Recent content by Jakeh

Fascinating stuff as ever. If [insert descriptive term] extract that kind of insight by way of refutation, maybe I should feel more tolerant of them. I say that as a long term thread watcher who spends most of his time biting his lip, so as not to dilute the thread with yet more...

If that's the case (and it may be), it is not a bit surprising that (a) the sound effects person added in all the rumbling noises as well as the dramatic bangs and (b) counterintuitively chose to add 3 bangs rather 1 or perhaps 2. The sound may have been traveling a much more direct route to...

Maybe Occam should take his Razor to that?

I don't think these have been posted before - but apologies if I'm repeating stuff. The detail on the seawater tests (I assume): http://eq.wide.ad.jp/files_en/110325ocean_1300_en.pdf Radiation monitoring results (land, outside the perimeter of the exclusion zone)...

A more positive tone than previously from Japan's PM, (for whatever reason) http://www.facebook.com/notes/prime-ministers-office-of-japan/outline-of-press-conference-held-by-chief-cabinet-secretary-edano-on-march-26th-/135183169887220

No expert but as I understand it (from here or elsewhere) the battery power controls valves, the back-up system pumps themselves being powered by steam from the reactors. Which is pretty clever for as long as the valves can be controlled. The amount of battery power available must be a...