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No repeat of Chernobyl disaster for Japan
Alert Net ^ | 12 March 2011 | Elizabeth Piper

Posted on 03/12/2011 5:54:08 PM PST by Nobel_1

Japan should not expect a repeat of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster after an explosion blew the roof off one of its nuclear power plants that had been shaken in a huge earthquake, experts said on Saturday.

Japan's Daiichi 1 reactor north of the capital Tokyo began leaking radiation after the 8.9-magnitude earthquake triggered a tsunami, and swiftly prompted fears of a nuclear meltdown.

But experts said pictures of mist above the plant suggested only small amounts of radiation had been expelled as part of measures to ensure its stability, far from the radioactive clouds that Chernobyl spewed out when it exploded in 1986.

"The explosion at No. 1 generating set of the Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan, which took place today, will not be a repetition of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster," said Valeriy Hlyhalo, deputy director of the Chernobyl nuclear safety centre.

He was quoted by Interfax news agency as saying Japanese reactors were better protected than Chernobyl, where just over 30 firefighters were killed in the explosion. The world's worst civilian nuclear disaster, Chernobyl has also been blamed for thousands of deaths due to radiation-linked illness.

"Apart from that, these reactors are designed to work at a high seismicity zone, although what has happened is beyond the impact the plants were designed to withstand," Hlyhalo said.

"Therefore, the consequences should not be as serious as after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster."

(Excerpt) Read more at trust.org ...


TOPICS: Japan; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bwr; fukushima; japan; nuclear
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2 posted on 03/12/2011 5:54:53 PM PST by Nobel_1 (bring on the Patriots!)
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To: Nobel_1
Japan should not expect a repeat of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster

CNN is deeply saddened...

3 posted on 03/12/2011 5:57:05 PM PST by SteamShovel ("Does the noise in my head bother you?")
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To: SteamShovel

bttt


4 posted on 03/12/2011 5:58:40 PM PST by BenLurkin (This post is not a statement of fact. It is merely a personal opinion -- or humor -- or both)
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To: Nobel_1

Aren’t there multiple reactors in danger? If several blow that’s not a Category 7 disaster (highest possible for nuclear events).

I think the Japanese gov’t is trying to save face and prevent widespread panic.
If pumping in sea water — the salt has a corrosive effect and they are writing off ever using it again — this is far worse than we’re being told.


5 posted on 03/12/2011 6:02:38 PM PST by TigerClaws
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To: SteamShovel

hehehe!


6 posted on 03/12/2011 6:03:38 PM PST by ColdOne (AZamericonnie took my tagline & won't give it back!":))
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To: Nobel_1

I could be wrong, but if this article proves to be true and the clean-up isn’t horrendously expensive, this “accident” could be the single best argument FOR nuclear power.


7 posted on 03/12/2011 6:03:41 PM PST by REDWOOD99
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To: SteamShovel
CNN is deeply saddened...

CNN is like the dog chasing a car ... once the dog catches up to the car he don't know what to do with it!!!

8 posted on 03/12/2011 6:03:56 PM PST by Mr_Moonlight
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To: Nobel_1

Of course Fox News just announced a little while ago that now the Japs are saying there is an emergency with the other reactor on that site. Bu they are not elaborating at the moment.


9 posted on 03/12/2011 6:04:48 PM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: SteamShovel
I actually heard a cnn reporter ask ‘Is there widespread LOOTING going on????’ The man in Japan said ‘Uuuh, no.’
10 posted on 03/12/2011 6:06:02 PM PST by barbarianbabs
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To: TigerClaws

The word earlier was this plant was scheduled to go offline this year.


11 posted on 03/12/2011 6:06:40 PM PST by eyedigress ((Old storm chaser from the west)?)
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To: Mr_Moonlight

msnbc.com may have to downsize today’s giant font for this story.


12 posted on 03/12/2011 6:06:55 PM PST by John W (Natural-born US citizen since 1955)
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To: TigerClaws
I think the Japanese gov’t is trying to save face and prevent widespread panic.

I think posters on the internet are letting their vivid imaginations run wild. The reality is that the Japanese have many "tools' available to them to respond to this situation. They know what to do and will react in a far better manner than many internet posters are.

13 posted on 03/12/2011 6:07:00 PM PST by NRG1973
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To: barbarianbabs

It’s not what Lincoln wanted to eradicate.


14 posted on 03/12/2011 6:08:01 PM PST by eyedigress ((Old storm chaser from the west)?)
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To: eyedigress

lol
there will be 0 looting in Japan


15 posted on 03/12/2011 6:11:51 PM PST by barbarianbabs
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To: NRG1973

I believe the most that is required will handle this. It involves mass destruction and possible effects. This is a terrible event yet the world will do the best they can, That’s all.


16 posted on 03/12/2011 6:11:56 PM PST by eyedigress ((Old storm chaser from the west)?)
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To: TigerClaws
...If pumping in sea water — the salt has a corrosive effect and they are writing off ever using it again — this is far worse than we’re being told...

These reactors are 40 years old and were actually scheduled to be taken offline permanently later this month.

17 posted on 03/12/2011 6:12:14 PM PST by FReepaholic
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To: REDWOOD99
I could be wrong, but if this article proves to be true and the clean-up isn’t horrendously expensive, this “accident” could be the single best argument FOR nuclear power.

That's exactly what I was thinking!

18 posted on 03/12/2011 6:13:42 PM PST by cantfindagoodscreenname (I really hate not knowing what was said in the deleted posts....)
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To: Nobel_1
Here are the two big problems that made the Chernobyl problem worse:

1) When the graphite moderators on that reactor overheated, it started to burn and became HIGHLY explosive.
2) There was no containment structure to stop the spread of the radioactive fallout from the reactor explosion.

That's why when Chernobyl exploded it easily spread as much fallout as that from a medium-yield nuclear bomb explosion.

19 posted on 03/12/2011 6:18:19 PM PST by RayChuang88 (FairTax: America's economic cure)
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To: FReepaholic

A Nuc neighbor took me through a 40’s reactor when I was 14. It was not operational. The Cooling was still in place. This was Oak Ridge, TN. He advised us to not jump into the pool.


20 posted on 03/12/2011 6:21:11 PM PST by eyedigress ((Old storm chaser from the west)?)
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