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japan
Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2011 2:18 pm
by ScottieJ
Holy shit! I've been watching all the news updates on this since it started and it is crazy.
My thoughts go out to the people of japan, the home of our suzukis!
It does make you wonder why a country in a earthquake hotspot solely relies on nuclear power though, a power source that's safety has always been questioned!
Re: japan
Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2011 2:20 pm
by twiss
I think I heard somewhere that they have 50ish reactors around the country
It is a bit worrying isn't it!!!
But still, my heart goes out to the poor civilians killed or displaced by the disaster
Re: japan
Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2011 5:22 pm
by Tramp
Is it too early for bad taste jokes? I've had few....
Re: japan
Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2011 5:43 pm
by Russ24
Tramp wrote:Is it too early for bad taste jokes? I've had few....
i have heard many...
even amongst the crazy upsetting stuff i seen a few things that made me giggle
.. a jimney doing a raft impression down the street...
they can recover from hte floods.. the loss of life is awful...
but if their reactors go the wrong way... will be another chernobyl.
Re: japan
Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2011 5:49 pm
by Tramp
Russ24 wrote:Tramp wrote:Is it too early for bad taste jokes? I've had few....
i have heard many...
even amongst the crazy upsetting stuff i seen a few things that made me giggle
.. a jimney doing a raft impression down the street...
they can recover from hte floods.. the loss of life is awful...
but if their reactors go the wrong way... will be another chernobyl.
yeah I agree, and it certainly isn't a good image for nuclear production as a whole, we were supposed to be getting some nuclear plants overhere in the uk, but after this i don't know......
and for those people involved it must be truly awful
Re: japan
Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2011 6:13 pm
by twiss
I don't see why they don't build the reactors underground... Surely it must help in the even of an accident!
Re: japan
Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2011 6:23 pm
by Russ24
twiss wrote:I don't see why they don't build the reactors underground... Surely it must help in the even of an accident!
these are all valid points.. they did it how they though was best...
living on the edge of volcanic pacific rim.... underground earth movements... hmm....
short answer it... they live in area that gets this type of weather/thermo active kinda thing all the time...
like everyone living near the san andreas fault line.. one day that thing will go.... no matter of retro fitted earthquake proof buildings with stop the coast falling into the sea.
Re: japan
Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2011 6:28 pm
by twiss
Russ! Loving the sig
Re: japan
Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2011 6:29 pm
by xiztrn
Japanese engineer Masashi Goto, who helped design the containment vessel for Fukushima's reactor core, says the design was not enough to withstand earthquakes or tsunamis and the plant's builders, Toshiba, knew this. More on Mr Goto's remarks to follow.
Not clever...
Mr Goto says his greatest fear is that blasts at number 3 and number 1 reactors may have damaged the steel casing of the containment vessel designed to stop radioactive material escaping into the atmosphere. More to follow.
More from Japanese nuclear engineer Masashi Goto: He say that as the reactor uses mox (mixed oxide) fuel, the melting point is lower than that of conventional fuel. Should a meltdown and an explosion occur, he says, plutonium could be spread over an area up to twice as far as estimated for a conventional nuclear fuel explosion. The next 24 hours are critical, he says.
Not GOOD!
Re: japan
Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2011 6:32 pm
by twiss
uh oh :(