What's really happening with Fukushima?

[schuylaar]

The Russians entombed their disaster, after killing a bunch of helicopter pilots that dropped neutron sponges into the exposed core. The Japanese have no such luck, they have to somehow get many radioactive fuel rods out of their holders, if even one were to break or be dropped it could possibly be the end of Japan as a livable area for the next few thousand years, I think there are hundreds of fuel rods that must be cooled and moved, if not, then China syndrome. Fuk U makes Chernobyl look like a girl scout weenie roast.

Many of our reactors have the same design I do believe.

it's kinda funny that they would want to leave such a sensitive, delicate operation to their homeless population..

 

[NLXSK1]

it's kinda funny that they would want to leave such a sensitive, delicate operation to their homeless population..

The only thing delicate about it is the humans.

 

[Doer]

The Russians entombed their disaster, after killing a bunch of helicopter pilots that dropped neutron sponges into the exposed core. The Japanese have no such luck, they have to somehow get many radioactive fuel rods out of their holders, if even one were to break or be dropped it could possibly be the end of Japan as a livable area for the next few thousand years, I think there are hundreds of fuel rods that must be cooled and moved, if not, then China syndrome. Fuk U makes Chernobyl look like a girl scout weenie roast.

Many of our reactors have the same design I do believe.

ABC News reported in 2011:
Thirty-five years ago, Dale G. Bridenbaugh and two of his colleagues at General Electric resigned from their jobs after becoming increasingly convinced that the nuclear reactor design they were reviewing — the Mark 1 — was so flawed it could lead to a devastating accident.
Questions persisted for decades about the ability of the Mark 1 to handle the immense pressures that would result if the reactor lost cooling power, and today that design is being put to the ultimate test in Japan. Five of the six reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi plant, which has been wracked since Friday’s earthquake with explosions and radiation leaks, are Mark 1s.


“The problems we identified in 1975 were that, in doing the design of the containment, they did not take into account the dynamic loads that could be experienced with a loss of coolant,” Bridenbaugh told ABC News in an interview. “The impact loads the containment would receive by this very rapid release of energy could tear the containment apart and create an uncontrolled release.”



There are 23 nuclear reactors currently operating in the United States using the same General Electric Mark I design as those that have failed at Fukushima.

 

[Beefbisquit]

What we have learned so far is that you missed several major threads covering the topic here. Then we learned that you have no solution to the issue, you just wanted to scream FIRE!!

Now you are busy yelling shut up like a 14 year old...

Yeah, we learned alot so far.

You havent come up with any solutions yet right? You could always go over there and volunteer for the cleanup... I am sure you can find a fake website to donate money to so you feel better... Or maybe you could go out on the internet and read every crack pot article about the disaster killing all life on the planet and come running back here to post on it... Oh wait...

You want to learn something new? Those scientists stuck in the ice? They were global warming scientists... Go figure...

Thanks for continuing to be useless.

ABC News reported in 2011:
Thirty-five years ago, Dale G. Bridenbaugh and two of his colleagues at General Electric resigned from their jobs after becoming increasingly convinced that the nuclear reactor design they were reviewing — the Mark 1 — was so flawed it could lead to a devastating accident.
Questions persisted for decades about the ability of the Mark 1 to handle the immense pressures that would result if the reactor lost cooling power, and today that design is being put to the ultimate test in Japan. Five of the six reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi plant, which has been wracked since Friday’s earthquake with explosions and radiation leaks, are Mark 1s.


“The problems we identified in 1975 were that, in doing the design of the containment, they did not take into account the dynamic loads that could be experienced with a loss of coolant,” Bridenbaugh told ABC News in an interview. “The impact loads the containment would receive by this very rapid release of energy could tear the containment apart and create an uncontrolled release.”



There are 23 nuclear reactors currently operating in the United States using the same General Electric Mark I design as those that have failed at Fukushima.

That is startling to say the least.

I wonder what could be done, if anything, to hold Japan legally responsible for this? What could anyone really do? Trade sanctions? International fines?

 

[Antidisestablishmentarian]

So fine them for getting hit by an earthquake and resulting tsunami?

I personally dont expect most anything to survive that.

 

[Doer]

A bad place to site Mark 1s, I'd say.

 

[Beefbisquit]

So fine them for getting hit by an earthquake and resulting tsunami?

I personally dont expect most anything to survive that.

I wouldn't say fine them for the disaster happening. More like fine them for being ill prepared, or fine them for not taking their jobs seriously enough when lives are at risk, potentially all around the world. Or maybe fine them for having lax safety standards.

I don't know if a fine is even possible....

 

[NLXSK1]

Thanks for continuing to be useless.



That is startling to say the least.

I wonder what could be done, if anything, to hold Japan legally responsible for this? What could anyone really do? Trade sanctions? International fines?

You want to hold Japan legally responsible for what happens in their own country???

Are you high?

 

[Beefbisquit]

Are you high?

Yes, is that surprising?

 

[Doer]

You want to hold Japan legally responsible for what happens in their own country???

Are you high?

You are not high. I can tell from here.

 

[nitro harley]

You are not high. I can tell from here.

Doer..

I only had to read your post one time this time..That was funny..

 

[UncleBuck]

I dont service dudes regardless of what your fantasies are...

trannies then?

i had no idea you were capable of that.

 

[Beefbisquit]

So, I'm definitely leaning towards the belief that there's too much hysteria around this topic to really get an idea of what's happening.

TEPCO says it's fine, environmentalists are having a coniption fit, and it seems like both sides are just throwing shit at the wall and seeing what sticks.

God damn politics.

 

[NLXSK1]

So, I'm definitely leaning towards the belief that there's too much hysteria around this topic to really get an idea of what's happening.

TEPCO says it's fine, environmentalists are having a coniption fit, and it seems like both sides are just throwing shit at the wall and seeing what sticks.

God damn politics.

I agree that there is too much hysteria.

I also suggest that you personally have an incredibly higher chance of being killed by a vehicle today than ever being affected by the disaster.

 

[Beefbisquit]

I agree that there is too much hysteria.

I also suggest that you personally have an incredibly higher chance of being killed by a vehicle today than ever being affected by the disaster.

It depends on what you mean by 'affected'. If you mean affected in the way I would be affected by a car accident, I would probably agree. I, most likely, will never incur direct harm from Fukushima.

It would be more of a trickle down effect, starting with fish and marine life, which I will eventually eat... I'm not sure of the effect it will have on me, or my kids, or their kids. Quite frankly, I would rather not find out.

 

[Doer]

If it panics the west coast, there will be blood. I has nothing to do with the actual harm.