chevysoldier Posted March 13, 2011 Report Share Posted March 13, 2011 I heard this morning that it had gone as far as 6 miles inland.daaaaaamn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gump Posted March 13, 2011 Report Share Posted March 13, 2011 check out the Tsunami warning center accuracy.http://ptwc.weather.gov/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReconRat Posted March 13, 2011 Report Share Posted March 13, 2011 High resolution satellite photos taken Saturday. You'll need Google Earth 3D loaded to see them.http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/news/world-middle-east-12307698/ext/_auto/-/http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=200910826786863242067.00049e4d08c67e68fe83e&ll=38.272689,140.756836&spn=22.232593,53.569336&t=h&z=5Two reactors are currently believed to be in meltdown. The fuel rods are thought to be exposed and not cooling, but melting instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReconRat Posted March 14, 2011 Report Share Posted March 14, 2011 Japanese nuclear crisis escalatesBy Jonathan Soble and Michiyo Nakamoto in Tokyo ...Japan is racing against time to prevent a potential nuclear disaster after a third reactor at the quake-stricken power plant north of Tokyo went into meltdown on Monday......Earlier on Monday, efforts to release gas out of the overheating reactor caused an explosion at reactor No. 3, although officials said that crucially its protective containment vessel had not been damaged...http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1389e282-4de7-11e0-85e4-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=rss#axzz1GaiacxUf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RSVDon Posted March 14, 2011 Report Share Posted March 14, 2011 Class. You have it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Posted March 14, 2011 Report Share Posted March 14, 2011 here are some excellent interactive before/after photos. slide the bar in the middle left or righthttp://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/03/13/world/asia/satellite-photos-japan-before-and-after-tsunami.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbot Posted March 14, 2011 Report Share Posted March 14, 2011 This is just God getting back at Japan for killing whales!Japan was suppose to host the World Figure Skating Championchips March 21-27. they are going to host the World Surfing Tour instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chevysoldier Posted March 14, 2011 Report Share Posted March 14, 2011 here are some excellent interactive before/after photos. slide the bar in the middle left or righthttp://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/03/13/world/asia/satellite-photos-japan-before-and-after-tsunami.htmlWow....good find. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReconRat Posted March 14, 2011 Report Share Posted March 14, 2011 All three troublesome reactors are under control. Temperatures are falling. All three are probably permanently ruined. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sapphy Posted March 14, 2011 Report Share Posted March 14, 2011 Ok the name of the one city that one of the reactors is in just cracks my inner 12 year old up. FukushimaHehehehehehe On all seriousness, I am glad they seem to be getting it under control. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmh_sprint Posted March 14, 2011 Report Share Posted March 14, 2011 All three troublesome reactors are under control. Temperatures are falling. All three are probably permanently ruined.CNN is reporting that there was a second explosion in reactor #2 about 2 hours ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmh_sprint Posted March 15, 2011 Report Share Posted March 15, 2011 Well if this wasn't already at the oh fuck stage.....a 4th reactor is on fire. Radiation levels are rising and the wind patterns for the next 18 - 20 hours will blow the fallout towards Tokyo.http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/ap_on_bi_ge/as_japan_earthquake_nuclear_crisishttp://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/03/14/japan.disaster/index.html?hpt=T1&iref=BN1# Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casper Posted March 15, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 15, 2011 Radiation levels are over 100,000 PPM (the danger zone). If you're a religious person, about now would be a good time to send some prayers that way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReconRat Posted March 15, 2011 Report Share Posted March 15, 2011 (edited) All three troublesome reactors are under control. Temperatures are falling. All three are probably permanently ruined.Spoke too soon. The large amounts of water used to cool things down have steamed off into hydrogen gas and caused more explosions and fires in four of the reactors that are in trouble. In one or more containment pools, cracks are letting the water leak out, they think, they aren't sure. It might be the pressure inside won't let the water in. Either way, fuel rods are getting exposed above the water again, and are melting down again.Which is leading to large amounts of radiation released into the local area. Danger zone now extended to 30 km. Tokyo is soon to be at risk. Earlier today the French told all their people to leave the Tokyo area. Part of that is the very large risk of an earthquake in Tokyo now. The other part is the French have a lot of nuclear reactors, and are a bit smarter about that.If you're wondering, we're about 5 to 7 days away as the wind blows. Most of the radiation will be washed into the ocean by rain. Not all of it.edit: And don't expect to buy a Toyota this year. The US production plants are scaling back and expect to stop production.edit: 405 aftershocks so far...More: It's not actually the reactor cores that are the most danger. It is the cooling pools for the spent fuel rods that have been removed previously. Those cooling pools are off to the side, and used to have a roof over the top of them, but that is gone now due to the explosions. These spent fuel rods will boil water if not cooled, and will gas off into the atmosphere more radiation than the core would if it melted down. Apparently a lot of attention has gone into cooling the spent fuel rods. In part, that has caused the problems in containing the reactor cores. Edited March 15, 2011 by ReconRat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GSXR-7Fish Posted March 15, 2011 Report Share Posted March 15, 2011 Nice recon rat very informative. Seems like a cluster fuck situation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
attentiongetter92 Posted March 15, 2011 Report Share Posted March 15, 2011 Im not a nuclear scientist so if somebody could put it in 'tard terms I would appreciate it. From what Ive gathered it seems like 4 reactors have started to fail(or failed) and are melting down(or melted down), and the radiation is starting to move towards Tokyo. How are the honda plants doing? There was a picture that showed the motorcycle plants on a map and it seemed like there was one that was far south in Japan and safe from the quake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohdaho Posted March 15, 2011 Report Share Posted March 15, 2011 It was good to hear from MIL personnel and engineers at Yokota AB in Japan that most of the US media outlets are sensationalizing the nuclear reactor situation. Pretty sure things are going to be ok. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beegreenstrings Posted March 15, 2011 Report Share Posted March 15, 2011 (edited) Watching CNN now. Dont think they have much hope? Inner sanctums of the reactors are cracked from steaming too much. One has the rods exposed. emergency workers are still inside that plant they are as good as dead and glowing.These poor people are one bad moment away from chernobyl. I know it struck me as funny (sick since of humor from too many years as a medic). But, they found a single infant girl buried in the ruble of a building and everyone is excited, granted she is a fluke of nature to survive a 3 day stint of being bried in the ruble, washed away in a tsunami and did not freeze in the middle of the night from being so wet and with out food.Hopefully the effort was worth it and they can get the reactors under control. Edited March 15, 2011 by Beegreenstrings Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chevysoldier Posted March 15, 2011 Report Share Posted March 15, 2011 It's the beginning of the end?Sept 11th(NY) Jan11th(Haiti) and Mar 11th (Japan)...Luke 21:10-11 - Then Jesus said to his disciples: "Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be great earthquakes, famines and pestilences in various places, and fearful events and great signs from heaven." Jesus says, For behold I come quickly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RSVDon Posted March 15, 2011 Report Share Posted March 15, 2011 It was good to hear from MIL personnel and engineers at Yokota AB in Japan that most of the US media outlets are sensationalizing the nuclear reactor situation. Pretty sure things are going to be ok.This x1trillion. US media sucks ballsack. The world is not about to end and we're not going to experience another Chernobyl. Nobody has stated what kind of radiation it is (which is kind of a big deal), it is probably alpha or beta and no gamma radiation yet. Gamma would be clusterfuck bad. Yes, the inner container is cracked, but there's a secondary and tertiary case over that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casper Posted March 15, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 15, 2011 This x1trillion. US media sucks ballsack. The world is not about to end and we're not going to experience another Chernobyl. Nobody has stated what kind of radiation it is (which is kind of a big deal), it is probably alpha or beta and no gamma radiation yet. Gamma would be clusterfuck bad. Yes, the inner container is cracked, but there's a secondary and tertiary case over that.It's alpha, beta, and gamma. Containment units are cracked. One has two holes in it. Radiation is starting to reach Tokyo. Not sure how this is good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RSVDon Posted March 15, 2011 Report Share Posted March 15, 2011 There's three containment units on each reactor. Which one is cracked? It was only the primary when i was reading into this yesterday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psyco1 Posted March 15, 2011 Report Share Posted March 15, 2011 BBC's now saying radiation levels are falling. IIRC, the half life of most of the radioactive by products of the now shut off reaction is very short, meaning they decay and heat up quickly over a few days then bleed off that heat quickly as they reduce in quantity and turn into more stable elements. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InyaAzz Posted March 15, 2011 Report Share Posted March 15, 2011 http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/16/world/asia/16contain.html?pagewanted=all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casper Posted March 15, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 15, 2011 There's three containment units on each reactor. Which one is cracked? It was only the primary when i was reading into this yesterday.There are two as far as I understand it, which is one more than Chernobyl had. The hydrogen explosions destroyed the outer cases of three of the reactors. Now the melting fuel rods are melting holes in the steel containment structures. Some scientists say when the fuel rods melt, that's a meltdown. Others reserve it for this, when the fuel rods melting start to melt through the containment unit. Either way, this nuclear power plant is in full meltdown. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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