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RobertEarl

(13,685 posts)
21. Tepco press release: Days of steam seen
Fri Jan 3, 2014, 11:43 PM
Jan 2014

Y'know when you go outside when it's cold and you can see your breath? That is technically: water vapor. Sometimes you don't see it. Yep, sometimes there is so little water vapor in the air that your breath just gets absorbed. Poof! When the air is saturated with water vapor, your breath does not get rapidly absorbed and you can see it.

Ok, that's your water vapor lesson.

Now, Tepco has admitted to steam/water vapor rising from #3. It has been rising all along, but the atmosphere absorbed most of it before the camera could see it rising. I have seen it rising many times on the cam.

Why it is steaming so much? The melted core. It melted back in 3/11 and is still hot, still melting. When water gets close the water turns into vapor and if the air is just right it creates clouds of vapor. Usually it is very hard to see the vapor. Usually.

As to the story that "Fukushima could blow any minute!!" Well, it could. Nobody really knows what will happen. Heck, not everyone even knows what did happen. The only people coming up with what DID happen are all nuclear pros who Tepco hasn't gotten to yet.

Some might even show up and trash me for the quote above: "Fukushima could blow any minute".. Readers will note that 3 years ago those same people were pretty much the same who were saying "Nukes are totally safe. They can't blow up. Except for the dumb Russian reactors, hahaha". So, take their trash talk with a grain of salt. But not Fukushima plutonium salt, I hope. That stuff will kill you.

So..... nothing has changed much except that there are more people than ever looking at Fukushima. Just recently, Japan let the US take some kind of official role. What that role is no one is sure. But our Secretary of Energy, recently appointed by Obama, went over there and told them, and us, and everyone, in no uncertain terms: "This is an international crisis". So, finally we are in and on the case. That is one reason I think that Tepco issued their mea culpa: Steam is rising.

Tepco steam Link, in Japanese, get bing to translate:
http://www.tepco.co.jp/nu-news/2013/1233248_5304.html

I rely on FUKUSHIMA Diary... Bennyboy Jan 2014 #1
Thanks malaise Jan 2014 #2
According to the resident 'scientist' over in the EE group madokie Jan 2014 #4
Special interests malaise Jan 2014 #5
Well there are certain people Bennyboy Jan 2014 #6
Maybe because it's neither "major" nor a "story" FBaggins Jan 2014 #18
Tepco press release: Rising steam seen on cams RobertEarl Jan 2014 #23
Nobody is challenging that there have been intermittent whisps of vapor FBaggins Jan 2014 #25
Eh, FB, core not hot? RobertEarl Jan 2014 #27
No one knows where the corium is except you apparently. Bonobo Jan 2014 #30
One nuclear expert does know where the cores are RobertEarl Jan 2014 #49
Note: nuclear expert is likely to be Arnie Gundersen. longship Jan 2014 #54
You didn't even read the link RobertEarl Jan 2014 #55
I don't need to read your links. longship Jan 2014 #56
Stunningly wrong FBaggins Jan 2014 #67
I read Japanese Bonobo Jan 2014 #26
Thanks for the link madokie Jan 2014 #3
He and Hannum thank you. FBaggins Jan 2014 #16
whatever you think mr FBaggins madokie Jan 2014 #20
Perhaps, they have had steam release nadinbrzezinski Jan 2014 #7
Good point but I've been seeing stuff about this steam for a few days now malaise Jan 2014 #8
So have I, but all seem to come from the same source nadinbrzezinski Jan 2014 #10
Tepco press release: Days of steam seen RobertEarl Jan 2014 #21
I will repeat myself nadinbrzezinski Jan 2014 #22
No. Not clear. RobertEarl Jan 2014 #24
Well, we know the sea stars started dying off nadinbrzezinski Jan 2014 #28
No. Not a disservice RobertEarl Jan 2014 #33
Yes, it's a disservice nadinbrzezinski Jan 2014 #35
A little hyperbolic RobertEarl Jan 2014 #37
Not flack nadinbrzezinski Jan 2014 #40
Info on Pacific testing... from Enenews.com RobertEarl Jan 2014 #36
And I see you will go out of your way nadinbrzezinski Jan 2014 #39
You and I are not on the same page, it seems RobertEarl Jan 2014 #41
Not on this particular one, no we are not. nadinbrzezinski Jan 2014 #42
Furthermore Bonobo Jan 2014 #43
We know the radioactivity per Alaska station nadinbrzezinski Jan 2014 #46
What do YOU think the press release says? Bonobo Jan 2014 #31
Currently it is on rod removal nadinbrzezinski Jan 2014 #34
Yes Bonobo Jan 2014 #38
I've made a conscious decision Blue_In_AK Jan 2014 #9
Makes sense but I like to know what's happening on the planet n/t malaise Jan 2014 #11
Oh, so do I, Blue_In_AK Jan 2014 #14
We took the measures we could take nadinbrzezinski Jan 2014 #13
Everything else aside, "FUKUSHIMA STEAM" would be a cool name for a band. Vinnie From Indy Jan 2014 #12
I like it. Blue_In_AK Jan 2014 #15
I truly think this is a balanced, fair and good source. Bonobo Jan 2014 #17
Thanks Bonobo malaise Jan 2014 #19
That looks like a good source bhikkhu Jan 2014 #29
Too many people are looking as hard as they can to find the most apocalyptic wackery they can. Bonobo Jan 2014 #32
Here is where you would see the increased radioactivity in two days if it occurs stevenleser Jan 2014 #44
You can trust bonobo's link, malaise. NYC_SKP Jan 2014 #45
The problem with enews is that it is a true news aggregator nadinbrzezinski Jan 2014 #47
Worse, they are a propagandist selective aggregator, without an iota of integrity. NYC_SKP Jan 2014 #48
Hahaha, Skip RobertEarl Jan 2014 #50
That link makes it pretty clear that the poster was NOT saying she SHOULD be shot. Bonobo Jan 2014 #51
The post was hidden RobertEarl Jan 2014 #53
Lol. You ignore poorly. Nt Bonobo Jan 2014 #57
So how do you deal with Arnie Gundersen nadinbrzezinski Jan 2014 #60
Did you hear? RobertEarl Jan 2014 #62
The actual news paper? nadinbrzezinski Jan 2014 #63
What are you on about? RobertEarl Jan 2014 #64
On it's lonesome nadinbrzezinski Jan 2014 #65
What I mean by a true news aggregator nadinbrzezinski Jan 2014 #58
Oh, I thought you meant like Drudge or Huffington Post (both depend on other's content) NYC_SKP Jan 2014 #59
Longer life is reaching us nadinbrzezinski Jan 2014 #61
Even Fukushima Diary rejects this Steam bullshit. Bonobo Jan 2014 #52
Never saw this one before today malaise Jan 2014 #66
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