News HUGE ****ING EARTHQUAKE HITS JAPAN 8.9 MAGNITUDE FOLLOWED BY 7.5 AFTERSHOCK - Page 42

**Buck** · 04:39 PM

IVE HEARD 8.8 OR 7.9

Thats a huge difference, but 7.9 is still ****ing huge.

Good luck Japan

Edit: 11/21/16 - Amother Big Earthquake has hit the area and tsunami coming

**Donger** · 03-12-2011, 04:30 PM

Now there's another reactor that has lost emergency cooling at the same plant.

**alnorth** · 03-12-2011, 05:31 PM

Kinda wild, they had electric power to the cooling system, a backup system in case the power failed, and a backup to the backup in case the backup system failed. The earthquake killed the power, the tsunami killed the backup, and now for 3 reactors, the backup to the backup is apparently not working as intended.

They may eventually resort to just hoping that the 8-foot concrete walls will hold long enough for the nuclear reaction to finally come to an end after the fuel melts out of the reactor, thus containing almost everything that they did not intentionally vent. If that happens, it will be a three mile island incident instead of a disaster.

The good news is that a lot of very brilliant people will study what happened here, learn what they did wrong when they assumed this was a earthquake-proof tsunami-proof system, and better reactors will be designed from what we learn about this.

**alnorth** · 03-12-2011, 05:38 PM

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Originally Posted by teedubya

Glad to hear it, Warrior.

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I find this peculiar.

http://www.icjt.org/npp/podrobnosti....4&lokacija=818

Connected plants
Name: FUKUSHIMA DAIICHI-1
Type BWR
Power Thermal 439 MWh
Last known 439 MWh
Dates Operating 17 Nov 70
Commercial 26 Mar 71
Shutdown 26 Mar 11
Operating years 32

That nuclear plant was scheduled to shut down this month.

heh, if it was scheduled to be shut down soon, then human nature being what is it, I wouldn't be surprised if we discover that everyone started getting lazy and slacked off on maintaining the backup power supplies. Why bother if everything is coming down soon anyway? Not like we'll have the biggest earthquake and tsunami in the nation's history within those next few months! I'd expect a lot of ritual suicides from some nuclear engineers.

**Donger** · 03-12-2011, 09:09 PM

Sounds like the Japanese are acknowledging that at least a partial melt occurred/is occurring in reactor 1. And, reactor 3 is facing the same.

Rams Fan · 03-12-2011, 09:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Donger

Sounds like the Japanese are acknowledging that at least a partial melt occurred/is occurring in reactor 1. And, reactor 3 is facing the same.

The meltdown isn't the biggest worry, correct? It's the matter escaping the containment dome?

**Donger** · 03-12-2011, 09:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rams Fan

The meltdown isn't the biggest worry, correct? It's the matter escaping the containment dome?

That would be worse, yes.

Rams Fan · 03-12-2011, 09:31 PM

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Shirakawa, Japan (CNN) -- Japanese authorities are operating on the presumption that possible meltdowns are under way at two nuclear reactors, a government official said Sunday, adding that there have been no indications yet of hazardous emissions of radioactive material into the atmosphere.

More in the link: http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/as...ake/index.html

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tk13 · 03-12-2011, 09:39 PM

Doesn't look good. But it seems like they've struggled to control the situation from the beginning.

**alnorth** · 03-12-2011, 09:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rams Fan

More in the link: http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/as...ake/index.html

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well, better them than us. Even in California, we only have to deal with one major fault. The island of Japan is in the middle of the horrifying dreaded "ring of fire" with 3 major active continental faults.

Even if Japan goes total Chernobyl with thousands exposed to high radiation, we'll learn a lot from their mistakes and design even safer reactors from this valuable experience. This should not discourage us ***at all*** from nuking up the entire United States, except maybe near the west coast and near the new madrid fault close to St. Louis.

Japan is a crappy place to build a nuclear reactor, but there are lots and lots of tectonically stable places far from any ocean in the US where nuclear reactors would be absolutely perfect and ideal.

rrl308 · 03-13-2011, 01:28 AM

Tsunami from almost ground level.

teedubya · 03-13-2011, 03:20 AM

Amazing use of Google Earth - Before and After images of the area hardest hit by the devastation of the Earthquake/Tsunami. Mother Nature was in beast mode. Unreal.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/events/ja...eforeafter.htm

MoreLemonPledge · 03-13-2011, 05:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by teedubya

Amazing use of Google Earth - Before and After images of the area hardest hit by the devastation of the Earthquake/Tsunami. Mother Nature was in beast mode. Unreal.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/events/ja...eforeafter.htm

Incredible.

**CrazyPhuD** · 03-13-2011, 06:07 AM

Now if only we could get the Phelps clan to protest outside the plants with 'God hates Japan' signs.

**Bowser** · 03-13-2011, 08:17 AM

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Originally Posted by rrl308

Tsunami from almost ground level.

Insane

**BigMeatballDave** · 03-13-2011, 06:19 PM

Here's something for teedubya to freak out over

My son posted this on Facebook...

Quote:

USA lost many lives on 9-11-01 and now Japan has lost more lives on 3-10-11. Add the 2 dates together and you get 12-21-12. If you still don't believe me........September, 11th = World Trade Center Crash, January, 11th = Haiti Earthquake, March, 11th = Japan Earthquake ,12/21/2012 When the world will end -> 1 + 2 + 2 + 1 + 2 + 0 + 1 + 2 = 11.....I THINK SOMEONE IS TRYING TO TELL US SOMETHING

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alnorth . Join Date: Dec 2002 Casino cash: $57156239	Kinda wild, they had electric power to the cooling system, a backup system in case the power failed, and a backup to the backup in case the backup system failed. The earthquake killed the power, the tsunami killed the backup, and now for 3 reactors, the backup to the backup is apparently not working as intended. They may eventually resort to just hoping that the 8-foot concrete walls will hold long enough for the nuclear reaction to finally come to an end after the fuel melts out of the reactor, thus containing almost everything that they did not intentionally vent. If that happens, it will be a three mile island incident instead of a disaster. The good news is that a lot of very brilliant people will study what happened here, learn what they did wrong when they assumed this was a earthquake-proof tsunami-proof system, and better reactors will be designed from what we learn about this. __________________ how many emo kids does it take to change a lightbulb? HOW MANY?! none they just sit in the dark and cry
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Donger "Think BOOM!" Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: 33.675° N 106.475° W Casino cash: $6819900 VARSITY	Sounds like the Japanese are acknowledging that at least a partial melt occurred/is occurring in reactor 1. And, reactor 3 is facing the same. __________________ I think the young people enjoy it when I "get down," verbally, don't you?
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teedubya Most Valuable Poster Join Date: Oct 2003 Casino cash: $8993042	Amazing use of Google Earth - Before and After images of the area hardest hit by the devastation of the Earthquake/Tsunami. Mother Nature was in beast mode. Unreal. http://www.abc.net.au/news/events/ja...eforeafter.htm
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