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Originally posted by Sushipunk http://bravenewclimate.com/2011/03/...le-explanation/

Some good news from the general media

http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/a...eactors/?hpt=T1

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Originally posted by WittyHandle Afflac just dropped him from their ad campaign

I don't blame them. What company would want to be associated with an asshat like this guy? Seriously, that guy needs to have his head fucking examined.

great posts stubert!

reading the detailed one now, explaining the actual reactor, really interesting-

also,

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I will try to summarize the main facts. The earthquake that hit Japan was 7 times more powerful than the worst earthquake the nuclear power plant was built for (the Richter scale works logarithmically; the difference between the 8.2 that the plants were built for and the 8.9 that happened is 7 times, not 0.7). So the first hooray for Japanese engineering, everything held up.

imagine if it was built by the americans

The radioactivity has reached Tokyo. People are now fleeing in panic.

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Originally posted by mr.bison The radioactivity has reached Tokyo. People are now fleeing in panic.

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Originally posted by EgosXII imagine if it was built by the americans

Technically they did sorta, well it was a joint effort. The reactor design itself is from General Electric.

The US has a pretty good track record with their nuclear reactors. A more correct statement would be what if the Russians had built it, seeing they have had by far the worst nuclear disaster on record.

God forbid the Chinese or the Iranians or North Koreans ever have to deal with unforeseen circumstances at their plants... China I assume would be pretty ok, but ... still... Scary in countries that aren't really that open about their engineering practices on things such as these.

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Originally posted by Joss Weatherby Technically they did sorta, well it was a joint effort. The reactor design itself is from General Electric. The US has a pretty good track record with their nuclear reactors. A more correct statement would be what if the Russians had built it, seeing they have had by far the worst nuclear disaster on record. God forbid the Chinese or the Iranians or North Koreans ever have to deal with unforeseen circumstances at their plants... China I assume would be pretty ok, but ... still... Scary in countries that aren't really that open about their engineering practices on things such as these.

ha yeah, i actually did think they may have had a hand in it: There's very little in modern japan that the US hasn't been involved in, BUT its hard to miss an opportunity to make generalised, degrading statements about the US

yeah its hard to know... I'm not realy sure china would be fine... I can see them cutting corners, they're not really 'there yet', like japan, USA etc, and don't they have a really large number of facilities?

mass producing nuclear sites doesn't sound great... I don't know heaps about China's efforts though, so correct me if i'm wrong

A writer for family guy was one of the ****s who posted that Japan deserved what they got after pearl harbour


http://www.theage.com.au/entertainm...0315-1busz.html

Fukushima power plant is in deep trouble. All six reactors have experienced problems.

Around an hour ago the radioactive disaster was put to six by French authorities on the INES scale (International Nuclear Event Scale), which runs to seven.

In comparison, the Chernobyl disaster was a seven on the same scale.

An aftershock measuring 6.0 on the Richter scale is shaking Tokyo right now.

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Originally posted by mr.bison An aftershock measuring 6.0 on the Richter scale is shaking Tokyo right now.

We've had loads of these since Friday... this is like the eleventieth

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Originally posted by Joss Weatherby The US has a pretty good track record with their nuclear reactors.

*cough* three mile island *cough*

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Originally posted by mr.bison Fukushima power plant is in deep trouble. All six reactors have experienced problems. Around an hour ago the radioactive disaster was put to six by French authorities on the INES scale (International Nuclear Event Scale), which runs to seven. In comparison, the Chernobyl disaster was a seven on the same scale.

Then why is every reputable source saying that things are under control and that the possibility of a meltdown is slim?

PANIC: Tokyo Electric says may drop water by helicopter onto reactor's spent-fuel cooling pond

Courtesy of Drudge Report

This is like what backup plan #5?

Crazy girl was trolling

I don't know, WAS IT?

Keep calm, everyone, there's no reason to panic. I repeat, keep calm and carry on.

...

I love saying that

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Originally posted by EarnYourKeep [img]http://i51.tinypic.com/s5xssg.jpg/img] [img]http://i53.tinypic.com/2mxl4ow.jpg/img]

AAAAAH! LARGE PICTURES! EVERYONE FLEE!


Ok, for everyone who doesn't have the reading comprehension of a 6th grader, from what I understand even if the reactors melted there would be no radioactive release into the atmosphere. So there's really no reason to be concerned.

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Originally posted by jester PANIC: Tokyo Electric says may drop water by helicopter onto reactor's spent-fuel cooling pond Courtesy of Drudge Report This is like what backup plan #5?

The stupidity of building 27 nuclear reactors in an earthquake/tsunami zone. It also might have been a good idea to not put the backup generators at ground level.

Reactor 4 on fire

http://bravenewclimate.com/2011/03/...le-explanation/

Kevin Lea, on 15 March 2011 at 3:02 PM said:
"Also, as soon as the zirconium metal melts in the presence of water, it produces hydrogen gas. The hydrogen explosions at the Japanese power plants were due to hydrogen given off by the melting zirconium. This is proof positive that very significant melting has occurred. Three Mile Island also had several hydrogen explosions due to the melting of the core but they were all contained within the containment dome since the TMI design does not have a building outside of the dome."

"This meltdown is much more serious than the author portrayed. However, he is correct in stating that if the containment is not breached, then the disaster will be limited, just like it was at Three Mile Island. However, if the containment is breached, the tens of thousands of Rem (measure of radiation) per hour of fission product radioactivity that will be around for decades will be spread into the environment and create a disaster similar to Chernobyl.

If a person receives 500 Rem in a short period of time, they have a 50% chance of dying. Typical background radiation is about 100 millirem (one tenth of a Rem) in one year."

Excellent. So now we just all have to pray that the last line of defense works, or we're probably dead.

Hooray.

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CNN: Japans Situation nearing Chernobyl

http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/a...nuclear/?hpt=T2

Is this bollocks?

The fact that they're using sea water to try and cool the thing suggests it is/was a last-ditch effort. The salt in the sea water would corrode the reactor and render it pretty much useless.

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