Japan 9.0 Mag. Quake/Tsunami -HAITI stands with Japan [vid]

[dunknforce]

to SneakerHeathen - its not WE americans, its SOME americans... dont put that evil on me ricky bobby

 

[dunknforce]

to SneakerHeathen - its not WE americans, its SOME americans... dont put that evil on me ricky bobby

 

[jawnstockton]

Brrraptors - thanks for the clarification on that. As far as the distribution and consumption of potassium iodide, do you know how much that helps, and what sort of adverse effects that can cause? It appears that they're starting to recommend it to people.

 

[jawnstockton]

Brrraptors - thanks for the clarification on that. As far as the distribution and consumption of potassium iodide, do you know how much that helps, and what sort of adverse effects that can cause? It appears that they're starting to recommend it to people.

 

[newmoanyuh]

at China sending some kind of aid. I was not expecting that.

 

[newmoanyuh]

at China sending some kind of aid. I was not expecting that.

 

[paul is on tilt]

This is some scary stuff. I pray they get the nuclear situation under control in Japan.

Good looks to brrraptors for the informative posts here.

 

[fraij da 5 11]

Originally Posted by ZeroGravity23

strong ignorance/10

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Man I have zero connections to Japan but that has me angry as hell.  Those people are disgusting. 

Just straight up nonsense.

 

[paul is on tilt]

This is some scary stuff. I pray they get the nuclear situation under control in Japan.

Good looks to brrraptors for the informative posts here.

 

[fraij da 5 11]

Originally Posted by ZeroGravity23

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Man I have zero connections to Japan but that has me angry as hell.  Those people are disgusting. 

Just straight up nonsense.

 

[M. Fresh]

Originally Posted by Air ih Zona

All the stone faces posted in the history of NT can't describe those people. Goodness. 

 

[M. Fresh]

Originally Posted by Air ih Zona

All the stone faces posted in the history of NT can't describe those people. Goodness. 

 

[ijumpmani]

" 'We are assuming that a meltdown has occurred' at a nuclear power reactor, Japan's chief Cabinet secretary says." - CNN Breaking News

 

[ijumpmani]

" 'We are assuming that a meltdown has occurred' at a nuclear power reactor, Japan's chief Cabinet secretary says." - CNN Breaking News

 

[wearinthefourfive]

Wait,  nuclear meltdown?

 

[wearinthefourfive]

Wait,  nuclear meltdown?

 

[rashi]

Stuff like this makes you realize how insignificant you really are in this world.

 

[rashi]

Stuff like this makes you realize how insignificant you really are in this world.

 

[ijumpmani]

Originally Posted by WearinTheFourFive

Wait,  nuclear meltdown?

To be honest, I am not sure. I think they are just planning for the worst at this point.

 

[ijumpmani]

Originally Posted by WearinTheFourFive

Wait,  nuclear meltdown?

To be honest, I am not sure. I think they are just planning for the worst at this point.

 

[ijumpmani]

[9:54 p.m. ET, 11:54 a.m. Tokyo] A meltdown may have occurred at at least one nuclear power reactor in Japan, the country's chief cabinet secretary, Yukio Edano, said Sunday.

He also said that authorities are concerned over the possibility of another meltdown at a second reactor.

"We do believe that there is a possibility that meltdown has occurred. It is inside the reactor. We can't see. However, we are assuming that a meltdown has occurred," he said of the No. 1 reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear facility. "And with reactor No. 3, we are also assuming that the possibility of a meltdown as we carry out measures."

 

[ijumpmani]

[9:54 p.m. ET, 11:54 a.m. Tokyo] A meltdown may have occurred at at least one nuclear power reactor in Japan, the country's chief cabinet secretary, Yukio Edano, said Sunday.

He also said that authorities are concerned over the possibility of another meltdown at a second reactor.

"We do believe that there is a possibility that meltdown has occurred. It is inside the reactor. We can't see. However, we are assuming that a meltdown has occurred," he said of the No. 1 reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear facility. "And with reactor No. 3, we are also assuming that the possibility of a meltdown as we carry out measures."

 

[2g00d4u]

Japan dealing with an earthquake, tsunami, and now a potential nuclear accident?

Its getting worse and worse

 

[2g00d4u]

Japan dealing with an earthquake, tsunami, and now a potential nuclear accident?

Its getting worse and worse

 

[ijumpmani]

TOKYO — Japanese officials announced Sunday that the cooling system at a second nuclear reactor crippled by Japan’s devastating earthquake had failed completely, even as they took the extraordinary step of flooding a separate reactor with seawater in a last-ditch effort to avoid a nuclear meltdown. An explosion occurred at the Daiichi nuclear power plant in northern Japan after the earthquake.

The announcement Sunday compounded what was already the worst nuclear accident in Japan’s history — and perhaps the worst involving a nuclear plant since the Chernobyl disaster 25 years ago — as the nation was reeling from the aftermath of the largest recorded earthquake in its history.

The cooling systems at three other reactors at a second nuclear plant had also failed, officials said. While backup systems might still be revived, if they could not, these reactors too could require emergency cooling, they said.

For now, the most pressing concern stemmed from a radiation leak and explosion at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station on Saturday, which prompted the government to expand an evacuation order to affect 170,000 people in the plant’s vicinity.

By early Sunday, the plant’s operator issued an emergency notice that the second reactor at the aging plant had also experienced a critical failure of its cooling system. A makeshift way to inject water into the reactor to cool it was urgently being sought. But electricity outages from the 8.9-magnitude quake have hampered the efforts.

The plant was preparing to release vapor to ease pressure from the reactor so the water could be injected, said Naoki Tsunoda, a spokesman for the operator, Tokyo Electric Power. The vapor could contain trace amounts of radiation, the Japanese Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency has warned.

Operators were urgently working to cool off three reactors at the nearby Fukushima Daini power plant, Mr. Tsunoda said.

At a press conference, Yukio Edano, the chief cabinet secretary, called for calm. “If these measures can be taken, we will be able to ensure the safety of the reactor,