Japanese earthquake / tsunami discussion

digme

Topper Harley01 wrote: »

No. 4 had been shut down before the tsunami, it was reported to be on fire after no. 2 exploded, and has now itself exploded. So that's all 4 reactor building exploded.

wow thanks so 2 explosions in a matter on 1 or 2 hours?

crazy

skelliser

Topper Harley01 wrote: »

No. 4 had been shut down before the tsunami, it was reported to be on fire after no. 2 exploded, and has now itself exploded. So that's all 4 reactor building exploded.

incorrect.

There has so far only been 3 explosions.
The fire started after the last explosion.

Rob A. Bank

The risk of further releases of radioactive material from a damaged nuclear power plant remains "very high," Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan said Tuesday.

Topper Harley01

NHK have just reported that the fire at no.4 is on the 4th floor, where the spent fuel is kept.
This is an extremely bad development if true.

Thrill

There was no hydrogen explosion in reactor no.4. It was damaged by the third explosion and is now on fire.

No.4 reactor was being used to cool spent fuel.

skelliser

BREAKING NEWS: Fire at No.4 reactor apparently put out: Tokyo Electric (12:04)

neaideabh

It seems that the nerves are getting the better of the presenter on CNBC! It is live from Tokyo now (as it always is at this time) His voice is shaking a bit as he realises how bad the situation is looking!

Topper Harley01

Fire at no.4 put out now according to reports.

geetar

so... reactor 4 hasnt exploded?

Turtwig

Topper Harley01 wrote: »

NHK have just reported that the fire at no.4 is on the 4th floor, where the spent fuel is kept.
This is an extremely bad development if true.

Yeah I remember a while back posting in this thread that my big fear was actually for the spent fuels in the reactor buildings that exploded but I didn't expect to hear anything about them in Unit IV. I hope my worst fears don't come to light (they definitely shouldn't for Unit IV building tho). It should be far easier to contain though.

Thrill

geetar wrote: »

so... reactor 4 hasnt exploded?

No it hasn't.

Topper Harley01

geetar wrote: »

so... reactor 4 hasnt exploded?

Apparently not, it was reported on the news feed but has since been removed. I stand corrected. The fire is apparently out at no.4, let's hope that is accurate.

SnowY32

NHK gone offline i presume over power cuts?????:(

padz

SnowY32 wrote: »

NHK gone offline i presume over power cuts?????:(

http://edition.cnn.com/video/flashLive/live.html?stream=stream3

its workin here

Thrill

SnowY32 wrote: »

NHK gone offline i presume over power cuts?????:(

It's still broadcasting on sky channel 516.

EDIT: The stream is back up on ustream.

Run_to_da_hills

Radiation at up to 9 times normal level briefly detected in Kanagawa near Tokyo.

Nuclear plant operator says explosion at the No.4 reactor followed by fire. Calls Japan's self defence force and the U.S. military to put out the fire.

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=snapshot-developments-after-major-j

Thrill

Tokyo govt has detected minute amount of radiation in Tokyo - Kyodo quoting Tokyo met govt.

Cathaoirleach

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

Nuclear plant operator says explosion at the No.4 reactor followed by fire.

I thought there was no explosion at reactor 4 and the fire had already been put out.

Blatter

Does anyone have any idea what this is looking like in comparison to Chernobyl or is it impossible to tell at this stage?

neaideabh

Air China, the country's flag carrier, has cancelled flights from Beijing and Shanghai to Tokyo on Tuesday afternoon and in the evening.

This must mean something really bad!

The radiation level in Tokyo has risen from 20 cpm three hours ago to 90 cpm as of five minutes ago. This is not a dangerous dosage.

Not dangerous but shows it's very reachable.

TheZohanS

SOCCER4LIFE wrote: »

Does anyone have any idea what this is looking like in comparison to Chernobyl or is it impossible to tell at this stage?

They had put Chernobyl at 7 on a scale of 1-7 and they're saying this is a 4.

Run_to_da_hills

SOCCER4LIFE wrote: »

Does anyone have any idea what this is looking like in comparison to Chernobyl or is it impossible to tell at this stage?

According to this guy, a fuel rod fire at Fukushima reactor would be like Chernobyl on steroids.

http://www.infowars.com/fuel-rod-fire-at-fukushima-reactor-would-be-like-chernobyl-on-steroids/

Hank Scorpio

Surely it has to be upgraded at this stage? It was a 4 when there was no radiation leakage a couple of days ago

Yakult

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

According to this guy, a fuel rod fire at Fukushima reactor would be like Chernobyl on steroids.

http://www.infowars.com/fuel-rod-fire-at-fukushima-reactor-would-be-like-chernobyl-on-steroids/

How reliable is that guy tho?

Blatter

TheZohan wrote: »

They had put Chernobyl at 7 on a scale of 1-7 and they're saying this is a 4.

nuxxx wrote: »

Surely it has to be upgraded at this stage? It was a 4 when there was no radiation leakage a couple of days ago

Didn't the Japanese PM say that the worst is yet to come too?

Rob A. Bank

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

Radiation at up to 9 times normal level briefly detected in Kanagawa near Tokyo.

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=snapshot-developments-after-major-j

Strange.. that area is south of Tokyo around Yokohama and the reactor is over 200 km north of Tokyo.

It was only detected briefly... so hopefully a glitch

Trying to evacuate 35 million people from the greater Tokyo area would be practically impossible.

Chad ghostal

40 times normal amounts in Saitama as of 5 am .. :S
Still not harmful, but show's 250k isn't enough. China Air's stopped all flights to Tokyo.

indough

Yakult wrote: »

How reliable is that guy tho?

well it is on infowars so the chances are hes posting from his mothers basement

TheZohanS

SOCCER4LIFE wrote: »

Didn't the Japanese PM say that the worst is yet to come too?

No doubt it will deteriorate but it's at 4 at the moment. I wouldn't be surprised if we see a full meltdown.