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Date: January 03, 2014 at 00:55:28
From: kay.so.or, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Fukushima Daiichi Unit 3 is not going to explode |
URL: http://fairewinds.org/demystifying/fukushima-daiichi-unit-3-going-explode |
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Beginning on Monday December 30, 2013, the Internet has been flooded with conjecture claiming that Fukushima Daiichi Unit 3 is ready to explode. Fairewinds Energy Education has been inundated with questions about the very visible steam emanating from Fukushima Daiichi Unit 3. Our research, and discussions with other scientists, confirms that what we are seeing is a phenomenon that has been occurring at the Daiichi site since the March 2011 accident.
It is winter and it is cold through out much of the northern hemisphere. Hot water vapor has been released daily by each of the four Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plants since the accident. We believe that is one of the reasons TEPCO placed covers over Daiichi 4 and 1. Sometimes the steam [hot water vapor] is visible and sometimes it is not. If you have been outside on a cold winter day, you have personally experienced that phenomenon when you see the breath you exhale form a cloud in the cold air. The technical explanation is that hot water vapor becomes visible when it comes in contact with cold air and condenses. During the winter months in the Fukushima Prefecture, the sea air is cold and moist, thus forming the ideal conditions to see the released steam.
Why is there still steam coming from the plants especially since TEPCO says that they are in cold shutdown? As we at Fairewinds have discussed in our many videos, podcasts, and reports, radioactive rubble (fission products) was left in each unit following the triple meltdowns. While the plants are shutdown in nuke speak, there is no method of achieving cold shut down in any nuclear reactor. While the reactor can stop generating the actual nuclear chain reaction, the atoms left over from the original nuclear chain reaction continue to give off heat that is called the decay of the radioactive rubble (fission products). The heat from this ongoing decay of radioactive rubble is constantly releasing moisture (steam) and radioactive products into the environment. The radioactive decay is gradually slowing down, as fission products decay away. The cold moist winter air at this time of year is making steam from the ongoing decay easily visible.
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Date: January 03, 2014 at 12:01:51
From: horst graben, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: i think they are all "whistling past the graveyard" (NT) |
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Date: January 04, 2014 at 15:33:06
From: kay.so.or, [DNS_Address]
Subject: just reporting the article... |
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I am not personally commenting as I know this is an E.L.E. event anyway you look at it....for all of us...
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Date: January 04, 2014 at 17:04:07
From: horst graben, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: and i was stating my opinion ... difficult to get honest answer |
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even Gunderson is putting "spin" on his language
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Date: January 04, 2014 at 10:01:48
From: horst graben, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: "To attempt to stay cheerful in a dire situation ..." |
URL: http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/whistle_past_the_graveyard |
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"To attempt to stay cheerful in a dire situation; to proceed with a task, ignoring an upcoming hazard, hoping for a good outcome."
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Date: January 03, 2014 at 12:00:36
From: horst graben, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: do you suppose "not going to explode" is a guarantee? |
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Arnie Gunderson is a man who ... i think ... made some factual statements about the situation ... but ... i suspect ... has found himself alone on a precipice ... and has since backed away from the abyss ... my old man used to call that "wishful thinking" ... for one thing ... his language is no longer precise in describing the elements that continue to be released ... and ... if for nothing else ... that makes me skeptical regarding the rest of his pronouncements
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Date: January 04, 2014 at 10:05:48
From: horst graben, [DNS_Address]
Subject: "making decisions according to what might be pleasing to imagine" |
URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wishful_thinking |
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"Wishful thinking is the formation of beliefs and making decisions according to what might be pleasing to imagine instead of by appealing to evidence, rationality, or reality. It is a product of resolving conflicts between belief and desire. ... Studies have consistently shown that holding all else equal, subjects will predict positive outcomes to be more likely than negative outcomes ..."
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