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To avoid chaos?Originally Posted by GetThisMoney
The japanese ambassador just stated there is no meltdown under way, US is making a very big deal.
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To avoid chaos?Originally Posted by GetThisMoney
The japanese ambassador just stated there is no meltdown under way, US is making a very big deal.
To avoid chaos?Originally Posted by GetThisMoney
The japanese ambassador just stated there is no meltdown under way, US is making a very big deal.
It's a worse case scenario, obviously, but a wide scale distribution of potassium iodide to counteract radiation exposure would be my guess. The big worry is the cesium-137...Originally Posted by Hendrix Watermelon
Originally Posted by abovelegit1
Per CNN, a Meltdown may be under way at Fukushima Daiichi's nuclear power reactor, an official with Japan's safety agency says.
Catastrophic if true, this could be worse than Chernobyl...hope everyone is monitoring the situation, a nuclear meltdown could send a literal "death cloud" hurtling towards California.
If it does come our way, how do you even avoid the radiation?! Seriously, how do you avoid the waves? Staying indoors?
It's a worse case scenario, obviously, but a wide scale distribution of potassium iodide to counteract radiation exposure would be my guess. The big worry is the cesium-137...Originally Posted by Hendrix Watermelon
Originally Posted by abovelegit1
Per CNN, a Meltdown may be under way at Fukushima Daiichi's nuclear power reactor, an official with Japan's safety agency says.
Catastrophic if true, this could be worse than Chernobyl...hope everyone is monitoring the situation, a nuclear meltdown could send a literal "death cloud" hurtling towards California.
If it does come our way, how do you even avoid the radiation?! Seriously, how do you avoid the waves? Staying indoors?
Originally Posted by whyte1der05five
Originally Posted by abovelegit1
Per CNN, a Meltdown may be under way at Fukushima Daiichi's nuclear power reactor, an official with Japan's safety agency says.
Catastrophic if true, this could be worse than Chernobyl...hope everyone is monitoring the situation, a nuclear meltdown could send a literal "death cloud" hurtling towards California.
Everyone out in Cali be safe.
Originally Posted by whyte1der05five
Originally Posted by abovelegit1
Per CNN, a Meltdown may be under way at Fukushima Daiichi's nuclear power reactor, an official with Japan's safety agency says.
Catastrophic if true, this could be worse than Chernobyl...hope everyone is monitoring the situation, a nuclear meltdown could send a literal "death cloud" hurtling towards California.
Everyone out in Cali be safe.
assuming the worst case scenario happens, what happens is a plume of radioactive particles will get launched into the atmosphere. the one thing japan has going for it is that, the patterns seem to predict the plume going over and across the pacific which doesn't have much human population. the way it might affect cali is if the particles rain down onto the ground. its impossible to predict because you cannot exactly estimate the kind of plume this will create, the time it will take for the majority to rain down to the ground/ocean or anything else. if the scientists predict that part of the plume might hit cali coast then yes, staying inside is the only protection. the problem is far worse, what happens is the plume might rain down onto crops, trees, etc etc .. you see where im going with thatOriginally Posted by Hendrix Watermelon
Originally Posted by abovelegit1
Per CNN, a Meltdown may be under way at Fukushima Daiichi's nuclear power reactor, an official with Japan's safety agency says.
Catastrophic if true, this could be worse than Chernobyl...hope everyone is monitoring the situation, a nuclear meltdown could send a literal "death cloud" hurtling towards California.
If it does come our way, how do you even avoid the radiation?! Seriously, how do you avoid the waves? Staying indoors?
assuming the worst case scenario happens, what happens is a plume of radioactive particles will get launched into the atmosphere. the one thing japan has going for it is that, the patterns seem to predict the plume going over and across the pacific which doesn't have much human population. the way it might affect cali is if the particles rain down onto the ground. its impossible to predict because you cannot exactly estimate the kind of plume this will create, the time it will take for the majority to rain down to the ground/ocean or anything else. if the scientists predict that part of the plume might hit cali coast then yes, staying inside is the only protection. the problem is far worse, what happens is the plume might rain down onto crops, trees, etc etc .. you see where im going with thatOriginally Posted by Hendrix Watermelon
Originally Posted by abovelegit1
Per CNN, a Meltdown may be under way at Fukushima Daiichi's nuclear power reactor, an official with Japan's safety agency says.
Catastrophic if true, this could be worse than Chernobyl...hope everyone is monitoring the situation, a nuclear meltdown could send a literal "death cloud" hurtling towards California.
If it does come our way, how do you even avoid the radiation?! Seriously, how do you avoid the waves? Staying indoors?
Originally Posted by Xtapolapacetl
Why the hell did they build a nuclear power plant close to an earthquake zone in the first place?I be they were thinking "Gee, what could possibly go wrong?" How about building one right next to a volcano with a history of spontaneous and violent eruptions while at it? What a bunch of morons for gambling with so many lives.
If we're lucky enough to get through this, hopefully a lot will be learned from this.
Originally Posted by Xtapolapacetl
Why the hell did they build a nuclear power plant close to an earthquake zone in the first place?I be they were thinking "Gee, what could possibly go wrong?" How about building one right next to a volcano with a history of spontaneous and violent eruptions while at it? What a bunch of morons for gambling with so many lives.
If we're lucky enough to get through this, hopefully a lot will be learned from this.
money.Originally Posted by brrraptors
Originally Posted by Xtapolapacetl
Why the hell did they build a nuclear power plant close to an earthquake zone in the first place?I be they were thinking "Gee, what could possibly go wrong?" How about building one right next to a volcano with a history of spontaneous and violent eruptions while at it? What a bunch of morons for gambling with so many lives.
If we're lucky enough to get through this, hopefully a lot will be learned from this.
nuclear plants HAVE to be built near big bodies of water, we need the cooling medium for a variety of systems. what I dont get too is why build it on the east coast thats wide open to the pacific having known japan's history with tsunamis. if we can analyze this to be a bad idea then the scientists and engineers back in the 60s mustve taken it into account, i just can't think of what the justification would be
money.Originally Posted by brrraptors
Originally Posted by Xtapolapacetl
Why the hell did they build a nuclear power plant close to an earthquake zone in the first place?I be they were thinking "Gee, what could possibly go wrong?" How about building one right next to a volcano with a history of spontaneous and violent eruptions while at it? What a bunch of morons for gambling with so many lives.
If we're lucky enough to get through this, hopefully a lot will be learned from this.
nuclear plants HAVE to be built near big bodies of water, we need the cooling medium for a variety of systems. what I dont get too is why build it on the east coast thats wide open to the pacific having known japan's history with tsunamis. if we can analyze this to be a bad idea then the scientists and engineers back in the 60s mustve taken it into account, i just can't think of what the justification would be