Japan Info

[Alaskan Survivalist]

He did not quote the source and niether have you...I did. What makes your source of information more credible than FOX news?

[Justin Case]

Why Japan's Nuclear Meltdown Is No Chernobyl

NEW YORK – Why Japan's Nuclear Meltdown Is No ChernobylDespite the scary race to prevent two meltdowns in Japan, the man who led the Chernobyl response explains how advances in nuclear design and the swift response will prevent any damage along the lines of 1986 Soviet disaster. Plus, Josh Dzieza talks to a nuclear scientist about how bad the situation could get.

The partial meltdown of Reactor 3 at the Fukushima Daiichi power station is the most serious nuclear accident since Chernobyl, but Russian experts say the differences mercifully outweigh the similarities.

Indeed it may be thanks in part to the terrible legacy of the April 1986 disaster that Fukushima's meltdown can be contained. "The accident at Fukushima shows that experts around the world drew some important lessons from what happened at Chernobyl," said nuclear engineer Ilgiz Iskhatov, who was decorated for his role in containing the fallout of the Chernobyl blast. "Now nuclear power-station designs and safety systems are capable of withstanding much more serious accidents [than Chernobyl]."

Continued @ http://news.yahoo.com/s/dailybeast/2...nisnochernobyl

[Sourdough]

Sorry, I just have a hard time trusting any Government, for that matter I have a hard time trusting any organization with an agenda to spin.........Some new numbers:

http://www.zerohedge.com/article/gam...s-above-normal

[r0ckhamm3r]

I distrust most things that come from a government as well, but the physics involved are not subject to political spin.

[Alaskan Survivalist]

Radiation is leaking now! They are not containing it, not all of it and continues to leak more with each report. The situation is not under control. Not yet, not even close and way to soon to be predicting sunshine and lolipops with the trend heading for the worse not better.

[Alaskan Survivalist]

I distrust most things that come from a government as well, but the physics involved are not subject to political spin.

Yeah but do you understand them? Are these the same people that said this could never happen?

[r0ckhamm3r]

Look at it this way, with so much daylight during the summer months, you wont notice that you glow in the dark.

Sorry, just had to poke a little fun.

The radiation leaks are certainly not a good thing, but I think the danger to us is minimal.

[Alaskan Survivalist]

Chernoble had effects on Poland and Scotland. All depends which way the wind blows.

[BENESSE]

Chernoble had serious effects on crops all over eastern Europe.

[Rick]

You're correct, I did not. Only because I've read so many different articles and viewed so many different programs. Here are a few I've been tracking.

Here's a good diagram that explains what is occurring. Click on the Normal, After the Quake and Fixing the problem.

Another good explanation from Discover Magazine.

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/ba...-overreaction/

And another:

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2011/03...s-new-problems

[Rick]

I'm done with this. We going to die. In fact, we're probably dead already. Choi.

[Justin Case]

I'm done with this. We going to die. In fact, we're probably dead already. Choi.

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[Alaskan Survivalist]

There has been another exposion at the #2 reactor and the Japenese government is suspecting damage to the concrete containment and radiation is leaking from it.

[Rick]

Do you have a source on the damaged containment building? I've seen reports of a third explosion but no assessments on damage.

[Alaskan Survivalist]

2.5 meters of one fuel rod is now exposed. All but 50 employees have just been evacuated. There is speculation outer cantainment has been damage and radiation around facility is rising. Wind is blowing out to sea but radiation levels are rising in two nieghboring towns said to be about 1/10 the amount a normal xray. But I'm sure duration of exposier needs to be factored.

[Rick]

Sorry, I just have a hard time trusting any Government, for that matter I have a hard time trusting any organization with an agenda to spin.........Some new numbers:

http://www.zerohedge.com/article/gam...s-above-normal

I confess that the numbers he presented were completely Greek to me. I did some checking and those numbers seem be posted by every Blog and Gold Forum from here to Hobocken but no one bothers to explain it. So I went looking for the numbers and here's what I found.

http://www.godlikeproductions.com/fo...age1394413/pg1

I hope this helps.

[Pal334]

Do you have a source on the damaged containment building? I've seen reports of a third explosion but no assessments on damage.

This may be what you are looking for

http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/03/14...ch-in-to-help/

[Rick]

I didn't see anything about the containment building being damaged or radiation leaking. In fact I haven't seen anything along those lines. Only another hydrogen explosion.

[Alaskan Survivalist]

I didn't see anything about the containment building being damaged or radiation leaking. In fact I haven't seen anything along those lines. Only another hydrogen explosion.

The only on site information is coming from the Japenese Government and FOX is quoting them and showing thier press releases. The way I understood it it was not another hydrogen explosion and was centered low in the reactor hence the suspected damage to containment of water. This third explosion is being reported as being worse than the other two.

[COWBOYSURVIVAL]

My post was meant as an information only post and obviously can not stay current all day long. The source was an individual that is not government or Japanese. It was just a knowledgeable person stating his "take" on what is happening when he wrote it. That is why I gave the prelude "take it or leave it" Noone said it is not a dire situation, only that it was not being reported accurately and some knowledge was given about "how things work".