UPDATE: FNN News says there are about 3,400 containers of depleted uranium at the plant, but according to Mitsui Chemical there is no damage to the containers.
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NHK has a fixed camera nearby (5 kilometers from the plant). The second explosion took place at 8AM on April 22. (My original post on the accident is here.)
You can go to NHK to view the video clip.
So far, 1 worker is dead, 11 workers including workers at the adjacent plant injured, with two severely injured. 5 residents living nearby were injured by broken glass.
8AM explosion captured by the NHK camera:
Firefighting continues at the plant, (which looks more like Fukushima I Nuke Plant...):
No definite word yet on the depleted uranium that was stored at the plant, or on the low-level radioactive waste.
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no damage to the depleted uranium i hear, where have i heard this before, i smell a cover up...the japanese have proven themselves to be untrustworthy in situations like this
Everything feels deja vu these days. Or that movie, Groundhog Day.
arevamirpal,
Still no toxic releases...whew
On the subject of deja vu, do you remember posting or seeing these videos at the end of October?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKN3bggza5I&feature=channel&list=UL
There is the press conference and several with his explanation of the report.
Memory could just be failing me under the unending glut of snap, crackle, and leak.
No I haven't seen the report. Didn't know it existed. What did Ohmae have to say? Anything different or new?
Only halfway through right now, I'll post in the a.m.
His website where the written report is located.
http://bbt757.com/
"Such catastrophic accidents can be expected to occur every 12–15 years."
http://www.physicstoday.org/daily_edition/points_of_view/an_objective_nuclear_accident_magnitude_scale_for_quantification_of_severe_and_catastrophic_events
Every 12 to 15 years?
TEPCO estimated the probability of a catastrophic event at Fukushima plant as "once in 10 million years"...
I guess that "once" came only after less than 40 years.
The usual propoganda and minimal release of information will accompany this accident, expect a big coverup if there was radioactive material involved..... Groudhog day again..
Thank you anon 12:09.
Really interesting article.
Let's look at the reactor catastrophes only:
1957 Windscale
1959 Simi Valley
1961 SL-1 (not counted because of small reactor in sparsely inhabitated area)
1979 TMI (releases were very high but measurements still classified)
1986 Chernobyl
2011 Fukushima
55 years, at least 5 catastrophic reactor accidents (core blazes, meltdowns, explosions) resulting in high releases and wrecked reactors.
Other catastrophes in the nuclear chain (reprocessing, storage) have happened too, but are not counted.
I think the empiric 11 years real average timespan between nuclear reactor catastrophes comes quite close to the mathematical-statistical estimate of 12-15 years.
岩国の三菱プラントには劣化ウランを詰めたドラム缶が3400本も保管されている。「安全」だと報道されているが、測定されていないから安全とは断定できない。岩国では爆発火災の事故当日は一日じゅう雨が降っていた。いまは濃霧注意報がでている。化学工場の大火災だから有毒ガスが大量に環境放出された。周辺のいる人々はマスクなどをして自衛するのが賢明だ。
In the Mitsubishi plant in Iwakuni city in which the fire explosion accident occurred, about 3400 drums filled with depleted uranium are stored. Though the leakage of the depleted uranium has not been reported, it can not be determined because the safety has not been measured. In Iwakuni, it was raining all day whike the accident. Dense fog advisory is out now. Toxic gas has been released to the environment because of the large scale of the chemical factory fire. It shoud be wise for people living or sightseeng there to self-defense with mask and so on.
@anon at 9:03AM, please kindly post the link from which you quote. Or if it is your own assertion, you'd better substantiate your comment that toxic gas has been released.
Is this the same fire that Japan Times is saying is at a "glue factory" ?
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120422x2.html
Looks like a CME to me. And that's nuclear.
@ Anon at 10:55AM, I think so. Adhesive or glue are the same.
In France, no mention in the medias about this accident.
People are more interested by the presidential elections.
Sarkozy vs Hollande (a very french name !) for the second tour.
You take the sames ones and you do as usually....that is nothing much.
@anon at 10:55AM, yes, though I don't think it's a wood glue. It's for the tires.
arevamirpal,
Not much new in his extremely confidential report. Maybe a few data charts on Onagawa and Tokai and some pictures.
~1:38 in pt.2 he starts the summary on lessons learned (the repeated use of this phrase makes me wonder if his voice is in that big pile of NRC FOIA Lucas has posted)
My loose interpretation of his 3C's...
Build and reconstruct to address faulty guidelines.
Train workers and citizens.
We need nuclear.
Excuse the OT. The sudden appearance of a nuclear engineer/economist raised some questions.
Back to the fire now.
To anonymous at 10:52am... you know whenever there are fires like this, there are always toxix chemicals released.... rubbers, plastics etc...let alone the potential for stored chemicals...come on...are you serious doubting toxic release regardless of DP.?
Petrochemicals are chemical products resulting from oil (petroleum). Some other substances (chemical compounds)made from oil are also obtained from other energy sources, such as natural gas or coal , and also alternative sources such as sugar cane or corn.
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