 PM
• @Alaskan There's been a couple of disappearing stories like that. I have wondered what happened to the articles about Zirconium in the ocean.
  by Miles at 3/26/2011 11:15:58 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:15:58 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:15:58 PM
• Does anybody believe this Tepco press release? It is not credible.
  by Sky at 3/26/2011 11:15:46 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:15:46 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:15:46 PM
• Chinese just hate the Japanese. The oder ones still talk about WWII and the rape of Nanking, etc.
  by marie rich at 3/26/2011 11:14:38 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:14:38 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:14:38 PM
• Computer term: FILO First in Last out - in the event of a nuclear incident management must be on-site hands-on. Then you would have managers helping operators turn wrenches and not trying to source the cheapest nuts and bolts
  by George Gibb at 3/26/2011 11:14:13 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:14:13 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:14:13 PM
• @Kat Two possible reasons for the lack of news about Fukushima in the news today: 1) everything has stabilized, no problems, be happy; or 2) things have gotten so serious they don't know what to say at this point; or 3) somewhere in-between. Personally, I think the situation is somewhere between points 2) and 3).
  by James Ward at 3/26/2011 11:14:07 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:14:07 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:14:07 PM
• OTOH reuters censored my observation that it seems China was jumping at the opportunity to make Japan look bad by claiming two passengers arriving in China were highly contaminated. Anyone know what happened to that story? One passenger was from Nagano -- not very close to Fukushima.
  by Alaskan at 3/26/2011 11:13:31 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:13:31 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:13:31 PM
• I don't remember your comment, George, can you post it again?
  by Janis at 3/26/2011 11:12:23 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:12:23 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:12:23 PM
• ah ok, glad it's not just me, thanks
  by Kat at 3/26/2011 11:12:22 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:12:22 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:12:22 PM
• I missed it.
  by Jim Carver at 3/26/2011 11:12:14 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:12:14 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:12:14 PM
• I was truely amazed when Reuters posted my comment about how to fix the nuclear industry
  by George Gibb at 3/26/2011 11:11:46 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:11:46 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:11:46 PM
• @Miles GOOD ONE LMAO
  by marie rich at 3/26/2011 11:11:30 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:11:30 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:11:30 PM
• @Kat Seem to have some sort of blackout. Dr. Kaku was saying disaster ahead. Some maybe cooked up numbers. That's about it.
  by Jim Carver at 3/26/2011 11:11:13 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:11:13 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:11:13 PM
• @Kat - I've noticed this too. It's starting to seem like there's a BP executive working for TEPCO.
  by Miles at 3/26/2011 11:10:57 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:10:57 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:10:57 PM
• @James Ward : that's why they went away that first Monday when Kan ticked out.
  by Matsuoko at 3/26/2011 11:10:27 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:10:27 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:10:27 PM
• Matsuoko, I read about that days after the earthquake. If people have not the subject is worth the read. These reactors have some major design flaws. Bad enough that very high up engineers quit some very well paying jobs in protest. GE was releasing statements this week trying to dismiss the entire issue with a bunch of non-statements that avoided the issues. Those reactors need to all be decommissioned.
  by Nancy at 3/26/2011 11:10:20 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:10:20 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:10:20 PM
• @Kat TEPCO is missing, missing in action. dead, eerie quiet
  by marie rich at 3/26/2011 11:10:12 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:10:12 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:10:12 PM
• @Kat We assume Media Blackout !
  by VeenOui at 3/26/2011 11:10:00 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:10:00 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:10:00 PM
• @Kat ya thats been the case
  by George Gibb at 3/26/2011 11:09:59 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:09:59 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:09:59 PM

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• What is up with the lack of news and hard numbers today? No real updates on any of the news sites, is there something I am missing? (I've only recently come online and started checking, but seem to be running into a brick wall?)
  by Kat at 3/26/2011 11:09:23 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:09:23 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:09:23 PM
• @rob Reactors 1-4 are completely toast. TEPCO knew that when they started using salt water to attempt to cool the reactors.
  by James Ward at 3/26/2011 11:09:15 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:09:15 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:09:15 PM
• bye Meretisa
  by Janis at 3/26/2011 11:09:02 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:09:02 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:09:02 PM
• @Meretisa Thank you, you too.
  by Jim Carver at 3/26/2011 11:08:37 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:08:37 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:08:37 PM
• rest well Meretisa. Thanks
  by es at 3/26/2011 11:08:26 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:08:26 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:08:26 PM
• bye, Meretisa
  by marie rich at 3/26/2011 11:08:24 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:08:24 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:08:24 PM
• @Meretisa for sure - don't wear yourself out
  by George Gibb at 3/26/2011 11:08:19 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:08:19 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:08:19 PM
• i don't know if this has been linked before: translate.google.de www.heise.de serious problems in the emergency cooling systems of the type of reactor from General Electric in Fukushima long been known since 1971
  by Matsuoko at 3/26/2011 11:08:07 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:08:07 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:08:07 PM
• have to take a break from this... been on all day. bless you all.
  by Meretisa at 3/26/2011 11:07:56 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:07:56 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:07:56 PM
• How bout try to vent the buildings before they blow up?
  by Jim Carver at 3/26/2011 11:07:52 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:07:52 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:07:52 PM
• @George Gibb. id hope so. but looking at how things are going, Can it even be saved. how on earth do you fix a cracked reactor
  by rob at 3/26/2011 11:07:34 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:07:34 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:07:34 PM
• @rob well I'll guarantee the entire industry is working on this - they want it to go away its a multi trillion dollar business
  by George Gibb at 3/26/2011 11:06:29 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:06:29 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:06:29 PM
• @George Gibb Agree. If what we suspect is true, using salt water was the only option they had available to keep some degree of control over the reactors at Fukushima.
  by James Ward at 3/26/2011 11:06:09 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:06:09 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:06:09 PM
• @rob Don't forget TEPCO press officers are also working overtime - much of the news we're seeing most likely happened days ago and we're being trickle-fed confusing and often contradictory info.
  by es at 3/26/2011 11:05:57 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:05:57 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:05:57 PM
• Karen Furst posted this link on Facebook page. Shows how long it would take to get various doses. Scarey www.japantimes.co.jp
  by marie rich at 3/26/2011 11:04:53 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:04:53 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:04:53 PM
• @Nancy i Fully agree with that statement. And i dont think we will see the truth fully for 30 years
  by rob at 3/26/2011 11:04:33 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:04:33 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:04:33 PM
• @rob Yeah, what's up with the shoes? Geez
  by Jim Carver at 3/26/2011 11:04:26 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:04:26 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:04:26 PM
• Another food for thought "NHK Halicopter".They obviously have to ZOOM in with a Telelense IF they are 30km away......anybody ever done that ?.If you zoom from such a distance, would your picture be this clear AND not shaking all over ?
  by VeenOui at 3/26/2011 11:03:47 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:03:47 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:03:47 PM
• @George Gibb. that is vary true. but the big but is, They only do something diffrent when it gets in the news. there not being pro active, I think they have no idea what they are doing to be honest.
  by rob at 3/26/2011 11:03:17 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:03:17 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:03:17 PM
• Do you have a link Nancy?
  by Jim Carver at 3/26/2011 11:02:25 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:02:25 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:02:25 PM
• The NHK anchor tells us that the situation at Fukushima "remains serious". Really??
  by James Ward at 3/26/2011 11:01:53 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:01:53 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:01:53 PM
• @All does anyone have the story about the 13,000 Us troops and ships being sent to Japan? It was on Kyodo news at one point...
  by marie rich at 3/26/2011 11:00:11 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 11:00:11 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:00:11 PM
• I know a group that is in Sendai and Iyate (sp) doing animal rescue work. I keep reading about really high levels up that way and worry about their safety.
  by Nancy at 3/26/2011 10:59:08 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 10:59:08 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 4:59:08 PM
• Greenpeace may be biased but they are publishing readings from the area that is being blacked out on the radiation maps.
  by Nancy at 3/26/2011 10:58:03 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 10:58:03 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 4:58:03 PM
• I'm not justifying not giving readings for Miyagi, especially as Yamagata's iodine levels are shocking next door, but with hundreds of thousands of people in temporary shelters defecating into plastic bags with running water still slow to be restored, I do see why local workers can only be dealing with that. Kan should mobilise the entire Japan Self Defense Force to help it's ridiculous having thousands of soldiers in Hokkaido and Kyushu right now.
  by andyjsha at 3/26/2011 10:57:47 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 10:57:47 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 4:57:47 PM
• @rob I don't think they had a choice initially with all the damaged infrastructure and destruction - thats alot of clean water they needed
  by George Gibb at 3/26/2011 10:57:46 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 10:57:46 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 4:57:46 PM
• @ rob. I get the suspicion Tepco had zero disaster plan.
  by Nancy at 3/26/2011 10:57:16 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 10:57:16 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 4:57:16 PM
• @Jojo Well this isn't speculation. That's a cover-up. How else do you explain it? And if they're doing that, what's to stop them from doctoring the other numbers? Can't piss on my leg and say it's raining.
  by Jim Carver at 3/26/2011 10:57:15 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 10:57:15 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 4:57:15 PM
• @es i agree
  by George Gibb at 3/26/2011 10:56:19 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 10:56:19 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 4:56:19 PM
• @George Gibb Pehaps that's the worry, hence the media blackout.
  by es at 3/26/2011 10:54:12 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 10:54:12 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 4:54:12 PM
• @VeenOui Interesting observation... you're right. Thoughts anyone??
  by Meretisa at 3/26/2011 10:53:47 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 10:53:47 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 4:53:47 PM
• @Joshua Diamond Point out where I stated "we need to just make stuff up". I think you need to take a break from the conversation and quit acting like a very small spoiled child. You are not going to control the conversation here, so back off.
  by James Ward at 3/26/2011 10:53:41 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 10:53:41 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 4:53:41 PM
• why is it, that as soon as tepco get found out about something, they suddanly change what they were doing, the us said about sea water they changed to fresh water, (people were saying this from the start of using sea water) the radation lvls in the sea, were put in the public so now tepco have decided to pump this water into a holding tank to stop it going out to sea. this should have been done at the start. cowboys
  by rob at 3/26/2011 10:53:36 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 10:53:36 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 4:53:36 PM
• Sorry for the Caps, i locked accidentally :-(
  by VeenOui at 3/26/2011 10:52:35 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 10:52:35 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 4:52:35 PM
• hOW COOME THE nhk hELICOPTER WHICH IS SUPPOSEDLY 30KM AWAY, IS SHOWING THE EXACT SAME ANGLE ?.dO THEY JUST GO UP IN THE aIR AND GO RIGHT BACK DOWN ?
  aND IT SEEMS LIKE ALL THE SHOTS SHOWN ALWAYS HAVE THE STEAM GO TO THE RIGHT HAND SIDE "SOUTH"
  by VeenOui at 3/26/2011 10:52:05 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 10:52:05 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 4:52:05 PM
• Maybe this will disaster will start waking people up - make us think about what we are doing - where we are going
  by George Gibb at 3/26/2011 10:51:54 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 10:51:54 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 4:51:54 PM
• @Jim Carver It's not just that one. For fallout readings, EVERY DAY the reading for both Miyagi/Fukushima prefectures is the same: "Not be measured because of dealing with the earthquake disaster." EVERY DAY!
  by Jojo at 3/26/2011 10:51:39 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 10:51:39 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 4:51:39 PM
• www.mext.go.jp If you look at dust samplings, many towns outside the 20 km zone are massively contaminated, with both Iodine and Cesium. These towns need to be evacuated, they are hearing about radiation levels when the media GOES UP AND ASKS THEM ABOUT IT.
  by Jojo at 3/26/2011 10:50:35 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 10:50:35 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 4:50:35 PM
• @Jojo That really ticks me off. Under survey my a**.
  by Jim Carver at 3/26/2011 10:50:26 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 10:50:26 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 4:50:26 PM
• @James Ward -- so, we should just make stuff up out of our imagination because we aren't getting as much detailed information as we want? Sorry, but that is just as bad as underestimating the problem.
  by Joshua Diamond at 3/26/2011 10:49:36 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 10:49:36 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 4:49:36 PM
• my bad, it's not brand new
  by marie rich at 3/26/2011 10:48:33 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 10:48:33 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 4:48:33 PM
• idk, maybe not live, but thy broke in to other stuff
  by marie rich at 3/26/2011 10:47:27 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 10:47:27 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 4:47:27 PM
• @Jojo Of course, the Japanese Government is hiding the really damaging information. For example, www.bousai.ne.jp has Miyagi/Fukushima prefectures "Under survey". It's been like that for days now.
  by Jojo at 3/26/2011 10:47:02 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 10:47:02 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 4:47:02 PM
• NHK LIVE NUKE UPdate
  by marie rich at 3/26/2011 10:46:41 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 10:46:41 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 4:46:41 PM
• @Joshua Diamond Right. So here is a comparison of the pressures in unit 1, 20Mar/26Mar.: Reactor pressure 0.295mPa/0.477mPa; containment vessel 0.170mPa/0.270mPa; suppression pool 0.160mPa/0.270mPa oh nhk live breaking
  by marie rich at 3/26/2011 10:46:22 PMdocument.write( LiveBlog.ConvertServerTimeToLocalTimeFriendlyString( "3/26/2011 10:46:22 PM" ) )Saturday, March 26, 2011 4:46:22 PM

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