Japan hit by 8.9 Earthquake.[views:22159][posts:108]____________________________________ [Mar 15,2011 1:19pm - arilliusbm ""] Slag%20NLI said:The crew of Engineers who have stayed to try and control the Fukushima-Daiichi meltdown are real fucking heroes. Basically signing their own death certificates. There shall be many songs sung in their honor. back'd. or.. knowing america, a hollywood movie to make millions of dollars off of it. then the little to no profit made off of the movie would go towards real help |
| ______________________________ [Mar 15,2011 1:24pm - Yeti ""] http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42084187/ns/world_news-asiapacific/ am i reading this right? is one reactor in meltdown? |
| __________________________________________ [Mar 15,2011 2:25pm - largefreakatzero ""] "Please do not go outside. Please stay indoors. Please close windows and make your homes airtight," Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano told residents in the danger zone. Wow, this advice is right up there with "Duck & Cover". |
| _________________________________ [Mar 15,2011 2:35pm - Doomkid ""] Yeti said:http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42084187/ns/world_news-asiapacific/ am i reading this right? is one reactor in meltdown? I've been finding that there is very little consistency in the analysis of the reactors' situations(everything from its-bad-but-we're-cool to radiological apocalypse). But as far as I can tell(from NYT, BBC, Al Jazeera and GlobalPost) no reactor actually has melted down yet. Radioactive material has been released into the atmosphere but it was blown offshore, which is why the US Navy helos ran into it and we pulled the carrier farther offshore. This BBC article seems to put most of the relevant information together well: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12749444 "Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano said they were closely watching the remaining two reactors at the plant, five and six, as they had begun overheating slightly. He said cooling seawater was being pumped into reactors one and three - which were returning to normal - and into reactor two, which remained unstable." Update quote from NYT, referring to the reactor that had the 2nd explosion this morning I believe: “The only ideas we have right now are using a helicopter to spray water from above, or inject water from below,” a power company official said at a news conference. “We believe action must be taken by tomorrow or the day after.” |
| _________________________________ [Mar 15,2011 2:40pm - Doomkid ""] This is a really great blog entry about: how nuclear plants work, what is happening in Fukushima, how it is both similar and unique when compared to Chernobyl and Three Mile Island. Never forget but get it right |
| _______________________________________ [Mar 16,2011 4:20pm - aaron_michael ""] http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_thelookout/2...reunion-videos-after-japan-disaster This is actually a really nice little article. |
| ______________________________________ [Mar 16,2011 4:27pm - thirdknuckle ""] Yeti said:http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42084187/ns/world_news-asiapacific/ am i reading this right? is one reactor in meltdown? I hope there are some really cool bugs or lizards living around there. |
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| _______________________________________ [Mar 17,2011 12:38pm - the_reverend ""] http://www.abc.net.au/news/events/japan-quake-2011/beforeafter.htm |