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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.
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On March 12 2011 18:15 elscuba wrote:
Edano and Nuclear Safety Agency virtually say nothing about explosion at Fukushima 1.
I think it is a bad sign. Sooo bad. I am scared.
I'm hearing a lot of fear mongering coming out of the Japanese web right now. I think they genuinely don't know much right now.
The only thing that bothers me about that press conference is the fact that they supposedly don't know what exactly exploded... you'd think it'd be pretty obvious to anyone working at Tepco if one of its buildings is suddenly missing all of its walls.
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The media is proficient at fear mongering, particularly anything involving radiation. It's really obnoxious 
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On March 12 2011 18:17 dump wrote:Show nested quote +On March 12 2011 18:15 elscuba wrote:
Edano and Nuclear Safety Agency virtually say nothing about explosion at Fukushima 1.
I think it is a bad sign. Sooo bad. I am scared. I'm hearing a lot of fear mongering coming out of the Japanese web right now. I think they genuinely don't know much right now. The only thing that bothers me about that press conference is the fact that they supposedly don't know what exactly exploded... you'd think it'd be pretty obvious to anyone working at Tepco if one of its buildings is suddenly missing all of its walls.
Usually when authorities provide little infromation and say "stay calm" shit is about to hit the fan. So I can fully understand that people are afraid. I would be, too.
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The four injured near the reactor when the explosion happened aren't severely hurt.
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@ BBC: 0923: Before the explosion, the government had declared a state of emergency at five nuclear reactors after the generators pumping cooling water at the reactors failed.
So should this suggest that it indeed was a reactor that exploded?
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On March 12 2011 18:29 sk1nex wrote:
@ BBC: 0923: Before the explosion, the government had declared a state of emergency at five nuclear reactors after the generators pumping cooling water at the reactors failed.
So should this suggest that it indeed was a reactor that exploded?
I don't think so. Apparently it was a legal requirement that if any of three conditions happened (including if a backup cooler failed), they'd declare a state of emergency.
I don't think they expected it to get this bad.
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Radiation levels increase at Fukushima No.1 after blast reports
12/03/2011 04:15 (00:16 minutes ago)
The FINANCIAL -- TOKYO. Radiation levels at the quake-hit Fukushima No.1 nuclear plant in northeastern Japan have increased following a reported blast, the television said quoting local authorities on March 12, according to RIA Novosti.
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Tokyo Electricity Company, which operates the nuclear plant, said an explosion was heard in the area of the Fukushima No.1 plant and white smoke could be seen ten minutes later.
Japan's NHK company has circulated photos of the Fukushima No.1 plant, which showed the external wall of one of the units damaged by the alleged blast.
Media reported high radiation levels in and near the first unit of the plant on March 12, citing low water levels and overheated reactors as the causes. People began to be evacuated from the area.
Officials denied any meltdown but then the Industry Ministry called an emergency news conference to say that experts had released pressure and let out steam in the reactors of the first unit in a move to prevent radiation leaks in the area. The release of steam is likely to include radioactive materials, the Kyodo news agency has said.
http://finchannel.com/news_flash/World/82983_Radiation_levels_increase_at_Fukushima_No.1_after_blast_reports/
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There's at least 1 ~5.0 aftershock every hour happening off the East Coast of Japan
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On March 12 2011 18:11 Alay wrote:Show nested quote +On March 12 2011 17:14 smileyyy wrote:On March 12 2011 17:01 GenericTerranPlayer wrote:On March 12 2011 16:58 smileyyy wrote:
hmm once again its proven nuclear energy is not safe at all. lets hope there wont be too much damage. bullshit. People are just afraid of the word nuclear. Any other power plant would have trouble following the 5th largest earthquake since 1900. And all that's happening here is a minor leak. I would hazard to say Nuclear power plants have the best record of all fuel-using power plants worldwide. How extraordinarily narrow minded haha saying me being narrow minded while talking about nuclear energy lol. Yeah nuclear energy is such long term thought out process since theres still no solution what to do with the waste. My point is Japan build 55 nuclear plant knowing of the danger of quakes by the way just google Kurihara Nuclear Power Plant it got damaged in 2008 by a ~7 earth quake too. leaking radioactive material And Oil Drilling caused a massive leak just recently--does that mean that using that is unsafe too? Welp, guess I'm walking to work tomorrow. Nuclear Power is incredibly safe, reliable and quite efficient. The place just got slammed by a massive earthquake _and_ a tsunami. It's amazing it's in as good of shape as it is.
Which is amazing, considering how we've been paranoid about nuclear power plants and haven't built one since like 1975.
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On March 12 2011 18:37 GenericTerranPlayer wrote:
There's at least 1 ~5.0 aftershock every hour happening off the East Coast of Japan
there's been several in the past hour alone ... atleast its better that the crust is moving like this in smaller frequent amounts instead of one large movement
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On March 12 2011 18:38 a176 wrote:Show nested quote +On March 12 2011 18:37 GenericTerranPlayer wrote:
There's at least 1 ~5.0 aftershock every hour happening off the East Coast of Japan there's been several in the past hour alone ... atleast its better that the crust is moving like this in smaller frequent amounts instead of one large movement
must be really freaky if you can feel them...
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On March 12 2011 18:38 StyLeD wrote:
Which is amazing, considering how we've been paranoid about nuclear power plants and haven't built one since like 1975.
Understandable since the paranoïa of Three Mile Island. Still, USA got the most nuclear reactors in the world. But let's not derail the thread on a nuclear polemic, shall we ?
And isn't one being constructed right now ? (maybe I don't remember that well)
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On March 12 2011 18:45 thoradycus wrote:zz nvm
He's saying there are 5-15 5 scale earthquackes in an hour instead of 1
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On March 12 2011 18:40 GenericTerranPlayer wrote:Show nested quote +On March 12 2011 18:38 a176 wrote:On March 12 2011 18:37 GenericTerranPlayer wrote:
There's at least 1 ~5.0 aftershock every hour happening off the East Coast of Japan there's been several in the past hour alone ... atleast its better that the crust is moving like this in smaller frequent amounts instead of one large movement must be really freaky if you can feel them...
Yeah, every 30-60 minutes you can feel a little bit of movement even in Tokyo. This is normal though following a big quake. As far as I know, there is concern that there might be another big quake within the next month in the area if history is any indication.
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CNN announcing they think the core is breached/worst case scenario.
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On March 12 2011 18:49 Macabre wrote:
CNN announcing they think the core is breached/worst case scenario.
I'm worried, ever since the press conference NHK has been doing reruns right now when you'd think they'd be watching the plants...
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