BREAKING NEWS: NUCLEAR ACCIDENT JUST UPGRADED TO LEVEL 6, out of 7.

No doubt those 50 guys are heros
It is so sad but I guess they felt a sense of responsibility even if not all individually responsible, they know they are the only ones that can prevent a worse disaster for fellow mankind

there is a big difference between an error of judgement (too much risk taken by Tepco) and a deliberate act of killing, even if consequences are same
 
GlobalPost: How much of a health threat is that?

Gundersen: But the nasty isotopes — the cesium and strontium will remain for 30 years. And they’re volatile. Within 90 days, the iodine health risks will disappear, because that will decay away.
After Three Mile Island, strontium was detected 150 miles away from the reactor. That ends up in cow’s milk and doesn’t go away for 300 years. The releases from these plants will last for a year, and will contain elements that will remain in the environment for 300 years, even in the best case.

http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/.../japan/110314/japan-nuclear-meltdown-disaster
 
Containment Shell has been breached!

PARIS - THE concrete vessel around the No. 2 reactor at Japan's Fukushima plant, designed to contain radioactive debris, is 'no longer sealed,' Andre-Claude Lacoste, head of France's Nuclear Safety Authority (ASN), said on Tuesday.

The confinement vessel, made out of reinforced concrete, surrounds the steel vessel that houses the nuclear reactor. It is designed to contain radioactive gas or dust, preventing them from being expelled into the air.

The ASN is being briefed by the Japanese authorities and by a specialist from France's Institute for Radiological Protection and Nuclear Safety (IRSN), according to the agency.

http://www.asiaone.com/News/Latest+News/Asia/Story/A1Story20110315-268286.html
 
Other forum:

The very word Tsunami is Japanese. The history of Japan is Tsunami. Yet every single redundant back up has failed after a Tsunami. How's that for perspective?
 
Quote from benwm:

The earthquake was already bad enough, 4th largest in recorded history. Then a tsunami at least as bad as the Asian tsunami.
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Japan Earthquake more powerful than 2004 Earthquake

This earthquake released a surface energy (Me) of 1.9±0.5×1017 joules,[40] dissipated as shaking and tsunamic energy, which is nearly double that of the 9.1-magnitude 2004 Sumatran earthquake that killed 230,000 people, and flung the 2,600 ton Apung 1 ship 2-3 km inland. "If we could only harness the [surface] energy from this earthquake, it would power [a] city the size of Los Angeles for an entire year", USGS director Marcia McNutt said in an interview.[41] The total energy released (Mw) was more than 200,000 times the surface energy and was calculated by the USGS WPhase Moment Solution at 3.9×1022 joules,[42] slightly less than the 2004 Sumatra quake. This is equivalent to 9.32 teratons of TNT (approximately 600 million times that of the Hiroshima bomb) and roughly 80 years of global energy usage, estimated to be 4.74×1020 J for the year of 2008.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Sendai_earthquake_and_tsunami
 
Will 3/11 tragedy put breaks on new nuclear plants in US?

Ranking Member Markey on Nuclear power plants near fault lines

Do you believe investors will walk away from new nuclear plants in US due to fallout from 3/11 tragedy in Japan?

Put brakes on new U.S. nuclear plants: Lieberman

Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) is calling for a halt to permitting for new U.S. nuclear power plants until the scenarios that led to the serious reactor problems in Japan are determined.

" I think we've got to kind of quietly -- quickly put the brakes on until we can absorb what has happened in Japan as a result of the earthquake and the tsunami and then see what more, if anything, we can demand of the new power plants that are coming on line," Lieberman said Sunday on CBS's "Face the Nation."

http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=216896
 
No. Totally incorrect.

Quote from Locutus:

Afaik the last resort containment containment has a melting point which is higher than the temperature of the core could possibly be.
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Nuclear weapons are for destruction whereas nuclear power plants are for creation/growth.

Now if creation causes destruction then shut down all nuclear power plants.

There will be no more new nuclear power plants. Nuclear energy/power is the most destructive creation of mankind. Why do humans play with nuclear energy?

Reduce electricity consumption by 50%. Use wood fire to roast meat. Roasted meat is the best. When you use wood fire to cook food, the ash is rich with nutrients and provides the best fertilizer for trees and plants. This will cut nuclear power and coal produced electricity by 50%.

Rest in Peace.
 
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