Saturday, February 10, 2018

Fukushima Looking Progressively More Steamy


Over the last 10 days Fukushima Daiichi has been looking progressively "steamy." Today it looks to be belching.

I do check the weather conditions to try and account for the roles of precipitation and humidity in shaping increased visibility of emissions from the ruined reactors.

High humidity and low temperatures are of course going to make the emissions more visible.

It was 39 degrees Fahrenheit with 88% humidity in Fukushima when I took this screenshot today: