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

[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,

 

[dunknforce]

why hasnt NT set up a charity for this yet? *dont know if its been asked already*

 

[dunknforce]

why hasnt NT set up a charity for this yet? *dont know if its been asked already*

 

[fl0eticnostalgia]

Those FB statuses. 

 

[fl0eticnostalgia]

Those FB statuses. 

 

[cincoseisdos]

"A CT scan has 100x the level of radiation currently seen at the power plant"- CNN

 

[cincoseisdos]

"A CT scan has 100x the level of radiation currently seen at the power plant"- CNN

 

[dimez81]

this is getting crazy...imagine if it happened here

 

[dimez81]

this is getting crazy...imagine if it happened here

 

[josebronx]

^n this just happened yesterday

but some serious s about to happen, Im assuming evacuations have already began

 

[josebronx]

^n this just happened yesterday

but some serious s about to happen, Im assuming evacuations have already began

 

[sickickz23]

stupid question but how long does radiation travel in the air stream? Does the radiation waves die out the farther it goes? Or should Hawaii and California start evacuating?

 

[sickickz23]

stupid question but how long does radiation travel in the air stream? Does the radiation waves die out the farther it goes? Or should Hawaii and California start evacuating?

 

[fraij da 5 11]

Originally Posted by sickickz23

stupid question but how long does radiation travel in the air stream? Does the radiation waves die out the farther it goes? Or should Hawaii and California start evacuating?

The radiation leaked from the Reactor at this point is not enough to even evacuate the surrounding cities.  Once/If radioactive materials begin pouring into the air/water/earth from this then measures will be taken.

 

[fraij da 5 11]

Originally Posted by sickickz23

stupid question but how long does radiation travel in the air stream? Does the radiation waves die out the farther it goes? Or should Hawaii and California start evacuating?

The radiation leaked from the Reactor at this point is not enough to even evacuate the surrounding cities.  Once/If radioactive materials begin pouring into the air/water/earth from this then measures will be taken.

 

[petermans]

NY>Cali

Prayers go out to Japan though.

 

[petermans]

NY>Cali

Prayers go out to Japan though.

 

[sickickz23]

^

The radiation leaked from the Reactor at this point is not enough to even evacuate the surrounding cities.  Once/If radioactive materials begin pouring into the air/water/earth from this then measures will be taken.


understood. Thanks
  

 

[sickickz23]

^

The radiation leaked from the Reactor at this point is not enough to even evacuate the surrounding cities.  Once/If radioactive materials begin pouring into the air/water/earth from this then measures will be taken.


understood. Thanks
  

 

[ratxaxtat]

Originally Posted by petermans

NY>Cali

Prayers go out to Japan though.

That's fake though.

 

[ratxaxtat]

Originally Posted by petermans

NY>Cali

Prayers go out to Japan though.

That's fake though.

 

[nostrandave68]

CRAZY 

 

[nostrandave68]

CRAZY 

 

[rawsheed]

^ wow that video definitely shows you how fast the waters were moving compared to the aerial shots

cant even imagine how i would feel if i was in a car at the time

 

[rawsheed]

^ wow that video definitely shows you how fast the waters were moving compared to the aerial shots

cant even imagine how i would feel if i was in a car at the time