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03-12-2011, 07:52 PM
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OT Earthquake/Nuclear Reactor Meltdown
Anyone with relatives affected by the earthquake in Japan? Very scary with the nuclear reactor possibly going China Syndrome...
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03-13-2011, 11:05 AM
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A couple of old friends stationed in Korea are the only ones I know even close to the area.
As of the latest news reports, we have two explosions at two different reactors. From the very limited news reports, both were suffering with poor or no coolant flow. The reactor operators reportedly vented hydrogen and this was what created the two explosions. I'm puzzled and deeply concerned about initial reports that enough radiation was being leaked from one of the units in an hour that equaled the amount the local population absorbed in a year. This was followed up by reports that the radiation leaks had sharply dropped. That's the latest news as of 3:00am this morning....since then its been nothing but rehash...
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03-13-2011, 11:54 PM
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My next wife is Japanese and her family is reported to be all ok. Phone contact was impossible but the internet was still up and running.
Another friend's family are in the north of the country but unaffected. Their house is rated to withstand Magnitude 10 quakes and they were not in the flooded areas. Life is going on as normal for them although there has been some reduction in available electricity and the public transport network has suffered somewhat - they can still get about in the local area, but longer distance travel is problematic. Basically only those on the coast have been effected - everyone else is just getting on with it.
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03-14-2011, 04:42 AM
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In my 9 to 5 job I am a media monitor. Any guesses on what I had to monitor all day long today? Its like nothing else has happened on the entire planet.
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03-14-2011, 08:18 AM
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I heard this morning three rescue choppers from the Ronald Reagan flew through a radioactive plume and had to turn back.
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03-14-2011, 08:43 AM
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The threat now involves two different nuclear power plants with a total of six reactors. The only confirmed reports is that there were two explosions, caused by the venting of hydrogen gas and steam from the reactors.
The need to vent was caused by damage to the emergency generators, thus causing coolant to not flow properly. There are also reports that the Japanese are using seawater to cool the containment vessels...this falls under the category of "a very, very, very not a cool thing to do", the reactors that are being saltwater-downed will have to be replaced completely. The radiation stories are getting more and more confusing, there are reports of major leakage, promptly denied by the Japanese government, there are reports of US helicopters turning back due to radiation. Just based on the news channels I have been monitoring, there is an ever increasing panic about any hint of radiation. So far, there are no confirmed reports of the containment vessels having been damaged, any radiation that is leaking is coming from the release of steam. What has been confirmed so far is that the Japanese are evacuating everyone within 20 miles of the two power plants.
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03-17-2011, 07:37 AM
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