M5.8 hit offshore Miyagi 3 hours after M6.2 in Miyake-jima
Posted by Mochizuki on April 17th, 2013 · No Comments
21:03 4/17/2013 (JST), M5.8 hit offshore Miyagi. It was only 3 hours after M6.2 in Miyake-jima.
(cf, Over 20 earthquakes hit Miyake-jima island within 9 hours, Meteorological agency, “No volcanic activity observed” [URL])
[Spreading leakage] Radiation level jumped up to be 2.7 times much in the back-up reservoir
Posted by Mochizuki on April 17th, 2013 · No Comments
About the major leakage of highly contaminated water, Tepco finished transferring contaminated water from leaking No.3 to No.6 on 4/14. On 4/11, they had a pump leaking on transferring water from No.3 to No.6. At least 6.4 billion Bq of β nuclide leaked to the ground.
(cf, [Can't stop leaking] 6.4 billion Bq leaked from the pump on transferring to the safer reservoir [URL])
According to Tepco, the radiation level outside of the “safe” reservoir No.6 is also increasing. The contaminated water is starting to leak everywhere.
On 4/16, the radiation level of drain hole water jumped up to be 2.7 times much as 4/14 in northeast side.
![[Spreading leakage] Radiation level jumped up to be 2.7 times much in the back-up reservoir](http://fukushima-diary.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/%E3%82%B9%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A7%E3%83%83%E3%83%88%EF%BC%882013-04-17-15.27.30%EF%BC%89-450x268.png "[Spreading leakage] Radiation level jumped up to be 2.7 times much in the back-up reservoir")
![2 [Spreading leakage] Radiation level jumped up to be 2.7 times much in the back-up reservoir](http://fukushima-diary.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/%E3%82%B9%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A7%E3%83%83%E3%83%88%EF%BC%882013-04-17-15.28.16%EF%BC%89-450x262.png "2 [Spreading leakage] Radiation level jumped up to be 2.7 times much in the back-up reservoir")
Related article..[Spreading leakage] Radiation level of reservoir No.3 jumped up to be 8.6 times much after transferring water [URL]
http://ex-skf.blogspot.com/2013/04/fukushima-i-nuke-plant-pond-leak-of_17.html
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 2013
#Fukushima I Nuke Plant Pond Leak of April 2013: TEPCO Started Transfering 900 Tonnes of Post-RO Waste Water from Pond No.2 to a Steel Tank, Will Take 6 Days
OK, so it will be 150 tonnes per day, using temporary pipes and a temporary tank between the Pond No.2 and the final destination which is about 550 meters away.
The Reverse Osmosis apparatus is currently operated intermittently, according to TEPCO (handout for the press in Japanese, 4/16/2013).
From the 58-page handout for the press conference given by the TEPCO president Hirose (4/17/2013):
In-the-ground water storage ponds and where the RO waste water is going. Green line in the map is where the waste water from the Pond 2 is traveling:
The physical setup to transfer the waste water in the Pond No.2 to a steel tank in H2 area. (I seems to be hallucinating the leak already...):
In the handout, I don't find any reference to any effort to make any of the temporary contraptions since March 11, 2011 into a permanent, stable one.
Here's page 26, showing photographs of electrical panel for the Reactor 2 Spent Fuel Pool cooling system, which was rigged up after the accident. "Look what we found! A small animal (rat) can get inside!" So what did TEPCO do? Cover the lines with plastic sheets:
Here's page 26, showing photographs of electrical panel for the Reactor 2 Spent Fuel Pool cooling system, which was rigged up after the accident. "Look what we found! A small animal (rat) can get inside!" So what did TEPCO do? Cover the lines with plastic sheets:
From my experience in living in a countryside, rats and mice can easily chew through plastic sheets.
I hear that Mr. Naomi Hirose, TEPCO's president, is a very smart guy, with MBA from Yale University. He's from sales and marketing, and not an engineer. He was in charge of TEPCO's highly successful push for "all-electric" homes, which significantly boosted the electricity consumption in large cities, which in turn was used to justify building more nuclear power plants. Yale MBA Program apparently wrote it up as a case study. I'd love to see it.
I can see that he is indeed an MBA, as he sets up a new "communication" department to better communicate with the press, the government, and citizens as if communication is what's wrong with TEPCO and Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant.
I hear that Mr. Naomi Hirose, TEPCO's president, is a very smart guy, with MBA from Yale University. He's from sales and marketing, and not an engineer. He was in charge of TEPCO's highly successful push for "all-electric" homes, which significantly boosted the electricity consumption in large cities, which in turn was used to justify building more nuclear power plants. Yale MBA Program apparently wrote it up as a case study. I'd love to see it.
I can see that he is indeed an MBA, as he sets up a new "communication" department to better communicate with the press, the government, and citizens as if communication is what's wrong with TEPCO and Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant.
http://fukushima-diary.com/2013/04/tepco-plans-to-transfer-contaminated-water-to-suppression-pool-of-reactor5-and-6-in-emergency/
Tepco plans to transfer contaminated water to suppression pool of reactor5 and 6 in emergency
Posted by Mochizuki on April 16th, 2013 · No Comments
As to the major leakage of highly contaminated water, Tepco is planning to transfer 23,600 tones of water to the tanks.
However, those tanks don’t exist yet. Because they have to build the tanks, the water leakage won’t be fixed until June.
(cf, Major leakage can’t be fixed until early June [URL])
On 4/15/2013, Tepco announced they would transfer water to the suppression pools of reactor5 and 6 in case of emergency.
Suppression chamber is one of the major coolant systems of the reactor.
The reservoirs stock concentrated radioactive salt water. It would seriously damage the suppression chambers as well.
The suppression chambers must have had coolant water inside. It is not announced where the water was moved.
http://fukushima-diary.com/2013/04/underground-contamination-high-level-of-chloride-concentration-detected-between-the-leaking-reservoirs-and-sea/
[Underground contamination?] High level of chloride concentration detected between the leaking reservoirs and sea
Posted by Mochizuki on April 15th, 2013 · No Comments
About the major leakage of highly contaminated water, Tepco is surveying ground water by 7 borings.
The leaking reservoirs are 800m from the sea. The 7 holes are made between the reservoirs and sea.
According to Tepco, high level of chloride concentration was detected from the sampling ground water.
The highest reading was 65 ppm. It’s higher than 60 ppm measured from leakage detector hole water of reservoir No.3 (Southwest side). Tepco has officially admitted reservoir No.3 is leaking.
Detecting high level of chloride concentration suggests the possibility that the leaking water is already widely spreading underground. However, Tepco is denying the possibility to say the total β nuclide density was lower than the detectable level.
The second highest reading was 40 ppm between the reservoirs and sea.
![[Underground contamination?] High level of chloride concentration detected between the leaking reservoirs and sea](http://fukushima-diary.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/imagebot527-450x313.png "[Underground contamination?] High level of chloride concentration detected between the leaking reservoirs and sea")
http://fukushima-diary.com/2013/04/tepco-did-not-conduct-any-endurance-test-of-the-contaminated-water-reservoirs/
Tepco did not conduct any endurance test of the contaminated water reservoirs in advance
Posted by Mochizuki on April 15th, 2013 · 1 Comment
According to the independent journalist Oshidori, Tepco did not conduct any endurance test of the contaminated water reservoirs in advance.
It was stated in their press conference.
Tepco has admitted at least 3 of 7 reservoirs are leaking highly contaminated water to underground. It’s not only that the plutonium concentration is not announced, but also they don’t even announce when to publish the data.
(cf, [Leakage] Plutonium concentration in the leaking reservoirs not announced [URL])
The only endurance test that Tepco conducted was to fill the reservoirs with water to check if the water surface doesn’t significantly decrease.
Unlike ordinary hazardous materials tanks, land subsidence test when the reservoir is full, flaw detection test by using tracer, even a miniature simulation test were not conducted.
Air pressure examination of the pipes was not conducted either.
http://fukushima-diary.com/2013/04/spreading-leakage-radiation-level-outside-of-reservoir-no-1-increased-1-7-times-much-as-one-day-before/
[Spreading leakage] Radiation level outside of reservoir No.1 increased 1.7 times much as one day before
Posted by Mochizuki on April 15th, 2013 · No Comments
About the major leakage of highly contaminated water, Tepco hasn’t started moving water from the crippled reservoir No.1 to the safer tank.
On 4/14/2013, Fukushima Diary reported the radiation level outside of reservoir No.1 jumped up to be 14 times much as 2 days before.
(cf, [Leakage] Radiation level outside of reservoir No.1 jumped up 14 times much within 2 days [URL])
The leakage is spreading.
On 4/14, the radiation level outside of the reservoir increased to be 1.7 times much as the one of 4/13 on the Northeast side.
On Southwest side, it jumped up to be 3.6 times much as 4/13 as well.
![[Spreading leakage] Radiation level outside of reservoir No.1 increased 1.7 times much as one day before](http://fukushima-diary.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/%E3%82%B9%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A7%E3%83%83%E3%83%88%EF%BC%882013-04-15-17.10.40%EF%BC%89-450x267.png "[Spreading leakage] Radiation level outside of reservoir No.1 increased 1.7 times much as one day before")
![2 [Spreading leakage] Radiation level outside of reservoir No.1 increased 1.7 times much as one day before](http://fukushima-diary.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/%E3%82%B9%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A7%E3%83%83%E3%83%88%EF%BC%882013-04-15-17.12.03%EF%BC%89-450x263.png "2 [Spreading leakage] Radiation level outside of reservoir No.1 increased 1.7 times much as one day before")
http://fukushima-diary.com/2013/04/suspicion-tepco-stated-they-wont-analyze-leaking-water-for-%CE%B1-nuclide-by-mistake/
[Suspicion] Tepco stated they won’t analyze leaking water for α nuclide “by mistake”
Posted by Mochizuki on April 15th, 2013 · No Comments
About the major leakage of highly contaminated water, Fukushima Diary reported Tepco hasn’t decided when to announce Plutonium concentration in the leaking water.
(cf, [Leakage] Plutonium concentration in the leaking reservoirs not announced [URL])
In the press conference of 4/15/2013, Tepco commented they were not going to analyze the leaking water for Plutonium-238/239/240 or tritium. Immediately after the statement, the spokes man admitted he made a mistake.
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(Tweet of independent journalist Oshidori)
In the press conference of 4/10/2013, Tepco commented they need to check when to announce the Plutonium concentration on the leaking water. I asked the same question today. It would be too late if they announce it in one year from now. Even preliminary results are necessary. However today they answered they were not going to analyze for total α or tritium.
but that’s written on the press release of 4/10 to say they were going to do.
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I read up the press release of 4/10, and asked if they were not really going to analyze the water for total α, tritium and strontium just to make sure. Then they said, “Well, that press release is correct.”.
・・・
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and.......
http://fukushima-diary.com/2013/04/tepco-postponed-transferring-contaminated-water-due-to-the-pump-leakage/
Tepco postponed transferring contaminated water due to the pump leakage
Posted by Mochizuki on April 14th, 2013 · No Comments
About the major leakage of highly contaminated water, Tepco is transferring water from 2 of the 3 crippled reservoirs to the tanks and other reservoirs.
Tepco estimates it won’t be fixed until early June. [URL]
However, they had water leak from the pump on transferring from reservoir No.3 to a tank.
(cf, [Can't stop leaking] 6.4 billion Bq leaked from the pump on transferring to the safer reservoir [URL 2])
Having this accident, Tepco postponed transferring the water from reservoir No.2 to the safer H2 area tank.
It is not announced when they are going to restart transferring.
http://ex-skf.blogspot.com/2013/04/fukushima-i-nuke-plant-pond-leak-of.html
FRIDAY, APRIL 12, 2013
#Fukushima I Nuke Plant Pond Leak of April 2013: All 7 In-the-Ground Water Storage Ponds Are Leaking Radioactive (Beta) Water
Jiji Tsushin (4/13/2013) says TEPCO has reported to the Nuclear Regulatory Authority that the in-the-ground water storage pond No.1 is indeed leaking into the surrounding soil.
TEPCO's handout for the press on April 13, 2013 shows that beta nuclides are being detected in the water taken from either the drains or the leak detection pipes or both in not only the ponds Nos 1, 2, 3 but all seven of these in-the-ground storage ponds:
(Click to enlarge)
The top table is for the sampled water from the drain holes, which are placed outside the bottom bentonite layer.
From the presentation material by TEPCO's President (4/10/2013), Page 7:
From the presentation material by TEPCO's President (4/10/2013), Page 7:
Confusing information about which pond had the highly contaminated waste water after the Reverse Osmosis (RO) treatment. Ponds Nos 1, 2, 3 have them for certain, and Pond No.6, I think. According to the TEPCO president presentation, Pond No.5 (capacity 2,000 tonnes) and Pond No.7 (capacity 4,000 tonnes) were empty.
http://fukushima-diary.com/2013/04/spreading-leakage-radiation-detected-from-southwest-side-of-reservoir-no-1-too/
[Spreading leakage] Radiation detected from Southwest side of reservoir No.1 too
Posted by Mochizuki on April 12th, 2013 · No Comments
The leakage of highly contaminated water reservoir No.1 is spreading.
From Tepco’s report published on 4/12/2013, 63,000 Bq/m3 of β nuclide was measured from leakage detector hole water (Southwest side) at 9:40 of 4/11/2013. At 8:25 of 4/10/2013, it was lower than 32,000 Bq/m3 from the same location.
The radiation level of leakage detector hole water in Northeast side was also increased from23,000,000,000 Bq/m3 to 25,000,000,000 Bq/m3. (7:40 4/10/2013 → 9:10 4/11/2013)
Reservoir No.1 stocks 6,000 m3 of contaminated water. It will keep leaking until when they finish transferring water in early May.
(cf, Leaking reservoir No.1 won’t be fix for one month [URL])
![[Spreading leakage] Radiation detected from Southwest side of reservoir No.1 too](http://fukushima-diary.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/imagebot518-450x350.png "[Spreading leakage] Radiation detected from Southwest side of reservoir No.1 too")
![2 [Spreading leakage] Radiation detected from Southwest side of reservoir No.1 too](http://fukushima-diary.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/imagebot519-450x338.png "2 [Spreading leakage] Radiation detected from Southwest side of reservoir No.1 too")
http://fukushima-diary.com/2013/04/tepco-no-radiation-detected-underground-due-to-the-leakage-from-reservoirs/
Tepco “No radiation detected underground due to the leakage from reservoirs”
Posted by Mochizuki on April 12th, 2013 · No Comments
About the major leakage of highly contaminated water from the reservoirs, Tepco implemented boring investigation.
Tepco has made 7 observation holes between the leaking reservoirs and the sea. Each hole is 30m deep.
On 4/12/2013, they announced the radiation level (γ + β) was lower than detectable level in 3 of 7 holes. They didn’t mention other 4 holes.
Tepco tried to mean the contaminated water is not penetrating underground.
The reservoirs are approximately 800m from the sea. The observation holes are slightly out of the straight course from the reservoirs to the sea for some reason.
In order to reduce the leaking water, Tepco is pumping back the leaking water from detection hole to the crippled reservoirs for a few minutes every day.
http://fukushima-diary.com/2013/04/tepco-no-major-damage-was-found-in-torus-room-of-reactor2/
Tepco “No major damage was found in torus room of reactor2″
Posted by Mochizuki on April 12th, 2013 · No Comments
From 4/11 to 4/12/2013, Tepco conducted the torus room investigation of reactor2.
They reported no major damage was found in torus room. However, the water temperature was still higher than atmosphere by 10℃ approximately. The ambient dose was 134 mSv/h on surface of water, where is the closest to suppression chamber.
