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Tepco “Reactor3 had black smoke on 3/21/2011 again. Radiation level significantly spiked up.”

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Related to this article.. Tepco “Major release of fission product observed on 3/20~21/2011″ / “Spiked the radiation level in Kanto region” [URL]

 

In the report, Tepco also admitted reactor3 had the black smoke on 3/21/2011 after the “hydrogen explosion” of 3/14/2011.

Last year, Fukushima Diary reported the possibility of the second meltdown of reactor3, which may have occurred from 3/21 to 3/22/2013.

(cf, [Reactor3] Possible second meltdown happened 3/21 ~ 3/22/2011 [URL])

This announcement of Tepco meets the report of Fukushima Diary made over a year ago.

 

Even though Tepco didn’t mention the cause of the black smoke, they admitted the “significant” spike of radiation level was observed in the entrance of Fukushima nuclear plant.

The pressure of D/W and the reactor didn’t change.

Officially reactor1, 3 and 4 had one explosion for each. However, there is the possibility that unreported explosions / meltdowns occurred repeatedly.

http://www.tepco.co.jp/cc/press/betu13_j/images/131213j0102.pdf

 

 

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Tepco : “Une fumée noire est encore sortie du réacteur 3 le 21 mars 2011. la radioactivité avait marqué un pic important.”
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Article lié : Tepco : “Une libération majeure de produits de fission a été observée les 20 et 21 mars 2011” / “La radioactivité a augmenté brutalement dans toute la région de Kanto”

Dans le rapport cité dans l’article précédent Tepco reconnaît aussi que le réacteur 3 a émis une fumée noire le 21 mars 2011 après “l’explosion d’hydrogène” du 14 mars 2011.

L’an dernier, le Fukushima Diary publiait qu’il était possible que le réacteur 3 ait fondu une 2e fois entre le 21 et le 22 mars 2013. (cf. [Réacteur 3] Une seconde fusion a probablement eu lieu les 21 et 22 mars 2011)
Cette annonce de Tepco est cohérente avec le rapport du Fukushima Diary d’il y a plus d’un an.

Bien que Tepco ne précise pas l’origine de cette fumée noire, ils reconnaissent qu’un pic de radioactivité “important” a été observé à l’entrée de la centrale nucléaire de Fukushima.
La pression dans le D/W (enceinte sèche) et dans le réacteur n’a pas changé.
Officiellement les réacteurs 1, 3 et 4 ont chacun connu une explosion. Néanmoins, il est possible qu’il y ait eu des explosions censurées / que des fusions se soient répétées.

http://www.tepco.co.jp/cc/press/betu13_j/images/131213j0102.pdf

J’interdis à la grande presse internationale de lire et d’utiliser ce site sans préalablement prendre contact avec moi. Je sais que certaines grandes sociétés de presse lisent le Fukushima Diary pour comprendre la tendance et trouver quand rendre compte de la situation de Fukushima comme s’ils la suivaient indépendamment depuis longtemps.
En résumé, ils vous font payer à vous, simples lecteurs, ce qu’ils prennent gratuitement dans ce site et lorsqu’ils publient des “nouvelles de première main” vous payez pour des “nouvelles resucées”, qui n’ont rien de nouveau pour nous.
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Je leur demande de prendre contact avec moi AVANT de lire ce site dans quelque but que ce soit.

Mochizuki
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130 Comments

  1. FDU-3 was a nuclear reactor.

    The 03/14/2011 explosion of FDU-3, induced gamma radiation in previously inert, structural metals. Therefore, it is an ‘Open and Shut Case’ that nuclear fission occurred outside the FDU-3 containment.

    The first fatal accident (1961) in a nuclear reactor, occurred in the USA Idaho SL-1 reactor (NRTS). Some of the brass metal on the personnel became radioactive. This induced radiation was ‘proof positive then’. And it is proof positive now.

    FDU-3 was an atomic explosion.

    Sincerely,

    Bill Duff

    1. That accident was caused by the operator standing on top of the reactor and pulling on a stuck control rod, which suddenly released and came all the way out. Hee didn’t die of radiation. One operator sustained serious head wounds from the explosion and the other was impaled into the ceiling by the safety plugs as they shot upwards through his groin and exited at his shoulder.

      1. Incompetent Liars

        There were 3 fatalities at the SL-1 accident.

        Their bodies were transported and buried in Lead-Lined Caskets.

        The minerals in their bodies became radioactive due to neutron flux.

        Team Nuke should hire a more competent liar than you.

        Sincerely,

        Bill Duff

        1. They died of blunt trauma. Who are you calling liars, and what did they say that was a lie?
          That 3 people died is stated on the wikipedia page, but I guess you are going to explain how its an illuminati coverup involving area 51 and time travelling space aliens, those lying bastards.

          1. Red Herrings,

            Nail HammerHead has seined up an entire net full of Red Herrings.

            Ooopsie Daisy, she failed to mention the Lindbergh Kidnapping, Shroud of Turin and the Magic Bullet.

            Sincerely,

            Bill Duff

    2. PROOF, according to the Atomic Energy Commission.

      Two documentary films describe an earlier uncontrolled atomic explosion in a nuclear reactor. There are many documented accounts of this fatal nuclear reactor prompt criticality. Perhaps it is simpler for non-technical readers to watch these military briefing films. It is easy to ‘cut to the chase’ about why the GammaCam readings are ‘proof positive’ of an uncontained nuclear explosion, ie ‘a smoking gun’. To view a description and explanation of this proof, simply fast-forward the film, to the indicated Elapsed Time (ET) [min:s]

      18:46, “Evidence of an uncontrolled chain reaction”
      19:18, “Only neutron capture could have transmuted (metals)”

      http www youtube com/ (watch?v=gIBQMkd96CA&feature=player_embedded#at=817)
      http www inl gov/ (proving-the-principle/chapter_15) pdf
      http www id doe gov/ (foia/archive) htm

      1. U.S. Atomic Energy Commission Idaho Operations Office

        The Stationary Low-Power Reactor Number One (SL-1), was a United States Army experimental nuclear power reactor. On January 3, 1961 the reactor was restarted after a shutdown of eleven days. Maintenance procedures commenced, which required the main central control rod to be withdrawn a few inches; at 9:01 p.m. this rod was withdrawn almost to the top of the core, causing SL-1 to go prompt critical. In four milliseconds, the heat generated by the resulting enormous power surge caused water surrounding the core to begin to explosively vaporize. The water vapor caused a pressure wave to strike the top of the reactor vessel. This propelled the control rod and the entire reactor vessel upwards, which killed the operator who had been standing on top of the vessel, leaving him pinned to the ceiling. The other two military personnel, a supervisor and a trainee, were also killed. The victims were Army Specialists John A. Byrnes and Richard L. McKinley and Navy Electrician’s Mate Richard C. Legg.

        On the night of January 4, a team of six volunteers used a plan involving teams of two to recover the body of Byrnes. Radioactive gold 198Au from the man’s brass watch buckle and copper 64Cu from a screw in a cigarette lighter subsequently PROVED that the reactor had indeed gone prompt critical. Up until the recovery of radioisotopes of uranium, fission products, and the radioactive isotopes from the men’s belongings, scientists had doubted that a nuclear excursion had occurred, thinking it inherently safe. These findings ruled out early speculations that a chemical explosion caused the accident.

      2. Thats not a nuclear explosion, Bill. Thats a runaway reaction resulting in a thermal explosion. It took a lot of research hnd smart scientists to figure out how to hold such a thermal explosion together long enough so the prompt critical results in a real nuglear detonation instead of just blowing itself apart. The explosion you are referring to is called a nuclear fizzle.

        1. So, these were indeed explosions.
          Thank you for admitting this.

          I think of them in terms of “nukular” explosions, in my own humble opine.

        2. Way Simple stuff,

          A supercritical mass of a fissile substance is sufficient to create an atomic explosion.

          Physically DROPPING the top half onto the bottom half, is sufficient to create a nuclear blast.

          U-235 bombs such as the Little Boy were little more than that. The Fat Man plutonium bomb required a bit more design. The implosion trick is used to prevent an inefficient ‘fizzle yield’, which is ALSO an atomic blast, and generally quite destructive. Though a few have sputtered somewhat ineffectually, such as the North Korean atomic weapons.

          Sincerely,

          Bill Duff

  2. The Gold Standard of nuclear fission is induced radiation.

    The SL-1 documentary film discusses induced radiation in previously stable gold and copper.

    http www youtube com/ (watch?v=FAKcWM-yBkI)

    Induced radiation is ‘Proof Positive’, in the Latin a ‘Prima Facie’ case.

    Certainly TEPCO continues to lie, even when ‘the proof is evident’.

    Sincerely,

    Bill Duff

  3. Where is the evident proof here? Which metal was radioactively induced, exactly?
    I am tired of your lies.

    1. Nail, or is it hammerhead?

      Fukushima GammaCam photos have been in the public domain for a long time. It is stupid and shortsighted of you to deny that.

      We are not interested in your equally stupid, lying accusations.

      Pissoff

        1. The Hammerheaded Nail,

          The SL-1 nuclear reactor accident was openly and candidly made public. The accident was unfortunate. It was not compounded by an amateurish, poorly orchestrated (dumbass) coverup.

          The lessons learned were simply added to our ‘bag of tricks’ and collective design considerations.

          TEPCO was inept, in all regards. Their screwups were insufficient to kill the Nuclear Renaissance.

          The ‘Team Nuke’, coverup, lies, pseudo-science and ‘full court press’, are what convinced me, that it was time to dismantle the entire civilian nuclear power project. You losers have ‘pulled the plug’; by being too stupid.

          Sincerely,

          Bill Duff

            1. The Hammerhead Nail,

              The Hammerhead Nail, makes an unfounded (shrill) assertion, rather than raising a question.

              The subject matter was DEALT with entirely, scientifically and dispassionately, following the (1961) SL-1 nuclear explosion investigation (circa ~ 1962). The science is decided.

              Nuclear alchemy, transmutation of stable elements to gamma emitting radioactive isotopes, OUTSIDE of nuclear reactors, in explosions …

              Entirely Proves ‘Fission outside the containment’, which is to say an atomic explosion.

              The HammerHead Nail, DOES NOT LIKE THE SCIENCE, for some personal/profit/religious motive. Personal motivations of advocates, do not alter the science.

              FDU-3 was an atomic explosion.

              Sincerely,

              Bill Duff

              1. If you took a scintillation detector to the pipe and identified the photons as coming from cobalt-60 you would have a case for saying that this was neutron activation.

                If on the other hand you saw the lines for cesium then this would be more likely just an accumulation of fission products released in the meltdown. The pipe is a reactor vent pipe after all.

                You’ve really got to avoid leaping to conclusions without data. Especially since there are photos that show that the reactor did not blow up the way you describe.

                And for those who are interested here is the link to the photo of the intact shield plug above the unit three reactor
                http :// www tepco co jp (/en/nu/fukushima-np/handouts/2013/images/handouts_130724_04-e.pdf)

                1. Village Idiot DieMost

                  At that distance, you would be a deadman walking, but not walking for long.

                  Go for it!

                  1. Photons travel bill.

                    You can stand off at a safe distance and still make a perfectly fine measurement.

                    You always retreat into irrelevancies when your bs is exposed.

                    1. Of course, photon intensity would follow the inverse-square law.
                      It would not be so easy obtaining meaningful data at a safe distance.

                      Note that 60Co decays via Beta and Gamma radiation.

                      In addition, i am certain that whether the three workers died of blunt-force trauma or the possibly near-fatal levels of radiation is a null and void argument to the families of the deceased.

                2. Measure the Sun,

                  The Village Idiot DieMost could also enact his direct observation plan, to determine if the Sun is actually radioactive.

                  Just trot up to the surface of the Sun, with a scintillation detector probe and take a direct, personal measurement.

                  At present, Japan, TEPCO and Team Nuke are constructing Radiation Barriers to shield workers in the FDU-4 building from excess gamma radiation sourced from the FDU-3 rubble.

                  FDU-3 is too hot to handle, or even approach.

                  Sincerely,

                  Bill Duff

                1. Quote: “Science is the belief in the ignorance of experts.” – Richard Feynman

                  Your arguments, although many
                  are not even worth a penny.

    2. Lying bitch,

      The various Γ Ray Camera (GammaCam) photos are numbered among the Fukushima ‘SMOKING GUNS’.

      The Γ Radiation photos depict the neutron INDUCED radiation hot spots in structural metal in, about and near FDU-3.

      http www msnbc msn com/ (id/43982727/ns/world_news-asia_pacific/)
      http af reuters.com/ (article/worldNews/idAFTRE7710XF20110802)

      Death in seconds: Radiation pockets found at Fukushima plant

      TEPCO used equipment to measure radiation from a distance and was unable to ascertain the exact level because the device’s maximum reading is 10 sieverts.

      TEPCO via Reuters (pb-110802-fukushima-da_grid-7×2)
      An image taken by a gamma ray camera showing the bottom of a ventilation stack where radiation exceeding 10 sieverts per hour – seen here in red – was recorded. msnbc com news services

      www GammaCamNow com

  4. “just a few dozen meters away is the real dead zone”

    http www bbc co uk/ (news/world-asia-24846819) – 8 November 2013 Last updated at 00:03 ET

    Dead zone

    But visiting the plant, it struck me that in our obsession with reactor four we may be missing the real story at Fukushima. I have recently received a new sophisticated radiation monitor sent from London, which has now had its first outing in the field. You can point it at things and it tells you how many “counts per second” of radiation the object is giving off. Inside reactor building four the readings were constantly low – not surprising when you remember that reactor four had no meltdown. The reactor was offline when the tsunami struck. That is not true with reactors one, two and three.

    As our bus left reactor four and drove along the sea front, I pointed my new monitor out of the window towards reactor building three. Suddenly the needle started to spike – 1,000 counts per second, then 2,000, 3,000, finally it went off the scale. There, outside the bus, just a few dozen meters away is the real dead zone, a place where it is still far too dangerous for anyone to go. No human has been inside reactor three since the disaster. To do so would be suicide. No-one knows when it will be possible to go in.

    When I asked the same experts how long it would be until reactors one, two and three could be dismantled, they shook their heads. When I asked them where they thought the melted reactor cores were, they shook their heads again. Tokyo Electric Power Company was happy to show us reactor four, but please do not ask what they intend to do with reactors one, two and three.

    1. The PROOF is evident

      The PROOF is abundant

      The FDU-3 detonation was an atomic explosion

      Sincerely,

      Bill Duff

        1. Sufficient, but not necessary

          Neutron transmutation of previously inert materials to gamma ray emitting radioactive isotopes, at the site of a suspicious explosion, is sufficient, but not necessary to prove fission.

          And the Gamma Cam shots of nuclear grade structural steel members at the scene of an atomic reactor detonation is sufficient evidence, to the objective, scientifically trained mind, of an atomic explosion.

          ὅπερ ἔδει δεῖξαι

          quod erat demonstrandum

          Q. E. D.

          Sincerely,

          Bill Duff

                1. Now you are clearly baiting me.
                  Apparently when it comes to pseudo-scientific trolling, you appear to be an expert.

  5. I have a question to the forum. It is not about reactor 3, but about the spend fuel pool in reactor building 4.

    According to the Youtube Channel from “Hatrick Penry” it is confirmed, that there was a fire in the pool of building 4. That means the spend fuel was not under water any more.

    The source of this information is the NRC itself. Under the freedom of information act the documents were released in july 2013.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xep6YUC77Ps&feature=c4-overview&list=UU2u90s3kHtRWXCkYoXtfInw

    What I do not understand is the following: All the fotos/ videos we saw from Tepco show us, that most of the fuel rods are undamaged. But when the rods were not under water for some time how could this be ?

    Also interesting:

    http://fairewinds.org/

    The word “faire” does not exist in the english language – the word “fair” does…

    https://www.fairwinds.org/inside/in-the-community/charitable.asp

    1. Definition of laissez-faire in English

      Assuming that the English speak the English language … and Oxford is a better source than a garden variety troll

      www oxforddictionaries com/ (us/definition/american_english/laissez-faire)

      laissez-faire
      Syllabification: (lais·sez-faire)
      Pronunciation: /ˌlesā ˈfe(ə)r, ˌlezā/
      noun

      a policy or attitude of letting things take their own course, without interfering.
      Economics abstention by governments from interfering in the workings of the free market: [as modifier]:laissez-faire capitalism

    2. Some Brits prefer Cambridge

      http dictionary Cambridge org/ (us/dictionary/british/savoir-faire)

      English definition of “savoir-faire”

      savoir-faire

      noun [U] /ˌsæv.wɑːˈfeər/ US /-ˈfer/ formal

      › the ability to do and say the right thing in any social situation: She possesses great savoir-faire.

      (Definition of savoir-faire noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

  6. That there is radioactivity is not sufficient to prove it was a nuclear explosion.

    You need to determine which radionucleides are present in order to distinguish neutron activation from simple contamination with fission products.

    The data you’ve pointed to don’t prove anything yet.

    1. The Village Idiot DieMost (V. I. Diemos) continues to demonstrate his nescience and lack of candor.

      Induced Gamma Radiation from previously inert nuclear grade structural steel member is necessary and sufficient to establish ‘out of containment’ fission. Nuclear Grade Structural Steel is quite similar to consumer grade ‘stainless steel’.

      Nuclear Alchemy is direct evidence of neutron irradiation.

      Sincerely,

      Bill Duff

      1. “Induced Gamma Radiation from previously inert nuclear grade structural steel member is necessary and sufficient to establish ‘out of containment’ fission.”

        Indeed it is. You haven’t demonstrated that that has happened.

        1. The interested reader, is distinguished from the DETERMINED LIAR,

          Concealment of evidence and lying are sufficient

          TEPCO, Japan, IAEA, CTBTO, Barack Obama, trolls, shills, liars, fools and other ‘Team Nuke’ players continue to conceal evidence and lie through their teeth.

          The PROOFS, of an FDU-3 atomic explosion, are Evident, even to the most casual reader.

          Upton Sinclair routinely mentioned, to the effect, that it is impossible to convince a man whose SALARY depends upon his ‘not understanding’.

          It is instructive to the interested reader, the flimsy pretexts, and the determined tactics of these Team Nuke Fools. Watch them squirm in their untenable denialism.

          Sincerely,

          Bill Duff

          1. Bill Duff told me that the reactor suffered a nuclear explosion so that means it is TRUE. I don’t need any further PROOF, because Bill Duff said it’s true.

            1. At least Mr. Duff offers some documentation to support his claims.

              Where are your documentations to support your contentions?
              Simply asserting that he is incorrect does not make it so, either.

              That “tag-team” match versus Mr. Duff seems hardly fair.

                    2. Had a cunning witticism that had hoped to use on whomever fell in to this trap, according to a definition in the Urban dictionary.

                      Would rather a “Modus Vivendi” was upheld on both sides.

                      It would be a better service to readers to raise the level of respect in these discussions BEFORE Mochizuki-San chooses a course of action.

                      I encourage free speech; personal attacks should be discouraged.
                      Personal attacks disgrace the comments sections of this site, in my humble opinion.

  7. Background information for FDU-3 Atomic Explosion

    http podcast getwebreader com/ mp3/ (the-fukushima-aftermath-mp3-download/2013/06/978-551463)

    Quote: From Mark Willacy Book (Australia Broadcasting Reporter) (google books

    “‘I watched video of the Reactor 3 explosion,’ said veteran Japanese nuclear-reactor designer Setsuo Fujiwara. ‘There was an orange flash, which suggests the temperature must have been thousands of degrees centigrade before the explosion. Then there was black smoke.’ Fujiwara insisted to me that a hydrogen explosion created white smoke and steam, as witnessed after the Reactor 1 building was torn apart. He continued, ‘The second piece of evidence is that plutonium was scattered about after this blast. Plutonium is consistent with the mixed oxide fuel [used in Reactor 3]. The third point is that the Reactor 3 building was bent like candy, unlike the Reactor 1 building, where the steel framework remained intact. So this could only mean it was a nuclear explosion.'”

    1. Yes, it could only mean one thing. The fact that it’s stupid is just something we’ll have to ignore.

      1. Quote: “The fact that it’s stupid is just something we’ll have to ignore.”

        You have confused fact with opinion.
        It is a damning disservice to readers here.

        WHO is “we”?

      1. Dud,

        Actually hydrogen combined with oxygen, in stoichiometric proportions, is an exothermic reaction, and an explosion.

        (The test tube scatters glass, all over the room.)

        Sincerely,

        Bill Duff

            1. I also wonder how hydrogen (i read tritium) could have collected in that building at that particular time. :/

              Show the video to any layperson and then repeat TEmPCO’s assertion that it was simply a hydrogen explosion.
              In a similar fashion, when i have told others that the late Yoshida-san was said by TEmPCO to have died from a cancer not related to the Mega-Disaster at the plant, people do not generally believe this. “Bullshit” is the general response, and i tend to agree with them.

              1. … don’t do this at home. It is poor and unwise advice.

                It does burn with a blue flame, though.
                That is entirely unlike the documented nuclear explosion at FDU#3.

                  1. Quote: “Hydrogen gas forms explosive mixtures with air if it is 4–74% concentrated and with chlorine if it is 5–95% concentrated. The mixtures may be ignited by spark, heat or sunlight. The hydrogen autoignition temperature, the temperature of spontaneous ignition in air, is 500 °C (932 °F).[15]
                    .
                    –>
                    Pure hydrogen-oxygen flames emit ultraviolet light and with high oxygen mix are nearly invisible to the naked eye, as illustrated by the faint plume of the Space Shuttle Main Engine compared to the highly visible plume of a Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster.
                    <–
                    .
                    The detection of a burning hydrogen leak may require a flame detector; such leaks can be very dangerous. Hydrogen flames in other conditions are blue, resembling blue natural gas flames.[16] The destruction of the Hindenburg airship was an infamous example of hydrogen combustion; the cause is debated, but the visible orange flames were the result of a rich mixture of hydrogen to oxygen combined with carbon compounds from the airship skin."
                    .
                    . quoted from: https : //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrogen

                    2. Quote: “Reactor Designer: “It was a nuclear explosion” at Fukushima Unit 3; Plutonium scattered after blast — ABC: “There’s willful denial and lying going on here, even at the highest levels””
                      …
                      ” ‘I watched video of the Reactor 3 explosion,’ said veteran Japanese nuclear-reactor designer Setsuo Fujiwara. ‘There was an orange flash, which suggests the temperature must have been thousands of degrees centigrade before the explosion. Then there was black smoke.’ Fujiwara insisted to me that a hydrogen explosion created white smoke and steam, as witnessed after the Reactor 1 building was torn apart. He continued, ‘The second piece of evidence is that plutonium was scattered about after this blast. Plutonium is consistent with the mixed oxide fuel [used in Reactor 3]. The third point is that the Reactor 3 building was bent like candy, unlike the Reactor 1 building, where the steel framework remained intact. So this could only mean it was a nuclear explosion.’”

                      . quoted from: http://enenews.com/reactor-designer-it-was-a-nuclear-explosion-at-fukushima-unit-3-plutonium-was-scattered-after-blast-abc-theres-willful-denial-and-lying-going-on-here-even-at-the-highest-levels

                      It takes a person of great character to admit when they are wrong.

                      Are you such a person, Niall (champion)?

                    3. Whoops, i did it again – neglected to edit my link.

                      Quote: “Quote: “Reactor Designer: “It was a nuclear explosion” at Fukushima Unit 3; Plutonium scattered after blast — ABC: “There’s willful denial and lying going on here, even at the highest levels””
                      …
                      ” ‘I watched video of the Reactor 3 explosion,’ said veteran Japanese nuclear-reactor designer Setsuo Fujiwara. ‘There was an orange flash, which suggests the temperature must have been thousands of degrees centigrade before the explosion. Then there was black smoke.’ Fujiwara insisted to me that a hydrogen explosion created white smoke and steam, as witnessed after the Reactor 1 building was torn apart. He continued, ‘The second piece of evidence is that plutonium was scattered about after this blast. Plutonium is consistent with the mixed oxide fuel [used in Reactor 3]. The third point is that the Reactor 3 building was bent like candy, unlike the Reactor 1 building, where the steel framework remained intact. So this could only mean it was a nuclear explosion.’”

                      . quoted from: http : //enenews.com/reactor-designer-it-was-a-nuclear-explosion-at-fukushima-unit-3-plutonium-was-scattered-after-blast-abc-theres-willful-denial-and-lying-going-on-here-even-at-the-highest-levels

                      .
                      It takes a person of great character to admit when they are wrong.

                      Are you such a person, Niall (champion)?”

                      . quoted from: http : //fukushima-diary.com/2013/12/tepco-reactor3-had-black-smoke-on-3212011-again-radiation-level-significantly-spiked-up/#comment-1394685

                  2. Quote: “Arnie Gundersen, C.Busby and other foreign experts pointed out it was a nuclear explosion though Japanese government has been stating it was a hydrogen explosion.

                    According to Arnie Gundersen’s explanation,the blast had 3 phases.

                    1: Hydrogen explosion
                    2: Nuclear fuel in the spent fuel pool (more than 550 assemblies) had nuclear explosion
                    3: Second nuclear explosion

                    He says the dark brown mushroom cloud was made of powder of plutonium.”

                    . quoted from: http : //fukushima-diary.com/2011/11/yellow-light-was-seen-when-reactor-3-exploded/

                    1. Also note that there were indeed casualties as a direct result of the nuclear blast.

                      My humble respect for those workers and armed-forces members injured.

        2. Ah, my mistake.
          It is when the produced H2O condenses that the volume decreases.

          http : //www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=139932

          Of course, this type of reaction does not explain what was witnessed.
          “Hydrogen explosion” was a contention of TEPCO.

          Was it factual? I think not.

          Perhaps they meant Tritium fusion.

  8. The FDU-3 atomic explosion

    http enenews com/ (reactor-designer-it-was-a-nuclear-explosion-at-fukushima-unit-3-plutonium-was-scattered-after-blast-abc-theres-willful-denial-and-lying-going-on-here-even-at-the-highest-levels)

    Reactor Designer: “It was a nuclear explosion” at Fukushima Unit 3; Plutonium scattered after blast

    ABC: “There’s willful denial and lying going on here, even at the highest levels” (AUDIO)

    Published: November 5th, 2013 at 7:23 pm ET, By ENENews

    ABC Australia, June 26, 2013 (At 8:15 in): Even [Japan’s Prime Minister Naoto Kan] can’t get answers. There’s one point he’s back in his office watching reactor 3 explode, there’s black smoke. “What’s going on,” asks Kan. There was silence. No one had any answer. But then over at Tepco, they’re watching that too. They know what’s going on, but the president of Tepco basically says, “Well, don’t tell them that, tell them something different.” Basically tell them it was a hydrogen explosion. So there’s willful denial and lying going on here, even at the highest levels. Even the Prime Minister can’t get the answers.

    Akio Takahashi, a senior Tepco official: “We do not know whether it was a hydrogen explosion, but since the government–the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency–is saying it is a hydrogen explosion, we can just say so–a hydrogen explosion, can’t we?”

    1. The pressure in the reactor vessel was the same before, and after, the explosion. But if you want to believe that the reactor blew up then go right ahead. I think everyone reading this plog understands that you think it was a nuclear explosion, so you don’t need to mention your theory any further. Thanks for your creative input.

      1. Do you know the granularity of the data collected, or even where measurements were taken?

        “Opinions are like assholes, everybody has one.” – Clint Eastwood as ‘Dirty Harry”

      2. Broken Meters

        TEPCO released some salvage photos of the FDU-3, taken from overhead cranes. When the rubble was cleared away there was a hole in the ground, where the nuclear reactor, metal shell, Dry Well, Wet Well and all the related equipment were previously situated.

        The meter remote sensors for PVT and all that jazz were probably vaporized in the nuclear blast along with the FDU-3 nuclear reactor.

        So, the control room wires lead to nowhere and indicate nothing with respect to pressure, volume, temperature or anything else.

        Soon after releasing the salvage photos TEPCO said they would release some radiation readings from the FDU-3. Then TEPCO said somebody ‘touched the crane’ and it broke and no further radiation data would be released.

        Typical TEPCO SNAFU: (Situation Normal All Fckd Up).

        Sincerely,

        Bill Duff

            1. I did. I failed to find any photos showing an exploded reactor. So, which photo are you referring to, br is it imaginary?

              1. Alterations:

                I suppose that this is your way of saying that TEPCO has by now (after the fact) altered the Press Handout that they distributed. Titled:

                ‘Debris Removal from the Upper Part of Unit 3 Reactor Building at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station’ – April 22, 2013 – Tokyo Electric Power Company

                That’s OK, LOTS of archives and archivists out here on the Web.

                In fact, this weekend I went to a movie, titled ‘The Book Thief’, set in Fascist Germany. Back then, book-burning involved an actual Bonfire. Today, a few pixels are altered or a URL is deactivated. Apparently by a similar bunch of fascists or corporatists as IL Duce Mussolini preferred to call them.

                Sincerely,

                Bill Duff

                1. ‘Book Thief’ Trailer:

                  International Version: http www youtube com/ (watch?v=6dRuGwS1gWU)

                  Weak, USA Version: http www youtube com/ (watch?v=zHFM4XAuy-Y)

                  The girl is stealing books from out of the Fascist Bonfires.

                  Sincerely,

                  Bill Duff

                2. Here you go!

                  http // www tepco co jp (/en/nu/fukushima-np/handouts/2013/images/handouts_130422_08-e.pdf)

                  1. I had the link,

                    and long ago, downloaded the original,

                    So today the altered version is downloaded, to personal cache.

                    Sincerely,

                    Bill Duff

                    1. Lets see the original that tepco altered then.

                      Looking at the pdf linked to above, it looks to me like a hole in the roof, not a hole in the ground. and its above the fuel pool, not the reactor. You’ve been saying the reactor blewup. I’d find it much easier to believe the fuel pool exploded when presented with this info.

                    2. It is good to see that you admit that TEPCO altered photos &/or video, &/or documents.

                      Here is one example:

                      Quote: “On 11/19/2013, Tepco released the video of fuel removal operated on 11/18/2013.

                      It records from when they put the on-premises transfer container into the pool to when they put the new fuel assemblies to the container. However, the top and the bottom parts of the container are pixelated for some reason.

                      Tepco is known to conceal some of the information for “the protection of nuclear material” but it is not clear why they need to conceal only these parts of the container.”
                      . quoted from: http : //fukushima-diary.com/2013/11/video-tepco-pixelates-2-parts-of-fuel-container-of-reactor4-pool/

                      If you would like, i will offer into evidence further examples of TEmPCO’s manipulation of photos, &/or videos, &/or documents.

                3. OJ & Acting Guilty

                  Concealment, late entry undocumented alterations, falsification, perjury, evidence tampering, data diddling and the like are UNIVERSALLY recognized as Obstruction Justice (OJ) and a prima facie admission of guilt.

                  This is a blog, not a formal criminal investigation.

                  Actually I thought that TEPCO was immensely inept to EVER let the photos slip out, in the first place. Putting the photos in a press release was Brain Dead. The TEPCO ineptitude extends as far as the eye can see. Arguing about the photos was inept. Altering the long-released Press Release, sets a continued level of TEPCO stupidity, ineptness and OPEN admission of the previously contested image interpretation.

                  LMAL ROF and I can’t catch my breath.

                  Sincerely,

                  Bill Duff

  9. Some guy on the internet said it was a nuglear explosien, and there’s radiation, so it must be so.

      1. If the reactor blew up and left a hole in the ground, there’d be more than just a handfull of arnie and duff type crackpots taking note of it.

        1. TEPCO also has pictures of the reactor where the cover is still in place.

          Bill’s built a shadow in one picture into an entire fantasy of an exploded reactor.

        2. Quote: … “arnie and duff type” …

          I would take that as a compliment, Mr. Duff.
          You have been compared to Arnie Gunderson.
          That is high praise considering the source, it would seem. 🙂

          1. I agree that it is a backhanded complement. It is not however deserved. Arnie is FAR out of my league, in these reactor matters.

            The source of the statement is FAR too stupid to render complements and/or perjoratives.

            My admiration of Arnie Gunderson, is not unquestioning, so I beg leave to disagree with Arnie from time to time, on specific matters.

            1. Easy there fella!

              I know ‘Team Nukular’ has a massive ass-kicking to come.
              No need to lower yourself to their level in calling them “stupid”.
              There exist more subtle ways of accomplishing the same end.

              See – i just did. 🙂

              What i have admired is that you back up your claims with links to relevant information, even if others criticize your sources.
              That (pro)opponent has yet to back even one statement made!

              Just sayin’ is all, sir.

              Regain your composure.
              Find a less distortive harmonic.
              Stick to the topic.
              Retain your sense of humor.

              I hope and look forward to this proposed minor change of style in your posts.

              Be well, Mr. Duff.

              LET’S KICK SOME ASP!!!

    1. Whoops, that previous comment of mine was moderated because i put links within it.
      Here is a quote of what i said, with edited links.

      From: http : //fukushima-diary.com/2013/12/tepco-reactor3-had-black-smoke-on-3212011-again-radiation-level-significantly-spiked-up/#comment-1387098

      Quote: “Keep fighting the good fight, Mr. Duff.
      I appreciate your efforts.

      Also see: http : //optimalprediction.com/wp/cesium-136-137-ratio-demonstrates-radiation-releases-from-spent-fuel-pools/

      …and: http : //hatrickpenryunbound.com/?p=3928
      “

            1. The HammerHead Nail,

              The HammerHeaded Nail, is mostly making an ignorant, stupid and misguided … Trollish Spew.

              It is OBVIOUS that HHN has provided no cogent thought pattern, documentation, substantiation, science, math, engineering, argument, data, or indication of sentience.

              Sincerely,

              Bill Duff

        2. Unreliable,

          For other unreliable sources of dangerous propaganda, please see ‘Team Nuke’ whorish statements. This eclectic CACOPHONY includes:

          The lovely and erudite, Ann Coulter Esquire,
          The Kenya Native Barack Obama,

          Dr. Brainwasher

          And others

          Including the Hammerheaded Nail and Village Idiot Diemost.

          Sincerely,

          Bill Duff

  11. Hello
    Dud, you asked the same question I did sometime ago and have not received a response. I also haven’t been able to discover answer from my own research.
    Perhaps Bill Duff could help us here.

    With the multiple explosions and fires in the spent fuel pool of number four, how can these rods and assemblies be in any condition to remove?
    Mr Duff?

    1. Easy does it.

      The SFL-4 fuel removal process is underway; beginning with the easiest fuel rod assemblies. The unused (never irradiated) fuel assemblies were removed first.

      I would personally then choose to remove the oldest, coldest, straightest and therefore safest fuel rod assemblies next. And I therefore assume that TEPCO is doing the same.

      The hottest, most physically damaged, bent, cracked and/or BURNED fuel rod assemblies would come later.

      So for example, TEPCO recently ‘owned up to’ a VERY OLD, BENT fuel rod assembly in the SFP-4 inventory. The assembly was bent, perhaps as much as 90 degrees, decades ago. I am not advised if TEPCO has released a photograph of that particular FUBAR, or any other damaged fuel rod assemblies to date.

      After all the straightforward fuel assemblies (easier) are removed … well then, it may be time to do some additional ‘head scratching’ before handling the most severely damaged fuel rod assemblies. The overall hazard level will be lower, because the inventory will be MUCH smaller then. Oh and the half-life radiation reduction of fission products will continue to reduce the remaining hazard.

      Then of course, the BIGGEST QUESTION MARK (?) is the fuel condition in the SFP-3 plant rubble.

      Sincerely,

      Bill Duff

      1. Thank you for your response. However I have failed to see the answer to the question in that response. I do not mean to be obtuse, and I am sure you have read the documents released thru a FOIA, in particular relating to the “catastrophic”( there word) explosions and fires in the SFP of Unit 4. Help us out here. How are spent and unspent fuel rods removed if they have been damaged in explosions and raging fires?
        I learn much from reading your comments here.
        I am aware of the dire position of the other reactors. The liars and frauds may be perpetuating another hoax and if the fuel pool of unit four has gone up in smoke the issue is moot all around.
        Best regards,
        Mike

        1. You might learn stuff, but do take Bills comments with a grain of salt.

          Tepco are picking out the undamaged rods first.

          1. If TEmPCO is removing undamaged rods, the question becomes:
            Which reactor are they removing them from?

            It certainly seems unlikely that they are indeed from Unit #4.

            More to the point – just how did TEPCO and/or it’s subcontractors with or without assistance from the USS Ronald Reagan (et al) manage to put out the pyrophoric fire in the Unit 4 Spent Fuel Pool?

            It seems like they just let it burn out on it’s own.
            Also note that potassium iodide pills are useless against spent fuel pool emissions. We were denied potassium iodide pills early on in this Mega-Disaster that will not be over until long after we are all dust.

            We have been nuked here, and you appear to be in denial.

            1. First, the NRC document specifies multiple SFP fires and specifically includes SFP-4 in that description.

              The NRC Email does not indicate the nature or the source of the SFP-4 Fire.

              The SFP-4 fire could have been hydrogen gas fire(s) and/or pyrophoric fire(s) of zircalloy tubes and/or the spent nuclear fuel pellets themselves.

              A single pyrophoric fire of a single zircalloy tube would not necessarily ignite other tubes in the same spent fuel assembly. One assembly on fire would not necessarily spread to other nearby assemblies.

              One zircalloy tube on fire, or 100, would simply burn out like a dead cigarette butt, when the tube was fully combusted. It is not magic. It is just a gawdamn fire, which requires fuel, oxygen and heat.

              Sincerely,

              Bill Duff

              1. Interpretation,

                I personally interpret the NRC Email to indicate multiple pyrophoric zircalloy tube fires all over the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station.

                These zircalloy tube fires would be expected to include the most recently extracted, most radioactive, thermally hottest and most heat generating, fuel assemblies.

                The zircalloy tubes will not catch fire in dry air, nor underwater. They require heat, and a wet/dry/wet cycle to ignite. Then, once ignited a zircalloy tube will burn like a 4th of July SPARKLER, until it is gone, whether in the atmosphere, underwater or in a sloshing, steamy hellish environment.

                Sincerely,

                Bill Duff

                1. I interpret the NRC documents as a bunch of guys speculating without information from 5000 miles away.

                  It’s amazing how people will seize on it as divinely revealed truth the minute it says what they want it to say.

                  1. Actually,

                    General Electric had people ‘on campus’ at the FDNPP at the time of the 311 Earthquake. ( a regularly scheduled stakeholder conference)

                    The GE Team high-tailed it home, ASAP and reported their EXPERT, ON-Site, observations and recommendations at a SERIES of high-level meetings in Washington DC.

                    The NRC, White House and other DC groups were, to the best of my recollection, according to the record, fully briefed, with timely information. Their FUBAR, SNAFU, stupid, short-sighted, foolish, dangerous, misleading as well as, murderous; subsequent USE of that information, is on them.

                    Sincerely,

                    Bill Duff

                    1. uh-huh.

                      I team that bugged out as soon as the tsunami hit and have no more idea what happened afterward than anyone else.

                  2. I interpret such government documents, only obtained via Freedom of Information Law, as a damning indictment of government and industry run amok.

                    Also, their information was obtained nearby, not 5000 miles away.

                    They seemed to have more command of the facts than all levels of Japanese governance.

          2. If, and only if, i was to take any of Mr. Duff’s comments with a grain of salt, i would need at least a pound of salt to read yours.

            See Xdrfox’s comment here –> http : //fukushima-diary.com/2013/11/tepco-the-highest-exposure-dose-about-reactor4-pool-fuel-removal-was-0-30-msv/#comment-1326945

            Is that a space laser in your pocket, or are you just happy to read me?

    1. Having trouble keeping track of which username to use? Pretending to have friends isn’t working. It dooks very weak.

      1. I see that you have decided that attacking only one honorable person is not enough for you.
        You have crossed the line by attacking others that have said not one word directly to you.

        Have you no respect for those that are now suffering?
        What is it that you are a champion of?

            1. “You can’t handle the truth!”

              An old movie quote, by Jack Nicholson to Tom Cruise.

              And fitting, under the circumstances.

  13. Accuracy:

    TEPCO has seldom demonstrated a tendency toward: candor or accuracy; and certainly no skill or interest whatsoever in the way of ‘full disclosure’.

    It would be more accurate to state that:

    The smouldering ruins of the Fukushima Daiichi #3 Power Plant, were still/again emitting black smoke on or about 03/21/2011, following the atomic explosion of 03/14/2011.

    Sincerely,

    Bill Duff

    1. Odd Blog Glitch,

      The above post, appears to have been posted, ‘out of sequence’.

      Sincerely,

      Bill Duff

    2. I thank you sir, for getting us back on-topic.

      Quote: “Tepco: Reactor 3 melted earlier than reported, water went in wrong pipes”
      …
      “NHK World, Dec. 13, 2013: New findings on Fukushima accident to be released [Tepco] says the early breakdown of a reactor cooling system, coupled with failed attempts to inject water into the reactor, likely led to the meltdown of the number 3 reactor […] water injections by fire engines started shortly after 9 AM on March 13, but they could have been ineffective because of leaks from the piping. TEPCO plans to disclose the findings to the public later on Friday. The utility says it will continue its investigation to find out why massive amounts of radioactive substances were released and how this happened.”
      . quoted from: http : //enenews.com/japans-leader-during-311-reactor-1-had-meltdown-only-5-hours-after-quake-we-almost-lost-13-of-nation-due-to-fukushima-disaster-tepco-reveals-reactor-3-melted-sooner-than-reported-water-went

      Quote #2: “Asahi Shimbun, Dec. 14, 2013: Fire engines were used in a desperate, and ultimately futile, attempt to pump water to cool overheating reactors during the early phase of the 2011 Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant disaster, Tokyo Electric Power Co. said. According to a Dec. 13 report by the operator of the crippled facility, water was pumped in sufficient quantity to avert core meltdowns in the No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3 reactors, but much of it strayed into irrelevant pipes and ended up elsewhere. […] water failed to cool it and the other reactors efficiently, and could not stop the core meltdowns in the No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3 reactors. […] TEPCO officials said they knew as early as late March 2011 […] “We should have shared the finding with the public in the belief it would help promote universal safety, but failed to do so,” said [a] TEPCO Managing Executive Officer”
      . quoted from: http://enenews.com/tepco-we-should-have-told-public-this-sooner-we-failed-to-cool-molten-fuel-after-meltdowns-began-experts-fukushima-cesium-release-could-have-tripled-chernobyl-photo

      No word from the Gomiuri Shimbun?

      1. Ah, blast! I neglected to edit my link again.
        Here is the preceding post quoted and slightly edited:

        Quote: “I thank you sir, for getting us back on-topic.

        Quote#1: “Tepco: Reactor 3 melted earlier than reported, water went in wrong pipes”
        …
        “NHK World, Dec. 13, 2013: New findings on Fukushima accident to be released [Tepco] says the early breakdown of a reactor cooling system, coupled with failed attempts to inject water into the reactor, likely led to the meltdown of the number 3 reactor […] water injections by fire engines started shortly after 9 AM on March 13, but they could have been ineffective because of leaks from the piping. TEPCO plans to disclose the findings to the public later on Friday. The utility says it will continue its investigation to find out why massive amounts of radioactive substances were released and how this happened.”
        . quoted from: http : //enenews.com/japans-leader-during-311-reactor-1-had-meltdown-only-5-hours-after-quake-we-almost-lost-13-of-nation-due-to-fukushima-disaster-tepco-reveals-reactor-3-melted-sooner-than-reported-water-went

        Quote #2: “Asahi Shimbun, Dec. 14, 2013: Fire engines were used in a desperate, and ultimately futile, attempt to pump water to cool overheating reactors during the early phase of the 2011 Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant disaster, Tokyo Electric Power Co. said. According to a Dec. 13 report by the operator of the crippled facility, water was pumped in sufficient quantity to avert core meltdowns in the No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3 reactors, but much of it strayed into irrelevant pipes and ended up elsewhere. […] water failed to cool it and the other reactors efficiently, and could not stop the core meltdowns in the No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3 reactors. […] TEPCO officials said they knew as early as late March 2011 […] “We should have shared the finding with the public in the belief it would help promote universal safety, but failed to do so,” said [a] TEPCO Managing Executive Officer”
        . quoted from: http : //enenews.com/tepco-we-should-have-told-public-this-sooner-we-failed-to-cool-molten-fuel-after-meltdowns-began-experts-fukushima-cesium-release-could-have-tripled-chernobyl-photo

        No word from the Gomiuri Shimbun?”

        . quoted from: http : //fukushima-diary.com/2013/12/tepco-reactor3-had-black-smoke-on-3212011-again-radiation-level-significantly-spiked-up/#comment-1390453

          1. Speak for yourself, numbnuts.

            It is bad enough that you dared to call me a coward.

            Why don’t you do the world a favor?
            Pull your lip over your head and swallow. 😛

  14. My humble respect for those suffering from all facets of the Mega-Disaster that started with the Mega-Earthquake of March 11th, 2011.
    It is a day that will long live in infamy, on both sides of the Pacific (and beyond).

    I think of you every day. Know that you are not alone, spiritually.

    Remember the Angel of Miyagi, and the words of the censored words of the Emporer.

    Quote: His Majesty, Emperor Akihito said:
    “As this earthquake and tsunami caused the nuclear power plant accident, those living in the designated danger zone lost their homes and livelihoods and had to leave the places where they used to live. In order for them to live there again safely, we have to overcome the problem of radioactive contamination, which is a formidable task.”
    …
    “It is important for us to never forget this disaster and hand down the lessons we learned to future generations and foster the proper attitude towards disaster prevention…”
    . quoted from: http : //www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/03/japan-in-uproar-over-censorship-of-emperors-anti-nuclear-speech/255025/

  15. G’Day! Mochizuki,
    Thanks, on a related note, Of course since the US gov has self-appointed themselves (or more specifically their armies) as policemen for the world, as evidenced by the takeover of Iraq, Afghanistan, and of course the popular drone bombings of possible foreign terrorist suspects. Why not go after the corporation causing the release of the most harmful form of terrorism, nuclear radiation? Makes enough sense to me.
    Catch you again soon!

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I am the writer of this website. About page remains in 2014. This is because my memory about 311 was clearer than now, 2023, and I think it can have a historical value. Now I'm living in Romania with 3 cats as an independent data scientist.
Actually, nothing has progressed in the plant since 2011. We still don't even know what is going on inside. They must keep cooling the crippled reactors by water, but additionally groundwater keeps flowing into the reactor buildings from the broken parts. This is why highly contaminated water is always produced more than it can circulate. Tepco is planning to officially discharge this water to the Pacific but Tritium is still remaining in it. They dilute this with seawater so that it is legally safe, but scientifically the same amount of radioactive tritium is contained. They say it is safe to discharge, but none of them have drunk it.

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