What are these streaks in this Fukushima endoscope video

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The streaks observed in the Fukushima endoscope video are identified as water droplets dripping from the structure and ceiling within the dry well of the unit, not ionization tracks caused by particles. The discussion clarifies that the specks in the video are due to radiation damage, while the directional streaks are a result of water movement. The conditions in the dry well do not resemble those of a cloud chamber, confirming that the streaks are not related to particle ionization.

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Here's the video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_iP3ZrIb88

What are those streaks running across the video? I don't mean the specks (which they say is caused by radiation damage to the video) , but the streaks that seem to have a direction. Sometimes they come towards the camera, sometimes they go sideways. Are they ionization tracks made by particles, like in a cloud chamber or bubble chamber?
 
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The streaks you see (rather than the noise inherent in the image) are water droplets dripping off the structure and the ceiling within the dry well of the unit.
 
Yep, water. And if for some reason the conditions in there had been like a cloud chamber, those streaks would still be much too slow to be ionization tracks.
 

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