Breaking news from Fukushima!
05-11-2011, 07:09 PM
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Breaking news from Fukushima!
Nothing terribly dramatic is happening!
Ok, so that's not really breaking news... Just trying to keep fear alive.
Ok, so that's not really breaking news... Just trying to keep fear alive.
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12-19-2011, 05:09 PM
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Ok, so in all seriousness, it is official that all three of the damaged reactors at Fuku have achieved a cold-shutdown state. This is defined as a condition in which the reactor vessel is both at ambient pressure and below the boiling point of water, and requires no forced coolant circulation in order to maintain the stability of the core. In this state, a reactor is "passively safe," meaning that no human interaction is required for it to remain in a stable condition.
Obviously, the fact that the reactor vessels have sustained damage and continue to leak into the wetwell and suppression pools requires that some water be pumped back up into the vessels in order to maintain coverage of the fuel. But aside from that (and the fact that cleanup and decommissioning is going to take a while) the "crisis" is basically at an end.
Radiation at the plant's boundary is presently around 0.1 mSv/year, which is about one-eighth the amount of radiation emitted by the granite structure of the US Capitol building (source).
Obviously, the fact that the reactor vessels have sustained damage and continue to leak into the wetwell and suppression pools requires that some water be pumped back up into the vessels in order to maintain coverage of the fuel. But aside from that (and the fact that cleanup and decommissioning is going to take a while) the "crisis" is basically at an end.
Radiation at the plant's boundary is presently around 0.1 mSv/year, which is about one-eighth the amount of radiation emitted by the granite structure of the US Capitol building (source).
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12-19-2011, 05:55 PM
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Ok, so in all seriousness, it is official that all three of the damaged reactors at Fuku have achieved a cold-shutdown state. This is defined as a condition in which the reactor vessel is both at ambient pressure and below the boiling point of water, and requires no forced coolant circulation in order to maintain the stability of the core. In this state, a reactor is "passively safe," meaning that no human interaction is required for it to remain in a stable condition.
Obviously, the fact that the reactor vessels have sustained damage and continue to leak into the wetwell and suppression pools requires that some water be pumped back up into the vessels in order to maintain coverage of the fuel. But aside from that (and the fact that cleanup and decommissioning is going to take a while) the "crisis" is basically at an end.
Radiation at the plant's boundary is presently around 0.1 mSv/year, which is about one-eighth the amount of radiation emitted by the granite structure of the US Capitol building (source).
Obviously, the fact that the reactor vessels have sustained damage and continue to leak into the wetwell and suppression pools requires that some water be pumped back up into the vessels in order to maintain coverage of the fuel. But aside from that (and the fact that cleanup and decommissioning is going to take a while) the "crisis" is basically at an end.
Radiation at the plant's boundary is presently around 0.1 mSv/year, which is about one-eighth the amount of radiation emitted by the granite structure of the US Capitol building (source).
Sure, you'll be fine for the first few years. But don't plan on a lifetime as a Senator unless you are really devoted.
I would find it personally hilarious. It would certainly change the face of politics. "Join Congress, be there for a lifetime, GET CANCER!"
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12-19-2011, 05:58 PM
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Radiation at the plant's boundary is presently around 0.1 mSv/year, which is about one-eighth the amount of radiation emitted by the granite structure of the US Capitol building (source).
US Capitol building radioactive!
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12-19-2011, 07:11 PM
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Oh, and I should add:
The death-toll from the disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi plant remains at two. (Two workers were trapped in the basement of one of the buildings when it flooded, and they drowned.)
Unless you believe this rather questionable story, which claims that Fuku is responsible for 14,000 deaths in the US. When I read things like that, I have to ask myself "Does the person who wrote this actually believe what they are saying?"
The death-toll from the disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi plant remains at two. (Two workers were trapped in the basement of one of the buildings when it flooded, and they drowned.)
Unless you believe this rather questionable story, which claims that Fuku is responsible for 14,000 deaths in the US. When I read things like that, I have to ask myself "Does the person who wrote this actually believe what they are saying?"
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12-20-2011, 11:32 AM
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You might not have tried hard enough. I don't know if this is worse, or just funnier:
http://www.survival-quiz.com/?p=2337
MILLIONS OF TONS OF RADIOACTIVE WATER (I predict .01 million tons, or better yet .00001 quadrillion tons):
http://www.survival-quiz.com/?p=2420
BETTER. Fukushima will kill us all guys. It really will. Just give it about 10 million years.:
http://www.godlikeproductions.com/fo...age1638679/pg1
If you believe the forum above to be true, then this German guy outdid hitler!:
http://sayanythingblog.com/entry/one...pill-combined/
http://www.survival-quiz.com/?p=2337
MILLIONS OF TONS OF RADIOACTIVE WATER (I predict .01 million tons, or better yet .00001 quadrillion tons):
http://www.survival-quiz.com/?p=2420
BETTER. Fukushima will kill us all guys. It really will. Just give it about 10 million years.:
http://www.godlikeproductions.com/fo...age1638679/pg1
If you believe the forum above to be true, then this German guy outdid hitler!:
http://sayanythingblog.com/entry/one...pill-combined/
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