Spectacular Burning Steam Daiichi Reactor Units

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Typhoon Talas has slammed into western Japan, bringing heavy rains and fierce winds. Talas made landfall Saturday on the island of Shikoku and is slowly moving north. The Japan Meteorological Agency has issued a warning that the heavy rains and strong winds could lead to flooding and landslides.

There have been some spectacular lights going on these past hours at the Fukushima Daiichi Reactor Units. The interesting thing is that this time we can see the "fire" starting on the live cam picture slideshow that I made.

I have a theory why we see this now. I could be way off so don't take my word for this. Anyhow there have been reports, really strong once coming in that the Corium (molten reactor core blob) have gone through the containment, and is now found it's way below the reactor units. With the earthquakes making deep cracks all over the nuclear plant, there are those that think that some of this steam we can see is caused by groundwater coming into contact with the Corium. Now this steam along with lights and flashes that have been seen comes and goes. It's interesting to see that these last days there have been a lot of rain coming down from the Typhoon Talas. So I'm going to go out on a limb here and state that because of the Typhoon the groundwater level have either risen or the cracks have been filled with rainwater and in turn water have come into contact with the Corium making the spectacular lights that we see at the plant this time.

VIDEO: 2011.09.02 18:00-19:00 / ふくいちライブカメラ (Live Fukushima Nuclear Plant Cam)

And like clockwork TEPCO turns the live cam black and white.

One thing that you might also want to have a look at, is in the beginning of things. The colors go from the shade of gray to more of a blue color. This could be caused by the weather and the light fading, but I have a theory about that as well. And it's called the Cherenkov effect. Pavel Cerenkov discovered this in 1934, while he studied the effects of radioactive substances on liquids. Pavel observed a faint blue glow in water close to a radioactive substance. This blue glow can be seen in fuel pools also. Now I'm NOT sure this is the case but it does look like things are starting to go blue.

Keep in mind that the blue glow in the fuel pool only show a tiny amount of the Cherenkov radiation because the rods are keept stored and under control. Again don't take my word for this, just throwing it out there so to speak.

In this great documentary about Chernobyl ☢ The Battle of Chernobyl - Best Documentary of the Nuclear Disaster of Chernobyl ☢ We get to hear from a worker at reactor unit 4 about the beautiful colors going up into the night sky 1000 meters during the reactor explosion. Would this be why TEPCO turn the live cam feed black and white at night, every night? It's only speculation from my side, but don't you think it's a coincidence. Why would TEPCO continue to do this to the camera feed if it's not something that we are not supposed to see. We know there is a media blackout
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Russia Today News show with Thom Harmann "The Big Picture" reporting on the media blackout. This is a very interesting video to watch because it will give you more insight into the Fukushima disaster. I have been writing a lot about the steam and smoke coming out of the reactor units lately. And this video do give some good pointers.

One email that they show from a worker at the Fukushima plant confirms what we have seen.
"A lot of cracks came up in the ground, massive steam is coming up from there. It's too smoggy here, can't see a thing. It seems like nuclear reaction is happening underground. Now we are evacuating. Watch out for the direction of wind." Unidentified Fukushima Plant Employee.

This is no ordinary fog we see. People don't evacuate because of fog. Workers at Fukushima ARE reporting massive amounts steam coming up from the cracks.

With Thom Hartmann in the studio is Paul Gunter, Reactor Oversight Project, Beyond Nuclear. The things that they talk about, like if the corium (melted nuclear lava) where to hit the water table. It would split the water into Oxygen and Hydrogen and would cause another Hydrogen expolsion underground. Just like what they were worried about in Chernobyl.



The movie trailer at the end of this video, the hit movie The China Syndrome with Jane Fonda is a nice touch to the video. I think people forget to easily, when the media is not reporting it makes it that more easy to forget. Think about it, name 5 disaster that happend recently.Well there have been far more, but for starters.. give it a try.

Fukushima Workers Nightmareish World of High Radiation

This is a transcribed special report from Channel 4 News. You get to hear TEPCO workers with hidden identities talk about the caotic conditions they work in. Along with how some of the workers ditch their radiation meters because if they reach the limit it would mean no more work or money for them.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ml5gKbStfY

Now five months after the earthquake and tsunami that devastated parts of Japan, work is still going on to clean up the nuclear power plant at Fukushima. THe man in charge of the plants made a rare appearance yesterday to apologize for the anxiety and inconvenience caused by the accident. The men working on the Fukushima reactor travel from towns outside the exclusion zone. Our Asian correspondent John Sparks, went to Iwaki City were he spoke to workers who claim conditions are chaotic, training inadequate. Here is his special report.

Rocked by the earth and battered by the sea. This is the work of Japans great earthquake and tsunami. The cleanup is well underway and for many here the gloom is begun to lift. But one part of this coastal strip wont submit so easily.

This was a popular beach a great place to go swimming, but few come here now. Just doesn't feel safe, the treat's not posed by the sea. 24 km down the coast a group of men and women are trying to stabilise the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. And it most be the most dangerous work place in the world.

When Fukushimas cooling systems failed a series of explosions and reactor meltdowns tore the complex apart. This the worst nuclear crisis since Chernobyl. 1000s of workers have been drafted in to secure the plant but they run extrodinary risks.

John Sparks: Tell us what it's like.

Worker: The conditions are caotic, there are no rules. People who come here for the first time.. Well they must be very troubled.

Worker 2: I don't know how to describe it, it's just depressing.

Channel 4 news visited some of the dormitory towns where many of Fukushimas 3000 employees are now staying. They are forbidden from speaking to the media but a number granted us interviews. Describing a nightmareish world of high radiation and difficult terrain. We hidden their identities.

Worker: We don't know when things will collapse on us, and the holes and cracks in the ground are terrifying. If you fall through you may brake you're bones. But if it's 20 meters deep, then you die.

The day starts here, at a former football training complex, before workers are bussed into the plant. The majority don't work for TEPCO the facilities owner, but for an estimated 600 subcontractors. And with so many companies on site some say it's impossible to maintain strict safety standards. We tried to ask workers about this, but we were told to leave.

They are thought how to wear body suits, glowes and masks to protect themself from radiation. But emploees told us their training was inadequate.

Worker: I got 30 min of safety instruction it's not enough and people come here with no knowlage of the operation.

Communication on site is difficult, with about 30 foreign experts in charge of key bits of equipment there's no common language. And their protective masks make it that much thougher. Sometimes workers take them off to speak to each other.

Worker. Few of us speak English or French so the language barrier is higher than expected. We talk to them through translators but we know we are being exposed to radiation while we do it.

Doctor Masahiro Kami runs a clinic where plant workers and locals can get medical care, most other doctors have evacuated. He says many employees hide the amount of radiation they are exposed to by ditching their personal monitors. The reason. If they exeed the limit there is no more work.

Doctor Masahiro Kami: The try to work as long as they can so when they go into dangerous areas they leave their radiation meters behind. The real radiation count is much higher, that's a fact.

We took doctor Kami's concerns to TEPCO's headquarters.

John Sparks: Do you exept that this practice is taking place.

Mr. Hitosugi: Whether it happens or not I think it is necessary to confirm the matter first. However I do not know anything about this at present.

It wasn't easy to hear Mr. Hitosugi who choose the location of our interview, it clashed with a large protest by  farmers demanding compensation from TEPCO for crop contamination. Signs of progress, TEPCOS PR department think so.

They posted this video last night, yet the company is widely misstrusted for withholding information about leaks and accidents. And workers at Fukushima agree, it's standard practice they say.

Worker: I give you an example, contaminated water leaked from the decontamination system, the leak was acknowladge to the press. But the amount was wrong, far more water was spilt.

Our interviewee is refeering to an incident on July 10 when TEPCO said 50 liters of liquid had been leaked. So we asked Mr. Higosugi about this apparent discrepancy

Mr. Hitosugi: I cannot remember what happened on July 10, therefor I don't know the exact details of that. Even if water leaked outside, it is our understanding it will cause no damage to the environment.

There is plenty of work on this chattered coast, but the cleanup at the nuclear plant is different. It can't be sorted into piles, 3000 workers are now risking their lives, some out of duty others for the cash. But it's the men in charge who must prove their worth, John Sparks Channel 4 News in Fukushima prefecture.