EPTI think that I'll sit back and wait for an official announcement, I mean seriously you guys think that it is all a huge cover up : / sorry just can't believe it.
Crisis in Japan - Page 197
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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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peekn
United States1152 Posts
I think that I'll sit back and wait for an official announcement, I mean seriously you guys think that it is all a huge cover up : / sorry just can't believe it. | ||
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affinity_12
172 Posts
[...] Experts have said that the contamination from Fukushima is worse than Chernobyl. [...] While four decades [to decommission Fukushima Daiichi] seems like a long time, some think that estimate is unrealistically short, given the scale of the nuclear disaster at the plant. “It looks too optimistic for many people. But nobody knows,” said Katsuyoshi Ueno, a photographer in Tokyo. “For the majority it is just out of imagination. Who knows about 2041 or 2051? A lot of people question ‘Will I be alive when it’s completed?’” [...] Source: http://enenews.com/experts-contamination-fukushima-worse-chernobyl-many-2051-goal-unrealistic-given-scale-catastrophe-will-be-alive-when-completed Nuclear Expert: 1,000,000 cancers from Fukushima in Japan over next 20 years — First thyroid, then lung, organ, brain, leukemia (VIDEO) Title: Fukushima – Total Cost Uploaded by: wepollock Date: Dec 21, 2011 Description: Arnie Gundersen of Fairwinds Associates (a leading nuclear expert) and Warren Pollock ( http://www.wepollock.com ) redefine the Fukushima nuclear incidents (meltdowns and explosions) in terms of human and total cost. [...] At 13:20 in I think the 20 year cost from Fukushima will be about one million cancers Based on Three Mile Island studies About a 20% increase in lung cancer 3-5 years after TMI And that was small compared to Fukushima And in a much lower population density First thyroid cancer Then lung cancer Then organ cancer, leukemia, brain cancer, things like that Source: http://enenews.com/nuclear-expert-forecasts-1000000-cancers-from-fukushima-in-japan-first-thyroid-then-lung-organ-brain-leukemia-video Note that the nuclear experts are predicting just for Fukushima alone. However since the nuclear radiation has spread throughout northern Japan and also southward towards Tokyo and central Japan, it's going to be a guessing game to determine if these areas are safe or not. As of now products from all over Japan have been shown to be contaminated, including Meiji food products whose stocks have taken a huge blow from news that its baby milk formula has been contaminated by nuclear fallout from the Fukushima nuclear meltdown. Proof that Gundersen is an expert in nuclear chemistry/physics: On December 24 2011 14:18 XRaDiiX wrote: It may only be a youtube video but he's far more an expert in the field than what you believe him to be http://fairewinds.com/content/who-we-are  Oh yes there's more.... :7 So before you go claiming he isn't an expert i suggest you actually look up what kind-of Expert he is. Game, set, match. Here are some very informative videos he has released ever since the start of the disaster. Even though he was somewhat limited to information by TEPCO and the government of Japans censorship of much information coming out. http://fairewinds.com/multimedia | ||
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mikell
Australia352 Posts
On December 24 2011 14:54 Hekisui wrote: Gonna pick up a PhD in physics tomorrow, since they are so easy to get. Some dude that probably struggled with the soft math in HS saying PhD in physics are easy to get wtf. [crap]... Another tricky bit is that people who know most about physics and particles or nuclear engineering often know very little about what radiation does to the human body. The whole radiation-human body-cancer angle is poorly understood. Especially so compared with all the particle physics and nuclear reactor stuff that's all rock solid and obvious. PhDs in physics are easy to get - relative to a PhD in lets see.. anything medical. not only that, people that hold PhDs in physics are not likely to hold jobs, because they find that their thesis has little or no application OR that the only facility working around their specific area of knowledge is the place they obtained their PhD. not that it matters, but i graduate next March with my BEng in Mechanical Systems so no i didn't struggle in HS physics  ... the actual interaction between ionizing radiation and human tissue is not understood - because it would be difficult to monitor the development of cancer unless you purposely put people in tests which bombard them with radiation and see what happens eh? | ||
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{CC}StealthBlue
United States41117 Posts
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Caphe
Vietnam10817 Posts
Here's more detail http://english.kyodonews.jp/news/2012/01/134509.html | ||
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Antisocialmunky
United States5912 Posts
No Tsunami warning yet. | ||
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Grobyc
Canada18410 Posts
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Antisocialmunky
United States5912 Posts
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FliedLice
Germany7494 Posts
I mean they should be relatively used to earthquakes in Japan. | ||
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Froadac
United States6733 Posts
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Seeker
Where dat snitch at?37027 Posts
On January 01 2012 15:13 FliedLice wrote: 7.0 isn't THAT bad is it? I mean they should be relatively used to earthquakes in Japan. What does it matter if it's bad or THAT bad? An earthquake is never a pleasant thing..... we should be posting about how our condolences go to Japan and its ppl..... not wondering if it's bad or THAT bad :/ | ||
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{CC}StealthBlue
United States41117 Posts
242 km (150 miles) SW of Hachijo-jima, Izu Islands, Japan 365 km (226 miles) S of Hamamatsu, Honshu, Japan 393 km (244 miles) S of Shizuoka, Honshu, Japan 495 km (307 miles) SSW of TOKYO, Japan ![[image loading]](http://neic.usgs.gov/neis/bulletin/neic_c0007fbh_cy.gif) | ||
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bITt.mAN
Switzerland3693 Posts
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EchOne
United States2906 Posts
On January 01 2012 15:13 FliedLice wrote: 7.0 isn't THAT bad is it? I mean they should be relatively used to earthquakes in Japan. 7.0 can still be a major earthquake capable of great damage and suffering depending on its circumstances. The Tangshan quake was a 7.5 and last year's Haiti quake was a 7.0. We can only wish Japan faces no similar calamity. | ||
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Antisocialmunky
United States5912 Posts
On January 01 2012 15:16 Seeker wrote: What does it matter if it's bad or THAT bad? An earthquake is never a pleasant thing..... we should be posting about how our condolences go to Japan and its ppl..... not wondering if it's bad or THAT bad :/ It depends on where it is. There are earthquakes all the time especially around the deep trenches and nothing but fish and whales feel. | ||
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Rodimus Prime
182 Posts
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Antisocialmunky
United States5912 Posts
Basically if Sendai and Indian Ocean earthquakes were a climax, this sort of thing is just geologic foreplay. | ||
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empty.bottle
685 Posts
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Froadac
United States6733 Posts
On January 01 2012 15:19 EchOne wrote: 7.0 can still be a major earthquake capable of great damage and suffering depending on its circumstances. The Tangshan quake was a 7.5 and last year's Haiti quake was a 7.0. We can only wish Japan faces no similar calamity. True. Thankfully Japan has ridiculously good building code. ESPECIALLY in comparison to Haiti. | ||
flamewheel
FREEAGLELAND26781 Posts
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