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How To Monitor Leaky Radioactive Water Tanks

Posted by timothy on from the for-fun-and-profit dept.

freaklabs writes "The radioactive water leaks are getting worse at Fukushima Dai-Ichi. In a recent New York Times article, it was mentioned that TEPCO didn't have a reliable way to monitor the water storage tanks for leaks. I decided to write a tutorial on how to wirelessly monitor water levels in storage tanks."

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  1. Hardening by pjt33 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    So now we'll never know whether they remembered to take into account radiation hardening.

  2. radioactive water by roman_mir · · Score: 3, Interesting

    So this is fine when it concerns non-radioactive water, but this solution wasn't tested in an environment where the radioactive levels are higher than usual, there was no test case in the story for that. Will the electronics live long enough? Also what about humidity, how long before this stops working because of higher humidity levels?

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    1. Re:radioactive water by Half-pint+HAL · · Score: 4, Interesting

      Heck, I'm wondering whether you can do anything wirelessly in a radioactive environment -- ionising radiation most bugger up the charge in an antenna something chronic....

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  3. slashvertisement by Tom · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Because your website needs more hits and the experts in Japan certainly never thought of some of the most obvious ideas, yes?

    You may not be familiar with japanese culture. I am, at least a bit.

    In the US, this admition would translate to "we can't be arsed to give it some attention".
    In Japan, this is a major loss of face and could well mean the end of someone's career.

    This face thing is a major problem in many cases in Japan, because people won't admit to mistakes until they can't hide them anymore. Yes, even more so than in the West.

    It would be fantastic if someone from the japanese geeks involved in the whole thing would read /. and rip your blog-wiseassing to shreds. Unfortunately, that's unlikely and so your ego can feed on a false sense of superiority.

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    1. Re:slashvertisement by freaklabs · · Score: 3, Interesting

      Hi. I live in Tokyo, am one of the founders of Tokyo Hackerspace, and would probably be considered one of the Japanese geeks.

  4. The problem isn't technology by JoeyRox · · Score: 3, Interesting

    The reality is TEPCO doesn't want the radiation monitored. For the same reasons the beef industry doesn't want cows tested for Mad Cow. The absence of testing allows for plausible deniability.