Off to Japan

Laundry Man · Mar 19, 2011, 11:34

If nothing changes, I'm off on Tuesday. Helping a client evaluate the conditions of their facility. I did TMI, now this.
LM

sovbob · Mar 19, 2011, 11:47

Good luck. Stay safe.

JustinHEMI05 · Mar 19, 2011, 11:53

Quote from: sovbob on Mar 19, 2011, 11:47
Good luck. Stay safe.

Agreed! Thank you and good luck!

Justin

Already Gone · Mar 19, 2011, 12:37

Post some pictures and updates if you can.
Good Luck!

Keln · Mar 19, 2011, 12:41

Good luck there! I'd love to go back to Japan myself (born there), but not necessarily for this reason. I think to see what it looks like there up north firsthand would hit me kind of hard.

radbrat · Mar 19, 2011, 08:54

Be good JC, keep us informed.

roadtechatlarge · Mar 19, 2011, 10:29

I'll be heading to Okinawa Friday (Previous engagement with client) and who knows where after that. I'm curious to see what develops from this mess, they'll need lots of help and I'm always open to "Exploring new opportunities". Good luck and take care.

iiiisx349 · Mar 19, 2011, 11:24

my friend is there.

RADBASTARD · Mar 20, 2011, 05:39

I WONDER WHAT RATES THEY WILL HAVE TO PAY TO GET TECHS TO WANT TO GO THERE?

Sun Dog · Mar 20, 2011, 06:07

Quote from: RadBastard on Mar 20, 2011, 05:39
I WONDER WHAT RATES THEY WILL HAVE TO PAY TO GET TECHS TO WANT TO GO THERE?

Probably not as much as the US techs are hoping for. There are qualified technicians who speak the language, can digest the cuisine, will work cheaper, and who are much closer to the problem.

You want to go play superhero and cash in on this disaster? You better be really tough (body and soul) and have a unique skill set.

playswithairplanes · Mar 23, 2011, 12:08

Quote from: Sun Dog on Mar 20, 2011, 06:07
can digest the cuisine,

What's so hard about Japanese food? My wife is Japanese, and I've NEVER had a problem with ANYTHING she or my In-Laws have ever served. It's not that dreadfully different from what we have in the US actually. Lots of Fish, Veggies, and noodles. Just curious.

matthew.b · Mar 25, 2011, 02:22

Quote from: playswithairplanes on Mar 23, 2011, 12:08
What's so hard about Japanese food? My wife is Japanese, and I've NEVER had a problem with ANYTHING she or my In-Laws have ever served. It's not that dreadfully different from what we have in the US actually. Lots of Fish, Veggies, and noodles. Just curious.

Miso causes me a severe digestive blowout. I have no idea why, and I like the taste. I guess it is something like lactose intolerance in Africans, I just don't have the right enzymes to digest it.

wombat · Mar 27, 2011, 01:31

Just baclk from Japan (Civillian Navy) God's speed Laundryman

namlive · Mar 27, 2011, 05:58

No need to go to Japan. By the looks of the plume, it is coming to us.

HydroDave63 · Mar 27, 2011, 06:08

If only we knew what the units are?

slym · Mar 28, 2011, 09:20

Quote from: namlive on Mar 27, 2011, 05:58
No need to go to Japan. By the looks of the plume, it is coming to us.

Karma, could you please post a link to these radiation dispersal maps you have found? Domo arigato gozaimasu!

hamsamich · Mar 28, 2011, 09:53

yeah I would like to know what exactly the units mean too...people on the west coast are getting E-13 and that is in the gray area is all I can figure.....

HydroDave63 · Mar 28, 2011, 10:21

Quote from: hamsamich on Mar 28, 2011, 09:53
yeah I would like to know what exactly the units mean too...people on the west coast are getting E-13 and that is in the gray area is all I can figure.....

Doing a bit of ELT math and working backwards using the earlier numbers out of Hanford, I'm pretty sure the units are Bq/m³.

Going back through the hosting website, and watching the animated GIFs for current dispersion, Hawaii doesn't look like a fun place to go for this spring break

namlive · Mar 28, 2011, 05:04

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Karma, could you please post a link to these radiation dispersal maps you have found? Domo arigato gozaimasu!

http://www.zamg.ac.at/aktuell/index.php?seite=1&artikel=ZAMG_2011-03-25GMT15:41

RAD-GHOST · Mar 28, 2011, 05:10

Dave,

How long did it take you to find the slide rule?

+ K...RG!

radtech4coin · Mar 29, 2011, 12:54

勤勉、丁寧な仕事をします。アララ：あなたの責任です。

Marlin · Mar 29, 2011, 03:15

Quote from: radtech4coin on Mar 29, 2011, 12:54
勤勉、丁寧な仕事をします。アララ：あなたの責任です。

ALARA is misspelled in translation.

dose4dollars · Mar 31, 2011, 05:34

Green Bay WI area, 1e-13/ml of I-131
I also was in Eniwetok when Three Mile Island and China detonated the nuke in the storm. So we love our environmental air samplers.

Laundry Man · Mar 31, 2011, 09:24

Returned on Tuesday evening. First of all I want to make it clear, though I may have done a lot of surveying, I wasn't there chasing dollars. I went with a small team to assist a company in Japan with no nuclear experience. To say the radiological conditions are challenging (from a US perspective) would be an understatement. Earthquake damage was quite apparent in the north and tremors (6.5 the highest) were also experienced. The Japanese we interacted with were very nice and thankful we were there. If you even consider working in Japan the following tidbits might be helpful, you have to pass a test to drive there or at least rent one. It is used to see if you can read Japanese road sign (I can't). Not a lot of Japanese speak English or hide the fact that they do. Living would not be close to the reactors. Not a commute I would consider.

I'll post some more when I get caught up here.
LM

Frankie Love · Mar 31, 2011, 11:45

You still working for uni-puke? Fuller go with ya?

Off to Japan

JustinHEMI05

Keln

radbrat

roadtechatlarge

RADBASTARD

Sun Dog

matthew.b

slym

RAD-GHOST