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Japan's Tsunami 2011 (pg. 14)
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| VDub |
| quote: | Originally posted by E2EK1EL
I wouldn't be sarcastic during a time or subject like this, he's a hero for saving his friends and families. |
With all due respect to kris and her gramps, a hero in this case would have warned as many ppl as possible. Not just family...
Again Kris, no disrespect to him as I'm sure he was forbidden from spreading the word to too many ppl...
But John is right. This isn't the right place for this discussion... |
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| jester |
False Alarm: Another Tsunami is going towards Japan
3-5 meter high waves out at sea.
Plus radiation has been detected 96 km from the Fukushima
Sound of an explosion at #3 reactor. White smoke has been reported coming out of #1 reactor. |
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| FunkyCrew |
| quote: | Originally posted by VDub
With all due respect to kris and her gramps, a hero in this case would have warned as many ppl as possible. Not just family...
Again Kris, no disrespect to him as I'm sure he was forbidden from spreading the word to too many ppl...
But John is right. This isn't the right place for this discussion... |
I totally get it Nick, no worries
he was just doing his job unfortunately - I'm not sure if they were even allowed to say anything to the families but he did
messing with the Commies back then was not an option
anyway! I'm sorry for hijacking the thread! |
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| E2EK1EL |
Second blast rocks Japanese nuclear plant
There will be a lot of high drama happening at this nuclear site right now. It will be a brave reporter who will want to document it, and braver workers who struggle to fix it. I fear there are desperate efforts and sacrifices being made to remedy engineering problems of enormous proportions.
Stephen
Japanese nuclear plant calls state of emergency
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Second blast rocks Japanese nuclear plant
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CTV.ca News Staff
Date: Sun. Mar. 13 2011 11:37 PM ET
A second explosion has rocked Japan's troubled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant, leaving three workers injured and seven other missing, Tokyo Electric Power Co. said.
A similar blast occurred at the plant's Unit 1 reactor on Saturday.
Yukio Edano, Japan's chief cabinet secretary, confirmed that a hydrogen explosion occurred at the Unit 3 reactor on Monday morning, local time. He said people within 20 kilometres of the nuclear plant were ordered to stay inside following the explosion.
He added that the reactor's inner containment vessel, which holds nuclear rods, remained intact.
Government officials had warned on Sunday that an explosion was possible at the Unit 3 reactor. When it came, it was powerful enough that Associated Press journalists felt the blast from 25 kilometres away.
More than 180,000 people have been evacuated from the area surrounding the Dai-ichi plant.
Smoke could be seen rising from the complex in the wake of the blast, which occurred at around 11 a.m. local time.
The explosion came as authorities struggled to bring the country's nuclear crisis under control, days after a powerful earthquake and tsunami rocked Japan's eastern coast.
Naoki Kumagai, an official at Japan's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency, said earlier Monday that radiation at the worst-hit Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant remained above acceptable levels.
Three other nuclear complexes reported damage after twin disasters struck the island nation on Friday. States of emergency were declared at six nuclear reactors where cooling systems were knocked out, three at Dai-ichi and three at the nearby Fukushima Daini plant.
But the situation at the Fukushima Dai-ichi appeared to be the most serious.
Radiation leaked into the air on Saturday when steam pressure was released to help cool the Unit 1 reactor. The release caused the earlier explosion that took down the walls around Unit 1, but not the steel envelope encasing it.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano had warned Sunday that a hydrogen explosion could also occur at Unit 3. Operators were trying to reduce pressure and heat inside the reactor, he said, but a partial meltdown was "highly possible."
"Because it's inside the reactor, we cannot directly check it," he said. "But we are taking measures on the assumption of the possible partial meltdown."
Radiation concerns
Officials had said the amount of radiation leaked did not pose health risks, although the assertion did little to ease public concern.
"First I was worried about the quake. Now I'm worried about radiation," Kenji Koshiba, a construction worker who lives near the plant, told The Associated Press from an evacuation centre.
Japanese authorities said they were making preparations to distribute iodine pills to residents near the two Fukushima plants. The pills can help protect against thyroid cancer, since they inhibit the thyroid's absorption of radioactive iodine from the atmosphere.
Up to 160 people who had been waiting for evacuation in the nearby town of Futabe may have been exposed to radiation, according to a spokesperson for Japan's nuclear agency. The severity of their exposure, or if it had reached dangerous levels, was not clear.
Extent of danger
Officials haven't said how high the temperature has risen inside Dai-ichi's troubled reactors. If temperatures reach 2,000 Celsius, the uranium pellets inside their fuel rods will start to dissolve, beginning a meltdown.
A complete meltdown could release uranium and other toxic nuclear byproducts into the environment.
It wasn't clear whether the fuel rods were melting inside the Unit 1 reactor.
Engineers were pumping in seawater to Unit 1 and Unit 3 to control the overheating, a move that international experts say is a measure of last-resort.
The cooling system at Fukushima Dai-ichi's Unit 2 has also failed, but is less affected in the crisis. Three other reactors at the facility are in a safe, shut-down state.
Japanese officials said they would institute rolling blackouts in Tokyo and other cities starting on Monday in order to manage a severe power shortage caused by the inoperable nuclear power plants.
Japan has 55 nuclear reactors housed at 17 complexes.
Check out the new footage of the tsunami ...
http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/TopStorie...-sunday-110313/ |
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| E2EK1EL |
"So far, everyone's cutting back on electricity use has kept the blackouts from being carried out. Proof that each person's small sacrifices can achieve big things."
Friend's FB status |
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| E2EK1EL |
SOMA, JAPAN—A Japanese official says fuel rods at a troubled nuclear reactor were temporarily exposed.
The exposure happened at Unit 2 of the Fukushima Dai-ichi plant — the latest reactor to lose its ability to cool down. The other two reactors at the plant are facing a meltdown and authorities are racing to cool them with sea water.
Fukushima government spokesman Masato Abe said Monday that Unit 2's rods were briefly exposed. Sea water is being channeled into the reactor to cover the rods again.
Abe could not confirm if the rods were ever totally exposed.
Their exposure raises the risk of the reactor overheating, which can lead to meltdown.
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| E2EK1EL |
| A Chinese rescue team was in Japan Monday to help with search and rescue efforts in the aftermath of Friday's earthquake, state media reported. |
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| I_Am_Vince |
My friend's friend was in Sendai during the tsunami. Thank god she wasn't hurt or worse.
Here are some of her tweets.
"help ! :(" - During the earthquake
"everyone im fine ! but no food no electricity...! i spent the night in the car its just horrible...kill me!" - 2 days ago
"lots of people lost their house..dead people everywhere..please help us!" - Yesterday
"tsunami took everything away from us...i seriously don't know what to do or say" - Yesterday |
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| VDub |
I found this incredibly informative article on the whole nuclear scare...
A little long but a great read here... |
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| PurpleHaze |
Vince, I'm really sorry to hear...that's horrible :( :(
I read that 1000+ bodies washed ashore Sendai today after getting swept back out to water when it receeded. Just imagine how much more will be found ashore each morning for a while now....
Looks like pumping in lots of sea water into those 3 reactors wasn't the best idea..........the MASSIVE amounts of steam that builds up and needs to be realeased...what happens when the steam valve fails? Build up of hydrogen, and BOOM :confused: I think 11 died in that explosion
If those FB quotes re: Pearl Harbour that were posted earlier were real, I feel sorry for them. I Really do!
The thing with the fuel rods being exposed is...no one will know the effects until days, months and years after exposure...
I'm really hoping they contain those reactors and cool them down safely |
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| infinity HiGH |
| quote: | Originally posted by I_Am_Vince
"everyone im fine ! but no food no electricity...! i spent the night in the car its just horrible...kill me!" - 2 days ago
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uhhh...should've stayed somewhere out in the open in front of the tsunami then |
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