8.9 Quake hits near Northeastern Coast of Japan

[MannyIsGod]

Yeah. You could not cool the reactor. But since its what you're trying to avoid I'm not sure why on earth you'd want to do it.

[The Reckoning]

eh i meant take any precautions incase a meltdown occured. like you said, try to contain it. or they just keep trying to cool it? because by the looks of it, meltdown is imminent. they have to do something about that like build a structure around it instead of handing iodine to the public...

[mouse]

Everyone is waiting on the next new iPad to show us it's new features on Oprah's favorite things when in fact we could be using that same technology on other things like predicting earthquakes and how to avoid radiation disasters. here's a thought. no more nuclear reactors on Islands that are know to have earthquakes. is this MIT material or just common sense?

[MannyIsGod]

eh i meant take any precautions incase a meltdown occured. like you said, try to contain it. or they just keep trying to cool it? because by the looks of it, meltdown is imminent. they have to do something about that like build a structure around it instead of handing iodine to the public...

Well you've already got a containment facility around it. You have to keep trying to cool it because the hotter it gets the more risk there is for an explosion or some kind of rupture of the containment.

[mouse]

Well you've already got a containment facility around it. You have to keep trying to cool it because the hotter it gets the more risk there is for an explosion or some kind of rupture of the containment.

[Wild Cobra]

The part that bothers me most about this situation is that this is EXACTLY the same way the Soviet Union handled the press when Chernobyl exploded. It was several days after the fact that they admitted that there was a serious problem.

I know reactors are safer today, but they are also supposed to, you know, not meltdown like this one already has. They're said to be almost immune to this kind of catastrophe.

Well, that is a 1980 reactor. Not as safe as modern ones. Now I do believe that they are honest on the threat assessment, yes, I could be wrong.

[Wild Cobra]

It's not even close to the same situation. If you watch the Soviet newscasts from that time they'd mention it in passing for like 10 seconds and pretend like it was nothing when they were in a far far worse situation.

That was also the old Soviet Union. When it was the USSR. Japan is far more culturally and morally advanced than the USSR was.

[Cry Havoc]

Everyone is waiting on the next new iPad to show us it's new features on Oprah's favorite things when in fact we could be using that same technology on other things like predicting earthquakes and how to avoid radiation disasters. here's a thought. no more nuclear reactors on Islands that are know to have earthquakes. is this MIT material or just common sense?

Alternatively, you could build reactors that have resistance to tsunamis AND earthquakes.

[Wild Cobra]

I won't believe anything until I see it on Al-Jazeera

Is that you Boutons?

[IronMaxipad]

China sends 15 man rescue team.....

TOKYO - A 15-member Chinese rescue team arrived in Tokyo Sunday for quake relief operations.

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[The Reckoning]

you know sure as china is going to use this opportunity to be the savior of the far east.

[lefty]

China sends 15 man rescue team.....



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That should be enough

[Buddy Holly]

That should be enough

Once they transform, it should be.

[LnGrrrR]

Nicely played.

[xeromass]

BBC live feed:

0349: CNN presenter Piers Morgan tweets: "Nuclear expert Bill Nye just said situation at Japan plants sounds 'way more serious' than authorities saying. Deeply worrying.

Honestly

[Gutter92]

Hard to believe its been over 6 years since the tsunami in india...jeez time flies so fast

[Chomag]

It's being reported that a 3rd reactor might be going into meltdown. Experts are saying that they cant get close enough to the reactor to tell if it's in meltdown yet they are saying everything is ok. lol

[The Reckoning]

BBC live feed:

0349: CNN presenter Piers Morgan tweets: "Nuclear expert Bill Nye just said situation at Japan plants sounds 'way more serious' than authorities saying. Deeply worrying.

Honestly

Bill Nye is my hero. he's a genius.

[leemajors]

Alternatively, you could build reactors that have resistance to tsunamis AND earthquakes.

I believe they only tested up to 7.9, unfortuntately.

[The Reckoning]

airlift Bill Nye in there - give him a ziplock bag, two paper clips, a super bouncy ball and two preteen assistants, and he'll fix the meltdown.

[The Reckoning]

who can explain to us how nuclear reactors work?? i know! call in the Science Guy!



starts at 4:40

[Buddy Holly]

What's with the guys pronunciation of turbine? Turban... really? lol

[it's me]

China sends 15 man rescue team.....



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Is this a ing joke?????? WTF......they should send them back.

[Slomo]

Is this a ing joke?????? WTF......they should send them back.

Yes sure, let's mock people/countries/organization that are trying to help.

Even if they sent only one guy to Japan, they deserve props and thanks and not ridicule.

[BlackSwordsMan]

its really a 16 man infiltration team, just getting info on japan while they're down