Fukushima nuclear plant explosion

[HenryDorsetCase]

I am totally loving this MIT site. Pity some muck raking fear mongering journos didnt actually read it before bandying about terms like melt down and Chernobyl.

the interesting one to me is the Three Mile Island (they actually had a core meltdown there, kids) and the "corium"s effect on the containment structure.

Science is hard. but valuable.

http://mitnse.com/

[oneofsix]

I am totally loving this MIT site. Pity some muck raking fear mongering journos didnt actually read it before bandying about terms like melt down and Chernobyl.

the interesting one to me is the Three Mile Island (they actually had a core meltdown there, kids) and the "corium"s effect on the containment structure.

Science is hard. but valuable.

http://mitnse.com/

+1 it is a good site. Funny how it took Fukushima to bring out some of the stuff on Three Mile Island, I guess it was always there just not acknowledged.

[jonbuoy]

Nuclear power stations might be relatively safe, I wouldn´t want to work in one and I wouldn´t live with one over the fence from me.

[Winston001]

I'm going to have to eat humble pie on this one. I can scarcely believe that a technologically advanced nation like Japan has not been able to bring the 4 reactor buildings back to safe control.

Ah what the heck, check these pics out for up to date info:

http://www.chrismartenson.com/blog/b...ukushima/55711

http://cryptome.org/eyeball/daiichi-...chi-photos.htm

[The Stranger:Me]

I'm going to have to eat humble pie on this one. I can scarcely believe that a technologically advanced nation like Japan has not been able to bring the 4 reactor buildings back to safe control.

Ah what the heck, check these pics out for up to date info:

http://www.chrismartenson.com/blog/b...ukushima/55711

http://cryptome.org/eyeball/daiichi-...chi-photos.htm

How can you dump water onto the outside of a 6" thick SS case surrounded by 1.2m of concrete and expect it to cool anything inside unless the core were already exposed? Were the core already exposed then that called into question the validity of all the rest of the assurances. Seriously, you should have known the game was up then.
If they had been dumping concrete (with boric acid added) any idea how much concrete would be leaching into the ground water or the ocean?

The thing that reeeaalllly fucks me off is why is the Japanese govt leaving this mess to TEPCO to sort out? Are TEPCOs priorities in our best interests? Somehow I doubt it - I hold that to be self evident. In my view the Japanese govt have seriously (carelessly and recklessly) abdicated their responsibility to their people and possibly to the citizens of the world.

[Brian d marge]

How can you dump water onto the outside of a 6" thick SS case surrounded by 1.2m of concrete and expect it to cool anything inside unless the core were already exposed? Were the core already exposed then that called into question the validity of all the rest of the assurances. Seriously, you should have known the game was up then.
If they had been dumping concrete (with boric acid added) any idea how much concrete would be leaching into the ground water or the ocean?

The thing that reeeaalllly fucks me off is why is the Japanese govt leaving this mess to TEPCO to sort out? Are TEPCOs priorities in our best interests? Somehow I doubt it - I hold that to be self evident. In my view the Japanese govt have seriously (carelessly and recklessly) abdicated their responsibility to their people and possibly to the citizens of the world.

This is a lasse faire economy and this is the result.

When is come to common sense in the face of a crisis , this lot think different.

oh and the consequence gene is switched off ( thats what makes em such good races , )

its getting serious here now , I just returned from the supermarket and there is crap all in the way of beer on the shelves

bastards


Stephen