Fukushima Accident Updates

 

Fukushima Accident Updates

 

 

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1. (May 11) Apocalyptic fantasy gets headlines in Japan - Gundersen and Alvarez' speculations of world-wide doom from F. Daiichi's #4 SPF haave garnered headlines with Japan's #2 newspaper, Asahi Shimbun. The Asahi summarily rejects Tepco denials because they are less trustworthy than politicians (you read that correctly!). I argue that since former PM Kan has resigned and his mandate of all Tepco communications coming through his office has gone away with him, TEPCO's communications have essentially stood the test of time.

 

2. (May 9) Get it right, for crying out loud! - A Mainichi Shimbun editorial (Q&A format) has some serious number problems. Their decay heat estimates (% of full power)are too high by as much as a factor of 20. They owe it to their readers to post a correction...which they probably won't.

Related articles

• 500,000 people to have been evacuated around Fukushima after March 11? Official suggested 50km evacuation zone -Asahi
• ' Fukushima 50 ' workers speak out: If you blamed Tepco for symptoms, told not to come back - 5,000 CPM internal radiation - "None of them trust anything TEPCO or gov't says" -Asahi
• Asahi: Parts of Spent Fuel Pool No. 4 footage "were unclear" -Tepco
• Exposed? Asahi: Water may not be reaching part of melted nuclear fuel from Reactor No. 2, says unnamed Tepco official
• Exposed? Asahi: Water may not be reaching part of melted nuclear fuel from Reactor No. 2, says unnamed Tepco official

• Major Japan Weekly: Industry insiders say Fukushima Daini "damaged badly" (enenews.com)
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