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Japanese earthquake / tsunami discussion

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    #1442
    Overheal
    Registered Users Posts: 83,073 ✭✭✭✭Overheal


    Carpenter wrote: »
    Japan's nuclear safety agency says Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant No. 3 reactor's emergency cooling system not functioning
    Splendid.

    Fortunately No. 3 hasn't been having any problems up to this point, it should already be much cooler than the others that had problems earlier.


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    #1443
    Overheal
    Registered Users Posts: 83,073 ✭✭✭✭Overheal


    Dust off Google Earth. They've devoted their resources to refreshing all of their japan information with fresh satellite data

    http://gizmodo.com/#!5781357/google-earth-showing-new-satellite-images-of-japan
    Casey Chan — Google Earth Showing New Satellite Images of JapanYou're probably going to want to polish up and open Google Earth. Google has been processing new updated satellite images of Japan and they're constantly trying to find more as fast as possible. They're on top of Kushiro, Tokyo, Kamaishi, Fukushima (before outer structure collapse) and Yokohama right now. Find the full Japan map here and follow them @EarthOutreach for updates to new cities. [Google]
    Be sure to install the latest version (GE v6)


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    #1444
    ilovesleep
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,619 ✭✭✭ilovesleep


    Carpenter wrote: »
    Japan's nuclear safety agency says Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant No. 3 reactor's emergency cooling system not functioning

    Ah! I thought the nuclear situation was stabilizing from an earlier post


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    #1445
    Overheal
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    ilovesleep wrote: »
    Ah! I thought the nuclear situation was stabilizing from an earlier post
    There are six reactors at Fukushima that were the worst affected. Japan has ~50 other sites that havent had such bad problems but Fukushima was right at the heart of it really. if you look at google earth the Fukushima plant was literally the closest thing to the epicenter, only 9 miles from the 6.4 and 15 from the 8.9 magnitude quake.


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    #1446
    Turtwig
    Registered Users Posts: 26,578 ✭✭✭✭Turtwig


    ilovesleep wrote: »
    Ah! I thought the nuclear situation was stabilizing from an earlier post

    It is. Only concern is whether unit one's core has been exposed. Either way they are plunging it with sea water. The rest of the units in operation also had no cooling system bar steam venting.


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    #1447
    robinph
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    Overheal wrote: »
    Dust off Google Earth. They've devoted their resources to refreshing all of their japan information with fresh satellite data

    http://gizmodo.com/#!5781357/google-earth-showing-new-satellite-images-of-japan

    Be sure to install the latest version (GE v6)

    Is that supposed to be showing some new pictures somehow? I'm just seeing pictures of green fields and the normal Google Maps images of cities.


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    #1448
    Overheal
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    robinph wrote: »
    Is that supposed to be showing some new pictures somehow? I'm just seeing pictures of green fields and the normal Google Maps images of cities.
    same, i dont know.

    look at where the Fukushima reactors are though, and look where the epicenters for the 8.9 and the 6.4

    It's virtually the closest human structure to the quakes. They must have been absolutely slammed with water


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    #1449
    Sierra Oscar
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    robinph wrote: »
    Is that supposed to be showing some new pictures somehow? I'm just seeing pictures of green fields and the normal Google Maps images of cities.

    http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q3/Sierra_Oscar_2006/jp1.png

    Hmm . . . something looks a little out of place. :confused:


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    #1450
    robinph
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    Got it figured out, you need to click on the "here" in the pop up and it takes you to another GMaps page with the new images overlayed ontop.

    Have managed to tie up a couple of areas on the coast beside Sendai, lots of houses in the default GMaps view. One building left and a lot of brown sludge in the overlay. :(


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    #1451
    Ficheall
    Registered Users Posts: 9,033 ✭✭✭Ficheall


    Reuters: "Japan nuclear safety agency says the number of people possibly exposed to radiation from Fukushima plant could reach 160"

    The one a few minutes before had said 9...


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    #1452
    shadowninty
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,654 ✭✭✭shadowninty


    Ficheall wrote: »
    Reuters: "Japan nuclear safety agency says the number of people possibly exposed to radiation from Fukushima plant could reach 160"

    The one a few minutes before had said 9...

    yeah and they said exposed
    people seem to think exposure means death
    if they take their iodine tablets the vast majority should be fine


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    #1453
    Turtwig
    Registered Users Posts: 26,578 ✭✭✭✭Turtwig


    shadowninty wrote: »
    yeah and they said exposed
    people seem to think exposure means death
    if they take their iodine tablets the vast majority should be fine

    The vast majority should be fine anyways there's nothing to indicate the radiation vapour released wasn't filtered and wasn't intensely radioactive. Anyone got a figure on the level of radiation they were exposed to?
    My mind boggles though, how were they exposed to it? The evacuation zone should have been more than enough.:confused:


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    #1454
    shadowninty
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    Malty_T wrote: »
    The vast majority should be fine anyways there's nothing to indicate the radiation vapour released wasn't filtered and wasn't intensely radioactive. Anyone got a figure on the level of radiation they were exposed to?
    My mind boggles though, how were they exposed to it? The evacuation zone should have been more than enough.:confused:
    staff and people who were difficult to evac


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    #1455
    Carpenter
    Registered Users Posts: 2,683 ✭✭✭Carpenter


    Fukushima nuclear plants facing new problems www.reuters.com

    OMG


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    #1456
    Ficheall
    Registered Users Posts: 9,033 ✭✭✭Ficheall


    Reuters: Japan's nuclear safety agency says Caesium radiation suggests fuel has melted in Fukushima Daiichi reactor No. 1


    ****.


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    #1457
    Sierra Oscar
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    A number of news agencies are citing that even though they have begun the process of pumping sewater an boric acid into the core they have been unable to entirely cover the rods with the solution for an unexplained reason. Workers are attempting to get all the rods submerged as quick as possible to prevent any rods which are exposed to the air from catching fire.


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    #1458
    JONJO THE MISER
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 12,333 ✭✭✭✭JONJO THE MISER


    Asahi TV reporting that as many as 190 people near the Fukushima nuclear plant diagnosed w/radiation poisoning.


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    #1459
    maquiladora
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    Ficheall wrote: »
    Reuters: Japan's nuclear safety agency says Caesium radiation suggests fuel has melted in Fukushima Daiichi reactor No. 1


    ****.

    They have informed the IAEA that the core is still intact.


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    #1460
    shadowninty
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    Any reports on how the steel casing is holding up?


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    #1461
    Lord Trollington
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    Ficheall wrote: »
    Reuters: "Japan nuclear safety agency says the number of people possibly exposed to radiation from Fukushima plant could reach 160"

    The one a few minutes before had said 9...

    It seems to be that anything that is coming out of Japan in terms of breaking news actually turns out to be 10 times worse an hour later.


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    #1462
    ilovesleep
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    Sierra Oscar wrote: »
    A number of news agencies are citing that even though they have begun the process of pumping sewater an boric acid into the core they have been unable to entirely cover the rods with the solution for an unexplained reason. Workers are attempting to get all the rods submerged as quick as possible to prevent any rods which are exposed to the air from catching fire.

    Fcuk - hope the situation improves


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    #1463
    Star Bingo
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    Overheal wrote: »
    Moronic Teenagers, learning about WWII in school. Hence why they arent clued in to what has happened between 1942 and 2011. Not exactly a correct image of our reaction to this triple-threat disaster.

    one Wally Godfrey must be one of their tutors on there.

    http://img864.imageshack.us/img864/8409/1299923102166.jpg
    Lirange wrote: »
    Wow a cherry picked graphic specifically assembled to have a go at Americans. Doesn't belong in this thread.

    That's not representative of any of the Americans I have seen reacting to this disaster. None.

    because that's random everyday americans at home. in their natural state. the Vmericans you see reacting to the disaster have been deployed there could be the same americans deployed to Iraq; who's to say what theyre thinking. ultimately its them thinking they have to 'fix' everything under the circumstances. i'm not saying they'd have wished for such but this is an opportunity for redemption. particularly after the rape of a japanese schoolgirl near one of their many foreign military bases at okinawa two years back. marauders will maraud. then revel in the opportunity to save face - but we digress.


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    #1464
    ilovesleep
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    JONJO THE MISER wrote: »
    Asahi TV reporting that as many as 190 people near the Fukushima nuclear plant diagnosed w/radiation poisoning.

    Fcuk again - god help them


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    #1465
    shadowninty
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    at least Russia will be happy


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    #1466
    maquiladora
    Registered Users Posts: 11,134 ✭✭✭✭maquiladora


    6:56am

    AFP says the operator of the Fukushima nuclear power plant, where a second reactor system is overheating, says there is a risk of a second explosion.


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    #1467
    Sierra Oscar
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    ilovesleep wrote: »
    Fcuk - hope the situation improves

    At this stage I think the chances of the rods catching fire are probably remote considering the reactor was seemingly shut down 36 hours ago. Hopefully the situation will not deteriorate.


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    #1468
    ilovesleep
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    shadowninty wrote: »
    at least Russia will be happy

    Why would russia be happy?


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    #1469
    ilovesleep
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,619 ✭✭✭ilovesleep


    Sierra Oscar wrote: »
    Hopefully the situation will not deteriorate.
    Hopefully


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    #1470
    shadowninty
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,654 ✭✭✭shadowninty


    ilovesleep wrote: »
    Why would russia be happy?
    this is a big setback for nuclear power
    look at the "clean gas" "revolution" in the US


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    #1471
    shadowninty
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,654 ✭✭✭shadowninty


    maquiladora wrote: »
    6:56am

    AFP says the operator of the Fukushima nuclear power plant, where a second reactor system is overheating, says there is a risk of a second explosion.
    shît, those generators must be completely fcuked :(


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