Are sub-criticalities occurring in Tepco Daiichi's water storage pools or at some other location at the plant?
Black tendrils FROM THE GROUND
envelope the plant
http://majiasblog.blogspot.com/2013/05/look-at-black-tendrils-envelope-daiichi.htm
http://majiasblog.blogspot.com/2013/05/look-at-black-tendrils-envelope-daiichi.htm
For though I walk through the
darkest valley
Majia here: I know Tepco’s been having trouble with the spent fuel pool
cooling
Fukushima nuclear plant's cooling system goes offline for 3 hours
(2013, April 5) http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201304050069
M. Fackler (19 March 2013) ‘Blackout Halts Cooling System at Fukushima Plant’, The New York Time, http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/20/world/asia/blackout-halts-cooling-system-at-fukushima-plant.html?_r=0
M. Fackler (19 March 2013) ‘Blackout Halts Cooling System at Fukushima Plant’, The New York Time, http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/20/world/asia/blackout-halts-cooling-system-at-fukushima-plant.html?_r=0
Majia here: But the observations I made today
do not seem like a spent fuel pool fire, which would be (I believe) more consistent and not
ebb and flow so quickly.
So, perhaps the steam/smoke is
coming from the water storage pools?
The radiation levels in those pools
is "710 billion becquerels of radioactivity" for the FILTERED water.Unfiltered
water is HIGHER.
Former Fukushima worker, “The surface dose of the leaking contaminated water is 2 Sv/h” Posted by Mochizuki on May 1st, 2013 http://fukushima-diary.com/2013/05/former-fukushima-worker-the-surface-dose-of-the-leaking-contaminated-water-is-2-svh/
Fukushima Diary recently reported plutonium in pools. The leaking reservoirs may contain 1,300 Bq/m3 of Pu-238 and 110 Bq/m3 of Cm-244
Posted by Mochizuki on April 28th, 2013 ·
Fukushima Diary recently reported plutonium in pools. The leaking reservoirs may contain 1,300 Bq/m3 of Pu-238 and 110 Bq/m3 of Cm-244
Posted by Mochizuki on April 28th, 2013 ·
Majia here: Even Arnie Gundersen is
now acknowledging plutonium contamination from Fukushima. See discussion here: http://enenews.com/gross-containment-failure-fukushima-reactors-plutonium-plant
and here http://www.fairewinds.org/content/cant-win-change-rules
Fukushima Diary also reported high tritium
emissions and contaminated water leaks:
[Out
of control] Tritium leaked from 4 of 7 reservoirs, “1,100,000,000Bq/m3 from
reservoir No.1″Posted
by Mochizuki on April 25th, 2013
[710 GBq of beta nuclide] 120 m3
of highly contaminated water leaked to underground, 800m to the sea http://fukushima-diary.com/2013/04/710-gbq-of-beta-nuclide-120-m3-of-highly-contaminated-water-leaked-to-underground-800m-to-the-sea/
Majia here: On April 7 The Asahi
Shimbun reported that Tepco could not handle the radioactive water at the
plant. That signaled Tepco's failure to master plant conditions:
"TEPCO
floundering in dealing with sea of contaminated water" http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201304070026
Radiation levels have been rising
in Tokyo and Fukushima:
Fallout Spiked recently in Tokyo: Fallout
level in Tokyo was the highest this March since May of 2011
Posted by Mochizuki on April 26th, 2013
http://fukushima-diary.com/2013/04/fallout-level-in-tokyo-was-the-highest-this-march-since-may-of-2011/
Majia here: I propose that there
may be transient sub-criticalities occurring in the water storage areas.
Tepco has admitted the water is
highly contaminated by strontium and cesium. We know there is uranium in the
pool and some of it may be U235. Furthermore, there may be plutonium in those
pools. Water is a great moderator.
So, perhaps sub-criticalities are
occurring in the storage ponds.
It explains so much of what we’ve
been seeing and I documented yesterday and recently.
A sub-criticality is a
nuclear fission chain that is not sustained. Wikipedia describes forms of nuclear chain reactions: (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_chain_reaction)
This
may explain the recent xenon detections in Japan:
Fukushima
Diary: http://fukushima-diary.com/2013/04/ctbt-measured-unusually-high-level-of-xe-133-and-xe-131m-4849-vienna-its-due-to-n-korea/
Optimal
Prediction: Xenon
detected by CTBTO, blamed on North Korea.
Majia
here: I conclude from the CTBTO discussion that radiation levels are rising in Japan
and fission may be occurring at Daiichi (or perhaps Daini).
1. There has been considerable mainstream media attention to these pools recently and it has been acknowledged in mainstream media accounts that radiation levels in these pools are astronomically high.
2. Tepco has been saying that they are, and must, dump highly radioactive water into the ocean.
I wonder whether they must dump incredibly radioactive water into the ecosystem because the alternative is nuclear fire.
Yet this may be no solution.
Perhaps even water itself has been consumed by the
nuclear fire.
Conclusion: Is there no stopping this train wreck?
I posted this on an older page:
ReplyDeleteIt looks to me in some of these images that that steam or black dust is coming straight out of the ground, in between Fukushima and the camera. So my question is: why do you not think that it is coming from the corium? Thanks, NoNukes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uc96BSUHbCs
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/77637499/may2%2006%2011jst.PNG
Majia,
ReplyDeleteMy apologies for the grammar above. You'd never guess that I am an English professor, lol. Except maybe by the longwinded-ness.
When I was looking for the old videos of the black dust on enenews this morning, I saw your March post for the first time about the micro-fractures in your family's feet. I am so sorry.
We should all be taking alginate, from radiation-free brown seaweed sourced from the Southern Hemisphere. It is very radioprotective against Strontium 90 and Cesium 137, some say up to 80%. Calcium alginate may be better than sodium alginate.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/919410
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23318531
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1862624
I just found this source of seaweed from the West Coast of South Africa. The website is confusing, but maybe I will give it a try.
http://www.gaiaresearch.co.za/kelp.html
About your teeth, yesterday I just happened to stumble on a discussion about the miracle powers of Vitamin K. Apparently there is a book called Vitamin K2 and the Calcium Paradox: How a Little-Known Vitamin Could Save Your Life. The striking thing was all the comments on amazon about how Vitamin K2 made trips to the dentist a thing of the past. Suddenly plaque disappears. Do we all have K2 deficiency?
Also, I followed StillJill over to curezone.com, and "oil-pulling" is very popular over there, for many issues. Basically it means swirling organic coconut oil (or organic olive oil) around in your mouth for 10-15 minutes, then spitting it out. Removes some toxins, anti-bacterial, anti-fungal, etc. It isn't as bad as it sounds, although I've only done it once, lol. Supposed to be good for teeth.
Okay, back to grading.
Thanks, NoNukes
Hi No Nukes
ReplyDeleteI agree that the (underground melted) corium is a source of venting of steam.
I just think the water may also be a source because of the locations of the eruptions as well as the activity of the steam.
That water decaying billions and billions of becquerels every second. It may be hot enough to sustain ephemeral sub-criticalities.
I would love to chat with you by phone or skype if you are up for it.
my email address majiandsn@yahoo.com
interesting exchange, thanks
ReplyDeleteme, been thinking about the train wreck
given the miserable level of public discussion
I'd have to say: won't stop
media & PR pros have neutralized the pertinent questions of what to do, how to and with who? recent press coverage displays dumb dismay at news of spiraling crisis, things happening that could have been predicted with urgency 2 years ago
I applaud your efforts to decipher an understanding from the Live Cam images - my attention is drawn to the narrative, looking for ways to "break media blackout"
get people talking about it
here's a remarkable way to talk about it, a breakthrough perception in fact
"How anyone, even the most profit-hungry plutocrat on the planet, can look at what is still happening at Fukushima two years later and determine that financial concerns remain in any way relevant to the discussion of what has to be done about a steadily spiraling catastrophe - - it might be beyond the people tasked with keeping the rest of us safe..." http://www.esquire.com/blogs/politics/The_Ongoing__Fukushima_Disaster (excuse the stupid ad, Esquire...
so where exactly is the corium & what's it up to & can the mention of 'alginate' be amplified, further sourced?