HUGE ****ING EARTHQUAKE HITS JAPAN 8.9 MAGNITUDE FOLLOWED BY 7.5 AFTERSHOCK

[Donger]

Originally Posted by teedubya

Heh.

Even FEMA is getting Sesame Street in on the deal.



If you aren't prepared for shit, that's on you. lol. A couple bags of Doritos and a six pack probably won't cut it.



FEMA is letting us know that shit is about to go down... for those paying attention. For those who don't pay attention, they laugh. Again, I don't care if you aren't prepared... but it doesn't cost much to get together a few supplies, in case shit happens.

Is it really so strange the the FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY actually wants and shows Americans how to be prepared in the event of, you know, an emergency?

[WoodDraw]

Touruma Shu Uechi

Fuel rod was exposed 90cm above the water inside the reactor core at 11:40AM. Now water for fire-fighting being injected. Fukushima No. 1 NP

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Water from the fire suppression system (sprinkers, hydrants) is considered a last ditch means of adding water to the core.

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.@jamieathom That means there aren't a hell of a lot of options left and the core is going to be damaged.

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.@septje No; the game now is to keep the core in the vessel and keep the containment building intact.

Some interesting comments from the twitter feed I posted in the other thread.

[tk13]

Yeah, I can't say any of the info that's come out gives me any confidence they have this reactor problem under control.

[WoodDraw]

Uhtt ohhh:

Reuters FLASH: Japan nuclear authorities say high possibility of meltdown at Fukushima Daiichi No. 1 reactor

[tk13]

And there we go.

[Rams Fan]

Originally Posted by tk13

And there we go.

What happened?

['Hamas' Jenkins]

This is where a gravel gertie for a reactor is a good investment.

[tk13]

Oh, nothing yet. Just 20 minutes after I said it doesn't seem like they have this under control there are reports a meltdown might happen.

['Hamas' Jenkins]

Originally Posted by tk13

Oh, nothing yet. Just 20 minutes after I said it doesn't seem like they have this under control there are reports a meltdown might happen.

That's pretty unlikely at a light water reactor.

['Hamas' Jenkins]

Just so we're clear: you can have a meltdown without having a Chernobyl type incident.

[WoodDraw]

It should be noted that a meltdown doesn't necessarily mean that any radiation would be released outside, assuming the integrity of the containment building.

[tk13]

Yeah I definitely understand that. Twitter has blown up in the last couple minutes with reports out of Japan that the element cesium has been detected which may mean a meltdown is occuring.

['Hamas' Jenkins]

Originally Posted by tk13

Yeah I definitely understand that. Twitter has blown up in the last couple minutes with reports out of Japan that the element cesium has been detected which may mean a meltdown is occuring.

cesium 137 and strontium 90.

They's **** you up good.

[tk13]

I definitely get the whole concept that the building is built to protect the outside world from this stuff... but if there is a meltdown, what about the people working in the facility?

['Hamas' Jenkins]

Originally Posted by tk13

I definitely get the whole concept that the building is built to protect the outside world from this stuff... but if there is a meltdown, what about the people working in the facility?

They are already ****ed.

They've known for 60 years that in the field of Health Physics there is no acceptable level of radiation that is "safe". The doses considered "safe" are really just those with the most palatable risk.

If radiation was 1000x regular levels in the control room, as reported, those people are going to die of cancer. There's really no way around it. They may not get acute radiation sickness, but it's not going to be pretty.