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Reactor meltdown possible in Japan.


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Yeah I heard that at the press conference, but the way he said it was kinda like "the last information we had was 2.7 meters" and, gosh idk, the way the exchange went didn't make me feel like it was particularly up to the minute information.

#4 had building damage

#2 has had a pressure drop in the container vessel which may mean it's leaking.

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This explosion seems to be of a different type than the first 2. Indications are it was lower in the building and may have caused an at least partial loss of containment.

I'm not an nuclear expert but I am pretty good at reading people. If the explosion was the same as the other two a simple statement to that effect would have been sufficient and logical. The tap dance that ensued at the news conference, along with the report of pulling out operators points to something more serious than they have been dealing with so far.

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It was confusing but if pressure is dropping and radiation outside increasing that means only one thing, it's self venting, broken shell on the containment vessel.

Whatever it is, it doesn't sound good at all.

Radiation still isn't in the immediately-life-threatening range, but it's climbing uncomfortably high (about 1% what it would need to be in the "immediately-life-threatening" range, it seems)

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This explosion seems to be of a different type than the first 2. Indications are it was lower in the building and may have caused an at least partial loss of containment.

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any video of this? just reading through this thread and the damage to reactor 2 (possible damage to containmant building) was reported a few hours ago while the explosion at 2 happened after that , just recenetly

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They only had 3 running at the time of the quake?

Yes, the plant has 6 reactors but only 3 (reactors 1-3) were running before the quake hit. The other 3 (reactors 4-6) were being worked on so they were offline for maintenance from the reports I have read since this crisis happened.

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TEPCO reminds me of how corporations used to communicate in the US in the 60 s. Do not worry about asbestos, trichlorothane, all harmless.

Yep was thinking the same thing.

The nhk live feed is confusing probably due to the translation. It's been 3 hours since it blew ... 5.19 our time. Atmosphering pressure dropped at the same time of the explosion so like you said that means one or two things. The gauge failed or the core is breached.

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Was there an earlier post on why the cameras were down?

8217. If the next reading is higher that'd be tragic.

NHk ripping tepco.

Famartin I know a few hours ago I read 3 was leaking water. Turns out it was #2 per nhk. Makes me wonder how old the news is tepco is releasing

It probably wasn't depending on your source. Throughout this event people in this thread have constantly posted information or snippets that were hours and in some cases a day old.

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After seeing this, I don't know if I believe this could withstand a direct hit from a 747. At least not like the terrorists did on 9/11. It's a good thing they didn't target a nuclear plant. That jet that hit the Pentagon was coming in at full speed and with a full load of jet fuel... that's not an ordinary plane crash. What kind of crash were these things designed to withstand? Because depending on speed and weight, they're could be a considerable amount of difference in force... not to mention the ensuing explosion.

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That seems to be the situation... and to think, reactor 2 had much more time to cool down initially.

yeah I really do wonder what happened there, or if it was mishandled in some way. It just seemed like all of a sudden they reported the rods were exposed for 2.5 hours. Was there a malfunction in the water gauge? I know the steam vents locked up.

I did see a report that the explosion from #3 reactor damaged some of the pumps for reactor #2 which may have led to the above.

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I tend to think that reactor 2 is in worse shape than reactors 1 and 3 were ever in...

Agree, one thing that is readily apparent. All the media reports of how prepared Japan is for disaster seem overblown. The entire response at all levels from an EM standpoint seems disjointed and unorganized, perhaps owing to the overwhelming incredible scope but even in areas just without power there are huge issues. For all of you reading, take note, you will be on your own in any country where disaster strikes. Sorry for going OT.

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