Japan Earthquake

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@Matsuko, no nuclear power plants here. Closest ones to me are about 1800 miles downwind. But I am only 3300 miles downwind of Fukushima, closer than most of USA except Aleutian Islands.
by Alaskan 3/26/2011 9:59:15 PM

I am just getting a few people interested in it, it should have a big audience very soon . I soooo detest the EU
by elainekirk 3/26/2011 9:59:27 PM

@Geaorge... gotta love the tepco.youcan'tseehydrogen.jp link above ;)
by radioguy 3/26/2011 9:59:52 PM

When I look at problems I always think whats the worst possible senario and then everything else get better from that point on.
by George Gibb 3/26/2011 10:00:25 PM

Reuters U.N. nuclear chief says Japan crisis far from end: report March 26 www.reuters.com
by kgriff 3/26/2011 10:00:32 PM

man... where is dean?? :( this is getting really F-ing scary.
by Meretisa 3/26/2011 10:01:32 PM

NHK back live on the air, showing live helicopter shot - steam all 4 www3.nhk.or.jp
by jay77 3/26/2011 10:01:41 PM

We have an educated group here. People are saying some really dumb things out there.
by Jim Carver 3/26/2011 10:01:56 PM

@George Yes, but we've shown we're not very good at realizing worst case scenarios even when they're upon us. How long did it take the Deepwater Horizon to reach that level? months of denial?
by radioguy 3/26/2011 10:01:59 PM

CNN promo for Japan crisis at 7pm; talked about earthquake, tsunami damage and economic challenges, nothing stated about the nuclear plant!
by Jeff 3/26/2011 10:02:28 PM

@George Gibb well if it gets as bad Chernobyl... www.spiegel.de
by kgriff 3/26/2011 10:02:54 PM

Well I think the difference here is TEPco doesn't have spin doctors
by George Gibb 3/26/2011 10:03:15 PM

The internet age has given everyone a short attention span -- Fukushima was last week's news.
by Alaskan 3/26/2011 10:03:15 PM

Nothing against CNN, just found it weird they made no mention of it.
by Jeff 3/26/2011 10:04:12 PM

Two Links from my side: www.youtube.com (Interview with Dr. Michio Kaku) and 2nd one, a discussion in the arstechnica-forums about Cl-38 in todays NISA press release, which could be a "smoking gun" for an ongoing chain reaction: arstechnica.com
by Ben 3/26/2011 10:05:15 PM

did you hear her voice NHK lady crack and freak out when she said wind going south?? :(
by Meretisa 3/26/2011 10:05:28 PM

I can't say I don't buy into the occasional conspiracy theory, but the silence on this in the media is deafening. Even wikileaks got better spread.
by radioguy 3/26/2011 10:06:15 PM

@Merelisa She must have been reading it cold. Bad idea.
by radioguy 3/26/2011 10:07:30 PM

@ben i saw that yesterday. hard to dispute. Cl-38 only has a half-life of ... what... 37 minutes?
by radioguy 3/26/2011 10:08:38 PM

Is anyone else seriously freaked out about this?
by stef 3/26/2011 10:10:18 PM

@George - thanks to you and all concerned for providing this board. I'm wondering how long before it gets zapped by 'mysterious forces'!
by Paul (UK) 3/26/2011 10:10:24 PM

@Paul I doubt that happens. If so, it took George less than an hour to get this one up. WHackamole anyone?
by radioguy 3/26/2011 10:11:29 PM

they wont shut it down because no one has an accurate source of news that hasnt already been seen.
by stef 3/26/2011 10:12:12 PM

@Paul (UK) I'd only get concerned if Squibble.com goes down
by George Gibb 3/26/2011 10:12:54 PM

@George Gibb If this goes down I will seriously freak.
by Meretisa 3/26/2011 10:13:43 PM

Just wondering....could something like this wipe out Japan?
by stef 3/26/2011 10:13:49 PM

Well, praying to Jesus for you Japan! Good luck with your cleanup efforts and enduring the current crisis. Here is to a break from disasters for your island....
by kgriff 3/26/2011 10:14:01 PM

I posted this 2 around 1:30PM but Imma gonna do it again! it's off-topic again, but I believe clues to what they're thinking is in what they're looking at. testing sea water for Technetium (which breaks down to Ruthenium and Molybdenum; also testing) Lanthanum, and Barium. Research shows that Technetium is extremely rare in occurance. It is a major product of fission, with highest amts. in spent fuel rods. Trying to determine if core or rods causing high radioactivity? Lanthanum is used in 'hydrogen sponges' to absorb hydrogen, which it then gives off as heat. Is it used in reactors for such, Dean? idk. Barium has an extremely short half life, depending on the isotope, and is used to block some atomic emissions (like xrays, for ex.) Most of these - except Technetium- have pretty short half lives, and aren't particularly absorbed by organisms the way Iodine and Cessium are. So why test for them unless they can tell you something? Technetium, depending on the isotope, has a half life of minutes to 210,000yrs.+. And it decays into both beta and gamma radiation. There're alot of isotopes produced by fission, albeit in trace amounts- so why look for some of the more obscure ones?
by marie rich at 3/26/2011 6:37:24 PM1:37 PM
by marie rich 3/26/2011 10:14:37 PM

@Meretisa I'm not at "freaked out" level, but very very concerned.
by Jojo 3/26/2011 10:15:04 PM

Two disturbing pictures from a german forum, have a look @pic nr. 2&3 - the forrest around reactor 3 from sat-perspective. www.dasgelbeforum.de.org @radioguy, yes, I really hope, there is another possible reason for Cl-38
by Ben 3/26/2011 10:15:13 PM

@Jojo I meant if this site shut down I'd be freaked.
by Meretisa 3/26/2011 10:15:36 PM

@stef I wouldn't go down that road and i always think the worse first
by George Gibb 3/26/2011 10:16:03 PM

Is anyone watching NHK ?..A Mayor of a town bordering between the 20-30 km zone, has dropped a mention that 40km zone could be established.
Another Mayor of a different town touching the 30km zone, has acknowledged, that radiation reading is very high in soil.....again this is outskirts of 30km zone.
by VeenOui 3/26/2011 10:16:37 PM