tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1765307840677473617.post8707045622136601605..comments2024-03-27T00:22:35.272-07:00Comments on EXSKF: #Radiation from Fukushima I Nuke Plant: It Was 850,000 Terabecquerels, NISA Now Says, and Not 370,000arevamirpal::laprimaverahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10637620330944911600noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1765307840677473617.post-76139860583939945152011-06-08T17:37:42.592-07:002011-06-08T17:37:42.592-07:00Robbie001 sez:
One other thing I didn't think...Robbie001 sez:<br /><br />One other thing I didn't think about until today did they use radiation detection equipment that could accurately measure above the "magic" 1000mSv they kept reporting in the early days?<br /><br />"The NSC calculated the amount of radioactive materials released into the air between the outset of the crisis and April 5, based on the amount of radiation from measurements taken near the plant".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1765307840677473617.post-36408970871982378132011-06-07T14:39:56.867-07:002011-06-07T14:39:56.867-07:00Yup, the TEPCO rats are jumping ship.
850,000 vs....Yup, the TEPCO rats are jumping ship.<br /><br />850,000 vs. 370,000 <br />Half-perspectives strike again. (in America we would call that "half-assed".)<br /><br />No one believes they were "underestimating", they were downplaying.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1765307840677473617.post-69351943635454807942011-06-06T19:57:51.248-07:002011-06-06T19:57:51.248-07:00Robbie001 sez:
Wow! TEPCO is falling toward delis...Robbie001 sez:<br /><br />Wow! TEPCO is falling toward delisting the stock has now lost 90% of it's value since Mar. 11th<br /><br />Tepco's stock dived 28 percent to 207 yen, falling at one point by its daily limit to a lifetime low of 206 yen, down some 90 percent since Japan's March 11 earthquake triggered the utility's nuclear crisis.<br /><br />The spread on Tepco's five-year credit default swaps spiked after Saito's comment to a record 1,150 basis points, up 200 basis points from Friday. That means it costs $1.150 million to insure $10 million of Tepco's debt against default. Ratings agency Standard & Poor's last week cut Tepco's debt to 'junk' status.<br /><br /><br />http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/06/07/us-tecpo-idUSTRE75509I20110607Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1765307840677473617.post-81395036036615525002011-06-06T19:26:04.346-07:002011-06-06T19:26:04.346-07:00Robbie001 sez:
Well CNN is busy reporting the ina...Robbie001 sez:<br /><br />Well CNN is busy reporting the inadequacy of US nuclear disaster planning. <br /><br />http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/06/06/nuclear.safety/<br /><br />And The New York Times is talking about the unknowns of radiation exposure.<br /><br />http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/07/business/energy-environment/07radiation.html<br /><br />Time's eco-blog does kind of have the story but they are reporting a different number (770,000 terabecquerels) and the claim it is still only 10% of Chernobyl's releases. <br /><br />"One recurring theme that has emerged after Fukushima is the tendency of nuclear experts to underestimate (publicly at least) the severity of the disaster. Today we received further proof of this when the Japanese government more than doubled the estimate for the amount of radiation released from the plant in the immediate aftermath of the crisis in March."<br /><br />http://ecocentric.blogs.time.com/2011/06/06/fukushima-twice-as-bad-as-thought/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1765307840677473617.post-62028813540851879532011-06-06T16:48:44.343-07:002011-06-06T16:48:44.343-07:00Wow, the total release jumping from 370,000 TBq to...Wow, the total release jumping from 370,000 TBq to 850,000 TBq is more than doubles the total.<br /><br />It's like suppose there was a second cluster of meltdowns somewhere else, even worse than the one we've known, this would be mindbogglingly hard to believe. Well effectively that is the case, just that that other disaster got added to this one.<br /><br />So many safety assumptions and calculations were based on the prior lower estimate. All that's now history and a de factco second disaster even worse just got added to this one. <br /><br />Wonder if it'll garner a news headline in the US.Ian Goddardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07596618333464097253noreply@blogger.com