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BBC reports a suspension http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12755739 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12755739

tptacek 16y ago
BBC also reported 1,000 mSv measured at the plant. Pretty sure they got that wrong too.
- jedsmith 16y ago
  The AP reported that figure as well in the linked article.
  - tptacek 16y ago
    That can't possibly be right, can it?
    - jedsmith 16y ago
      It would certainly explain the evacuation. Edano said "1,000 milli-Sieverts" had been measured last night, but that it was down to under 800 now, and that at the gate the measurements were now in the milli- range as well (hence the evacuation). TEPCO is not exactly being forthcoming about Dai-ichi, but they're being really proactive in telling us the same exact thing about Daini every hour: http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/press/corp-com/release/index-e.html http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/press/corp-com/release/index-e.htm...
      - pauldino 16y ago
        Actually the BBC does seem wrong in that it is reporting 1000 millisieverts rather than microsieverts.
        jedsmith 16y ago
        http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12755739 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12755739 ^ 1:20 in the video. Milli. Not micro. Those are Edano's words, not the BBC's. I was told above that he was corrected by another person and that various translations have it as a different figure, but that isn't in the linked video.
        ay 16y ago
        He misspoke. NHK correcting this now. micro is correct; NOT milli
    - pyre 16y ago
      I haven't heard anything about 1000 mSv at all. I've been watching/listening to: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/nhk-world-tv http://www.ustream.tv/channel/nhk-world-tv
- runningdogx 16y ago
  (According to the IAEA) There was one measurement of 400mSv between reactors 3 and 4 [1], I think which actually occurred sometime on monday GMT (possibly Tuesday morning in Japan), which prompted the evacuation. It fell again, which probably prompted the authorities to allow workers back in. The 1000mSv figure is most likely a misreporting of the transient 1008 or 1080uSv (I recall it had an 8 in it) measurement reported over the weekend, or some subsequent measurement... there have been lots in and around the plant that have been on the order of 1000uSv. I really wish everyone in the media speaking about the nuclear crisis would timestamp their comments accurately, ideally in GMT. People all around the world are trying to follow events, and it's nearly impossible to know when some reporter says something about an event whether they're using Japanese time, their local time, or GMT. [1] http://www.facebook.com/notes/international-atomic-energy-agency-iaea/japanese-earthquake-update-15-march-1125-utc/201923359837458 http://www.facebook.com/notes/international-atomic-energy-ag...

tptacek 16y ago

BBC also reported 1,000 mSv measured at the plant. Pretty sure they got that wrong too.

jedsmith 16y ago
The AP reported that figure as well in the linked article.
- tptacek 16y ago
  That can't possibly be right, can it?
  - jedsmith 16y ago
    It would certainly explain the evacuation. Edano said "1,000 milli-Sieverts" had been measured last night, but that it was down to under 800 now, and that at the gate the measurements were now in the milli- range as well (hence the evacuation). TEPCO is not exactly being forthcoming about Dai-ichi, but they're being really proactive in telling us the same exact thing about Daini every hour: http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/press/corp-com/release/index-e.html http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/press/corp-com/release/index-e.htm...
    - pauldino 16y ago
      Actually the BBC does seem wrong in that it is reporting 1000 millisieverts rather than microsieverts.
      - jedsmith 16y ago
        http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12755739 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12755739 ^ 1:20 in the video. Milli. Not micro. Those are Edano's words, not the BBC's. I was told above that he was corrected by another person and that various translations have it as a different figure, but that isn't in the linked video.
        ay 16y ago
        He misspoke. NHK correcting this now. micro is correct; NOT milli
  - pyre 16y ago
    I haven't heard anything about 1000 mSv at all. I've been watching/listening to: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/nhk-world-tv http://www.ustream.tv/channel/nhk-world-tv
runningdogx 16y ago
(According to the IAEA) There was one measurement of 400mSv between reactors 3 and 4 [1], I think which actually occurred sometime on monday GMT (possibly Tuesday morning in Japan), which prompted the evacuation. It fell again, which probably prompted the authorities to allow workers back in. The 1000mSv figure is most likely a misreporting of the transient 1008 or 1080uSv (I recall it had an 8 in it) measurement reported over the weekend, or some subsequent measurement... there have been lots in and around the plant that have been on the order of 1000uSv. I really wish everyone in the media speaking about the nuclear crisis would timestamp their comments accurately, ideally in GMT. People all around the world are trying to follow events, and it's nearly impossible to know when some reporter says something about an event whether they're using Japanese time, their local time, or GMT. [1] http://www.facebook.com/notes/international-atomic-energy-agency-iaea/japanese-earthquake-update-15-march-1125-utc/201923359837458 http://www.facebook.com/notes/international-atomic-energy-ag...