Earlier quoted context omitted.
BBC also reported 1,000 mSv measured at the plant. Pretty sure they got that wrong too.
The AP reported that figure as well in the linked article.
That can't possibly be right, can it?
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#32World Nuclear News has posted an update regarding recent developments to their site: http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/RS_Second_fire_reported_at...
Sounds like reactor #3 may have suffered damage similar to #2 causing the increase in radiation.
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#33Earlier quoted context omitted.
The AP reported that figure as well in the linked article.
That can't possibly be right, can it?
It would certainly explain the evacuation.
Edano said "1,000 milli-Sieverts" had been measured last night, but that it was down to under 800 now, and that at the gate the measurements were now in the milli- range as well (hence the evacuation).
TEPCO is not exactly being forthcoming about Dai-ichi, but they're being really proactive in telling us the same exact thing about Daini every hour: http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/press/corp-com/release/index-e.htm...
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#34I'm having a hard time reconciling patio11's article with more recent reports of people walking 60km to get home, all food being gone from all stores, people living in Apple stores, and the government ordering a 30km evacuation zone around nuclear power plants. Maybe his point was "it could have been a lot worse", but I read it more like "everything went as planned and life went on without missing more than a few bea…
I read his post as being about the quake. with the tsunami, all bets were off. i suspect what you're describing is the aftermath of the tsunami, not the quake.
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#35I'm having a hard time reconciling patio11's article with more recent reports of people walking 60km to get home, all food being gone from all stores, people living in Apple stores, and the government ordering a 30km evacuation zone around nuclear power plants. Maybe his point was "it could have been a lot worse", but I read it more like "everything went as planned and life went on without missing more than a few bea…
One thing patio11's article did was to dispell many misconceptions that Americans have about Japan. It is easy to claim that hindsight is 20/20, but his post was very relevant and on target considering the circumstances.
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#36Earlier quoted context omitted.
It was just announced in a press conference that I caught live on NHK that they were planning on resuming operations shortly. The AP article seems to have been written prior to this conference.
Which is exactly what I refered to in my post. sigh
I think everyone (including myself) was reacting to your claim it was a false attention grabbing title. Regardless of that, looks like broken telephone, best source might be to watch NHK broadcasts directly as you did (CNN seems to be translating it live?). The HTML-news sources didn't note the further detail then, maybe they have now.
EDIT: Ah, NHK is providing the translation and stream. http://www.ustream.tv/channel/nhk-world-tv
EDIT 2: Apparently they've been ordered back now. http://roound.com/redalert
EDIT 3: Or not, no-one else is confirming.
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#37I'm having a hard time reconciling patio11's article with more recent reports of people walking 60km to get home, all food being gone from all stores, people living in Apple stores, and the government ordering a 30km evacuation zone around nuclear power plants. Maybe his point was "it could have been a lot worse", but I read it more like "everything went as planned and life went on without missing more than a few bea…
patio11 is undoubtedly correct that 'Japanese does not have a word for excessive preparation'.
But no matter how excessively prepared for a 7.0 or a 7.5, it may not be possible to prepare for the utter destruction of a 9.0 followed immediately by a tsunami.
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#38Headline is false (possibly mistranslation). According to http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/15/latest-updates-o... : 11:13 P.M. (EST) Core Group of Workers Remain at Plant The Times’s Hiroko Tabuchi reports that a small group of workers remains at the Fukushima Daiichi plant, contrary to what an English translation of the chief cabinet secretary’s remarks had implied. Edit: http://live.reuters.com/Event/Japan_…
I waited a while to get a feel from multiple media outlets before replying to you, and CNN aired the video of the remarks in question in that time...based upon waiting, it would appear that the headline is in fact true. BBC, AP, and CNN have all reported that operations have been suspended due to high radiation levels, as high as 1,000 mSv at their peak, which is enough to justify complete evacuation as I understand it. The last report of radiation levels was 600-800 mSv.
Edano's translator on the tape said (loosely, I typed quickly): "All the workers there have suspended operations there. Even the minimum ones. So we have evacuated them in a safe area."
The even the minimum ones is interesting. Edano himself promised more details on the suspension later, which is worrying in itself.
Edit: Video of Edano's remarks here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12755739
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#39In times like these heroes are born.
I wouldn't be surprised if some workers stay behind or break protocol to do whatever it takes.
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#40(Sorry in advance if this is a stupid question or I didn't pick up on a major point) Can anyone explain how they're going to stop whatever is going wrong without any workers there?
I've read news reports that they were thinking about helicopter drops of water and/or boric acid.
They've rejected helicopter drops because the targets aren't close enough to the holes in the reactor building roofs.
http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/03/15/japan.nuclear.re...