On Mar 11, 2011, at 6:34 PM, Owen DeLong wrote: > > On Mar 11, 2011, at 6:11 AM, Patrick W. Gilmore wrote: > >> On Mar 11, 2011, at 8:50 AM, Daniel Belin wrote: >> >>> Are we aware of how much the infrastructure has been damaged yet? Are >>> aftershocks still going? >> >> Subway & bus lines are still down. Fire at the nuke plant has been put out, >> no radiation detected, but they still evacuated a couple thousand residents >> because the backup generator failed & the water pump is not pumping. >> > I hear that there is now rising radiation levels outside the plant and US is > flying in some dampers > in hopes to resolve the situation.
Here is what the IAEA has to say about the situation http://www.iaea.org/press/?p=1133 Japanese officials have also reported that pressure is increasing inside the Unit 1 reactor’s containment, and the officials have decided to vent the containment to lower the pressure. The controlled release will be filtered to retain radiation within the containment. TEPCO has a lot more detail http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/press/corp-com/release/11031203-e.html http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/press/corp-com/release/11031209-e.html Regards Marshall > > Owen > > >
