Nuclear accident follows Japanese earthqauke

RenewableCandy · Post by **RenewableCandy** » 14 Apr 2011, 16:10

Similar then to the renewables experts who tell us that "renewable energy is so vast it'll be free to collect".

And just who, exactly, is saying that?

2 As and a B · Post by **2 As and a B** » 14 Apr 2011, 17:33

Details, details RC

Don't bog him down with details when he's on an ad hominem roll !

Post by **kenneal - lagger** » 15 Apr 2011, 04:50

At least we know what Chris Busby's credentials are.

According to Wiki, "An Inspector Calls" is a work of fiction.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Inspector_Calls

Who would you believe?

Post by **kenneal - lagger** » 15 Apr 2011, 04:55

According to Wiki

Michio Kaku (加來 道雄, Kaku Michio?, born January 24, 1947) is a Japanese American physicist, the Henry Semat Professor of Theoretical Physics in the City College of New York of City University of New York, the co-founder of string field theory, and a "communicator" and "popularizer" of science. He has written several books on physics and related topics

According to Wiki, "An Inspector Calls" is a work of fiction.

biffvernon · Post by **biffvernon** » 15 Apr 2011, 07:40

And great hair.

biffvernon · Post by **biffvernon** » 15 Apr 2011, 08:34

This article describes how the nuclear industry controls the Japanese news media:

http://www.japansubculture.com/2011/04/ ... %EF%BC%89/

biffvernon · Post by **biffvernon** » 15 Apr 2011, 18:00

Here's an article with the views of the boss of the firm that makes the big concrete squirty things, Putzmeister: http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/04/ ... DZ20110414

Chernobyl was easier to entomb because there was only one reactor to deal with not four and it had gone bang in one go and they could get on with the entombment pretty soon afterwards. At Fukushima the four reactors and their spent fuel ponds will have to be allowed to cool first, closed loop cooling systems installed, the wreckage cleared away and only then can the concreting work begin. All a much bigger problem.

biffvernon · Post by **biffvernon** » 15 Apr 2011, 18:06

How sensible to close the stable door after the horse has bolted:

Tokyo Electric Power Co. will move emergency generators to higher ground to avoid further tsunamis as it fights to stabilize the crippled Fukushima reactors amid aftershocks that may continue for six months or more.

The diesel backup generators will be placed 20 meters (66 feet) above sea level, double the current height, and be hooked up to the cooling systems around April 19, the company said yesterday

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-0 ... -loom.html

RenewableCandy · Post by **RenewableCandy** » 16 Apr 2011, 20:21

TMI was a damnsight tamer than this...otherwise it, too, would have been classified as a "7", n'est-ce pas?

And try not to be so patronising, it lowers the tone.

biffvernon · Post by **biffvernon** » 17 Apr 2011, 08:11

Here's a new video from a drone over the power station:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PR2-JA_OYnc

I know I'm only a humble carpenter but to my eye there does appear to be a little more damage than at Three Mile Island. I've a feeling the man from Putzmeister may have had a point.

biffvernon · Post by **biffvernon** » 17 Apr 2011, 08:15

As previously forecast, today's the day for a change in the wind, though fortunately temporary.

2 As and a B · Post by **2 As and a B** » 17 Apr 2011, 09:56

Japan nuclear crisis 'over in nine months'

The operator of Japan's crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant has said it expects to bring the crisis under control by the end of the year.

Tokyo Electric Power Co (Tepco) said it aimed to reduce radiation leaks in three months and to cool the reactors within nine months.

The utility said it also plans to cover the reactor building, which was hit by a huge quake and tsunami on 11 March.

...article continues

biffvernon · Post by **biffvernon** » 17 Apr 2011, 10:02

Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Sunday that it aims to bring the damaged reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant to a stable condition known as a ''cold shutdown'' in about six to nine months, while restoring stable cooling to the reactors and spent fuel pools in about three months.

At a news conference in Tokyo, company Chairman Tsunehisa Katsumata announced the utility's schedule ''for the moment'' for bringing the complex in Fukushima Prefecture under control, while offering an apology for the ongoing nuclear crisis.

The utility, known as TEPCO, also said it needs three months to achieve ''steady reduction'' in radiation, and an additional three to six months to control radioactive emissions and curb radiation substantially.

It said it is addressing the immediate challenges of preventing hydrogen explosions at the Nos. 1 to 3 reactors and emission of water contaminated with high-level radiation from the No. 2 reactor.

It also said it will put special covers on the heavily damaged buildings of the Nos. 1, 3 and 4 reactors.

''We will do our utmost to curb the release of radioactive materials by achieving a stable cooling state at the reactors and spent fuel pools,'' Katsumata said.

http://english.kyodonews.jp/news/2011/04/86010.html

So, six to nine months to control radioactive emissions and curb radiation substantially. They've just had five weeks of westerly winds. The next six months includes the typhoon seasons when winds can be very different. Dispersing caesium across the Pacific Ocean is not the same as drifting it over one one of the world's most densely populated areas. We've hardly seen the start of this disaster.

nexus · Post by **nexus** » 17 Apr 2011, 10:19

Japan nuclear crisis 'over in nine months'

Oh well that's fine then. Wouldn't fancy living in Japan during typhoon season in the 9 months it's going to take to get it properly under control.

2 As and a B · Post by **2 As and a B** » 17 Apr 2011, 10:58

It'll all be over by Christmas.