Oh please...........
Posted on 03/11/2011 3:02:53 PM PST by americanophile
“Japanese broadcast just indicated that there is a small radiation leak occurring at one of the plants, but “it is not enough to harm humans”.”
Propaganda of course. At best it will be a couple of years before people start dropping dead from various diseases. Of course they are not going to say that. The problem is that if they don’t release the pressure then the result is going to be even worse. This is a very serious situation now. It is why I have always been against nuclear power. Sooner or later either Nature or man is going to take one out. That does such grave damage so that we can keep feeding our thirst for more and more power. Maybe it is we that need to adjust and live within our means. Do we really need 60 inch tv’s.
Check out drudge’s headline now
Where are the manual pumps run by japanese guys riding bicycles?
This is an early designed (late 50’s design) plant, it doesn’t have a secondary containment dome. If they lose control and there is a steam explosion radiation will likely spread.
Oh please...........
yes
They have had SEVERAL “aftershocks” of 7.0
7.0 is not an ‘aftershock’ - it’s a full blown BIG quake.
So they have one strong quake after another -
I still say, living on the Ring of Fire is gambling with your life - it’s the old “It won’t happen to me” belief... I lived on the Calif side on the Ring for 10 yrs - and 30 yeas ago, decided “I’m outta here!”
Just don’t build nuke plants on a fault line.
Otherwise, nukes are the solution, not the problem.
Yep, look at the damage enviros did with 3 mile Island and there wasn't even a leak, not one iota of radiation escaped but that was the death knell for Nukes in the states.
>Who is downwind of Japan?
>Hawaii. The West Coast.
>Wonderful.
What relatively little steam is release would be dispersed ove thousands of miles and would register about
the same radiation as a smoke detector sensor.
Better that than to have it blow locally in concentration.
Hilarious! The fact that you posted it made it even better.
Fukushima I?
Supposedly it does.
Then there is this about reactor 1:
“Fukushima reactor pressure may have hit 2.1 times capacity -METI,” Maeda, Rita, Reuters wire service, quoting Japan Trade Ministry (20:30 GMT) 12 March 2011 (Tokyo time)
Reactor 2 is also experiencing cooling problems.
They are racing to get batteries there. The reactors will melt down without them.
Have they resolved the electrical systems to execute the venting? Last update I read...they wanted to vent, but could not due to electrical problems.
[UPDATE: 5:46 PM EST: Japanese authorities announced that radiation inside the stricken Fukushima power plant control room has risen to 1,000 times its normal level. Some has leaked outside of the plant, prompting calls for further evacuations beyond the 3,000 people who have been cleared out already in a 1.8-mi. radius.
***Additionally, the planned release of radioactive steam to bleed off pressure has been delayed due to a failure in the electrical systems required to execute the venting.]
Oh my GOD- seriously? Links?
I’m sure the millions of people whose lives have been devastated and who have lost family and are still in great danger - will appreciate your concern. /s
Something else must be going on it’s no biggie to rent a generator to run a whole plant.
With their pull the electric utility should easily have had one up and running the cooling pumps by now even in this disaster.
Not worried about a little steam, but something more catastrophic instead. Here’s hoping that they have things under control.
There is NO secondary containment dome, just a primary reactor containment vessel that could not withstand a steam explosion. A catastrophic reactor explosion would expose reactor core to atmospheric conditions. The plant was built in the early 60’s and is a 1st generation 1950’s design. It is among the oldest plants in use in Japan.
Well apparently the diesel generators that they have are either damaged or the circuit that delivers the power to the batteries is some how damaged. At any rate they have been running on batteries, and waiting for more to be delivered. Apparently it isn’t so easy to move things around in Japan. Obviously, though, this would be a priority.
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