Perhaps some of the heavy emissions I've been witnessing the last week or so are from the new incinerator, as suggested by an anonymous commentator a few days back:
Incineration of radioactive waste begins at Fukushima nuclear plant. The Mainichi, March 21, 2016 http://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20160321/p2a/00m/0na/004000cThe incinerator might be the source of the plume on the right hand side of the screenshot but does not explain the heavier emissions emanating from the top of unit 1, in the cropped second shot below:
Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) has begun incinerating radioactively contaminated clothing and other waste on the grounds of the disaster-hit Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant in an effort to reduce the volume of waste.
A three-story incineration facility has been built on the north side of the plant grounds. Every day around 7,000 people work at the Fukushima plant, creating a massive amount of waste in the form of used radiation suits, gloves and boots. Pre-disaster incineration equipment was destroyed by the March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami, which led to the construction of the new facility.
An incinerator north of the plant, probably not the cause of emissions we’re seeing on the south end of the plant on the seaside of r4. It could be contributing to emissions over r1. Since the roof was pulled off of r1, sparks on cam1 increased, so I think that radioactive heavy metal pile is still steaming up.
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Thanks! Not sure what is causing increased emissions then. Problem with the ice wall perhaps?
DeleteIce wall problems, well probably, but is that dockside? AST mentioned cryogenic releases that can flare up but end rather quickly. This is the third night of extra fog on the sea side of r4.
DeleteWhat is AST? What is meant by "cryogenic releases"?
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AirSepTech,a poster at enenews, described how stored liquid gases that might be used in making an ice wall can leak forming a large cryogenic release. The vapor clouds formed are quite dramatic but short-lived. Not sure where the ice wall is going in. The steel wall was dockside. Also that extra fog is visible during the day, watching the last two days I see a grey cloud in that area, try 3-26 08:30 and looking this afternoon at 12:45 the lower background sky is blue and a grey cloud hangs seaside of r4.
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