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Forget about chemical bonding. Was the tsunami deionized? That sure picked up some and carried it.
The water being flushed into the reactor is the same thing on a smaller scale. Smaller "wave", smaller "stuff".
Yes, I meant that specific reactor design.
Forget about chemical bonding. Was the tsunami deionized? That sure picked up some and carried it.
The water being flushed into the reactor is the same thing on a smaller scale. Smaller "wave", smaller "stuff".
Happening right now 4/7
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquak...usc0002ksa.php
7.4 off the coast. Tsunami warning issued.
Workers evacuate Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant after 7.4-magnitude quake, Tokyo Electric Power Company says.
Holy Japan hasn't even recovered yet.
Only a 6' wave projected. Everything it could hurt is already ed up.
It's not a wave, it's a tsunami. These are completely, completely different things.
This is a wave. It has a crest and a break, and hits the shore, loses energy, and dissolves.
This is a tsunami. As it approaches the coast, the energy built from the earthquake reflects the water upward. It lifts the entire ocean water level. When it hits land, it just keeps pushing forward until the entire wavelength behind the water piles onto itself and submerges anything that's not above the height of the tsunami.
WTF is going on???
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lano...rn-mexico.htmlA 6.5 earthquake rattled Mexico on Thursday morning.
The quake occurred in the Vera Cruz region at 6:11 a.m. The quake was felt strongly in Chiapas and other parts of southeast Mexico. But the U.S. Geological Survey said it was not felt in the United States or along the California-Mexico border region.
There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage.
The quake was about 379 miles from Mexico City.
Oh, I get that, but the last one was 30'...this one won't go anywhere that isn't already ed up. Their sea walls etc are designed to cope with a 6 footer easily.It's not a wave, it's a tsunami. These are completely, completely different things.
This is a wave. It has a crest and a break, and hits the shore, loses energy, and dissolves.
This is a tsunami. As it approaches the coast, the energy built from the earthquake reflects the water upward. It lifts the entire ocean water level. When it hits land, it just keeps pushing forward until the entire wavelength behind the water piles onto itself and submerges anything that's not above the height of the tsunami.
It's called "The Ring of Fire" for a reason.
Video of the Tsunami hittiing Fukshima:
http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapc...iref=obnetwork
cnn:
japan nuclear agency "provisionally" raises threat level from stricken power plant from 5 to 7, the most severe category.
Yup, looks like they're probably gonna go the concrete sarco us route like Chernobyl (I'm guessing).
http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapc...ex.html?hpt=T1
Btw here's a couple slides I had of the BWR designs that they're using in Fukushima. They're an accepted standard design from last century with a lot of safeguards, including multiple feet of concrete walls. But of course nothing covers a tsunami AND an earthquake and a power outage. And if something did cover all of those from a safety standpoint, the building would be too expensive to build/run.
They're having trouble keeping the spent fuel pool/s cool also:
Last edited by phxspurfan; 04-12-2011 at 03:05 AM.
From CNN today:
http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapc...ex.html?hpt=T1
Japan declared the Fukushima Daiichi crisis a Level 7 event on the international system for rating nuclear accidents Tuesday, putting it on par with the 1986 Chernobyl disaster in the former Soviet Union. The top-scale designation was based on the massive release of radioactivity since the accident began, particularly in its early days, and classifies Fukushima Daiichi a "major accident" requiring long-term countermeasures.
http://www.uncommonthought.com/mtblo...hima-meltd.php
lots of bs in here tbh, but still unsettling.
Last edited by leemajors; 04-12-2011 at 01:47 PM.
Yes, but my understanding is that there are no new hazards to cause the upgrade. They simply decided to combine all the reactors incidents and treat is as one incident.From CNN today:
http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapc...ex.html?hpt=T1
Japan declared the Fukushima Daiichi crisis a Level 7 event on the international system for rating nuclear accidents Tuesday, putting it on par with the 1986 Chernobyl disaster in the former Soviet Union. The top-scale designation was based on the massive release of radioactivity since the accident began, particularly in its early days, and classifies Fukushima Daiichi a "major accident" requiring long-term countermeasures.
About a month to late.
A major earthquake struck off the northeastern coast of Japan Sunday, prompting tsunami advisories for several coastal regions, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) said.
The U.S. Geological Survey said the earthquake struck at 10:57 a.m. at the epicenter, about 130 miles east of Sendai.
The earthquake was more than 20 miles deep and had a magnitude of 7.0, the USGS said.
The JMA measured the magnitude of the quake at 7.1.
Tsunami advisories were issued for the coastal regions of Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima, the JMA said.
The areas were among the hardest hit by this year's devastating earthquake and tsunami.
No immediate abnormalities were reported at nearby nuclear facilities, according to the semiofficial Kyodo news agency. There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage, the agency said.
Tremors from the quake were felt as far away as Tokyo.
http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapc...html?hpt=hp_t2
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