Japan Earthquake News

[F22RaptorDude]

Thats good, I heard that maps are having to be redrawn cause parts of Japan are now underwater and its going to stay that way 

[Rolex]

The water at the shore dropped 15' immediately after the quake, a precursor to another tsunami.

[thndregg]

The water at the shore dropped 15' immediately after the quake, a precursor to another tsunami.

My heart aches with worry, Rolex. Prayin' for ya'.

[Motherland]

Hydrogen explosion at Fukishima...

[moot]

the pictures on TV is just what?

A reactor that blew the outside IE the least substantial containment layer.  Fukushima reactors aren't going to breach.  Comparisons to Chernobyl where you basically had a nuclear furnace in open air along with actual core debris blown out from ground zero and radiation diffused into the air as eg dust, are in fact sensationalism.  A particularly bad kind of sensationalism: grossly inaccurate sensationalism.  In fact Chernobyl was the other way round from Fukushima: Fukushima blew the outside layer, whereas at Chernobyl it's the inner layer that immediately went.  Where Chernobyl had a substantial cloud that IIRC swept Europe, in Fukushima some tiny fraction of a tenth of a percent is what escaped from core containment.

An attempt at layman explanation of BWR nukes like Fukushima's.
http://bravenewclimate.com/2011/03/13/fukushima-simple-explanation/

[trax1]

There saying that the reactor itself is still intact, so that's good news, and there saying the radiation levels are still only at a level that you'd receive getting a CT scan, and that's right outside the plant.

[fudgums]

Did the tsunami actually hit?

[Lepape2]

No, the warning has been cancelled. The concern at the moment is the #3 reactor that just had an Hydrogen explosion at the Fukushima nuclear power plant complex.

[Rolex]

Looks like no tsunami now from latest quake. Whew.

Watching news conference on Fukushima explosions... two explosions
3 people hurt, 7 others status unknown
radiation from venting and explosion is tiny: 20μSv
Reactor pressure relieved and containment vessel undamaged.

[Lepape2]

Dang Rolex, where do you get your information from? I'm listening live to my local TV news, Al Jazzera, CNN and BBC live at the same time and they are so clueless about what is happening lol.

[Rolex]

The reactor is 1.5 hour drive north of me...

[trax1]

I was just looking through Google's people finder for the missing in Japan & it's ridiculous the number of people posting jokes and falsely reporting that they found so & so dead, some people have no soul.

[warhed]

A reactor that blew the outside IE the least substantial containment layer.  Fukushima reactors aren't going to breach.  Comparisons to Chernobyl where you basically had a nuclear furnace in open air along with actual core debris blown out from ground zero and radiation diffused into the air as eg dust, are in fact sensationalism.  A particularly bad kind of sensationalism: grossly inaccurate sensationalism.  In fact Chernobyl was the other way round from Fukushima: Fukushima blew the outside layer, whereas at Chernobyl it's the inner layer that immediately went.  Where Chernobyl had a substantial cloud that IIRC swept Europe, in Fukushima some tiny fraction of a tenth of a percent is what escaped from core containment.

An attempt at layman explanation of BWR nukes like Fukushima's.
http://bravenewclimate.com/2011/03/13/fukushima-simple-explanation/

I have a lot of time in BWRs, here's a real simple summary:  We use nuclear fuel to boil water, that steam turns a turbine to generate electricity.  All the other components are for efficiency and safety.

[Rolex]

Well, the last explosion at number 3 reactor damaged the cooling system at the adjoining number 2 reactor, so we're into the 3rd emergency at the Fukushima plant.

I'm about to lose my electric power, so I'll see you later.

Here's a map of recent quakes: http://www.oe-files.de/gmaps/eqmashup.html

[EskimoJoe]

Well, the last explosion at number 3 reactor damaged the cooling system at the adjoining number 2 reactor, so we're into the 3rd emergency at the Fukushima plant.

I'm about to lose my electric power, so I'll see you later.

Here's a map of recent quakes: http://www.oe-files.de/gmaps/eqmashup.html

Stay safe Rolex