Tohoku Earthquake, Tsunami and Nuclear Disaster!!!

[Greji]

If that's how you truly feel, you may be interested in these people.....

They sold me! Where do I sign up?

[tone]

ive been busy and havent been able to keep up with all 270 pages

as i maybe have mentioned before the wifes father has an illness that may be helped by my wife and I relocating back to Tokyo (from West coast US.

weve been kind of waiting for news on the extent of the radiation to shake out, but dont really know much more now than we did in April

whats the word on how much we should be worried, and what sort of lifestyle changes you guys have made to avoid the obvious intake of dangerous "hot particles" or are you considering even that thought to be too paranoid

[Typhoon]

whats the word on how much we should be worried, and what sort of lifestyle changes you guys have made to avoid the obvious intake of dangerous "hot particles" or are you considering even that thought to be too paranoid

Don't vacation beside the Fukushima Daiichi plant.

Otherwise you're fine.

[sirwanksalot]

weve been kind of waiting for news on the extent of the radiation to shake out, but dont really know much more now than we did in April
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Check the MEXT site. http://www.mext.go.jp/english/

[2triky]

Japan doubles Fukushima radiation leak estimate

Inquiry launched into nuclear disaster as studies reveal contamination more widely spread than first thought

Justin McCurry in Tokyo
guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 7 June 2011 13.34 BST

Japan has been criticised for its handling of the Fukushima disaster, the world's worst nuclear accident since Chernobyl in 1986. Photograph: AP

The amount of radiation released by the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in the days after the 11 March tsunami could have been more than double that originally estimated by its operator, Japan's nuclear safety agency has said.

The revelation has raised fears that the situation at the plant, where fuel in three reactors suffered meltdown, was more serious than government officials have acknowledged.

In another development that is expected to add to criticism of Japan's handling of the crisis, the agency said molten nuclear fuel dropped to the bottom of the pressure vessel in the No 1 reactor within five hours of the accident, 10 hours earlier than previously thought.

By the end of last week, radiation levels inside the reactor had risen to 4,000 millisieverts per hour, the highest atmospheric reading inside the plant since the disaster.

The agency also speculated that the meltdown in another reactor had been faster than initially estimated by the plant's operator, Tokyo Electric Power (Tepco).

It is not clear whether the revised account of the accident, the world's worst since Chernobyl in 1986, would have prompted Tepco to respond differently at the time.

But it is expected to raise questions about the ability of Japan's nuclear authorities to provide accurate information to the public.

According to the latest estimates, 770,000 terabequerels – about 20% as much as the official estimate for Chernobyl – of radiation seeped from the plant in the week after the tsunami, more than double the initial estimate of 370,000.

In a possible sign that the contamination is more widespread than previously thought, a university researcher said at the weekend a small amount of plutonium had been identified a mile from the front gate of the Fukushima plant.

It is the first time plutonium thought to have originated from the complex has been detected in soil outside its grounds.

However, Masayoshi Yamamoto, a professor at Kanazawa University, said the level of plutonium in the sample was lower than average levels observed in Japan after nuclear weapons tests conducted overseas.

The release of findings coincided with the start of an investigation on Tuesday into the accident by a 10-member panel.

Last week, a fact-finding team from the International Atomic Energy Agency criticised Tepco for failing to acknowledge the risk to the plant from a tsunami, despite warnings from government experts and its own scientists.

The panel, led by Yotaro Hatamura, a human error expert from Tokyo University, will issue an interim report by the end of the year. "I think it is a mistake to consider [the plant] safe," he said.

The prime minister, Naoto Kan, said he would be willing to undergo questioning in the hope that the report "stands up to scrutiny from around the world".

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jun/07/japan-doubles-fukushima-radiation-leak-estimate

[cstaylor]

The metropolitan government checks levels of radioactivity at an elevation of 18 meters in Shinjuku Ward, where the maximum hourly reading was about 0.06 microsievert on Tuesday.

But Ishikawa insists such readings are unreliable and should be taken at about 1 meter above the ground.

I propose scraping the topsoil off of most of the Tokyo/Yokohama area and depositing it where no one important lives:

[Screwed-down Hairdo]

The panel, led by Yotaro Hatamura, a human error expert from Tokyo University....

...I'm fairly confident I could give him a run for his money....

[Coligny]

...I'm fairly confident I could give him a run for his money....

Let the real playa in furst...

[Yokohammer]

I think I may have caught a typo, fixed here:

The panel, led by Yotaro Hatamura, a human error expert from Tokyo University ...

[Iraira]

Yotaro


I gotta get on this "self-help book" biz.

[2triky]

Yotaro


I gotta get on this "self-help book" biz.

Strike while the reactors are still hot.

[Coligny]

Strike while the reactors are still hot.

Pretty sure it's the usual japanese way applied to business:

If they can't do something right, they just do it wrong and call it another name...

[Bucky]

Group from Oregon volunteering in Tohoku:

http://www.katu.com/home/video/123169828.html

[Mike Oxlong]

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[LesTalk]

News report about wreckage swept out to sea by the Tsunami:

http://news.yahoo.com/video/world-15749633/scuba-divers-reveal-remnants-of-japan-tsunami-25523722

Scuba divers looking for bodies found homes, vehicles, household goods on the sea floor.

[Coligny]

News report about wreckage swept out to sea by the Tsunami:

http://news.yahoo.com/video/world-15749633/scuba-divers-reveal-remnants-of-japan-tsunami-25523722

Scuba divers looking for bodies found homes, vehicles, household goods on the sea floor.

That's not exactly surprising...

[Mike Oxlong]

[matsuki]

Yeah, and considering the shitty humid and hot summer coming up, noone is entering outdoor pools or going to the beach...I don't know if I can last a summer without a trip to the beach...full of scantily clad j-girls

[Coligny]

More joice...

http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20110613a1.html

A plenty strontium in seawater and groundwater...

[matsuki]

More joice...

http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20110613a1.html

A plenty strontium in seawater and groundwater...

Strontium mmm mmm tasty!

[Mike Oxlong]

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[Ganma]

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Holy $#%&!
Did you see how slow that old guy was walking up the street? I wonder if he made it?

[canman]

No way, you could see him hanging onto the building, but then I'm sure he was swept away. Feel bad that nobody was able to go down and help him, but that was probably a suicide mission if you ran down to help him.

[Coligny]

A plenty army men were already there... garnison town ?

[Screwed-down Hairdo]

[Coligny]

One of the things that most endears me to this cuntry is the unique affinity the Japanese have for and with nature....



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As usual, do as we say, not as we do...

Might as well dump that crap in the sea... afterall it's just bits and parts of towns and houses... no point in keeping it above sea level.

[Yokohammer]

One of the things that most endears me to this cuntry is the unique affinity the Japanese have for and with nature....

I dunno. This is a tough one.
I mean, where else are they going to put it? It has to go somewhere away from residential areas until it can be "processed," whatever that means. The coastal areas are screwed anyway, so they might as well consolidate it there until it's time to take the next step. It's the same down at Aramaha, just down the road from my place. There are now several towering piles of debris (I mean HUGE ... like little mountains) where there was once a nice little seaside community. But there's no community there any more, and the sea wall has pretty much been pulverized so it's not safe to live there, and in fact it seems that the government is planning to make it a permanent no-build zone. It seems logical to begin by piling the junk up in newly-created life-free zones as an interim step.

[matsuki]

Have you ever seen those dump sites on mountain roads here? Beautiful scenery until you come around a corner to a giant shitpile of garbage...

[FranciscoDeXavier]

Plenty of material to cover the reactors

[Mike Oxlong]