Japanese earthquake / tsunami discussion

gbee

20km zone ordered for both nuclear plants.

Yakult

Jesus, just seen the news on the nuclear plant. Scary scary stuff.

Thrill

Evacuation area expanded to 12 miles.

Scuid Mhór

i wake up to news of a nuclear explosion. not good.

Teangalad

And more Tsunami warings issued due to aftershocks

Lord Trollington

No harm that we are very far from japan at this moment in time.

clln

Riamfada wrote: »

so take the iodine tabs?

Well i am waiting to hear from a Scandanavian Country, who told the World about chernobyl even before Chernobyl told Moscow!

gman2k

from http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/12_50.html

Explosion heard at quake-hit reactor
The Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency is trying to confirm a report that an explosion occurred at a nuclear power station in quake-hit Fukushima Prefecture.

The agency said on Saturday that a person at the Fukushima Number One nuclear station reported that an explosion was heard and smoke was seen near one of the reactors at around 4PM.

The power station operator Tokyo Electric Power Company told the agency that 4 people were injured.

Video of the reactor in question shows the outer wall of the building that houses the reactor has disappeared.

Prefectural authorities say the power company informed them that the ceiling of the building collapsed after an explosion.

Tokyo Electric Power had been releasing air from the container of the reactor to lower pressure.

Pressure inside the container had been rising after the reactor's cooling system broke down due to power failure.

Radioactive substances have been detected near the reactor.
Saturday, March 12, 2011 18:08 +0900 (JST)

suicide_circus

Yakult wrote: »

Jesus, just seen the news on the nuclear plant. Scary scary stuff.

Without knowing precisely what the danger is, would you say it's time for our viewers to crack eachothers heads open and feast on the goo inside?

Bob the Seducer

NHK World currently streaming on RTE News Now on DTT and I assume online.
Chances are RTE will go over and back to the stream throughout the day.

gman2k

From Kyodo News
BREAKING NEWS: Evacuation area expanded to 20-km radius from Fukushima plants (19:06)

Ghost Train

Asdas latest dvd email promotion which they just sent out
describe the saving as "chart meltdown", not the best timing

http://omg.wthax.org/meltdown.gif

Hogzy

Teangalad wrote: »

And more Tsunami warings issued due to aftershocks

Sky had some professor on earlier who was saying that Tsunamis from after shocks are extremely uncommon and if were created they wouldnt go above a meter.
Not that much to worry about anyway.

mgmt

Bob the Seducer wrote: »

NHK World currently streaming on RTE News Now on DTT and I assume online.
Chances are RTE will go over and back to the stream throughout the day.

http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/0312/japan.html

gman2k

BBC video coverage

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbBk0Y6cQZQ

cherryghost

Confirmed small radiation leakage.

Also, although theres a north westerly wind which points it towards the sea, there's still almost a population of 500,000 people between the plant and the sea. Fingers crossed the worst doesn't happen

Thrill

Serious damage to reactor container at nuclear plant unlikely - Kyodo quoting Japan nuclear safety agency

gman2k

It's the roof and walls that were blown clean off the no 1 reactor at Fukushima.
The steel frame of the building is still standing
The condition of the inner container of the reactor itself is still not known. Minister Edano does not know all the facts yet.

Thrill

1. 1040: Japanese authorities say troops found between 300 and 400 bodies in the coastal city of Rikuzentakata, which was devastated by the tsunami - NHK.
   
   

Hendrixfan

Looks like the 8.9 quake woke up a few volcanos, 1 in Indonesia, 2 in Russia and another in Japan.

clln

The main reports are saying it was most likely a steam explosion with fairly low levels of radiation;
if true the Japanese Govt should have confirmed it straight away.

hope they are being honest.

mgmt

clln wrote: »

The main reports are saying it was most likely a steam explosion with fairly low levels of radiation;
if true the Japanese Govt should have confirmed it straight away.

hope they are being honest.

Miscommunication and lies caused the panic at 3 mile island.

3ndahalfof6

the evacuation area is extended from 10km to 20

shadowninty

everyone within 20km of plant evacuated

this is no Chernobyl BTW, thieves BWR, so what happened in there _can't_ happen in Fukushima

gman2k

NHK TV has switched back to english

clln

mgmt wrote: »

Miscommunication and lies caused the panic at 3 mile island.

By any standards the Govt are facing a hugh amount of problems though,proably hughly sleep deprived and in some case's may not know were their loved ones are.

it must be a desperate time for them,hard not to feel for them.

bitemybanger

Thier reporting a "small" radiation leak!!!
Is ther such a thing??

Spunge

bitemybanger wrote: »

Thier reporting a "small" radiation leak!!!
Is ther such a thing??

I believe so, yes.

Bobeagleburger

bitemybanger wrote: »

Thier reporting a "small" radiation leak!!!
Is ther such a thing??

I doubt it.

clln

shadowninty wrote: »

this is no Chernobyl BTW, thieves BWR, so what happened in there _can't_ happen in Fukushima

I beg to differ,diffrient system but at least as destructive proably much more in worst case scenario.
their is a lot of defensive propaganda going on now by vested interests.