Posted on 03/12/2011 5:24:20 AM PST by Scythian
The collective Nuclear Industry is massively failing the people they have so long sought to protect. There is no real, reliable, trustworthy news being reported on the situation in Japan except for vague and conflicting reports.
Where is the World Nuclear Association?
Where is the International Atomic Energy Group?
Where is the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission?
There should be press conferences on the situation in Japan, the people of the world should know all of the facts on the ground in "real time" because of the nature of the danger we are dealing with.
I am in favor of Nuclear Energy but if this is the way nuclear disasters are going to playout, that is, the general populace in the dark about the real danger then I am dead set against Nuclear Energy. These Nuclear Agencies should be out front on this (at least one of them). There are people in Japan that know exactly what is happening and the Nuclear Agencies should be out front with the information right now, in a press conference.
This is an epic failure on their part, in the future I suggest they be prepared and out front.
Its a Saturday come on they are off
Dude...mellow out.
Give it a rest.
The IAEA is busy giving nuclear weapon info to Iran
while fomenting unrest in Egypt or whereever with ElBaradei.
From an industry PR standpoint I think you are right. This plays in to the fearmongers’ hands.
On the other hand, this is similar to when firefighters are fighting an 8 alarm fire and some talking head on a live broadcast wants to interview the fire chief on the scene ... and then gets all huffy when the people are a little too busy saving lives and property to talk to the pretty Miss.
I’m with you. Was always pro nuke but rethinking this where there are fault lines. We’ve got the “ boobs” down in San onofre in CA - scary.
is this a VANITY?
The point is they have to make time to relay the information, it’s part of managing a crisis.
appears to have damaged the containment facility, and the explosion almost certainly did. There have been reports of “white smoke,” perhaps burning concrete, coming from the scene of the explosion, indicating a containment breach and the almost certain escape of significant amounts of radiation.
At this point, events in Japan bear many similarities to the 1986 Chernobyl disaster. Reports indicate that up to 1.5 meters (4.9 feet) of the reactor fuel was exposed. The reactor fuel appears to have at least partially melted, and the subsequent explosion has shattered the walls and roof of the containment vessel — and likely the remaining useful parts of the control and coolant systems.
[It] appears to have damaged the containment facility, and the explosion almost certainly did. There have been reports of “white smoke,” perhaps burning concrete, coming from the scene of the explosion, indicating a containment breach and the almost certain escape of significant amounts of radiation.
At this point, events in Japan bear many similarities to the 1986 Chernobyl disaster. Reports indicate that up to 1.5 meters (4.9 feet) of the reactor fuel was exposed. The reactor fuel appears to have at least partially melted, and the subsequent explosion has shattered the walls and roof of the containment vessel — and likely the remaining useful parts of the control and coolant systems.
And so now the question is simple: Did the floor of the containment vessel crack? If not, the situation can still be salvaged by somehow re-containing the nuclear core. But if the floor has cracked, it is highly likely that the melting fuel will burn through the floor of the containment system and enter the ground. This has never happened before but has always been the nightmare scenario for a nuclear power event — in this scenario, containment goes from being merely dangerous, time consuming and expensive to nearly impossible.
Thanks for the information, funny, ‘oh8eleven’ just said above there is no problem. Again, they should be out front in this in press conferences on TV. But thank you, the situation, if your info is true, is pretty bad indeed.
Yeah, the only problem I see is in building nuclear plants in places known to have massive earthquakes.
The upper midwest is a great place for them.
You sound like some dang greenie.
And if that happens - Godzilla?
Vanities are the best. I like them. Freepers make more sense than any other source.
Back when I was an engineering student they took us out to the next door INL LOFT (Loss Of Fluid Test) project. They had a reactor running and they would remove coolant in various stages to see what the reactor would do.
There were viewports in the top of the reactor (the floor) that you could look through at the core. Weird electric (neon) blue glow.
Talk about fun.
Up to now, radiation levels are low and will be easily dispersed. If the situation does not worsen, there is no point for foreign nuclear authorities to step into the issue right now.
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