EPTOn April 12 2011 08:32 Ambulation wrote:
Not sure if this has already been posted yet or not:
Not sure if this has already been posted yet or not:
this literally made me cry...
Crisis in Japan - Page 191
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Thread is about the various issues surrounding Japan in the aftermath of the recent earthquake. Don't bring the shit side of the internet to the thread, and post with the realization that this thread is very important, and very real, to your fellow members. Do not post speculative and unconfirmed news you saw on TV or anywhere else. Generally the more dramatic it sounds the less likely it's true. | ||
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Curtismcfly
United States215 Posts
this literally made me cry... | ||
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vega12
Japan73 Posts
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orgolove
Vatican City State1650 Posts
... THE Chernobyl, with decades of radiation falloff that are still affecting the cancer rates and other deformities of nations hundreds of miles away even today? ... | ||
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Terranist
United States2496 Posts
On April 12 2011 15:31 orgolove wrote: So guys. This is level 7, right? You know, the level of Chernobyl? ... THE Chernobyl, with decades of radiation falloff that are still affecting the cancer rates and other deformities of nations hundreds of miles away even today? ... ... there is only 7 levels. if you want to compare on a bigger scale then chernobyl was a 700. serious issue but we don't need that sort of fearmongering in a time like this. | ||
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Irrelevant
United States2364 Posts
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jester-
Canada547 Posts
If you search "inside the evacuation zone" there is a video where two guys drive within 1.5km of the nuclear power plant and see radiation at a max of 112 microserverts or whatever. | ||
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Airionn
United Kingdom186 Posts
Stay strong Japan!! | ||
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Joementum
787 Posts
On April 12 2011 15:31 orgolove wrote: So guys. This is level 7, right? You know, the level of Chernobyl? ... THE Chernobyl, with decades of radiation falloff that are still affecting the cancer rates and other deformities of nations hundreds of miles away even today? ... Not THE Chernobyl. The reactor didn't EXPLODE and send radioactive fallout everywhere like it did in Chernobyl. If Japan has to construct a sarcophagus around the reactors, then the radioactive material should stop coming out. They couldn't really do that in Chernobyl since there was already of ton of the material scattered across a pretty big area. | ||
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sqrt
1210 Posts
I'm interested what the Russians plan to do, if the Government of Japan has requested their aid at Level 7 than they should have something in mind. | ||
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vega12
Japan73 Posts
EDIT: Found a source: http://www.planetdata.net/sites/global/news.php?story=36090. Correction: used to decommission nuclear submarines. | ||
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kainzero
United States5211 Posts
some people are thinking that the problem is worse now because of the upgrade, but that's not correct. | ||
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Rflcrx
503 Posts
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Joementum
787 Posts
On April 13 2011 00:24 Rflcrx wrote: Problem was huge all along, tepco just managed to play it down till now. Do you have any proof regarding this or are you just voicing your opinion. | ||
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Sorkoas
549 Posts
On April 13 2011 01:32 Joementum wrote: Do you have any proof regarding this or are you just voicing your opinion. Please correct me if I'm wrong but a couple of weeks ago people were talking about how to classify this crisis and it was said it was too early to rate it higher and foreign "experts" were doing it wrong. Now after so much time has gone they can raise it to this "7" grade but it doesn't mean that things just suddenly got way worse. It just a number which was also given to the Chernobyl disaster but that doesn't mean things have been getting out of hand like it did back then. I don't see the reason to focus so much on this instead of the whole picture of what's going on at Fukushima Daiichi. To me this is fearmongering fed to by the media and it's understandable why TEPCO/the Japanese government is holding things like this back when media is assuming the worst and making everyone panic even more. | ||
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Terranist
United States2496 Posts
On April 13 2011 01:32 Joementum wrote: Do you have any proof regarding this or are you just voicing your opinion. http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2011/03/us-nuke-chief-no-water-left-in-spent-fuel-pool-at-no-4-reactor/1 + Show Spoiler + There's no more water in the pool holding spent fuel rods at the No. 4 reactor of the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant, says the head of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, according to the Associated Press. If all water is gone from the cooling pool, the exposed fuel rods will overheat and could possibly melt or even explode, spreading highly radioactive material. NRC Chairman Gregory Jaczko did not say how he obtained that information. The Japanese nuclear safety agency and the plant operator, Tokyo Electric Power Co., have denied the claim. A utility spokesman said the "condition is stable" at Unit 4. | ||
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sandrab
Austria9 Posts
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Macabre
United States1262 Posts
On April 12 2011 15:36 Terranist wrote: ... there is only 7 levels. if you want to compare on a bigger scale then chernobyl was a 700. serious issue but we don't need that sort of fearmongering in a time like this. Except there are 4 reactors leaking with no end in site. It was obvious this was a level 7 event since Saturday. Go ahead believe the news. The news isn't going to panic everyone. | ||
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forgotten0ne
United States951 Posts
http://www.npr.org/2011/03/29/134956176/information-radiation-leak-slowly-from-japan | ||
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Terranist
United States2496 Posts
On April 13 2011 07:01 Macabre wrote: Except there are 4 reactors leaking with no end in site. It was obvious this was a level 7 event since Saturday. Go ahead believe the news. The news isn't going to panic everyone. fukushima isn't even remotely in the ballpark of the chernobyl disaster. nothing more to discuss on the subject of comparison. | ||
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chaoser
United States5541 Posts
On April 13 2011 03:27 Terranist wrote: http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2011/03/us-nuke-chief-no-water-left-in-spent-fuel-pool-at-no-4-reactor/1 + Show Spoiler + There's no more water in the pool holding spent fuel rods at the No. 4 reactor of the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant, says the head of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, according to the Associated Press. If all water is gone from the cooling pool, the exposed fuel rods will overheat and could possibly melt or even explode, spreading highly radioactive material. NRC Chairman Gregory Jaczko did not say how he obtained that information. The Japanese nuclear safety agency and the plant operator, Tokyo Electric Power Co., have denied the claim. A utility spokesman said the "condition is stable" at Unit 4. NRC Chairman Gregory Jaczko did not say how he obtained that information. This was WEEKS AGO and it was already proven that he was WRONG via aerial photos on the site. This site/article is hasn't been updated since Marsh 16. | ||
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