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Fukushima – The High Cost of the LNT Theory

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The antiquated Linear, No-Threshold theory of radiation effects upon which current radiation protection is based is having a very high cost, both to humans and animals in the Fukushima exclusion zone. If you’re new to my blog, please read this article before proceeding. To recap, the LNT theory says that a low dose of radiation […]

Posted by neonjohn on April 23rd, 2011 under Energy, Nuclear | 1 Comment »

Fukushima – The Robots

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Today TEPCO released a series of videos taken by the iRobots. Unfortunately instead of providing the raw video, they supplied video from someone cam-cordering the control console screen. The quality is fairly poor. Still there is a lot to learn from the vids. Two things immediately caught my attention. One, how ineffective the robots are […]

Posted by neonjohn on April 20th, 2011 under Misc | Comment now »

Fukushima Stabilization Plan

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On Sunday TEPCO released a rather ambitious plan for stabilization of the three reactors and the #4 spent fuel pit. The presentation by the utility is quite dense so let’s take a detailed look at it. The immediate plans involve shoring up the existing temporary reactor cooling systems and gaining control of the radioactive wastewater […]

Posted by neonjohn on April 19th, 2011 under Energy, Nuclear | Comment now »

Fukushima 04/16/2011

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This post is mainly to catch up on details that need covering. That Slightly Radioactive Water That was dumped into the sea to make room for the storage of much more highly radioactive water. We now have some figures on just how radioactive that water was. “Slightly” was an understatement. They discharged a total of […]

Posted by neonjohn on April 16th, 2011 under Energy, Nuclear | Comment now »
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