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NO evidence to support the rumor of “fire on reactor4”

Another rumor is prevailing on the internet.

 

Some people are saying reactor4 is on fire. They are based on the “Live” camera of Tepco.

The issued video (below) was taken from 20:00 to 21:00 of 5/20/2014. It captures something red and they are assuming it should be the fire on reactor4.

 

 

Some of them even add the news video of RT to warn the leaking radiation to the air (below).

 

 

 

Someone who started spreading this story doesn’t even seem to know what he / she is looking at.

The camera is installed beside reactor4. If my understanding is correct, they call the red part “fire” in the picture below. It is not reactor4.(The picture below)

 

I can’t objectively assert there was absolutely no fire in Fukushima plant on 5/20/2014, but I can at least state the rumor maker doesn’t know where reactor buildings are located. From judging the accuracy of this rumor maker, I entirely doubt the credibility of this story.

The camera is located as below.

In the picture above, reactor3 is between reactor2 and 4 (The camera doesn’t capture it because the upper part of reactor3 building is blasted.). Reactor1 is almost behind reactor2. The fire therefore could be on reactor3 but there is no sign of accident even on 5/21/2014. Today at 10:25AM, Tepco “successfully” discharged bypass contaminated groundwater to the Pacific. (cf, Tepco discharged 561t of bypass contaminated groundwater to the Pacific [URL])

The rumor spreaders insist the fire is making smoke or steam, but it’s coming from the seaside, not from the fire itself.

 

Regarding the RT video above, though the date is not clearly represented but it is from March 2011.

 

Fukushima Diary acknowledges the “quality” of official data, but the monitoring posts of Fukushima nuclear plant don’t show any abnormality either (Pictures below).

The radiation levels even decreased in the evening of 5/21/2014, which is probably due to the weather.

 

 

 

These are the radiation trends of 3 monitoring posts in approx 2km radius area from Fukushima nuclear plant. They are brutally high but no spike is shown since evening of 5/20/2014.

 

 

 

At last, I’m not corrupted or successfully threatened. If so, probably I wouldn’t have had my PayPal accounts closed.

(cf, [Column] Paypal decided to close FD’s Paypal account for no reason, lost one year living expense / Was I Assanged ? [URL 3]

My personal PayPal account and Japanese account were also blocked / Back to “700$ in pocket” [URL 4]

[Column] Managed to open the new bank accounts and trying to install a new payment module [URL 5])

 

Related article.. [Column] Reactor3 hoax and Fukushima exploiters [URL 2]

 

http://www.tepco.co.jp/nu/fukushima-np/f1/index-j.html

http://radioactivity.nsr.go.jp/map/ja/area2.html

 

You read this now because we’ve been surviving until today.

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Français :

AUCUNE preuve n’étaye la rumeur “d’incendie dans le réacteur 4”

 

Une nouvelle rumeur est en train de prévaloir sur internet.

Des gens disent que le réacteur 4 serait en feu. Ils se basent sur la caméra “de direct” de Tepco.
La vidéo publiée (ci-dessous) a été prise entre 20:00 et 21:00 ce 20 mai 2014. Elle a enregistré quelque chose de rouge et ils en supposent que ça doit être un incendie du réacteur 4.

Certains d’entre eux ajoutent même la vidéo du journal RT alertant les gens d’une libération de radioactivité dans l’air (ci-dessous).

La personne qui a commencé à diffuser cette histoire semble ne même pas savoir ce qu’elle regarde.
La caméra est installée à côté du réacteur 4.
Si je comprends bien, ils qualifient “d’incendie” la partie rouge de la photo ci-dessous : ce n’est pas le réacteur 4. (photo ci–dessous)

Je ne peux objectivement affirmer qu’il n’y a eu absolument aucun incendie dans la centrale de Fukushima le 20 mai 2014 mais je peux au moins certifier que celui qui a fabriqué cette rumeur ne sait même pas où sont situés les réacteurs dans la centrale. Je doute de la crédibilité de l’ensemble de cette histoire à partir de la pertinence de ce que présente ce fabricant de rumeurs.
La camera (“Live camera”) est située ici comme suit :

Dans le dessin ci-dessus, le réacteur 3 est entre le 2 et le 4 (la caméra ne les montre pas parce que la partie supérieure du bâtiment du réacteur 3 est explosée). Le réacteur 1 est quasiment derrière le 2. Cet incendie devrait donc être sur le réacteur 3 mais on n’a aucun signe d’accident même au 21 mai 2014. Aujourd’hui à 10:25 AM, Tepco a “réussi” le déversement d’eaux souterraines extrêmement radioactives de la dérivation dans le Pacifique. (cf. Tepco a déversé dans le Pacifique 561 tonnes d’eaux radioactives souterraines de la dérivation)
Les diffuseurs de cette rumeur insistent sur le fait que l’incendie produit un panache de fumée ou de vapeur mais ce qu’ils montrent vient de la mer et non pas de l’incendie lui-même.

Concernant la vidéo RT ci-dessus, bien que sa date ne soit pas clairement montrée, elle est de mars 2011.

Le Fukushima Diary reconnaît la “qualité” des données officielles et les bornes de surveillance de la centrale nucléaire de Fukushima  ne présentent aucune anomalie non plus (graphiques ci-dessous).
Le niveau de la radioactivité a même diminué dans la soirée du 21 mai 2014, sans doute à cause de la météo.

Voici les suivi de la radioactivité de 3 bornes de surveillance situées dans un rayon d’environ 2 km autour de la centrale nucléaire de Fukushima. Ils sont particulièrement élevés mais il n’y a pas eu de pic depuis la soirée du 20 mai 2014.



Au moins, je ne suis ni corrompu, ni efficacement menacé. Si c’était le cas je n’aurais sans doute pas eu mes comptes PayPal fermés.
Voir :

 

Article lié : [Édito] L’arnaque du réacteur 3 et les profiteurs de Fukushima

http://www.tepco.co.jp/nu/fukushima-np/f1/index-j.html
http://radioactivity.nsr.go.jp/map/ja/area2.html

Vous pouvez lire ceci parce que nous avons survécu jusqu’à aujourd’hui.

Mochizuki
Mochizuki
The writer of Fukushima Diary.
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138 Comments

  1. Well, done, Iori San. Debunking of this kind boosts your credibility. We need facts, not rumors.

    Note that easily debunked rumors are often the tools of disinformation promulgators engaged in information warfare against the public. The goal is to make serious researchers exposing “mainstream” lies look ridiculous.

    You’re helping to make their tactics ineffective with your quick rebuttal. Again, well done, and thanks. Keep it up!

    1. I agree 100% about the need for reliable information.

      I work with “Cold Fusion” which is very different from Fission but I always try to keep myself updated on the industry and the global situations. It seems for Fukushima that it is always the same people spreading out these rumors.

    2. Well done Iori-san. After posting such gems as the blue ice, the sick camel, paul mccartneys flu and Aerosmiths bad hair day, you are now debunking rumours like a hero! You are truely a role model of journalistic integrity. What’s next? “Justin Beiber does not mention radiation today?” headlines? I wait with baited breath.

      1. There’s no need to snark.Iori notices the small things that may become signifiers of real problems in the future as the radiation accumulates in hotspots around Japan. Sure, the McCartney thing may be a dead end (and it may not be), but who cares even if it is? That’s the beauty of running a news blog outside of the system. This man is a true journalist and a philanthropist. He has to live off of donations and doesn’t even belong to that exclusive club that we like to call the MSM.

        I wouldn’t even credit you with the term ‘internet critic’ – you’re just a troll. Probably a paid one, at that. Everyone realized this from day one, not that that will stop you anyway. You’re also not very subtle about it, as you immediately chose a specific target (user Bill Duff) and attack him every chance you get. You also call him a troll before anyone even insinuated it, whereas intelligent people don’t jump to crude name-calling and finger-pointing when presented with evidence. You are also extremely defensive about something.

        If you are you trying to protect us or something, thanks, but no thanks. We don’t need you to judge for us; we can think for ourselves, despite what you may think; and we abhor patronization from enlightened people such you (the ‘I-got-it-and-everyone-else-won’t-until-I-point-it-out’ type).

        If you haven’t noticed, the majority of people come here precisely because the MSM/real-life is full of people like you who deny and contradict for the hell of it.

        You are either a very unhappy, lonely individual who has to project their frustration somewhere (and chose a subject close to or within their general circle of interests) or are a very happy, content individual (who is, in fact, so content with their life that they seek new pursuits such as trolling indepenent progressive blogs). Or are a paid government/private sector worker.

        Also, Aerosmith kicks major @$$.

        2. I do not call Bill Duff a troll, and never have. A troll goes around posting bait and trying to wind people up. Bill Duff portreys nuclear power in an exaggerated bad light, and uses scientific-sounding articles and phrases to back his slander up. Furthermore, he is paid to do this by a natural gas mining company which he works for. So, I call him a shill.

          1. Could you respectfully call him “Doctor Bill”? :lol

            Dr. Bill Wattenburg has an impresive resume. Do pay attention to the part about Lawrence Livermore.
            As inventor of the direction drill-head, is he not the “father of fracking”?

            an open line to the West Coast.

              1. Thanks, “Mr. Shill Niall”. Isn’t that like the pot calling the kettle black?

          2. What is the evidence for your claim that Bill Duff is a paid shill for a natural gas mining company?

          3. That is very defamatory to Mr. Duff.

            Perhaps Mr. Duff should sue for defamation and lift the veil of secrecy surrounding Niall.

        3. a “+1000” to Smarticus on all accounts, BTW.
          “Pump” for “Best Album” of Aerosmith, or is it “Greatest Hits”?

          1. Perhaps Japanese ex-pats and residents alike have particular fondness for “Permanent Vacation” right now.

  2. ‘Team Nuke’ routinely creates, and promulgates, false rumors, to see who they can ‘suck-in’ and discredit. (Lies of commission)

    ‘Team Nuke’ routinely withholds key data, analysis and background material. (Lies of Omission)

    ‘Team Nuke’ routinely tells ‘half-truths’ of various types. Exclusionary detailing is one of those types of lies.

    Then ‘Team Nuke’ also floods all the communication channels with logical fallacies.

    The utter LACK of personal, organizational and scientific integrity; describes ‘Team Nuke’. This corporate culture of deception and destruction cannot be tolerated; in any civilized society. The behavior of ‘Team Nuke’; as much as the objective dangers moved me from a tepid supporter to an opponent of a large scale nuclear power presence.

    Sincerely,

    Bill Duff

  3. In a scientific endeavor, the parties would maximize the data flow.

    Thus, broadband surveillance; including Infrared, Starlight and Gamma-Cam should be routine in this project.

    However, ‘Team Nuke’ is a pack of liars and a den of thieves.

    So information is obstructed. And rumors will rush to fill an information vacuum.

    Sincerely,

    Bill Duff

  4. So if it wasn’t a fire in unit 4, what was it? What was the source of the red glow, and of the smoke/steam/mist that appears to be wafting across the plant?

      1. Not convinced. There’s no sign of the red glow or ‘smoke’ before approximately 12:46. The ‘smoke’ appears soon after the red glow. Prior to 12:46 at least 75% of the nearer tower is clearly visible and the video compression manifests as a directionless shimmering. After 12:46 the ‘smoke’ (virtual or otherwise) is clearly drifting from right to left, and by 13:30 the top two-thirds of the tower is obscured. By 26:00 the scene looks nothing like the start of the video. Compression artefacts are unlikely to account for this.

          1. IR from significant heat sources distorts light path between objects and the cam.

    2. The Red Glow, if it is present, rather than some sort of camera artifact, could be several things.

      The Early Red Glow of Dawn (Rising Sun) has been proposed.

      Perhaps artificial lighting (tail lights, equipment lights, tower aircraft warning safety lights) …

      Perhaps Corium THERMAL heating up, due to bypass water system engagement. The timing is roughly plausible, and coincident with the final work stages, valve operations and the like. Should this be the case, a redirected, focused cooling water stream would (THERMALLY) cool the corium slug back down.

      The USA, Japan, UK and presumably USSR/Russia have conducted MANY corium experiments. While this kind of glow, would NOT likely be a DELIBERATE experiment, the steps to remedy are known and relatively simple.

      Sincerely,

      Bill Duff

      1. And how likely is any of that, bill? Dawn light, at midnight? Why would corium be a) glowing and b) shining light upwards? It’d be easily visible to the aerial surveys if it was exposed to the sky, rather than lurking under the rpv as is much much more likely. Unless this is more of the glowing red fuel lumps just lying around which shows up in photographs only you can see?

        1. Wikipedia has a decent article on decay heat in case you care to look at the fall off function and work out the thermal energy after 3 years. I give you a hint; its not enough to make it glow.

          1. Well, dumbazzus maximus,

            TEPCO/Japan Inc. is pouring TONS of cooling water, per day on each damaged nuclear reactor, TO COOL THE CORIUM SLUGS. Much of the cooling water pours out the reactors and into various drains, foundation cracks, bore holes and the like.

            The Fukushima Fuel, is to some extent, ex-reactor, ex-metal shell, ex-containment. Some Fukushima Corium appears to have entered the earth, directly contaminating the groundwater.

            If THERMAL heating were no longer an issue, the TEPCO/Japan Inc. cool water pumping effort could end.

            Thermal Heating remains a concern at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station.

            1. Actually, thats not entirely true. They are pumping water in, sure, but there is little need for cooling anymore. The corium can’t be that hot, otherwise there would be tons of steam. So it’s currently below boiling point of water, with cooling, and what, a few hundred degrees if not cooled? Long from glowing, long from molten. The water is most likely acting as a radiation shield for onsite workers more than it is cooling the cores. There’s no need to use insulting name calling.

              1. It might also be possible that the cores are being kept submerged because if not, convection currents in the air may carry radioactive dust way up in the atmosphere. So, cooling, but not because the corium could melt. I’m not sure of this, just speculating, but air convectien currents were the primary dispersal method with chernobyls cesium (although granted that was fueled byea graphite fire in a burst reactor, quite different scenario with much hotter temps). still, seems to me to be much more plausable than preventing the cores from melting. They just haven’t got that thermal energy at all.

              2. Internally generated heat – total heat losses = Heat Gain

                If 1 Watt of excess heat is retained, after accounting for convective, radiant and conduction losses … The object will soon begin to glow …

                Should a corium slug be disrupted or moved; for example in an earthquake; then the heat generation may change.

  5. IF there is a ‘Red Glow’ …

    Whatever the cause of the ‘Red Glow’ …

    There is a roughly coincidental, engaging of the Ground Bypass Water System. This bypass water diversion, could possibly decrease effective cooling, of some Corium slugs.

    “cum hoc ergo propter hoc” … Roughly … (Correlation does not imply causation).

    I am delighted that people are closely watching those cameras. Too bad that the crane mounted camera feeds were discontinued.

    Sincerely,

    Bill Duff

    1. Perhaps its another Great Radionuclide Storm. Wouldn’t that be something! The Great Radioactive Red Blob on a Blurry Webcam of 2014, death toll in the billions, End of Humanity and all that..

      You might think it great that someone watches these feeds that closely, but I think it’s rather sad that people need to clutch at such flimsy crap as evidence of a megadisast’r or whatever

        1. Oh, I’m pretty sureeit has a physical cause, but if reactor 4 is on fire I’ll donate $100 to Iori.

          1. You’re clearly being childish and want to play the “I’m more right than you” game. I don;t understand that you still cannot understand that if the rumour is incorrect then nothing happens and we all go back to life as usual. If it is correct, however, heads will ultimately roll in one way or another – our heads, most likely. Do you even care about Japan and the Japanese people, or are you more interested in contradicting Bill in the hopes that one day you’ll get it right and everyone will all of a sudden profess their love for your sharp, analytical mind?

            1. Screw the fire, I want to see bills photo showing big red glowing lumps of fuel lying around.

              1. Saying so betrays a total lack of compassion for any of surrounding residents, or those already ill.

      2. The Vast Radionuclide Storm:

        TODAY’S MOST VIEWED (VIDEO)
        http enenews com/ (cesium-137-forecast-shows-near-surface-radiation-cloud-over-texas-southwest-us-april-15-16-video)
        http db eurad uni-koeln de/ (prognose/data/alert/cs_hem_1h_movall_16) gif
        httpv www youtube com/ (watch?v=F6t2ty2wPZw)
        Cesium-137 forecast shows ‘near surface’ radiation cloud over Texas, Western US on April 15, 16

  6. I did see it. So it was something..if it had been in any other webcam people would call it ‘fire.” Since the view was hazy with smoke or steam or whatever in that area..all I can say is a red orange fire like glow came of of the back or side of Reactor 4 area.spread over the area of Reactor 3. Then lots of hazy fog/smoke/steam. It could have been the ALPS systems plastic going up..but that was a lot of red in the event. Note the webcams, look ‘normal’ today, May 22nd, in the dark..with some fog/emissions or something coming off the right side of the screen of TBS Webcam 1.
    The radiation network shows significant spikes of radiation to the west and to the south west (wind direction) on May 20th. Good thing it was night and kids should have been inside in Tokyo. Even if it was NOT Fukushima that caused the spike. Oh, and look at the graphs for the Fukushima plant..straight lines on the close up look, and PERFECT zero values..so data is probably maniputlated. Long time views can look okay, but you have to see the daily data to be sure….

    1. The glow only becomes visible as the fog rolls in. Looks to me like there could easily have been a light source there the whole time, but its shining upward. When the fog rolls in at 12:40 it gets illuminated and the orange light gets seen. Maybe. Also looks like the bottom of the fog lowers towards the end of the video, and combined with its thickening, could result in the illuminated portion going downwards, out of sight, and looking a bit like a fire that dies down.
      Checking the dewpoint and weather reports for the area would let you know if fog conditxen; were present. An interested fanatic could study archive footage for similar lights on other foggy nights. Anyone know if they use sodium floodlights at night?

    2. Here’s the salient point: the webcams are extremely poor quality, by design. The images are so unclear as to invite pointless speculation. Japan is globally famous for high-quality optics, and the hazy, twitching webcam images are an affront — and a sop — to the public. Fact is, there could be crystal-clear images of the plant from many angles 24/7/365, and there are not. That’s what really matters.

  8. A Red Hot corium glow, would not be ‘a fire’. Not much combustible material is present in the photo area.

    Unless one uses the expression ‘nuclear fire’, which endures in some circles.

    Some of the March/April 2011 photos, from helicopters, showed big red glowing chunks of fuel near FDU-3.

    Intermittent STEAM generation, in the vicinity of FDU-3 has been observed.

    Several nuclear hot-spots are present. Electromagnetic Emissions of various wavelengths are present. For example, FATAL Gamma emissions and infrared; have been observed since 311.

    1. “Some of the March/April 2011 photos, from helicopters, showed big red glowing chunks of fuel near FDU-3.”

      LOL. Linky?

      … or is that another event that occurred only in your imagination.

      1. About that Hellish Fukushima Explosive Debris

        (New Link) Kyodo, Thursday, July 26, 2012, http info japantimes co jp/ (text/nn20120726b1) html

        No. 1 plant’s ex-chief lauds ‘saints in hell’

        The ex-chief of the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant praises his subordinates who strove to contain the crisis in a video that will be aired at an upcoming event in the city of Fukushima. Masao Yoshida, 57, describes the workers as “Buddhist saints in hell” and says he thought he could have died in the crisis and the “workers cooling the reactors at the plant could not leave the site.”

        Yoshida says debris from an explosion in the reactor 3 building three days into the crisis flew into the building housing the control room where he was in command, and that he feared that an even worse catastrophe was in the offing.

        “We have recently relaunched our site and are still migrating content to a new system. You might be able to find the page you are looking for on our legacy system by clicking here.”

    2. You’ve mentioned fatal gamma cam readings before, and every time you’ve been asked you’ve been unabne to show the images you are referring to.
      I haven’t heard you talkeof photos of melted fuel before, but I’m willing to bet you can’t produce the evidence. If you can, I’ll pay Iori’s hosting costs for this month. Otherwise, shut up, shill.

      1. B4 I bother dredging up the OFT POSTED Gamma Cam readings…

        And there have been MANY, MANY GammaCam photos on the web … and MANY MSM media coverages of the FATAL Gamma readings from Structural Steel at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station.

        Usually such BS Shill challenges, indicate that some old weblinks have gone dead.

        Trollishbullshit is the NORM for ‘Team Nuke’

                    1. You mentioned the photo showing melted fuel lying around… still waiting to see it cos otherwise thats a horrible lie you told, mr shill duff.

                    2. I’ve seen those photos. Freaked the crap out of me when i saw them a couple of years ago.
                      If it was photoshopped, it certainly wasn’t inEPTCO as it’s too good a job in that event.
                      Freaky, in that it was beneath either the SFP or the equipment pool.
                      Some concrete did require reinforcing beneath one of those pools in Eunuch #4.

    3. Nuclear Reactor Fuel, from the FDU-3 Explosion was scattered across several thousand square miles, of Honshu Island Japan; and the adjacent NW Pacific Ocean. The scattered debris, which included PU-238 (Rocket Fuel), Hot Particles, a fused black powder substance, large chunks and the like. This fuel scattering is in addition to the scattering of PRODUCTS of Fission from Reactors 1-3; and reportedly some fuel pool losses.

      The US Military flew helicopter and fixed wing missions in the early days of the (311) Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station Disaster. The video and still frame photos were rolling. Many of these photographic data have been released to the public, some due to the Navy personnel litigation against TEPCO. These USA military personnel, aboard these helicopters, LIKELY (certainly) received high levels of external radiation and internal doses of various radioisotopes.

      I rolled the helicopter footage forward and reverse for quite some time. The Red Glow of at least one large Corium slug, is clearly visible, in daylight, in the yard of the Fukushima Nuclear Power Station. Should the sailors of the Nimitz Carrier Group and ground based crews, get ‘their day in court’; this type of evidence will likely be persuasive.

      Sincerely,

      Bill Duff

      1. Yet another photo that you will never link to, cos it’s only in your imagination. Go on, lets see it, I’ll donate $100 to Iori if you link to a photo clearly showing atlarge glowing piece of fuel or corium lying around.

        By the way, the last time you mentioned scattered fuel, it was hundreds of kilometers. Now its scattered several thousand square miles. You are having trouble keeping track of your own lies. When the gas company employed you, they really took the cheapest offer di.nt they.

        So, where’s this $100 picture??

        1. Whine,

          Can we get you some cheese; to go with that WHINE?

          Cry us a river, troll

        2. Hellish Fukushima Explosive Debris

          (New Link) Kyodo, Thursday, July 26, 2012, http info japantimes co jp/ (text/nn20120726b1) html

          No. 1 plant’s ex-chief lauds ‘saints in hell’

          The ex-chief of the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant praises his subordinates who strove to contain the crisis in a video that will be aired at an upcoming event in the city of Fukushima. Masao Yoshida, 57, describes the workers as “Buddhist saints in hell” and says he thought he could have died in the crisis and the “workers cooling the reactors at the plant could not leave the site.”

          Yoshida says debris from an explosion in the reactor 3 building three days into the crisis flew into the building housing the control room where he was in command, and that he feared that an even worse catastrophe was in the offing.

          “We have recently relaunched our site and are still migrating content to a new system. You might be able to find the page you are looking for on our legacy system by clicking here.”

          1. That’s nice, but you said ‘Some of the March/April 2011 photos, from helicopters, showed big red glowing chunks of fuel near FDU-3.’.

            Now you’re trying to change your story to a report of debris (could be anything) blowing around.

        3. π Are round, Cornbread Are Square

          Area of a Circle: Area = π × R^2 (Where R = Radius)

          Area of an Ellipse: Area = πab

          Area of a Sector: Area = ½ × R^2 × θ (Where θ = angle in radians)

          The discussion of linear distance and area (square miles) is related, rather than inconsistent. (For those who make it past Junior High ‘rithmatic’.) Apparently Team Nuke Trolls are unfamiliar with mensuration formula. Similarly the relationships between the Imperial and Metric measurement systems are well defined; for MOST of the earth.

          1. Still no photo. Could it be that you took your propaganda just a bit too far and told a barefaced lie, mr bill duff? A lie which you are being called out on. I’ll donate $100 to Iori when you produce the mentioned photo. I’ll remind you daily until you do, or you admit you lie and you make a public apology.

        4. The $100D Photo – Elapsed Time: 30 Red Hot Object

          http www eurotrib com/ (story/2011/4/4/121627/0100)

          Re: Fukushima: damage limitation (none / 0)

          Another vid. There’s a small object around 30s in that looks like it’s glowing red hot.

          by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Mon Apr 4th, 2011 at 09:51:02 PM EST

          Re: Fukushima: damage limitation

          “This is a bad video, but the red spot 30 s in is definitely on the south side of the collapsed top of the No. 1 reactor (you see the red top and white side girders and you can identify fallen girders on the last two photos here). It’s hard to tell what it is, but would it be anything red hot, it would have shown as an extreme peak on the thermal images.”

  9. GammaCam

    http af reuters com/ (resources/r/?m=02&d=20110802&t=2&i=471072172&w=450&fh=&fw=&ll=&pl=&r=BTRE7710S1S00)

    http af reuters com/ (article/worldNews/idAFTRE7710XF20110802

    http www nbcnews com/ (id/43982727/ns/world_news-asia_pacific/)

    Unexpectedly, some items (and artifact) still available. With a $Jillion propaganda budget, it is easy to VANISH news stories.

    TTFN

    1. Mr Bill Duff, the only person in the world to see the photo of the melted fuel lying around before it and the photo vanished in a terrible conspiracy. Mr Bill Duff, only witness to The Great Radionuclide Storm of 2011 which turned the sky orange and killed 20,000 people and some fish. Mr Bill Duff, looking increasingly foolish.

      1. I’ve seen those within the last couple of months.
        Am greatful those are from early in the event and not now.

        There is indications of fresh criticalities via I-131 in sludge though, apparently.

  10. I have reviewed THOUSANDS of photos and dozens (perhaps hundreds) of videos, of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster.

    None, for the convenience of, or upon the demands of TROLLS

    Go bite yourself, Rabid Troll

      1. Fukushima Explosive Debris – From Hell

        (New Link) Kyodo, Thursday, July 26, 2012, http info japantimes co jp/ (text/nn20120726b1) html

        No. 1 plant’s ex-chief lauds ‘saints in hell’

        The ex-chief of the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant praises his subordinates who strove to contain the crisis in a video that will be aired at an upcoming event in the city of Fukushima. Masao Yoshida, 57, describes the workers as “Buddhist saints in hell” and says he thought he could have died in the crisis and the “workers cooling the reactors at the plant could not leave the site.”

        Yoshida says debris from an explosion in the reactor 3 building three days into the crisis flew into the building housing the control room where he was in command, and that he feared that an even worse catastrophe was in the offing.

        “We have recently relaunched our site and are still migrating content to a new system. You might be able to find the page you are looking for on our legacy system by clicking here.”

        1. Context: Pandemonium

          May 20, 2014, By HIDEAKI KIMURA/ Staff Writer, http ajw asahi com/ (article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201405200031)

          90% of TEPCO workers defied orders, fled Fukushima plant in 2011

          Almost all workers, including managers required to deal with accidents, defied orders and fled the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant at a critical juncture when the disaster was unfolding in March 2011, documents showed.

          The safety of commercial nuclear power plants today can be maintained only if plant operators deal appropriately with any mishap. The more serious the situation, the more people are needed to contain the crisis. But unlike Self-Defense Forces personnel, police officers and firefighters, who are all special-status government workers, nuclear power plant operators are private-sector workers.

          The 50 or so workers who stayed at the Fukushima No. 1 plant while the crisis unfolded came to be called the “Fukushima 50” and were lauded around the world for their heroic dedication. But there is no guarantee such heroism will come into play when the next nuclear crisis occurs.

            1. Nuclear Reactor Fuel Rod pieces “covered with bulldozers”

              “Broken pieces of fuel rods have been found outside of Reactor No. 2, and are now being covered with bulldozers”

              ‘Powerful Aftershock Complicates Japan’s Nuclear Efforts’, A version of this article appeared in print on April 8, 2011, on page A14 of the New York edition. Keith Bradsher contributed reporting from Hong Kong, and Matthew L. Wald from Washington. http www nytimes com/ (2011/04/08/world/asia/08japan) html?_r=0

              Flashes of extremely intense radioactivity have become a serious problem, he said. Tokyo Electric’s difficulties in providing accurate information on radiation are not a result of software problems, as some Japanese officials have suggested, but stem from damage to measurement instruments caused by radiation, the executive said.

              Broken pieces of fuel rods have been found outside of Reactor No. 2, and are now being covered with bulldozers, he said.

              1. That’s what he said, but YOU, Mr. Bill Duff, YOU said “I rolled the helicopter footage forward and reverse for quite some time. The Red Glow of at least one large Corium slug, is clearly visible, in daylight, in the yard of the Fukushima Nuclear Power Station.“

                You also said:

                “Some of the March/April 2011 photos, from helicopters, showed big red glowing chunks of fuel near FDU-3.”

                You have not linked to these photos. And you call me a liar.

  11. Iori Mochizuki needs to set up a ‘reports comment’ button so that ad hominem attacks are monitored and deleted. Otherwise, no sensible person will read the comments. It’s a waste of time to see two persons attack each other.

    1. Me too. It is not acceptable to have professional shills posting lies, mistruths and slander. People may be tricked by their lies.

      1. Actually, I have reported Bill Duffs deliberate attempts to exaggerate and lie about the state of fukushima to Iori on several occasions. I never receive a reply. I believe this is because if the disaster seens worse than it is, I people are scared and believe in big conspiracies, then Iori profits from increased donations. Iori’s choice of ‘news’ articles on blue ice, sick camels and increases in people googling ‘heart pain’ is not journalism, it is clutching at straws. To present these as news is immoral, to ask for donations for this ‘help’ is shameful.

    2. Thanks for the support. It’s really important for Iori to moderate the comments. I think he’s may lose a lot of readers by failing to do so. I hope he sees this and replies in the comments section.

      1. Nothingt wrong witht that. Every reader that leaves is another reader not being tricked by lies (supposed photos of glowing fuel lying around, articles on random illnesses which is just fearmongering, etc). This blog profits by making people so scared of the radiation boogyman and the conspiracies of ‘team nuke’ that they donate money to this crackpot who is offering some kind of salvation in helping people leave a fantasy nuclear holocaust. So yeah, less readers would be a good thing. Less comments from industry shills would be a good thing. Shutting the whole blog down and letting people migrate to the more reputable, fact-based (not for profit) alternatives would be best.

      2. Sock Puppets

        Sock Puppet A –> <– Sock Puppet B

        Oh SURPRISE … they agree

  14. What is happening to this blog? You can’t read these comments without a gas mask on anymore.

  15. “Broken pieces of fuel rods have been found outside”

    “Broken pieces of fuel rods have been found outside of Reactor No. 2, and are now being covered with bulldozers”

    ‘Powerful Aftershock Complicates Japan’s Nuclear Efforts’, A version of this article appeared in print on April 8, 2011, on page A14 of the New York edition. Keith Bradsher contributed reporting from Hong Kong, and Matthew L. Wald from Washington. http www nytimes com/ (2011/04/08/world/asia/08japan) html?_r=0

    Flashes of extremely intense radioactivity have become a serious problem, he said. Tokyo Electric’s difficulties in providing accurate information on radiation are not a result of software problems, as some Japanese officials have suggested, but stem from damage to measurement instruments caused by radiation, the executive said.

    Broken pieces of fuel rods have been found outside of Reactor No. 2, and are now being covered with bulldozers, he said.

    1. I looked, but that link did not contain a photo which (I quote you exactly) “showed big red glowing chunks of fuel near FDU-3.”

    2. Elapsed Time: 30 Red Hot Object Glowing

      http www eurotrib com/ (story/2011/4/4/121627/0100)

      Re: Fukushima: damage limitation (none / 0)

      Another vid. There’s a small object around 30s in that looks like it’s glowing red hot.

      by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Mon Apr 4th, 2011 at 09:51:02 PM EST

      Re: Fukushima: damage limitation

      “This is a bad video, but the red spot 30 s in is definitely on the south side of the collapsed top of the No. 1 reactor (you see the red top and white side girders and you can identify fallen girders on the last two photos here). It’s hard to tell what it is, but would it be anything red hot, it would have shown as an extreme peak on the thermal images.”

  16. “On the morning of March 16, 2011 a surveillance helicopter flying (100 meters) over the Daiichi reactors measured 4 sieverts per hour, a reading that alarmed the U.S. nuclear experts” …

    “It is an unmitigated, unshielded number”

    Kyle Cleveland. The Asia-Pacific Journal, Vol. 12, Issue 7, No. 4, February 17, 2014, http japanfocus org/ (-Kyle-Cleveland/4075)

    Mobilizing Nuclear Bias: The Fukushima Nuclear Crisis and the Politics of Uncertainty

    On the morning of March 16, a surveillance helicopter flying over the Daiichi reactors measured 4 sieverts per hour, a reading that alarmed the U.S. nuclear experts, giving further evidence that the spent fuel pool 4 was compromised and the pool was dry. A U.S. government nuclear expert who was directly involved in the U.S. government’s radiation assessment of this situation said:

    At 100 meters away it (the helicopter) was reading 4 sieverts per hour. That is an astronomical number and it told me, what that number means to me, a trained person, is there is no water on the reactor cores and they are just melting down, there is nothing containing the release of radioactivity. It is an unmitigated, unshielded number. (Confidential communication, September 17, 2012).11

    1. 4 Sv/hr at 100m… yeah, sure. And after it was detected, it then disappeared to wherever the photo of the glowing fuel went.

      1. Duh,

        Those are DIRECT QUOTES from the Asia Pacific Journal; Not from some apocalyptic source, (whatever that might mean)

        Niall REGULARLY goes non-linear, for reasons which are not apparent.

          1. Objective Reality

            The interested reader is able to objectively determine the accuracy of the quotes.

            Facts R Facts

            1. Yes, and they can accurately judge the accuracy of your quotes too. Glowing lumps of melted fuel lying around, 20000 dead americans, the Death of the northern pacific, fuel scattered thousands of square miles, nuclear detonations… did I miss any of your lies? The dead fish, the radionuclides all over the northern hemisphere, any thing else? Your lies of omission, that you are nothing but a lying shill…

              1. The FDU-3 MOX explosion weather forecast

                http www youtube com/ (watch?v=2W4_KsjkqKI)

                Forecast map of March 14 explosion at reactor No. 1, Belgium Institute

                1. So, instead of a photo showing glowing lumps of fuel, you are providing a video of a SIMULATION based on several large assumptions and omissions.

                  Sorry, but you are simply full of it. Anf you cant stop, can you? you are paid to post this stuff day after day after day. I do hope you feel some shame, and embarassment that your top tier engineering degree didnt get you that job designing oil rigs but instead made yiu into a cheap, lowly shill for an industry thats dirtier than team nuke.

  17. All I can say is with all the jap computer companies and the advances they have made! Why are there not more better camera’s high up on the towers showing both color and Inferred Pictures of everything from every angle? and why haven’t tempco people told us about fires and anything else we need to know? Im sure something bad has been seen here and they ( tempco) are doing the best they can do to hide it from us until it is too late! so weather there was a fire or not, Does that matter? Or is what matters is we know they lied and are still lying? and now everything the speculators who said we are all in for a bad day were right! so make your plan and get you bucket list going or you might not have time to get it done! Because what any government is telling you about this is all lye’s!
    So does the truth about it matter NOW?

    1. When idiots like you jump on every little compression artifact and exaggerate it into The Nuclear Apocalypse, I can completely understand why they are reluctant to release any info at all.

  18. A Vast Radionuclide Storm:

    TODAY’S MOST VIEWED (VIDEO):

    http enenews com/ (cesium-137-forecast-shows-near-surface-radiation-cloud-over-texas-southwest-us-april-15-16-video)

    http db eurad uni-koeln de/ (prognose/data/alert/cs_hem_1h_movall_16) gif
    httpv www youtube com/ (watch?v=F6t2ty2wPZw)

    Cesium-137 forecast shows ‘near surface’ radiation cloud over Texas, Western US on April 15, 16

  19. Warning: Stay indoors this weekend due to higher radiation levels

    News | Government Posted by Keri Brenner (Editor), April 11, 2011 at 03:19 PM, http healdsburg patch com/ (groups/politics-and-elections/p/youtube-videos-stay-indoors-this-weekend-due-to-highef50e384eb3)

    YouTube videos: Stay indoors this weekend due to higher radiation levels

    Observers monitoring jet stream post videos showing plume with elevated radiation levels hitting Alaska, Vancouver and California Saturday and Sunday. A smattering of videos on YouTube this weekend are showing the jet stream from Japan as carrying more radiation toward the West Coast than has been noted before. Attached is one of the videos, which advises people to stay indoors this weekend to avoid exposure.

    Patch will be following this story closely over the next week.

    1. yoU migt want to reduce your food intakr too, just like mr bill duff did during The Great Radionuclide Storm of 2011. Its currently unclear if mr bill duff will be reducing his food intake during the Lesser Radionuclinde Storm of Tuesday Afternoon.

      Meanwhile, in other news, mr bill duff has not yet produced the photos showing te glowing red fuel, but he has ignored requests and attempted to change the subject several times.

  20. No-drink order in Old Massett (Canada), following radiation increase

    You are here: Home / Article / No-drink order in Old Massett, following radiation increase, http www qciobserver com/ (Article.aspx?Id=4908)

    Old Massett has issued a no-drink order for rainwater after levels of iodine 131, an indicator of radioactivity, were found to be rising. Acting band manager John Disney wasn’t satisfied with the monitoring underway since the problems began at the nuclear plant in Fukushima, Japan, so he set up a regime – two tests a week of rainwater, stream water and groundwater. Seeing levels of iodine 131 in rainwater rise steeply (from unmeasurable to 1.1 becquerels per litre) between March 24 and April 1, he has since ramped up the testing to once a day. Mr. Disney said the level determined as dangerous is 6, but because the tests are a few days behind, he is worried about continuing increases at that rate.

    So far streamwater and groundwater are testing fine, but he his keeping his eye on all levels. But Mr. Disney is not satisfied. As of April 5, the most recent results he’d received were from April 1. Mr. Disney was expecting more back later that day. He said his suspicisions around adequate government testing started 25 years ago, after the nuclear meltdown in Chernobyl, Ukraine. He’d been out on his fishing boat and heard the Coast Guard over the radio telling lighthouse operators to disconnect their rainwater systems. When he tried to find out why, the local, provincial and federal health authorities told him not to worry, the coast guard were just being overcautious. He asked whether they were testing and was assured they were. But he decided to do his own investigation and took samples from his Nadu Road rain catchment system to a private lab. They found two types of radiation were at the danger level. He drained his 4,000 gallon tank. Fast forward to two weeks ago, post-tsunami in Japan, he said, when he was told not to worry about potential radiation in the rainwater here. “My hair stood straight up,” he said.

    As the band manager, he realized he was responsible for the community, so he went to the Health Centre and got a regime going. A private lab in Saskatchewan is doing the tests, which he says can be turned around in 48 hours. He also set the Emergency Preparedness committee in motion to come up with a plan. Mr. Disney says the first place radiation will show up is in the rainwater. “What’s the plan to tell the community,” Mr. Disney asked the Emergency Preparedness volunteers. Then, he asked, what if it gets in the groundwater? What if people can no longer drink water out of the tap? Mr. Disney said the north end has three reservoirs, in Old Massett, in New Town and in Masset. He suggested they find a way to isolate the tanks, and then water could be rationed for drinking and cooking. “At the end of the day, the community’s health is at stake.” So far he has been trying to share the information and post it in public places. He also has an direct email list and a connection with pregnant mothers and those with newborns, who are at a higher risk. He sent the no-drink order to other communities on the islands.

    1. Mr Bill Duff has no shortage of lunatics to quote from. Mr Bill Duff cant produce any hard evidence though, especially the photo showing glowing lumps of fuel lying around. Mr Bill Duff continues undaunted, though, since he is paid to dig up crap and post it. Every now and then Mr Bill Duff gets a bit excited in his hate campaign and tells an actual lie, like the mentioned photo. He now wishes desperately to change the subject, but every time he does the readers will see his attempts and his credibility will suffer.
      In the end, mr bill diff will a) use fake accounts, b) encourage readers to have me banned, c) reduce the scope of his lies so he doesnt lose his job and d) only post these circumstantial, ancedotal ‘evidence’ stories. Or e) die of radiation poisoning, cursing team nuke with his last, glow-in-the-dark breath.

      most of these options look to already be in effect.

      1. Niall compulsively, obsessively demanded documentation of the Vast 2011 Radionuclide Storm and the Red Hot Glowing Fuel scattered about the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station. A Helicopter video/photo and the ambient radiation measured from the helicopter(s) has been provided.

        Now, will Niall’s Mom give him the money to pay to Iori Mochizuki-sensei $100 Dollars American?

        Will Niall be a one-time donor; or become a regular supporter of this blog?

        1. I see an orange dot, which could be anything from a small fire, to an orange handrail. The fact that it looks like it might also be glowing fuel doesn’t mean shit; I’ve seen far better photographic evidence for the existence of the loch ness monster.

          Do you shill on loch ness monster blogs too, Bill?

  21. Vast Radionuclide Storm of 2011:

    Today’s trajectory: Plumes Initialized 22 April 2011, 12 UTC

    http www atmos.umd.edu/ (~tcanty/hysplit/)

    These trajectories were calculated using the NOAA HYSPLIT model.

    More information can be found here: http ready arl noaa gov/ (HYSPLIT) php

    For information regarding the monitoring of radioactive material reaching the United States, please visit the EPA: http epa gov/ (japan2011

    1. We’ve had enough of your lies. Where is the photo of the glowing fuel lumps Bill? Yet another attempt to change the subject?

      And wasnt the Great Storm in 2011? your latest ‘proof’ is only a simulation. and we’ve seen it about 6 times alreafy, you dont need to poast it again.

      1. The Glowing Red Corium Photo Niall has been demanding

        Elapsed Time: 30 Red Hot Object

        http www eurotrib com/ (story/2011/4/4/121627/0100)

        Re: Fukushima: damage limitation (none / 0)

        Another vid. There’s a small object around 30s in that looks like it’s glowing red hot.

        by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Mon Apr 4th, 2011 at 09:51:02 PM EST

        Re: Fukushima: damage limitation

        “This is a bad video, but the red spot 30 s in is definitely on the south side of the collapsed top of the No. 1 reactor (you see the red top and white side girders and you can identify fallen girders on the last two photos here). It’s hard to tell what it is, but would it be anything red hot, it would have shown as an extreme peak on the thermal images.”

  22. Fukushima Steam and Melted/Twisted Steel:

    Helicopter video 1

    https www youtube com/ (watch?v=ZKFGavZ_rf4)

    1. Stop wasting our timr Bill. You said ” showed big red glowing chunks of fuel”. I know “melted/twisted steel” and big red glowing chunks of fuel” sound very alike, so mistakes could obviously be made there. How about you post a link to the evidence, instead of this rubbish which we’ve all seen?

      1. Niall, shouldn’t you be paying Iori Mochizuki-sensei $100 Dollars???

        Elapsed Time: 30 Red Hot Object

        http www eurotrib com/ (story/2011/4/4/121627/0100)

        Re: Fukushima: damage limitation (none / 0)

        Another vid. There’s a small object around 30s in that looks like it’s glowing red hot.

        by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Mon Apr 4th, 2011 at 09:51:02 PM EST

        Re: Fukushima: damage limitation

        “This is a bad video, but the red spot 30 s in is definitely on the south side of the collapsed top of the No. 1 reactor (you see the red top and white side girders and you can identify fallen girders on the last two photos here). It’s hard to tell what it is, but would it be anything red hot, it would have shown as an extreme peak on the thermal images.”

          1. That video doesn’t work on my android device so I’ll look at when I get off work. I have a real job, and am not paid to shill on blogs like duff is. And to be honest I’m not in any hurry to view his ‘evidence’ which is no doubt just a few blurry pixels showing nothing conclusive at all.

            1. Well, ladies and gentlemen, here’s the GLOWING RED LUMPS OF FUEL LYING AROUND:

              http postimg.org/ (image/onujqp2j3/)

              Now fuck off Bill and stop wasting peoples time with this shit.

  23. Elapsed Time: 30 Red Hot Object

    http www eurotrib com/ (story/2011/4/4/121627/0100)

    Re: Fukushima: damage limitation (none / 0)

    Another vid. There’s a small object around 30s in that looks like it’s glowing red hot.

    by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Mon Apr 4th, 2011 at 09:51:02 PM EST

    Re: Fukushima: damage limitation

    “This is a bad video, but the red spot 30 s in is definitely on the south side of the collapsed top of the No. 1 reactor (you see the red top and white side girders and you can identify fallen girders on the last two photos here). It’s hard to tell what it is, but would it be anything red hot, it would have shown as an extreme peak on the thermal images.”

    2. Red Hot

      Some physics thermodynamic basics: Pre-School & Kindergarten

      The stove is hot. See, it is glowing red. Don’t Touch.

      Lava is hot. See, it is glowing red. Don’t Touch.

      Corium is hot. See, it is glowing red. Don’t Touch.

      Other physics basics: Grade School 1-3

      Corium is very dangerous, so stay far-far away.

      Corium gives off intense radiation (Deadly Do not approach)

      Is that so difficult?

      1. If it’s hot, why is it not on the IR photos?

        Because you are paid to, you will see ‘evidence’ for catastrophy and coverup everywhere. There is no being rational with you.

        Tell me, did this bit get scattered thousands of miles? Where are the other bits? Did no one else get a photo of a glowing fuel lump before the cover up team nuke ran in and, uh, picked them up and put them in a bucket with a lid on it?

      2. Some physics thermodynamic basics: Grades 4 – 6

        See the STEAM Rising from the Ground. Steam is very hot. That means that something very hot is Under the Ground. Lava and Corium are very hot.

        Steam RISING from the ground may be caused by Lava or Corium. What is more likely at the Fukushima Nuclear Power Station Disaster Area today; steam or corium?

        Is that so very difficult?

        1. You are talking about steam now, not the supposed fuel rod??? Typical shill tactic, to just jumpo to the next little conspiracy idea rather than engage in a debate, isnt it?

          Still, let’s look at your comment in detail.

          “See the STEAM Rising from the Ground. ”

          Yes, I see steam. But not at 0:30 where the supposed fuel rod is. I see steam rising from the ground in Iceland too. I see steam rising from my outdoor pool on cool nights…

          “Steam is very hot”
          Ok Mr grade 4-6 Duff. Steam is not ‘very’ hot. Steam forms at 100C, at normal atmospheric pressure. Corium forms above 2000C, and that’s very hot. It then cools. Steam can be a whole range of temperatures, depending on the pressure. In the open air, not so hot..

          “That means that something very hot is Under the Ground.”

          No, it doesn’t. It means something is producing steam. See above. If you want to point out which steam formation you are gibbering about, go ahead. It’s relevancy to the ‘fuel rod’ will be discussed.

          “Lava and Corium are very hot.”

          Lava and corium are very hot at their formation. They then cool. The chernobyl elephants foot is at room temperature.

          “Steam RISING from the ground may be caused by Lava or Corium.”
          ..It may be caused by an employee making a cup of tea, too…

          Let’s look at where steam might come from, without getting all excited about corium and lava.

          A BWR reactor, under a normal SCRAM shutdown would still be producing around 0.5% of its operational thermal output after 24hrs. The helicopter video you reference is supposedly from the day after the unit 3 explosion, feel free to double check that if you like.

          That’s approx 15MW of thermal power being generated, under the best of circumstances (we can agree that this isnt the best of circumstances I hope).. Do you think 15MW in a wet environment does not generate steam? An electric kettle (which produces plenty of steam) is about 2kW so we’re talking about the thermal output of 7500 electric kettles, and THAT is if the reactor is shut down in the most effective way possible, which is not the case here.

          What conclusion can we draw from this? Probably not much, besides the fact that there is a LOT of heat in and near the reactor even when it is properly shut down, and that there is a lot of water and leaks in the roof when the building explodes. So any burst water pipe could spray water onto any hot surface and release steam. It does not require corium or lava to produce steam.

          TEPCO were busy injecting water in a whole lot of different ways, which could quite easily spray water onto hot pipes, producing steam.

          “Steam RISING from the ground may be caused by Lava or Corium.”

          Yes, it MAY be produced but those, but there are a whole lot more likely
          scenarios first.

          “What is more likely at the Fukushima Nuclear Power Station Disaster Area today; steam or corium?”

          I think solidified corium or lava at a few hundred degrees is most likely, possibly hotter on the inside, depending on the geometry. Water coming in contact with this, or water coming in contact with metal which has conducted heat from this, could produce steam. But that’s today. I thought we were referring to the video from march 15th 2011? And now you’re asking questions about what’s likely today? I can’t figure out what you are trying to say. You’re starting to drool and foam at the mouth a bit. Try not to get so excited, and try keep your argument together.

          Is that so very difficult?

  25. What is more likely at the Fukushima Nuclear Power Station Disaster Area today; lava or corium?

      1. Words and Terms: for Grades 4 – 6

        Words have common meanings, which are generally understood, in context.

        OK class, who knows what Lava is? OK, well, everybody but Niall, who has been ‘held-back’ again.

        OK class, who knows what Corium is? OK, well, everybody but Niall, who has been ‘held-back’ again.

        Terms must be defined:

  26. Rising Steam IS a THERMAL IMAGE,

    Based on the dewpoint/temperature spread, rising steam establishes a minimum temperature.

    Infrared imaging (FLIR) is a TOOL,

    Niall is a ‘Simple Tool’

    Trolls are ‘Tools’

  27. “Damaged reactor cores continue to glow with infernal heat”

    “Containment vessels are riddled with holes”

    IEEE Spectrum (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers), Eliza Strickland, Feb 28, 2014: http spectrum ieee org/ (energy/nuclear/dismantling-fukushima-the-worlds-toughest-demolition-project)

    Japan’s nuclear experts] have only the vaguest idea of where the melted fuel ended up

    Damaged reactor cores continue to glow with infernal heat

    Containment vessels are riddled with holes

    Reactors are kept in check only by ceaseless vigilance

    To placate the furious Japanese public, [TEPCO must] remove every trace of the facility

    TEPCO officials have admitted frankly that they don’t yet know how to accomplish the tasks

    “At Fukushima you have wrecked infrastructure, three melted cores, and you have some core on the floor, ex-vessel,” [TEPCO adviser Lake] Barrett says

    Nothing like Fukushima, [Barrett] declares, has ever happened before

    There is no guarantee that this epic project can be accomplished — But faced with the wrath of the Japanese people, TEPCO has no choice but to try

    Explosions […] sprayed radioactive materials throughout the buildings

    Many of the leaks are thought to be in the suppression chambers, doughnut-shaped structures that ring the containment vessel

    Rooms that surround them are now filled with water […] no easy way to spot the ruptures

    TEPCO may [end up] pouring concrete into the suppression chamber
    As long as that melted fuel glows inside reactors 1, 2, and 3, Fukushima Daiichi will remain Japan’s ongoing nightmare

    Melted fuel may also have a lavalike consistency, with a hard crust on top but softer materials inside

    http enenews com/ (nuclear-friendly-magazine-melted-fuel-fukushima-glowing-corium-could-be-lava-like-experts-only-vaguest-idea-pouring-concrete-structure-being-discussed-be-able-decommission-plant-give-try)

      1. Yeah, that is what the IEEE Spectrum article says. The scattered (glowing, red hot) fuel, which was previously glowing visibly on the surface, was subsequently covered up with dirt, by bulldozers.

        “Damaged reactor cores continue to glow with infernal heat”

        That ‘Team Nuke’ does not LIKE the facts, does not change the facts.

        TTFN

  28. ‘Team Nuke’ does not wish to discuss the Corium locations.

    Scientists: Cosmic rays can see through nuclear reactor, locate fuel

    January 24, 2014, By JIN NISHIKAWA/ Staff Writer http ajw asahi com/ (article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201401240069)

    Japanese scientists have developed a method to use cosmic rays to see through a nuclear reactor, raising hopes for locating and accounting for melted fuel inside the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant.

    “Installing several sensors outdoors for a month or so is enough to get a picture of internal structures,” said Fumihiko Takasaki, a particle physics scientist at the High Energy Accelerator Research Organization. “Our technology is well established, so I hope it will be used to help decommission the stricken reactors at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant.”

    Takasaki and his co-workers installed sensors outdoors at the Tokai No. 2 nuclear power plant in Ibaraki Prefecture between February 2012 and December 2013 to detect muon particles contained in cosmic rays. Muon beams, which are absorbed more easily in high-density materials such as uranium, can be used to obtain see-through images, much in the way of X-ray radiography. The measurements allowed the scientists to outline the shape of the reactor containment vessel, locate the fuel storage pool and size up the amount of nuclear fuel being stored. The perspective images clearly showed the fuel was stored in two separate sections in the storage pool.

    Even if the melted fuel has escaped into the basement levels, it can still be located by installing sensors in underground holes, the scientists said. Each sensor unit weighs 800 kilograms, not including the steel sheets for shielding radiation, and costs around 20 million yen ($200,000), they added.

  29. Shutter the WORST of the WORST, please

    All of these failed systems are General Electric Mark-1 civilian power plant designs. The design deficiencies of the GE Mark-1 ‘containment system’ have been a matter of record for over 30 years.

    Perhaps the USA NRC should join Planet Earth in outlawing the architectural DEFICIENCIES of the General Electric Mark-1 pseudo-containment design. The GE Mark-1 power plants are the WORST of the WORST of the WORST of the civilian operated nuclear power station equipment on the Blue Planet.

    Perhaps the NRC should CANCEL ALL the GE Mark-1 operating licenses, in the USA; rather than extend their licenses by ANOTHER twenty (20) YEARS. No GE Mark-1 power plant should EVER be loaded with MOX Fuel.

    Is it too much to ask, that the USA NRC outlaw the most hazardous design on EARTH? Pretty Please!

    Tick-Tock, Tick-Tock

  30. Follow the money; Fukushima Daiichi Contractors

    ATOX Inc., Babcock & Wilcox, Hitachi-GE, Kajima Construction, Kyoei Kougyou, Mitsubishi Heavy Ind., Obayashi Corp, Shaw Group, Taisei Corp, Toshiba, Toshiba Nuclear http www fukuleaks org/ (web/?p=13022)

    And MOX Monger – AREVA: http www areva com/ (EN/operations-1391/the-shipment-of-mox-fuel-from-france-to-japan) html

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This website updates the latest news about the Fukushima nuclear plant and also archives the past news from 2011. Because it's always updated and added live, articles, categories and the tags are not necessarily fitted in the latest format.
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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