ozpharlap Posted April 12, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2011 I heard on the radio today that it has been upgraded to the same level as Chernobyl, not good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coss Posted April 12, 2011 Report Share Posted April 12, 2011 Interesting definitions though, I think we'll find that as serious as this is, it'll be a different kind of problem to Chernobyl. I review Jap satellite TV shows as one of my little earners and the one I did today had a French Expert, being very careful to say, that whilst anything could happen, so far, it hasn't, and that with the exception of the site itself the surrounding areas were returning to normal or normal like levels. How true that may be is up for debate, I understand from all the media reports, that there is radiation leakage and some of it is serious. This is a big problem. But the uninformed Media panic about the giant big melt down, is just fluff, it has not happened. Cheers Coss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coss Posted April 12, 2011 Report Share Posted April 12, 2011 A good article here at New York Times "The new estimates by Japanese authorities suggest that the total amount of radioactive materials released so far is equal to about 10 percent of that released in the Chernobyl accident, said Hidehiko Nishiyama, deputy director general of Japan’s nuclear regulator, the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency. Mr. Nishiyama stressed that unlike at Chernobyl, where the reactor itself exploded and fire fanned the release of radioactive material, the containments at the four troubled reactors at Fukushima remained intact over all." and "Mr. Nishiyama said “tens of thousands of terabecquerels†of radiation per hour have been released from the plant. (The measurement refers to how much radioactive material was emitted, not the dose absorbed by living organisms.) The scale of the radiation leak has since dropped to under one terabecquerel per hour, the Kyodo news agency said, citing government officials." The most balanced reporting I've seen so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coss Posted April 12, 2011 Report Share Posted April 12, 2011 Another good article reuters.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bangkoktraveler Posted April 12, 2011 Report Share Posted April 12, 2011 This might be the worst nuclear accident in history. I suspect this will put nuclear energy in a coffin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCorinthian Posted April 12, 2011 Report Share Posted April 12, 2011 This might be the worst nuclear accident in history. I suspect this will put nuclear energy in a coffin. Like all those oil spills and flat out wars ruined oil too, huh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bangkoktraveler Posted April 13, 2011 Report Share Posted April 13, 2011 This might be the worst nuclear accident in history. I suspect this will put nuclear energy in a coffin. Like all those oil spills and flat out wars ruined oil too' date=' huh?[/quote'] Are you saying this is not much of a disaster? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCorinthian Posted April 13, 2011 Report Share Posted April 13, 2011 Not at all. You would have to be drunk to even get that out of what I said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unit731 Posted April 13, 2011 Report Share Posted April 13, 2011 I heard on the radio today that it has been upgraded to the same level as Chernobyl, not good Sadly, it may be time to bring in the Russian helicopters with the hanging bags of concrete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nervous God Posted April 13, 2011 Report Share Posted April 13, 2011 Mate of mine of to Tokyo today with 100's of Geiger counters, interesting job, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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