Japanese earthquake / tsunami discussion

padz

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/yokosonews

this guy is good giving live updates good translation hes monitoring radio and tv and online and gieger

uncleoswald

De Dannan wrote: »

Just because you dont see 'mushroom clouds' that doesnt mean there is no problem with radiation. :eek:

christ on a bike.... Yes i am aware of that. My post amounted to "hey, I was very ignorant about all things nuclear but I'm learning" and yet people have felt the need to respond "hey, you're ignorant about all things nuclear."

th3 s1aught3r wrote: »

But how do you know that everything is under control

I don't. I was saying I appreciated the effort that people were making to get things under control. And in my ignorance would have expected things to have been worse sooner in such an old reactor that took such heavy damage. Listening to the experts has made me feel more confident about modern reactors considering how relatively new the science is. Nuclear power is something that I have been very skeptical about but I really should have learned more about it before I wrote it off as simply too dangerous, not ruling it in yet either though.


Now could people stop nitpicking me and talk about what matters? And let me get back to the expert on CNN who the presenter is pestering into saying something scary.

andrew

As of 9am radiation level at the front gate was 587mSv

edit: wait, the guy who said that might've been quoting data from 2 days ago. This is pretty confusing.

Run_to_da_hills

Duggy747 wrote: »

Watch the ground come alive.



Liquefaction of the area.

Brave man, I wouldnt have spent any time hanging around there. :eek:'

padz

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/yokosonews

just hearing that most up todate data released from them is 2days old this was admitted at a pressconfrence being broadcast on the above channel live

Wolfe Tone

So lads, havent been following, is Japan fcuked now?

Turtwig

andrew wrote: »

the guy who said that might've been quoting data from 2 days ago. This is pretty confusing.

Yep it is, and the amount of times they confuse the micro and milli is astounding.:(

Star Bingo

Wolfe Tone wrote: »

So lads, havent been following, is Japan fcuked now?

Japan?! .. melted into the ocean two year ago. coma, much?

Hazys

Great story

http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/03/15/california.student.japan/index.html?hpt=C1

Brings a bit of hope to a horrible situation

Yakult

I hope thats steam and not smoke.

Thrill

Pic of the latest smoke coming from the Fukushima No1 nuclear power plant

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/zoom/20110316-OYT9I00330.htm

uprising2

Wolfe Tone wrote: »

So lads, havent been following, is Japan fcuked now?

Nearly!

Turtwig

Wolfe Tone wrote: »

So lads, havent been following, is Japan fcuked now?

Almost the same place it was 48 hours ago tbh.

andrew

From the Reuters twitter: "White smoke at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant is coming from reactor No.3 (according to Fuji TV)"

Thrill

Tepco says the reactor 3 at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has been emitting white smoke for about 45 minutes,

geetar

Thrill wrote: »

Tepco says the reactor 3 at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has been emitting white "radioactive" smoke for about 45 minutes,

^^^^^^^thats more like the reality

Thrill

NHK are saying they are going to drop boric acid to prevent possible fission.


Tokyo Electric officials say the white smoke being reported at the Fukushima No1 nuclear plant could possibly be steam.

Star Bingo

.. man. i'd kill for a 24/7 reacto-cam. goin to bed >

Thrill

NHK World reporting 440,000 homeless in about 2040 shelters. Many (most?) shelters are cold and have insufficient heaters and fuel.

neaideabh

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/16/us-japan-quake-nuclear-us-idUSTRE72F08720110316?pageNumber=1

A Catastrophe but thankfully no where near like Chernobyl!

Cathaoirleach

02:20 White smoke seen rising from No. 3 reactor; fuel pool may have heated and produced steam - Reuters

geetar

neaideabh wrote: »

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/16/us-japan-quake-nuclear-us-idUSTRE72F08720110316?pageNumber=1

A Catastrophe but thankfully no where near like Chernobyl!

thats what i orginally thought... but now i think has every chance. the information is suspiciously muted and sketchy, and that only means bad news

Cathaoirleach

Guys, stop posting articles from Western news sources. They are way behind and are just recycling stories from earlier today.

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/nhk-world-tv

neaideabh

geetar wrote: »

thats what i orginally thought... but now i think has every chance. the information is suspiciously muted and sketchy, and that only means bad news

I suppose that when you look at things in perspective.... Fallout may not be as big as Chernobyl, but then Ukraine is not like Japan in terms of population and pop density!

neaideabh

Cathaoirleach wrote: »

Guys, stop posting articles from Western news sources. They are way behind and are just recycling stories from earlier today.

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/nhk-world-tv

Reuters are a reputable worldwide news source!

Cathaoirleach

neaideabh wrote: »

Ukraine is not like Japan in terms of population and pop density!

Belurus, you mean. They got the brunt of the fallout.

uprising2

Just saw on the NHK stream that CNN reported 50 remaining workers have left the plant??

Duiske

CNN quoting a Govt official : Workers have suspended operation's at Fukushima.

Surely something must have got lost in translation ?

Cathaoirleach

neaideabh wrote: »

Reuters are a reputable worldwide news source!

They are, but they have been way behind Al Jazeera in reporting the Arab Revolution, and now the crisis in Japan.

You need to watch the live reports

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/nhk-world-tv
http://www.youtube.com/user/AlJazeeraEnglish

neaideabh

Cathaoirleach wrote: »

Belurus, you mean. They got the brunt of the fallout.

True.... but you know what I mean... Ukraine, Belarus are not like Japan. Most densely populated coutry and all that!!!??