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I am seeking informed feedback regarding this article, which is being widely reported on by the media: http://gizmodo.com/5923980/the-secret-government-laser-that-instantly-knows-everything-about-you

I honestly think they're still considering the giant cloth. It's been mentioned twice in Kyodo news reports.

why the hot spots in the turbine bldgs?

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/05/world/asia/05japan.html?_r=1&hp runoff flooding the turbine buildings of 5 and 6? Implies that an entire swath parallel to the ocean is flooded. 5 and 6 are quite far from 1-4...

return of the giant cloth http://english.kyodonews.jp/news/2011/04/82921.html

TEPCO (I believe) stated that the Te-129 reading from 30/3 was erroneous. (by "I believe" I mean I know they said this but am unable to track down the actual statement ATM; they've admitted to 2 errors in data: 25/3 I-134 and 30/3 Te-129)

re: blue light: http://www.lanl.gov/news/index.php/fuseaction/home.story/story_id/1054" see also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticality_accident#observed_effects

2:18 to 2:28, something is glowing orange inside the third story of reactor 4

http://hps.org/publicinformation/ate/faqs/gammaandexposure.html" (with formulas) http://www.radprocalculator.com/Gamma.aspx" (online calculator)

the multiplier references radioactivity (becquerels), not radiation there's also a need to distinguish "times normal level" from "times legal limit" also, the >1,000 mSv/hr was a measurement taken a couple of days ago from water in the turbine building of reactor 2. The most recent...

how can the levels in the open ocean be almost half as much as the levels in a puddle?

http://lewis.armscontrolwonk.com/files/2011/03/Cause_of_the_high_Cl38_Radioactivity.pdf"

multiply by 1000

days earlier (page 26 or so) there was discussion as to what the molten material here was (insulation? corium?): in the new video you can see a similar formation oozing over a wall (3:45 to 3:47) looks rather innocuous IMHO

I hope 3:45 to 3:47 settles the corium vs. insulation debate (even though the footage is from #3).