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Massive Quake Hits Japan! (pg. 26)
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| Lira |
| quote: | Originally posted by Nrg2Nfinit
wow.. the nikkei is down 470 points 4.5% for the index. Yikes. |
It's working!? |
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| Nrg2Nfinit |
| yep. i think 500 ponits at the maximum drop today. |
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| Lews |
| Christ this reactor is about to explode. I hope everyone gets the out of there as quickly as they can :( |
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| Lira |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lews
Christ this reactor is about to explode. I hope everyone gets the out of there as quickly as they can :( |
They're working on it as I type.
(600 people are in the region) |
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| jester |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lews
Christ this reactor is about to explode. I hope everyone gets the out of there as quickly as they can :( |
Those 600 ppl still within the 20 km radius, I really feel bad for them. I just wonder why the hell they stayed :conf: |
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| Lira |
| quote: | Originally posted by jester
Those 600 ppl still within the 20 km radius. I just wonder why the hell they stayed :conf: |
Because they were told there was no reason for concern. |
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| Nrg2Nfinit |
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looks like they stopped the nikkei after the explosion at around 11:30. |
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| Nrg2Nfinit |
| man they are totally downplaying this on NHK. i dont have another news source. How bad is it really? |
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| Lira |
| quote: | Originally posted by Nrg2Nfinit
man they are totally downplaying this on NHK. i dont have another news source. How bad is it really? |
I'm not losing any sleep over this... |
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| Joss Weatherby |
The reactor is NOT about to explode. This is not Chernobyl people, its nothing even close to the same situation. Totally different technology, design standards, and practices in place.
Remember the Chernobyl incident occurred after overt and negligent human actions with the reactor (trying to test its safety system by powering it down and then kick starting it before generators could come online, causing a surge). That situation was asking for trouble, especially in a soft-containment structure like they had at the plant (there was no concrete containment dome, and there was no multiple internal containment structures, the core was exposed after ONE explosion).
The Japanese plant is a light water reactor, with multiple levels of containment. Even if its totally melted down, its final containment layer will keep radioactive elements inside of it. It might irradiate the immediate area of the plant, but there is no risk of a giant explosion that will spread nuclear fuel into the atmosphere.
The explosions we are seeing now are hydrogen gas explosions, which are fairly inevitable (at least until the plant roofs are blown off). The gas builds up till it reaches a level that can ignite and it blows off the roof of the reactor buildings. There is still multiple levels of containment vessels between the reactor core and the outside world. |
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| Lira |
Besides, we all know how it works.
Japanese people + radioactivity = Super heloes. |
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