k*** Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 This is going to be a modern day chernobyl. The environment, surrounding areas... G-d only knows what the long term impact of this is going to be. link? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janetjanet998 Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 two seperate nuclear plants with similar names near the same city Tokyo Electric Power Co. (9501.TO) said Saturday that the temperatures of its No.1 and No.2 reactors at its Fukushima Daini nuclear power station are rising, and it has lost control over pressure in the reactors. Fukushima Daini station is the second nuclear power plant the company has in Fukushima prefecture in northeastern Japan, where the troubled Fukushima Daiichi plant is located.<BR clear=all> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derecho! Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 This is going to be a modern day chernobyl. The environment, surrounding areas... G-d only knows what the long term impact of this is going to be. I bet it will end up being completely irrelevant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott747 Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 I was about to comment on this. It appears they are having issues with rising pressures as well. Not sure which plant, though. #1. Everything appears stable at the #2 plant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coach McGuirk Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 I bet it will end up being completely irrelevant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott747 Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 This is going to be a modern day chernobyl. The environment, surrounding areas... G-d only knows what the long term impact of this is going to be. ? Like I mentioned earlier they still have another backup cooling system in place with replacement generators on the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoMo Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 #1. Everything appears stable at the #2 plant. Not according to Kyodo. http://english.kyodonews.jp/news/2011/03/76962.html Says the coolant water has topped 100 C as the cooling system has failed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mappy Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 The town they were showing on NHK earlier (Minamisanriku) with 3 buildings in downtown still standing and everything else GONE had a population of 20,000. Truly terrible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derecho! Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 ? Like I mentioned earlier they still have another backup cooling system in place with replacement generators on the way. Not to mention that Chernobyl was a completely different reactor design, and they had NO containment at all. I mean, there arecoastal cities of tens of thousands of people that are GONE. A substantial dam failed that looks like there was a lot of population downstream... Compared to all of that, I'm spectacularly uninterested in the reactors. I'm 99.99999999999% confident that whatever is going on is massively overhyped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott747 Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Not according to Kyodo. http://english.kyodo...1/03/76962.html Says the coolant water has topped 100 C as the cooling system has failed. Yup. Just catching up. Earlier press release had everything fine up that way... http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/press/corp-com/release/11031209-e.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnc Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Not according to Kyodo. http://english.kyodo...1/03/76962.html Says the coolant water has topped 100 C as the cooling system has failed. NHK reported this earlier as well and they are now considering evacuating the areas around the second plant as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mempho Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 This is going to be a modern day chernobyl. The environment, surrounding areas... G-d only knows what the long term impact of this is going to be. Considering the population density of Japan and that it is quite possible that there are already extreme casualties....well, I pray not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ji Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 How will this affect next winter in the east? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OHSnow Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 How will this affect next winter in the east? I would think the tsunami might help to lower SSTs by mixing in colder water from the depths. It might favor a continuation of La Nina conditions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick G Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Not to mention that Chernobyl was a completely different reactor design, and they had NO containment at all. <deleted stuff> Compared to all of that, I'm spectacularly uninterested in the reactors. I'm 99.99999999999% confident that whatever is going on is massively overhyped. Everone know radatiion is bad, so that is getting a lot of attention. worse case, the plants melt down and the area becomes a Chernobyl waste land. best case: new reactor designs or a move to other safer systems. I was at 3 mile island ( I was 18) and I remember the panic it caused. the main differenace is that Japan is facing at least three different disasters. Most places can handle one disaster at a time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coach McGuirk Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Coincidence? http://planetsave.com/2011/03/11/japan-earthquake-trigged-volcano-eruption-in-russia/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-X Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Not to mention that Chernobyl was a completely different reactor design, and they had NO containment at all. I mean, there arecoastal cities of tens of thousands of people that are GONE. A substantial dam failed that looks like there was a lot of population downstream... Compared to all of that, I'm spectacularly uninterested in the reactors. I'm 99.99999999999% confident that whatever is going on is massively overhyped. I agree. I had to laugh at the article comparing the reactor issue to Three Mile Island. Towns being inundated by water is the real catastrophe here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derecho! Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Everone know radatiion is bad, You're being irradiated right now. People have an irrational fear of radiation relative to other dangers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metalicwx366 Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Now im terrified of earthquakes.japans buildings are well built and this is what happened. Im terrified of tsunamis too. Wish all these weather disasters would come to an end. I know I have never been affected by any disaster or had any weather related damage, but is so sad just to watch all that occur and then you know it could be you one day. Let me stop cause now im tearing up at this catastrophe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aslkahuna Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 I bet the earth is rotating faster too. yep and a slight shift in the axis of rotation. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJW155 Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 yep and a slight shift in the axis of rotation. Steve Why does it speed up and not slow down? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EasternLI Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 These situations always make me think about what would happen if the same thing were to happen here. So being on Long Island, sure there are evacuation routes.....leading to NYC then out. I'm about an hour east of the city, so I travel for an hour (with no traffic) and then I guess I'd be able to fly right through the city? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Best vid i have seen yet of the Tsunami on the westcoast. Crescent City, CA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Analog96 Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 These situations always make me think about what would happen if the same thing were to happen here. So being on Long Island, sure there are evacuation routes.....leading to NYC then out. I'm about an hour east of the city, so I travel for an hour (with no traffic) and then I guess I'd be able to fly right through the city? Go thru brooklyn and SI, it's not great, but better than Manhattan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derecho! Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 These situations always make me think about what would happen if the same thing were to happen here. So being on Long Island, sure there are evacuation routes.....leading to NYC then out. I'm about an hour east of the city, so I travel for an hour (with no traffic) and then I guess I'd be able to fly right through the city? Yeah, I was thinking earlier today about the media circus for an East Coast tsunami warning, most likely from a repeat of the Great Lisbon Earthquake, or a big subduction quake north of Puerto Rico (the La Palma, Canaries volcano collapse long-range tsunami has been largely debunked by the tsunami scientific community, but it lives on repeatedly in cable science documentaries.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mappy Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Aftershocks still taking place.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTrials Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Aftershocks still taking place.. they can continue for up to a month or so after the main shock there was also a forshock a few days ago they think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aslkahuna Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Looking at the video of the tsunami in SFO Bay makes me wonder what it was like in Alviso at the south end of the bay which normally gets some of the higher regular tides in the whole bay. Also, did any of it get into the Delta. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EasternLI Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Go thru brooklyn and SI, it's not great, but better than Manhattan. Lol, I'd probably take option C. Hijack a nice size boat at the marina and give the finger to the guy filming me on youtube Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mappy Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 they can continue for up to a month or so after the main shock there was also a forshock a few days ago they think yes, I know... I'm just surprised at the amount of aftershocks still taking place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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