EPTCrisis in Japan - Page 56
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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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dezi
Germany1536 Posts
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Fruscainte
4596 Posts
http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/03/11/japan.nuclear/ A nuclear reactor is almost critical from the earthquake or something. | ||
KwarK
United States44287 Posts
On March 12 2011 06:59 Belannaer wrote: Only in Hillary's head. #2140: Meanwhile, officials in Washington have said the US military did not provide any coolant to a nuclear plant in Japan. Earlier, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said US Air Force "assets" had been used to do so. BBC are still reporting that the navy delivered coolant. | ||
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Galtakar
Sweden374 Posts
The pressure inside one of the six Boiling Water Reactors (BWRs) at the Fukushima-Daiichi plant has built up because the cooling system was damaged by the earthquake. The heat produced by the nuclear reaction inside the core still needs to be dissipated even after a shutdown. If the outage in the cooling system persists, eventually radiation could leak out into the environment, and, in the worst case, could cause a reactor meltdown, experts say. Oh shit... | ||
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FliedLice
Germany7494 Posts
On March 12 2011 07:04 dezi wrote: Sorry missed the " there. You can safely bet money that there will be some pictures about stuff like that max. 10minutes after it happened on /b/. + Show Spoiler + ![[image loading]](http://imgur.com/nxC7n.png) ... :| | ||
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Belannaer
Finland42 Posts
On March 12 2011 07:07 KwarK wrote: BBC are still reporting that the navy delivered coolant. My quote came from http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12307698, which is quite nice place to follow the info. | ||
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Mr. Wiggles
Canada5894 Posts
 Edit: Ninja'd Edit 2: Don't know if this has been posted yet | ||
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sc2lime
Canada513 Posts
On March 12 2011 07:02 dezi wrote: It's "hilarious" ... when you search for pictures about the quake you already find this: ![[image loading]](http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/8193/whenyouseeit1.jpg) That is offending and of poor taste. | ||
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KissKiss
United Kingdom136 Posts
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dump
Japan514 Posts
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Serpico
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FliedLice
Germany7494 Posts
On March 12 2011 07:15 Serpico wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COqOWwVKr98 So... A guy was driving his car in Japan today? I don't get it. | ||
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Serpico
4285 Posts
On March 12 2011 07:20 FliedLice wrote: So... A guy was driving his car in Japan today? I don't get it. read the title? | ||
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FliedLice
Germany7494 Posts
I watched the whole video, it still seems pretty pointless to me. | ||
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Serejai
6007 Posts
It's just a guy driving a car. There is no water, fire, debris, landslide, or anything else in that clip. He's just driving a car, regardless of what the title of the video is. He's also on a mountain, driving DOWN. I doubt the risk of a tsunami was higher on top of the mountain than it was when he reached the bottom... | ||
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Mr. Wiggles
Canada5894 Posts
2217: The Associated Press is also now citing Japanese nuclear safety agency officials as saying that radiation levels inside one of the reators at the Fukushima-Daini nuclear power plant have surged to 1,000 times their normal levels after the cooling system failed. Pressure inside the reactor has risen to 1.5 times the level considered normal. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12307698 Should this be concerning? | ||
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Dimagus
United States1004 Posts
Dentist X-ray = 1 mR, CAT Scan = 110 mR | ||
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dump
Japan514 Posts
On March 12 2011 07:27 Mr. Wiggles wrote: From BBC: 2217: The Associated Press is also now citing Japanese nuclear safety agency officials as saying that radiation levels inside one of the reators at the Fukushima-Daini nuclear power plant have surged to 1,000 times their normal levels after the cooling system failed. Pressure inside the reactor has risen to 1.5 times the level considered normal. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12307698 Should this be concerning? Yes, they just increased the evacuation radius from 3km to 10km. | ||
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VarmVaffel
Norway378 Posts
On March 12 2011 07:29 Dimagus wrote: Normal radiation levels for the US are 2-9 uR / hr. 1000x is 2-9 mR/hr. Dentist X-ray = 1 mR, CAT Scan = 110 mR Thanks for the information! Really appreciate people knowing something about these things commenting, very helpful. | ||
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kaisen
United States601 Posts
On March 12 2011 07:15 Serpico wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COqOWwVKr98 Did you guys catch a car driving the OTHER way of the direction in that video? | ||
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