Saturday, November 30, 2013

Problem with Fuel Removal at Fukushima Unit 4?


The TBS cam today appeared to display smoke and heat from the area adjacent to Fukushima Daiichi Unit Four where fuel removal has been ongoing over the last week or so.

I missed the earliest moments but here is one of my screen shots:

Notice what looks like steam or smoke coming emanating from the area to the right of the single building that is unit 4.

I've seen smoke or some similar phenomena in the same location this week:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/jzzzih53v661op3/November%2027%20-%2028%202013.pdf
https://www.dropbox.com/s/4zdo70hrck7n6bt/November%2026%20and%2027%20PURPLE%20GLOW.pdf

Today the 'smoke' looked much worse and I was able to see the path of its dispersion.

LostWorld took a clip of the TBS live cam and edited it by:

[LostWorld] I ran the recording using the VLC player with the gamma,brightness, constrast,and color enhancement. I also used the anti-flicker setting.
As the video played I re-recorded it as a seperate file. [end]

https://www.dropbox.com/s/m3h2m3xb55zjt8b/tbs%20cam%201201-0136-edit.avi

Screen shot:
 

Perhaps small criticalities are occurring during the fuel removal process. Wouldn't it be nice and appropriate for officials to warn down-winders of increased levels of radiation exposure?

Instead, information control has been tightened into a noose.






4 comments:

  1. There was a new plume apparently associated with Unit 2 released 2-3 days ago:

    http://optimalprediction.com/wp/radiation-in-american-air-and-rain-continues-to-rise/comment-page-1/#comment-18663

    This is another new one,

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    1. A new weather pattern moving over the US *might* keep most of it out.

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  2. TEPCO Video from Dec 1 may indicate fire off screen, to the right of unit 4 where the smoke has been visible recently:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UYUZqOmwQM

    The TBS cam view today is no longer showing that area to the right of unit 4. Why?

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  3. Strange Flash visible on TBS cam.

    Tbg writes on December 1, 2013 at 5:56 am:

    "Here are is a pic from right around sunset, then the pink flash frame (looks like might be the same frame as lostworld's above) and then the shot where TBS zooms out and pans left for a second right after the pink flash fades and they start zooming in again.
    http://imgur.com/WR15NZc
    http://imgur.com/Dfjwfda
    http://imgur.com/Tpnhkry

    [flash is second shot]

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