New radioactive water leak at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi plant

But they claim it's a "Power" drink... 

for me, it kind of ties into this story:
 
 
Judge approves nuclear power plant in Utah
A judge has cleared the way for a nuclear power plant to be built in Utah, with conditions.
“The court finds that there is reason to believe that the project will not be detrimental to the public welfare,” Judge George Harmond said in a ruling issued late Wednesday
November 27, 2013

nuke plants need water.
Utah is the second driest state in the nation with a population slated to double in the next 40 years.
The Utah Geological Survey stated that Utah has over 1,000 earthquakes a day....
que Fukushima.
Downriver, of course, are the jewels of America’s national park system, Canyonlands and the Grand Canyon.
What if there were a release of radioactivity, even a minor one, into the Green River?

or "River of Doom"
 
that has a nice ring to it.
 
they can film 'game of thrones' there

LOL 

In the opinion of one who has seen past the stainless steel and zirconium deep into the pile at PUR-1...and who has been watching close since 3/11...
 
1. I have no reason to believe in core, primary, or secondary containment integrity since day 2, F1,  units 1-3. That doesn't mean all the scary stuff got loose, or that none did, it means that some did, and it ain't goin away anytime soon.
 
2.I have no reason to believe in SFP containment or rod integrity, units 1-6. Scary enough but 3 costs me sleep, MOX means P-239, scary as it gets, till you add in ancilliaries and byproducts, and they're in play too.
 
3. You get water hot enough, you can dissociate H2, but not enough to launch that much steel reinforced concrete that far. To do that, you have to heat Zirconium past 2300, in the presence of H2O. Figure it out.
 
4. HEU won't go supercrit, but P239 might, very long shot. Both will go crit in the right config and that'll spew just fine.
 
5. TEPCO lies.
 
6. Japanese politicians lie.
 
7. Mainstream Japanese media lie.
 
8. Best I got says the corium ate half a meter of the CV, out of 6-8 meters plus, BUT...there's cracks or other fails in the PV, CV, and secondary, cuz there's Sievert level hotspots out past the 30 km evac zone. Only one way that happens, core fuel outside.
 
9. I'm done w seafood.
 
10. West coast oughta be eating stable iodine, and watchin close.

I'm still waiting for Fukushima to become a verb/adjective.
 
As in, "...a three-eyed lobster? That is so fukushima'd, dude!".
 
As in, "Hands behind your back, Mr. Bieber, you can't drive when you are that fukushima'd"
 
As in, "All you graduates have so many opportunities ahead of you. Now don't fukushima it up."
 
Or just a general expression of frustration: bass player to drummer - "Fukushima! Can't you follow a friggin' click?" drummer to bass player - "Fukushima yourself! Is Am the only key you know?" 
 

Actually this gives the term "Three-mile island" a whole new meaning, ya?
 

craigb

 

Is this what the Bee Gees meant when they sang the line... "She's a Holiday"?

Here is a fun article about the NRC ...
 
http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/fukushima-anniversary/u-s-nuclear-agency-hid-concerns-hailed-safety-record-fukushima-n48561
 
and here is my favorite quote ... an e-mail excerpt from a senior NRC engineer:
 

From: Rudland, David
Date: Friday, March 11, 2011, 10:54 AM
No, at this point all we know is that they are struggling to shut down the plant.
 
We all need to say a prayer.…