Earthquake, Tsunami and Nuclear Disaster In Japan

[buckethead]

http://oahutrading.blogspot.com/p/japan-nuclear-information.html


Uranium Fuel Pellets lying in Fukushima Rubble.

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[Timkin]

This is worse than I thought it was going to be.  And apparently no way to contain it.  Wow 

[Midway ®]

Rule #1 of life: things are always worse than they first appear, especially when it involves nuclear fuel.

It really would not be any problem at all if it wasn't poisonous (plutonium fissile by products) and emitting large quantities of deadly radiation with no known way to handle it.

Other than that, there is really no issue whatsoever, and it all would have had a fairy tale ending where the prince marries the beautiful princess and they all live happily ever after, had they been M & M's instead of enriched U-238 pellets.

[Timkin]

Agree with you Midway, and early on, I knew this was bad.  I just had no idea at the time that it was THIS bad.   

As to containment... just throwing ideas out.... Why could they not pump these reactors full of concrete?  I guess keeping the fuel cooled is the major issue there.

Chernobyl was really bad..  as evidenced by the fact that the area is still and will probably (always) be non habitable.  This place seems like it is 100 times worse than even that.   (maybe I still do not have the scope of this, accurate)

This seems like it could wipe out half (at least) of the world's population?

[Timkin]

Good Lord

[ben says]

I have good friends who live in Fukushima. Wish them all the best.

[WmNussbaum]

That's scary. There are a couple of articles about the plant in today's Wall Street Journal (first section, page ; the recent release of tons of contaminated water into the ocean. I would love to know who were the real men of genius who chose that site for the plant. Earthquakes?? Damn! Why didn't we think of that?? Goofed again. Sorry.

[Timkin]

SO.......no one really knows the eventual impact just this one incident (which is obviously monumental) will have on the whole planet.

Coupled with these ticking time-bombs all over the world... some on our own land.   

Scary at best.

[Lunican]

Japan asks for world's help on Fukushima leaks
October 6, 2013 11:42AM ET
'My country needs your knowledge and expertise,' prime minister Abe says

http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2013/10/6/japan-asks-for-worldshelponfukushimaleaks.html